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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-04
TWO HUNDRED MURDERS.
And the Chief Culprit Got Only Three
Years in Prison.

And the Chief Culprit Got Onlv Three
Years in Prison.
At Warsaw.a woman named Nine. Skibin-
ska, her married daughter, Nine. Wanow-
aka, the latter's sister-in-law, and another
woman, besides two men, have inst been
tried on the charge of having murdered
some two hundred infants, saws Vienna
dispatch IN the London Standard. The
facts OF the case were discovered owing to n
4re breaking out on the night of February
3. in the house of Mime. Skibinska. where.
after the extinction of the flames, the FIRE
brigade found the charred remains of. four
infants. An investigation was there1pon
Instituted. and it turned out that all the
women above mentioned were occupied in
baby farming, and that the children they
Aook care OF usually disappeared within a
Il 4ow weeks after their reception. Soma If the
bodies of the deceased infants were eYhnmed
and submitted to post mortem examina-
Ton, the result OF which was to show that
II 1hey had died from starvation. The dead
iidren were never inferred sinalv in
81 oc6og not TO arouse suspicion: Int wher
IL ALT do9en had succumbed, they were mi
81 toGothor in the cOthn of an adult and NTH
Il - assistance of the coffinmnla- and
nSavodiQaer, both of whom are among IN,
4 Xneased, were buried as one person. Th'
il Non4n enGeRed IN this horrible trade passes
EAS ~ Gea4 infants on to one another. an,
Nj III the interval between the filling q
Is Is - l1le oodin and the next, the bodies o
SS i 111e weyo kept concealed. Sometime
al ~ - ID0oo 81 one, sometimes of anothe
; &N1pomplices, whence they ,rars In ke
IL - boaksts and conveyed to the cofTiu
80 the rest Of the work. ID
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-04

and the press teens with advertisements OF
sarsaparifas. and other liver. blood and lung
remedies but there IL one medicine, and only
one. the claims for which. o. cure for all
diseases arising fhdm fno% Sooa Hre
SankeS mn by q positive guarantee: II
Il don't do just as represented 4, ercs.y case,
the money paid for it 10 promptly refunded;
Others throughout the civilized world. And
why should Y not9 TAX is cheap" but
Tee. by . house Of long established reputa-
ton for honesty integrity and Sound IMAM M
that's iust What the Worlds Dispensary Med
ical Association. OF Bu0alo. n. Y, mean in
guaranteeing their DR.. Pierce's Golden Mec-
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
checks the fnghtful inroads OF sorofuls and.
II taken in time, arrests the march OF Con-
eumptiop of the Lungs, which is Lung
scrofula, pnrities and en1i S , the blood
Uicers. sores. Swellings. and kindred Gil
mentS.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-04

accused were defended by seven advocates.
The chief culprit has been sentenced to
three years. imprisonment, while her &C
completes have been sent to prison for
smaller terms. The public prosecutor has
appealed against the sentences as being
altogether inadequate.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
Gloon, In NawYnrk


"Do you know what most forcibly i'm
presses q foreigner visiting New York
for the first time?" asked titled men,
Der of tho British iron workers.
"The dirt2"
NO." said the ironmaster. Tho dirt
is bad enough in all truth; but somo-
thing moro important than this strikes
any foreigner of average power of reflec-
tion. 1t is the extraordinary cloud of
gloom and prcoccupation which hangs
over tho citizens of New York. 1t has
an almost saddening effect upon a
stranger. do not wish you to think
that am speaking recklessly or flippant-
ly. am not. Tho thing has impressed
me forcibly ever since have been here,
and | do not recall any other city in the
world where it is so noticeable.
Gin Chicago business men look wor-
ried and excited; in Boston there is u
large enough leisure clement and suffi-
cient jollity to amuse any crowd, and so
it is in all of the other cities of the coun-
try. But New York men have the gloom
of Egyptian mummies. You may enter
and leave IL thousand elevated cars with
out seeing smiling face, and men talk
with one another with tho serious and
preoccupicd look of criminals discussing
their fate i'll tho cells of II jail Visitors
to New York always speak of it as a
very jolly place, but the citizens of the
town apparently miss all the fun. New
York World.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
Killed mt Last.

