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sary household expense" Well, let US
see about that, remembering the old
adage, "False is one, false is all" The
old rate upon blown glass, which in
cludes lamp chimneys, which are used IN
ninety nine out of every one hundred
households in Montana, is increased
from As per cent. ad valorum to 60 per
cent, or Is per cent. The same rate Of
increase is observed in spectacles for the
aged or those of defective vision. All tin,
tin plates, terne tin, taggers tin, "and
all articles or vessels or wares manufac-
tured, stamped or drawn from sheet
iron or sheet steel, such material being
the component of chief value, and
quoted wholly or in part with tin or
lead, or mixture of which those metals,
or either of them, is component part,
shall pay duty of 55 per cent. ad
valorum. What makes this latter tax
the more oppressive is the fact that tin
is not produced in this country except
in a limited and experimental fashion.
The tax is paid by every householder in
Amer:cl, and the republican campaign
writer's and revisers, including Thomas
H. Carter, acting secretary OF the re-
publican congressional committee, know
it if they know anything.
There are many other particulars in
which the tax upon necessary house.
hold expenses" has been increased.
They should have been reduced instead,
and would have been but for republican
extravaganza. The people pay the piper.
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SHOES WILL BE HIGHER.

Manufacturers i'm the East Decide to Ad-
vance the Price.
New YORK, Oct. 12.-About 100 shoe man
ufacturers, representing all parts of the
country, met at the Metropolitan hotel and
decided that there must be an advance in
the price Of shoes. This decision was not
reached until after discussion lasting six
hours, when an agreement was reached and
embodied in a series Of resolutions that
were unanimously adopted. The preamble
notes an advance in the price of leather,
occasioned by the scarcity Of raw stock,
which has caused an increase in the cost of
manufactured goods. Tho resolutions then
20 on to announce that it is necessary to
advance prices on all the products manufac-
tured by the members of the conference. A
committee Of FIVE was appointed to see that
the manufacturers adhere to the agreement
stated in the resolutions. Il was said that
the price of shoes would 60 mp from Is to
50 cents pair, and, moreover, the shoe
manufacturers will hereafter refuse to guar
antee their products. the customer having
to bear the loss on shoes that prove de-
fective.
It has been known in the trade for some
time that the manufacturers would meet
and probably would take just tho action
that was taken. In anticipation of this
retailers in various parts OF the coun-
try have already sent ont oalls for IN indig-
nation meeting to protest against the ad'
vance in prices.
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COLONEL W1LFUL FRAUD SANDERS,
who assumes to represent this state in
the United States senate, impartod to
the New York Tribune the other day
the information that "the normal repub-
lican majority IN Montana is between
5000 and 7,OcO," and that he expected
it would this fall be nearer the latter
than the former figure. Colonel Sanders
should know something about Montana
majorities, considering the fact that the
last time he was candidate before the
people he received majority or 3,7l8-
to stay at home. If, as he says, the
normal republican majority in this state
is 5000 to 1000 then he is by all the way
from 6,5OO to II, 900 the most unpopular
man in his own party. II Sanders had
depended upon the votes Of the citizens
of Montana for seat in the senate he
would still be playing tutor to the courts
of the state.
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FOR RENT, or,
FOR LEASE.

The fine new LIVERY BARN
now being constructed by w. c.
Hickey, will be completed by the
10th of November. This barn
will be built of brick and stone,
four stories high. It covers an
area of 1o5x5o feet, and will be
supplied with elevator and all
modern improvements and labor
saving devices. It will be thor
oughly ventilated, well lighted,
first class in every respect. It
will be the best, warmest and
safest livery barn in Montana and
far ahead Of anything Of its kind
between St. Paul and Portland.
All communications must be adj
dressed to
w. C. HICKEY,
712 N Rodney t., Hele ma, Mo
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OCCASIONALLY an English print hits
az official singing blow between the
eyes, as when writer in the Review of
Reviews said of General Lord Wolse-
ley's transfer to the post Of commander
in-chief of the British forces in Ireland
and the appointment of General Sir
Redvers Butler to succeed him as adju-
tant general of the army: ''The war de-
partment is like the old-fashioned
weathercock when storm threatens the
man General Wolseley] comes out, but
when all is sunshine the position is
taken by the old woman" General
Bullerl
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Wallace ( Tl0llbugl, Sole Agents.
WHAT AN ADVERTISEMENT SHOULD Bel
ITS USE AND ABUSE.

