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A millionaire IS simply a shrewd
fellow who gets rich by the sweat Of
somebody else's brow.
Cabarru3 County Fair will be
held at Concord, Sept. 9TH to 9th.
There will be a series of races, etc.
Query: If the "unterrified De
mocracy" is so badly frightened, how
much could the terrified Democracy"
be scared.
The Peoples Advocate is another
new and powerful reform paper just
started at Buffalo, n. Y. 1t has the
proper ring.
- Leading men in Denver are offer
ing to bet that Weaver will carry Col
orado by 5000 majority, but they can't
get any bets.
The Windsor Ledger heals of a
man in that vicinity who is making
wooden men. We suppose they are
voters for Harrison and Cleveland.
They have quit talking about the
Alliance so much and now say "the
Peoples party is losing ground" Yes,
the mortgages are being foreclosed.
The "CIeveland Tigers" is what
the Statesville Democrats call them
selves. IF Col. Joe Caldwell hadn't
left Statesville he would have called
them "Santers" instead Of Tigers.
Some of the old fossil newspapers
are still asking what do you expect
to gain by joining the Peoples party?"
We want to know what anybody ex-
poets to gain by remaining in the old
ones.
Governor Holt said in his speech
at Burlington recently that he raised
more corn and wheat than all the PEG
pies party leaders put together. We
expect our Governor is responsible for
all this "overproduction" we hear
about.
The number Of old and new pa
pers that are coming oUtfor the reform
movement and the Peoples party is
wonderful. The Progressive Age, of
Minneapolis, begins the 10Th year of
its existence by mailing the peoples
banner to its masthead.
The Detroit EUening NetC8, the
st. Louis Chronicle, the Cincinnati
Post and the Cleveland Press, com
bined circulation 100, 200 copies, have
Joined the Peoples party within three
weeks. These are all daily papers,,
says the Weekly Republic.
The Henderson Gold Leaf, whose
editor must be something Of a liar him
self" says the editor of this paper tells
the people that they must not hear or
read but one side and that the side he
chooses to give them. Can the boss
of the Gold Leaf show that We have
ever done that2
~. Senator Ransom spoke at Sails,
bury last Monday. The Herald says
he was greeted by fully 500 Democrats
when he entered the court house. The
Salisbury correspondent of the Char
lotte Observer, who, we believe, is one
of the editors of the Herald, says over
1000 heard the speech. The correspOn.
dent of the NelUS and Observer tele
.graphed that nearly 1000 people heard
she speech Oh for the truth!
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NOTICE.

Gen. Jas. B. Weaver will SPEAK IL
North Carolina as follows:
Raleigh, September n IN
Rocky Mount, September o.
Gen. Jas. G. Field will speak al %
Asheville, September "a o.
Salisbury, o.
S. OHIO WILSON,
Chm'n P. P. State Elk. Com
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MRS T. T. POLK PROPRIETOR.
T T, RAMSEY. EDITOR.
w. DENMARK, BUSINESS MANAGER.
Raleigh, N. c.
The Helena independent., 1892-09-25
A Bankers Wife.

IA banker has numerous disadvantages
and some advantages. He loves his busi-
ness too deeply. He would rather supervise
a great financial transaction than 20 to a
reception or a concert or an opera or ball.
He would rather be on the right side of the
market than eat good dinner or travel in
Europe. He would rather make a success
full investment than spend summer at
Saratoga or winter in St. Augustine.
Now, you can see how the tastes of bank
er's wife differ from those of her husband.
NY experience has been vast and var ed
When the market is excited you can exrect
YOUR banker or broker husband to be irrita-
BILE. When it is dull and too steady you can
expect the same thing. When things are
lively and booming the right way then the
household thermometer is generally at a
most comfortable point. I do not know as
I would care to have my husband in any
other business. When a man has his heart
and soul in profession or calling it is the
duty of the wife to aid and encourage her
husband, and as a rule she becomes as much
interested in the tedious and at times long
drawn out details of a financial attraction
as her husband. She hopes with him and
she advises. she urges and she holds in
check. In fact, she is happy when her hus-
band confers with her and happiest when
her advice proves successful. Take it all in
all, and bankers wife is a good deal of a
banker herself, and why should she not
think the advantages far surpass the disad-
vantages?"
The Helena independent., 1892-09-25

