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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-21

from the open interior, containing all the
barrack accommodation the hardy warriors
of old knew how, or cared to provide. A
curious screw like stone staircase, built
into the inner wall, winds around within
the tower, communicating with the tiny
stone chambers; and on the ground floor
are three large detached chambers Is
feet long. ten feet high, the width OF
the space between the walls, in
which are square storage holes or ambries.
Mousa is wondrous old relic of pagan
times. It's age is certainly l,5OO, and per
haps 1900 years. Strange chronicles flash
along the pages of Morse history regarding
the orgies, sieges and tragedies known with
in this ancient tower;. and we can easily
learn that among its other uses it was hold
in high repute 1000 years ago by Morse low
ers Of noble blood, as a sort Of impregna-
bic Gretna Green Many Morse Viking
has besieged the sturdy place in vain for
daughter, or sweetheart, who has found pro-
lection, husband and a honeymoon within
it's gray old walls.
BY foot paths across the moorland wastes
it is but about seven miles to Fitful Head.
It is the White Mountain of the Morse
men, on account of the lustre of its slate
formation. Its highest crag rises fully
1000 feet above the sea- but the legends
ary habitation of Norma, bold. almost de-
tached, cliff lifting its sea front into point
as sharp rs church spire. is not more than
csssible after rough scramble. and its
sides are the haunts of myriads of sea fowl:
Horrible indeed must be the spot in time OF
storm. But when had accomplished the
task of scaling its heights, nature seemed
asleep and dreaming peacefully. Away
down there below, the sea was as
calm as Highland loch. From the
| higher headland the whole of Shetland
| could be seen with ,glass-waste,
moor. hillock, valley. glen: a lan1d
without forests, split and serrated by the
ceaseless cravings of the sea. Tremendous
precipices rose everywhere. Lochs and
tarns showed without copse or verdure
shadowy ''hellyers'' Cut the seawalls whers
the tide is ever at ebb Or flow. Here {
fishing station, there dreary. hamlet
and their sodd toil oe neyond Weird eie
with herd Of seals turning their. SHINING
sides n 70 tho low. red sun Over all AL ti lin
dreamy. tender presence; for IN the pre-
days before the dark. long winter sets IN, i
Is "peerie SUMMER in the Shetland Isles.
! EDGAR L. WAKEMAN.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-21

very busy lawyer, has something else to do
besides playing game of thumbs in a
Belgian Jail.
"Perhaps people will become more eau
tious about yielding to movement of bad
probably avoid the occasion of fighting
simply because the price of the luxury is
too high. We all remember the melancholy
saying of Gringoire in Notre Dame de Paris,
when he looked down into the Seine from q
bridge one fine night in winter: II would
like to drown myself, if the water wasn't SO
colds
"Oh, how we would fight if the cursed
luxury didn't cost 30 dear!'
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-21
NOTICE FOR BIDS BIDS WILL BE Rk

NOTICE FOR RIDS-BIDS WILL BE Rk
~ ceived by the board OF county commissio
ers of Cascade county, Mountains, mp o 10 o'cloc.
Dec, 2. 1890. for the plumbing. gas fitting and
heating both by steam and hot water in the new
Great Falls. Mont. Plans and specifications may
be feen at the office of Hunt 4 Hol scher. over
Security bank, Great Falls. Mont The board
reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Bids
to be endorsed Plumbing, ETC., County Poor
Hous )" By order of the board. Address
Howard Crosby Clerk.
HOWARD CROSBY. Cle.k
n nnual meeting of the stockholders of the
American National bank will be held at the
banking house in Helena, Montana, on Tuesday,
January Is. 1891, between the hours of 10 a. m.
and p. m. A. c. JOHNSON, Cashier.
Dated Dec Is, 1890
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-21
Special Announcement :!

The Triangle drug store at Northern Pacific
Depot now has a competent pharmacist in charge
pf the prescription department. None but tn
best of medicines dispensed.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-08-23
Selected.

