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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-08
The Choice Of several Routes.

OAAHA. July 2. Col. ClouRh. Of the
Great Northern, Is given a. aushority for
the statement that the SIC, ,000. 600 to extend
the road from Helena to Seattle Is provided
and the only delay in beginning to work il
in determining which il the best Of several
surveyed routes.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-08
NEVER PAID A CENT.
A Camden Youth Goes to the Golden 0ase
and Back,

A Comden Youth Goes to the Golden 0oso
PmLAD.LPHIA, July 7.--One pleasant day
last September four young men were stand
ing at Fourth and Market streets, Camden.
They were Louis Mickward, Of Mount
Holly; Edward Baker, Louis Whitaker
and Louis Rowan, the three latter Of Cam
den. One Of tho quartet suggested that
they all take trip to the Pacific slope. Tho
idea was hailed by all with enthusiasm, but
the fact that they had no money inmedi-
ately presented itself. Il was found that
$l.20 was all the capital the combine could
muster. "Well," said one, "let us try to
beat our way out" and all immediately
agreed. The four started. Whitaker left
his friends at Baltimore and returned to
this city. Baker and Rowan held out until
they reached Chicago, when they concluded
and returned. Wickward was not dismayed.
Taking nickel from his pocket, he tossed
Chance said ''go on" and he went. While
Wickward was away he visited nearly
every every prominent city M vest % Ct the Mississippii i
and worked for short time. The most
remarkable feature of his trip
is the fact stated by him that he never paid
fare and never rode on any other than ex-
press trains. He was Advised to this course
by an old railroad man before he left, and
he says the plan is a capital one. He tells
many stories Of being put of the trains by
conductors, and laughs heartily about the
many times he was unsuccessfully searched
by the same conductors, who hoped to find
enough money In his pockets to pay for his
ride. RID ". When the quartet started from this this
passenger depot, but could not enter
the gate without tickets. They asked
the time when the next train
left for the west, and were told
II was 4:1O. They waited a short distance
nS . os oe 1911 81 the the :ss station and heT
put of At once, but got on the same train
again. At Baltimore Whitaker left, and
the three others kept on the same train
until 1t arrived at Martinsburg. w. Va.
Wickwsrd tells an interesting story Of how
he got through from Denver to Los An
ing in tte Arrant Knave in Denver, and on
Saturday were to leave for Los Angeles.
Wickward had made the acquaintance
Ct Property Man Mclean and Stage
Carpenter McGregor Of the com
residence % in the east, took an interest,"
in him. They told him to be around when
the scenery Of the company was to be
loaded and they would conceal him in the
car. He provided himself with bag of
crackers and cheese and bottle Of water,
and vas on hand: The scenery was 80 ar
and move around in. He was just oongrat-
ulating himself on the SNAP he had,
when a railroad official came into the car
and ordered the scenery taken out and
weighed. He barely escaped detection, and
concealed in the car. He says that he was
almost frozen to death In the car and was
20 stth when released that he could hardly
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-08
National League.

At Philadelphia R.H. L.
Philadelphia :. o O 1 o o O-1 5 3
Cincinnati. 2 0 0 0 0-3 3
Gleason, Clements; Rhines, Harrington.
At New York r. H. T.
New York.. 0 O o 0 0 0 0 1 O-1 A 1
Chicago. ....... O 0 0 2 o. 6 9
Rusie, Buckley: Hutchinson. Kittridge.
AT BroOklyn-- h. II. f.
Brooklyn...... 0 1 0 0 2 o. 2
Cleveland...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O-1 7 1
Carruthers. DAILY; Eeatin, Zimmer.
AT Boston RH E.
Boston ........ 2 2 0 o 2 o 1-814 8
Pittsburg. 0 0 O 0 0 l-3 7 5
Clarkson, Bennett; Hecker. Berger.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-08
TROUNCING THE SPHERE.

Base Hits in Goodly Number in Yesterdays
Games.
CHICAGO, July THE following are the
scores in to-day's games:
Players League.
At Philadelphia R.H. z.
Phi]adelphia.. O 8 0 O1 0 O-5 Q 5
Pittsburg...... . 0 2 *-1l IS 4
Sanders. Milligan; Morris, Carroll
At New York r. H. F.
New York.. Z 0 2 8 O O--IS 10 4
Buffalo........ 0 q 0 0 O 2 1-6 9 8
O'Day, Ewing Haddock, Mack.
At Brooklyn r. H. T.
Brooklyn. 0 4 2 0 O 0 2 1-9 9 0
Chicago. o o O o 0 0 O. = IL
Weighing, Kinslow; Baldwin, Farrell.
At Boston r. H. f..
Boston. 80. 1 o 1 / 0 O 0 Is 12 4
Daily, Murphy; Bakely, Brennan and Sut-
cliffe.
, 1890-06-05

