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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-23
That Is "Habitt.'

Now, there are different sorts of habits. You know there are-that is if
you have had experience. One boy gets in the habit of playing tuant and
thinks he enjoys it; another gets in the habit of smoking, and it becomes
bearable th him another gets in the habit of idhng away his time, and calls it
necessaryr recreation.
But the boy shown in the picture hH; now found the habit of investigation.
He finds rest and recreation in the change Of employment thus brought about
1t would not be so if he were forced to do it; but he has got SO in the habit of
it that til is a pleasure to him, and no power on earth "a prevent this boy
from accomplishing whatever he sets III to accomplish & ~
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24
KANSAS THRIFT.

A stalk of Kansas timothy five feet
and.three inches high will be exhibited
at the worlds fair.
Good steers almost always have a cash
value; something that cannot always be
said of scrub colts.
According to Mr. Mohler's report Kan
sas produced about 138. coo, 900 bushels
of corn last year. 1t is commonly held
that a busheI Of corn will make eight
pounds of pork. When hogs Were sell
ing at Sc. 10 bushel OF corn that would
produce eight pounds of pork was worth
forty-nine cents. The crop of 138, 900. 600,
on the same basis, is worth about $685.
600. 900, or at the rate Of S12 an acre for
the area planted. Deducting the cost of
Shipment and there is net profit of
about 81 an acre, and that on a crop of
only twenty four bushels per acre for
the area planted.
The Kansas City Gazette is quite right
when it says that kansas lands will
never be any cheaper than they are to-
day, nor so cheap" The time has passed,
never TO return, when the poor man in
Kansas may have a quarter section of
land given him. There are, in fact,
many men who consider them selves for
tunate to be able TO return as renters to
the farms they mortga9ed and aban-
dOned as being of little or no intrinsic
value. Those OF our citizens who ex-
changed their farms for a thousand dol
lar mortgage have since had occasion to
regret it.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24
THE GREAT PaCos BRIDGE.

From the FL Psso Herald.
One Of the most costly pieces Of prop
eTty in the United States now living idle
Is probably the great railroad bridge
over the Pecos river, 200 miles west of
San Antonio, This bridge, which l. said
to be the second highest in the world.
was completed six months ago at cost
OF Sl.2OO,0GU. 1t was built by a private
corporation for the use of the Southern
Pacific company. In addition to this
bridge track leading 10 it was built,
shortening the distance between El Paso
and San Antonio by eleven miles. After
the bridge amp cut off railroad had been
completed they were visited bv Pres
ldent {. L. Huntington and a number of
other prominent officials Of the South
ern Pacific company and the new prop
erly was formally accepted. In a short
time new time table was issued 0v the
Southern Pacific, embracing the new
cutoff and the Pecos bridge. Tickets
were issued for that road via the South
eTn Pacific and the Pscos bridge. a fare
OF fifty cents being charged every
passenger over the new brilre
Alter all this had been arranged
ualns We're started running
oNei tut new EtGte, ana tne announce
ment was made that the track Of the
route through the dangerous canyons of
the Rio Grande river was 10 be taken
up, Bar trains had been running over
the new Peccs bridge only two weeks
When the order came from President
huntington 70 abandon the new bridge
ana cutoff track and Immediately re-
sume traffic Via the cid route. Since
thar ilne not train has crossed The
new bridge. There Is much speculation
IN railroad circles as to The cause Of tins
sudden and wholly unexpected action
on tie part ot President Huntington.
The solution given by some Is that Pres
ldenr huntington Is 4 small stockhoIder
IN the company which owns the b-id-s.
and that. after giving the new route
two weeks trlaI, ne became convinced
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24
CARING FOR THE GOOD BOOK.
How the Scriptures Were Preserved Pre-
vions to Their Tran.Ia lion.

