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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-07
A FEMALE FILIBUSTERER.
Death OF n Woman Who Took Part in
Walkers Raid on Nicaragua.

Death of a Woman Who Took Part in
Walkers Raid on Nicaragua.
Mrs. Harriet Iuckett Brady, a female
survivor of Walkers flibustering exredi-
ton to Nicaragua, died early this morning,
says a New Orleans correspondent of the
Baltimore American. She was born i'll New
Orleans sixty-one years ago, and married
Col. Philip R. Thompson, at one time of
the regular army, whom she accompanied
to Nicaragua, he being then adjutant-pen-
participated in the series Of battles fought
by the Americans, and witnessed the re-
auluing overthrow of the N%icaraguan gov
eminent. When Con. Walker reorganized
the administration becoming commanded
in-chief of the army, her husband
s%elors, and she herself was associated with
him rs adviser. During the war which fol-
lowed between Nicaragua and the republic
of Costa Rica Mrs. Thompson WAS exposed
to every possible danger. Her husband oc-
oupied a camp on the River Sarapaaui,
which was surprised by the enemy and the
colonel was taken prisoner. Confined in the
prison of q town near by, he was joined by
his faithful wife, and with her aid effected
his escape. During the siege of the Riyas
Mrs. Thompson endured the extremity of
hardship. She was present at many of the
assaults, ana encouraged the troops to re-
newsd exertions by the calm %intrepidity
which she displayed under FIRE. When
cholera desolated the beleaguereu city she
nursed the sick in the hospitals and exerted
herself i'll every way to keep up tho spirits
of the garrison. Her eYsrtions were SO inn
portant that Walker, in the volume
in which he relates tho story OF
the days. takes occasion to praise
them. Just prior to the last attack
many of the women in Rivas were allowed
by the enemy to leave the devoted town.
but Mrs. Thompson remsined with her
friends. When Walker was at last driven
to surrender, i'll April, 1851, she and her
husband accompanied him to the st. Mary,
and on that vessel returned with him to the
United States. She lost her husband, Col.
Thompson. soon after returning to New
Orleans. Mrs. Thompson afterward mar
ried Maj. Andrew Brady, also n survivor of
the tlibustering expedition. Maj. Brady
entered the confederacy, and was desper-
ately wounded at charlottesville. His
dauntless wife immediately went to the
front and nursed him back to health.
Since the last war she has resided in New
Orleans. where her home WAS one of the
and most hospitable. Maj. Brady
i'll 1888.
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sting, Il burn. IIe recognized that thought
ny the peculiar sharness of itH pang. The
others we're painful enough. but that one
cut the quick when IL cnme.
Eight after night he lMy tossing to the
music OF the h1deous snoring Of the honest
bread-winnsrs until two and three o'clock
IN Tho morning, then got up and took ref
uge on tbs roof, where he sometimes got n
nap and sometimes failed entirely. His
sanpetlts was leaving him. and the zest Of
ilfo was going along with it.
Finally. one day, being near the immi-
nent verge of total encouragement, hs said
TO h%i1nsslf, and took occasion to blush pri-
yately when he said it, IF my father
know what my American name is--he-
VOL, my duty. to my father rather requires
that furnish him my same. I have nd
right TO make his days and nights unhappy.
can do enough nnhapplness for the family
all BY myself. Really, he ought to know
what my American name is." He thought
over lttA while, and framed a cablsgram in
his mind to this effect:
My American name il Howard Tracy.''
Ihat wouldn't be suggesting anything.
His father could understand that as hs
choose, and doubtless he would understand
II as 1t was meant, RS tho dutiful and
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young fellows had been hard to bear, their
lavish concentrations and approval and
hero-worship was harder still to endure.
He felt degraded, but he did not allow him
self to analvze the reasons why too closely.
He was content TO satisfy himself with the
suggestion that he looked upon himself az
degraded by the public spectacle which he
had made of himself, fighting on a tin roof
for the dedication of everybody a block or
two around.
But he wasn't emit ely satisfied with that
explanation of it. Once he went a little
too far and wrote i'll his diary that his case
was worse than that of tue prodlgal son.
He said the r,odigal son merely fed swine,
he didn't have to ohum with them. But he
struck that out and said: 'All men are
equal. l will not disown my principles.
These mel are as good IN | am"
Tracy was become popular on the lower
floors also. Everybody was grateful for
Aliens reduction to the ranks, and for his
transformation from a deer of outraees to
a mere threntener of them.
The young girls, of whom there were half
a dozen, showed many attentions to Tracy,
particularly that boarding house pet, Hat
tie, the landlady's daughter. She said to
him, very swertly:
II think you're ever SO nice" And when
he snid, Pm glad you think 50, Miss Hat
tie" she said, still more sweetly:
Don't call me Miss Hattia-call me-
Puss."
All! here was promotion! He had struck
tho summit. Thsre we're no higher heights
to climb in that boarding house. His pop
ularity was complete.
In the presence of people, Tracy showed
a tranquil outside, but his hssrt was being
eaten out of him by distress nnd despair. In
n little while he should be out of money.
and then what should he do? He wisksd
now that he borrowed n little more liber-
ally from that strangers store. He found
it impossible to sleep. A single torturing,
terrifying thought went r~aciing rouad and
round in his hend, wearing a groove in his
brnin: What should he do--what Was to
become of him? And along with it began
to intrnde u something presently which was
very like Il wish that he had not joined the
ereat aud noble ranks of martyrdom. but
had stayed at home and been content to be
merely an earl and nothing better, with
nothing more to do i'll this world, of Il use
full sort, than an earl finds to do. But no
smothered that part of his thought as we'll
~ he could; he made every effort to drive
it away. and with fair success; but he
conldn't keep it from intruding IA little now
and then, aud when it intruded il came
suddenly and nipped him like a bite, 4
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THE White HOUSE BEAUTY
Harriet Lanes Revisit to the Scene
Of Her Early Triumph
Last Winter.
Mistress of President Buchanan's
Household When He Was
Chief Executive.
~TrundIing n Wheelbarrow Loaded With
Wood to Old Black Tabitha-
AT st. James Court.
Written for The HELENA INDEPENDENT,

