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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-28
CROSS-CUTS.

How is your friend doing out in Helena.
Montana?"
"Oh. he's carrying everything before
him.
Good: what business is he in!'
.6.'s q waiter in a restaurantr'-St. Paul
Globe.
When a local dime museum advsrtises as
an attraction ''the only policeman born in
America we feel it our duty to warn the
cubic to beware of frauds and limitations.
Chicago Mail.
4 flying machine is being exhibited in
Chicago. Up to date there has been no sort
Of use in keeping the "f' standing at the
beginning of it's name.-Skoe and Leather
Reporter.
Can any one tell why it is that when a
woman il being weighed she smiles, while a
man having his weight ascertained always
looks Boston Journal.
Ignorance of the law excuses no man ex-
| cept the juryman. who must be iRnoran. Of
eyerything.-Philadelphia lines.
She--You were at college, were you not:
He-Yes. Shea. r.! He-No. q. B.
Harvard Lampoon.
Foreign yisitor-Does il cost much to live
in New York? Host-So, sir. it doesn't
cost much to live in this city, but it costs
like Sam Hill to keep up appearances
New York Weekly.
Just az the prehistoric maiden in short
skirts vas executing the most difficult steps
of a sand jig u policeman appeared q,
the door. Call this a sacred concerto he
asked. Don't Won fret" replied the una.
Dashed doorkeeper. "We are doing this
thing all right. We take up a collection a.
the end of the second act. SeeT'-Indian-
apolis Journal.
a young lady III a SorthpOrt Sc Dol com
pared i'll in this manner: "Nominatiye, i'll
comparative. worse: superlatiye. dead.
The whole class looked up very much sur
prised, and the master with an effort to con
troll the sadness which he felt. arose All;
said: Scholars, you can have fifteen min
utes for the funeral. "-BangorC Commercial
Not long q a letter came through thu
p~ostof6ce addressed to Lard Mills, y. H.
which found its proper destination at Oi
Mills. N. II. A letter addressed TO "kcas
Pig. Mass" WAS d~eciphered bs the BostOl
mail clerks to be intended for DedhaIn. an
there it WAS delivered to the person TO
whom It was intended COncord MONT oil
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TERRIBLE BALLOON TRIP.
Three Aeronants Go Further and FARE
Worse Than Intended.

Three Aeronants 60 Further and Fare
Worse han Intended.
Three Partisan %ronan have expert
euced an exciting adventure which nearly
proved fatal to one of them. Ascending
from Paris at half past three in the after
noon. intending after a brief ascent to re-
gain the ground just outside the fOrtiica-
tons. NM. Wales. Lelue and Truelle went
up in a balloon named after the ID
Mozart. When they reached an altitude of
shout 1900 yards a hurricane commenced
70 blow. and not withdrawing all efforts of
the men. drove tho balloon furiously to-
ward the northeast. For hours they passed
a dreadful time, the wind swaying the car
80 much that that they had TO cling to its
edge to Ire-ent themselves being thrown
out.
Instead OF being able to descend on the
outskirts OF Paris in time for dinner, they
found themselves after dark above the vii
laee Of Bou.cg. in the department Of the
Ardenness about $50 miles from tbs CAPT.
tai. Here they resolved to land, a. any
risk. GrappIing-irons were thrown out,
Lut broke. The wind got into the balloon
and burst a large hoie in it. Soon the
car struck the ground and ~rebounded.
throwing o NJ. Lelue. b fell on the
telegraph wires outside the village. and
rolled into a rayinc, where he remsined in
sensible for some lime His companions
were also thrown out. aud fell II distance OF
about fifteen feet. II. Ieiue. whose col
lision with the telegraph wires broke hi
fall. WIS the least injured. and when lie re.
covered consciousness sought for his friends
whose groAns he heard. Assistance YVES
soon forthcoming from the villagers. suc
the three men were taken ~ an inn. 81
TrueIie was injured so seriously that Il wa,
thought advisable to send him on in a Wagon
70 youziers, where medical aid was obtain
able. Ii was half past ten o'ciock-or sever
hours after leaving Paris-when the three
involuntary travellers reached the cataIp.
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TORRENs Ian D-THANSFEK.