How the Scriptures Were Preserved Pre-
vious to Their TRANSLATION
The books Of the law were the first
books Of the Bible TO be collected bv
the priests and leaders Of the Israelites;
after the law came the written history
OF the people, In the fifth century L. c.
the collection of the prophets by Nehe-
miah; and from his time onward the
collection of hagiographa, the Psalms
Proverbs, Job, Canticles All of these
had been preserv by The prizes $.
copied, and recopied as occasion r.
quired. and circulated IN manuscript.
as OF course all writings were circu-
lated in those days The { spersion %
the Hebrews and their acquisition o
other languages and loss Of the Hebrew
language, necessitated the translation
OF the scriptures into other than the He
brew, and previous to the second CEN
tury B. c. what we know as the Sep
tuagint translation, the LXX. was com
pleted in Greek. designed especially for
the Hebrews living in Alexandria and
other parts of Egypt The Septuagirt t
comes from tradition that seventy
scholars-seventy-tw actually-nado
the translation. Translations and re-
tensions into the Aramaic were also
made, and these translalons were
copied from time to time. so that the
oldest manuscript of the Old Testament
now in extent is only about fourteen
hundred y-ars old.
The case is the same with the New
Testament. 1t was written again and
again, until now there are upward of
q thousand manuscripts for the gos-
pels and as many more for the rest OF
the New Testament The oldest
manuscripts are the Codex Sinaiticus
and the Codex Vaticanus, which date
from the fourth century A. D. So the
books OF the Bible were handed down.
the old copies always being renewed
before they wore out, the language be.
Ing Hebrew, Greek, and after 4 D. 500,
Latin. The latter, in the translation
adopted By the Roman church, and
known as the Vulgate. because COM
monty used in the Christian churches,
was the first book printed, in I450-sa.
As far back rs the seventh century por-
tions OF the Vulgate were translated in
to English; and the early versions by
Wickliffe and his predecessors, by Pur-
vey and others, were translations from
the Vulgate. Tyndale used Luther's
German translation of the Greek BIZ
BILE The authorized version of King
James was made by forty-seven schol.
ars and finished in 1911; the manu-
scripts, 50 far as accessible, were con-
suited, the translators not restricting
themselves TO the Vulgate, but going
to the Hebrew and Greek whenever
they could Pitts sburrh DISPATCH.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24

norant and seni- barbarous people ~
the position of an enlightened aud Chris
tain nation. Nowhere in the world has
the good of missionary work been more
strikiugly manifested tn an in Madagas-
car.
The government has never taken a
census, but Mr Sibree aud his friends
have counted the brildings in the city
and made inquiry as 10 the average
number of occupants They think the
city contains about one hundred thou
sand inhabitants There are often
many strangers IN the capital, "a peo-
pie come from all parts Of the island on
government business, bringing tribute
- the queen and receiving orders from
her. The name 81 AntauauarIvo means
at the town oi a thousand The city
is the heart of Madagascar. Officers
aud soldiers are sent from It 70 garrison
all the ports on the coast and important
towns in the interior. Every week
thousands Of books and periodicals ars
distributed from Antsnanarivo all over
the country. Here ths native doctors
surgeons, nurses. scnooI masters and
evangelists are taught and then sent
away 70 other parts of the kingdom to
carry on the good works the white man
has brought into the great Island N.
\. sun.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24
WARDEN CHASE

The wardenship of the states prison
was held back by the governor until
Saturday night, when it was awarded to
S. w. Chase Of Cowley county. This is
no surprise; in fact it has been under
stood to have been determined for sew
eral days and the withholding Of the ap-
pointment alone caused some wonder
ment. The appointment is regarded as
very satisfactory one to the partisans
of the appointee and the administration
and as accepdhle to all others as any
that could have been made. Mr.. Chase
is one of the foremost men Of his party,
a man Of ability, and viii make an effic-
lent warden.
S. w. Chase was born in Indiana in
1841. He came to Kansas in 1912, set
Ting in Cowley county, about six miles
from Winfield, where he still lives. He
was formerly Republican: and was an
enthusiastic supporter Of Harrison four
years ago. In 1899 he left the Republi-
can party and organized the first Peo-
pies party in Kansas, electing the entire
county ticket. This was the birth of the
Peoples party movement in this state.
Mr.. Chase was chairman of the Populist
state central committee two years ago,
and was member of the executive
committee Of the party up to the time Of
the Wichita convention.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24

