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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-28

The Stockgrowers' Journal tells in a
few sentences why Montana's prosperity
for the present year is assured:
Montana will market 200, 1000 head of beef
cattle this season. which will net their own
ers about $40, 600, 600, equal to $G6.66 for
each man, woman and child in the state.
Montana's wool will sell for $4,000. 900,
which, if divided among her people, would
give each on. $50. Montana will dispose
Of So, O0O, 600 worth of mutton, a sum suf-
ficient to give every citizen $40. Montana
will furnish of silver. golI, copper and
lead, $40, 795, 623, which is equal to about
$272 per head for all the people. Montana
will supply the market with $780, 900 worth
of horses, thus providing S. apiece fol-
every inhabitant. Over and above al
this Montana's farms, iron and coal mines
diaries, memories, vineyards, gardens, etc.
will produce enough to provide fully for al
the wants of her people.
No, brother, % enough of fruits anC
farm produce. We shall have to senc
S5,O0o.OOO or S 6,0oo,O0o out of the state
to buy such articles simply because We
haven't enough farmers in the state t.
grow them. We want to bring thrifty
farmers to our watered valley and keer
this money at home.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-28
DEEP Ellis,

The enterprising men who are about
to undertake the sinking of artesian
wells in the vicinity Of Helena have
much to encourage them in the wonder
full success attained elsewhere. The
data collected by the census bureau
shows that about 1900 wells are already
flowing in the arid region between the
ninety-seventh and 105th meridians. In
northern and central Colorado it has
been found that the waters which dis
appear from the %irrigating bitches
through seepage or percolation reappear
in the channels below, following, appar-
emily, the gravel strata just beneath
the alluvium. The Dakotas are be-
lieved to have an abundant supply of
water in a loose sand stratum of great
thickness and subjected to great pres
sure. Within the central division of
the plains, embracing a large part OF
western Nebraska, Kansas and eastern
Colorado, with the adjoining districts of
Wyoming, the Indian Territory, Texas
and New Mexico, great deposits of drain
age water have been found at a mode
rate. depth below the surface. Similar
undertiow has been discovered beneath
the table-land Of western Texas known
as the "Staked Palms, and the Pan
handle region is expected to reveal the
same condition of things, Perhaps the
most interesting experiment of this kind
that is now in progress is that nea1
Wheeling, West Virginia, where a depth
Of 400 feet has been reached in an
eight-inch we'll. Both oil and gas have
been struck throughout in paying quan
titles. 1t has gone through severa
thick veins of coal, and has traversec
layers of gold quartz, iron and numerous
other minerals.
Professor j. G. White. state eeolo
glst, who has watched tho drilling close.
ly, has succeeded in getting the govern
ment Interested in it.. The result i!
that after the we'll has been sunk to thu
depth Of n mile the government will
take up the work, and, under the direc
ton of expert officers of the geological
survey, drill INTO the earth as far a
human skill can penetrate. The tenn
perature and magnetic conditions vii
be observed as far as possible, and, b
means OF an instrument constructed 70
the purpose, a complete record of tn
drilling and all discoveries made will b
J kept. This record will be placed in tn
geological surveys exhibit at tn
3 worlds fair and afterward preserve
at Washington. Professor White an
the government officers state that tn
:, will be one of the most novel and i'm
; portant exhibits at tho fair and will at
tract the attention of the scientists {
/ the world.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-28

salons. political or otherwise, presided over
by handsome and witty women, and FREE
quented by the choicest spirits in art and
literature. In the political salons politics
are discussed with as muoh freedom as in
the United States. Persons who write on
the social and political conditions Of Russia
mention these parties--tho conservatives,
tho liberals, the nihilists II the Germans
whose limits they have some trouble to
define. by conservatives is naturally
meant the %Slavophiles, who believe In
Russia for the Russians and the
extension of the Russian influence among
those Of the same race in other countries.
The nihilists number SO few thousands that
they can hardly be called q party. The
Germans, rs bankers, merchants and man
ufacturers, have flooded the country and
found their way in considerable numbers
into the public ofioes, but their influence
ia diminishing. The liberals are the party
that cries for a constitution, and reforms
which are not always %attainable, though
the czar is in many cases personally favor
able.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-28
THE plea of the republican press that