S. g. Bowen, of Nashville, Tenn, says:
The true story of the death of Gen.
Ewell is known only to u few. AS a
young man he was quite Il dandy, and
continued to pay u great deal of atten-
ton to his dress until August, 1862,
when he lost q leg at tho battle of Grove
ton. He recovered in few months and
led his troops until tho close of the war,
but with the loss of his leg lie also seemed
to lose all interest in his personal ap-
pearance, and after ho went back to his
farm in Tennessee was in tho habit of
wearing the most dreadful old garments
imaginable, saying that it mado no diff
ference how q one-legged man looked
A year or two after the close of the war
there was Il sale of quartcrmaster's
stores, and Gen. Ewell bought quan-
tity of military trousers for which there
was no longer any use.
He issued them to his worE1nen, and
at last took up the habit of wearing Il
pair about his farm. They We're shoddy
goods, very thin and flimsy, and on a
damp day in tho winter Ewell took a
cold, which developed into pneumonia,
and from which he never recovered. A
day or two before his death, when he
knew there was no hope, he said to IL
friend: ''The enemy has killed me at
last. was in many battles, was severe
ly hit moro than once, and on more than
one occasion thought l was as good as
dead When the war closed it seemed
to me that had nothing moro to fear,
but l was mistaken, for here am at last
dying of a pair of Yankee breeches y
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27

Sunday evening gentleman and his
wife, who live on Il street pretty near
the tunnel, attended evening service at
the Fourth church and took seats in the
gallery. The service was about half
over when they were annoyed by a con-
tinued tittering and sc11f1ling back of
them, and looking around they saw sew
eral girls standing upon the seats, while
u number more We're moving uneasily
about as if trying to avoid some danger.
Just then the word rats" uttered in a
stage whisper, partially solved the
trouble, and the man turned toward his
wife. His wife is mortally afraid of
rats and mice, and the mention of the
word "rats" set her to thinking.
Presently the people in the gallery be
gan to leave, but the scuttling continued
until the lady whispered to her husband
that they, too, had better go. So they
arose and left, and the lady breathed
freer when she reached the street. When
they arrived at home they We're laugh
ing at the incident, when the Lady
screamed and jumping into chair
grasped something in the folds of her
dress. "It's the mouse" she said to her
husband as she clung to her garment.
She was right, too, but it was dead,
probably from the clutch she gave in hex
excitement.-Hartford Courant
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
Curious Pcoplc,

1t doesn't take much to attract a crowd
in New York. Let two gamins start
across Fourteenth street on a run any
afternoon, and before they have gone q
block there will be a hundred people ut
their heels, all running. No one but the
boys know what's up, but the crowd
rnshes thither without any inquiring.
Let man stop on u corner in plain view
and gaze intently at tho sky, and in ten
minutes fifty or more people will have
gathered about him and directed their
gaze hcavcnwarl. Only New Yorlcrs
would do this. Curiosity is the common
failing. | witnessed noteworthy Incl
dent of this character the other evening.
1t was ut tho corner of Sixth avenue and
Fourteenth street
a man halted at the foot of tho ele-
waited station and pointed his umbrella
toward the rear of the corner house.
Lie did it to demonstrate the extent of
New Workers. curiosity. He stood there
half a minute, when second man halt
ed. Then n third stopped, and within
five minutes the street was blocked and
the street cars couldn't move. Several
policemen were there, too, and all gaz-
ing at the rear wall. Some one said
thieves were climbing over tho roofs,
and other stories equally ridiculous We're
braited about. Fully GOO people stood
there, not knowing why they did SO. 1t
was half an hour before the streets were
cleared.-New York Star.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
5000 PER ANNUM
The Grant Collection.

The Grant collection at Washington is
alone worth a fortune. In one case
there is a complete collection of gold
and silver coins of Japan which has a
wonderful numismatic value, as it is tho
only complete set in existence, except
one in the japanese treasury. Some of
the gold coins are quarter of an inch
thick and as big round as the top of a
dinner pail. Seven of them cost 8, 900,
and there are perhaps 100 coins in the
collection.
In another case there are half dozen
large elephant tusks which the king of
Siam gave to Grant, and there are six
pieces of costly jade stone given him by
one of the princes of China. All of the
swords presented to him are here, and
many of these have diamonds set in their
handles. The sword given to Grant by
the Sanitary fair at New York has a
solid gold head representing tho God
dess of Liberty, which has two rubies,
two diamonds and two sapphires set in
it. The sword of Chattanooga has four
teen diamonds and two sapphires set in
it, and many of the gifts which he re-
ceived from foreign monarchs are of
gold set with diamonds. Ono of tho
medals i'll tho collection contains six
hundred dollars worth of gold.--Cor.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
Cigarette Smoking Increasing.


