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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-29

Orient under the name of the Wisdom re-
liGion, and attributes her success to the
practical work to which she devotes herself
to the influence of the other world, with
which she claims continual, though re-
stricted intercourse. For this, of course,
she is often called a crank; but the SINGER
ity of her faith and the truly glorious re-
suits which she must be conscious of hav-
ing achieved, give to her, I have no doubt.
the fortitude to bear such epithets, or
rather, perhaps ought to say, raise her to
q height whereon fortitude is unnecessary
since tho shafts of such raillery cannot
reach her there.
There is another woman of whom I
should like to write few words here. She
is not now q lobbyist, though for many
years she was one. 1 refer to DR.. Mary
Walker, a woman who. because she wears
mans attire, has long been jeered by those
who, let US in charity presume, do not
know that she adopted this attire because
in the ordinary dress of her sex she could
not be as useful as she wished to be on the
field of battle and in the field of hospitals
where men lay bleeding to death. If DR.,
Mary Walker is a crank, or even if trouble
real or fancied, has at last disturbed the
equilibrium of her mind, does it follow
that she should be held up through all the
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-29

years of piping peace as subject for cheap
and shelf worn wit because in time of aw-
full war she went where skirts would have
been an annoyance, if not positive OBJ
struction?
There are dozens of women lobbyists
whose faces are as familiar about the CAPT.
tol rs that of the funny little woman in
corkscrew curls, who has sold knicknacks
in the house wing corridor ever since Capt.
tol hill was hole in the ground. Promi-
nent among these are Mrs. johnson, Mrs.
Samuel and Charlotte Smith, who devote
themselves to various reforms, and work
for glory much more zealpuslv than some
of the male lobbyists labor for gold. In
deed, women lobbyists frequently do the
work for which men of their profession get
the pay; and some of them work for no
remuneration but the glory of success
There are other women who have labor
ed year after year upon special measures,
| such as temperance reform, woman suffrage
and the like; and others still who have be-
come familiar figures in the Hobbies and
committee rooms. where they have through
session after session. told over and over
again the stories of their claims against the
government. Among those who have wait
ed patiently for what they deem to be JUS
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-29
A Charming Style of Dress.

The thousand and one devices of the
wardrobe that go to make trousseau a
charming thing were never more elegant
than now. The costumes for visiting and
the ball room and more especially the
street are given decided attention this
season. The accordion pleats, says the
London Queen, is wonderfully popular at
present, particularly in large and fashion
able cities Of Europe. I'm Paris" continues
the Queen, 'ladies are more than partial to
this decided novel and graceful costume,
which is worn for the street almost to the
exclusion of all Others" We are pleased
to note that the New York dry goods
store is in possession of the machinery for
the making Of this charming style of dress.
We hope the ladies of Helena will not neg
lect to take advantage of this opportunity,
as the New York store assures us that their
prices tor the making will be no more than
is customary in the eastern cities.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-29
The Trip to the New Christ.