The plea of the republican press that
necessarily increased appropriations for
pensions account for the appalling
penditures of the billion dollar congress
is only a half truth. While it is true
that the pension budget was
ly swollen, there was reckless extraya-
canoe in other ways. Thus the last
congress created 597 new specific Offices,
for which salaries aggregating $685. G7 a
year we're provided. Besides this there
was appropriated 81 ,495,S51.50 for other
new Offices, the number of Offices
and the amount of each salary not be-
ing specified. To offset this appropria-
ton Of S2,4O4, 1850 for new offices, 125
specified places were dropped, taking
with them s135,944.8o, and $J,54O was
cut off by the dropping of a very small
number of Offices not specifically named.
This leaves a net increase of S2,2G3 ,2333.
70 in the salary rolls, caused by the
creation OF new offices. At the first ses,
sion OF the same congress the net in
crease of offices was 1,233, carrying a net
increase of s2,686,22S.62. The Fifty,
first congress, therefore, added ovel
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-28
MEISSONIER'S MASTERPIECE.

How 1911" Came to BE Painted-Its I'M
mense Value.
MISSIONER n mastery piece, "1S14." is known
as the most expensive painting in the world.
1t is twenty inches high by thirty inches
wide, and was last sold for $4,000. 1t
represents Napoleon /. and his great general
staff riding back from the scene of their de-
feat. 1t came to be painted in this wise:
N. Delhante, n rich business man with a
taste for art found Meissonier at work in
his studio on one of his microscopic can
vases.
What does it representa-" he asked.
"a military subject, to which l will give
the title '18li.'"
Your subject is very great and your can
vas is very small, Nj. Meissonier." said
Delhante. why do you not paint q
larger pictnre?'
81 have laid it in small for two reasons
first, because that is my style of painting: sec.
ond, because to speak openly, | need money
| work slowly, and am able to finish II little
picture much sooner than a large one"
$50 you need money! Well, paint my
portrait. What will it COST"
Five thousand dollars.'
Delhante drew out his purse and laid tn,
money on the table. Now, | wish also fol-
myself the picture 1874" he continued
but on the condition you do it on a large
canvas"
Some time later, when the portrait wa!
completed, MISSIONER showed his patror
the outlines Of a new "lS14," with the
question;
is that large enough for your"
Just right. What did it cost?,
Fourteen thousand dollars"
A right; there is half the price"
The picture was painted, paid for, ant
delivered, and in 1864 was exhibited in the
salon. An Englishman offered $50, 600 TO
it, but Delhante held back. Vanderbilt in
creased the offer to $50, 900, yet failed to &c
cure the picture. Finally H. Bague, a cor
noisseur, got it for Sl00,0O0, and, afte
keeping it in his possession for one da,
made the famous sale of it to M. Chat
chard for $780, 600. This was the first tim
n great painter had seen with his own eye
such a triumph of his art. Those who ha,
approached most closely his success wei
Munkaczy, with his Christ Before PLATE,
which sold for 500, 600; Millet, with h
"Angelus," for which 5000 600 was pal,
and Murillo, with his "Ascension," $3.50
OW.-New York Sun.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-28

dynamo was made at the Berlin exposition
in 1879. by DIR. Werner Siemans.
The first electric road actually put in OPP
Grafton in this country was at Menlo Park
N. j., by Edison. in 1880.
The frat electric railroad ever operated nj
a business enterprise was by stephen d,
Field at the Chicago exposition in June,
1889.
The first electric railroad operated in the
streets of II city for traffic was built by
Bentley g. Knight, at Cleveland, O.. on the
lines of tho East Cleveland company, in
July, 1884. This was operated by the
underground conduit system.
The frat overhead wire electric railway
was built at Kansas City, Mo-, in 1885, by
John G. Henry.-Practical Electricity.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-28
Novel Business Enterprise.

