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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-15
A Youthful Highwayman.

UKIAH, CAL, Oct. l4.-The overland stage
was held up near here last night by a
masked robber, who secured the express box
and mail. While he was riflina the mail
sacks the driver of the stage tried to shoot
him, but the pistol would not work. The
robber fred two shots at the driver, both
about 18 years old, stranger in this
vicinity.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-15
MIND READER DISCOUNTED
A Smooth Young Man From Minne-
apolis Who Can Open Big
Safes.
Without Tool or Explosive He
Solved the Combination by
Touch Alone
Two Detectives, Astonishsd and Dumb
founded, Witnesses Of the New style
Of safe Breaking.

CH1cAoo, Oct. IA safe opening test
which, in sensational accomplishments, dis
counts the wonderful feat of Johnstone. the
mind reader, took place in tina Hotel Wayne
early this morning. The operator was
Henry +. Adams, young man from Min
neapolis, who came to Chicago some weeks
ago and took rooms at the Wayne.
He became acquainted with a young man,
who, although Adams did not know this,
was a cousin Of the proprietor. Within
the past few days Adams proposed to him
to rob the safe. He was to get up at four
o'clock in the morning and do this. The
hotel proprietor was advised byshls cousin,
who at the same time pretend
ed to be an accomplice of Adams
in the plot. Two detectives were hidden
in the Office last night and this morning
at the appointed time Adams came in. The
wondering officers watched him, without
tools or explosives, prepare to open the mas
sive safe, although 1t was evident he did
not know the combination. He pared the
nail of the index fngcr on the right hand
until the blood vessels were exposed. Then.
by placing the sensitive wound on the knob
of the combination lock he could distinguish
the movement of the rumblers as
they fell. For an hour he worked, while
the detectives scarcely dared breathe. At
last there was sharp click and Adams
swung back the door. With sigh of re-
lief he reached into the safe and laid his
hands on package of bills, but, much to
his discontinue, the officers stepped for
ward at the same moment and placed him
under arrest,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-15

LEXINGTON. N. c., OCT. A.--For some
time John McRary has Been suspicious of
the relations of his wife and Oscar Bar
ringer. A short time ago he ordered Bar
ringer out of his house, and warned him to
keep away on the penalty of trouble. Last
week, however, Barringer sent a note to
Mrs. McRary asking for meeting. It fell
into the hands of the husband, who sent
word to Barringer he must leave the state
or fight duel. Barringer decided to
fight and the men met last Saturday. Bar
ringer was killed and McRary has fed.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-15
Fire at the Race Track.

MILES CRY, Oct. A.-[Special.] IA fire,
cause unknown, was discovered at the race
course tonight about eight o'clock. The
stables burned, destroying eleven stalls.
Chico, q running horse, was burned, though
not badly. A mare in the same stall was
burned to death. While it is suspected that
it may be the work of an incendiary no mo-
tive can be assigned. Chico to-day won a
match race and Thousand dollars in wager
and side bets. Tiny A., brought down from
sold to Dougherty. the owner of Chico, who
had brought Tiny A. up town to be shod.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12
A DEAD-BEAT ARMY.
Over Five Thousand PhIladeIphians Who
 Do Not Pay Their Tailors' Bills.

Over Five Thousand PhIladeIphians Who
 Do Not Pay Their TaiIors' Bills. There are between 5000 and 6,OOO men in this city who do not pay their tailors' bills. This statement is made upon the authority of member of the new institution known as the Mer- chant Tailors' Protective Association and Exchange, which is preparing the list for publication and circulation among the members of the organiza ton. When this blacklist is once made pub lie it will ruin the credit of the hun dreds who have existed off the tailors in the past
 The list is to include not only the dead-beats that never pay, but all those who help to make the life of a tailor a burden. For example, it is almost i'm possible to make clothing to suit some men. No matter how carefully they are made some objection will be found, and after enough alterations have been made to eat up all the profit, the price must be reduced on the ground that after so many changes have been made the garment comes under the head of damaged goods. Under the new order of things these men must change their tactics or depend on the ready-made dealers for their clothing.
 ''In the compilation of the list great care and caution will be exercised. The tailors will all be given numbers, and the names of those reporting delin- quents will not appear on the list, but opposite the name and address of each objectionable customer will be given the number of the tailor at whose instance he has been blacklisted, and the cause for the action.
 Ut is only after man has shown con- clusively that he does not intend to pay that his name will be reported. After dunning man for year without getting any thing out of him it is safe to suppose that he does not intend to pay, and down goes his name on the blacklist. Philadelphia Record.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12
Dog. That's hard,
 I'm much obliged to the dog For sending up his card.
THE WESTERN PLAINS.
Irrigation the Only Means Promising
 Profitable Crops.

