The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-24
ABOUT THE TOWN.

There ID a new star in the literary frma- !
mont. IL may not be Of the first magni-
tude, and IL has forced itself into the posi-
tion II occupies. but probably when tho
names are given II will not be looked upOn
with contumsly. In a certain family in
Helena there are two childrsn-R boy Of six
and q girl of eight. The former was born
in Montana, and he has the trading spirit
pretty we'll developed. In consequence his
account In the savings bank keeps growing
all the time. His sister, though two years
his senior, finds horself dependent upon
the generosity Of parents and relatives for
dimes and quarters. She ANN go out
and soil tin cans and scrap iron as the boy
does. She pondered the matter a long
while, making numerous inquiries AZ to
how she could earn money. She objected
to sewing, and is too young to attempt some
other things. Finally her mother told her
that many made money by writing
for the papers. This made an impression.
and abe commenced to write stories.
THE INDEPENDENT is in receipt of one of
these. with the request that it be published
at column rates. II ia given verbatim,
simply az a test. II the result OF It's publ
cation ia a largo circulation, the s-year-old
author may be substantially encouraged.
This is the story:
THE WITCH AND THE KING.
Once upon a time there lived n king who
| had one Son. This son was always fussing.
Once q witch came to the castle and the son
came to the door, and she changed him into
a lions. And she went up to tho king and
she said there was a lion down stairs in the
counting room.
The king was Mortified, and ordered that
the lion was to be killed.
And his son cried out with all his might,
DO not kill me, | am POUR son; That wo-
man turned me into Il lion"
She said she turned him into a lion be-
cause he fused.
The king did not kill his son, but he
killed the witch. But the son was not free
then. The witch's sister came and they
TUNED the king into a bear. The lion and
the bear began to fight.
Then the witch's sisters said 'where il
Mary?" Chat was the name of the witch
who had turned the son into a lion) and
the lion said she was down town.
1.-The experience of a travelling salesman
are many and varied" said Il. d. Mans
field, of Minneapolis, the other day. But
in one way it il the same old story day
after day and year after year. A salesman
drops in to see a merchant and asks how
trade is. The reply, nine cases out of ten
is, very quiet OF course we expect this,
80 we direct the conversation to general
topics, and afterward work round to the
point where we can ask if our auditor needs
anything in our line. No, not a thing;
got a big stock on hand This is to be
expected, SO we throw off our over
other tack, after a while inquiring as to the
health of the babies. Then it is suggest ID
that even If my friend does not want any
thing he might come around and look at
my samples.
II do not need a thing" is the reply, "but
/ will drop in and see you anyhow"
"a time is set, my friend comes, and
oftener than not l sell him a good bill.
There are lots of things a man has to learn
to make a success on the road"
As Mansfield has been travelling for if
teen or sixteen years, almost all that time
in the northwest, he should know a few
things.
Helena girls are sometimes too sharp for
their fathers, as witness the following: A
16-year-old miss residing on Broadway re-
Gently lost a philop9na wager and in con-
sequence took a certain young gentleman to
the last Liberati concert at the ~Broadwater.
She was supposed to have paid car-fare and
all other expenses of the trip, but, 10! when
paterfamilias counts over his stock of car
tickets he finds -four of them gone. Hence
he concludes that he aud not his daughter
paid that young mans expenses, although
he had none of the fun of the trip.
In the notice IN The INDEPENDENT the
other day of the personnel Of the fish com
the name of o. P. Jenkins. The Leland
Stanford university, in a catalogue recently
issued, tells something about that gentle
man. He is professor of physiology anG
HISTOLOGY in that institution, and if he
cares to can add the degrees to his name
A.. M. M. S., and Ph. d. Prof. jenkins il
quite a young man in appearance, but from
his record he is an old one in books. He Is
a graduate in the Northwestern university
of Harvard. Johns Hopkins and Indiana
From 1870 to 1876 he taught in the
public schools of Indiana, Cali
fornia and Wisconsin. From 1876
to 1882, he was professor of nRtu-
raj science at Morris Hill college. From
1883 to 1886 he occupied the same post ir
the Indiana State Normal school. In 1885,
he was engaged by the De Paw university
as professor of biology. remaining there
until he went to the Leland Stamford uni
versity this year. He has been engaged
also in various scientific investigation
principally in connection with the United
States fish commission. This work ha!
has taken him to Virginia, Tennessee. NORTH
Carolina, South Carolina, the Gulf of Cali.
fornia and the Sandwich Islands. He ii
the author of a number of works on physi
ology and of papers on fishes.
Mems balbriggan underwear for summer wear
only 81 per suit, at The Bee Hive.