For many centuries the idea that "woman had
one cell more in the heart and one less in the head
than man. was so thoroughly inculcated that it
was almost regarded as an axiom. Whoever was
the originator of this erroneous notion it would be
extremely difficult, at this late day. to determine.
One thing is certain the nineteenth century is fast
revealing the fact even to the most skeptical, that
in intellect she is not lacking Whether the ALL
wise Creator endowed her with greater powers for
loving, it is not for us to determine That she
possesses strong emotional nature that 1t is her
province to love and be loved, all admit; but once
thoroughly imbued with true sense OF her own
intrinsic worth she will not relinquish all that be-
longs to her by birthright, for the pleasure OF
darning mans hosiery, mending his wearing ap-
parel and sewing buttons on his buttonless shirt
The blessed privilege Of rising with the lark, pre-
naring his matin-meal while he blissfully sumbers
will be derogated to some one employed to 90 that
kind of work. In other words, woman, when she
has once thoroughly learned her lesson OF self
respect will demand what she has right to re-
ceve, loyalty for loyalty, purity for purity and
virtue for virtue. The ''take me, would were
more worthy Of you" order Of things will be re-
versed and she will ask and demand OF MN VINO
would we'd her, a fair exchange. The perniclous
theory that "a reformed rake makes the best nus
hand :" will no longer be instilled into the mnaS
Of our daughters, but the doctrine las ye SOW 50
shall We reap" will be taught instead Woman
will not be less loving, less mindful Of the duties
tbot devolye upon her as wife, mother and friend
she will only demand better, truer type OF man
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-08-23
A WOMAN'S ANSWER.

DO you know you have asked for the fairest thing
Ever made by the hand above
Woman's heart, and woman's life,
And womans wonderful love?
know you have asked for these priceless things
As child might ask for toy,
Demanding, what others have tried to win
With the reckless dash of boy?
You have written my lesson of duty out,
Manlike, you have questioned me,
Now, stand at the bar OF womans SOUL
Until shall question thee
You require your dinner shall always be hot,
Your socks and your shirts be whole;
require your heart to be true as Gods stars.
And pure as the purest your SOUL
You require cook for your mutton and beef;
require far grander thing;
seamstress you're wanting for socks and shirts,
look for man and king.
l am fair and young, but the rose will fade
From my blooming cheek one day,
VIII you love me then, in fe's autumn hours,
AS you did in the towering May?
Is your heart an ocean, SO strong and Deep
may launch my all On its tide?
"a loving woman finds heaven or hell
On the day she is made bride"
1require all things that are good and true,
All things that man should be;
II you give all this, 81 would stake my life
To be all you demand of me-"
II this can not be, laundress and cook
You can hire and little to pay;
But wonsIi's heart, arn womac's life,
Should never be thrown away.
Selected.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-08-23

will bring higher, loftier grade Of home The
sowing his wild oats period will become thing
OF the past and marriage will not be discussed as
a failure or success. The union of snowfakes and
SCOT proves derogatory to the dazzling whiteness
and purity of the snow. The purity Of the home
will not be hers alone to keep, but he will be called
to her standpoint, and from this exalted plane he
will see the errors of past generations. For ages
the coming OF the millennium has been predicted,
and volumes have been written songs have been
sung in praise of that glorious time yet to come.
Truly it would seem as though now indeed it might
be drawing near, for woman with her increased
opportunities and vast power for good will bring
about better state OF affairs. That she is indi-
rectly responsible for the existence of evil to
certain extent, we admit, and once convinced of
that fact she will set about remedying the evil
Nor will she be satisfied with any halfway meas
ure A radical reform once inaugurated will be
steadily continued until 1.-THE hand that rocks the
cradle" really and truly becomes the hand that
rules the world.
WITH the constantly growing population in the
Snnth and the strnses- of iGnnrant fanAie 4.
comes pouring over from the old world to this in
search of homes, the work of education has devel-
oped into gigantic proportions, too great for ndl-
vidual effort, and in many instances, among the
younger States for example, beyond the capacity
of State enterprise. Yet still the crying need of
the age is for better educational facilities, more
institutions of learning, more teachers. In this
respect Arkansas is no exception. There are more
children than can possibly be taught under exist
ing conditions. Arkansas has done much, but
there is still much more to accomplish before her
educational facilities will meet the demands OF her
people. Many are growing up in ignorance, fail
ing to acquire those qualities of heart culture and
the knowledge which best fits them to become
an enlightened citizens of the Republic. 10 this
end the national government should aid, wherever
and whenever occasion arises and circumstances
are propitious. Such an occasion has transplred
in the vacation by the military Of the arsenal
GROUNDS at LlUIe hOCk. lb 10 uihiouio w iI""6'"S
better disposition Of this fine piece OF ground
than its donation to Arkansas educational inter-
ests. Where are the men who will work to this
end and thereby prove themselves Invaluable
benefactors TO the State
AMONG the hopeful signs OF the times, especially
for the future of women, is the constantly lncreas-
inc number of those who are making the woman
ouestion concern for thought and action In
this advance, England and the United States are IN
the lead with the difference not easily explained
Tn our own country the movement has yet put
reached the outer edges Of that powerful class OF
women usually designated as the upper ten 'nou-
sand. They are still keeping alOof with the In,
difference Of those whose hearts are still untoucneo
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-08-23
LITTLE RoCK,FARK, SATURDAY AUGUST %, 1880.
Vol. lII.-No. rs


