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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-04

The Cruise mansion on this evening was
a blaze of wax candles. The decorations
were gold and white and the flowers yellow
and white chrysanthemums. A bank of
these flowers, silver candelabra, yellow silk
hangings and silver bullion festoons hid
the parior maEtei piece. but nothing could
eclipse the brilliancy of the dining room.
The table was covered with n gold satin
cloth; from the centre of the ceiling hung
a gold silk umbrella from which was
festooned garlands of smilax and silver
bullion. Cut glass BOWS on mirrors were
filed with flowers, salads INC sweetmeats.
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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-04

NOTICE-SCHOOL HONDS-NOTICE rs
~ hereby given that the undersigned board OF
Clarke county. stats Of Montana. will. at the
Office of Vim: Mutb, rooms 2iS. pa and 215 Power
building. Helena. in sail county and state. at two
o'clock in the afternoon, on the Goth day OF jan
nary, A. u. 1891, sell to the highest and best bid
der for cash. the bonds of said school district. to
tbs amount Of senty thousand dollars, bearing
payable semi-annually. Said bonds are payable
in twenty years and r~edeemabls in ten years from
their date, and in denominations of five hundred
dollars each.
The board Of trustees reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
Dated December 22d, A. d. 1890.
N. kESSLER.
A. FREEMAN FOOTE,
Attest: Trustees.
j. j. FAINT. Clerk.
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NOTICE TO CREDlTORS-ESTATE OF
~ George w. Cleveland, deceased.
Notice is hereby given b. the undersigned, adj
ministrntor of ths estate Of George W. Cieve-
land. deceased. to the creditors Of. and ali per-
CONS havin : einiIns against the said decoasel. to
exhibit them with the necessary vouchers. within
four months after the first publication d tbis
notice, to the said administfaio or at the ofsire OF
Comfy Il Foote, Novelty block. Helena, Mont;
the same being iha place for the transaction OF
the bushes, OF said estate in the county Of Lewis
and Clarke. WILLIAM D. SMITH,
Administrator Of George w. Cleveland. de-
ceased
Dated Dec. 22d, 1880.
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Special Announcement !

The Triangle drug store at Northern Pacific
Depot now has = competent pharmacist in charge
pf shs prescription department. None but th
best Of medicines dispensed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-13
COMPULSORY VERSUS FREE COIN
AGE
To the Editor of the Eagle.

To the Editor Of the Eagle.
Assertions made, that misrepresent
facts, or statement, that ignore truths,
viii count for but little in the discussion
of questions of such vast importance to
the people, as that of coinage, and pro-
lection to home industries. Sophistry
may delude the weak minded, but what
is required in the settlement of these
great questions, is solid facts, indisputa-
bic figures, and those unquestionable
truths that carries conviction to intelli-
gent minds.
The article in the EAGLE of June 6,
under the heading Free and Restricted
Coinage" by some one who signs himself
''Sure Enough Kansan," is full of state
ments that are evidently made without
the slightest regard to truth. shall
not take the space to reply to all
of his false statements, but simply
notice the one in the very first paragraph
in his article which is a sample of many
Others found therein. He says: II see
in your columns of today, Mr.. E. p.
Miller, after sounding the praises of
demonetZied silver from New York,
Carthage, Mo-, ard other points, has at
last got back to Madison Lodge"
Now why this correspondent should
say have been sounding the praises of
demonetized silver" when I have never
said or written word either sounding
the praises of. or advocating the de-
monetizing of silver am unable to see;
unless he is purposely attempting to de-
ceive your readers. There is no
stronger advocate of silver coinage than
/ am if there is another as strong in this
country. The main point on which l
differ from other advocates of silver IS,
believe on compulsory coinage"
while others believe in unlimited free
coinage" Now what is the difference
between the two, which will be the best
10 adopt, which will give US the most
money, and which will do most 10 pro-
mote the prosperity of the people:
What it claims is this: The free and
unlimited coinage Of silver viii practi-
caliv denIonetize gold, viii deprive the
people of about 200. coo, 900 Of gold as
money by driving it out OF circulation
That it will give us less money and even
less silver than will compulsory coinage,
that it is impossible 10 keep the two
metals in circulation and at par with
each other by the free coinage Of both
metals. When the bullion required to
form the dollar in one metal is at pre-
MUM over the other In the markets,
the metal at premium, whether gold or
silver VIII not be coined if coinage Is
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-13
ON WITH THE DANCE.

