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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-07
Tho Montana Tavorite,

Special to Tho independents.
GREAT FALLS March 6.-Not since the
opera house was first opened has there been
suoh an attendance as tonight the attrac-
tion being Katie Putnam and her excellent
company in IAN Unclaimed Express Pack
age" Over 1,400 people were present.
The engagement closes tomorrow night
with "The Little Maverick" for which
there has already been n largo sale of tick
cts. The company will present Dads
Girr' at Helena Wednesday evening.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-07
HURRICANE AT TAMArAyE.

The East Coast of Madagascar Visited by a
Storm.
PARIS, March G.-News Of a hurricane at
Tamatave on tho east coast Of Madagascar,
FEB. y. was received to-day. The wind
came from the sea and first struck vessels
near the mouth Of the bay. A French ship
was stripped almost instantly of masts and
rigging and a few minutes later went to the
bottom with all on board. Five coasters
anchored within the hRrbor were foundered
almoss simultaneously and but ten OF the
crews saved. -Four other coasters sank be.
fore the storm passed.
In Iamatave the streets we're swept clean
of people and vehicles in a minute. Twen-
ty-two of the best buildings in the place
and large number of huts were wrecked
-Four sugar factories we're leveled to the
ground. Many lives were lost.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-07
SENATE ROLL CALL.
Composition of tho Membership as Shown
by the Clerks Record.

Composition of tho Membership as shown
by the Clerks Record.
WASHINGTON. March 6.-The present roll
call of the senate shows forty-four demo-
Gratis, thirty eight republicans. one populist,
one independent, one farmers alliance and
three vacancies. The vacancies are one
each in Montana, Washington and Wyom.
ing. Should the republicans eventually
fill all OF these vacancies which can
scarcely be the case in view of Beokwith's
appointment in Wyoming. 1t would give
them forty-one. Should the third party
senators all vote with the republicans (un-
likely supposition) the senate will still be a
tie. with Vice President Stevenson holding
the controlling vote.
The composition of the house, as shown
by unofficial returns, is. democrats PIT, re
publicans 12s, third party eight.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-07
Made Requests, Not Demands. ..

Culeaoo. March 6.-The grievance com.
mittee of the Michigan Central switshmen
did not call upon the officials ok that road
to-day. az had been announced. The situ-
alton remains al before. Frank Sweeney.
OF the Switchmen's association, said this
evening that committees on various roads
had submitted requests to their roads and
had not made any demand. Ho asserted
that no thi eats of strike were made 10
any road.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-07
Thrown From His Berth

LONDON, March 6.-Senator Morgan, Of
the Bering sea commission, is lying i'll in
Southampton. where he arrived Saturday.
During storm on the voyage he was
thrown from his berth, suffered injury in
the head. eryspelas supervening The
physicians expect him to be able to attend
to business in week.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-07

PHLApELrHIA, March 6.-Robert Glen
deuning, hesd OF the banking aud broker
age nrm OF Robert Glendenning Il Co., died
Sunday of pneumonia.
CHICAGO. March 6.-Gen. Thomas Roy
nolds, a distinguished soldier. died this
morning at his home near this city. At the
time OF death he was president of the Soci.
ETY. of the Army of the Tennessee.
ST. LOUIS. March G.-Nicar- General Z, +.
Brady, OF this diocese, died this morning
after q long Illness.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-07
Fire Chiefs Narrow Escnpe.

Special to The Independent
GREAT FALLS, March 6.--The Vienna bak
cry, on Second street south. was completely
Cutted by fire early this morning. Loss
about $4,000. partly insured. During the
fire Chief Burns came near losing his life
While cropping his way in binding smoke
he fell through the partly burned floor into
one of the red hot ovens underneath, but
was rescued before being badly burned.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-07
Government without Cabinet.

WASHINGTON, March 6.-JudQe Gresham
took the oath of office as secretary of state
this afternoon. Wharton afterwards
signed Judge Gresham's commission, and
the latter will perform like office Tomorrow
for his associates in the cabinet. who will
take hold Wednesday.
Hon. Josiah Quincy. OF Massachusetts,
has accepted the position of assistant sec
retary of state.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-07
superin tendent Johnson's Change.