HERE CAME TO
tho capital last
winter a very beau
tifuI woman,whose
fine face and noble
carriage attracted
much attention..
She dressed In
deepest mourning,
and her dark blue
eyes looked grave
and sorroWfnl.
Oh, -~ N--
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get work, didn't belong to a union; and
couldn't gain admission to one. He got II
good many sights of that small. ill-defined
sort that you can't quite put your finger on,
ono thing which protected him from open
insult, and that was his muscle.
These young people had seen him exer-
cislng mornings, after the cold sponge
bath, and they had perceived by his per
formance and the build of his body that
he was athletic, and also veraed in boxing.
He felt pretty naked now. recognizing tina
he was shorn of all respect except for his
fists.
One night when he entered his room he
found about a dozen of the Young fellows
there carrying on a very lively conversa-
talking ceased instantly, and tho frank
Atfront OF a dead silence followed. He
said:
Good evening. gentlemen" and sat
down.
There was no response. He flushed to the
temples, but forced himself to maintain 81
lence. He sat the in this uncomfortable
stillness for some time, then got up and
rent out. Thu moment he had disappeared
he heard a prodigious shout of laughter
break forth. He saw that their plain pur-
pose had been to insult him. He assembled
down his spirit there and get back his tran
guilty. He found the young timer up
there. alone and b%rooding, and he entered
into conversation with him.
They were pretty fairly matched now, in
~unpopularity and general ill-luck and
misery. and they had no trouble in meeting
upon this common ground with advantage
and something of comfort to both. But
Tracy's movements had been watched. and
in a few minutes the tormentors came stray
Cling one after another to the roof. where
they began to stroll up and down in an ap-
psrently purposoless way. But presently
they fell to dropping remarks that wsre ev-
identity aimed at Tracy, and some of them
at tho timer.
The ringleadcr of this little mob was II
short-hairsd bully and amateur prize fighter
named Allen, who was accustomed to lord
ing it over the upper floor. and had more
than once shown u disposition to make
trouble with Tracy. Now there was an &C.
casional o~at-oall, and hootings and
whistlinRs. and finally the diversion OF en-
exchange of connected remarks was intro
duced.
How many does it take to make a pair?'
We'll. two generally makes n pair. but
sometimes there amt stuff enough in them
to make a whole pair" General laugh.
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THU AMERICAN CLAIMANT.
BY MARK TWAIN.