bands business, for politicians wife
must have ideas Identical with his. II not,
tho two will carry on one continual CAM
paign at hc.ns. Now find the wear and
tear Of tho ordinary cnnvass quite enough.
It's too hard to bs long protractsd.
Tho life Of . business man IL much
easier. and, perhaps. brains and bril-
ltancy receive greater reward in
business than they do in politics. Often In
ths latter something unexpected and very
fortunate happens. but 1t isn't steady de-
psndence, you may be sure. but know all
his secrets" and Mrs. GiI7oy looked Sphinx-
like. +" Do Sou consider IL an advantage or
otherwise 10 be forced to keep themT 'ft
IL really not 80 difficult, because my hus-
band and are very intimate friends. / am
biased, too, when he goes into anything
heart and soul. The only course IL for me
to follow. Then you don't meet the dan
ger Of growing apart in yonr interests and
ambitions" "Do you think woman
should possess convictions which she may
poll at election timer mo, don't; that
is, the convictions. II is uncertain, sxoit-
ing, interesting from ono point Of view; it
10 disappointing. wearing, monotonous
from different standpoint Now. . lay
woman cannot find the balanos between
such close antitheses. 80 will initiate the
politicians and leave the discussion to a
wavering issue.
The Helena independent., 1892-09-25

coast can be called wharf" Our disap-
pointment at arriving in q calm instead of
storm, and climbing serenely down the
wobbly ladder into the boats instead of be-
ing excltedly tossed into them from the end
of the lofty yardarm, was partly compen.
sated for BY the strange iarRon and tropical
costumes Of the Arabs who set us ashore.
And now. hs-e was live fragment of Cape
God with home lingo jarring on our an
ticipations again.
Hello. captain!' ] said, edging around
TO the bale of something on which he stood
"Where you FROM"
"Philadelphy once' he answered. and
went on making up the caravan. He was
dressed IN bagRy Turkish trousers, Ameri-
can boots. some sort of hybrid jacket and
biRbrown turban and yellow scarf-a COM
posits costume, at once disguise and a
conciliation. At the hotel learned that
he was one Of the foremen engaged in
equipping the new railroad from Jaffa to
Jerusalem. and presiding over gang of
lr''"men who came with him.
tortly afterwards I met the chief on :
psncdr. director of the company, German
Frenchman named Gerold Eberhard, tall,
alert, ready, sntsrprising of face and en-
thusiastic OF manner, speaking fair Eng
plish, and, a. I learned through the sorrow
Of subsequent defent a good chess PLAYER.
"Ah!-a letter writer!" hs said. ''Very
well; you shall tell your American people
this autumn-this fall-they shall come
here and not ride donkeys or old carriages
any more, for they shall be carried all the
way from Chicago to Jerusalem BY steam.
The grading is about done; the rails are
nearly laid; and the-what you call it?-
the rolling stock is already here"
when do You hope to run the frat train
up to Jerusalem?' asked.
ut is not hope: it is fact" he replied.
'"The road will be fully equipped in August
and we shall run the first train up to
Jerusalem in September, opening with n
grand display-the sultan. perhaps. and all
that. Any time after warm weather dimin.
ishes you shall ride up to the Holy. City.
Allons! Hurrahm ...
Another thing" he added. after min
ute, "all of our cars and engines are Ameri-
The Helena independent., 1892-09-25