"My friends I left the agency in No
vember with two other Cheyennes, going
first to Rawlins. At dark the same day we
reached fort (probably Bridger). After
ten days We went to Fort Hall and
met the Snakes and Bannacks, where the
chief took me to his tent. I told the chief
was just travelling for pleasure, to see
other Indians and countries. That nv
people were at peace and thought could
travel anywhere. Leaving the Bannacks
we took little railroad to town ON a big
lake (Salt Lake,. The next day we took
the cars, travelled south, and in the morn
ing came to a settlement of Indians,
dressed like white people, the women hav-
png their hair banged and their faces paint
ed white with black spots. Then we got on
the cars again and next saw a lot of houses.
We were told more Indians lived there. so
we got off and found them living in huts of
grass. Riding in the cars again, day and
hight, we got off among the tish-eating In
dams. In the morning the chief took
us in wagon to the agency on the side
pf big river. Then we went
back to the station and were told there
were some Indians to the south, who
wanted to see us. We took the railroad.
and at shutdown got to the agency, where
there were more fish eaters. Diagrams
and explanations leave no doubt but that
these lakes were pyramid and walker, in
western Nevada, near the agencies of the
same name). ALI the Indians we met from
The Bannacks down danced the dance
(meaning the late religious dances held at
he Cheyenne agency. The whites danced,
too. (Porcupine travelled through Nor
non country. I knew nothing about the
dance before going; Just happened to run
about it. (Here the Indian auditors re-
moved their hats, in token that the talk to
you all to listen to what am going to say;
there is no harm in it, and until Agent Up
shaw told me different, thought the whites
knew all about it,
Porcupine then asked Agent Upshaw to
Explain to him the religion of the whites,
before he told about the new Christ. Up
shaw commenced by telling of the first set
Element of the whites in America, but was
interrupted by Porcupine. who wanted to
know how the Indians first got here. Up
shaw said this would take too long, and
then Porcopine asked if the whites expected
b second coming of Christ Upshaw showed
him Bible, explaining that in order to IN
1erstand, Porcupine would have to read the
1ook through. This subject was then drop
ped. and Porcupine commenced his story of
ais meeting with the Christ, first saving
hat on his trip he met none
put good people, who let him ride on
he cars free and gave himself and his
riends all they wanted to eat. charging
my friends" he continued, INV two
companions pointing to Bear Ridge and
Big Beaver, who sat on either side Of him .
sill bear me out in all am about to say.
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Forbes s Davis Special.

10000 shares Legal Tender, Dillon. 27hc
is the bottom now, and it will have to be
sold quick at that.
40 shares Rocky Fork certificates, secured
by N. P. 6 per cent bonds.
l45 shares St. Paul & Helena Land I'M
provement company.
5000 Iron Mountain in lots.
5000 o. X. d. N. in lots.
5000 Copper Bell in lots.
1000 Glengary (Butte).
200 Combination (Phllipsburg).
300 Cumberland.
1000 Yellowstone.
5000 Silver Arrow.
MINING EXCHANGE,
26 and p Bailey Block.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-29
Notice.

The following stock now in the city
found and unclaimed will be sold Tues
day, July !, at public auction, at Park ave.
nue. stable, between and o'clock p. m.
One bay horse, branded j. P. OH left hip;
one sorrel horse, branded j. p. on left hip;
one bay horse branded p. X. on left hip
L. j. CRoNIN, City Marshal.
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through the years for such as we're other
wise friendless and unaided, she has stead
lastly refused to accept any commissions or
remuneration in money for her work. It
is and ever has been labor of love, the
result of good principle earnestly ad
hered to and boundless sympathy for
the unfortunates of our race. l am
credibly informed that through her
mediation no less than ten Thousand pen
sion claims have been adjudicated, and that
in every case the pensioner has been, or has
been believed to be, worthy and in need.
Yet this is but portion of Mrs. Hecht-
mans work. She has interested herself in
behalf of thousands of claimants other
than pensioners, and in all sorts of reforms
of the general laws looking toward the re-
lief of oppressed classes.
She knows personally more influential
men, perhaps, than any other woman in
America, and though her fame has not gone
as far as that of many women who work for
lesser ends, but with more ostentation, she
has done more in her quiet, practical way.
for the really needy than most of those
whose names are familiar to the tongues of
this nation and the world. If this be an
extravaQant claim, have made it in
frame of mind quite free from prejudice, for
1 have no personal acquaintance with the
lady. know her only by her works. and
judge her only by a long record of
consistently good results-a record
which began in the hospitals
made numerous and frlghtful by our
civil war, and has been continued
through the years of peace with undated
energy and faithfulness. OF course, Mrs.
Hechtman is in comfortable circumstances
financially. No woman who was not could
thus devote herself to others without living
by the charity of friends. She has share
OF this worlds goods, and is striving to see
that those who have not be raised from
their condition of distress. In personal
appearance Mrs. Hechtman is delicate,
fragile looking lady, whose snowy hair dis
putes the question of age with her clear,
keen eyes. her vigorous tones and short
movements.
She is an earnest believer in that spiritual
science which has come to US from the
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-29
Notice.