"The laws against cigarette smoking"
said Il member Of one of the largest firms
that manufacture that article, (which
forbid their sale to minors and call, in
New York at least, for tho immediate
arrest of every youth under sixteen who
is caught smoking them in public places,
have not had the slightest effect on the
cigarette market. Despite these laws
and the thunderings of the medical press
the cigarette business has grown steadily,
and the entire output of the factories to-
day is fully one-third greater than that
of two years ago. Even if the laws
against the cigarette smoking minor
were strictly enforced, which they are
not, it would not at all influence the
trade.
''The reason is found in the fact that
the average little boy who affects the
paper wrapped weed has only very linn
tied capital at his command. AS he buys
only the cheapest brands the big dealers
wont waste time in selling to him. He
rarely invests in whole package, and
deals almost entirely with those queer
little shops in side streets where cigar
cites are sold in broken lots Mt the rate
of two for Il penny. AS you can easily
see, the entire suppression of this branch
of the business is not liable to exercise
much influence upon the trade at large"
New York Tribune.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
Greeting tho Prince.

A good story is recorded in connec-
tion with the Prince of Wales visit to
Lord Brooke's country seat in Essex.
After opening the Essex Agricultural
show at Chelmsford the prince and sew
eral other distinguished guests, includ-
ing Lady Randolph Churchill, Baron
Hirsch, Col. Stanley Clark and Mr. Chap
lin, M. p, wero entertained at Easton
lodge. On the following day the party
drove to Lord Braybrook's seat at And
ley End. Horses were changed ell route
at the rural village. Wimbish. While
this was being done an elderly laborer
approached the royal party, and address
ing tho prince said:
BEG yer parding, sir. should loike
to drink yer health; we doan't see yer
cv'ry day."
Laughing heartily his royal highness
drew half n crown out of his pocket
and handed it to tho man, with the in
junction:
Don't spend it all at once"
Putting the coin in his fob the old fcl-
low, with another tug at his forelocls.
replied:
"Thanl yer, thank yer, guvner; yer
the best gentleman l know on round
about this cro levcc. ."-London Tit-Bits.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
Climate and Health,

The Importance of climatology Is grad
ually becoming recognized. Noone can
doubt that Of the many factors which
contribute to ohelpor hinder physical we'll
being, very large share must be at
tributed to climate, understood in its
widest sense-i. e., to those conditions
of atmosphere and soil which are con-
stantly operating upon us by day and by
night. The air we breathe, its temper
ature, humidity, pressure and purity,
the amount Of sunshine we receive, the
character of the winds to which we are
exposed, the nature of the soil on which
we reside, all these factors have po-
tent influence upon the organism in
health, and still moro potent influence
upon it in its moro unstable and sensi-
tive condition when the subject of dis
ease.
While few will care to question such
obvious considerations, climatology is
still comparatively neglected, and does
not yet rank where it will probably
some day stand-viz., alongside hygiene
and dietetics. Tho reason for this COM
parative neglect is probably the vague
ness which has hitherto for the most part
surrounded this subject, and the paucity
of accurate and definite data relating to
it. 1t is also unfortunate that the avail
able information is so often obtainable
only from interested persons, whose
natural bias in favor of certain localities
will often, in spite of the most upright
intentions, lend more or less unreal
coloring to their statements.-New York
Ledger.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
An Odd ncc,,natinn.