From the Pratt Times.
The Kansas City Journals Topeka cor
respondent, takes upa column or so of
that paper in a very weak, but Iabored
article in which Hon. George L. Doug
lass, of Wichita, is made TO appear as hav-
ing gone over to the Alliance. The
Journals correspondent pretends to be
ION to" a meeting of prominent Alliance
men, recently held at Topeka where they
discussed a successor to Jerry Slmpso n,
declaring that Jerry has already played
them false ETC., and name Mr.. Douglass
as a man who would suit the Peoples
party, etc, etc.
The writer hereof knows George L.
Douglass intimately and IS well &C
quainted with his political views. having
had several talks with him before and
since the campaign and during the Bot
kin trial. out of which so much capital
is being made against Douglass, and we
know Of no better or purer Republican
in Kansas, or any other where for that
matter. The trouble with the boys" IS
that George L Douglass doesn t frequent
the club rooms and doeSnt run with de
gang" but is a clean. upright, sober,
conscientious young man, who Is just as
much opposed TO skulduggery and shy
STEERING in his own party as II the PEG
pies or any other party. lie IS Repuo-
lican by nature, instinct ana education,
and any attempt 70 read him out Of the
party viii but precipitate the Waterloo
so fondly hoped for By enemies OF Re-
publicanISm In Kansas.
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Attended His Own Funeral.

The late Captain Ben Wakefield, Of
Biddeford, once attended his own fu-
neral, being one Of the few men who
have had that privilege. He had gone
on fishing trip down on the Grand
banks, and had been away from home a
good while without his family hearing
from him. The same season had proved
very disastrous to a number Of ether
fishermen who went out from there
abouts, and tia vessel Captain Zen vas
IL had her share Of hard luck. and the
report reached home that she. with her
crew, was lost.
Time passed AID Captain Zen did not
return, until &C list he family gave Up
al hope that be had been saved. and
day was set for the memorial services.
The services were held IN the church 81
Cape Porpoiss, TIE minister had offered
prayer for the absent fisherman, who
was supposed 70 have found hls grave il
the sea, and was Jest beginning his ser
mon when Captain Ben walked into lhs
chETch--BAngor l,Ie.) Commercial
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CREPE PULLING.
A Disreputable Fraud Practiced Upon
the Families of the Dead.