From every quarter Of Massachusetts
are sounded the praises Of the Torrens
land transfer system. As we recently
took occasion to explain in these col
umns, the scheme is of Australian orr
gin and does away with the an~tiquated
and cumbrous system OF land titles that
we inherited from English forefathers.
In effect, the state or payment OF d
small fee enquiries into titles, sees to the
purchaser in his rights. The plan is al
ready an established success in the an
tipodes and in parts Of the dominion of
Canada, and the good folks OF Massa-
chusetts are eager to avail themselves
Of its benefits. Governor Russell has
advocated its adoption in a special mes
sage to the legislature, and is one of the
most enthusiastic of its advocates. 1t
speaks we'll for his faith in the utility
of the measure that he has no desire to
have it's passage railroaded through the
house. He recommends that legislative
action should be preceded by Il careful
expert examination Of all the difficulties
that lie in the way and the means best
fitted for their removal.
Local real estate agents n extensive
property-holders seem to be unanimous
in the opinion that the best features OF
the system should be adopted withou.
delay. Brice S. Evans, the Oldest and
most experienced agent in Boston, as
serts that it would be difficult to predict
all the benefits to a vast number OF peo-
pie that would follow the passage of the
measure. He believes, and rightly, that
it should be as easy to borrow money on
real estate as on a warehouse receipt or
any paper representation OF security.
A bank seeks no better collateral than
realty, and is always ready to advance
cash upon IL: but while money can be
obtained at sight upon stock certificates,
warehouse receipts, or anything OF that
nature, the borrower on realty has to
wait a week or a month for the result OF
a conveyancer's examination Of his
title.
The advocacy Of the system III Mon
tana opens a fine field for some OF our
rising young statesmen. Their action
in the matter would enhance not only
their own reputation but prove OF great
benefit to the entire state. 1t is true
that in a comparatively new community
such as ours. where real estate has
passed through but few hands since its
delivery by the government, the transfer
of realty titles is not attended by the
delay and embarrassment that prevails
in older states and countries. But even
in Montana it is simply a question OF
time and the occupation Of our fields
and the extension of our cities by the
tide Of immigration, when We shall be
20 better off han such congested east
ern states as Massachusetts. The rec
ords Of a single county will some day
occupy hundreds. il not thousands, of
volumes, and both cost and labor will in
crease steadily and enormously. We
cannot do better than rid ourselves of
the burden, before it becomes too heavy
to bear.
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OPPORTUNITY.

of human destinies am l!
Fame, love. and fortune on my footsteps
wait.
Cities and fields l walk: l penetrate
Deserts and seas remote, and passing by
Howell and mart and palace, soon or late
| knock unbidden once at every gate!
If sleeping, wake: if feasting, rise before
1 turn away. II is the hour of fate,
And they who follow me reach every state
Mortals desire. and conquer every foe
Save death: but those who doubt or hesitate
Condemned to failure, penury, and woe,
Seek me in vain and uselessly implore,
| answer not, and l return 40 more.
JNo. J. INGALLS,.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-28

THE New York Railroad Gazette, in
an ANALYTICAL article on Mr.. Blaine's rec
~iprocity treaty with Brazil, shows that
our manufacturers Of railroad machin-
cry and supplies will derive no benefit
from the new trade arrangement. Steel
rails. locomotives Of the American type.
machine tools of all sorts. axles and car
wheels, it says. are now made cheaper IN
Europe than IN the United States. eX-
cepting only woodworking tools and cast
iron wheels. Ocean freights from Eu-
rope to Brazil are far less than they are
from the United States. because there
are always plenty OF vessels in Europe
an ports seeking cargoes from Brazil.
while between the United States and
Brazil the conditions are exactly re
yersed. We have often known" it
saws. "of New York contractors for rail
road supplies and machine tools buying
the material in England with which to
fill their BraZilian-orders. and it is not
likely that a reduction Of - per cent.
in the Brazilian tariff would enable us
to compete in that market, even If We
alone could hope to profit by that re
duction to the exclusion Of other coun-
tries. Those who have lived among and
dealt with the Brazilians know them To
be a people Of shrewd and good judg
ment in business matters. The reel
procity agreement in itself is a sufficient
ariIanca of the buGiuesa ohrauiUeES n.
the Brazilians who have negotiated it
l. is not probable that they will forege
any of the benefits Of low prices II
Europe or give up the trade which help
develop their own shipping interests fol
any sentimental considerations"
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-28

