davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-05
POLITICAL

There are no more striking character
istics OF Mr.. Gladstone's green old age
than his passion for progress and his
catholicity of mind. When he had once
come to the conclusion that English
rule in Ireland, with it's repressive ten
denotes, had been a mistake from first
to last, no considerations of party policy
could prevent his standing firmly by his
opinion. Now he comes to the relief of
the Roman Catholics in England. For
many years they have been laboring UNI
der certain political disabilities. There
are certain lofty offices of state that no
Roman Catholic can hold. Mr.. Glad
ston has made up his mind that this
relic of bigotry and Guy Fawkes terror
ism ought to be blotted from the STINT
ute book. With his usual ardor, he has
not stopped to think of the corns he
may tread on in his ~enunciation of his
latest gospel. Non-conformist England
and that is the bulk OF the liberal
party-is in a state OF violent religious
fervor, and opposition to the 'grand old
mans" bill is fierce and clamorous.
England moves slowly, after all, and il
requires only such a proposition as this
to prove how much narrow mindednese
lying close under this surface appear.
ance of liberallty and broad minded toll
grafton.
One Of the bitterest inyectives comes
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-05

from the pastor Of the London city tenn
pie, "Popery.s he screams. ssia not only
q religious faith, but also d state policy.
1t 10 a policy first, and a faith seoond,'
He imagines all sorts Of terrors FOR poor
Epgland, il 4 Roman Catholic should
eyer sit on the throne al occupy the
vice-rogal chair in Ireland. Perhapa,
Sir John Pope Honnessy's amendment
has frightened him out Of his senses.
The latest Irish parliamentary recruit
is the man who suggested that the
heavens might not fall II the sovereign
were a Roman Catholic. We suspect Q
touch OF Irish humor in the amendment,
for the queen Of England is recognized
to be a conscientious member Of the
church of which she is the head, and
the Prince of Wales-well, the Prince OF
Wales embodies his religious faith in The
historical remark of Charles H., OF Eng
land, shat he did not care to so on his
travels again."
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-05
COL. ROBT. G. INGERSOLL.

He Will Lecture Friday Night for the Ben
eft of Two Orphans. 3F.
The people of Montana, and particularly
the thousands of hardy miners who toll in
the depths of these Rocky mountains, will
always have a warm place in their hearts
for Col. Robert g. Ingersoll. The dis
tinguished American has volunteered to
deliver a lecture Friday night, the proceeds
to go to the benefit of the two orphan chill
dren of A. G. Witter, the late speaker of
the republican house of representatives,
who passed away last week a few hours
after his wife had breathed her last, and
left two young children without home,
father or mother, and helpless. But they
are not without friends. Never before did
a more worthy object of charity present it.
self. and the generous impulses of Mon
tana's noble men, spontaneously asserted
themselves. and the case at once appealed
to the kindly heart of Mr.. Ingersoil, who
cheerfully and unhesitatingly responded to
the request rs soon as the purpose was
mentioned to him.
Last evening Hons. Jos. X. Clark and H,
l.. Frank approached Mr.. Ingersoll and
told him what was wanted, and he replied
that it would give him great pleasure to aid
in this cause of charity. The subject of
compensation for his services was men,
toned, but he declined to accept anything.
He asked what the price of admission
would be. MIR. Frank Thought it would be
the usual rate of 81, 80 cents extra for re-
served seats. Col. Ingersoll said no would
also take some tickets. He asked what
would be the date for the lecture and 1t was
left to any time that would suit Mr.. Inger-
agreed upon. Col. lngersoll thought more
time should be taken for advertising, but
he was assured that the house
would be filed. The subject Of
the lecture was then suggested,
and Col. Ingersoll said he would lecture on
Shakespeare. He had but recently pre-
pared this lecture for delivery at the New
York Press club banquet on the 22d inst.
He added some pleasantries about teaching
the people of the wild west something about
Shakespeare and the gentlemen withdrew,
the whole affair being arranged in five min
uteB.
1t was soon known about town that Col.
Ingersoll would lecture in Helena and
everybody expressed the intention of 90
ing. 1t is needless to add that the opera
house will be crowded on this OCCASION.
John Mcguire telegraphed the use of the
opera house free of charge. The boxes
have already been engaged, and Mrs. In
gersoll and Mr.. and Mrs. j. X. Clark will
occupy one together.
The fund for the support of the two or
phans has now reached 81 800, and this will
be considerably swelled. The children of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. Witter are both girls,
4 aged six and seven years respectively. Col,
Broadwater last night gave 800 to the fund
and all the members of the legislature con-
tributed literally.
Hon. W, J. Penross has been very active in
swelling the fund and is also taking an
active part IL making the lecture a big
financial success; also Representatives tory,
Boardman, Wins and Carney. =
A committee OF arrangements from the
house will be appointed to-day.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-05
The Man Of the Far West.