- DAsEcpulaoAC pun
the Families of the Dead.
Reputable florists in this city are suf-
fering greatly by dodge called ''crepe
pulling" resorted to by unprincipled
dealers in an attempt to increase their
business. A reporter, desiring to ascer-
tain just what the above term signifed,
visited several of the Broadway stores,
but the majority of dealers were averse
to conversing upon the subject. John
B. Nugent, Jr., when spoken to, said:
"You wish to find out about this crepe
pulling do you? Well, I'll tell you how
the scheme is worked. Each morning
these fellows pick up the papers and go
through the death lists in a very careful
manner. They select those people whom
they know are in the middle walks of
life. One of their men is then sent to
the house of mourning, and he, upon en-
tering the room where the bereayed rel
atives are seated, inquiries in the most
sorrow stricken tones what was the cause
of death. Naturally, some one will ask
whether he knew the deceased. And the
reply will generally be that they have
had many and many good time togeth
err Such jolly good fellow was Jack
And they were almost brothers. He used
to come over to the store every day for
his bunch of violets or pink.
Before the relatives are aware of the
fact the artful fellow has ten or twenty
dollar order. This in itself is bad
enough, but when these florists make up
a floral piece, instead of giving the
family natural flowers, they make up
the wreath, or whatever it may be, of
what we term crepe flowers, an artificial
flower resembling a white pink. These
things are purchased at about one dollar
per pound. A few natural roses are
stuck into the design, and when the
entire piece is made up the whole thing
costs them in the neighborhood of two
dollars. One cannot understand how
much this pernicious practice isindulged
in and what harm it does the majority
of dealers"
Mr.. Nugent told Of certain florist
who sent one of his men down to Cherry
street to a house where a woman had
died. The man went up stairs, and
leaning over the coffin actually forced
tears to his eyes after declaring that the
woman was his cousin, and while no one
was looking, as he thought, strewed
smilax around. The husband, big,
burly Irishman, and who, by the way,
had worked in the flower business him
self, caught the fellow, and after giving
him good trouncing, deposited him in
the street without any show of gentle
ness.
He" said Mr.. Nugent, cat least got
what he deserved. New York Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-13
A BAD KANSAS Law.

Kansas needs, more than anything
else, manufactures. The state in this
respect is worse off than any other west
ern state, and especially SO under the Nc
Kinley bill which protects especially
every conceivable product of the factory,
and seemingly at the general
expense of the field, the past
ure and the orchard. While
Kansas and her individual counties hold
out inducements and encouragements to
the manufacturer, the latter often offer
ing bonuses, we have law which evil
IDENTIFY discourages manufacturing en-
terprises. Where industries would at
times be incorporated and pushed to
success those who would make the vent
ure are confronted with the law govern
ing all corporations in Kansas which
makes the stakeholder liable for double
the amount of his subscription. It's like
kicking a man after he is down. Many
would venture first subscription and
take the chances of losing it, hoping or
expecting success, but to be threatened
with sure punishment for failure
which would not be foreseen deters them
altogether
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rhe AnstraIIan Tree Won.

In the vast rainless tracts Of central
Australia, where water in the shape Of
streams, ponds, wells, etc, is unknown.
and where thousands of gold seekers.
travellers, hunters and others have per-
ished with thirst, the country is found
to be tolerably populated by hardy
race known as "Bushmen." For the
past century it has been n standing Won
der how these human beings managed
TO exist in such an arid region. 1t now
turns out that nature has made provis-
ions for the welfare of living creatures
even in that inhospitable section of the
antipodes. Here the eucalyptus tree,
which grows POO to 800 feet high in moro
favorable localities, grows 10 but eighs
or ten feet. gnarled and thickly jointed.
like n reed.
Herein lies the secret OF the Bush
mans existence. The joints Of this
dwarf eucalyptus are hollow and filed
with pure water, the size of the joint
regulating the amount Of water to be
found within. More than one unlucky
being has laid down in the shade OF one
Of these Australian well trees 20 die OF
thirst when one stroke with his knife
or "machete' would have caused life
giving stream to burst forth.-St. Louis
Republic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-13
THE FIRST BATTLE.

