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emit at once that there was great diversity
of opinion among the disputants although
the majority we're inclined to rate tao aver
age man as more truthful than the average
woman. The discussion was pursued with
considerable spirit and earnestness, and, or
course, many instances were cited on each
side to support one or the other contention.
Special instances. however, prove nothing,
and the result was that the disputstion
closed with the convictions Of each man in
statu quo, nothing having been said from
which a general conclusion1as to the com
p~arative veraeity of the sexes could be de-
Quoted and agreed upon.
The matter was so interesting that the
discussion was renewed from time to time
il private offices and court Hobbies. wher-
ever lawyers CHANGED to meet. Ihus y
happened that the writer became a party
to one Of the disputes and learned to what
extent the question had been debated
throughout the profession. 1t was OF such
general interest that he undertook to So
cure the opinions of representative men
whose experience would be of value, with
the idea Of publishing them and SO dis
cover what may be the general public
view.
One result of the quest has been the
accusing of a quaint smile upon the faces
OF the parties interviewed. and SO far it has
doubtless been the means of contributing a
mite to the sum of human JOY.
Judges, lawyers. and policemen-and
these three classes of men
have the most direct opportunities
for observation upon the MATERIAL found
some measure Of amusement ana interest
IN the consideration of the problem. But
they took it seriously, and the opinions set
forth below were carefully, If not prayer
fully. thought out and expressed.
II should be said that the writer with due
regard TO the limitations of space did not
sttempt to see everybody who was great in
his respective vocation; the aim was rather
to cover the ground by speaking with men
in different classes of practice and with
somewhat different experiences. One gem
oral conclusion upon which all except one
agree is, that there is less deliberate per
iury committed in our courts than seems to
prevail in the opinion of the general public.
That most people mean to speak the truth
ia the conviction Of professional men. Ihia
will surprise many readers. and should
crafty all.
The question which served to draw forth
the following opinions was substantially
this:
"What. in your opinion, is the relative
v~eracitv of witnesses as between men and
vomen?"
Every man was asked to consider the
question in the light of his own experience,
and to discuss it from two points of view
witnesses who were directly interested in
the issue and witnesses who would not be
affected whichever way the case might re-
suit; and, further, whether experience in
courts led to n conclusion as to yeraclty
generally in comparison of the sexes.
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supt. Byrnes.

One of the hardest men in the world to
deceive with lie is Police Supt. Thomas
Byrnes. He should understand the ques-
tion if aybody does.
ut is most interesting" he said, "al-
though it never occurred to mo in just this
way. It would take considerable time tc
formulate a correct answer, because ]
should have to go carefully over all my ex-
p%srienoe in questioning psrsons-an e1per-
fence which, as you know, has been rather
long. But l will say this. that if a man
and q woman were brought to me and thor
statements confllcted I should believe the
woman. This has been an inviolable rule
with me since I became connected with the
police force, and see no reason to change it
I expect to follow that rule as long rs | all
connected with the department., and, gen
orally, you may say that | would believe s
woman more readily than l would believe /,
man."
This was an interesting answer. coming
as it did, from the most famous of Ameri-
can detectives, a man who has infinite
occasion to fe ret the truth from unwilling
Witnesses and to CLEAN it as best he nigh
from volunteers.
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TRAINS ARRIVE AT HELENA.
No. 1, Pacific Mail. west bound ........ ISIS p. m
No. Q, Atlantic mail. east bound $3.50. 1920 p. m
No. S, Logan passenger, connecting at
Logan with No, 3. Pacific express,
vest bound. -. 2:1O a. m
Nos. Nissoula and Butte passenger =. 1850 p. M
No. 8. Marysyille passenger 11:20 a. m
No. IL. Narysville 6:45 p. m
No. s., Wickes, Boulder and Elkhorn
messenger 49,. $40 p. N
No. 1902, Rimini mixed, Mondays, We'd
nesdays and Fridxys................ 5UO p. m
TRAINS DEPART FROM HELENA.
No. l, Pacific Mail. west bound ....... Lou .. m
No. 2, Atlantic Mail. east bound. 800. lO:S5 p. m
No. 4, Logan passenger, connecting at
Logan with Atlantic express, east
bound. .."........... ITO q. m
No.. s. Butte and MiAsoula passenger. 300 a. m
No. 2, Marysville assenger......... 7:45 q IA
No. 9, Marysville accommodation. +. .. 800 p. n
No. 10, Wickes, Boulder and Elkhorn
Passenger ............ ............. 7:35a a. m
No. lOl, Rimini mixed, Mondays, We'd
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For Rates, Maps, Time Tables or Special
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Frederick w. HinricIis