There was once a time, happily long past,
says L%ippincott's Magazine. when the
United States held only men of the north
and men of tho south. Now, as tho country
has developed on broader lines, we have
learned to think of the men of the east, of
the Mississippi valley, of the Rocky noun
tains, and of the Pacific coast, as four great
and characteristic groups. East Of The
Alleghanies are the Oldest Of the common
wealths; west of tho Sierras are a chain of
young states presenting remarkable On
trast to the rest of the union. California,
Oregon and Washington occupy the noun
tain slopes and plain-like valleys of a more
extensive region than the whole Atlantic
seaboard states, and here, no less than in
the Mississippi valley, the American pioneer
is establishing immensely prosperous and
powerful communities. bound closely to-
gether by innumerable bonds of sympathy
and interest.
Some one must rule, and in the end it is
the man. Since in the United States a pro-
cess of union in great groups is steadily at
work, producing types, all American, and
and yet all Enthusiastically different from
each other, the underlying problem is, what
sort of a man is the typical man of the
larger group?4 In the long run, numbers
count, of course, and the man of the mighty
west of broad, descending levels. from Min
nesota to Louisiana, ia coming by swift
steps to. his dominion. But there ia a man
of the foothills, of the uplands, of the
champaign country, of the mountain valley
and the high wilderness. whose power on
this continent, more slowly recognized, may
some day come to mean far more to civiliz-
alton than that of any other. Under GER
tain conditions of national life. the hone
of the republic might rest upon the
men of the A%lleghanies, the Rockies,
the Sierras and the Cascades. Out of
their Businesses they might carry a
new gospel to the ci ties and the dead levels
The miners camp. the settlers cabin, the
hillside orchard, the oranRe-planted acre,
the horticultural colony in some hidden
semi-tropic valley of California, each and
all strengthen the power of the great group
of states whose people are essentially men
of the uplands. and add UNNECESSARILY to
the breadth and dignity of American life.
California leads in the list of mountain
states, because it is the Oldest such state
west of the Mississippi, and, like Washing
ton and Oregon, it borders on the Pacific
coast. That means less now thar it will
when the wealth of the Orient comes to
America instead of going to Europe, but
the possession of Il sea coast always means
much, and the man of the land west of the
Sierras knows that he holds one of the gate
ways into America.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-05
ILLINOIS CENTRAL R. R.,

respectfully presents its claims for the new
and every way desirable SIOUX CITY
ROUTE.
For folders md further particulars call
upou local ticket agent. or address the IN.
dsrsigned at Manchester, Iowa.
]. F. MERRY,
Asst. Gen Pass. Agt.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-05
PEOPLE OF NOTE,

Alfred Mace, a son of the retired English
pugilist, Jem Mace, is conducting Il series
of gospel meetings in indianapolis.
George Graham Vest is the first senator
in Missouri, since the days of Thomas Il,
Benton, to be honored with third term.
General Il. A.. Alger has just been victo-
rious in a land case contest before the inte-
rior department, in which the amount in
volved was 100000. The land ia situated
near Seattle, Wash. p
The queen of Roumania, dnring her re-
cent %sojourn i'll England, say foreign pa
pers, visited a needle factory. While
watching the work one of the men asked
her majesty fora single hair from her head.
The queen granted the request with a smile.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-05

CROSS-CUTS.