Thirty years ago yesterday, June 8, 1861,
was fought the first battle ofthe war, after
the surrender of Fort Sumpter-and the
first battle in which our volunteer soldiers
were engaged This was at Philippi, w.
Va, where a small rebel army had been
quartered for short time, getting ready
to come north and capture the northern
mudSills before breakfast. '-Peabody Ga
Zette.
The battle you mention occurred as you
state it. but it was not the first battle of
the war after Sumpter. The first field en-
gagement took place at Big Bethel, on the
York peninsula, between Gen Butler'e ex-
petition from Fortress Monroe and Gen.
Magruders Virginia and North Carolina
volunteers Eagle.
You are wrong, Murdoch. The en-
gagement to which you refer was fought
Just one week later June 10th-TS See
Harper's Pictorial History of the Great
Rebellion, Vol.1, p 1856. In one respect
it was first-being the first battle in
which Union volunteers were whipped
and for which Butler nearly lost his
official head.
The only Battle of Big Bethel
which appears on the official records
was fought at Big Bethel, Va, April
4, 1862.
There was previous fight, in May
1861, between eighteen citizen boys,
among whom was Dr. VIM. frey, (pro-
prietor of the Dutton House, Topeka,
Kansas,) and body of rebel cavalry, at
McCoy's Ferry, on the upper Potomac.
J. II. &. Brewer and John Warehouse
of Peabody, were among them. The
boys We're armed with shot guns, squir-
rel rifles and one sword. They drove off
the rebels and got possession of the
ferry boats. The local authorities then
proposed to arrest them for INSURED
tion," but gave up the idea, after some
bold talk from the boys.-Peabody
Gazette.
As "reminiscences of the most eventful
period of our country's history all this
is exceedingly interesting, but in order
simply to lend interest to subject or
narrative we should not ignore facts nor
mis-state them. The EAGLE did not say
that the Big Bethel battle was fought on
June 3 or any other named date, but
that it was the first field engagement
between government troops that occur
red. 1t was yourself that mixed the
dates. as you will see by reading your
own statements.
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DIR. Jndson Tells a story.

The Rev DR.. Edward Juds5n tells %
Baptist who had been very sick. The
physician had given him some medicine,
and told him he could 90 out, but under
no circumstances was he % get wet.
The man went out on the farm, and n
shower Of rain came up suddenly. There
was no shelter near, and TO save himself
be crawled into hollow log. The nc
ton Of the rain caused the log 10 shrink
so as to endanger his lite.
He could not move, and being brought
face 10 face with death the whole Of his
past life came before him as in piano.
rama; he remembered the days Of his
childhood, his entrance upon life, his
successes and his sins; then be reInern-
bered, last Of all, that when be left home
that morning he refused his wife. when
she asked him, for fifty cents tor tho
church, and the thought made him feel
50 small that he had no difficulty in
walking out Of the log New York Her
aid
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LENGTH OF DAYS.

That the tendency in human life at
this time and has been for several
years towards longevity is patent to all
and has been often dwelt upon by scien-
fists and economic writers many times.
The Atchison Champion makes reference
to the subject and concludes in felici-
tous vein that ''among the principal
things which operate to lengthen out
the period of effective human lifenow-a
days are better food supplies than our
forefatherS had-gained through the
application of scientific methods to food
production-better cooking; a more gen
eral distribution of better kinds of cloth
ing; better sanitation in every form; a
better observance of the laws of health
and hygiene; better methods and appli-
ances for preserving and restoring
health, and better everything upon
which life depends, and in the
proper use of which it is easily and sure
ly prolonged"
No intelligent person will question the
truthfulness of these facts, and in view
of the facilities the people of the present
have for acquiring knowledge on this
important subject and their superior
opportunities for improving them, not to
do so and thus assist in the great and
glorious undertaking is little less than
Cllicidal
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No stronger proof of the desirable
ness of trade reciprocity, such as has
been established between the United
States and Brazil, could be produced
than the mere statement that other
countries that are not IN it are attempt
ing TO avail themselves of the advantage
by putting their goods upon that market
under cover OF American shipping bills.
1t Is gross injustice 20 this country,
though it is not blameable for it, and is
an outrage upon our neighbors- Of
course it will be stopped. both countries
being interested in the suppression of
the practice. The incident furnishes
our government with valuable pointer
in another direction; that is, 10 look out
for the same sort of imposition in goods
admitted into this country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-13
CHARACTERS IN HISTORY.