The murderer of Helen n. Potts, again
declared guilty.
The court of appeals has decided
against Carlyle w. Harris, who was
convicted of having poisoned his wife by
administering SIX capsules containing
morphine and Quinine as cure for
headache, some of which she took, caus-
ing her death.
1t Will be remembered that having
privately made what his later judge
ment condemned as a foolish marriage,
he shrank from the public ceremony
urged by the mother of his wife.
Harris was a student at the College of
Physicians and Surgeons in New York.
His wife was q student at the ComstOck
Boarding School for young ladies.
The death occurred Jan. 81, 1891, but
it was some time before Harris was sus-
pected of any connection with it. He
was not indicted until May l3, 1891. On
Jan. IA, 1892, over year after the com
mission of the crime, began tine trial,
which lasted till Feb. I'd. when the jury
brought IN a verdict of guilty.
Harris is now in the IOmbS. He
would have been taken to Sing Sing but
for his bringing habeas corpus proceed
ings. The writ was dismissed yesterday
by Judge Lawrence. Harris was sem
fenced to death on Feb. s, 1892, but his
appeal acted as stay. 1t is probable he
Will be resentenced at once.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24
SEA Gull As MESSENGER
SsEz Of FEr1c1s Disaster Carried to ths
EIxza. by 4 GrsL

| E5x<as by GnsL
The news OF a fanozS disaster on
| the great IEGizn ocean was lately
brozght % tha living By sea gull"
said traveller, who was on his way to
Ec1 Zealand, according to the St Louis
| Globe Democrat
Some years ago The Indian liner At
lantis, plying between Liverpool and
Calcutta was lost in the Indian sea
snd all on board perished At that time
was sailing from London to New
South Wales via the Red and the Indian
seas The boat was or was the Tri-
tonia, good sound vessel, and l had an
enjoyable trip. While sailing IN the
Indian sea q sea guIl was one day cap
tured and about its neck was tied
small note, which read:
Atlantis struck on the Harad rock
We are all lost. Father Coathe'
This remarkable message was all
that was ever found The boat had
sailed some five months previous, well
stocked with merchandise and passen-
gers, and had been duly inspected and
pronounced seaworthy. 1t must have
been a terrific shock that caused her to
sink. But the message was strange.
Who Father Coathe was and how he
happened TO have sea gull at hand
viii always remain a mystesy. What
wonderful courage he mustFnave had,
standing as he did on the brink of eter-
nifty and there writing message t~ the
living.
I'VE continued our journey TO Sidney,
where the note and sea gull were both
delivered to the harbormaster, together
with the evidence OF the crew This
was afterward sent to England, where
the knowledge was distributed. It
seems to me that few such facts as
these would serve TO build narrative
upon, and you can easily believe that it
would be more interesting than fiction"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24
CITY COUNCIL OF kEMPEN.
Dutch Simplicity Was Their Strong Poinss
Like That of Some Other Councils.

Dutch Simplicity Was Their Strong Point,
Like That of Some Other Councils.
Kempcn, town IN Holland on the
lower Rhine (the birthplace of Thomas
a Kempis), is a famous residence of peo-
pie with small incomes. The imagina-
ton of these Dutchmen must be as linn
tied as their incomes, judging from the
droll stories that are told of them, says
Harper's Young People.
At one time a fire broke out, and
much damage was done because the en-
gines were out of repair. The council
met, and after much argument it was
voted that on the eve preceding every
fire the town officers should carefully
examine the engines, pumps, etc.
One of the greatest profits of the town
was the toll exacted at the gates. The
council wished to increase the income,
and instead Of increasing the toll it
voted to double the number Of gates.
This same council also ordered the sum
dial TO be taken from the courthouse
common and placed under cover, where
it would be protected from the weather
But of all the queer things that are
told Of Kempen and its people nothing
is so absurd as this: Grass grew on the
top Of very high tower, aud the only
way these drou Dutchnen could think
OF TO get it off was to hoist COW up
and let her eat it
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24
TIE END BEGUN.

Mrs. Lease takes up the cue laid down
by Jerry Simpson In the stormy passage
between him and Chairman Jones on the
ave of Simpsons departure from Topeka
Tor Washington City. The ''termaaaut"
is credited with this declarations:
We have already had too much TO do
with the Democratic party of this state. II
has injured our party more than ANYTHING
else possibly could have done. BY cater
ing 10 the Democracy in Kansas in the last
campaign we lost thousands OF homes,
voters OF all three parties who would have
voted with us had il not been generally
known that We We're In league with the
Democrats. Instead Of j. 600 majority for
our state ticket last fall. II we had had
nothing TO do with the Democrats we
would have had majority Of Il. .0JJ in the
Ilste.
That IS mere assertion that IS not
oniy not borne out but is fatlv contra
dicted by the facts. The Democrats Of
Kansas number fully 10000. the greatest
majority Of when voted the Populist
ticket 1T the last election. Take that
number, or even half Of IL away from
the Populist vote and it would have
fallen at least, y, ,000sLorJ of 4 plurality.
and would have left it short Of a ma
jority not less than So 600. Mrs. Lease
should not permit her intense partisan
zeal to distort the truth Of the situation.
The point Of significance in Mrs.
Leases and Jerry Simpsons assertion Is
that the end Of the fusion business has
begun-and also of the PopulisJ party as
an independent political movement.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24
The Palm.tto Proving r.eruI.

