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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-26
James Condor, a Convict Burglar,
Invites His Own Violent
Taking OFF,
He Murderously Attacks Fellow
Prisoner and Then
Guard.
Louis M. Crutchfeld, Another Guard,
Compelled to Fire Upon Him--Ex-
Onerated by tho Jury.

DEER LODGE. Aug. 25.--[Special. ]-Early
this morning word was afoat that pris-
oner at the penitentiary had been shot an d
killed by one OF the guards and this proved
true. James Condor, recently sent from
Helena for burglary, was the prisoner
killed, and Louis M. Crutchfeld waa the
guard who killed him. Condor during the
last few days mad become moody. mean and
desperate and by several remarks which he
had made indicated that he would do some-
thing which would cause the taking of his
life. He had said that he did not
expect to live long, and only
this morning remarked that it was good
morning to die. He was confined upstairs
in the north wing and this morning AS he
with the other prisoners was being marched
down to breakfast he took his opportunity.
As he got below he broke ranks and grabbed
large iron poker standing behind the
stove and instantly struck fellow prisoner
Thomas Whatley, on the head. Whatley
at the time was acting as the turnkey.
Condor then turned on John Galbraith,
one of the guards, who was un-
armed, and had started in tc
examine the cells. Galbraith jumped
into one of the cells and yelled to Crutch-
field, who was standing near, to shoot
Crutchtield at first hesitated, but another
guard yelled to shoot, when he shot. The
ball struck Condor in the neck on the left
side and passed down through the body and
out into the arm, where it lodged. Condor
died in a few minutes. He was 32 years oi
age and native of Ohio. An inquest was
held, and a verdict rendered giving the
facts and generating Crutchdeld. Crutch-
field is a brother of the Hon. c. M. Crutch
field, member of the Montana Legislature
for this county, now resident of Missoula
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-26
Grief of q Race Horse.

CHICAGO. Aug. 25.-Eastin & Larabie's
grand colt, Poet Scout, finished third in the
race for the rich Omnibus stakes run at
Morris park last Tuesday, which shows that
he is recovering from the grief caused by
the death of his lifelong companion, says
the Chicago Horseman. There is pa
thetic story about High Tariff, the colt that
fell dead in the race for the American Der
by at Chicago, and Poet Scout. The latter
was to make the running for High Tariff,
which he did, hut High Tariff fell dead at
the end of mile, and Strathmeath won
the race. Mr.. Eastin said that High Tariff
was the best colt he ever owned. He
thought that he could have won the race
sure. Poet Scout and High Tariff were
nearly full brothers in blood, and were
never separated from the time they were
weaned. They ran In the same lot, and
were kept in adjoining stalls, with board
removed so that they could see each other.
In the evening after the race Poet Scout
looked for his dead companion. He woul d
not eat, but would walk around his stall
and look out of the door. He whinnied all
night, and for days looked in vain for his
mate. When his feed was put in his box
he would take mouthful of oats and run
to the door and whinny, but High Tariff
never came. Poet Scout is changed horse,
and all connected with the stable say that
he grievsd as much as any human being
ever grieved at the death of brother.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-08
The GOOD NATURED MAN,

The man who is good natured is blessing to
= humanity;
Yov Lever hear him growing NOR indulging
in profanity.
Hes loved by big and little; cen the dogs in
his community
With wagging tails will follow him at every
opportunity.
He gives his only dollar to whoever is un-
fortunate.
He lends sympathetic ear to those who are
importu-ate;
No matter how you treat him he will greet
you with urbanity
And set good example to professors of
Christianity.
In.case he meets person with a suicidal
tendency
BE makes him see the beauty of the world in
its transcendency,
And drives away his blueness with merry
jocularity
That sends the gloomy person into spasms Of
hilarity.
This man is good natured, never practices
duplicity;
The life he leads is honest and marvel Of
simplicity;
He never has an enemy; he feels no ami
mostly,
And everywhere establishes friendly re-
ciprocity.
With him you get acquainted without wait
ing for formality
And right away you like him for his unrs-
served cordiality;
He may be plain Of feature but you never
see his homeliness,
For pleasant smiles aud kindly tones impress
you with his comeliness.
He being always happy, has wonderful
facility
OF making those around him share and show
his amiability;
The good he does in cheering his too much
depressed fraternity
Gives them a joyous life on earth and fits
.. them for eternity.
H. C. Dodge, in Chicago Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-08
A Bamboo Watch Spring.