Did the democratic organs ever stop to
think that the men who made the recent
fight for silver against such overwhelming
odds are all republicans? Stewart, Jones,
Teller, Wolcott. Sanders. Power, Mcconnell.
Shoup. Bartine and Carter are al! on the
republican side of the political fence
Inter Mountain.
The Inter Mountain neglected to add
that the Overwhelming odds" against
which these men were ~contending was
composed entirely OF republicans.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-28

half tho applicants who wanted to be
druggists were Incompetent for the
business. In Ohio and Pennsylvania
the laws have worked SO we'll that II
convention was held in Cleveland last
month mainly to talk over plans for sccur-
ing the passage OF similar measures in In
diana and Kentucky, and the thirty
men present were all men interested in
the drug trade. At the annual meeting
OF the Rhode Island Pharmaceutical asso-
citation, last month, the members ap-
peared anxious only to see the reglstra-
ton law fairly enforced, and to Ibis end
expressed a desire for legislation to enable
them to nominate members for the state
board. The Pharmaceutical society o
Delaware met on the 10th OF this month.
The state law now reads, AS to assis-
tants in drug stores, 1.-Two years and an
examination by the board" Some
wanted it ''three years and an eX-
animation" others three years exper-
fence or an examination" They want
the standard OF proficiency higher rather
than lower. !. bill recently introduced
into the Kansas legislature to abolish
the state board OF pharmacy has been
rejected and nearly 700 pharmacists
have petitioned the legislature for the
enactment OF the Simmons bill, which is
meant to provide for the pe%rpetuation OF
the board, without entailing any OK
pense on the state, by fees for registra-
ton. The Illinois board cost "A little
more than $4,000 last year. In Massa-
chusetts it cost less than 51,4OO, and the
applicants for registration paid it all.
The tendency everywhere is toward re-
quiring more thorough equipment for
this most important OF professions.
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~BRADsTKEET's makes an interesting
compilation Of the results Of regulating
pharmacy by the several states, which
makes a good showing for such legisla
ton. In Massachusetts in 1880 the
state board rejected IJ6 out of 30 ap-
p~licants examined. In Connecticut out
of 102 applicants forty-three passed and
were granted licenses. At the last meet
ing OF the Michigan board six were re-
jected out Of fo~rty-one. At the last
Minnesota meeting only seventeen
out of forty-three were successful
These figures show that more than one
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-28

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY FOSTER
is one of the three Ohio bosses, the
other two being Mckinley and Sherman,
who punctured Foraker's little bubble.
1t will be we'll to bear this fact in mind
during the Ohio campaign this year.
Mckinley is to be nominated for gov
ernor and Foraker has a strong follow
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Type Foundrie. Combine.

CHICAGO, Feb. IA local paper says the
large type ~foundries of the country. after q
long negotiation, have about effected Il
consolidation of their interests. The CAPT
tai involved il reported to be six millions.
The establishment Of uniform prices and
the protection Of the printer are said TO be
the chief rSasons for the consolidation Of
ths thirty odd foundries.
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HELENA, MONT, FEB. %. 1891.

60 Montanisns abroad will always find TIE
DAILY INDEPENDENT on file at their fsvorito
hoicls: Fifth Avcnue and Metropolitan. New
York; Grand Pacific. Chicago: West. Minpeapo-
lis: Baldwin AUD Palace. San Franchises; McDer-
not. Butte; Leland Hotel Springield. Ill.
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FOR SALE.

Abont 800 head stock cattle, cheap. grazing in
Fergus county. To be delivered in May or spring
roundup Sixteen dollars per head. Will trade
for Helena property. This is a bargain. No
chances to take. Call upon Or address
X. A. BELL
Real Estate. Helena. Mont.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-25
A RELIGIOUS SACRIFICE
IN WHICH A GREEK CHILD WAS
THE ALLEGED VICTIM.
Tragic Events Growing Out of Sensa-
tional Charge Against Jewish Butchers
in Turkish Village.