"
If you ever pass over the South
Carolina railway, between Augusta
and Charleston, some one will
perhaps ask you IA you draw near
the little village of Langley;
''ilave you seen the spcctcr
pltcher?'
Perhaps the conductor will ask
you, If you are lady for the con.
ductOrs are prodigiously courteous
to the sex, and will want TO show
YOU everything, even the particular
spoDk which only his road can
boast, But II he doesn't the train
hand may, or tho news butcher or
some passenger. You viii hardly
pas. Langley without having tho
spector pitcher pointed out to you.
Is 1t n real pitcher is the first
question you ask, us you see il stand.
ing there on the post at the well.
And then, In your nineteenth CEN
tury doubt IA to all things supcrsti.
tious, you ask, has 1t been thcre us
many years as you are told to be.
lievc? and Is 1t true that no one has
tried to move 1t?
If you will inquire you will find
that II great many believe the pitcher
II chained to the spot by some mys-
teriOus power, some cnchnn tment,
and all will tell you, with slight va
riatiOns, the following story;
some years ago, in II little cottage
near by, lived u family that got their
daily supply of water from the well,
and carried 1t away In IL little
pitcher, the one that stands on the
post now. One night, IL Is said, the
supply of water gave out. A thun.
der storm was raging without, but
water was needed. Who would 40
to the well and draw il amid the
lightning flnshcs Nv the tiun der
bolts beat upon the earth, as In the
battle OF the lltuus?
"l'll 90, said the sturdy farmer. -
"I'm not AFRAID of the lightning" 4"
Aud he went out into tho storm.
The wife and daughter within the
cottage heard the creak of the wind.
lass as the bucket was lowered into
the well, and again as II was drawn
up.
Then came n louder peal and A
brighter flash, aud then rapid,
Whlrling sound as II the windlass
had slipped from the hands of the
drawer and the bucket was rushing
down to the bottom. The two
women hurried to the door All
was black. But another flash
lighted the gloom, and there at the
well lay the man who had defled
the storm.
The women rushed toward him,
CROPPED in the darkness, found his
ince and breast with their sliiverinp
flngers-he was dead.
The pitcher the next morning was
found ON the spot, One of neigh.
bors who had come to bury the dead
tried to lit 1t. II seemed glued. He
tried again and his arm dropped
palsied to his side.
Ever since then the pitcher Inns
been lot alone. IL II said that tho
best murksman can not shoot true
enough 10 hit the pitcher or most.
The cottage has been deserted, the
, 1890-06-05
HONEY FOR LADIB s.

Queen Elizabeth's prayer book Is
shown in the Tudor exhibition IN Lon
don. ltis bound in enameled gold and
printed by \. Barker in 1914.
Sho aiter tie bal marquee The
Countess dc Roqucforts costume was
both clover and appropriate. Heap
propriate, eh' What wa, it2 Cheese b.
Cloth3
There is a woman in Atohison who is
over %. but her worst enemy. If she had
any, would say that she did not look over
%, Nothing pays a woman SO well a.
taking care Of herself
II lisquite the thing now to find in the
room OF u fashionable photographer n
hrst-Clhss hair dresser, who will arrange
without charge the iair sisters looks in
either Gree or modern style aud other
wise look after her toilet. 50 that the
picture may be perfect in all its details.
To the list Of occupations which are
omen TO women there has recently been
added another, The Emperor ol Aus
triA has authorized Madam Rosa
/ kirschbamuer 70 practice as an oculist.
I It will he admitted by even the most
dissatisfied of bnr sex that this is a step
/ III the right direction.
] AL " NolNhUkllll - lilnAHhI WIN sutlNt
/ snteen, kid, morocco, net and pongcC
corsets, but the novelty is broCaded
| silk, with cream or pearl ground iiOw-
CIR, with rosshutls. poppy or caTnstion.
/ Ladies of unlimited fancy and bottom
] less purse send IN a piece of dress mater.
/ iul, anu tho cOr-et clerk has the sllkcn
stays ready In week.
Home dressmakors who want hints as
| TO how TO make their own skirts, and
/ who naturally hope for styles that ara
not only graceful, but easy to make,
will be glad 10 know that muny old de
signs are returning to favor; dressnak-
er. are again using the short apron dTap.
cry folded across the front Just below
the belt, and brought back to meet tho
long-plaited back.
a Chicago mIllincr says; "Thc fash.
ion plates and the fashion writer's in
diCatei that everything in the way OF
bonnets and hats this season was TO be
| Hat don't you know. Well, there is
now halt about this, There is going
TO be an effort to revive the high hat
and the sky-scrlper bonnet. That's SO.
Whether II will succeed or not | don {
know"
, 1890-06-05
THE SAD RETURN.

