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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-11-23

"Worth at least seUe7lty.tUc d0ldTs."
The captain, Joe and two or three other
plainsmen drew aside for consultation,
but it was brief one.
"It's just one chance in hundred that
they may overlook US" said the captain.
1.-THE horses must be led as far up the
canyon as we can get them, the fire put
out and no man must close his eyes
tonight"
The horses were at once led away, the
fire smothered, and quarter of an hour
after the Indians arrived the canyon
was plunged in midnight darkness and
seemed to contain no living thing. The
white covers had been removed from
the wagons and carried up the rift, and
one standing twenty feet away could
not distinguish the vehicles. Joe and
Harkins were ordered to remain with
the wagons as protection to the girls,
while the others took places along the
embankment, and thus the night
came on.
The Indians were on the warpath, but
they seemed to have not the slightest
suspicion of the presence Of the train.
They could plainly he heard singing,
laughing and talking, and few Of them
acted as If they were hilarious with
whisky.
cali we've got to do is to keep quiet"
whispered one of the men to the cap
tain.
II don't know. Those Indians are
too much off their guard. They are
acting part. | think they have some
plan in their heads. If some Of them
are not crawling this way before mid
night shall be greatly mistaken"
At ten o'clock the campires of the In
dams had burned low and all was quiet
on that side of the valley. The men in
the mouth Of the canyon crouched be-
hind rocks and logs, and the darkness
was so dense that the keenest pair Of
eyes could not see yard distant. One
looking over the barrier into the valley
could see hundred feet quite distinctly,
as the night was starlight and the trees
cast no shadow there.
Eleven o'clock found everything quiet.
A quarter of an hour later, as the cap
tain raised his head for keen look
around him, it seemed to him that the
darkness of earth was blackened at q
spot not over fifty feet away. A spot OF
black paint or an inkstand stands out in
relief. A human figure dressed in black
will stand out in relief against the gloom
Of midnight.
Vas he mistaken? Did the object
move? Was there an object to begin
with? He touched the man nearest
him on the shoulder and whispered bis
suspicious. After a steady look the
man returned the whisper with:
"It's an internal redskin creeping up
to make sure that we are still here! It's
q part Of the same band we saw four
days ago, and they suspect we are hid
den away in some Of the canyons!
"Pass the word to every man to lie
low for his life and make no move until
he gets the wordl That fellow will
come right in among u.s."
ITO DE CONTINUED.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-11-23

the first warning sound of the rattle.
DR.. s. Weir Mitchell, with others,
has been making experiments with the
venom of different serpents. He has
found that, aside from its poisonous
qualities, it contains living germs,
which have the power of increasing
enormously fast. So, you see, when
an animal is bitten, these tiny bits OF
life, entering with the poison, cause
harmful action to begin almost at once.
DR.. Mitchell has found that the nery-
GUS center controlling the act Of strik~
ing seems to be in the spinal cord, for
if he cut off q snakes head, and then
pinched its tail, the stump of its neck
turned back, and would have struck
his hand had he been bold enough to
hold it still.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-11-23
CHAPTER XVII

From the same direction taken by
TAYLOR, but evidently coming out OF
narrow valley bearing off to the left, ap-
reared white man with a gun on his
shoulder. He was in view when half a
mile from camp, and long before he
reached It all the men were watching
his approach.
He was one of the four renegades, and
this was the visit Harkins had heard
them plotting to make. The captain.
Harkins and Joe knew this, but none OF
the others knew that the girl Lizzie was
in camp. she having kept herself secret
ed in the wagon.
The man continued to advance at a
leisurely pace, and by and by he was
near enough to the group to call out:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-11-23