To property owners on Lyndale avenue;
sidewalk has been ordered by the city
council on the north side of Lyndale av
enue from Helena avenue to the engine
house, and on the south side from Helena
avenue to Kirkendall's barn. If work does
not begin within five days will build said
sidewalks and charge the costs up to the
property:
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-29
GIVE US THY PEACE.

From binding task and daily care set free,
From our own sslyes desiring most re.esse,
U kindly nature. we have come 10 thee
Give us thy peace!
From empty shows that have no power to bless,
From the sweet, lost illusions Of our youth,
We come to learn of thee thy steadfastness-
Thy changeless truth.
Each Iring thy shining bnttercups unfold
Through all the years they vary not in hue;
Thy violets have theI fragrance as of old
Their faithful blue.
St'l are thy cowslip blossoms meekly bowed.
Thy wilding rose displays its golden heart;
Thy sclinging woodbine grows not, stiff and
To stand apart.
Still do thy beeches and thy oaks spread forth
Their new-cad giant branches to the sky;
Thy b;ris repeat each well-known song OF mirth
Or plaintise cry.
Such Were thy beauties in creations prime,
And still, though all unchanging. they are new
May We, oh nature. simple sublime,
Like thee. I've true,
Once A Week.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-29

The amount permitted for the present
census is in excess of that required for the
last census, in spite of restriction upon
publication. The last census cost $780,
$50, and that included all expenses con-
nected with the work, so that if the maxi
mum sum provided for should be spent in
addition to the cost of printing engraving
and binding, the eleventh census will be con-
siderably more expensive than the tenth.
The population of the United States will
probably be foundto be 65.0O0,000 an in
crease of about Ii, OOO, 600 over 1880.
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As we have purchased the business of John

As we have purchased the business of John
T. Murphy & Co.. and will assume control
on July LIST, we desire to state to the Gus
toners of the old firm and to the public in
general, that We propose carrying the larg-
est, finest and best selected stock of gro
ceries, both fine and staple, to be found
west of Chicago. 1t will be our aim to
merit the good name enjoyed by the old
firm and promise their customers and the
public in general that they shall have the
best of goods at the very lowest prices. In
conclusion we will state that on July LIST we
open the business in our name; that the re-
tail department will be under the direct
management of Mr.. Jas. Gourley, and that
customers will in no way be Inconvenience
by the tranfer.
BACH, Cory d Co.
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To Change July LIST.

We have sold our entire stock of groceries
and other goods to Bach, Cory d Co., and
will give them possession on July LIST.
We take this opportunity to thank our
friends and customers for their many fav-
ors and liberal patronage in the past, and
earnestly bespeak for our successors the
same good will and patronage in the future.
JOHN r. MURPHY d Co.
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OUR GOLDEN GIRLS.

44,175.OOO Great American Dollars Cap
tured by Foreign Noblemen.
The immense sum of "a ,175,O00, says the
Chicago Globe, has gone to Europe during
the last few years, with several American
girls as an incumbrance, to trade for titles.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-29
AN AMERICAN VENUS.