The following beautiful poem,
written a number Of years ago-sup-
posed to he by an officer, long resi-
dent in India, ON returning to En-
gland, was handed to the REVIEW
for publication by an old miner who,
like hundreds Of others in the West,
can fully appreciate its touching
sentiment. The poem wasreld over
tho grave of Bart Henderson, an OLD
miner and prospector who was
buried in the koOtenai region last
summer, and who, for u quarter OF
century, had hunted and sighed Tor
gold "only to find ~ dross:"
came but they had passed away
The fair In form--the pure in mind,
And like a stricken deer i:stray
Where all are strange and none are
kind;
Kind to the worn and weary soul,
That pants. that struggles. for reposo !
oh, that my steps bad reached The goal
Where earthly sighs and sorrows close )
Years have passed DER me like n dream
That leaves no trace ON memory
page;
! lOOk hrouUu me, ana seeiu
some relic OF a former age.
Alone, as in stranger cline,
Where stranger voices mock my ear,
| mark the tagging course OF time,
Without a wish, hope, "A Tear
Yet had hopes, and they have fled;
And had fears, were all too truoi
My wishes, too; but they are dead
M yNh 1 K,N n an
'Tis but to bear weary load,
! may not, dare not, cast away;
To sigh for one small still abode,
Where | may sleep as sweet as they;
A. they, the loveliest OF their race,
Whose grassy tonbs my sorrows
steep;
Whose worth my soul delights to
Whose very loss ,is sweet to weepl
TO weep beneath the silent moon,
With none 10 ohide, 10 hear, TO see;
Life can bestow no richer boon
Onone whom death disdains TO freo
leave the world that knows me not
To hold communion with the dead,
And memory cOnctcrates the spot
Where fancy's soitest dreams are shed.
] see each shade, all sllvery white;
] hear each spirit melting sigh
! turn to clasp those forms OF light,
Aud the pale morning chills my eye
But soon the last dim morn shall i!so-
The lamp oil life burns fecbiy now
When stranger hands shall close my
eyes,
And smooth my cold and dewy brow.
, 1890-06-05

stated that Jesse Edwards James Is
now n student In the law Office oil
Thomas II. Crittendcn, who was
governor of Missouri when the boys
father was assassinated by author
ity of the state.
Upon this thrilling tragedy Major
Edwards quoted from "Antony
and Cleopatra"
"I.ct not Cmsar's seryille minions
Mock the lion thus laid low.
Twas no ioeman's hand that slew him.
Twas his own that struck the blow.
Then Edwards wrote:
Tear the three bears from the flag oi
Missouri. Put thereon in ,heir stead, as
more appropriate, thiel, blowing out
the brains OF an unarmed victim, and q
brazen harlot, stripped naked to the
waist, and splashed to the brows IN
blood"
1t Is well known that brazen
harlot, the wife of Dick Liddlc, fig.
urcd prominently in the conspiracy
that eliminated in the assassination
OF Jesse James.
In literature Major Edwards was
remarkable genius. He wrote as
he fought, with a keen blade and II
muscular arm, He spared none
but his friends, and those he
would shield with his life,
at all times aud under all
circumstances. Hugo's epigram.
matte style was his model, but lac
sometimes cNcellod Hugo in his
own originality. He wrote twO
books that will one day he recog'
nized ns models In American litera'
ture, aud the people OF future gencr
ations will wonder why so great a
genius as John n. Edwards was not
appreciated ere he died.
Call him IA rebel IT, you will. The
one who pays this poor tribute to his
memory was born IA republican and
an abolltionist, in Southern state,
lie has never been anything else in
politics but "A republican. But may
not one be republican and sull
adore rebel who was the sweetest
singer of the age, and an intimate
personal friend?
Pile upon his grave all the granite
Of Missouri. Ornament the structure
with all the finer stone, the marble
and the limerick. Iuterlace and
spanglc IL with all the minerals OF
the state. Strew about II all the
foliage of the forests and the flowers
that carpet the meadows. Write
thereon in imperishable carving the
name of
, 1890-06-05
FIRST IN WASHINGTON.
The Y. NJ. c. A, in Its New Build
ing.