It is we'll known that the japanese
are remarkably skilful in wood, ivory
aud other carving, but well-authents
Gated story which has just come from
Japan would indicate that the willy Jap
does not confine himself to the beaten
paths in the exercise of his ingenuity. 1t
appears that a gentleman who WAS
travelling in the interior of the country
broke the handspring of his watch,
which he took to the nearest ieweler, a
native who lived in an obscure village.
Somewhat to his surprise the watch was
returned to him apparently in as good
running order as ever, and it ran all
right until the rainy season set in, when
it stopped. Being in the city of Toxic
at that time, the traveller took the watch
to an English workman, who' on max
ing an examination was astonlsheu to
find that the cunning Jap had put IN a
spring made of bamboo, which, so long
as 1t kept dry, remained elastic, but
during the wet weather had gathered
dampness and lost its power Chicago
NerS
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-08
FACLT-FIND1NG.

There are certain rocks on which home
happiness, If it strike, is very likely to split:
One of these is fault-fnding. The habit OF
grumbling is fatal to family peace, and II In
dulced in habitually by any single member
of a household is sure to disturb the harmony
of all the rest. Like most bad habits this ls
formed insensiby, and many jnveterate and
fretful fault-fnders arc so unconscious OF
their bcsetting sin that in their own eyes
they are models of amlabllity. "lt," they
saw, $50 and so were done or ulloone we
would never complain, but"
Alas, in most houses there are ''lfs'' and
abuts." The most delightful and loyable
people are only human after all, and have
their nervous days and their forgetIul days
and their days of being generally out OF sorts
and blue. Very many people have their
sharp points, which must be avoided, and
their weak places, which are getting III the
way; AMI in fnct there are very few OF US
who have not somewhere spot Where IL
would be quite safe to erect such warning.
post rs in winter stands at Intervals on the
skating pond, danger here" To live with
Deop,e In the familiarity and complete un-
reserve of domestic life, and to live so gent
" and pleasantly that no ones foibles are
made manifest, no ones feelings wounded.
and no ones personality unjustly invaded,
implies tact unseltishness and almost snintly
patience on the part Of all concerned. There
are homes where love is so completely the
motive power, and courtesy 50 untailngly
the custom, that ripple OF trouble rarely
disturbs their calm. Unfortunately, such
homes arc not in the majority. In far too
many houses there are often undignilied and
UNNECESSARY scenes ut breakfast, dinner
and tea. which are not quite quarrels, but
which are probably worse i'll their effects.
"But there arc legitimate occasions for
fault-inding, are they not%H inquiries soma
bodv. VERY likely, and when such arise
meet them as it is the hest wy to meet
every difficulty in life fairly, sqnarely ana
bravely Say the act is wrong IN pam
words and have done with 1t. IL Is one
thing to reprimand or rcproNc where re-
proof or rebukc is i duty: it is quite another
to keep up scattering fire of small shot IN
the way OF sarcasm, inurndo and complaint
for half day mt n time.
The true remedy in nine cases out of ten,
when circumstances are contrary. is to ac-
cent the situation. Beware Of desperate
stcps-the darkest day, live till tomorrow,
will have passed away" The most aggra-
waiting servant, the most provoking neiShbor.
and The most wilful child are not proof
against serene self-control and generous kind
ness, while fault-tnding Sows seed that
comes up in harvest Of new antaSonlSms.
Accept the situation, whatever 1t Is VITA
courage and che rfulnesS, and remember
that neither nerves, temper carving-knlves,
nor coffee, were ever in the slightest degree
improved by scolding. Mrs. Sanger Ill
Christian !nteligencer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-08
COPS GIFTS.

Did you ever think that God measure: nls
gifts to us only by our capacity to receiver
Do you remember the story Of the prophets
widow who went to Elisha in her sore dis
tress and was bidden to borrow all the empty
vessels she could from among her neighbors
and pour into them the scanty supply or oil
which was contained in her own pot! She
was told to provide mot few" vessels; but
suppose she had thought, as might be nat
ural, that surely very few vessels would De
sufficient to hold the oil, how she would nave
stood in her own light by disobeying the
nrophct's command! She determined by her
faith the measure of her blessing.
Each one Of US Is likewise determining his
own spiritual blessing. Our blessing IS Inn
tied by our capacity to recelye-nothlng else.
God, the all-bountiful One, is never strait
ened; it is his delight to give royalty, like
king. If We are straitened, we are straitened
in ourselves; our capacity to receive IS not
large enough. If we are expecting the glIt
of the Split, we do not provide room enough
to receive it. If we are hoping to conquer
o,,r sniritual foes, we are like the ancient
king of Israel who came to mourn at Eiisha's
death-bed. Elisha bade him smite upon the
ground, and he smote three times and
Stoppcj. Thus he would only smite syria
thrice. instead of consuming her: he
had limited his own victory. we 40 not
know how often we limit our victories and
blessings; we are constantly running against
the limitations Of our faith. "Accordlng 70
thy faith be it unto thce,' was the SaVlours
formula of healing; but where faith stoppeu
the blessing stopped. Nazareth could re-
ceiye no mighty work because of unbelief,
and there are many unsuspected Nazarites
among us today who are placing impossible
barriers between themselves and the divine
blessing. But if We cherish feeling OF our
need and belief in Co. 8 omnipotence ana
willingness to help US, then we may belleVe
that be will give us bountliuliy, even 10 tne
measure of our capacity American Meg
senger.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-08
TAKING COD AT HIS WORD.