with interest. ssWhat have we to do with this p,
is the query, always tnged with indifference often
with Impotence. In England the situation is the
reverse, Many women belonging to the nobility
are taking active part in questions bearing upon
the social and moral reforms of th e day-the edu-.
cation OF the young, the better adjustment of the
numerous difficulties existing between capital and
labor, the spreading Of light and knowledge In the
homes of laborers and the poorer classes, the
equal rights of women before the law. These,
with their numerous and different branches of
work now fill the lives of hundreds of English
women belonging to that class which is blessed
with means and the time to use it in work that
must eventually tell in the better conditions Of the
world both within and outside OF the home.
DAVID DUDLEY FIELD says there are six prob
lens before the American people, VIZ: 4sHonest
government woman suffrage, the negro race, the
rights of labor, the government of cities, and the
government of corporations. Mr.. Field had
best place the second problem first, which once
solved and the suffrage given to women, would
greatly conduce toward honest government. Hon
est government once established, the race problem,
f - - " siiu s'io temperance question
which Mr.. Field has either ignorov
would each in turn receive just consideration
and honest adjustment. What more could they
ask? There are seven problems before the Amer
lean people, adding to Mr. Fields list that OF
temperance, but by far the most important Of them
all is woman suffrage.
THE Arkansas Christian says: "The churches
of Little Rock are responsible for every house OF
il-fame, every saloon, and every gambling hell in
the city," The churches of Little Rock are COM
posed Of about one-ifth men and four-6fths women
Therefore according to the Christian, four-tfths
of the blame for all the wickedness OF this city
rests upon the shoulders Of The Christian women,
and only the one-ffth part OF the blame is I'M
posed upon the church going men. Sacred history
only records but one other instance Of like un-
equal and unjust distribution OF blame, VIZ.
when Adam hid behind the bushes, leaving Eve to
take the blame of the sin which was only one-half
hers.
THE good people Of St. Louis are beginning TO
agtate the question of Police Matrons. One
writer describes scene brought to bis notice. OF
woman who was brought into station charged
with theft, and as there was no matron the woman
bad to be searched by police officers She did not
look like depraved woman, ard whether she was
guilty or not, the ordeal was terrible one Wnlcn
she had to bear unnecessarily. Women are con-
stantly arrested and searched, but nowhere except
Of the -Four Courts is there woman to perform
this unpleasant duty.
Mrs GLADSTONE always attends the meetings Of
Parliament when either her husband or her son
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-03
4 Death Test.

II most people arc afraid of anyt hing
it is of being buried alive. That cases
do happen where it is very difficult even
Tor the most experienced phys.c an to
determine whether Il person is really or
only apparently dead without having
recourse to means which, while they
would ut once settle the dispute, would
place life, if it really still existed, in
jeopardy, may be judged from the fact
thai Tic French Academy of Science,
ten or fifteen years ago. offered n prize
equal TO $4,000 for the discovery of
some means By which even the mex
rcrienced might at once determine
whether in n given case death had en-
sued or not. a ply sician obta ined the
prize. He had discovered the follow.
ing well-known phenomenon: If the
hand of the suspected dead person is
held toward a candle or other artificial
light, with the fingers extended and
one touching the other, and one looks
through the spaces between the fingers
toward the light, there appears scarlet
red color where the fingers touch each
other, due to the blood still circulating.
it shows itself through the tissues
which have not yet congcstcd. Wnen
life is entirely exinc. the phenomenon
Of scarlet space between the fingers at
once ceases. The most extcnsiv, and
thorough trials established the truth of
this observation. -.St. LOUIS Republic.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-03
Tho Beginning of a Bottle.