Two young ladies in New York city are
making a great deal Of money in a
very novel way. They are ultra re-
spectacle; indeed. they move in excel
lent circles. In their youth their
father taught them to play chess, and
now they teach the mysteries of the
game and earn between $4,000
and $4,000 apiece. They do not teach
individuals; they tutor GLASSES, and these
are generally formed Of six persons. who
pay never less than SIS each for a course of
u dozen lessons. Thu sisters have classes
in New York, in Philadelphia, and in many
suburban towns; they work hard, but they
earn money, and they nave not hurt their
social standing. They live we'll in an ele-
CANT apartment house uptown.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-28

In Germany electric power is to be
transmitted next month from the falls
of the Laufen to Frankfort.on-the-
Main, 112 miles, for running machinery
at the electrical exhibition. Power is
conducted twenty-five miles into the
city of Hartford, Conn.,, and used for
lighting purposes, and in several places
in Europe it is transmitted five te
fifteen miles. With all the multiplying
instances Of this kind it is strange, in
deed, that anybody should be skeptica
dbout bringing power from the Mis-
souri, river into He lena.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-28

The alliance party is strongly sec
tional. At the Cincinnati convention
the other day Kansas furnished 400 of
the 1,400 delegates, Ohio 800, Indiana $50,
Missouri 100, Illinois and Iowa seventy
five each, while Pennsylvania sent only
ten, and other eastern states, like Mon
tana in the west, sent o The party
will have its life and death in the cen,
trail west where the republican major
tiles have been greatest.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-28

SHERIFF,S SALE-ARTHUR O'BHIEN
\. plaintiff, VS.. Mary c. Lunn and George Lunn,
Defendants.
Under and by virtue of an order of sale and
decree of foreclosure and sale issued out Of the
state of Montana, III and for the county Of evils
and Clarke, on the 26ta day of May, a. d. 1891. in
heaboyeentitiei action. Wherein Arthur U'Brien,
the aboH" famed plaintiff. obtained u Judgment
and decree Of foreclo eure and SUE against Mary
{ Ltnn and George Lunn, defent!nn Il, on tho
9Th day Of April, A. d. 1891, for thu sum Of Ss7.27
besides Interest, costs AMI attorney fees. which
sid decree was on the 9th day, OF april. A. D.
1881. recorded in judg ment book No. r" of said
court ut page haR, am commanded 10 roll all
that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situate.
lying AMI b'ing in the county of Lewis and
Clarke, siatr,f Montana, and bounded and de-
scribnd ms follows, 10 wit:
Lot number seven ~ of block number seven
az OF "x's addition TO the townsito OF the city
of ilelenl, a. appears by the official plat there If
on fiji. in the nthce OF the comfy clerk and re-.
corder OF said Lewis and Clarke county.
Public motto" ~ hereby given tast ON Friday,
the 18th day Of Juno, A. D. 1891. al II o'clock IN
OF that day al the front door Of tho court house
Helena. l"wig and Clarke county. Montana,
will, in obedience to said order of sale and decree
OF f3'e3iosnrc and ale, iel the above describtd
property, or 70 much thereof ms may be
necessary to satisfy FAid judgment, with interest
and costs, to the highest and best bidder for cast
in hand.
Given under my hand this 9th day Of May, A
! CHAs. Nj. JEFFERis, Sheriff.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-28

A WESTERN democrat for president
with Gov. Pattison, Of Pennsylvania,
for vice-president, would make a strong
democratic ticket for 1892. We are in
clined to think that VIM. r. Morrison,
of Illinois, a gallant soldier in the late
war for the union, and in the Mexican
war, the first leader in the fight for tar
if reform, a true statesman, and an
honest man through and through, would
make a strong run for the presidency.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-28

DENVER men have secured English
capital to the amount of $2,750,oo0 with
which to build an oil pipe line from the
Wyoming oil fields to that city. What's
the matter with a pipe line to Butte
and Helena9 Mountains are no obsta-
Gle to such an enterprise.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-28

1,7OO places to the federal patronage
list, at an annual expense to the public
of 5000, 462,32.
No wonder the republican leaders are
going about seeking loop-holes.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-28
Life In EussIa's Cauital.

The society of st. Petersburg is described
as the most brilliant in Europe, not only
because of the numerous balls and fetes
given by the court, where is seen all that is
best IN the empire, but for the private
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-28
HELENA, MONT, MAY %. 1891.