the first question asked was, "What union
do you belong TOP" Tracy was Obliged to
reply that he didn't belong to any trade
union. s.@ ye&.g 4=o4e (
Every we'll, then, it ia impossible to en-
ploy you. NY men wouldn't stay With, me
If l should employ a 'soab' or rat or what
ever the phrase WAS. .,5: .% I51&
Finally Tracy had a happy thought. He
said. why, the thing for mo to do, of
course, 10 to join a trade-union."
Yes" Barrow said, shat is the thing
for you to do if you cam
IF l can? Is it ditioult?"
"Wsll, yes" Barrow said. Its some
times dinicult-in fact, very difficult. But
you can try, and of course it will be best to
try ~..a
Therefore Tracy tried, but he did not
succeed. He was refused admission with a
good deal Of promptnsss, and was advised
to go back home, whore he belonged, not
come here taking honest mems bread out of
their mouths. Tracy began to realize that
ne situation was desperate, and ths
thought made him cold to the marrow.
He said to himself: $50 there ID an ,aris-
tocracy Of prosperity, and apparently there
is also IN aristocracy of the ms az opposed
to the outs, and I am with the outs. 50 tho
ranks grow daily here.
PLAINLY there are all kinds Of csstss here
and only one that belong to, the outcasts.''
But he couldn't even smile at lis small
Joke. although he was obliged to confess
that he had q rather good opinion Of it. He
WAS feeling SO defeated and miserable by
this time that he could no longer look with
philosophical conplacenoy IN the horse
play Of the young fellows in the upper
rooms a. night. At first it had been pleas
ant to see them unbend and havo a good
time after having SO we'll earned it BY the
labors Of the day, but now it all rasped
upon his feelings and his dignity. He lost
patience with the spectacle.
When they were feeling good they
shouted, they scuttied, they sang songs,
they romred about the place like cattle,
md they generally wound up with = pillow
fight. IN which they banged each other over
the head and threw the pillows in all di-
rections, and. every now and then he got a
buffer himself; and they were always invit-
ing him to join in. They called him
Johnny Bull' and invited him with ex-
oessive familiarity to take a hand.
At first he had endured all this with good
nature, but latterly he had shown by his
manner that it Was distinctly distasteful to
him, and very aoOn he saw a change in the
manner q these young people toward him.
They were Sourlng on him, as they would
have expressed it in their language. He
had never been what might be called pop
'ular.
was hardly the phrase for il; he had
merely been liked, but now dislike for him
was growing. His case was not helped by
the fact that he was out of luck, couldn't
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ljNDERSTOOll