Lawyer Frederick W. Hinrichs has had an
extensive experience in OWL Gates, whore
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JOHN A. SCHNEIDER,
L RESGO
l PAINTER.

Public Buildings, Churches and
Dwellings decorated in the Latest
Style. Tinting, Kalsornintng. etc.
r. q. BOX 7S5, HELENA.
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Illinois Central R. R.

the new and every way desirable
SIOUX CITY ROUTE.
For folders and further part1cu-
lars call upon local ticket agent,
or address the undersigned at
Manchester, Iowa.
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E[E+F@eR &@&sE #&E G1tns% &s
WOMEN AND THE TRUTH.
Do They Stick to It Any Closer
Than Do Their Veraoious
Brothers2
Some Shrewd Men Of Long Elk
perience Differ In Their
Views.
But the Opinion of the Women Them
solves Is Not Set Forth In This
Article.

Written for The HELENA IS~pErESnENr.1
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THE POPULAR LINE.

Daily Express Trains carry elegant Pullman
sleeping Cars, Dining Cars, Day Coaches, Pull.
man Tourist Bleepsrs and FREQ Colonist Sleep.
ing Cars.
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General Agent of the Northern Pacific Il. r., at
HELENA. MONT.
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PULLMAN SLEEPING CAR ROUTE.

Pullman eervice daily between Chicago, 50.
Paul. Montxns. and the Pacific Northwest;
and between 1T. Paa1, Minneapolis and MINI
nesota, North Dakota and Manitoba points.
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VIM. Weinstein { Co.
#ssr THE
GREAT TRANSC0NTINENTAL ROUTE

THE DINING CAR LINE,
Dining Cars are run between Chicago. st. PAUL.
Minneapolis, Winnipeg, Helena, Butte. Tacoma
Heattle ind Portland.
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vrupini caprsnbsn.

Neibenbnr9. Nls cine ssolae
Der sroben Diirre felt iid namentlid
In ben Stdoten elm Mildmangel bers
aus. Dabre1o in friiberen SOmmern
namentlid III nnierer @eeenb an Mitd
lieberfluB NOR, wirb es jest ben 8isbs
befiteru iebr i6mer, ibren Berpni1tnn,
gen einiscrmaben nad5ufommeu.
Eillfallen. Bortreffli6e Mduies
jaeger iinb bic Dadie. 8or einiger
.3eit bate fid Elm Dadspaar auf Der
Sofeilden 6elbmarf ausciiefelt nnb
fid infolse Der ibm gu Tbeil seruor.
benen SdonuH9 bis auf etpa Is Stid
permebrt. Wabrenb anbere @eseubeu
IN bieiem Sabre inter Der Manieptage
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sine a~arautirte aur.

gDir autortTrsn ben anseaetsten Npptbefer, Sbnen
Or. Rings Reues Seilmittel sesen Sdwinbiu4t, 5u.
ten unb GrfdltunB auf fclsen6e Bebtnsuns ~ pcrfaus
fen Denn Gle pom Der Grippe befaaen fiub, unb
biefes Wittsl ben aureiiunsen ertipre4enD ssbrau&sn
molten, inbem sic Is ~eimsebeno probtren, unb penn
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baEn fhi6en Gle bic glaiHe 3urid unb sic perben
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Weriut. BroteHafhen frei bet GbcIpb Dreib, Ibcnps
ION Il &c. @roFe Ma'6en 80 Gents uub 81 90.
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Matirlide beihe gd1wefefsNaber

IN Der nnmittelbaren 9tabe bon San
Wntonio, neben benz S%iibmefli6en
Srrenaipl. Seforberung per Omnibus
BON Der Stabt aus biermal tdgli6.
8dber rs @emts.
=. S6euermeDer,
g. 8. 8or 1889. San Wntouip.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-11-02
Queer Facts in Sentences.