Tho X. NJ. G. A. in It's New Build
ing.
In Spokane Falls il the first and
only building especially built for
that purpose and owned by the
Young Mems Christian Association.
Friday evening the first monthly re-
ception was held in the new three
story brick structure recently com
pleted ON Spraguc street, near WASH
ington. a very interesting pro-
grhinnie was prepared and rendered,
aud u large audience was present to
appreciate 1t. Tho Welsh Glee Club
gave two pieces, Mr.. &. H.. Colo gave
reading and Mrs. w. IL. Shields q
recitation that brought tears to
many eyes, Icing especially pleas
ing. Mr.. Fillmore Tanner, the gem
eral secretary, spoke briefly OH the
new building, stating that a colnpe-
tent gymnnst would be engaged to
take charge of the very complete
gymnasium to be built In The capa-
cious basement, lie also set forth
work.
Not the least pleasant part of the
programme was the refreshments,
which were under tho SPECIAL charge
Of the "littlo folks'n COMMITTEES
The thanks Of all were tcnteivh
this committee for Tho agreeable
success of their part of the eptsr-
taihment, TO which ample justiv
was done.
, 1890-06-05
MELANCHOLY TALES.
Occurrences Not Accounted
for in Philosophy.
WEIRD WARNING OF A CLOCK
A Queer Boston Time Piece Which
Always Fortells Death-Lang-
ley's Speoter Pitcher.

1--WE have not exactly Banshee
in our family who foretells by her
wailing an approaching death"
said u lady to the writer yesterday,
.'but we have had mysterious warn
ing Of such give us time aud time
again by an old clock, which has
been In our family for thc last 10
wears, nwrites u Boston correspondent
of the st. Louis Globc-Democrat
"The works were ruined by n shot
fired by British soldier during the
revolutionary war ut my great
grandfather, which shot, passing
entirely through his body, killed
him Instantly, and then broke the
glass door, penetrating the works
and stopping them forever, for
though innumcrable attempts have
been made to repair them, II seemed
that some unknown power kept the
clock silent except when death
ilnpped his black wings over the
hou.ehold, so IL was banlshed TO the
gaTret.
"Thc first instance of its warn
ing was when my grandfather
died. He had been very i'll, but
the physicians had at last pro.
nnuuced him out of danger, and
his family were just cougrstulatlng
themselye. on this news, when the
loud tones Of IA clock striking II,
slowly and solennly, like the toll
ing OF u bell was heard. why,
WHAT'S that?' snld my grandmother.
There Wts but one other clock In
the house, which was In null view,
80 IL was evident that II was not
that one. 1T II my fathers clock
said her husband. 1T has just
struck the close Of my day, aud be
fore they could reach him he was
dead, Just as the last stroke died
quivering away.
''Ihis occurrence was repeated
when nay grandmother herself lay
dying. The old cluck struck IL
lust rs she drew her last breath, and
my father. at last believing that
there was something supernatural
In the affair, had the old works re-
moved, leaving only the hollow case;
but IL few years later, when my
brother WAS brought home danger
ously wounded after the battle Of
& Charlottesville, the long. slow, sol
cmn tones of theold clock was heard
as before the poor Lcon's life went
out as they died on the air, They
struck for my father and for my lit
tie child, who died last year. The
clock warned me, too, when my sis.
ter died ia Japan. had just gotten
II letter from her, In which size had
spoken ol feeling very well, when
1 heard the old clock, which was
in remote store room, strike 20
rapidly that the notes almost
and then began slowly TO
strike another twelve strokes. My
sister IL dend,' | said To my hus-
band, and has died very suddenly,
but who the other strokes are for
I can not imagine My husband
tried to reason aud then To- ridicuic
the idea, but / mourned fOr my sis
ter as earnestly as though | had
seen her die, and when, Hs knew
| should, | heard the news Of her
sudden death, | found II had taken
place on the same day and 40 the
same hour ~ that on which the
clock struck, allowing for the dit.
ference of time between japan and
Boston. Her baby, a few hours old,
died few minutes after the
IuOthpr ~
, 1890-06-05

The following day, Monday. we wentin
a small steamboat up the beautiful River
Dec TO Eaton hall, distant three miles
from Chester This is the residence OF
the Duke of Westminster. the richest
man IN England. Eaton hall is one OF
the finest residences IN England. IL Is
he fourth on this site, and was erected
IN is70-s2. Words would fail 10 describe
It's magnilicencc. The estate is twelve
miles by eight, and contains herds oi
deer and game In abundance. Several
villages are included In this domain. IL
was granted TO Hugh Supus, the hcnnces,er
OF the present proprietor, BY William tho
Conqueror, his uncle.
, 1890-06-05
THE LUMBER INDUSTRY.
A Fine Belt OF Timber Penetrated by
the Northern Pacific.