AS this is intended for the pros
2ective purchaser, not for the in
struction of the advertiser, we
shall limit our remarks to a few
questions and answers suitable to
our purpose.
That judicious advertising pays
is fact no longer doubted by the
wide-awake merchant. But what
is judicious advertising?
An advertisement that is not a
statement of plain facts-that
lacks the impress of unvarnished
truth-that borders on the realm
of fiction such an advertisement
is not only soon detected but as
certainly avoided-no matter how
adroitly the advertiser seeks the
ear of the public.
To gain the confidence Of the
public, simply to advertise will
not suffice; the merchant must
keep faith with his customers; he
must do what he advertises, and
have what he advertises. Such
advertisements are sought out by
the reader in the hope that it may
contain an announcement of a
special bargain offered, or to as
certain the price of something he
contemplates purchasing.
We do not pay out our money
for printers ink because it is a
custom-we calculate its effect,
and estimate the outlay to a pro-
portionate gain.
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Tho Preacher CoultsA The Whele Choir.
DEs MoNEs, Oct. 12.-Wesley Known, .
young and rather good looking miniater.
vent to Bedford about year ago to take
charge of the Christian church. He was Q
graduate of an eastern college. and VA
highly recommended. He hardly bad 10
Gated until his attentions to the young LADY
members of the flock caused comment but
it vas not until last week that the city waa
shaken by a volcano Of Jealousy which
broke out in the choir. The Rev. Brown
has pledged his affections 70 a least Ave
girls in the choir. and an exchange Of CON-
fidenoes on their part has given publicity %
the matter. The girls, finding thsy bad
been duped. carried thsir story 10 The ty1s-
80 g. tns cnofcn, ana sss -; tFoy ~
church L now without pastor. and Brown
has left for paxtD onkn0Wn.
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WILD BOAR HUNT IN NEW YORK.

"A AAoEu VI S0v0X0 Au1"A10 1noG mas In.
creased and Multiplied.
PoRT JzRy1s, N. Y, Oct. 1.-THE long
bafhed hunters have at last succeeded in
killing one of Banker Otto Plock's famous
and fugitive wild bears. Ar. Flock, who is
a Wall street man, has a country seat in the
Neversink valley about six miles north Of
this place, called "The Pines" His lands
extend up along the wooded and rocky
slopes of the Shawangunk mountains.
considerable tract Of the rough mountain
land is enclosed by strong barbed wire
fence twelve feet high, and is set apart as a
park for deer and other game. Four years
ago Banker Flock imported and added to
his collection of game and pet animals nine
wild hogs from the Black Forest of
Wurtemberg, Germany. The restless and
savage brutes didn't stay long in confine-
ment in his park. They undermined the
barbed wire fence and escaped into the wild
thickets and rocky caves and ravines Of the
neighboring mountain region, where they
have thrived and multiplied until they now
number probably more than 100. The old
bears have huge tusks which are deadly
weapons in combat. During the daytime
they keep close in their lairs. At night they
have been accustomed to descend into the
adjacent fruitful valleys and ravage the
farmers growing crops or winter stores Of
grain and roots.
A party consisting of Lawyer w. H.
Crane and Frank Mccormick of this place,
and two old hunters OF Forestburg, Sullivan
county, were out in the wilderness in pur-
suit of deer. They sent their deer hound to
beat up dense swamp in place called
''The Barrens." The hound drove out from
the swamp some eight or ten wild hogs.
Lawyer Crane, who is an enthusiastic
sportsman. got q shot at the brutes as they
rushed BY him and brought one of them
down with load Of buckshot. The animal
Was not full grown, but weighed about It's
pounds. The exultinR hunters brought
their prize home to this town. where it has
since been on exhibition.
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PRESIDENT HARRIsoN's swing around
the circle, begun last Monday, will not
end, according to the programme laid
out, until he shall have visited all the
principal cities Of Indiana, the expecta-
ton, or at least the hope, being that the
sight Of the chief magistrate of the ma
ton will arouse the tagging zeal of the
republicans in tho several districts so
that they will turn out at the election
in November and vote for the nominees
of the machine for congress, The presi-
dent has reason to fear that the election
in Indiana will result this year in the
defeat Of his party, and that would be
equivalent to reputation of himself
by his own state. General Huston, who
was at the head Of the republican state
committee several years, and who is
now United States treasurer, is among
the disaffected, and only retains his
office for the time being, in order that
there may not be the appearance of an
open rupture in the party prior to the
congressional election-meantime,h how
oSOAs PAoAAsoiAS w OASlg lllu60ll 10 pro-
cure the colonization of the state with
negroes from Kentucky, and according
to the Quay plan. The service pension
advocates, represented by Governor
Hovey, are also dissatisfied with the ad-
ministration, which has never been for
given for Furnishing Pension Commits
sioner Tanner for his candor regarding
this purpose of the republican party to
hold the old soldiers in line by the yot-
ing Of such pensions as the bosses might
demand. With these elements cold, and
the fact that the state was carried for
Harrison in 1883 by a plurality of only
2,348, in spite of the Dudley blocks Of
five operations, it will be seen that there
is good occasion for President Harri-
sons misgivings. A hostile vote in In
diana would mean to him the dashing
OF the small hopes he entertains OF re-
nomination, and that would be equiva-
lent to RELOCATING him to the obscurity
that dwells about Rutherford B. Hayes.
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COLONEL SANDERsds oke by the cards
when he said to New York Tribune
reporter the other day that "the state
(Montana) elects only one member of
congress-" Certainly the state did not
elect the two members of congress who
sit for Montana in the upper house; they
were elected by partisan returning
board assuming to act judicially, and
confirmed in their fraudulent title by a
partisanly purblind senate.
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CHEAP FALLACIES.