say that no man over figured in the profess
sional ring who better deserved the title ct
gentleman. The new champion, Corbstt,
is at present credited with this title. which
is unfortunately rare one in the prize
fighting world. and if his future career be
similar to that of John jackson he will
perhaps get monument. too.
jackson was the son of rich London
builder, and like Corbett, took to boxing
from love of it, and 10 the profession Of
idly productive than the slow climbing Of
the ladder of commercial prosperity.
He fought but few fights, beating one or
two first rate second class heavy weights for
very small purses and then knocking out
the great Mendoza, when that celebrity was
on the pinnacle of tistio fame, in the short
space Of ten minutes. Then he opened q
boxing school, and WAS the tutor Of all the
mobiles and aristocrats of the day, including
Lord Byron, whose diary ut one period 10
filed with kindly allusions to his tutor in
the manly art.
He was a veritable swell and dandy in the
world of sporting London and the pet Of
royalty, for whom he constantly provided
private contests in the ring. Royal dukes
headed subscriptions to present him with
testimonial silver salvers and cups, and he
died at seventy seven, rich man, respected
by everyone. In Brompton cemetery stands
his monument. On the side nearest the
cennetery's 8 entrance ia medallion portrait,
with the wo ds:-
Here lie tho remains of John jackson.
born Sept. 2S, 1863, died Oct. I, 1916. Hlo
Victor Cestus ArtemQue kepono."
On top of the monument is a lion couch
ant, and at one end stands, in an attitude
of sorrow, u naked gladiator halding lau-
rel wreath. At the other end one reads:
This monument WAS erected by the slbseripr
tions of several noblemen and gentlemen to te.
cord their admiration Of ono whose excellence OF
heart and incorruptible worth endeArsd him to
ell who knew him.
This verse follows:
Stay traveller" tho Roman rec ords said
TO mark the classic dust beneath il laid,
Stay, traveller" this brief memorial cries,
And read the record w,th attentive eyes.
Hast thou u lions heart. gisnt,H strength
Exut not, for these gifts must yield 1T length
Do health and symmetry adorn thy framas
The noulderiug bones below possessed the same
Does love, does friendship every step Attends
This man no or made q foe, ns'er lost u frienL
| But death too soon dissoives all human tics.
| And his last combat DER. here Jackson lies
The second OF the English heroes 10 have
his prave 80 adorned was that truly brilliant
luminarv OF the prize lighting oonst sllstion.
| Tom Cribb, who twice included among his
very numerous and we'll pounded Avtstorise
The Helena independent., 1892-09-25

tho proosssion. have no doubt, BY ths
way. that this dragging csmels by the chin
ID the evolutionary reason why every one
Of these hump-bAckad porters Of the dssert
sticks ont his nose horizontally % he walks.
slevates his Hspsburg lip. - warner Miller
calls -, ana strikes . psrmancne atsitado
with his head that II haughsy and lndicrous.
Thess caravans are chief element Of pic
tnroaqnensss and novslty In these eastern
landscapes. / estimated that We passed
nearly 1000 samels between Jatfa and Jeru-
salem.
The pilgrim to Jerusalem this year mo-
ticss. shortly after leaving Jatfa, heaps OF
fresh earth uptossed and the inquisittvs
American eye follows the suggestion 70 the
newly graded bed Of ths railroad climbing
up the slope towards where Jerusalem sin-
mers In the sun on the hills forty miles
away by the carriage road. just outside OF
Jaffs laborers are at work filing long
washout made by the heavy winter rains.
They are mostly natives robsd in the for
tuitoua rags OF the country. All are bare
footed and bRrelsRgsd; most OF them have
around their heads the ksffiyeh. strip Of
colotsd cloth, supposed by them TO bs the
measure Of their cotiins, and some wear be-
sides these only . course bag. with two
holes in IT for their arms. Many wet bit
OF cloth about the loins, not large a
6andana, which lady Of our tart, Sc
tiously alluded TO 40 an oversoat. hey
we're moving as deliberately % il they were
hired by the government and were paid
their wages every century, and those whc
we's walking about carried little packages
on their hands.
what are those men doingT' asked.
"kemoving earth" said the engineer di-
| rector. ''Bnt those men are mostly wo-
men. We hire two or three hundred wo
men for that purpose. We pay each Of
them 10 cents day"
Small wnges?' suggested. H
Small wages" he answered. "Some oi
them carry. NJ you see, mere handful
Neithe" the men nor women are strong. Al
American or ish or English woman would
do ten times as much as these. Instead ot
toting that trifling coutfien they would
transport half bushsl or a bushel even.
! he men a 10 too wenk TO use shovel Of
sYnde or iron plow or q wheelbarrow, but
they do more than the women, and they
earn 80 cents day. Miners get more-na.
tives 311s f,ancs. 70 cents. Skilled European
laborers. nnasons. carpenters, bridge build
ers, ETC., get $l.25 day."
The land ord of one of the hotels-whom
it is better not to identify more specifically
added to this statement:
"Eberhard had an uphill road in more
senses than one,'" he said. He can't get
much ouS of the natives. He brought lot
The Helena independent., 1892-09-25

