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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-10
THE noYs nAD A worn,

The disposition shown in tho republi-
can state convention to turn down the
old-timers and bring the young men to
the front at one time almost reached a
tidal wave, and apparently for no other
reason than that the old leaders we're
old and the youngsters young. The
majority Of the delegates were less than
forty years old, and they took the bit in
the mouth from the outset. After the
pipes had been all laid and the fences
fixed for the nomination OF Richards, ex-
Gov. White started the fire in a brief
reference to United States District At
torney Weed as "the young mans can
didate." And IL another ballot had
been taken he would have been the
nominee of the convention instead or
the lightning miscalculator. Then, too,
the boys started in for the scalp OF that
able jurist, the Hon. Henri Jemini Has
kell, and got away with it. To bring
this about they nominated young Mr..
Cooper, of Great Falls, a newcomer into
the state who is not sufficiently intelli-
gent to act on the political lines OF his
brother, that sterling democrat, Hon.
Walter Cooper, Of Bozeman. When he
declined Haskell was renominated, be-
cause no one could think Of the name of
another young man known outside his
precinct.
Then again, Blake would have had a
cold chill if he had known the danger
that surrounded him. He would have
been beaten out of sight if that popular
young republican, Judge William H.
Hunt had given the word; as it was he
was the bltterest pill swallowed by the
convention. Another old-tlmer run
through the tanning mill was Paul Nc
Cormick, of eastern Montana. When
beaten by young Mr.. Wright, of Living
ston, he was mad enough to start a
prairie fire. So it was with the rest, ex-
cept DR.. Rowitt, who had no competi-
tors. s
This young man feeling is all very
we'll when held within proper lines, and
the same may be said on the other hand
concerning the older nes. The demo-
cratic state convention, therefore, if
wise, will not allow it's actions to be
controlled by any such waves of senti-
Choose the best and strongest
candidates. regardless of age.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-10

THE wild visioned crank who sets a
date for the end Of the earth would have
been proclaimed sound-minded indeed
to the fellow who predicted John L..
Sullivan's fierce yisage bathed in tears
and his heavy voice broken in sobs over
his defeat. 1t is all very sad, and he
may we'll join with Cicero in bewailing
the times and customs.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-10
Great Fall. Can Take Car. of All.

TO The INDEPENDENTS: Some disRruntled
republicans, becoming dissatisfsd with the
slim attendance at their convention, ara
trying to discourage democrats from COM
ing by putting forth false reports that
Great Falls is not able to care for a big
crowd. Please state through your paper to
the democrats Of Montana that We can &C.
oommodate all who will oome in equally al
good, if not in better shape than any other
convention ever held In Montana. We
could have taken care of fully five hundred
more people than attended the republican
convention. Yours truly.
h. s. FORD,
Member of the citizens reception commit
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-10
THE MONTANA PRESS.

Decay Of Literary Culture In Missoula,
We AJAX the indulgence OF our readers Tor
the n~on-appeafancs in full OF the prssi-
dents letter Of acceptance. II was either
pied or side-t,acksd by our devil. whose in
terest rested chiefly in seeing that the prize
fight reports had the call on the columna-
Muscular.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-10

full location for the permanent seat OF gov
etnmsnt. ~ Offers them = clean, healthy,
orderly and entsrprising city Tor their cap-
ital-accsasible from every direction aud
surrounded BY rich MINING, agricultural
and grazing resources. And with all 10 lies
almost In tho exact center OF the populA-
tion of tho state. What moro can bs asked
for in a capital cityp What more can any
Of its competitors otiesY-Dser Lodge silver
State,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-10

The republicans expect to carry Mon
tana this fall through the aid of a big
barrel of campaign funds fried out by
Carter from the protected capitalists of
the east. AS the people of Montana
were robbed OF a portion of this none
in the beginning, it is only right that
part of it should come back into the
state. 1t is not right, however, to use it
for the further existence of the robbe1
tariff,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-10
Free Paint Needed in Park County.