There is a little guild of men face
tiously called "The Early Birds" They
rise in the summer before the sparrows
and though they do not go to work
themselves it is their vocation to call
other people to work. On dark winter
mornings they are out before the snow
birds are awake. They have regular
routes, and every morning between 4
and 6 o'clock they stop at houses, ring
door bells and tell people it's time to get
up. Their clients are butchers, bartcn-
ders, car drivers, restaurant keepers and
car conductors, men who h:.vo to 90 to
work very carly in the morning, and to
whom it is Il serious matter to l,c Il iftaen
minutes or half an hour late.
Some Of these carly birds have from
fifteen to twenty customers. They get
from twenty-five to fifty cents n week
from each. The Iartenders usually pay
half a dollar a week for being called.
The fact that their business is II SUCCESS
full one shows that they are moro relia-
ble and effective than an alarm clock.
Their days work is finished in two
hours.-New York Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
Miss Bonheur's Costume Makes rroub,,

Miss Isonleur's Costume Makes Trouble.
A young Frenchwoman who is now
married tells story of how her engage
ment was nearly broken off through her
acquaintance with Milo. Bonheur, who
at tho time was busy on a picture in
Paris, working in the house of the young
Frenchwoman's cousin.
One afternoon the painting did not 90
well, and Mile. Bonheur went to the Jar
din des Plantes for information, taking
the happy girl as a companion. Sitting on
bench in the shaded walk they saw in
the distance the girls betrothed, who
instead of joining them looked a mo-
mont, then flung away in passion, and
for the space Of q week was not heard
from. Then finally he paid a sulky
visit, demanding an explanation of her
apparently intimate relations with an
other man.
"a mani" said tho laughing girl, now
comprehending tho desertion, "shall
call the gentlemanr
"What, in your house?" said tho mys-
titled caller.
A minute later Mile. Bonheur stood in
the doorway listening smilingly to the
ceremony of presentation.
"Ah," said tho only half pacifcd
lover, 'tthen monsieur
Monsieur" interrupted the triumph
ant girl, ''is mademoisellc. and if you
like you may como into tho studio and
see her latest picture. Cor. New York
Commercial Advertiser.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
Tho Dog Didn't Caro- to Walk.

This story is told of one of the intelli-
gent dogs of Auburn, Ne. Mr.. w. q.
Q. Allen lives at the north end of Goff
street in that city, while his store is on
Lisbon street, Lewiston. The dog very
often accompanies him to and from the
store. He was at the store Friday after
noon, when, becoming tired of staying
there, the order was given to go home.
Tho dog started out, going up Lisbon
street to Main, and down Main across
tho two bridges into Auburn. At the
postoffice, however, ho was seen to
stand on tho corner as though waiting
for something. A few minutes later a
horse car came along, and the dog ran
out and boarded it and rode home,
jumping off when tho car came opposite
his masters house.-Augusta Journal
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
Talo of Two Wedding Rings.

A sea captain from ono of our Maine
maritime towns was with his ship in
Antwerp, where he was Joined by his
fiancee, where tho twain were made one.
A ring being a desired feature in the
wedding ceremonial, the blissful COM
mander sauntered forth to purchase it,
which having selected he left to be
marked. In due course he again sailed
out in pursuit of the sacred symbol, Z"
but having gone where he supposed it
was it wasn't there. In other words, he
had forgotten where the purchase was
made, and ring No. 9 was selected to
adorn the bridal finger. "All is fair in
love and war" and with the original in
scription erased the circlet has perhaps
adorned another fair digit. Otherwise
it may be still awaiting it's claimant
Lewiston journal,
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
An Improviscd Watch Case

~ young volunteer in Il light cavalry
regiment quartered up country in AL
gcria was i'll despair at having lost the
back case of his watch, which was likely
to become Il depository for rather more
desert sand than is compatible with
regular timeleeping. Cant you rig up
something that will take it's placer he
asked his orderly, who was a jack-of-
all-tradcs and had been apprcnticed to Il
matchmaker before he went into the
army. II will SEQ what can do" was
tho reply.
Next morning at tho first trumpet
call tho good fellow entered tho tent of
the voluteer and handed him his watch
shining like Il small warming pan in the
sun. GLOW did you manage SO clever
lyT' well, you see, l just went out and
had a bout with the band, and getting
the trombone was able to abstract the
valve of tho instrument and easily ham,
mcred it into shape. Paris Cor. Jewel
er's Weekly.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
Tho Maine Partiugtons.