Special to The Independent.
GREAT FALLS. March Cit is learned on
good authority that l.. Il. johnson. super
intcndent OF the Montana Central, will
sever his connection with the company In a
few days. He will probably remain here
and embark III some othcr line OF business.
j. A. Mayer has been promoted from diyis-.
ion superintendent TO general supcrintend-
ent to succeed @. W. Case.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-07
Tho Stringent Chinese Regulation.

WASHINGTON, March 6.-The treasury dc.
partment ia informed that numerous fraud
lent pnpors have heen presented by Chi.
nose. upon tho Pacific coast and Canadian
border claiming TO DO merohants with tho
right 10 domicilo in the united States. In
view of this state of affairs Assistant Score
tnry spauldinR has instructed collectors of
customs to disregard all suoh papers and
refuso entry unless it is Iroven satisfae-
torily that tho persons presenting them
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-07
Newspaper tionalis,s Checked

PARIS. March 6.-ln the deputies to-day
the minister of foreign affairs spoke at
length in support of the bill making pun
ishabls with severity all libelous attacks of
the press upon foreign ambassadors. Ribot
said the governments had no intention of
curtailing the legitimate freedom of the
press, but such blackening accusations as
were current short time ago. however.
and other gratuitous insults, could not be
tolerated. The bill was approved, 257
to 1888.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-07

TO-DAY the annual meeting
of the National Baseball League
will be held at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, New York City.
The schedule for 1893 will be
decided upon, and all the neces-
sary arrangements for next sea-
sons championship games will
be consummated. AS usual the
various League Clubs have been
looking around to strengthen
their teams and secure the best
players obtainable. /.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-07
RICHARD OLNEY.

Attorney General in the New Ad I'm in is ira
tion just Inaugurated.
The Hon. Richard Olney, of Boston, the
attorney general in Mr.. Cleveland's cabinet,
is one of the leading lawyers of New Eng
land and is recognized by the bar as one of
its foremost men. He was born in Oxford,
Mass, in 1885, and is a graduate of Browns
university, in the class Of '56. He studied
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-07
Lowest Stock Since Resumption.

WARRINGTON. March G.-Secretary Foster,
OF the trsasvry department. this afternoon
received telegram from Assistant Treas
urer Roberts, at Now York, stating that
$2O75,O 600 in gold has been taken for export
tomorrow. This leaves the United States
treasury with less than S., 000, 900 free gold.
the lowest point it has reached since the
passage OF tho act for the resumption of
specie payments.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-07
ScrapperS Abroad.

Special to Tho Independent.
MIssouLA, March Ca gentleman here
has received letter from the Sailor Kid.
Thc Kid challenged any 1ls pound man in
the northwest and will give Goo. Schultz
ten pounds the best Of it. Schultz ex-
pressed his willingness to make the IN atoh.
provided purse 10 hung up wort h fighting
for.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-07

j. Bradner Smith. OF Chicago, tho we'll
known paper merchant, died, aged 7G.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-07
FEMALE BALL PLAYERS MonsED.

Experience of n Gang OF American Athletes
In Cuba.
HAVANA. March Ca serious conflict oo-
Cured yesterday at Alenendnrez. which
nearly resulted in sorious injury to num-
Der OF American young women. A party OF
Americans known az tho "Amerioan Female
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-09-15
.ss I $780,
AeARN% CARDEN
d9gSSz7b -
WALKS AND DRIVEWAYS.
How These May BE Kept In Order with a
Small Outlay of Time and Labor.

How These May BE Kept In Order with n
Small Outlay of Time and Labor.
On the average farm, where work con-
hected with the growing crops, the har
vesting, care of stock, ETC., is ever press
Ing, the walks and drives are liable to
be neglected. Indeed it is well, under
many conditions, to have as few walks
md driveways as is consistent with con-
Venience or necessity. Some walks,
however, are unavoidable, snch as the
Lirect lines between road and house. be-
tween house and barn. or between any
IF the farm buildings. These are tray
lied over to such an extent that paths
would soon be worn into the best lawn,
10 the Disagreement of the whole place.
Formal walks are absolutely needed to
connect these points. How to construct
them is the question. In this connec-
ton the following remarks by T. Grei-
ner in The Country Gentleman may be
of assistance. He says:
Sifted coal ashes or coal dust, fine
gravel or slate, sand. etc, all can be used
to advantage for walk making, but it
takes great quantity of material to
make good walk. First of all lay out
the walk in graceful curve from road
to house, with few shrubs or trees Civ
ing an excuse or apparent reason for the
curve. The sod, if on lawn already
established. is to be removed and the de-
preston filled out with the material on
hand Fine sand and sifted coal ashes
or coal dust make walk quite comfort
able to walk upon, but coarser materials,
especially coarse gravel, afford less pleas
ure. a plank walk will be preferable
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-09-15
PLANK WALKS.