In the ikquiry.room, during a revival OF
religion, Il gentleman was conversing with
man who was evidently deeply impressed,
but who seemed to find no rest or CONT ort to
his soul. What" he asked, sis it that is
not plain or seems wrong to your
"WrongI" said the other, "everything is
wrong with me. My soul is lost and have
only now found 1t out, AMI do not see any
way of escape and safety"
Are there no persons known toyou,"
asked the gentleman, "whom you can and
do believe, whatever they may say to your
Yes" replied the other, there are such
persons" "Just as YOU believe them, then,
are you willing now to believe God: He says
in His word that he desires not the
death of any, bat that all might receive
eternal life, and to all he says, "Come unto
me, all yc that labor, and [ will give you
rest" "Let ME zee that for myself" said
the man, and the gentleman, opening the
Bible, was about to read the words to him,
when with earnestness he said, "Give me the
book that may read it for myself" tEd
with his finger pressed upon the page ne
read it over and over again. His face lighted
up with new and joyous expression, nnd
he cried, go God, take thee at thy word
and give myself entirely and forever to
theeW And soon he felt that his burden
was gone and that he had indeed fouLd IN
Jesus rest to his SOUL Am. Messenger.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-08
The Paradise Fish.

The paradise fish, like the German
canary, is q product of cultivation, as
there is no place known where it is found
in a wild state. 1t is native OF China.
There they are cultivated and kept in
aouaria as ornamental fish only. The
male is the larger of the two sexes,
measuring, when full grown, from the
mouth to the end of the caudal fin, three
and a half inches. The body is shaped
very much like that Of the pumpkin seed
suntish. Its colors surpass in brilllancy
any fish heretofore cultivated for the
aquarium. .,
The head is ashy gray, mottlei with
irregular dark spots. The gllls are
azurine blue, bordered with brilliant
crimson. The eyes are yellow and red,
with black pupil. The sides of the
body and the crescent shaped caudal fin
are deep crimson; the former having ten
or twelve vertical blue stripes, while the
latter is bordered with blue.
The under surface OF the body is con-
LinuallY changing color-sometimes it Is
white, at Others gray or black. The
dorsal and anal fins are remarkably large,
hence the generic name of the fish
macro, large; podus, the foot or Tin.
Both fins are shaped alike. They are
striped and dotted with brown and bor-
dered with blue. The dull.colored
yentral fins are protected by brilliant
scarlet -colored spine, extending three
fourths of an inch behind the fins. The
pectorals, situated directly above the
ventral fins, are we'll shaped, but, being
transparent, show no color.-"HatuTss
po,7,o -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-08
RELIGIOUS READING.
MOT AS I WILL"

Nol 40 ILL.
Blindfolded and alone stand
With unknown thresholds on each hand;
The darkness deepens as l grope,
Afraid to fear. afraid to hope;
Yet this one thing learn to know
Each day more surely as 60,
That doors are opened, ways are made,
Burdens arc lifted or are laid
BY some great law Unseen and still
Cntathomed purpose to fulfill.
Not rs ! will"
Blindfo.dcd and alone wait;
Loss seems too Litter: gain too late;
Too heavy burdens in the load,
And JOY is weak and grief is strong,
And years and days SO long, so loLg;
Yet tnis one thing learn to know
Each day more surely as 80,
That am glad the good and ill
BY changeless law are ordered STILL
Not as l will"
s'Not as will" the sound grows sweet
Zach time my lips the words repeat
"Not as wil,' the darkness feels
More safe than light when this thought steals
Like whispered voice to calm and bless
All unrest and all Loneliness.
Not as will" because the one
Who loved US first and best has gone
Before US OH the road, and still
Frr Us must all his love fulfill
Not Us We will"
-[Helen Hunt Jackson
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-08
Hops.

Hops are first mentioned by Pliny, the
young plant being at that time used as
vegetable, much as we use asparagus.
Not until the sixteenth century were they
used as an ingredient in making beer.
When their cultivation was first intro
duced into England from Flanders, there
was a great outcry raised against it. The
people petitioned Parliament against al
lowing a tweed" cultivated "that would
spoil the taste and endanger the people. !"
st. Louis Republic.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-08
Tho Difference in Flag Stones.