Irrigation the Only Means Promising
 Profitable Crops.
 Prof. Frank II. Snow, of the Kansas State University, said several years ago: But the tact that thousands of new corners, from ignorance of the climate, have attempted to introduce ordinary agricultural operations upon the so- called plains, and have disastrously failed in the attempt, has placed an un- deserved stigma upon the good name of Kaasas in many far-distant cOmmuni- ties. and has undoubtedly somewhat re- tarded immigration during the past few years. It is time for the general recog- milton of the fact that, except in the ex- ceedingly limited area where irrigation is possible, the western third of Kansas is beyond the limit of successful a@ri- culture" The severe seasons of drought which have occurred since the above conservative statement was written show the whole truth of the matter to be that the westward advancing line of settlement is by no means an isohyetal one, but that it is merely a line repre- senting in a way the overflow of the pop ulation of our Eastern States. It needs but slight acquaintance among the old settlers in Central Kansas to know that they fear nowadays excessively dry weather as much as they did twenty-five years ago. The people who live farther west are losing faith in the idea of an increased rainfall, as is evidenced by the fact that over two hundred Iinear miles of main canals have lately bee constructed for irrigation purpose nearly as far east as kinslcv, - t. Arkansas valley of Western Kansas. ]. the Platte valley, in Nebraska, lars irrigating systems are at present bein projected. o. Henry, in Popula. Science Monthly.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12
HANDEL IN A RAGE.

The Peculiar Way in Which the Maestro
 Entertained London Audience.
 Persons have been known to appre- ciate that indescribable mixture of eound produced by the preparatory tun- ing of an orchestra with the organ even more than the performance itself Han del was not of this opinion. After he was once at his desk, woe betide the be- lated fiddle that scraped fifth, or the inexperienced flute that attempted the least ''tootle."
 It was grand night at the opera. The Prince of Wales had arrived in good time, remembering how Handel had been annoyed sometimes at his coming in late. The instruments, supposed to be in perfect tune, were lying ready, end the performers entered. Alas! a wag had crept in before them and put every one of the stringed instruments out of tunel
 Handel entered; all the bows were raised together, and at the given beat they all started of con spirito. The ef- feet must have been as if every one of the performers had been musically tumbling downstairs. The unhappy maestro rushed wildly from his place, kicked to pieces the first double bass that opposed him, and seizing a kettle drum hurled it violently at the leader of the band. The effort sent his full bottomed wig flying, but he did not heed it; and rushing bareheaded to the footlights, he stood for few moments amid the roars of the house, snorting with rage and cholled with passion. The Prince, although highly amused, soon thought this kind of entertainment had lasted long enough, and going down in person he besought Handel to be calm, and with much difficulty prevailed on him to resume his wig and his 6aton.- N Y. Iedper
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12
An Exile in Japan.

We were joined at table by foreign gentleman with high cheek-bones, yell low face and slanting eyes, and dressed in the latest European fashion with high collar, four-in-hand scarf and pointed shoes. He was very courteous, and managed what little English he knew as skilfully as he dresses. And he gave me touch of the far East in the story of his being here; for he is under a cloud, an amiable exile whose return to his native land might involve his being boiled in oil, or other ingeni- ous form of death. For well as he fig ured at luncheon with us, hear that he has been obliged to leave because of his having poisoned too many of his guests one day at table-former en- emies of his-and because of his having dispatched with the sword those whose digestion had resisted his efforts at con- ciliation. However this may be, his ex- tradition is demanded, to which he ob- jects, and involles Western ideas of civ ilization, and protests that his excesSes have been merely political L-John La Farge, in Century.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12
ABRAHAM's OAK.
A Tree Reverenced Ai'.-e by Jew, Chris
 tian and Nc hamrnedan