Socks are darned free atsome furnish
ing stores.
Chicago is to have electrically pro-
PEELED vehicles.
A collection of butterflies was lately
sold in Vienna for S. 1000.
A resident of Marietta, Ga, claims to
have petrifed chicken.
Hindoostan is about twenty five times
as large as the state of New York.
The London Geological garden con-
tains now no less than 3 900 animals.
Florida fig trees are said to be at pres
emit bearing their third crop this season
Calhoun county, Ills, ''has no rail-
road, telegraph or telephone within its
borders"
A West Philadelphia bug sharp has
trained a spider to keep his room clear of
mosquitoes.
Mexico has Jail that is stated to con-
sist of a live oak tree, with chain and a
staple attached.
Among the wealthy classes of Japan
it is considered undignified to ride a
horse going faster than walk.
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Rraxii's Commerce.

According to the latest trade returns
the commerce of the republic of Brazil
for the first six months of the current
year has amounted to $37 100000 gold in
imports, as against $50. 200, 900 last year,
and $66, 900 gold in exports, against
1868, 100, 900 in 1891. The customs duties
were $43, 900 currency, against $685.
$40, 900 in 1891. These figures show an
increase of IA per cent. in imports. per
cent. in exports and 81 per cent. in Gus
toms revenue, which has continued to
be high all through July and up to
date. The increase Of the commerce of
Bahia is shown by the following statis-
tics Of custom house revenue from
1885 to 1891: 1885, 10,4OO; 1885, $96, 200;
1887, $s7 900; 1883, $78, 6on. 1889, 1853, 800;
1890, $124, 400, and 1891, c~-5, 400. In the
seven months of this year the revenue
amounted to S259,000. Bahia is fast be-
coming one of the most important ports
of the republic.
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lad, taken him to his home, adopted him
and given him the family name His
first name is Vivian. The acquaintance
quickly ripened into an intimate friend
ship, and at the solicitation of my son
Mr.. Irving permitted him to become our
guest. Thus he travelled with us for
several weeks. While in Florence we
visited among other studios that of Mr..
Guy Percival, and my husband, i'm
pressed by the beauty of his paintings,
became an extensive purchaser Nat
urally this led to a reciprocal feeling.
and the result was that that gentleman
invited us to accompany him on his
usual annual jaunt to his English home.
1t is unnecessary to dwell upon the
hospitable character ct our reception ex-
cept in SO far as it influenced the desti-
ny of those three young people SO mer-
rily walking back and forth. The lovely
hostess at her first glance took possess
sion of all our hearts, and before the
evening was spent illtuitively felt that
both Vivian and my son were desperate
ly in love.
The end of October was approaching,
and with it the time to start for home.
But at the solicitation of MIR. Percival
we agreed to stay and participate in the
pleasures of Halloween. And now came
the unexpected climax.
We We're all i'll the great library,
guests from within the mansion and
guests from without. The evening had
been crowded with merriment, and if
there was sad face present it was that
of Mr.. Percival as he thought perhaps
of the past. A game of blind mans
buff was in progress, with Belle as ''the
blind man, and cropping her way through
the throng she accidentally touched a
picture. There fell to the floor a hand
kerchief rolled in u ball and covered
with dust. Mr.. Pereival sprang forward
at the same instant and Selling the ball
began to unite it. ''See hereP' he ex-
claimed excitedly as he exposed one cor
ner "Your nanle--your mother-Belle
Bruce! l threw it there when we were
playing together years and years ago
this very night!' And tears filled his
eyes.
"Belle Brucel Belle Brucer' repeated
Vivian Irving. ''That is the name of MY
mother, too, who died in Milan while ]
was a child and left Inc and my sister
among strangers. We were stolen, and
have never seen lny sister since" Eyes,
YOU have-for she is here by your side
Belle Bruce ..your own sister, again
exclaimed Mr.. Percival. "Thank God.
The LOST has been foundw And while he
was yet speaking Vivian and Belle We're
entwined in each others arms and min
Cling their tears Of joH
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SECTIONAL VIEW OF INTERIOR.