The proc,s begins with the gail
His blowpp: is u tube Of wtought iron,
five or six feet long, ;and of lighter
weight than tn, pipe used in blowing
window glass. lie dips the end of his
pipe into the molten contents of the
boot, aud brings ou: mass of rcd-hot
plastic glass. ii the bottl C, to be
blown are small, ono gathering suflices,
but, for larger wares, two or even three
gatherings may be necessary to get the
requisite supply of material on the end
OF The biowpipe. When the gathering
is done properly, this lump of rcd-hot
glass is perfectly HON ,geneous mass.
Its subsequent fortune, rest with the
blower. He takes tho blowpipc from
the gathcrcr, AMI resting the plastic
glass against n marveriny table of stone
or cast iron, he gives the pine a few
adroit rotations. thus fashioning the
glass INTO an even cylindrical SHAPE.
by further bling it along the cdcc of
the table he forms the smaller prolonga-
ton OF glnss which is after ward TO be.
come 'h: meek OF the bottle. Lifting
the still red hot glass from the table, lie
blows trough the pipe, forming n
small bubble of air in the interior of
the mass of glass. This is after
extended until it becomes the inward
ness of the bottle.
The partly fashioned bit of glassware
is now introduced into the mold which
one Of the "shop" boys has already
opened to receive il. For convenience.
In working the mold is placed on n
somewhat lower level than that on
which the blower stands. 1t is made
OF cast iron and commonly formed IN
two pieces. One of these is stationary,
while the other opens outward, its mo.
ton being controlled by foot lever.
When the blower places his Incomplete
bottle, still attached 10 the blowpipe
into the mold, he closes the mold with
his foot and blows through III, pine
until the plastic glass is every where
forced against the sides of the mold,
and has impressed upo it the form of
Its prison, --PSpnlar Science Monthly.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-03
Il Coin on It's, Ira ueIs.

How 'moncy makcslthc mare 60" IVES
shown by an incident that occurred re.
Gently on Chestnut sheet car, and ex.
emplificd the power ontaincd in one
little nickel, says the Philadelphia Ia
2ni'er. Astout nan handed q dim, ,c
the conductor, who, before returning
the change, collected nickel from q
female passenger, evidently washer.
woman, and handed the nickcl TO the
stout man. Turning to n, pa son.er, o
friend evideat y, and who had gos OF
before the stout man, the latter handle |
him the nickel, rcmarking with laugh
at the same time: "Thcrc, Bob, / owe
you five cents, and tina. squares u.s."
"Bob" took the coin with smile,
and, leaning across the aisle, said to an
acquaintance with whom he had been
talking, and who was accompanied By
a lady, evidently his wife:
"Thcre's that five cents I bet you on
Boycr's majority"
The acquaintance Tipped the 'coin
from his right to his left hand and
handed it to his female companion with
the remark:
"rhere's that five cents I borrowed
for that cigar thi, morning"
Smiling swccily, the lady acccp. ci
the coin, and, reaching over, dropped
it into the washcrwoman's hand say
ing:
"That's the five cents 1 owe you, and
that ju't makes III square.
1t was all done so quickly and in .u:h
an oilhand way that it was not until the
coin was in the hand Of lis first posses
sor that the passengers whose ownership
it had passed realized what number OF
debts the small piece had paid, passing
in turn through the hands of tho wash
crwoman, the conductor the stout
man, the stout mans friend, The stout
mans friends acquaintance. the stout
mans friends acquaintance wife aud
the stout nuns friends acquaintan &C 5
wifc's washer woman. in all paying seven
debts, and coming back to the original
posse sor.
1t sent all hands into brown study,
and the story is true, too.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-03

Thomas A. Edison has made con.
tract with the Mexican government TO
furnish the post offices Of tho republic
with monographs to be used for tho
transmission of messages. In place OF
writing letter, Mexican herea ftcr can
say what he wants to say 10 phono-
graph, and the wax impression of his
tone will be forwarded to the postol lice
nearest to the residence Of the person
for whom the message is intended. The
latter will be notified on its arrival and
the message will be ground out to him
by the local phonOgraph. AS the vast
majority of the Mexican population
cannot read or write, 1t is believed that
the photograph will be extensively used
for correspondence.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-03