A Harvard Man Discovers tho Most
Beautiful Woman in the Country.
The Washington Post says it has long
been known that personal will and per.
sistent effort can do much to promote
the grace and charm Of female lowell.
ness. But it remained for the scientific
evolution of these later days to discover
and disclose less recondite methods OF
securing and retaining the attributes of
physical beauty. Unlike some OF the
secrets of the ancients these methods
arc in full accord with the laws OF
health and are founded upon the neces.
sity of proper and natural exercise. TIC
lead to the best results schools OF ply.
steal culture have been established
notably. the school under the direction
of DR.. d. A. Sargent at Harvard.
Some time since DR.. Sargent, with the
view of ascertaining tho results of his
system, offered prize to be- awarded to
tho most symmetrically beautiful
woman in tho country. Out of 5000
competitors it was won by Miss Mar.
garet Blanche Best, of Meadville, Pa,
who is thus officially declared. upon
expert testimony, to be, so far as is
known, tho most beautiful woman in
the United States. To show that
this result is the effect OF
exercise and physical training,
Miss Best who is twenty-five years
old, says that in her twentieth year she
was quito slight in form and gavo no
promise of tho symmetrical develop
ment which has won for her such dis.
tinction; and she insists that whatever
beauty she now possesses is due to reso-
lutte practice on her part, intelligently
directed.
But not only is beauty to be attained
through persevering exercise under
healthful conditions; it is also to be re.
tanned by will and persistent effort.
There is no more potent foo to its reten.
ton than tho tendency to cmbonpoint
with which so many of our beautiful
women have to contend, and which
threatens in their prime to rob them of
all physical grace and charm. But this
tendency may be controlled through the
adoption of strict dietary regimen and
course OF sustained and healthful ex-
ercise.
1t would seem that fresh air and we'll.
directed exercise hold the real secret of
physical beauty. In their use all that
Is requisite is a resolute disposition, and
thus 1T is found to be mcasurably true
that almost every one may become
beautiful at will.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-29
FREAKS OF A TORNADO.
1t Pluoked an Old Lady's Poultry and
Destroyed Her Soft-Soap


One of the occupants of the Good
cottage near Lake Gervais, on July Is,
an elderly lady, was very fond of
taking care of fowls, and had raised
nearly hundred chickens and ducks.
says the Pioneer Press. These were all
killed by tho storm. The lady had also
mado nice lot of soft soap, of which
she was very proud. The soap had been
left on board by the side of tho house.
and. of course, was carried away by tho
wind.
The occupants Of the house, it will DO
remembered, took refuge in the cellar
when tho storm was seen coming. AL
wcro more or less injured and their
clothing torn from their bodies. It was
nearly half an hour before all were re-
leased, moro dead than alive. Tho
lady spoken of was half unconscious.
and the moment she was taken from the
cellar she took one glance at the work
OF the tornado, threw up her hands, and
exclaimed:
"Oh, where are my ducks and nv
chickens, and whcro is my nice soft
soap?"
Her soft soap has probably dissolved
In Lake Gervais, but the remains of her
ducks and chickens were found here and
there within radius OF n mile or moro
from tho house. The idea that a tor
nado could pluck tho feathers from
fowl as clean as could tho most accom-.
plishcd chofhas been laughed at, butsome
OF the chickens and ducks belonging to
tho Good family were stripped Of every
feather. But that was not the only re-
markablc thing about them.
Some of tho chickens found nearly
milo from tho house had their nccks
stretched to remarkable lcngth, the
necks of some, it is said by those
who saw them. being at east
foot long. Another incident of tho
storm is that one of tho ladies who took
refuge in the cellar was almost covered
with oats, tho. sharp needles OF which
penetrated her clothing and stuck to tho
skin. The husband OF the lady vouchcs
for this occurrence, and says that il took
nearly half an hour TO remove the oats.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-29

a Maine man says tho golden rod is
responsible for many cases of influenza
A while ago his little daughter gathered
a large bunch and put it in a vase in tho
parlor. Two sleeping apartments arc
on the same floor, and the doors arc fire.
quently left open at night Two days
after the flowers had been carried into
the home several members OF the family
began to snecze, complain OF sore throat,
and feel greatly depressed, but not for
several days did they find out tho cause
of their illness. 1t is said that the flow
ersgive of an imperceptiblc powdcr-liko
substance, which is taken into tho
lungs by the sleeper, causing an irrita-
tion. 1t also irritates the throat, pro
duces violent sneezing, makes the limbs
ieel "a though burdeIed by somo heavy
weight. and depresse$ a per- : spirits.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-29
KING OF RATTLERS.
After Tcrrorizing Lee County, Ca, Tor
Years lilo Meets His Doom.