Funny, isn't it, about these flag
stones? Did you notice? After the
rain-you can see it most any rainy
day-some parts of the stone will be
wet as can be, and other parts on the
same level will be quite dry, as though
they had been wiped with rag just
moist. Sometimes one flag will get
YOUR shoes all wet and the next will be
q dry one. It's just difference in the
grain, that's all. This one is porous,
and the water is all absorbed, and the
next one close-grained, and the water
stays On top until it evaporates.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-08
Electrical Utilization Of Insects.

An electric apparatus supplies strong
light which attracts the insects and
moths; a suction fan worked by the elec-
trio current draws them in when they
approach the light, and carries them
into small mill, also worked by the
electric current, where they are ground
up and mixed with flower and thus con-
verted into poultry food of excellent
quality. This is said to be Bavarian
coutriyapce.-Seantifa american.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-08

A PROMINENT New York physician
SAYS that all persons who do not take
their meals regularly are more or less
insane. There it is again-anything to
hurt the feelings of the poor newspaper
man.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-08

SHARpsoN (reading fattering inscrip.
ton on tombstone)-That sounds as if
somebody were trying to give him tafy.
Phlatz-Epitaphy, you mean.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-08

1T Is rations the Indians want, not
,rations.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-08

that could make her happy; and then, as
though bounded by an evil spirit, he would
go out to the enhaming cup and the house OF
Shame like fool to the correction of the
stocks.
I was summoned to his deathbed. ]
fastened. entered the room. found him,
20 my surprise, Tying in full every day dress
on the top Of the clothes. put out my hand.
He grasped it e1citedly and said, ''Sit down,
Mr. Talmage, right here" I sat down. He
said: Last night saw my mother, who has
where you sit now. 1t was no dream. Twas
wide awake. There was no delusion in the
matter. saw her just as plainly as see
you. Wife, I wish you would take thoss
strings of Of me. There are strings spun
all around my body. I wish you would
take them off Of me-" I saw it was de-
lirium.
"Oh," replied his wife, 'tmy dear, there is
nothing there, there is nothing there" He
went on, and said: 'Just where you sit Mr..
Talmage, my mother sat. She said: Henry,
I do wish you would do better got out Of
bed, put my arms around her. and said,
Mother, want to do better. ! have been
trying to do better. Won't you help me to
do better' You used to help me- No mis-
take about it. No deluslon. I saw her-the
cap. ana the apron, and the spectacles, just
as she used to look twenty years ago; but
do wish you would take these things away.
They annoy me so. can hardly talk.
Won't you take them away" I knelt down
and prayed, conscious of the fact that he did
not realize what was saying. gotup.
said, "Good-by; hope your will be better
soon" He said, "Good-by. good-by."
That night his soul went to the God who
gave it. Arrangements were made for the
obsequies. Some said, Don't bring him In
the church; he was too dissolute." Oh"
said, "bring him. He was good friend
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-07-04
Combining COlors i'm Dress.
from the St. Louis Globe Democrats New York
offa

letter.
A well-known designer of women's
gowns says: 'It requires an artist to
render women's clothing decorative, and a
male artist at that. Few women know
how to apply colors in dress, and I have
seen cultured danes light here in New
York society wear the most ridiculous
combinations of colors. There isn't one
woman in hundred who knows how to
ha. nonize pronounced colors with effect
They always treat colors as distinct fee
lures of dress, and the ruling passion is
net so much to make harmonious blend
ing as it is ID secure pronounced evidence
of the presence in goWl of fashions
BILE color. A man looks at color in wo-
mans dress just as he looks at color in a
landscape. He doesn't try to introduce a
color that renders woman . ca. feature,
as women themselves do. For instance,
man in des g1ing goWl consrlts the pc
culiarities of woman's face and figure,
the color of her hair and eyes, her com
pleAion, social status, et,. A gown with
pronounced red features DOESN'T look well
on woman whose eyes and hair are
brown, and whose face is traced With red
veins. 1ne reason why men have been
great successes as modistes and designers
is because they tell a woman what suits
her. The ordinary woman dressmaker
never does. She takes any material
brought her, and the absorbing question
is as to style, not adaptibility. The shape
of woman's nose has just as much to do
with the style of dress best suited to her
as has the length of her waist If the
nose is strongly characteristic the dress
may be the same, but woman with a pug
nose commits crime when she wears any
thing but black or white. There ought
also be a law against woman with brown
hair wearing green dress or in fact any
thing green about her person. Gold col
ors,' and by that term mean decided
hues, green, yellow, red and pink, go with
strong individualities of face and figure.
The most ludicrous spectacle in the world
is to see poor little weakened woman of
forty try to wear pink on the street. The
pink age ends at twenty -seven, the blue at
thirty-two, the red at thirty-fve, yellow
Gin the evening" at forty-o one, combinations
including any of these colors at forty
three, and black and white with death. A
woman under twenty-seven can wear any
color combination she wants, and she usu-
ally does"