can - all from Philadelphia. We have
bought five engines-locomotives you call
them-and ten passenger cars-long Yankee
cars all in one room--social. Your locomo
tives are as cheap as the English, and they
nre more easily moved around sharp
curves"
.'Well," said, "and about the length of
rond, the grade the gauge, ETC.; give me
some figures for my American papess,
please"
row gauge. thirty nine inches. is somewhat
chenper and better fitted to this hilly land.
Our heaviest grade is 120 feet to the mile
not very serious, your Yankee engineers
think"
what company is doing the work."
"A Turkish company-the stock is owned
by Frenchmen."
"This government is a tough customer to
deal WITH they say?'
He onst at me quick glance, shrugged
his tall shoulders. and said: "Ah,no! No!
The best in the worldH'
''Jefusalsm is your ultimate terminus?'
'Yes, for the present. The plunge beyond
down to Jericho--an average of nearly 200
feet to the mile-is somewhat appalling to
capital. But two other branches are already
surveysd-one off south to GAIA, and the
other north to samarin, Nazareth, Galilee
etc, and these will probably be built within
two years. And that to Damascus ia begun
pass
into the possession of the Turkish govern
ment Rratuitously in seventy-five years"
Can you give me the reasons which have
induced capitalists TO behave that this road
p to Jerusalem will pay?"
Certainly; with much pleasure. OF
course we began by making an estimate Of
the regular traffic. Tho government owns
this turnpike between Jaffa and Jerusalem
and collects tolls of everything that passes.
Every camel that passes pays to the govern
ment two pisstres-about ten centa--and
every carriage hftv cents. There are about
1901 passengers y year and $4,000 tons of
freight. The pasha, who collects tolls for
the government, resolves about 100000
francs = year, say $40. 600. During the busy
season thore are moro than 1000 oamels on
on the road every day."
As We spoke 4 caravan went by-ten
camsls and four diminutive donkeys. The
first camel had n rider who guided him.
perohed forward upon the cargo, and tho
othcra were tethered 10 each other With
ropes fore and aft, while three or fsuI
drivers hurried along ON foot by ths side ei
The Helena independent., 1892-09-25
FAME OF DEPARTED PUGS
Fistic Heroes Whose Prowess in the
Ring Is Perpetuated in
Marble.
British Champions Won POST
Mortem Fame. Though but
Little Current Coin.
corded Modern sluggers Whom They
Are Knocked Out by Time. u

Written for THE HELENA INDEpENpENr.l
TN VIEW OF RECENT EVENTS THIS
az may be fairly called the golden ago
i Of pugilism. Six professional tight
ers have mot in the Same finR-ons
pair on each Of three successive nights.
The victorious trio have received az the re-
ward for their superior ability 10 punch the
impressive total sum of S81, 800 while one
of the defsated, lad whose wage earning
capacity 90 a cooper 10 pfobsbly about $40 .
week, received the balm of 1000 a. plas-
ter for his battered physiognomy. Thus
We see three champions of the squared cir
Gle divide among them a. the result of their
respective battles, from which they came
forth unscashed, and which were won in an
average time Of slightly over an hour, al
most $19, 600 more than tho cabinet Of the
president of the United States receives in
year. and this huge reward 10 but q small
fraction Of what they can earn in twelve.
month by exhibiting themselves to tho
fstic-mad community at large.
So much for the bolntsous harvest that
to-day awaits the rsapinQ BY the cham
pions of the ring. and be il added. by the
crafty, blatant and self-advertisinR second
and third class theatricals spectators who
fatten on them in the guise Of "mansgers."
On the other hand, what Of the defeated
stars of modern puRilism2 Well. they are
releRated promptly to the ranks Of the
"back numbers and the has beens'' and
are generally regarded with soorn BY their
former baoksrs and under the depressing
influence OF adversely they, ~ rule, drink
themselves to death a. fast a. do a good
many of their conquerors. 1t is generally
the fate of the average pu9ilist, be he great
or be he small. to be finally knocked out BY
drink. and by far the larger number Of the
worlds mighty prize fighters have fallen
victims to intemperanee and dissipation
and have gone to their graves unwept un-
honored and unsunR.
To those who admire the manly art and
its great exponents there is however. more
than grain of consolation in the fact that
the history of pugilism shows that in sew
eral worthy instances the fame Of the giants
has been fttinRly honored in memorials
| more substantial than the more black and
| white Of printed records. England, the
| birthplace and home OF boxing as we know
it, has erected four such monuments to q
quartet of her hstic heroes, and the fact ia
worth noting in the face of the whirlwind
of adulation now heard when
| modern champions are within earshot, for
| it is extremely doubtful If all the enthus-
| iasm would result in subscr iption to a
| monument in the event of the death of any
! of them.
The four men upon whom the English
world of sport has bestowed the honor of
erecting monuments to their memories
were ali champions in their time. and
champions of the type rejecting both glory
and credit on their profession. or the fFst.
John Jackson, who was the champion of
one hundred years ago. it is quite safe to
The Helena independent., 1892-09-25
A Musician's Wife.