THE LAST SLAVE CARGO.-There is
living in the outskirts of Augusta, Ca,
O negro who was one of the cargo OF
the Wanderer, the last slave ship to
bring to this country q load of cap
tiycs from Africa. Lucius Williams
he was christened by one ofthe young
ladies of the family into which he was
sold, "Umwalla" he was called in At
rica. As Umwalla, he was born in
Guinea, according to his story, not far
from Liberia. One day, when he was
about ten years of age, he was sent to
his aunt to carry her some pinders to
plant. When he was going through
the woods two strange black men
seized him and bound his hands. He
cried terribly, and they soon gagged
him. They sold him to a native, who
took him to Liberia. There, for the
first time in his life, he saw white
man, and he was terribly frightened
at him. Umwalla was then taken to
the Wanderer, where large number
of captives had already been slowed
away in the hole. .
When the Wanderer approached
the South Carolina coast she was
sighted by Il government boat and
given chase. During the night she
dropped anchor off Pocataligo, and the
cargo of negro men and women was
debarked. Umwalla, or, as he was
soon afterwards called, Lucius, was ta-
ken to Carolina plantation, near
Beech Island, and put to work there.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-11-23

The THUMB AS INDICATIVE OF
CHARACTER.-Thcre is as much char
acter in the thumbs of people as in
their faces. A long first joint of the
thumb indicates will power; u long
second joint indicates strong logical or
reasoning power; wide, thick thumb
indicates strong individuality, while a
broad knob at the end of the thumb is
sure indication of obstinacy. The
thumb is the characteristic feature of
the human hand, characteristic in
which it differs from the hand of the
monkey, and of all parts of the hand
no one Is so strongly individual or tell
tale as the thumb.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-11-23

WHERE MEERscHAUM COMES FROM.
-Meerschaum is kind of clay. 1t is
composed of magnesia and flint, with
sometimes traces of iron and other
minerals. All of it comes from the
providence of Eskischia, in Asiatic Tur-
key. 1t has been dug out of the ground
there for centuries, and the manner of
procuring it is to this day extremely
primitive. The material is found in
Jumps of all sorts of shapes and sizes.
The mines extend underground to a
depth of thirty feet, and are aired and
kept dry by windmills. There are ten
different qualities distinguished.
The discovery of the usefulness of
the process of boiling in wax was made
by accident. Imitation meerschaum is
manufactured from chips left over from
the carving. They are ground into a
pulp, treated chemically and finally
pressed into the shapes desired. Every
one knows that pipes made out of the
counterfeit will not color.--Exchange.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-11-23

p6 A church subscription paper, Ill
years old, was found recently in Will
mington, Vt. 1t reads: "Whereas,
ye subscribers being desirous to have
ye gospel propagated among US, and
our posterity trained up in ways of
Christianity, have hereunto set our
names with ye labor, etc., that we
will give towards building house OF
worship as near We four corners Of
Halifax, Marlborough, Wilmington,
and Halifax, as may be a conven-
lent spot found for to set said meet
ing-house, viz: June ye "a, 17S1." 1t
was signed by nineteen persons. Most
of the subscriptions were in work,
some were boards and shingles, and
one was gallon of rum! None were
in money.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-11-23

THE BITE OF 4 SNAKE.-The heads
of the most venomous snakes, includ-
ing the "rattlers," bulge just beyond
the neck. Without exception they
have fangs, either always erect, or
raised and laid back at will. These
fangs are long, sharp pointed teeth,
with Il hollow groove running their
entire length. At the root of each
fang is little bag of poison. When
the snake bites, the motion presses the
poison. sac, and its contents flow down
through the hollow in the tooth into
the puncture or wound. The harmless
little forked tongue is often spoken OF
by the unintormed as the snakes "sting-
er." Now, there is no propriety in the
name, as the poisonous snakes 90 not
sting, but bite, their victims. There is
no creature, even if brought from for
eign countries where "rattlers' do not
exist, but will halt and tremble at
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-11-23

CURIosITIEs ABOUT LANGUAGES
Almost third Of the total population
of the globe-a round 400, 100000 hui
man beings-spcak nothing but the
Chinese and allied languages. One
hundred million more speak Hindoo
only, and 95,OOo,OOO speak English.
The Russian language is fourth on the
list, being the mother tongue of 49,
100000. The German is good fifth
and is used by 57,OO0,0O0 tongues.
France coming sixth on the list, in
which it was once first. Spanish is
used by 100000 people in Europe
and the three Americas.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-11-23

pB- James Maydwell and wife, of Gin
cinnati, have twenty-one children, all
but one of whom are living. Nineteen
of them reside at home. There are
three pairs of twins in the lot.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-11-23
aNisfellaneous 8eadimg.