What we want, we are assured, is pur-
chasing power. Give the laboring man
his high wages and cheap prices cut no
figure. Well no, not in the eyes of the
manufacturers. That we readily ad.
init. But there are actually in this
country some people who are not en-
gagged in controlling manufactures. They
form no insignificant part of the popu-
lation. They are supposed to have all
the rights of citizens. They are begin
ming to suspect that there is an absence
of any reason why their every interest
should be sacrificed to the manufac-
turer and the capitalist. Every repub-
lican stump orator dins it into their
ears that the tariff bill of the late ses-
sion, the pet bantling of the republican
party, is a grand thing, the grandest
thing Imaginable for the country at
large and the consumer in particular.
It is a pretty tough morsel to swallow.
It beats out of sight nearly every fish or
snake story that has gone the round of
newspaper columns of late. Credibility
has some limits, and the taste of truth
should not be quite stranger to the
mouth.
The Mckinley bill has secondary
title. There is great deal in a title.
II it is catchy, attractive, it adds much
to the value of the article it introduces.
Truth is OF comparatively slight import
ance. Attract your public and, when
once payment is made, if they don't like
it, they can lump it. But the Mckinley
subtitle is staggerer. 1t is a bill "to
reduce the revenue" It may do 80. 1t
certainly increases the cost to the poor
man CT great many articles, increases
the average cost from II TO g. per cent.
Prices cut no figure. Still, the laboring
man, consumers everywhere have had,
so far as we know, no all-round increase
of wages since the passage of the Nc
Kinley bill. The miners, farmers, work
ing men, clerks, and thousands of 9TH
ers in Montana may all have had their
salaries raised by one-half within the
last few weeks. We have not heard of
it and we doubt it. Still, they had too
much money before. They could not
get away with it all. Money was drug
in this western market. Every one was
absolutely rolling in wealth. We can
we'll afford to pay price and half
without any increase of wages. 1t is
those poor manufacturers who deserve
sympathy and encouragement. There
they are, week in and week out. For
years and years they have been playing
the wet nurse to our infant Industries.
An ill-paid, ungrateful task, and their
devotion is wonderful. No report Of
rapid growth to make concerning the
youngsters. Still teething, still fretting
and worriting, still crying for the wet
nurse or the bottle. But hope springs
eternal in the breast of the manufac-
turer nurse, and he pleads for little
more time and he will show us sturdy
little youngsters Of twenty years of age,
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0URCHILDEN'S DEPT.

Here the mother can satisfy
her fastidious tastes or her econ
omical inclinations. Chevoits and
worsteds predominant. Our school
suits cannot be excelled in dura- !
biity, nor surpassed in neatness
and design. In short, we are pre-
pared for the wants of all classes
of purchasers.
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~Moa.Anians abroad viii always find Thy
DAIRY lSnEPENpENT on file at their favorits
k,teis: Fifth Avenue and Metropolitan, New
York: Grand Pacific. Chicago; West, Minneapolis;
baldwin and Palace, San Francisco; st. Nicholas
sssd AcDermott, Butte; Leland Hotel, Spring
Geld, III
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THE EARLY DEMAND FOR
Rail 0ve1coaty