taurant and even few bedrooms. These
side rooms are fitted with numerous in
terror windows looking down upon the
auditorium, so the lighting and ventila-
ton will be perfect.
The building is entirely of brick, iron
and other solid materials, and is pro-
nounced absolutely fireproof by experts.
In it are $50, 900 square feet of flooring,
and nearly seven miles OF 1115-inch steam
piping, with passenger and freight ele-
vators, and in the cellars engines of $50
horsepower. On the stage in the great
hail are seats for 500 people, in front Of
it seats for 500 reporters and favored
personages, and then II 900 seats on the
main floor. There is an electric light
plant sufficient to illuminate the hall in
the most brilliant style. This wonder
full building cost 81, $780, 900, and the i'm
provements necessary for the hall will
cost about $125, 900 more.
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William A. Clark, of Butler, Pa, so,
and General John Macarthur, of Chi
cago, IS. Colonel James Beggs, of Gin
cinnati, was elected senior vice COM
mander; Major, H. r. Sloane, of In
diana, Pa, junior vice commander;
Frank L. Blair, of Pittsburg, quarter
master general, and John A. banks, of
Pittsburg, chaplain in chief.
Sergeant William FL. Tucker, the new
commander, was born in La Crosse,
Wis, and at the age of eighteen en-
listed in Company D, Fourteenth Wis
consin. He served four years without
break, and was in the battles of Shi-
lob, Iuka, Corinth, Vicksburg, Fort De
Russy, Pleasant Hill Landing, Tupelo,
Nashville, Spanish Fort, Fort Mobile
and many minor engagements, and
through it all did not receive a wound.
What is more remarkable, he is the son
of veteran. as bis father was in the
Thirty-seventh wisconsin regiment.
Soon after the war Sergeant Tucker
married and moved to Indianapolis,
where he is engaged in the manufac-
ture of woodenware.
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Mexican Telegraphs and Railways.

In the republic OF Mexico there are
now about $4,000 miles of telegraph
lines in operation, including the new
lines constructed since last April. There
are now over $500 miles of railroad in
Mexico, about 1874 miles having been
constructed since last April. Of this
the road from Puebla to Oaxaca and
Tehuantepec contributed upward of
twenty-five miles, and the International
railroad, which will soon enter Durango,
has constructed about twenty-five miles
of new road. The Tehuantepec railway
is being pushed forward, and it is ex-
pected that it will be completed within
fifteen months-the time fixed in the
contract,
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New York.s Conventions Hall.

New York city is soon to have con-
vention hall that will seat $4,000 people,
and as a novelty in architecture it is to
be built. SO to speak, inside of an already
completed building. This is known as
the Industrial building, and occupies
the block on the west side of Lexington
avenue, between Forty-third and Forty
fourth streets, having frontage of 200
feet and depth of 275 feet, and being
six stories in height.
In this is the great assembly hall, with
it's floor on the second story, and thence
it is open to the roof. It is without
posts or pillars, though 80 feet wide and
200 feet long, and the roof of glass and
iron is carried upon iron girders. All
around this hall are lavatories, private
rooms and offices, reception rooms, res
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my residence, where as quickly as possl-
Bile garments were provided befittipg
her sex and position.