"Well, don't you think that where there
ia so very much harmony there can be but
few Disadvantages? Still there are some
and that is particularly the case whore a
husband is as devoted to his chosen work as
is mine. / he public 'is after him. In other
words, he seems to belong more to the peo-
ple than to us. NJ. Gilmore aud his ideas
are, ! admit, popular, but the wife of All
orchestra leader must naturally suffer by
reason of the popularity. He becomes too
engrosssd in his work. Still. on the whole.
If my advice is to hs followed. can only
urge young ladies to try and find husband
like Mr.. Gilmore. He is IA full of harmony
in the household as on the slage."
The Helena independent., 1892-09-25
An Actors Wife.

disadvantages! Do You know Mr.. Rob-
son? Well, you know there really are no
disadvantages to good husband, whether
his profession be that Of an actor,
lawyer. or anything else. The dis
advantages always come with dis
agreements, OF course there are
disarreeabe things connected with an
actors life, particularly with one who is
compelled to travel Il great deal, and most
of them are. But then it is wite's
duty to be with her husband under aereea-
BILE and under disaQresable circumstances.
To the wife who is compelled to b. away
from her husband the disadvantages are
numerous But on the whole there are as
many happy "staee" marriages as there are
unhappy. IL is like marriages in all other
callinRs. except that the unhappiness OF an
actors home life seems to be public prop
erty. That is a great disadvantages"
The Helena independent., 1892-09-25
THE WIVES OF HUSBANDS.
Give Their Ideas Of the Various
Vacations Of Their Respect
i've Lieges.
A Serious Subject That Is Treated
In q Way That Is
Serious.
Experiences That May he of value In
Assisting Other Women Who wish
to Marry.

Written for The HELENA INDEPENDENT
K L Is CERTAINLY TINE TO THINK
(N OF settling down in life. and suppose
I ought to decide about my husbands
profession" Suoh 10 tho reflection of the
summer girl who il about to futter into
winter sobristy. "What q nuisance! But
I must decide. Let me see---a banker
bound to be rich when marry him, hut not
sure enough TO escape those awful crashes.
A lawyer2 He has to keep things from his
clients and he'd learn to fb 10 me. That will
never do. A doctor? Knows lot, but he would
have too many patients and I'd never be
sure why he stayed out so late. No. indeed.
A minister Well. he could never grow
sporty, but there I oouldn't have fun either.
shan't be ministers wife. A broker1
More money than the others. but don't
enjoy bulls and bears vamping around. A
politician-oh dear2 I can never decide in
the world. I'll be an old maid before
make mp my mind"
The summer girl will find an answer to
her questions here. And she may rely upon
the advice. as it is given from the actual
experience of wives whose husbands are at
the top of their professions.
The Helena independent., 1892-09-25
Even Mssqus.oos Arc Useful.

Flies have long been accused Of spreading
disease; but it il asserted now from Hsv-
ana that mosquitoes have use. Tor il they
inoculate any one after biting a yellow
fever patient the disease which follows 10
lish Mechanic.
The Helena independent., 1892-09-25
A Minister'S Wife.

"Thsrs can be no disadvantages wher Q
the wife ID heart and soul in tho sndeavors
Of her husband. believe no woman can
find a better occupation than that of aiding
. clergyman husband in his work of inspir-
ing him to fresh endeavor and Of always
asking to share in the burdens, come they
where or how they will.
II believe that clergyman's wife should
aid him constantly with advice and give
him constant encouragement if she sees
him engaged in any great work.
"There are no disadvantages in the mar
ried life of . clergyman who ia heart and
soul in his calling, and whose home life ia
happy. The disadvantages come altogether
from tho woman who would shine in society,
for that is not a clergyman's function, and
naturally she has few opportunities of this
character. They come from the heart OF
the wife who has other desires. They do
not exist where the work of the wife II tc
aid the husband-by encouragement, by
ADVICE, by self-abnegatio
II believe absolutely in tho correctness
of my husbands views. / help him IN hit
congregation work and really feel thai
there can be no disadvantage in a clergy
mans calling. at least to the eyes of the
wife who believes in and who adds inspira-
tion to the husbands great work."