Has caused US to open our new
goods much earlier than usual.
The lines we offer this season are
more extensive, more varied, and
handsomer than ever. The ne,
conceits in style, finish and gem
eral elegance, are calculated to
make eager and early purchasers.
The box coat will be the favorite.
We have them in all grades and
kinds Of fabric. listers and cane
coats will come in for their share
of popularity.
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A REPUBLICAN, campaign document
put out as . defense to the Mckinley
tariff makes the assertion shat the
effect Of its changes in rates will be in
no case to increase the cost to the Amer
lean consumer Of single article which
cen with any propriety 30 called Q neces-
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To The INpEPENDkNr: Having read in
your last issue the cancellation of subscrip-
ton from Jere Sullivan, of Fort Benton,
and fearing that this sudden withdrawal Of
patronage will seriously cripple the finances
OF The INDEPENDENT, we deem it our duty
as patriotic and public spirited citizens of
this great state to lend aid to the most en-
terprisinR, progressive and newsy journal
published within its imits We therefore
enclose herewith subscriptions for Eve sub
scribers. You can inform your accustomed
readers that through fortunate combine
tion Of circumstances the guests at the
Grand Onion hotel will still find your valua-
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THE INDEPENDENT

hsmittanees ct the risk Of subscriber unless
made BY registered letter, check. postal or ex-
press order payable to The Independent Publish
ing Company.
~Persons desiring The INDEPENDENT served
at their homes or place Of business can order BY
postal card Or thu ough telephone No. 100. Please
report cssss Of irregular delivery promptly.
Advertisements, to insure prompt insertion,
should b handed in before p. m.
Rejected communications not returned unless
D0gtage IL enclosed.
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Hon. Stephen A. DeWolfe and Hon. James
Donovan az
GLASGOW, Tuesday, Oct. Il.
CHINOOK, Wednesday, Oct. L.
SANDY, Thursday, Oct. 16. i
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respondent was ia error whom he spoke az
tho murmur of the mighty Missouri sinainp
the requiem of the town. Il was ths reo-
county and the music of the trees Joins In
the chorus with the father Of the waters.
Yours very respectfully,
A Lor OF Coon REFusnIcAs,.
Fort Benton, Oct. II.
DEMOCRATIC APPOINTMENTS
The democratic state central COMMITTEES
has made the following assignments Of
speakers:
Hon. W. W. Dixon and Hon. ". I. Pom.
MILES Crr1, Tuesday, Oct. II.
GLEND1vE, Wednesday, Oct. L.
BILLINGS, Thursday, Oct. 16,
LIVINGSTON, Friday, OCT. u.
GREAT FALLS, Oct. n.
Hon. W. W. Dixon and Hon. A. II. Nelson.
BozEMAN, Saturday, Oct. 10.
Hon. W. W. Dixon and Hon. I. G. Bach,
FoRr BENTON, Monday, OCT. 20.
Hon. W. M Bick1ord and Hon. II. Kirk.
patrick
Pony, Monday evening, Oct. ID.
Hon. ". Y..Psmberton,
CASTLE, Saturday evening. Oct. 10.
SAND Cou1EE, Monday, Oct. 20.
Hon. w. NJ. Bickford-
VIRGINIA CRY, Tuesday, Oct. IL.
SHERIDAN, Wednesday evening, Oct. Is.
SPRINoH1LL, Friday evening, OCT. II.
LION Cry, Saturday evening, Oct. Is.
Hon. W. j. Penroso-
CoKEDALE, Thursday, Oct. 16.
T1MBER1INE. Friday, Oct. II.
Hon. r. b. Smith and Hon. W. D, Hill
M1ssouLA, Thursday, Oct. 16..
Hon. r. b. Smith
GRANTsDALE, Monday. Oct. ID.
CORVALLIS, Tuesday, Oct. IA.
FRENcHTowN, Wednesday, Oct. L..
GRANITE, Friday, Oct. II.
ANACONDA. Saturday. Oct. 10.
Hon. W. D. Hill
BUTTE. Monday, Oct. ID.
DEER LODGE, Tuesday, O,t. II,
PHIL1psBURa, Wednesday. OCT. Is.
M1ssouLA COUNTY, Oct. II and IS.
Hon. A. II. Nelson
RED LODGE, Monday, Oct. Ii.
Bro TIMER, Tuesday, Oct. Il.
Horn, Wednesday,, Oct. 15.
THREE Forks, Friday, Oct. II.
Hon. Frank r. Corbett-
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THE INDEPENDENT IN CHOTEAU.