The Maine Mr.. and Mrs. Partington
are still OH deck. One lady just re-
turned from Boston informs the neigh
bors that sho rode upstairs in a re-
frigerator and had her clothes washed
at foundry" A Maine man recently
rose in a municipal meeting and solemn
ly announced that "for reasons unknown
to himself he desired 10 resign" An old
lady i'll Bath recently mortified her rela-
tives intensely At u grand dinner she
overheard u guest politely answer to the
wieldcr of the carving knife that lit
was immaterial which portion she had
a luscious slice was passed up to her.
and our old lady, after an appreciative
glance, "gucssed that she would have a
small hunk offn the immaterial. Lew
iston journal.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
Chineso Money.

One of the most troublesome questions
to contend with in travelling in China is
that of money. As is we'll known the
Chinese have no other currency than the
copper cash, about fifteen hundred of
which arc worth at Peking Chinese
ounce of pure silver, called by foreigners
q "tael of sycee." Silver is naturally
used in commercial transactions, but as
bullion only, and by weight, SO every
ono has to have set of small scales.
The Inconvenience that this weighing
entails would be comparatively small
were all the scales throughout the em-
pire uniform; but such is not the case.
They differ considerably from one town
to another, and even in the same local
ity. Thus at Peling there is govern
ment standard, maritime customs
standard and Il commercial standard.
The same diversity is found over all
the empire, and the consequent compli-
cations and even serious loss in exchange
are continual vexation. Nor is it pos
sible to escape this loss by carrying cop.
per cash with one, for. putting aside
their excessive weight, there is not even
standard cash in China. Those used
at T'ien-tsin arc not used at Peking;
those at Peking are not current, except
at discount, at T'ai-yuan. Here !
bought very debased kind of cash, Civ
ing one 'large cash" for four of them.
A hundred miles farther south these
small cash were at par, and even, in a
few cases, at q slight premium over the
intrinsically more valuable largo one.
Tho Mongols, Thibetans and Turke-
stanese have never consented to use the
Chinese copper cash, although it is the
standard money of the realm. Tho first
named people use silver ingots or brick
tea; the others have n silver currency
of their own.-Cor. Century.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
Her Imaginat,op WAS Fatal.

During the summer Of 1888 an inquest
was held on young English woman
who, it was supposed, had poisoned her
self. The examination showed no poison,
but the stomach contained powder,
the general character of which corre.
sponded with certain insect powder.
The manufacturers claim that this is
non-poisonous, and the chemist, who an
alyzed the contents of the girls stomach,
concurred in the same opinion. 1t was
tried on cats, rabbits and sheep, neither of
which were affected byit. In tho absence
of evidence of other causes to account
for death the only assumption was that
the young woman had taken tho insect
powder believing it to be poisonous, and
that her imagination had been wrought
up to the point where death was the
natural result.-St. Louis Republic.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
Antiquity of tho Cat.

AS regards the relnoteness of the pc
riod at which the dog and the cat were
domesticated, it is true that remains Of
the former animal are found in the lake
dwellings of central Europe. On the
other hand, we read of the cat in Sans
crit writings older than the beginning
of our era, and we find it pictured on
Egyptian monuments of Pharaonic times.
Moreover, the cat, being sacred to Isis,
was often mummified, and some of the
cat mumnies date from 1000 years ago.
IN our day cats arc distinguished for at
tachment to localities rather than to
persons; but it may be doubted whether
this was so in ancient Egypt, where for
ages they were treated with unvarying
Kindness, and even with veneration.-
New York Ledger.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27

Ono of the best children's bon mots is
told by we'll known booLmaker in
town. His ittlo daughter was happy
amid a parlorful of company, when
bed time came and she rebened against
having to leave. She threw herself on
tho floor, face down, and kicked and
screamed. Come" said her mother,
"be a good little girl, now, and go to
bed. Don't you know what mamma
has always told you-if you aren't a
good little girl you can't go to hcaven?"
II don't want to SO to heaven" said the
child; II want to go whero papa goes. :"
New York Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
PhotosraphiDs Clouds.

A good suggestion has been thrown
out for the benefit of those who have not
had much experience in making cloud
negatives. If tho sun is to be included
in the picture films of ground glass
backed plates should be used. Any lens
which will take good landscape can be
used, and its smallest stop should be en-
ployed. AS a rule the exposure will be
about one second on slow plate, but in
the case of red sunrises and sunsets this
may often be increased to as much as
eight or even ten seconds, unless isoeero-
matte plates are available. The devel-
opment must be very carefully watched.
and not carried too far.-New York Tel.
egram.