ITo BE CONTINUED ]
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-01

BrsHor DoANE, Of Albany, N. Y, takes
an extreme view ON the matter OF open
ing tho Worlds fair on Sundays, when
he says:
"Shail the Worlds fair at Chicago be
opened on SundayY take my stand here.
where principle aud policy come into con-
tlict, policy must give way. 1t must be
buried up. showed under as they say in
politics. If the opening of the Worlds fair
shall be granted for half a Sunday to APP
pease those who want it open, the demand
for having II open all the day will follow"
1t is not a fight between principle and
policy and no principle would be sacri-
feed by opening the fair On Sundays.
Moreover, If it is decided to open the
fair during one-half the day it does not
follow that a demand for opening it all
the day VIII change plans in the least.
The fair is not a private enterprise. I'm
Gle Sam is the proprietor and does not
care for the dollars and cents SO long
az the show gives satisfaction.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-01
THE MONETARY CONFERENCE.

The proceedings of the international
monetary conference at Brussels thus
far do not indicate encouragement for
free silver. or anything like it. The del
egates from Great Britain, France and
Germany are openly opposed to an ex-
tension of silver coinage and, even if
they favored it it is not probable that
the different governments would agree
on a standard that would give silver it's
rightful place on a parity with gold.
The most that a be hoped for is the
recommendation of some plan that will
give to silver a rise of a few points in
the ~tluctuating market; aver this is not
likely to occur as a result of this confer
ence.
The only benefits from this meeting
will be- an interchange of views on finan-
cial questions and a better understand
ing of the relations between different
governments or the question of coinage
These results will be of practical value
if they open a way for a more extended
discussion of the silver question. The
conference itself is evidence of a grow
ing interest in the subject among all
nations. If the friends of the metal
make full use of their opportunities for
educating the public mind on this sub
ject, other conferences will follow and
the sentiment for free coinage should
grow as the discussion continues.
A free coinage bill will again be intro
duced into the house this winter and il
the campaign is rightly conducted it
will be far more successful than the last
Bland bill. The fight should be made
to a greater extent outside the halls of
congress by making converts in the
financial centers of the east, and this
should be done by systematized meth
dds. Free silver will win as tariff re-
form has won only by educating the
people and this should be done with per-
sistent energy.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-01
GONE INTO MINING,
E.. j.. Certsr Has become Interoyted
New Mexico Mines.

Il. j. Certsr Has Become Interested In
New Mexico Mines.
The many friends and business asso-
ciates OF Il. j. Ca ter in Helena will be
pleased to learn that he is now devotinp
his energies to developing mining proper
ties. He was expected in Helena shortly in
relation to some real estate transactions in
Washington state, in which he was inter
ested some time ago with Helena capital
lists. but the following from the Chicago
Inter Ocean of Monday last would indicate
that his visit to Helena has been post
poned. The Inter Ocean says:
"E. j. Garter. brother Of Thomas j, Car
ter, the recent head of the republican ma
tional committee, is at the Victoria with
his wife and two children. He registe 8
from Montana, but says he is IL ,esident of
New York. He is deeply interested in the
Cumberland and Etna silver mines, of
Kingston, N. NJ, and is now on his way to
inspect them.
NO, l am not interested in politics." he
said. further than l am concerned about
my brothers. work, and watch any lecisla-
ton conce. ming silve". l do not hope for
much from the monetary conference now
III session In Brussels, unless it be that our
delegates can do something to start the
trend of thought in the direction we are in
terested. The great obstacle, of course. is
Great Brltain's position in favor of the sim
gle gold standard, and l fear our delegates
can do little with her representatives.
Gladstone. You know, ia strongly opposed
to making silver a standard. There will be
nothing done in favor of silver. however.
Most OF the delegates to the confe ,ence
are pledged in advance to their position by
their governments, n any argument made
to them is worthless 80 far as immediate
action IS concerned, but still our delegates
missionary work may do some good in
molding opinions that will result bene-
iciRily to US hsreafter.
Mr.. Cannon l consider one of the ablest
tnanciers OF the country, and Mr.. Leech
mas no peer In the world as a tinancier. If
they cannot help us no enc can. While
there IS a slight possibility that the pro-
posals of the American delegates that some
measure is necessary to increase the use of
silver as currency may be favorably acted
upon as a conference Recommendation to
that effect, l have little hope for it,"
The best line of popular pr reed dress poods in
the city can be found at The Bee Hive.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-01
THEY DESERVE RECOGNITION.