of Benton.
To The INDEPENDENT: Please send me
daily with your bill. Any paper that has
the courage to print the truth about any
community, when a correspondent writes it,
deserves the patronage of every honest
man. I for one am sick and tired of this
talk about tho future of Fort Benton, for
as a matter of fact, it has no future. It is
killed beyond hope of resurrection. If it
had not been for the continual crying down
of Great Falls ana other places, and the
everlasting talk of such people as the Pow
ers about the future of this place, many a
man would have gone to Great Falls and
invested his earnings, and been we'll of to-
day, instead of sinking everything he had
here until now We see property valueless
and they must 90. This may be crimen
l@css majestatis, but it 10 the truth never
theless. II the Rentlemanly, courteous and
obliging collector of customs will tell me
what the Powers have ever done to advance
the prosperity of Fort Benton, I will tell
him what they have done to retard its
progress and show him that their Machia-
velian hands have always been opposed to
The development, progress and prosperity
of northern Montana.
As for Mr.. John Powers election, there
is no more hope for it than there ID Of his
obtaining the presidency. It is evident,
though, that Mr.. Sullivan's motto ID, ''Dum
Spiro Spero." Print this.
AL1RxD e. Rooms.
Fort Benton, Oct. II.
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Hon. Frank e. Corbett and Hon. Stephen A,
DeWolfe-
TOWNSEND, Saturday, Oct. 10.
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Hon. Frank r. Corbett-
SALEsv1LlE, Monday, Oct. Is.
EAST GALLATIN, Tuesday, Oct. II,
MEAaHER COUNTY, Oct. 15, l6 and II. !.
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Hon. A. II. Nelson
RED LODGE, Monday, Oct. 13.
BIG TIMER, Tuesday, Oct. II.
Horn, Wednesday, Oct. 15.
THREE Forks, Friday, Oct. II.
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Hon. W. ID, Hill
BUTTE. Monday, Oct. 10.
DEER LODGE, Tuesday, Oot. Il.
PHIL1PsBURG, Wednesday. Got. 15.
M1ssoULA COUNTY, Oct. II and IS.
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have read list published in this
of parties for residences built
will with saying that LENOXi
borhood home
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-09-17
OSLO.

L. o. Thorp. Of Wilmar, is visiting here.
o. Quill is the happy father of little girl.
Severt johnson has put up new wind mill.
Miss Martha Lee, Of Rock Dell, visited here
last Sunday.
A number of the boys attended the fair at
Rochester last week.
Mrs. Ole Gulbransen visited her daughter
in Minneapolis last week.
Miss Nora Halverson, Of Dodge Center,
visited her parents the past week.
Professor Smeland commenced school in
Gilderhm's school house last Monday.
J. Anderson, OF Kasson, was In Vernon
last Sunday and took the picture of the
creamery and cream gatherers and band boys.
II. Hellen's little boy was killed by horse
that he led to water last Wednesday. The
horse got frightened and ran away with him.
He was about seven years old.
Married, at the residence of the brides
parents in Vernon, last Thursday, Mr. Thomas
Thompson to Miss Julia III. GulbransOn, by
Rev. ]. A. Thorson. The couple left Friday
for Grand Forks, Dakota, where they will
make their future home.
Died. on September IL, Kittel Kasson, of
Dropsy, aged a. years and 6 months. The
funeral was held at the West st. Olaf church
last Saturday. Rev. }. A. Thorson officiating.
The Misses Mary and Bessie Ammundson
went to North Dakota last week to visit their
brother.
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C.B. L. e.. CORNERS,

h. Huntly lost valuable horse last Satur-
day.
Old Jack made us rather sharp call Friday
night.
The Taopi church is to be dedicated next
Sunday at $50 a. IN.
T. Murphy broke the main casting in his
threshing machine last week.
Charles Cromwell has added another quarter
section to his Bennington farm.
T. Murphy has purchased quarter section
farm lately. Consideration $2.l0O.
BY the numbers we saw working In the hay.
fields last Sunday we should judge that the
tardy farmers have come to the conclusion
that the hay season Is now about over.
]. T. johnson has bought the south 80 of the
Caswell farm. Thus one by one the wild and
vacant farms are bought up by substantial
men, crowding out the renter and scamper.
The LIE Roy market Is booming. We notice
farmers from near Grand Meadow. Spring
Valley and Taopi drawing their grain to LIE
Roy. A grain buyers war is q great thing for
the farmer.
X. Huntley, the bonanza max farmer OF this
locality, has threshed his large crop Of fax.
Those wishing few pointers on fax culture
would do we'll to call on r. H., as he can give
you the secrets of fax raising.