To be tender to another mans wife isn't
legal tender.--Texas Siftings.
1t is the man who never advertises who
discovers that he gets more dust on his
goods than in his cash drawer.-Yonkers
Statesman.
Teacher-Tommy, will you give an ex-
ample of tautology9 Tomny--Saw n in
our paper this morning. 1t spoke of a
."brainless dude."-Indianapolis Sentinel.
Father-If you expect to succeed in pub
lie life, my son, you must have push.
Son-I've got a pull, dad, and that's bet
ter than a push.-Boston Transcript.
Teacher-How many hours make a day?
Youthful Agitator-Ther' hain't but eip hit.
That's what my pa says, an he's a great
deal oldsr'n than you are. An when he
gets 'lected to Office you bet Their won't be
but six.
Cumso--What is your idea of hell?
Bumso--A place where you can't get a
drink, although you've got the price.-New
York Herald.
Two kensington school girls we're dis
cussing their teacher. you can't please
her." said one. "She gave us a sum in
arithmetic, and what do you think?
copied the answer out of a key and she
marked it wrong because l was in a hurry
and left one figure out."--Philadelphia
Record.
Passenger (reflecting)-I am sure 1 had
a SIS gold piece among the change in my
pocket. Go porter)-I say. porter, did
give you a So gold piece along with those
nickels and dimes?
Porter (calmly)-Yessah! What about it,
sab? Wasn't it good?-New York Herald.
Fogg-What was that the parson said:
Mrs. Fogg-Oh, that l had the wings of a
dove.
Fogg-Not much of an appetite, l take it.
If | was going to wish it would be for the
second joint of a turkey.--Boston Trans
cript.
81 think" said Gertrude to Algernon,
that you and pa will become better &C,
quainted in time" ''Yes," was the reply.
II noticed last night that your father
seemed anxious to get on an intimate foot.
ing with Decentralization Post.
One of Hartford's prominent ministers
was pacing a hotel corridor not long ACC
when a colporteur approached him with
this question: "Are you u Christian?'' II
hope So" replied the clergyman modestly,
Hope SO. Don't you know sop persisted
his interlocutor. No response from the d.
vine. We'll, now," said the stranger, "if
a man should strike you on the right cheek
would you turn to him the other also?'
No, | wouldn't, if l had as much cheek
as you have" The interview was not pro-
longed.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-05

CAR REED's committee for the sup
preston OF facts about the silver pool is
doing the work assigned to it. When
Owenby, the principal witness, was sum-
moned from Chicago to Washington to
testify he predicted exactly what has
followed. He said to a Chicago re-
porter:
1 shall go to Washington without any
trouble. The point is they really don't
want me there. If l do go the lawyers OF
the so-called investigating committee will
not ask me any questions that l can an
swer. The whole thing is just a great
bluff. However, if they will allow me, I'll
give them q few suggestions that may lead
to something. I'll suggest, for instance,
that they ask to examine G. b. Farwells
check book; that they call for information
from Senator Jones, of Nevada, and
Plumb. of Kansas, the Nevada bank OF San
Francisco. and from the private banking
houses of Washington and New York. No.
they don't want me to testify, for If some
of my suggestions were carried out they
might lead pretty close to the White house,
or at least to some private secretaries who
MlrOG Ok mISuS AOs u1No pOSA "SuA6
their official capacity.
Before the committee on Tuesday,
when Owenby was about to name con-
gressmen whose names he had heard as
sociated with the pool, he was directed
by a republican member, Payne, OF New
York, not to answer unless he had
something more than hearsay testimony
to offer. AS the sole object of the in.
quiry was supposed to be the discovery
of the truth, this bold muzzling of the
witness was scandalous. Payne, the
member of the committee in question,
was strongly opposed to ordering an in,
yestigation in the first instance, and
voted against it in the house. Nobody
but Reed would have put HIM on the
committee under the circumstances and
it is evident he was put there to protect
somebody. Who is it?
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-05
win Not stand Decentralization

CHICAGO, Feb. 4.-Director- General Da-
Wis, of the Worlds fair, says if the report
of the Chandler committee Is adopted by
congress, he will resign. 1t makes no pro-
vision for the director.gensral's salary, and
his inference is that the intention is to de-
nationaiize his position md make him nm
official under the local directory. This
he will not submit to. -
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-05
HELENA, MONT, FEB. S, 1891.

eB- Moutanians abroad will always find Tan
DAILY INDICTMENT on file at their favorite
hotels; Fifth Avenue and Metropolitan. New
York; Grand Pacific. Chicago; West, Minneapo-,
Is. Baldwin and Palaces, San Francisco; McDer-
mott, lutte; Leland Hotel, Springfield. Ill.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-05