Tree Reverenced AI.re by Jew, Chris
 tian and Mc namrneoian.
 The old oak at lLamre, in Syria, or, as it is known everywhere, ''Abraham's Oak" is one of the most famous and venerable trees in the world. It is rev erenced alike by Jew, Christian and Mahometan, For it is supposed to mark the spot where the patriarch pitched his tent in the desert. There is supersti- tlon in Jerusalem, and in all the coun- try about, that whoever shall cut or in- :dre this tree will lose his frst-born son. So for centuries it has been allowed to toss it's gEarled and contorted limbs in the gales which sweep from the Medit- erranean over the Syrian plains.
 This tree was visited by Sir Joseph Hooker in the autumn Of 1860, and in his paper upon Syrian oaks, read the following year before the Linnaean So- ciety Transactions xziii.), he gave 2 description Of it and portrait drawn by his own hand.
 Abraham's Oak was found to belong to Quercus pscudo-coccifera, which, to quote from Sir Joseph's paper, lis by far the most abundant tree thrOughout Syria, covering the rocky hills, of Pales- tine, especially, with dense brushwood of trees, eight to twelve feet high, branching from the base, thickly coy cred with small evergreen rigid leaves, and bearing acorns copiously. On Mount Carmel it forms nine-tenths of the shrubbery vegetation, and it is almost equally abundant on the west Hanks of the AntilebanOn and many of the slopes and valleys of Lebanon. Owing to the indiscriminate destruction of the forests in Syria, this oak rarely attains it's full size. The circumference of the trunk of "Abraham's Oak" is given as twenty three feetand the diameter of the spread of the branches as ninety feet.
 Quercus pseudo-coccifera is an ever green species with the general appear ance of the ilex of Southern Europe, and closely related, botanically, to Q. coccifera, a common and widely distrib- uted scrub oak of Southern Europe and of Algeria; indeed, Hooker was of the opinion that the two plants were merely geographical varieties of the same species. Garden and Forest.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12
SHODDY IS KING.
Nearly All Rags Are Used in the NIanu-
 facture of the Material.

Nearly All Rags Are Used in the NIanu-
 facture of the Material.
 Housewives must often have wondered where all the rags go to after they pass into the wagon of any one of the several hundred ragmen who pass through the alleys with their monotonous cries. These gctherers of old rags take them to warehouses, where they are bought in bulk and then assorted by girls ac- cording to quality. There was a time when most Of the rags were sent to paper mills. Now a very small propor- iion of rags are made into paper, straw and clay being the chief ingredients Fine linen paper, so called, is made of rags.
 Ninety per cent of the rags collected, however, go into the manufacture of ''shoddy," of which cheap, ready-made clothing is manufactured. This stuff is now made up into the brightest and most attractive patterns, and can only be told when new from wool by tho expert, and by experience with the wcarer. l heard to-day of one ''shoddy" min located at Newark, \. J., which has just increased it's capacity to 90, GOO pounds of ''shoddy" per month. and they have been running overtime for month.
 ''ohoddy is king" says the wool men, and this accounts for the mercurial con- dition of the wool market.-St Louis Globe Democrat.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12
Primitiva Water Power.

On many of the rivers of Germany it was formerly the custom to anchor Q fiat boat which had large paddle wheels on each side, fastened to revolving shaft. By the force of the passing current these wheels were turned after the manner of an undershot water wheel, and the power thus obtained was used to grind corn CT for other purposes. In the rapid current of these rivers the power thus utilized was very considerable, and the device appears to have been of quite a practical value, though now so super seded by vastly superior arrangements, it appears to us of very slight use.- Christian at Work,
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12
MOTHERS, SPEAK LOW.
d Sweet Voice Is One of the Most Ezcei-
 lent Things in v oman