Free Paint Needed In Park county.
Red paint is in great demand in Park
county and has greatly advanced in price
by the extra amount that will be consumed
by displeased and puRnaoious republicans
in this county. II looks like the entire re-
publican party was going on the warpath.
barring the novices.-Red Lodge Vocif-
orator.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-10

JOHN E. RICHARDS has never been defeated
for any office for which he WAS . candidate,
and he is too old to begin this ysar.-Her-
aid.
John l.. Sullivan never was beaten be-
fore either, but how he was slugged this
year! John f. will say with John l..
in November, Il fought once too often"
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-10

MONTANA thus far has not yielded to
the seductive promises of rain makers.
Irrigation money of the state has gone
into irrigating bitches, and the results
everywhere are most gratifying.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-10

The rise and fall of the Sullivan rush
marks an important epoch in pugilistic
history. It should suggest something
to republican orators contemplating a
bloody shirt campaign.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-10

WHAT has become Of that gathering
that was to furnish a panacea for all
financial ills-the ~high-sounding inter
national monetary conference? Is it a
case of cholera or cholerine?
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-10

GENERAL regret in republican ranks
will follow the announcement that SEN
ator Hill will soon appear or the stump
for democracy. This regret will ma
t~erially increase wherever he appears.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-10

The newest ballad sheet hawked about
the Bowery is The Homestead Striker
There's no suggestion of "Pve $15 In My
Inside Pocket in it.-New York Recorder.
Certainly not. That belongs to the
author Of "Triumphant Democracy"
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-10

In the matter of miscalculation Peck,
of New York, almost approaches Rick
ards, paradoxical as the comparison may
seem.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-10
Politica Oyar M NTan.

double canals Of great width whore one
would be an elegant sufloisncy, lies in the
fact that they have politics over there and
put large numbers of f~loate,s at work ON
public improvements about election time
Glendive~ Independent.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-10

If the democrats will nominate the
right man for attorney-general the Hon.
Henri Jemini Haskell will wish Cooper
had accented.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-10
How John E.rA Might win.

There 10 every reason to believe that John
Ezra Richards 10 not az much OF a vote
gettsr AZ he is a ~vote-countsr. II he were,
his election to the g~ubeEnatorial chair
would stand assured Observation-Disclosures
Democrat.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-10
A Prevailing American Sentiment.

A Prevailing American Sentiment.
To got something for nothing. or to buy
a little cheaper than usual, seems to be the
main idea with a large portion of the Am
er,can public. II matters not how shoddy
the goods or how inferior the article; they
like, in the words of Barnum, ITO be hum
buRRed."-BiR Timber Pioneer.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-10
It Seems to U. Th.. wav. Too.

It seems to Us That Way, Too.
II ssems to us that in q case like that
which the Miner Office presents just nov it
would be pretty white and decent to lot the
paper have its life-that ia to say. lot it 90
to press as usual.-Anaconda Standard.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-10
THE WEATHER.

AFTER November 8 his name will be
Ezra.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-10

IT appears that John Ezra Richards
was born in Delaware forty-four years
ago. A small man from a small state.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-10
THE CAPITAL RACE.

The entering of 30 many west side towns
tends only to complicats matters. If the
east and west sides would meet in conven-
ton and each select n candidate and stay
with it in the election. there would be but
little chance Of another ballot being re-
CURED two years hence. Unless something
is lone to lessen the number OF candidates
from this side of the range. Helena will
have a''lead pipe cinch" on the permanent
location of Nontana's seat of government,
and will probably win it on the first ballot,
as many people who might be inclined to
vote for one or tho other of the candidates
will see the utter nonsense of ID and wind
up by voting for continuing ii in its present
location on Last Chance. - Philipsburp
Mail.
Boulder 10 in the race for capitalistic
honors, and tlirts n twists around like a
Vassar college girl when she dons her first
Delsartsd gown. This town WAS certainly
born with a tremendous mount Of gall.
The sassy little country village mover that
the capital be put at Boulder by acclama.
ton. We think that the capital OF Jeffer-
son county should by ali means consult
with Great Fails, Bozeman and GrantsdsIe,
-ked Lodge Moderator.
This city goes into the contest purely
upon it's merits. 1t presents itself to th.
voters Of the state relying upon its advan-
tages as = capital proposition for support.
: II offers to the people Of Montans q besuti.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-10
$500 RBVARD!
FOR THE RECOVERY OF d.
The Body Of John McPhee