ADRIANoPLE, July 24.-Great excite
ment prevails here over tragic events
growing out OF an accusation that Jew
ish butchers killed Greek child as a
religious sacrifice. The government of
Roumelia has proclaimed the district
under military law, fearing that other
wise the inhabitants would rise against
the Jews. The alleged murder occurred
at the village of Mustapha Pasha, about
twenty miles from this city. The corpse
of Greek girl, eight years of age, was
found in the river, and the doctors de-
ciared that she had not been drowned
but strangled and thrown into the water.
All the butchers in the place were Span
ish Hebrews, except one Greek, named
Stefano, who swore that the girl
had been strangled in the manner
of Jewish blood offerings, and that the
murder was undoubtedly a religious
one. In the midst of the excitement,
Stefano suddenly disappeared, and
later his corpse was found in sack on
the bank of the river, the body being
covered with stabs. Suspicion fell upon
the men whom Stefano had accused and
five OF the Spanish butchers, and two OF
their apprentices were arrested. One
apprentice, lad named Granuni, con-
fessed that the five prisoners had MUIR
dered Stefano, and paid him (Gianuni)
to carry his body in sack to the river.
The mystery of the girls death is yet
unsOlyed,
Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-25
People Who Soil Books.

Librarians are not the only ones who
complain of persons who habitually soil
books loaned to them by thumb stains
and marginal penciling. That habit is
the heaviest cross imposed on dealers in
rare and expensive books 1t is prac-
tice with such dealers to send such books
out for inspection when requested by
those to whom the dealer thinks there is
a chance to make sale. Valuable books
often suffer from the practice. Samuel
J. Tilden, while good buyer of books,
was also great offender in this respect.
He thought nothing of keeping a book
for weeks, making dealers send to him
for it several times, and finally returning
it thumbed and dog cared, with a mes
sage that he did not want it. On the
whole, booksellers lost nothing through
Mr.. Tilden, for he did not spare money
when book caught his fancy, and his
library contained many treasures, but at
times his whims were costly and vexa-
tious to those who tried to please him.
Dealers say that there are many men in
this city now to whom his habits seem
to have been transmitted. New York
Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-25
He Didn't Get Any More shad.


A young man went to dine at the house
of friend. Now, this young man does
not profess to be skilled anatomist, and
says the only way he can tell whether
there are bones in his shad is by getting
them into his mouth. And so when the
fish came he plunged it into his mouth,
without regard to its bony structure.
And when a bone revealed its presence
in his mouth he took it out
Now. he likes shad very much, and he
had set his heart on having second
piece. But he wasn't asked to have any
After dinner was over his hostess came
and sat down by him. ibid you want
some more of that fish very much?" she
asked. well. dolike shad very much" I"
he admitted.
II saw you wanted some more" she
said, "but didn't dare give it to you.
was afraid you'd die on the premises
Really, in courtesy to your hostess, when
you go out to dine you must bone your
fish before you eat it, and not after. /
was cold with horror all the while you
were eating your fish, for fear you would
choke and die right there, and you see,"
she added naively, "that would have
been a frightful- damper on the success
of my dinner party. New York Even.
ing Sun.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-25
The Bane of Friendship.

1t runs somewhat in this fashion: II
have half mind to tell you something l
heard about you the other day. Still, l
am afraid you would be annoyed, and
believe will not" Of course you say
that you will not be annoyed. and upon
this assurance your friend proceeds to
say: "If you are quite sure you will not
be angry will tell you" Then comes
some unpleasant thing rejecting on your
temper, your tastes or, if there is flaw
to be found, your habits. Sometimes it
comes in the definite form of an assertion
that you have been guilty of some atroci-
ty of which you know yourself to be in
nocent. Very naturally, in the lat
ter case, you ask whence came the
charge, only to find that the calumniator
has extracted promise that the authors
identity shall not be revealed. So you
are left defenseless. You cannot deny
or explain. Detroit Free Press.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-25

bermen to Interfere with Passuzzi. The
lumbermen are thoroughly aroused and
threaten to kill every, Italian in the
neighborhood. They notified the Italians
unless Passuzzi is delivered to Jail inside
of five days they will come prepared
to take him at the point of Winches-
ter rifles. The Italians appealed to the
Italian consul at Philadelphia, who has
demanded protection for Italy's SUBJ
jects. The district attorney replied,
saying the consul should advise them to
deliver the murderer. The consul has
sent men here to investigate.
PHILADELPHIA, July 24.-The Italian
consul here says the story OF threat
ened race war at Glen Hazel is exag-
gerated, but admits that correspond
ence about the matter has passed be-
tween him and the district attorney.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-25

that she had ever seen staircase. She
overcame her fear speedily, however, for
the next morning the entire family were
awakened by sound that resembled the
prancing of war horse. fastening to
investigate the cause, the irritated mas
ter of the house discovered Biddy racing
up and down the wooden staircase in the
abandonment of her joy at having dis
covered the "hang of it." "Shure," she
said, sit is an illigant amusement. -
New York Tribune.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-25
THEY WANT THEIR WAGES.
The Oregon Pacific Road In Arrears With
Its Pay-Roll.