Chauncey Depew in his late speech
said that 900 years hence the Ameri-
cans of this century who will be best
known will be Washington, Hamilton,
Webster, Lincoln and Grant. The
Springfield Democrat thinks this declara-
ton is good enough for adjoining a
speech, but it is not we'll sustained by
facts; that the memory of inventors and
discoveries lasts much longer than that
of statesmen and warriors, because the
world always has something tangible by
which TO keep their memory green. 1t
will never be forgotten that Guttenburg
and Faust invented the art of printing
with movable types so long as the art is
preserved. Herschell as the inventor of
the telescope will never be forgotten. So
long as the telegraph wires and instru-
ments are in use. Morse win be remem-
bered as their inventor, and the names
of Hamilton, Webster ct al, will pass
to oblivion long before parents will cease
to instruct their children that it was
Ben Franklin who first put lightning in
harness.
Our own notion is that all those men
toned, and others who are not mentioned.
will have places in history as long as the
world has a written record of men and
events. Our Missouri contemporary evil
IDENTIFY miSinterpreted the declaration of
the great New York orator. He was
dealing with types of character and
mentioned the names given as illustra-
tive of the point he would impress.
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LOYALTY

They live in the halls OF the heroes
The worlds valhalla gray
True knights. who in storm and battle
Flung the scabbard OF life away.
Following a single wstchword.
Dying and unGisrayed,
For the red rose OF tho Lancaster
Or the Stuart's white cockese.
Oh, clear as the blast far ringing
From the tips Of Roland's horn,
That word and its passionate meaning
On the breath OF the past is oo-nel
What though the cause were worthless,
Though the faith rang false when triedi
With as godliks self surrender
They fought on the erring side.
Borne down in the tide OF battle
They died. and are conquerors still
By Culloden or Roncesvalles,
BY Cressy or Malvern Hill
Where the forces OF life are meeting.
Strong souls, like warriors. stand
On the side OF their Lords Amounted.
Stiu ready, sword In hand.
For tho white ideal Of honor.
The crown Of their manhood's PRIDE
For the rose of a love unsulhed.
Into the tight they ride.
Strong in faith mistaken,
Loyal as those Of old,
They lit over storm and struggle
Their orifamme's white fold
They raise up hands Of power.
They strike where wrong dehes,
For dream, trust. symbol.
IN rapture OF sacrifice.
Their shield still filings its shelter
The weary and weak above
For the loyal arm gives justice,
And the loyal heart gives lovei
&c. a. Davis in Frank Leslie'A
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strangers ana had no particular cause for
love of his brethren.


| love of his brethren
As statement of circumstances in
the abstract, the foregoing is substan-
| TALLY correct, though for an interpreta-
ton of the spirit and meaning of the
narrative referred to it could hardly be
further from the truth. Joseph cor
nered on corn, to be sure, but it was
thro' divine promptings and done in the
interest of the people of his country not
only, but of the surrounding countries
that were in reach of Egypts grainaries.
Neither was Joseph an outcast, in the
common acceptation of the term. He
was the victim of an intrigue. but that
only brought the opportunity to him to
demonstrate and display his native
genius and statecraft. As for his feel
ings toward his brethren, even if he had
been inspired by the same spirit that
actuated them in their dealings with
him, i. e. that of jealousy and envy, he
would still have had ample cause to
supply their needs when they went to
him unawares for bread to sustain life.
for if, as our confere says he had built
corner on wheat for speculative purposes,
their money would have been peculiarly
acceptable to him; but we learn from the
narrative that while he furnished his
brethren all the grain they could carry
away he refused t. receive pay for it.
The narrative is very interesting one
and, like all similar occurrences that go to
make up the history of the race, is given
for our guidance and profit, in view of
which it behooves US to rightly interpret
and intelligently apply them. The in
depreciation put upon the incidents re-
ferred to in the paragraph quoted would
give divine sanction to the crime of
gambling, for operations that involve
corner building in articles of prime
necessity belongs of right to the list of
offenses that states prisons are con-
structed and maintained to repress by
furnishing those who are found guilty of
committing them