STOCKHOLDERS MEETINa-THE ANNU.
- al meeting pf the Travis Placer Mining COM
In room No. lOi, Granite block, ,Helsns, Mont.
on tho 18th day Of .ecptsmhsr, 1897, at thrsc
O'Clock .. m. GEORGE TRAVIS, v. p.
yirst publicstion Aug. u. lSox.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-10

the robbing tariff and Mr.. Nelson ID
still a black sheep among them, OF
rather a white sheep in a black flock.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-10
Hard Wheat Patent,

Manufactured by the North Da-
kota Milling Company, at Grand
Forks, North Dakota. Ask your
grocer for it.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-10
tee.
Great Falls, Sept. 8.

Member of the citizens reception
The morning call., 1892-12-25
NEVER Go TO BED.
Human Waits Who Take a Nap i'm Any
Convenient Place.
CaSseiI's Journal
rual 18th 49,

taSSeiPS journal
man charged with begging once de-
clared he had not been in bed for
thirteen years: that he took his rest in door
ways and passages. This is not bad rec
ord, but many of the homeless class could
probably beat it. Certainly there are thou
sands-not only in England. but all over the
world-to whom such luxury as bed is
unknown; unfortunates obliged to lay their
heads in the oldest places imaginable. to
prevent their being rudeiy awakened By
the police.
A sad ne'er- do-well told the writer that
this was his principal thought for more
days than he could count: Where should
he sleep that night? And he had n theory
but for having this object constantly in
view as he tramped over the mOnotous pave
ments OF London he must have lost his rea-
son. He laughed himself, in after day.,
when he thought OF his experience in ''dOsS-
ing out"
Even he. however. never slept in stream,
which was what some thirty persons of botu
sexes did at Buda- Pesth few years back.
The water, which was warm, flowed from
mill, and the Migrants got into it and con-
yerted lot OF stones into temporary pillows.
Even people with homes could tell some
strange stories on this head. OF course. in
Japanese, for example, sleep on the
floor. muffied in great wadded coat
and with a block of wood for
pillow. But. confning ourselves to
England, just talk to the jewellers in thu
slums on the subject. Why, going to bed
there during the summer months is posi-
lively Inviting torture. Many places swarm
with vermiD, and consequently those who
live in them find it more comfortable to
sleep anywhere rather than In the proper
plaee-eyen on the doorstep.
The manager Of an Isle Of Man hotel
The morning call., 1892-12-25
A CURIOUS VESSEL.
The New WhaIebaCk Pas
senger Steamer.
TO PLY ON LAKE MICHIGAN.
The Great Craft Will Be Capable of
Transporting Seven Thousand
Persons.

A special from Superior, Wis, to the
Chicago Herald of December 8 says: The
event of the upper lake region to-day was
the launching of the new whaleback pas
senger steamer Christopher Columbus by
the American Steel Barge Company. The
ship was built expressly for passenger SER
vice on the lake, and her first important
WORK will be the carrying of excursionists
from the lake front to Jackson Park dur
ing the Worlds Fair The launching was
accomplished at 3 o'clock this afternoon,
under tho immediate direction of Captain
Alex McDougall, inventor OF the whale
back style OF vessels, and superintendent
of the construction of the feet of vessels
already in service on the lakes.
The feature of the Whaleback ship is that
she presents no lines of resistance 10 the
buffeting waves and rides without rolling
through the heaviest seas. Her hull lies
protrGding above the surface is round and
smooth, and the pillows pass over it with
out the least perceptible shock. 1t is an
innovation in ship-building, which, from
Noah to McDougail, has always been of the
one crude, clumsy pattern. Above the
round. long hull of the whaleback rises
succession OF towers on steel uprights, too
small to offer pereeptible resistance to the
waves. and above these are built whatever
OF structure is necessary TO have elevated.
The maddest seas sweep over the elusive
back of the vessel and beneath the towers,
affecting in no way the carriage of the ship.
The steamer has been christened the
Christopher Columbus. She will not be in
commission until next spring and is built for
the special purpose of carrying passengers
from the Worlds Fair pier in front Of the
The morning call., 1892-12-25
1T CURED HER HEADACHE.
And Everybody Was Happier Excep
the Proprietor.
New YORK Times