In the choice of his cabinet and in
the appointments to the more impor-
tant offices Mr.. Cleveland should give
deserved recognition to the democrats
Of the west and northwest. He should
do this for two reasons: First, because
the growth in population, the develop
mept of internal and the
growing Importance among other sec
tions of the union entitle the far west,
and in particular the northwest, to more
representatives among MI. Cleveland's
advisers than under previous admins
trations. A second reason which should
not be overlooked is the justice of re.
warding democrats who fought so per-
sistently and successfully for victory.
While it is true that Mr.. Cleveland did
not carry any n Of the northwestern
states, a study of the figures shows re-
markable results under heavy handi-
caps. For instance, in Montana the
majority of Harrison, with all the eff
forts of federal office holders and the
expenditure of a large sum of money by
SudlTuldu CaTbeT, is Dut d llullS over
1000. Over in Washington the normal
republican majority was heavily cut.
The democrats in Idaho did nobly, and
so all along the line We find a showing
that deserves more than passing notice.
In choosing a cabinet officer from the
northwest, Mr.. Cleveland will not only
strengthen the party, but, in addition,
will give material assistance to the de-
velopment of the new states. He will
find very little difficulty in his search
for men thoroughly capable for the
duties of any office within his gift.
More than this, he will find men spe-
cially qualified for certain offices, like
that of the department of the interior,
the land office, and others closely con-
nected with the development of this
section. 1t is hoped that all these
things will be carefully considered by
the incoming president when he starts
out an administration that is likely to
prove the most important since the war.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-01

to provide for absolute franknoss and
plain dealing with ourselves and others.
The absardity OF this n"onsensical the
ory is apparent at a glance. 1t may be
ali very proper to insist on the requires
ment OF a good moral character for the
voter, but If carried out the result would
endanger the very foundation OF civil
liberty. An educational qualification
would produce like results in less meas
ure. The other recommendations OF
Prof. McCook are equally ludicrous, OK
cept that of the secret ballot. This cor
rects the greatest evil and IL rigidly on
forced there Is no crying necessity for
further reform in the way OF voting.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-01
1t does, indeed.

THE ecclesiastical world is now inter
ested in two heresy trials. DR.. Briggs
is before a court of ia ministers and
nlnety-four elders in New York, while
Prof. Henry p. Smith, of the Lane
theological seminary, is on the rack at
Cincinnati. There are eight charges
against DIR, Briggs, enumerated as fol-
lows: He is accused 'of teaching that
the reason is a fountain of divine au-
thority which may savingly enlighten
men, and those who reject the scrip
lures as authoritative proclamation of
the will of God and those who reject the
mediation of Christ; that q fountain of
divine authority, apart from scripture,
does savingly enlighten men; that err
rors have existed in the original text of
the holy scriptures, as it came from the
authors; that many of the Old Tesla
ment predictions have peer reversed 10y
history, and that the great body OF
Messianic prediction had not and can
not be fulfilled; that Moses is not the
author of the Pe~ntateuch; that Isaiah
is not the author of half the book that
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-01
THE REFoRMER AGAIN AT WORK