Col. INGERsoLL's offer to give his
lecture on Shakespeare, for the benefit
of the orphan children OF the late Repre-
sentative Witter, is a characteristic act
of generosity, and a crowded house
should greet the brilliant orator to-
morrow night.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-05

iris reported that Robert Lincoln
has been offered the treasury portfolio.
It is a great administration for the sons
of fathers,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-05
THE INDEPENDENT

Ramittnnces Al tho risk 81 subscriber unless
rnade by registered letter, check, or postal or ex-
p,sse order, payable to The Independent Pub
ishin6 Company.
eap-Persons desiring the I~NDEPEHnENr served
Il their homes or place Of busincssscan order BY
postal card OF through telephone Nc. l0N Please
report Gases OF irregular delivery promptly.
Advertisements, to insure prompt insertion.
should ia handed in before . y. N.
Rejected communications not returnabls mn
ss postage il enclosed.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-05
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

BY MAIL.
p.,,v f;nc,ud;nr suudayl per year. ......... $40 90
ns;iv i;nclndinr Sunday six months ...... 3 90
n.;ly i;nclndinc Sunday three months.... . 80
nailv ierclndiug Sunday per year. . %
Daily Excluding Sunday per month";. 10
sunday only lin advanced per year. ........ 2 80
Waakly lin advance only per year. $3.50. 2 %
Daily by carrier, per week, lseven ~issuesl.. y
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-29

We can sock it to you in hosiery.
DAVIS & Rose.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-29

larger communities, such as New Or
leans, Charleston, Richmond, Norfolk,
Atlanta, Nashville, Memphis, Calves
ton and Dallas, have enjoyed steady
growth, both in population and in vol
ume of business. There has been
more money spent in municipal i'm
provement, in better streets being
paved, in sewerage systems adopted, in
electric lights installed, and in fire
alarm and police patrol systems inaug-
urated, and so on to the end of the list
of these modern accessories of the
metropolitan cities.
The cities named have every one
made successful experiments in manu-.
featuring, and with that degree of sue
cess will be the ratio of the industrial
prosperity they will enjoy during the
present year.
All in all, the South starts out
upon the new year under more proais-
ing auspices than ever before in her
history
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-29
The Alliance Will Triumph .
IN. e. lntelligencer.]

We do not think it is wise or pru-
dent to draw a distinction of a sec
tional character, and apply it to any
branch of the Alliance. 1t is some
times necessary to use geographical
term i'll order to give direction to and
localize references and comments on
the proceedings of certain branches OF
the Alliance, but when such proceed
ings are partly incompatible with
those of other branches in another
geographical part of the country it is
not in accordance with the fraternal
principles of the National Alliance to
eliminate and sectionalize. Nor can
it be viewed otherwise than as tiinid
apprehension to publish only such de-
liberations as are favorable to the Ala
lance, and it is an improper exercise
of the office of enlightened journalism
to implicitly question the motives OF
such journals as choose to publish the
news.
The Alliance may expect opposition
from without as we'll as from within
but it has nothing to fear. Its funda,
mental principles are correct, and
they will overcome all difficulties and
triumph over all oppositions.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-29

Additional train leaves Oxford daily eX-
cept Sunday IL 90 m, arrive Henderson
12 05 pm, returning leave Henderson 10
p m, daily except Sunday, arrive Oxford
315pm.
No. 80. leaving Goldsboro 2 20 p M and
Raleigh 10 p m daily, makes connection
at Durham with No. 70. leaving at 90 p m
daily, except Sunday for Oxford, Hender-
son and all points on o. & H., o. Il &. and
4. & NJ. roads.
Passenger coaches run through between
West Point and Raleigh, via. Keysville, on
Nos. 81 and 1O2, and 55 and 103.
Nos. 81 and 55 connect at Richmond from
and to West Point and Baltimore daily eX-
cept Sunday.
mington, and at Selma to and from Fayette-
willie.
No. - connects at Greensboro for Fay
etteville
1 No IS connects at Selma for Wilson, n C.
| Nos % and 81 make close connection at
! University Station with trains to and from
Chapel Hill, except Sundays.
SLEEPING-CAR SERVICE.
On trains so and 81, Pullman Buff
let Sleeper between Atlanta and New
York, Danville and Augusta and Greens
soro, via ASheville to MorriStown. Tenn.
On - and 5S, Pullman Buffet Sleeper
between Washington and New Orleans via
Montgomery. and between Washington
HIi Birmingham, Richmond and Greens
AOro, Raleigh and Greensboro and between
ashingtOn and Augusta. and Pullman
buhet Sleepers between Washington and
Asheyille and Hot Springs.
Through tickets on sale at pri ncipal
ptations to all points
FOR rates, local and through time tables,
Rply TO any agent Of the company, or to
BOL HAAS, JAS. l.. TAYLOR.
frame Manager. Gem. Pass. Agent.
W. 4. TURK,
Div. Pass. Agent,
Raleigh, N. g.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-29
Clerical Anecdotes.