There is to be another investigation
OF the Panama ship canal scheme by n
commission composed of four Fren ch
and one Belgian engineer. Upon their
report 1t will depend whether the en-
terprisc be aban doncd to its fate or its
life prorogucd by further empty ing the
French purses into its cormoraut NAV.
Meanwhile, it is satisfactory to know
that the work upon the Nicaragua ship
canal project has been formally inaugu-
rated, AMI will no doubt progress rap
idly under the cncrgizing influences of
American energy, supplemented by
American capital. That way there is q
vista through which, the New York
Nt,cs thinks, can be seen an immensely
of profit and glory in this country's
future
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-03
Pulpit to Gambling IInuse.

Speaking Of mysterious disappeas>
ances," said Captain Ncsoa. at til,
Girard house last night, "a case o; Tilt
kind tore up Savannah society fty
years ago. One of the most popu.fA
cicrgymen in the city kisscl his vifE
and children after supper one evening.
and left his house to go TO a service at
his church. lie never appeared at The
church, and was never seen in SIyanmh
again. Detectives wcr. employed to
search for him, and large amount of
money was expended on the iuves,ir.-
ton, but all to no avail; and within
six month, the con clIsion was reached
that he had either committed suicide or
had been murdered. a year or so later
young physician from Savannah. who
had been an attendant upon this clergy
mans ministIation, was in Paris, and
was making the rounds of the city with
some friends. They went into one of
the swell gambling houcs, and had not
hcen there many minutes before man
entered whom the Savannah doctor i'm
mcdia'cly rccognizol as the fugitive
preacher. The physician accostcd him
by name. whereupon the OK. Clergyman
drew him into corner and beg 5ed him
to be silent and discreet. Il am he
:aid, 'onc of TIE rroprictors of this
house, and am making money here
The profession of tlb ministcry grew
utterly fbhorrent to n G, and the desire
for an adventurous life took complete
possession Of me. I could do nothing
but abscond from thI town in whfh
you knew me. rely upon you not tb
expose me- u
;. 1.-The facts" contin| Jed Captain ~ IN,
SON. "were tod me b the phys cians
who is now one of IL e most euIine
and successful memberl Of his notes.
sion, in Savannah. p haadeptir In
Ouirer
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-03
sensions and civil war.

A German periodical gives statistics
concerning the frequency of thunder
storms in various regions of the world.
Java has thunderstorms on the average
81 days in the year, Sumatra sc, Hin
doostan sc, Borneo 81, the Gold Coast
~, Rio dc Janeiro 81, Italy 3S, West
Indies SO, South Guinea 80, Buenos
Ayres, Canada and Austria %, Baden,
Wurtemberg and Hungary %. Silesia,
Bavaria and Belgium 81 Holland Is,
saxony and Brandenburg II, France,
Austria and South Russia 16, Spain and
Portugal Is, Sweden and Finland 8,
England and the high Swiss mountains
2, Norway 4, Cairo 8. In East Turkes-
tan, rs we'll as in the extreme north.
there are almost no thundcrstorms.
The northern limits of the thund er-
storms are Cape Oglc, northern part OF
North America, Iceland, Novaja Scmil-
ia and the coast of the Siberian ice sea.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-03
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
Befruc. No one but . coward iies
Be proud. A prouJman cannot be

Befrue. No one but q coward lies.
BE proud. A prou]mau cannot be
, mean. '-'
Be bold. 1t is tho only way to com.
mand confidence.
Accumulate. The more you own the
more power you have.
Be quick. You can't use minute
bnt once-make the most of it.
Be clean. il your body and charac-
ter are .spotless nothing can shame you
Who, then, is unconquerab.cl lie
swhom the inevitable cannot overcome.
BE careful. A needless word or act
may cost you years work or life
time of pain.
BE honest. Credit IL the premium
paid for honesty. Run in debt only
when it is necessary and never unless
you are reasonably sure you can pay.
A beautiful person is ike fountain,
watering the earth and Spreading feriil-
ity; it is therefore moro delightful
and more honorable to give than to re.
ccivc.
Multitude Of jcalous;es, aud lack OF
some predominant desire that should
marshal and put in order al the rest,
makcth my mans heart hard TO find OF
sound.
Never look back. You can't help
the mistakes you have made. Don't
make any more. Don't think OF what
you have achieved, but of what you
may accomplish.