l loved 4 maiden once as vol
As she WIS passing fair,
And that is more. the truth to tell,
Than now to love I'd care;
And she would let me kiss her hand
When I'd he very good
That is, if | would Understand"
At length | understood.
l asked her for her photograph
To light my lonely room;
She laughed q merry little laugh.
But left mo 10 my gloom;
For hat WAS such u strange demand
She did not think she could
because | did not understand"
And then 1 understood.
| wooea her in the morning, noon.
And afternoon, and night,
| would have fet the very moon
Aud stars for her delight:
She said my love WAS truly grand,
And that some day she would
And hoped that | would understand"
How we'll | understood
At last | took by force Of arms
Tho kisses she aenied;
Her dimples were her choicest charms.
And 40 she never cried.
But iAltered as with nlmble hand
She r%earranged her snood,
II knew you wouldn't understand"
But | had understood
William Bard MoViokAr.
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oue was Miss
Harriet Lane before she was married TO Mr..
Elliott Johnstone, of Baltimore. and while
her uncle, Mr.. Buchanan, was president, she
was mistress Of the White house. Her Balti-
more hon was luxurious and happy. They
had great wealth, and their hospitality and
kindness made them widely beloved. Mr..
Jobnstons died soma years ago, and Mrs.
Jobnstone's visit to Washington last year,
with her two souH. wasf the. firBt in a long
time.
At q dinner given in her honor at the
house Of d foreign minister. the gentlemen
recalled old times, old friends and White
house "reminiscences as they smoked in the
library. II can tell you a story of the most
lovely LADY the White house ever boosted
Of" said an old white-haired diplomat.
"Once Upon a time | knew a little girl, II
years old. who was as wild as a deer; grace
full and gay, full of pranks and capers end
generous, bi0-hearted nonsense generally.
She cared nothing for the remarks of peo-
pie, and stirred up the old Pennsylvania
town to great fun. Though she was q born
aristocrat. she was most absurdly uncon-
scious of propriety. You never saw a young
thing 50 tall and straight, with a head like
q statue, and her hair exactly the color Of
yellow corn. /.
Her uncle, with whom she lived, gave a
grand dinner one day to some foreign
friends, and as l knew them all well I was
honorad with an invitation. We were
awaiting Inner as we chatted in the draw
ing room, and I was wondering that tho
pretty little mistress OF the house failed 70
appear. Miss Harriet's uncle was very
proud of her. L heard him remark to Senior
+, i wish you to meet my little adopted
daughter. She is quite a remarkable
Just here he had stepped to the window,
as if looking for her. Suddenly turning,
he said: Excuse me a moment IL will
r~eturn-soon.' and hurried out OF q side
door to the piazza.
II followed him. He hastily called the
cook, the butler, the coachman, and re-
turned to the house flushed, excited, angry,
leaving me to settle the trouble.
I'm time Miss Harriet entered the draw
pale blue, her bonny hair fastened with
ribbons like the sky, her violet eyes deep
and dark as d pansy, her fair cheeks blush
ing; she was quite the mistress of her
home. and ready to be presented to her
nncle's stately guests. Everybody was de-
lighted with Miss Harriet.
sand you have enjoyed this lovely day?'
asked Que of the distinguished men.
"'Oh, very much. indeed, thank you;'
down to her throat.
Nov this is what Mr.. Buchanan and I
had seen before dinner.
Down the main street Of Lancaster Miss
Harriet, trundling a wheelbarrow full of
wood! Her hat was hanging on one side OF
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NV.

So Tracy went home to p The
odors i'll that supper room seemed more
strenuous and horrible than ever before,
and he was happy in the thought that he
was SO soon to be free from them again.
When the supper was over no hardly knew
whether he had eaten any of it or not, and
he certainly hadn't heard any Of the CON-
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CHAPTER XIII,

The days drifted by, and they grew ever
more dreary. For Barrow's efforts to find
work for Tracy. were unavailing. Always
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CHAPTER XII--CoNr1NuEp.

HE HAT EXCHANGE
accomplished. the two
new friends started to
walk back leisurely to
the boarding house Q.
Barrow's mind was full
OF curiosity about the
young fellow. He said:
"You've never been
to the Rocky noun
tains?"
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-21
A FEW FRAGMENTS.

The standing armies Of the world
number 5000, 900 men.
whalebone bas become so scare,
that IT is now sold At $4,000 ton
The United States is the richar by
So, 600, 600 in money orders never pro-
scented for payment
Berlin is said TO complain Of the en-
forcemeut OF the Sunday laws, under
which no one is allowed TO work more
than five hours during the day.
A Rochester physician who has been
experimenting on tho subject AYERS
that the mosquito can readily be ex-
terminated by the use Of petroleum.
Washington Is TO have a museum for
all sorts of curious life saving appli-
ances, including the earliest kinds Of
hfeboats, rockets and life prcscrvers.
The largest greeuback extaut is q
$4,000 bill, and only one such note
has been printed by the government
OF the IS, 900 bills, the next largest,
there are seven.
An electric recorder has been put
to work in Belgian mine Each
bucket Of material brought to tho top
of the shaft causes a red line TO be left
on revolving drum.
II has been conjectured that Rome is
from Groma, meaning the ''cross-
roads, since the city grow up around
the junction of ways leading to the
forum. Lutetia, the ancient name OF
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-21
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an CURRENT AFFAIRS.