THE REFoRMER AGAIN AT WORK
An election is always productive of an
aftermath of advice, suggestion and DIS
cussion on the morality and duties of
the voter. A great deal of thisis nause-
Gting cant and valueless speculation. It
comes from the sanctums OF college pro-
fessors and review writer's who do not
show thei appreciation of honest poll
tics by working in a practical way for
improvement. They will not mix up in
ward primaries or attend conventions
because they fear contamination with
the boys from "de ate; they choose
rather to work out useless plans for re-
form, which would be very fine in Area
but will never be successfully developed
IN this or any other country.
An instance Of these contributions ia
that of Prof. McCook, of Yale college.
His remedies for correcting the abuses
of the ballot are: First, to insist upon
a fair education and a good moral char
acter before permitting them to vote;
second, to make the continuance oil this
enjoyment OF suffrage dependent upon
the sustaining of q good moral charac.
ter; third, TO enact the best secret bal
lot law that can be contrived; fourth,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-01
(A) GOOD BUTTER.

The curly Completed gentle
man at the head of the stairs has
overy indication of being (a) good
butter, but what is good butter
without good bread, and where
can you get better bread than
that made from the North Da-
kota Milling Co.'S celebrated
Diamond brand of Hard Wheat
Patent Flour. Ask your grocer
for it.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-01

bears his name; that the processes of
redemption extends to the world to
como in the ease of many who die in
sin; that sanotification is not complete
at death"
1t is difficult to predict the result OF
the trial, though the failure to find u
true bill against DR.. Briggs before
would indicate a probable disagreement
Of the jury.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-01

SEVERAL hundred republicans have
crawled from under the wreck to apply
to Gov.-Elect Richards for official
favors. About the same number of
democrats may be found applying for
federal Offices. 1t may be consoling to
the disappointed to learn that they at
least deserved something if they didn't
get il.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-01

The republican press still holds that
Mr.. Cleveland and the Tammany tiger
are at swords points. 1t must, how
ever, be conceded that they got together
on election day and there are no reasons
for believing that the tiger will regret
the meeting. He fully deserves a good
share of the rations to be distributed
after March 4.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-01
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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-01

The New York World sounds this
timely warning:
The next senator from Montana will be
a democrat, unless the republicans shall
succeed in stealing the seat, as they did
those of the frs two senators elected from
that state. The democrats will have
thirty-six votes On joint ballot. the repub-
!icRns thirty-two and the populists three.
1t behooves the democrats of that state to
watch out"
1t does, indeed.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-01

The people over in Butte are at last
approaching a solution of the smoke
problem by insisting that the city coun-
Gil take a hand in the game. If this
had been done last year Butte would
probably have beaten her suburban Off
spring, Anaconda, in the capital fight.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-01

IT is predicted that the time between
st. Louis and Chicago will be reduced
to two hours over a proposed electric
railway. If this results in closer and
more friendly relations between these
jealous towns We will propose a similar
road from the city hall in Helena to the
Office of the Great Falls Leader.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-01

The real cause of discomfort among
the republican Indians is said to be
Commodore Powers failure to provide
an Office for Old Man Who Thinks He's
Got-'Em. The old chief now proposes
to show the boys that he is something
of a politician himself.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-01

The voting of half breeds was not the
result of a discriminating sentiment be-
tween right and wrong. Tie repub-
lican leaders in this state would vote
cigar Indians if they could register
than
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-01

THE coming cabinet, as arranged by
the Tacoma News, gives the agricul-
tural portfolio to Gov. Gray, of Indiana.
1t is e cold spell of weather when "the
Indiana man. is left out of any political
combination. Gray may not get into
the cabinet, but it is safe to wager that
g man from his state will be around the
board when the plum pudding is cut.