The graceful palmetto, that grows so
profusely in the lower tiers Of the
southern states, has recently become a
factor in the industries Of the south,
for its wood is hard enough to carve
and its fiber is strong enough TO make
excellent cordage and useful substi-
tute for sponges. In Jacksonville, Fla,
a factory has been started for the pur-
pose Of making brushes and broons Of
the fiber, and elsewhere sink brushes
are being made Of the wood, half Of
whose thickness Is being converted into
bristling points. The young leaves Of
the tree make salad that the people
are beginning TO appreciate, and the
taste of It - hkened 10 that Of chest
nuts. Bears knew about If long before
the people did, and it Is favorite arti-
Gle OF diet among them the black
bears climbing the trees and browsing
on the fresh shoots as eagerly as they
browse on Wate-TnelOns
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24
SAVORY BEEF.
Directions For Making Very Toothsome
Dish.

J
Dish.
Savory beef is an old-time English
/ dish which is highly esteemed Take
a piece of the tender part of a round of
beef, weighing about ten or fifteen
pounds. If it is not perfectly tender,
or has not been well hung, let it hang
in a cold place three or four days longer
Remember that the best butchers in
New York and other large cities hang
their beef from four to six weeks after
1t is killed. In freezing weather this is
none too long.
For savory beef, weigh out three
ounces of saltpetre, three-quarters of
pound of common salt, one ounce of
coarse sugar, quarter of an ounce
each of black pepper and alspice, four
or five sprays of parsley, the same
amount of summer savory, sprig Of
sweet marioram If convenient, two bay
leaves and two or three sprigs of thyme.
Pound all these ingredients together.
Take out any bone that may be IN the
meat and rub the meat thoroughly with
the pounded mixture Let it hang IN a
cold place for about two weeks, and
you are ready to cook it. wipe II of.
rub it with little butter, cut up an
onion and throw over It, dredge it
lightly with -four and roast it in a slow
oven for about six hours Or, II you
prefer it, in pot with cut-uP onion
or carrot. and let Il stew slowly, in
boiling water enough to cook it, for
five or six hours. The liquor Il IS
stewed in should be saved The meat
IS always served cold Il it is stewed,
it should be cooled in the liquor IN
which it is cooked.
This savory beef viii keep for two
weeks in cold weather after II Is cooked.
and is a wholesome. inexpe aslre article
TO keep in the house for the accidental
visitor or fo- general family se-N.
Y Tribune
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24

From he Topeka Democrat.
I. L=welling' inaugural address-An-
archv
;. LewellinEs recognition Of rump
pop houSe-Anarchy
8. Pop senate's recognition OF rump
house-Auarchy
1. Lewelhns's message; q palliative
Hog wash.
). Pop senate refuses to ballot in Joint
convention for state printer-Anarchv
8. Lewell.ng' pronunci.mento defyInE
the world. the flesh and the devil, ana
declaring tbat he would stand b. his
little minority rump house TO the end
Anarchy.
:. RUm2 house voting ten coutestors
70 help make quogum-AnarchY.
), hump house unSeatIn- legally elect
Cd Republicans galore Ia the attempt 10
create majorgty-An4Fcly
9. Anarchy.
10. Anarchy.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24

The deaths resulting from diphtheria
in Boston in 1892 numbered 4l4 Ia 1891
the deaths from the same cause We're 239.
The record IN other cities shows like
increase in fatality and gives further
plausibiity TO the theory advanced by
DIR. PrendeIgast of Philadelphia that
there is a pred.-position 10 the ailment
as a consequence Of the ravages OF "la
grippe The deaths in Boston from in
huenza, bronchitis and pneumonia in
1892 numbered 1916, against 1921 in 1891;
showing the fatality in diphtherIa cases
TO be exceptional. DIR. Phillip Brooks,
the noted divine, whose death is an
nounced in this morniug'r dispatches, Is
thought 10 have been a victim of the
terrible maIadv.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24
DOG TRAINED TO STEAL
The Latest Curiosity OF Crime IN the
Worlds Metropolis.