At Woodlands we have arranged our
walk as shown in illustration 1t is a
simple, cheap and generally satisfactory
way, and when kept in good order adds
much to the attractiveness of the place.
The soil is clayey loan. What we need
is clean, dry walk. Sand gravel and
similar materials We're not easily acces-
sible. The planks are two-inch, 10 inches
wide, and as cheap as they could be had.
Knots and other imperfections do little
harm, as they can be filled out with soil
They are cut to fit, and imbedded to-
gether in the soil as shown by the cross
section at the lower left hand corner of
illustration. They require no cross piece
to rest upon, no mailing, and the walk is
not only good to walk ON, but also good
to look on. The soil on both sides of
course must be kept free from weeds.
This is easily done by an occasional
scraping over with the hoe or spade;
possibly the object may be accomplished
by heavy dressing of cheap, coarse
salt. 1t takes but little time and labor
to keep this walk in good order.
Neither is much fuss made over the
drive on the lawn. In spring we pillow
1t quite shallow throwing the burrows
toward the center. Then we go over it
with the common harrow, and finish off
with the Mee1er harrow. This leaves
the drive in excellent shape, well round
ed and smooth. Weeds of course soon
spring up again, but we promptly de-
stroy them with our homemade weed
cutter, consisting of sharp steel blade
fastened to an old fashioned thill cult
vator frame. This cuts an inch or two
below ground, loosening the surface and
killing all weed growth.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-09-15

A Pennsylvania farmer tells The Ma
tional Stockman how he built a cheap
cistern. He struck circle seven feet in
diameter and dug down three feet, then
another circle one foot less in diameter
and dug three feet farther and broke
down the sides to a slope; then with a
five foot circle he went another three
feet and cut away again, making the els
tern in the form of a jug The sides and
bottom were plastered with cement di-
rectly upon the clay and the top was
arched over with brick packed up with
sand and cement, and tile was put in
to serve as an overflow pipe about 1S
inches from the top. AS the average
diameter would be little more than six
feet, it would require nearly seven bar
rels of water for each foot in depth be-
low the overflow pipe, over so barrels
when the water was u feet deep.
His figures for the cost were: Two
days labor, 50; one-half day of mason,
81; barrels of cement, 50 so: 400 brick,
$40; total, $3.50. 1t has been in use 10
years and is as good as ever excepting
near the top, where he allowed it to
freeze, and the cement cracked and pull
ed off, which could have been prevented
by a covering with straw or other ma
terial
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-09-15

Instead of an Eiffel tower or Ferris wheel.
1t is proposed to have at Antwerp verita-
BILE castle in the air, the conception of an
engineer named Tobiansky 1t will be con-
structed of steel and q mboo tubing, Gov
cred with silk and sheet iron, and will be
80 feet long and have a floor space of POO
square feet 1t will be suspended from a
captive balloon at u height varying from
600 to 800 feet, according to the strength
of the wind. The weight of the entire
structure, including the balloon and all ac
cessories, with that of $50 persons, will be
about lG tons, and it can be lowered to the
ground in about 80 minutes.
The balloon will be anchored to the earth
by four great vertical cables, and large
number of guy ropes are relied on to pre-
vent its escaping from control. 1t will
consist of two hemispheres of triple silk,
divided into three cylindrical compart-
ments. Its surface measurement will be
9,31l square meters and its volume 74,019
cubic meters.
The balloon elevators, each capable of ac-
commodatng 10 or 10 persons, will connect
the air castle with the ground. From the
dizzy elevation ordinarily maintained hun
dreds of miles of the fiat Belgian country
can he seen, and thousands of electric lights
will gayly scntillate from the balloon as it
hovers amid the clouds by night. Compe
tent engineers pronounce the scheme feas
ible, and no doubt it will be literally pat
ronized by those to whom the apparent
hazard will be an inducement rather than
a deterrent
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-09-15