NcH lOEh 1iiutS
The pretty, plump, demure young girl whu
occupies the cashiers desk at a Nassau
street luncheon-room sat on her elevated
perch and rested her cheek on her hand.
Her forehead was network of fine lines,
and she had no appreeiatIye smile for tn
clerks and ofhce-boys who had come to b.
lieve lunch incomplete without one. anil
they felt that they had not their dime 5
worth.
She raked in the small change as it was
rendered with a perfunctory air. and one
could see she took no pleasure in her duties
1t was plain that she had severe head
ache and wanted nothing but quiet seclu-
sion, scent-bottle and an easy sofa. Men
who had had experience with women looked
at her and felt sorry for her.
One such was waiter who custom being
light at that hour, was sweeping among the
chairs and leaving 20 visible trace of his
passage. BE saw the pretty cashier sittia z
there with her face puckered up. He went
over TO her and tried to cheer her with a
few words suitable to the occasion. She
merely nodded reply. :
Lets see what I've got in my pocket for
you. said the waiter, adopting the ton
one uses toward a child He felt in til
depths OF his iacket-poeket and brough
forth small object "There You car
have that to play with" said he. He laid
it down and went about his business.
she picked it up without the least interest
in the world and looked at it. 1t was only
a common red firscracker, ana she had u q
use for it. She did not even smile at the,
humor of the gift
She finally thrust il on one of the wooden
toothpicks that stood in O huge bunch be-
fore her. They were tied about with
bright-husd ribbon and the firecraeker
among them had a certain decorative effect
that held her for a moment. Then she
turned away again and nursed her head
ache.
A man with twinkle in his eyes came
up and paid his reckoning. He had good
light on his cigar, and he touched the fuse
OF the frecracker with it. The cashier did
not even look up as he passed oy He went
to corner and jingled the change ia his
pocket while he awaited developments
They were not long in csming. With a
The morning call., 1892-12-25
THE cHR1sroPHER COLUMBUS (wHEN rINIsHEDl

auditorium to the exposition buildings at
Jackson Park. She will have accommoda.
tons for 1000 passengers and Will be by lar
the largest excursion boat afloat. ln pres
ent appearance she is entirely unlike any
recognized type of passenger steamer and
is almost as great departure from any ex-
listing type as was the original whaiebaek
barge. Her hull, excepting that the lines
are somewhat finer, resembles the pigs"
which are used as freight carriers.
The steamer is built entirely of steel. She
is 362 feet long over all, AZ feet beam and "a
feet deep. She will be supplied with q
triple expansion engine of 1900 horsepower
and steam at a maximum pressure OF 160
pounds will be supplied by six boilers of
the Scotch type. She is expected to de-
velop speed of twenty miles an hour with
single screw of fourteen feet diameter.
The hull is on the web frame principle
and is subdivided with nine water-tight
bulkheads, in addition to which, extending
from the bow aft. is afore-and-aft bulkhead
forty-two feet long. She has double bot
tom, forty-two inches deep. with water
ballast capacity OF $50 tons. built on the Nc
Intyre principle. The only radical de-
parture from the ordinary whalebaek model
in the hull proper is in the fact that space
for the boilers and engine is provided amid
ship instead of aft.
Unlike the other craft built by the barge
company, however, she is provided with
seven turrets, which rise seven and half
alone indicate the peculiar use for which
she is intended. These turrets provide
room for stairways, engine-ro0m and air
fans. They also support the steel deck,
upon which will be built the cabins. The
space between decks is left open. and amid
ships will be the dining aud refreshment
booths.
The steel saloon deck will be sheathed
with wood, and as the boat is intended only
for excursion purposes, there will be no
staterooms. The entire deck will be taken
up with the grand saloon, 225 feet long and
so feet wide. The after end will be cut off
and used exclusively for ladies. The re-
mainder is all open and will be richly and
handsomely finished and furnished.
A most attractive feature of the grand
saloon will be q marble and glass fountain
with glass tank SIX feet in diameter filed
with lake water. In it will be shown the
many varieties OF fish found In the great
lakes, including the famous speekled trout.
the water will be supplied by an electric
motor and will be drawn from one of the
water-balast compartments.
Above the saloon is the promenade deck,
257 feet long. At the forward end is the
texas, the grand stairway from the saloon,
the wheelhouse aud the officers quarters.
She promises to be prominent among the
many wonderful features of the world 8
fair. Already the strange craft and the
many possibilities opened for the future by
her construction are most important Que5-
lions in the maritime world.
The morning call., 1892-12-25