the Northern Pacific.
John II. Stone, of this city, has
just completed u spur track four
miles long for n logging road, from
the main line of the Northern Paci-
fic, fifteen miles beyond Rathdrum.
This spur penetrates aud opens up u
new belt OF magnificent timber.
Mr.. Stone is now shipping from
twenty-five to thlrty-tive car loads
Of logs to this city daily.
A new spur Is being built
from the main line above
Division street, by which means the
logs can bc morc conveniently
dumped from the ears into the river.
The Iogs now being shipped are tho
lurgcst and .inest over brought here.
There are Thousands Of acres OF
this fine timber tributary 10 Spo-
kane Inlls-enough To supply the
entire N 1rthwes, with lumber for
generations to come. The lumber
Ing industry of Spokane Falls Is MS
vet iu liz infancy.
, 1890-06-05
TnE ATCHisON.
on GERS hiscted by the Board oi
Directors.

NEW YoRg, May 20 The directors oi
the Atlantic a Pacific company met this
afternoon and elected the following Of.
iiccrs' Chairman OF the board of direct
ors, George {. Magoun; president Allen
Maxwell first vice president, A. A. Rob
inson; general counsel, j Il. McCook.
Tue new officers all represent tho Atchi
son company.
At q meeting of the st. Louis & San
Francisco directors to-day Il. II. Wins
low rendered his resignation, aud Alien
Marvel, president OF the Atchison com.
pany, was elected his successor.
, 1890-06-05

well has caved II, and the post has
fallen over toward the Gaping hole,
where the fresh, cool water Of the
well once lay cleaning so near to
the top. Hut ON the slanting edge
the pitcher stands ny securely rs II 1t
had been carved there.
No one Is bold enough to attempt
to take tho "spccter pitcher" from
its lightning-guarded perch.
A Dream Discovers . Murderer.
Too little attention IL paid to
dreams. In many instances they
doubtless point out circumstances
which, II investigated, would prove
of vast Importance, says the Clncin-
natl Enquirer, My grandfather
often referred to the following met
dent, which occurred In his neigh
borhood when ne was IA hoy, living
near twmalninan, Bfechnocki
Wales:
A gentleman of some note had
been foully murdered, but no clcw
could be obtained TO direct inquiry
as to his assailants. After month
passed i'm vain conjecture, an old
llUN ItSlUlUG Iltli iN bltNlli''i ANNt
the deed was committed by three
men, but the face of one, whom she
had never seen, was alone disclosed
In the vision. His name and
residence were Indicated. The
woman related her vision to II mag
istratc, and, upon inquiry, 1t was
learned that such u man lived ut
ut the place pointed out Mt the time
of the murder, but had gone away.
sSoon--porhnps the next night-she
dreamed he was at NstradgynHis,
and upon being taken there by an
officer she found and pointed him
ont, and he was apprchcnded. In
Jail next day he confessed that he
was AN accessory to the crime, but
that two others We're the principals,
whom he named, and they were ar
rested. Upon being told that he
who was first In custody had told
the whole story, they acknowledged
guilty participation, and all were
put to trial, convicted and executed.
, 1890-06-05

Bosros, May 70. Wool Is firm. New
Utah aud Wyoming woods have been
arriving. and are selling at i00s13e for
fine and line medium. Some OF he new
territory wools nrc selling as high "a Glc.
rangvs at iT@2Qc.
, 1890-06-05
a Pigs Queer Hiding rIaeo.

Mr.. Enoch W, Jordan, II proml-
ncnt farmer of Lee county, tells the
following; lie was walking over his
plantation when he came to II SOW
which had had fine litter of pigs.
lie found one absent, says the
Macon (Ga.l Telegraph. Going II
short distance further he overlook q
huge rattlesnase, which hepromptly
dispatched. lie noticed that IL
seemed very large, and was APP
parcntly gorgod. Cutting II opcn,
out jumped the missing pip, which
ms soon a. released from its close
quarters, took to Its heels and ran
home
, 1890-06-05
JOHN n. EDWARDS.

Il will stand forth emblazoned In
all the glory of the sunlight that
hung like II purple halo about the
head OF the sweetest singer Of mod
ern times, but his pure character
will stand forth more resplendcnt
than all this.
Edwards died poor, but rich in
the love OF his fellow men.
May God be merciful to him
through eternity.
HENRY c. ADAMS.