d Sweet Voice Is One of the Most Ezcei- lent Things in a H oman.
 know some houses, well built and handsomely furnished, where it IS not pleasant to be even a visitor. sharp, angry tones resound through them from morning to night, and the influence IS as contagious as measles, and mucn more to be dreaded in household The children catch it, and it lasts for lie, an incurable disease. A friend has such a neighbor within hearing of her house, when doors and windows are open. and even Poll Parrot has caught the tune and delights in screaming and scolding, until she has been sent into the country to improve her habits. Children catch cross tones quicker tha' parrots. When mother sets the oS, ,, pie, you will scarcely hear a pl' osoD word among the children in tP ,;, ,.1o-. with each ether. Yet the d' scin1ipo o such family is always " ak and irrea ular. The children z vroc+ eo r,uoI ui scOlding before they do any thing the. are bid; while Tn Iany a home, wher the low HrLh Vo -e of the mother, or decided look If her steady eye, is law they never -hink of ofdisobedience, eithe in or our, of her sight.
 oh, mothers, it is worth a great dea to Cultivate that excellent thing in V.Dman," low, sweet voice. If you ar ever so much tired by the mischievou or wilful pranks of the little ones, speal low. It will be great help to you t. even try to be patient and cheerful, i you can not wholly succeed. Ange makes you wretched. and your childrel also. Impatient, angry tones never dit the heart good, but plenty of evil. Yol can not have the excuse for them tha they tighten your burdens; they onl, make them ten times heavier For you own sake, as we'll as your children sake, learn to speak low. They vii remember that tone when your head i under the willows. So, too, would they remember a harsh and angry voice Which legacy will you leave to you children?-Kindergar Magazine.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12
RHYMlNG DIDN'T PAY.
Tom Jackson Springs an Old Gag in a
 Maine Town and Kills His Show.

Tom Jackson Springs an Old Gag in
 Maine Town and Kills His Show.
 Tom Jackson, the author of those fun ny stories of "Squatter Sovereignty" and the Harlem Goat" was down in luck at one time, and as Q last resort took to the minstrel business. He and brother of Judge Welde organized a company. The company turned out to be funny one. Jackson and his partner (Welde) were the end men, and while showing at little Maine town the former hit upon the idea of putting ''poetry," as he called it, into the performance.
 He circulated number of blank cards, of tho playing-card style, among the au- dience, and requested the holders to write some subject on the pasteboard, and he promised to compose rhyme for any ono of their selection. The busi- ness was old to the minstrel stage but new to the audience, and so all were a bit timid about sending up subjects. After a great deal of persuasion Jackson succeeded in convincing two of the au- ditors that they would not be fleeced alive if they followed his request, and these two returned their cards. On one was written the single word "Dog." The other bore this hint: ''Pay for your washing"
 Jackson glanced at the cards for a second and in coming down to the foot lights said:
 Pay for your washing.
 That's funny
 didn't thinll owed your mother money.
 Then he came to the other card, and this is what he said:
 Dog. That's hard,
 I'm much obliged to the dog
 For sending up his card
 Two-thirds of the audience insisted that Jackson had insulted them and they arose in a body and left the show. The news spread around the little Maine town and the next night the minstrel show had empty beaches to play to. That settled the card-rhyming business, and since that eyentful night witty Tom Jackson has never aspired to the con- bined position of poet and end man. N. Y. Mail and Express.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12
The Indifference of women.

Nobody" said man whose long resi- dence in New York entities him to the distinction of being deep and old ob- server, 'is so utterly indifferent to pub lie opinion as fashionable woman. She really does not care a rap one way or the other what the world thinks of her as long as she has chance to exercise her pet hobbies. I suppose three of the most tremendous crusades that have ever taken place against womankind were, in the first place, the movement against wearing corsets; then the agita- tion about the cruelty of women using the dead bodies of beautiful song birds as ornaments for their hats; and, thirdly, the cruelty and injustice of big hats in thcaters. Yet to-day the women go glorioHsly forth laced to tho limit, with their hats covered with the corpses of beautiful birds, and wearing hats that would shame the mainsai1 of a down East schooner. Man is of no account whatever when he throws himself against woman's notion of fashion, \. '. Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12
UNCLE SALTS DIGNITY.
How It Was Outraged in tho Person of Q
 Jacsz-Elh-it Postmaster.