non. Pa. and purchased for him at the San
Donate sale by the late James jackson
Jarvis, were disposed of during the after
noon. some of them fetching fair prices and
others very small ones, The grand total
footed up S10.0S7.
For the stiletto of Corsini Medici, date
1910, with the arms of the Mediei family en-
graved uDon 1t. S1i5 was paid. The knife
has corrugated back and it is hollow, serv-
ing as sheath for smaller stiletto. which
the Duke used in executing his private
assassinatlous. The stiletto is notched at
the point for poison.
A set of old Italian brass firedogs. the
bases supported by crowned bydras, sold
for $500, aud life-size marble group en-.
titled cupid Binding Venus" by the
famous sculptor Barcaglia, brought $500.
A fine statue of the Venus de Midci was
sold for $225. Two beautiful Mediei vases
in maiachite, ornamentei with bas-relief in
gilt bronze of vine branches, surmounted
by candelabra of twelve lights each in gilt
bronze, and each supported by resting on a
square pedestal of the same material, were
knocked down TO Mr.. Fell at $1,000 each.
For piece of Flemish tapestry OF the six
tenth century, II feet high and four feet
long. MIR. j. c. Furman paid S105O. A
large writing desk, given in 1910 by the
rome Bonaparte, brought S625. Tive knives.
fork and spoon that once belonged to
Marie Antoinette. brought $3.50. One
knife Is gold and the other steel, and both
have tortoise shell handles. The fork and
spoon are gold.
"The most important thing on the cata-
logue," as Auctioneer Norman put it. was
the Marie Antonette music-rack. Its his
tory is an interesting one. The rack Is
band-forged one of repousse iron work. 1t
was designed by Louis XVI of France.
w1iIe he was still the Dauphin, as present
to his uSncee, Marie Antoinette of Austria.
The base Of the rack is supported
at the ends by musical instruments.
Its center Is Tyre shaped column,
sustaining q medallion with the mono
The morning call., 1892-12-25
CONCERNING RUBIES.
Three Kinds of This Favorite Stone
Known to jewelers..
jewelers. Review.

jewelers. Review.
There are three kinds of rubies, the
Oriental ruby, the spinel ruby and the balas
ruby. The first is the only true one. The
latter differ considerably in comparison
from the first. The true is composed almost
exclusively of alUmina, the remainder being
chiefly magnesa. The color, moreover, Is
due partially to the oxide Of chromium, a
substance of which the genuine ruby has
not trace.
In commerce the balas ruby has much in
ferior value 10 the spinel. This is generally
Of vivid poppy-red color; the balas is of
violet rose, although Pegu has furnished
white and white violet spinels, and Suder-
mania even blush gray ones. 1t can be seen
at once, therefore. how extremely erroneous
would be a Classification of gems by color
or general appearance alone. The primi-
tive form Of the spinel ruby is like that of
the diamond, eight sided, which distin-
guishes it at once from the Oriental stone.
The color OF the genuine ruby is that OF
the aIterlai blood. or pigeons blood, as il Is
called. 1t Is extremely hard, and. after the
sapphire, is the hardest of the corundums,
which renders IL difficult TO understand why
the earth so rarely gives il up. Its tint is
as beautiful by artificial light as by day,
and its powers of refraction so great that
ancient ballet credited il with power of
emitting light. The aneients even supposed
that II would shine Though clothing with
undiminished power
The largest ruby known is one mentioned
by Chardln as having been engraved with
the name OF Shcik Sephy. Another noble
ruby is in possession of the Shah of Persia.
Its weight is put at 175 karats. A third be-
longing TO the King OF Usapar, was cut into
hemispherical form, and in 1863 was
bought for S13S66. A ruby possessed by
Gustavus Adolphus and presented to the
CZarina AT the time of his journey TO ST.
Petersburg was the size of small hen's egg.