~Montanians abroad will always find THE
DAILY INDEPENDENT On file at their f~avorite
hetels: Fifth Avenue and Metropolitan, New
York: West, Minneapolis; Baldwin and Palace.
Rsn Francisco; McDermott, Butte; Leland Hotel,
Springfield. III.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-28
1891.
THE PLEASURE STEAMER,

Makes regular tr' ps through Gate of Mountain"
on the Missouri river, from Hilger's Landing to
Picn C Canyon and Beartooth Mountain and re-
turn, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, dur
ing the present navigable season, leaving Hill
gers Landing at II q, m. and return by $3.50 .. m.
of same day. Will also make special trips with
Parties OF ten persons or moro on Mondays,
Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, during same
hours of the day. Fare for one person to Picnic
Canyon and return en- regular trips, s.. 20; to
beartooth Mountain, So. For parties oil fifteen
or more persons, So each TO Picnic Canyon, and
Beartooth 81. 80, Special trpis fer parties of ten
or more to Picnic Canyon s.. 30; to Beartooth 80.
For parties of fifteen or more on 81 ecial trips
81 each. For parties of fifteen or more Oh spe-
cial or regular trips, including conveyance per
John Zeigler's band-wagon, from Helena to Hill
gers, and from Hilger's to Picnic Canyon and
return to Helena, leaving Helena at 7 a. m. and
return at $50 p, m. same day, s. per Ierson.
N. HlLhElR, Proprietor.
Morris tribune., 1891-12-16
Kilrain says he has quit fighting.

Kilrain says he has quit fighting.
Joel E. Mayes, chief of the Cherokee
nation, is dead.
The appointment of Rev. S.A. Bastian
Messner as bishop of Green Bay, is an
nounced from Rome. s
Reports that trichinR had been found
in American pork are officially denied
by German authorities
The Greek minister of marine has re-
signed because he is not allowed to
build several men-of-war.
The eleventh annual convention of
the American Federation of Labor is in
session at Birmingham, Ala.
Andrew Carnegie has bought fifty
four acres of land Duquesne upon which
he will at once erect an armor plate
mill.
The head of the bomb thrower has
been positively identified by the parents
of Broker Norcross, of Boston, as that
of their son.
e. M. Field, accused of fraud in con-
nection with the failure of his firm and
lately confined in private asylum, has
been arrested and placed in Jail to await
trial.
AT Madison, Wis, Victor p. Wagner
and William Aided for robbing mail
bags at Wauzoka, were sentenced to
five years in the state prison in the
United States circuit court by Judge
Bum.
Morris tribune., 1891-12-16

aAnupr aoNprps ers proceeded to
deliver brief address of welcome. 1t
was, he said, the largest convention OF
the Federation in its history. The
growth of the organization during the
past year had been phenomenal, and the
delegates before him represented more
than 100000 of organized laborers.
Much, however, as had been accom-
plished in the past, much more still re-
manned to be done in the future. He
gave hearty welcome to the delegates,
and urged them to return to their differ
emit organizations determined to push
onward and upwards for the improve
ment of labor.
At the conclusion Of the presidents
address the convention went into execu-
tive session and the doors were closed.
The convention will be in session for q
week or more, and in accordance with
the rules of the organization, the pro-
ceedings will be conducted in secret.
The Finances.
The report of General Secretary
Evans shows that the receipts of the
year had been SCI ,346, and the total ex-
penditures $1S, 100, leaving a balance of
$8,226. Of the total expenditures nearly
$4,000 represented loans and donations
to organizations on strike. The state
ment Of expenditures was rendered no.
table by the item showing that the total
outlay for salaries on account of an or
ganization with hundreds of branches
and membership of three-quarters of a
million was but the paltry sum Of g.
200. The comparative summary showed
that four years ago the total receipts of
the organization were but g., 900 for the
entire year. During the past year a
loan of 50. 500 had been made to the
United Brotherhood Of Carpenters and
Jeiners of Pittsburg, Pa, to aid them
in their strike, and it has since been re-
paid in full. Two thousand dollars have
also been loaned to the United Mine
Workers of America, to aid the Iowa
striking miners. The convention will
be asked to make the loan donation.
Morris tribune., 1891-12-16

oA<N @A%IO ~
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys.
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in soc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SXRNo co!
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. N.Y.
Morris tribune., 1891-12-16
ARTISANS IN SESSION.
ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
FEDERATION AT BIRMINGHAM.

President Gompers Reports Phenom.
email Growth During the Past Year.
The Convention VIII Be in Session
Doors.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec. 14.-Repre-
sentative workmen connected with al
most every known manufacturing in
dustry, and coming from every section
of the country, gathered in Erswell's
hall at 10 o'clock a. m. when President
Samuel Corners, of New York, called
Morris tribune., 1891-12-16
vii, Attack the Tariff.