Years lilo Meets His Doom.
Tho largest rattlesnallo ever seen in
Georgia was killed Saturday in Lee
County upon tho plantation Of Secretary
OF State General Phil Cook, says the
Atlanta Constitution.
Tho news comes through Phil Cook,
Jr., son of tho General.
The snake has terrorizcd tho ncirh.
borhood for years, and it's death was the
occasion of u jubilee celebration
amongst tho darkics in that vicinity.
Even the whito people Joined in the
general feeling of relief that so danger.
GUS and dreaded Il neighbor was rid OF
at last.
Tho snake, by actual measurement,
was little over eleven foot long.
1t had nineteen rattles and a button.
Tho snake has been hunted for years,
and traps innumerable have been dc.
vised for his capture.
His den is in an impenetrable section
of the Kinchafoonee swamp
Near this is cypress pond, and be.
tween the swamps and the pond Is the
road
Hundreds Of times his track has been
seen across this road. People that have
not seen it were loath to believe the
stories told about it; but tho truth
finally became established and tho Lee
County rattlesnake became famous from
the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Every year the story is reprinted
with timely variations, to go tho round
of tho press.
The snake has swallowed young pigs
chickens, rabbits and other small ami
mails, and was dreaded by the negroes
like ghost. 1t was difficult to induce
them to travel tho road between the
pond and the swamp at night.
Saturday the snake was found across
the path near the pond, by Mr.. Phil
Cook
Without disturbing it Mr.. Cook went
Off for help, returning with three or
four negroes armed with hoes and clubs.
Stealing up near the snake the ne
groes fell upon it with the hoes anG
clubs and finally killed it.
1t was cut opc IL, and in its belly wa.
found full grown buck rabbit. Thi.
probably accounts for tho dormant and
comparatively helpless condition of the
snake and the case with which he was
dispatched.
The snake was then thrown across the
shoulders of one of the negroes and car.
ried to tho house.
Though the negro was a stalwart,
muscular man, he staggered under the
load.
1t was heavier, he declared, than
sack of guano.
General Phil Cook says it was the
largest rattlesnake he ever saw or heard
Of.
At any rate, this is the end of ths
famous Lee County monster.
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Iowa's Tramp Law.

Iowa has stringent tramp law. 1t
declares that any malo person sixteen
years of age or over who is physically
able to work who is wandering about
begging or idlo and who can not show
reasonable efforts to secure employment
Shall be deemed tramp, sent to Jail
and put at hard work. While in iail ho
shall not be allowed tobacco. liquors,
sporting or illustrated newspapers,
cards or any other means of amusement.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-29
Snicldn of Chi..lrnn.

From January to September -, 1890,
Ca children, 46 boys and lG girls, com
mittcd suicide in Berlin. OF this mum.
Der - had attained the ago of 10, II
their 18th year. their 18th, while z
were only II years of age, and had not
attained the age Of Z. In most of the
cases tho Immediate cause for the act
remains secret, but it is supposed to
haze been duo to exceptional severity
81 he part OF servants or teachers
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-29
a Remarkably Coo, I,ird.

AS Belfast lady was combing her
hair In room in the sccond-story, lit
Ito bird flew in at tho open window, and
allghting on washbowl which con-
tanned water proceeded to take a bath.
when 1T had completed its additions in
bird fashion, IL shook of tho supertluous
moisture and few out of tho window.
paying no attention to tho occupant OF
tho room
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-29

novel foot race came of Mt Chatta-
nooga recently, the prize being nothing
less than the hand of mountain maid,
Polly Andrews, the belle of Walden's
Ridge. Tom Mitchell and John Vanleet
sued for her favor and shc was unable to
decide between them. They being in
earnest, proposed duel. to which tho
girl dcmurred, realizing that if one were
Killed and tho other fugitive sho
would lose both. AS tho crucial test she
decided upon foot race from the Ten
ncssec river to Fairmount, on the sum-
init of Waldcn's Ridge, a matter OF ten
mics. much of 1T steep climb. The
men started at2 p. M, and ut $40 Van
lcct reached the goal, n country post
Office. His rival camo in bad second,
fifteen minutes later. The beaten man
accepted the situation and Miss Polly
accepted tho winner