BILE garments were provided befitting
her sex and position.
'sMy next step was to find the family
to whom little Belle had been left by her
mother, and by dint of much question
ing / was at last enabled to locate them
in Milan and to learn that the name was
Valerie. Thither we journeyed as rap
idly as possible, and was soon pos
sessed of all the desired information.
She had been one of the favorite pu-
pills of Professor Valerie, and having
magnificent voice easily secured posi-
ton on the operate stage, making an
instant success. In Paris or Brussels
she fell in love with an Italian tenor and
they were married. A boy and girl re-
suited from the union, but the brutal
nature of the husband forced her to
leave him. Subsequently he died. and
her own health failing she returned to
the home of the Valeries in Milan,
where she, too, passed away. One morn
ing while the children were at play in
front of the house they were abducted.
Returning to Florence with my
charge determined to defer all engage
ments and go at once to my home in
England, where little Belle could have
the care of my mother and be educated
as became her station in life. In the
four years that elapsed she received in
struction in the best schools and under
the best masters, and at eighteen was a
tall, handsome woman, inheriting the
beauty of person and purity of voice OF
her dead mother. The little sprite, how
ever, from the day of her rescue insisted
upon being called Belle Percival be
cause that was her Uncle Guys NAME ;"
And now Presumed the old lady, as
if in reality she had been allowing some
body else to talk) may tell the rest of
the story in my own way because it con-
Germs me and mine. There, walking to-
gether, as I remarked in the beginning,
are brother and sister, restored after all
these long years Of separation to each
others arms How did it come about2
Well, in this wise, and you will agree
with me that Providence performs its
wonders in mysterious way:
After my sons graduation from Yale,
some two years ago, When he desired
to visit Europe, we accompanied him
and made an extended tour of the Con-
tinent. During our stay in Rome he
became acquainted with tall, hand
some, dark eyed young man, who,
though looking every inch an Italian,
spoke English with perfect fiuency. He
was the protege of an American artist
named Irving, who had found him
stray waif in the streets when mere
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IoxemaISiny in Snain.

The Spanish youth has rather indif-
ferent time of it when he goes counting.
He is expected to turn up every evening
beneath the balcony of his lady loves
house, and there to twang the soft
guitar and MARBLE gently to her of his
hearts desires. If the prosecuted dam
sci does not approve of his suit no notice
is taken of his caterwauling. If, on the
other hand, he finds favor in her eyes,
one day sheAsteps out onto the balcony,
drops him a note or a flower and ne
enters the house, closing the door or
window blinds.
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"I'M A GIRL. I"

"sWhat was your mothers name? /
inquired. She had two names, was
the answer, but she told me to always
say to English people that her name
was Belle Brace, and that is my name.
She told me, too, that some time might
meet man who would be good to NE
for her sake-Guy Percival--and have
ALWAYS been looking for him. When |
announced that was Guy the little gill
threw herself into my arms, crying
with 10y, and together we hurried TO
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rnere were no more ro1nps ana
frolics that night. for the occasion had
become too sacred, and when the guests
departed we sat around and listened to
the whole story just as have told it to
you. The next day Belle and my son
had an interview, and when it ended his
eyes, too, contained a new light. We
shall all of us remember the precious
gifts that came to us from Halloween.
FELIX G.. De FoNTAINE.
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for the Union.
Its recent dele
gate convention
at Indianapolis
was an occasion
of much interest,
and the officers
elected for the
e n S u n g year
were voted for as
follows: For ma
tional command
er, William H.
Tucker, of In
dianapolis, re-
40 4
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OR ages and in
Iall Chri S tian
countries Hal
loween has been
deemed a time
when the fairies
hold their grand
anniversary and
spirits detached
from corporal
restraint are free
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What is considered to be one Of the
greatest archaeological discoveries III
years has been found near Lebanon. Ills,
in the shape of serpent mound 1870
feet long and 10 feet through.
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Within three years the United States
have bought from the Indians about
SO ,O0o, 900 acres Of land, yet there re-
mains about five, times that area. 5
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UNION VETERAN LEGION.

The New Commanuer WIS SoIuIer IN
Wisconsin Regiment.
The Union Veteran legion is an or
ganization composed only Of soldiers
who served three full years in the war
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We RE ABOUT
TO MOVE;

Will you seize this GREAT OPPOR-
TUNITY It's very rare one. For the
next TWO WEEKS we shall sell at
GREAT DISCOUNT from former prices
to cash buyers our large stock of
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A HALLOWEEN STORY.
Strange but True Romance Of a
Brother and Sister.
Stolen While Young, Each Prospered and
Met at Last on Halloween in the Home
of the Girls English Guardian-A Hand
kerchief Episode.

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