Ifyou want to hear good clerical
anecdotes you must 60 to Baptist,
Methodist or Presbyterian convention,
and, if there are any real good jokes,
the good old Catholic priest won't be
far away. They all like these jokes,
and is about the only recreation the
clergy have. Then they know, as
every man in the convention is a
bright thinker, that no one will put
misconstructions on their stories
At the last Baptist convention in
New York they we're taking up col
lection when this story came out:
The Rev. DR.. Judson was pastor oi
large congregation in middle New
York. His hearers were among the
well-to-do-people in town, but were
not at first celebrated for generosity in
supporting the church. The good
preacher had been trying to get the
poor people to come to his church, land
recently through the local columns ot
the city paper he extended to them a
cordial invitation to attend.
At the close of the service, recently,
he said, "Brethren, have tried tc
reach the poor of New York and in
duce them to come to our church and
break with us the bread of life.
infer from the amount of the collec-
ton just taken-s7.35-that they
have come"
Since then DR.. Judson has built and
paid for a magnificent memorial
church to the noted missionary.
The Rev. DR.. Grinnell, speaking o.
worldly rich men in the church, said
that in his Green Bay congregation
there was rough but generous lumber.
man who shocked everybody with his
plain talk; but they all bore with him
on account of his kind heart and
lovely family. Sometimes he would
even say, damn it. One day the cler'
gyman demonstrated with him:
"Why no. leave out the expletives,
Mr.. Johnso1,?" he said.
"Well, damn it, say what mean
and l believe in calling a spade a
spade"
eyes, that's right" said the clergy
man, 81 want you to call a spade a
spade, but it pains me to hear you cal
it id old shovel"
How time changes! Many and
many years ago DR.. Judson and DR.
Grinnell were classmates of mine in
college. We called them Eddy and
Zelotes then.-EH Perkins.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-29
Vance's Nose.

In a late issue of the New York
World, its Washington correspondent
devotes two columns to dissertation
on the probosces Of the distinguished
members Of the United States Senate,
and gives artistic sketches of the most
striking ones. He concludes his ar
ticle as follows: "Senator Reagan's
nose is fat and bunchy, and that of
Vance, is one of the best all round
noses in the Chamber. Iwould rather
live behind Vance's nose than behind
that of any other Democratic Senator.
1t has all the lines of good ma ture and
good fellowship, and, like content
ment, it is better than great riches"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-29
The HumOriSt in Earnest
TEli Perkins.I

A great many people who never
think of reading the Scriptures, but
who keep dusty Bible to press flowers
in and as receptacle for receipts fol-
making biscuits, often cavil about
some theology that they hear about in
the corner grocery. A grocery the
ologian said to me one day, "You
don't believe in Noah and the flood
do your" ayes, l said.' "and in
the Johnstown food too, when 1S,ooc
were eating and drinking and 'thal
food came and took them Off Christ
said that 'when he should come again
it would be as in the days of Noah. "
"And the whale story, too. Do ou
believe that?"
"Now there is your corner grocery
theology again. The Bible don't say
anything about whale. 1t says, 'and
God prepared a great fish,, and if God
could make the universe-if he could
say, slet there be light he could say,
'let there be big fish, The world is
miracle, the violet is miracle, man
is a miracle, the fish is a miracle"
"And that story of Balaam. Dc
you believe that?" says the grocery
theologian. "Why, scientists have ex-
amined the mouth Of an ass, and they
say it is physically impossible for him
to speak" +"
To this l answer with all the sar-
casm of Moody, "If you will make an
ass l will make him speak," It's all a
miracle, life, JOY, laughter, tears and
death, and he who can create man
can ressurrect his soul and watt it away
to eternal joy!-EH Perkins before
tile GakOeston y M. 6. Il.