WASHINGTON, Dec. Congressman
DUNCAN of Ohio proposes to begin an
attack on the tariff bill at the earliest
possible moment.
Morris tribune., 1891-12-16

Everybody is sick and no one to
take care of them. If this keeps on
we will have to establish hospital
here. Go away Mr.. La Grippe.
Morris tribune., 1891-12-16

L. B. Wheeler carries a full line of
clocks, watches, jewelry and silver
ware, besides doing work in all its
lines. ALI work fully guaranteed.
Morris tribune., 1891-12-16

to order the
eleventh annual
convention of the
American Fedora
tion of Labor.
With the state
m emit tn at he
would reserve the
delivery of his an
n u al adore s s,
President Comp
Morris tribune., 1891-12-16

Kit Thompson has been very sick
for some time past with. brain fever,
but at last accounts was convalescing.
Morris tribune., 1891-12-16

Al1~>v Black finished his last job
of thrc hing Saturday. Andr,T has
had a god run this fall.
Morris tribune., 1891-12-16
A Little Girl's Experience In Light
house.

Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Trescott are the
keepers of the Gov. Lighthouse at Sand
Beach, Mich. and are blessed with a
daughter, four years old. Last April
she was taken down with the Measles,
followed with dreadful Cough and
turning into Fever. Doctors at home
and at Detroit treated her, but in vain,
she grew worse rapidly, until she was a
mere handful of bones. Then she
tried DR.. Kings New Discovery and af-
ter the use of two and half bottles,
was completely cured. They say that
DR. Kings New Discovery is worth its
weight in gold, yet you may get trial
bottle at Thorpe & Tollifson's Drugstore,
Hancock free
Morris tribune., 1891-12-16
EXPENSES PER TERM.

Academic Course, per term of SO weeks, S3a
Business Course, per term Of % weeks, S35.
Scholarship Id Shorthand inoludinS Type
writing and Penmanship, $25.
Instruction on Piano or Organ, per term OF
20 lessons, 81.
Vocal Music, per term OF 20 lessons, $S.
Special Rates will be given those wishing
to pay by the month.
Morris tribune., 1891-12-16

Frank Wilcox has been on the sick
list for the past week but at the pres
ent is better.
Morris tribune., 1891-12-16

James Milan and wife left last
week for visit with relatives and
friends in Wisconsin where they will
be absent for about a month.
Morris tribune., 1891-12-16

Stoddart & Co., Patent Attorneys,
615 7th St., Washington, D. c., Opp. U.
s. Patent Office. Patents, Caveats and
Reissues secured. Trade Marks Regis.
tered. All patent business conducted for
Moderate Fees, Information, Advice and
special references Sent on request.
Morris tribune., 1891-12-16

Any make of organs or pianos will
be furnished BY Thorpe q Tollifson.
Morris tribune., 1891-12-16

Our postmaster is wrestling with
la grippe. Ray says he is good one
but he thinks he can down him if he
gets fair play.
Morris tribune., 1891-12-16

J. NJ. Sharp left for Minneapolis
last week, having closed out all''of his
horses before he left.
Morris tribune., 1891-12-16
Strength and Health.

If you are not feeling strong and heal
thy try Electric Bitters. II La Grippe
has left you weak and weary, use Eiec.
trio Bttters. This remedy acts directly
on the Liver, Stomach and Kidneys
gently aiding those organs to perform
functions. If you are afflicted with Sick
headache, you will find speedy and
permanent relief by taking Electric Bit
tiers. One trial viii convince you thai
this is the remedy YOU need. Large bot
ties only soc. at Fritz Buckentin's drug
store and at Thorpe & Tolifson's in Han
cock
Morris tribune., 1891-12-16

Best brand Of mixed paints at
Thorpe 4 Tollifson's.
Morris tribune., 1891-12-16
Faculty Consists of Eight Teachers and
Professors.

A student may enter any time during the
entire year, select his or her own course, and
permit. The methods OF instruction are
what gives the Academy such advantage
over other schools. Either class or private
wishes or requires. Backward students recite
in private rooms. A student can accomplish
more In three months in the academy than
he can In six months in schools that use the
class system only and work but four hours
per day. The Academy has eight hours OF
actual school work each school day
For Information or Catalogue. address
CASEY &c SMITH,
;,lya OF MaOapers
Morris tribune., 1891-12-16

Fine line of wall paper at Thorpe &
Tollifson's. Prices low.