An automatic slot machine for
matches for forgetful smokers is late
invention.
A pair of shoes and stockings were
found in the stomach of shark eight
feet long, which was caught at Bruins
wick, Ga.
French florists are cultivating a
plant which bears flower that is
white in the morning, red at noon and
blue at night
When the Turk goes to his mosque
to worship he keeps his hat on, as he
thinks he would be unbecomingly
familiar with divinity II he removed it.
Raphaeps Three Graces," part OF
the Lord Dudley collection was pur-
chased by the Due d'Aumale for
a24, 900. 1t cost Lord Ddllley only
$1,000.
The sultan of Morocco offers IS
apiece for the heads Of the rebels who
are making trouble in his dominions.
Mrs Thibadeau. Bangor, Ne, dis
patch relates, got drowsy in church on
Sunday, and yawned so vigorously
that she dislocated her jaw, and her
contortions at once broke up the ser
vices.
A mink entered the lot of Mr..
Wexford Stanley, near Fredericks.
burg, Va, and seized large rooster
and started to leave with it, when the
rooster suddenly arose and flew a
distance Of over one hundred yards
with the mink hanging to him
Finally the mink let loose its hold
and the rooster, after flying about ten
yards further, came to the ground,
none the worse for his voyage save a
slight bruise.
The little town Of Delmar, Del,
gets the name from combination OF
the first syllables in the names Della
ware and Maryland. The village
stands close TO the southern boundary
of Delaware, and is the last station
on the Delaware railroad before the
territory of Maryland is reached
Another village in Delaware on the
edge Of Maryland is called Marydel,
this time the two syllables of Mary
land and ono of Delaware going 70
make up the name.
1t seems that peat has been perma-
nently adopted as fuel for the locomo-
tive on the Observation-Disclosures rail
way in Sweden after series Of ex-
haustive tests to determine it's relative
value as compared with coal In the
fiual tests a locomotive pulled a train
at regulation speed and up the steepest
gradients, steam being maintained at
full pressure, even with cold water fed
into the boiler.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-21

DUN'S REPORT.
1t is First-cIass, Showing an
Enormous Trade.
BANK CLEARINGS VERY HEAVY
-7--
And Show the Immense Business Trans
acted by Merchants
In New York City, Larger Than Ever Before.
Cotton and chlcaso's Enor.
nous Business-Speou-
lation.
BANK CLEARlNGS VERY HEAVY

NEW YORK. Oct. 20-R. G. Dun &
Co.'S review of trade saws: There Is
still no cloud in the business sky. un-
less the state of foreign trade be one.
All the home trade Is Of enormous vol
ume, making the aggregate Of bank
exchanges outside OF New York, thus
far in October, never equalled in the
same month in any previous years.
Prices are low, but merchants are
pressing for more business at the same
rates. All domestic industries ARE
crowded with orders and works as n
rule are fully EMPLOYED, many being
pushed to over time by urgent de-
mands, resulting from the unprece-
dented distribution OF goods.
Money markets are fairly supplied
and there's now occasion to hope the
return OF gold from Europe is not far
distant. Exports in September were
So, 9l9526 in value, the great decline
due mainly to the fact that last years
movement was far beyond all precedent.
Shipments OF wheat are little more
than half as large as last year and
the average price is 500.
Cotton exports 2l,000,000 pounds
less, and average price 1923
Oil export COO, 100000 gallons but the
price is cent lower.
A good sign is the export OF miners
products which on the whole are nearly
as large this year in September as they
ever have been. Imports last
month S72993,023 in value. Exports
of specie last month so, 324,127 in gold
and 81, l90.606 in silver, which would
have been increased had money not
been 50 cheap abroad. The money
markets are now here stringent, not
withstanding the unusual delay OF re-
turns for the west or Europe In this
market money has risen from 81 to @
per centon call and there's a more
active and firmer market at
Chicago, but nothing like none
tary pressure reported from any
quarter. Foreign exchange declined
from "a s6f to 81 SO and indications are
fair for another decline as exports Of
products increase.
The report from Chicago serves this
week to indicate the tone Of business at
the west. Merchandise sales in lead
ing lines are larger than last year,
collections good, real estate dealings
heavier, amounting to over $4,000, 900
and bank clearings 60 per cent larger
than last year.
AT the east business has been more
active since the great celebration and
in volume never equaled.
Textile manufacturers continue TO be
extraordinarily active.
The iron industry feels the impulse
of increasing demand and markets are
stronger.
Speculation has not been very active
except in cotton. Wheat is to lower;
corn, cent and oats &c, with moderate
trade, oil l cent lower, but pork pro-
ducts and coffee higher. Copper
stronger.
Stocks have turn of weakness since
proceedings began against the coal
carrying roads, but the decline for the
week averages scarcely half dollar
per share.