2he Oregon Pacific Road In Arrears With
Its Pay-Roll.
ALBANY, Ore, July 2a.-Rumors have
been rife for several days OF threatened
strike on the Oregon Pacific railroad.
The employees have not received their
salaries for six months. The best
OF feeling has always prevailed between
the company and employees, however,
and the men held a meeting and
refused to strike. Today committee OF
six representative employees of the en-
tire road, waited upon Manager William
M. Hoag, at Corvallis, and urged
the company to provide means
to pay its employees. The company's
officers assured them that they would
use every endeavor to pay the men by
August lst or Sd. The amount due the
men is about $4,000. The committee
returned to this city this evening. The
employees are satisfied, and work will go
on as usual.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-25
The Original Use of Canes.

Somebody has been looking up the his
tory of the original use of canes in this
country, and finds that they were for
merly part of the repertory of the lead
ers of the church, being at one time the
principal badge of the deacon. The dea-
cons cane was about Ave feet long, one
end being embellished with a big knob,
the other with feathers. When the small
boy got too noisy or rebelled against the
powers that were he was given rap on
the head with the uncharitable end Of
the stick. If the head Of the family for
got himself while listening to the morn
ing sermon, and lapsed into a blissful
dream of old times in Merry England,
the turkey plumes on the deacon's cane
feathered him into life against Louis
Republic.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-25
Stairs were New to Her.

Some Of the immigrants arriving in
this country are wonderfully ignorant Of
the commonest domestic appliances. A
lady who had fit of economy not long
ago concluded to get fresh arrival from
Castle Garden, hoping by her wise man.
agemsnt to train the girl into capable
servant. Biddy arrived, stout and will
ing and rosy, and with mouth wide open
in surprise at the novelties surrounding
her on every side. On being taken to
the stairs to go up to her room she
stopped suddenly. ''And is it up thin
things that oi'll have to go?' she said,
panic stricken.
She explained that it was the first time
Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-25
The Presidents Doings /.

CAPE MAY, N. j., July Ex-senator
Plumb, of Kansas, had a conference
with the president this morning. Sec
retary Foster left for Philadelphia this
afternoon. Heavy rain prevented the
president from going out this morning.
For an hour or more he was busily en-
gagged with Private Secretary Halford.
The president has appointed the follow.
ing postmasters in California: William
J. Baggerstaff, Lakeport; Oregon, James
S, Howard.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-25
AN IMMIGRATION DECISION.
Tin Plate Workers May Be Imported
Under Contract.

WASHINGTON. July 24.-The superin-
tendent of immigration rendered de-
cision on application of stamping COM
pany of st. Louis, to be permitted to inn
port skilled labor for their tin plate
mills, to the effect that the immigration
law plainly intends that skilled labor
may be imported into the United States
to do work in an industry not yet estab-
lished, provided skilled workmen in
that industry cannot be found among
our own people. Therefore the impor-
tation will be permitted, as such labor
ers cannot be found in the United
States,
Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-25
A BAD COLLISION.
Two Trains the Denver and Rio
Grande Come Together.

DENVER, July 24.-The narrow-gauge
east-bound express from Salida, Col, on
the Denver and Rio Grande, collided
with the broad-gauge Salt Lake express
going west, a few miles from Carlisle,
early this morning. The trains were
running at full speed, heavily loaded.
The engines and first coaches of both
trains were completely wrecked, and
four persons were killed. The killed
are: George A. Ardelle, engineer; A.
H. Parros, conductor; G. M. Cole, ex-
press messenger, and tramp, unknown.
The injured are: Ben Williams, III. G.
Mullenix and Henry Schumer.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-25
FLOOD AND AVALANCHE.

The Devastated Area in Msravia and
Silesia Enlarged.
Vienna, July 24.-There has been an
increase in the area of the flooded dis
tricts of Moravia and Silesia. The Wis
tula near Olmutz is a mile wide, and
much land is submerged. In
the Tyrolese Alps large tracts of land
have been devastated by avalanches
which have fallen into the valleys, and
which have caused an immense amount
of damage