 Jac3z-RaI,it Postmaster.
 The ''town'' itself consisted of 8 gem eral store, two dwellings, 9 blacksmith shop and railroad depot, and the post ctEce was in the back end of the store. Three or four of US had ordered our mail directed there, supposing it 70 be a place of some importance. Therefore, after the train had departed, we went oyer to the store to make inquiry. The postmaster sat on his counter smoking clay pipe, and nothing indicated that he was in Q hurry.
 s'After mail, eh?7 as he looked US over.
 'Yes."
 'Did any of you ever think what re- sponsiblo position a postmaster oc- cupies?"
 None of us replied, and he crossed his legs, looked into vacancy, and con- tinued:
 "He is part of the Government. He represents the Government. He is, to 3 certain extent, the Government. As the Government, he should command respect. Gentlemen, remove your hats"
 ''Who to-" demanded the wire-fence man.
 ''To me, sir-to the Government"
 Not by 8 blanked sight! If you are the postmaster of this jack-rabbit post oflco, then you hump yourself and hand out our mail!'
 "Gcntlemen, is them your sentiments 1i, oIJ !, . to us.
 "They are"
 "Then you don't get a oussed letter out of this post-ofFice! You have as- sumed the attitude of treasonists toward this Government, and you get no favors from it."
 ''oee here, you old lop-shouldered, gander-shanked idiot, do you mean to say you won't pass out our mailr' ex- claimed the fence man as his hair began to stand up like the barbs in his prod uct.
 That's iist what I mean to say. This Government don bluff"
 "Well, if you won't, then will!' He started for the back room, but the post master hopped off the counter and ob- structed him and said:
 ''This is high treason, for sure This Government warns you not to enter that room."
 "Will you get our mail?"
 ''No, sir"
 ''Then stand aside
 The fence man pushed ahead and the postmaster took hold of him. Then there came a biff-bang! and the Govern ment was knocked over among 8 pile of rope and axe-handles. The Chicago man got him by the leg, drew him out doors, stood him up and lifted" him, and as the old man started up the road on run we went back to the post-office and wire fence, looked over the box of letters and passed out half dozen. We were reading them in the shade of the depot building when the postmaster re- turned. One eye was nearly shut and he had his jaw in a sling.
 Get your mail?" he asked, as he came sidling up.
 "Yes."
 "Want any thing more?"
 ''No."
 Gents, want to explain my conduct. got my commission as P. NJ. only three days ago. It didn't swell my head at all until the old woman began to say as how we now stood at the head of society here, and that the State of Nebraska and most of the Union rested on my shoulders, and she put it so strong that got rattled and made an ass of myself. Gentlemen, the swelling has disap- peared. Come over and take sunthin' out of my bottle. ."-N. Y. Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12

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The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12
"I see that

Belinda - "I see that Clara has taken to sending literal donations to the hospitals and asylums." Annabei- ''Ycs, you see she has every thing she could possibly want, she has rot 9 wish uagrat-iod, so she is going in for scls- deR---4 and giving to tne FOOT. ."--AnIlr- ica,
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12
HENRY HUNlNG

: Post office: Show Low Arizona 1Range: Show Low creek, Silver creek, Lagun OTtega and LagunG Salada
 Horse brand C ( left shoulder.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12

-''No thoroughly occupied man, sa~ a great writer, was evoryet misera' l.. - Unless he was trying to amuse a tgo year-old child while it's mother wcn out calling, Pittsburgh Chronicle Tclo- graph.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12

MT. Tumble = ''The elevator isn't raDn;BT 80 fast this morning as usual" Eiet2tor BcY = No, sir; I don't feel st-ong to-day. y."-Gclden Days.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-09

CHARLES EISENBEIS, President
President Merchants Bank of Port Townsend.
r H. BOYLE, Vice cePreeident,
President Wash. Terr Investment Co., Seattle.
J. B. HOGG, General Manager
Late Chief Engineer P. 7. S. R.. Port Townser
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-09
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Public Omcers.

Public Officers
GOvernOr-E. 2. Ferry.
Lieutenant-G t-Governor-C. E. Laughton
Secretary of State Allen Weir.
Treasurer-A. A. lindsley.
Auditor r. M. Reed.
Attorney. .General-W. G. Jones.
Superintendent Public Instrnction-R
b. Bryan.
Commissioner Pubic Lands-W. Z.
Fo'r rest.
Judges Supreme Court-R. o. Dunbar.
T. C.. Stiles, Il. j. Anders and John p.
Hoyt.
Senate-Watson c. Squire and John B.
Allen.
Congress man John L. Wilson.
State S=nator-W. H. Kneeland, of
Shelton.
State Rapresentative-John McReary Of
Union Civ
Superior Judge-Mason Irwin, of Nor
te anO.
Prosecuting Attorney-W. A. Reynolds,
of Chehalis.
Land Officers-Seattle District: T. M
Reed, Jr., Register; j R. Hayden. Re.
ceiyrr
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-09
THE PACIFIC COAST.
Rich Strike of Gold Ore Reported
in Utah.
Mrs. Stanford Gives Orders to Pro-
ceed with the Making Of the
Memorial Window.

A rich strike of gold ore is reported at