Minister Yu is of distinguished appear
ance and bearing, COMFORTING himself with
the easy air of n man born to authority. He
Is 53 years of age, rather above the medium
height, stoutly built and weighs about 100
pounds. He knows no language but Chi
nese, but that fact is not expected to inter
fere with his diplomatic usefulness, as he
has had much experience ir statecraft and
will be assisted by very able interpreters
Chinese graduates of our own best univer-
sites, one of them, Nun Yew Chung, hay
ing been cockswain of the Yale boat crew.
The minister brought with him the most
numerous and most gorgeously attired suit
that ever attended foreign functionary in
this country. Besides his wife and three
children, il consisted of 40 officials of va
tious grades, several of them also accom-
panied by their wives, and SO servants. The
diplomats are assigned by the minister to
posts in the various countries under his
jurisdiction. They come from all parts of
China and are all of influential families
and well educated. None of them knew in
advance to what post he was to be sent.
Mr.. Yu is credited with entertaining a
very friendly feeling for the United States
and is said to be anxious to maintain cor
dial relations between our government and
his own. He possesses the complete con-
fidence of the Chinese court, and having
had charge of some of the most important
customs districts in the empire has been
brought more or less in contact with con-
suls and other government officials from all
parts of the world
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-09-15
Things That Are Told.

1t is said that thousands of Moham-
sdans are to immigrate from India to the
United States. They are negotiating for
large tracts of land in Georgia and Flor
ida, and will form colonies in several
southern states.
Professor A. j. Cook of the Michigan
Agricultural college says: To shade the
beehive nothing is so good as a shade.
board made considerably wider than the
hive and nailed to two cleats inches
wide. Thus when resting on the hive
this shadebcard will be 8 inches above
the top of the hive.
A correspondent of The American Gull
tivator says that the secret of successful
barley harvesting is to begin early. while
the grain is comparatively green.
DR.. Jabez Fisher now advises only half
an ounce of sulphate of copper to 100
gallons for spraying ON potato plants
and grapes, and one-quarter ounce for
fruit trees in general.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-09-15

department stamps him as one of the great
est administrators of the age
Mr.. Preece has been in the United States
twice before and keeps himself thoroughly
posted on the progress of electrical science
here. He considers the English telegraphic
service superior to ours, but thinks our tel
ephone system is the better He expects
English telephony will improve however.
under the management of the postoffice de-
partment, which is to take charge of the
long distance system of the country, leav-
ing most of the local systems in charge of
private corporations, as at present. His
comparison of the English telegraph with
the American is interesting:
I'VE can send a message to any part of
the United Kingdom and get reply in an
hour The facilities in England are greater
than they are here, for we go to every town
and every village, irrespective of the fact
that they pay or do not pay, while in the
states the places that pay appear to me to
be the only ones that receive the attention
OF the telegraph companies. The distin-
gushing feature Of our English system is
the facility given to the press. The press
system is n distinct system of its own.
There is not single town in the United
Kingdom where a daily paper is published
the postoflice in London, and where YER
batim reports Of the proceedings of parlia-
ment are not reported. The rates paid are
ridiculously small, about twopence for 100
words. This press service costs the country
& ,0OO 900 year. 1t is, however, question
able whether the benefit which the public
derives from thcdissemination of accurate
news is not worth this additional charge on
the taxes"
About third of the telegraph operators
in England are women. Mr.. Preece SAYS
he fails to observe any difference in their
work in the matter of deXterity, but that
occasionally the women lack the physical
strength necessary to maintain hard serv.
ice. They like the work. however, and are
well treated, the government providing
them with medical assistance and supply
ing cooking and other conveniences, such
as Won be found in clubs. They are al
lowed an annual vacation and upon retire
ment are entitled to pension based upon
the length of their service, the same as in
any other branch of the civil service.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-09-15
DESTROYING Weeds.

Every season the question is agitated
concerning the destruction of noxious
weeds, Poison ivy, dock, Canada this
tile nd dandelions are the subjects of
varied inquiries. Intelligent gardeners
know that no plant can live long without
leaves, and Meehan tells the readers of
his Monthly if plant is cut off to the
ground soon after making leaves in
spring it is generally destroyed at once.
4 But sometimes another or second growth
: will appear of a morS or less weak char
acter, and if this is again cut the plant
will surely die. Nothing is easier than
to destroy these weeds when this princi-
=ple is kept i'll mind. The writer of this
paragraph has known a whole half acre
of Canada thistle entirely eradicated by
having a boy cut them beneath the
ground with knife early in spring. Very
few shot up leaves the second time, but
these were again cut as soon as per
Seived, and the result was to eventually
iestroy every plant. 1t did not cost $40
10 do it,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-09-15

In 1889 Mr.. Neal was a candidate for the
gubernatorial nomination. but was defeat
ed By James +. Campbell by one vote. In
1891 he was again the most formidable
rival of Governor Campbell in the Demo
cratic state convention. Mr.. Neal was Il
prominent candidate for United States SEN
ator in 1890, when Calvin S. Brice was
nominated and elected. He was conspic
uous in the Democratic national conven-
tions of 1888 and 1892.
Lawrence Talbot Neal is of Revolution
AIRY stock and was born at Parkersburg,
w. Va, Sept. %, 1874. He attended the
common schools of his native town, and at
the age of IS became clerk in dry goods
store In 1863 he removed to Chillicothe,
o., his present home.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-09-15
Wheat Alter Hoed Crops.

1t is not because wheat is so profitable,
put rather because it is desirable to have
short rotations, that the practice is grow
. ng of sowing wheat the same fall that
'corn and potatoes are got off the land.
The field is thus kept with some sort
bf covering continuously, says The
american CultivatOr, authority for the
following: The wheat in the fall uses up
Fertility that would otherwise be washed
way in winter. In this way, too, the
and is seeded with clover the spring
After a clover sod has been plowed under
'hnd when the soil is full of the fertility
hat the decaying clover has left. If
wheat is to be sown after hoed crops, no
blowing is necessary. Cut the corn very
ow and the stubs can be turned under
With cultivator. The tops of potatoes
should be drawn off the field and burned.
They are not safe to use as manure be-
PAUSE such tops in their last stages a1e
Usually affected by blight and will per-
betuate the disease.
-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-09-15
LAWRENCE TALBOT NEAL.
He Has Been Conspicuous In Ohio Politics
For Many Years.

1t is said OF Ohio's Democratic candidate
for governor that his initials, l.. T., stand
for low tariff, and as Mr. Neal is the author
of the tariff plank of the Chicago Demo
cratic platform nobody will feel disposed
to dispute this distinction. AS Governor
Mckinley, the Republican nominee, incar
mates the high tariff theory, we may expect
some earnest tariff talk in Ohio this fall
Ohio is used to that sort of thing, however,
and so is the Democratic candidate, for he
has been talking tariff ever since 1866, when
he was admitted to the bar at Chillcothe.
Very soon after he commenced practicng
law Mr.. Meals townsmen elected him city
solicitor, and he was subsequently promot-
ed to the state legislature and to the office
of prosecuting attorney of Ross county. In
1872 the Democrats of the Seventh district
sent him to congress, where he served two
terms. He was again a candidate in 1882
and 1883, but was unable to overcome the
Republican majority in his district.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-09-15
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The BEE MOTH.
How Woman Apiarian Treats the In
tested Combs.

How Woman Apiarian Treats the In
tested Combs.
In Mrs. Harrisons bee notes submitted
to The Prairie Farmer, she saws:
Formerly when stored unused combs
in hives in the apiary during the season,
many would become infested with moths,
Notwithstanding my watchfulness and
exposing of them from time to time to
'he fumes of burning sulphur If the
combs have been exposed to zero wealth
er it will have destroyed the moth in all
stages, and if the combs were put in a
secure place where the moth could not
oviposit in them, none will develop.
But, if the combs belonged to colonies,
we cannot be sure that the moths were
destroyed by the zero weather, for some
OF them may have been protected by the
warmth of the bees.
1t was late this season when cleaned
out the hives where bees had died and
stored them in the cellar Moths had