The Latest Curiosity Of Crime In the
Worlds Metropolis.
This curious account of the depreda-
ton of felonous dog is from the Lon
don Daily Graphic Frederick Hamp-
ton, forty-five, described as a fish
monger, of London road, Croydon, was
charged on remand recently before
Mr. Biron, at the Lambeth police court,
with stealing and receiving lady's silk
umbrella, value seven shillings six
pence, the property of Louisa Squires-
The evidence already given showed
that on Saturday the prosecutrix was
walking along Kensington park road
with an umbrella in her hand. She saw
a trap coming along and a dog run
ming behind. The dog came toward
her, took hold OF the umbrella and
shook it, and she had to let go.
The dog then ran off with the um-
brella in the same direction as the trap.
The prisoner, who was driving, was af
terward arrested, and upon searching
the trap the policeman found seven ufl-
brellas including the one identified by
Miss Squires.
A second case was gone into. Mrs.
Henrietta Ray, the wife of DR.. Ray, of
East Croydon, stated that at the begin
ming of last month she was walking
along London road, Croydon, in com
pany with two other ladies. The wit
ness was carrying a sunshade; dog
suddenly ran up to her, snatched her
sunshade and ran after the trap, in
which there were two persons. That
morning she saw the sunshade at the
court.
Other victims testified. Eight UNI
brellas were found at Hampton's lodg-
ings. The prisoner was committed.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24
or the Eagle.
THE WIZARD KING.

That Wizard King, the frost,
His wand he waves at night,
Ger fields of maize, to change its PAGE
From green TO golen bright.
Old grey beard giant oak
Long years by tempest tossed,
4 deathly spell just o'er him fell.
Cast by that demon, frost.
Last night his icy hand
l saw on naples crest,
Her crown OF green charged by this Kin
To brilliant amethyst.
Sweet shamrock's couch he sought.
Where blooms the primrose white,
Meath hollywood on hill side stood
And crushed this gem OF night.
Near dropping willow brides
Where water lilies ride,
The meadow brook, at frcst's cold lock
They sink beneath the tide.
This cruel King of night.
With ghostIy form he flies,
Through hoveI doors, where live the poor
They shiver. weep and die.
In penance deep this elf
With brush and tracings light,
Ere Jlno's horn calls rosy morn
He paints = Gods acre" white.
d. Z. FULLER.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24
Is it Fated?


fIJIu LIs H. Q IIaFrIrT,
Cherokee strip legislation seems to be
fated. About two years ago the ques-
ton of acquiring these lands was made
a special order in the house, but In con-
sequence of the death of Congressman
Burns of Missouri, the consideration of
the measure was deferred. About two
weeks ago the Peel bill was made the
special order but the death of Senator
Kenna laid it over until last Saturday.
Yesterday the bill was to receive the at
tention of the senate. but that body also
appropriately adjourned as a mark of
respect to the memory of ex-President
HAYES.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
Some OF the stuff.

From the Colorado Springs Democrat.
II. II. Artz, fugitive under the ban
OF the law, arrested and convicted of
bribing witness and fined $1,000, dis
barred from the legal profession in this
state by the supreme court and suddenly
absent 10 AVOID Indictment for perjury,
has turned up in Kansas as adjutant
general of the state, under appointment
of Populist governor. Great Scott, Is
this the stuff the Peoples party Of Kan
sas IS made of
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24

The supreme court CT Wisconsin has
decided that the eX-state treasurers who,
during the terms Of their Office, loaned
the states money out at interest to the
various banks amt pocketed the interest,
must disgorge. This is right, and it is
TO be hoped the decision will be enforced
aud the money returned 20 the state
treasury where 1t belongs.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24

An Old custom stjll prevails n the
western parts Of France during the har-
vest season. On TIE edge Of field bo--
derlng the highway q sheaf of grain IS
left standing. to which al the peasants
Of the village contribute, and which IS
called the Strangers sheaf, as II is
the property q the frs. tramp or other
homeless wayfarer who may care 70
carry i away and proat y l. p-lee-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24
Do the Heroic.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Colonel Watterson queries: "What is
there sacred about sugar that it should
not be taxed?" Nothing, colone', abso-
lutely nothing. 1t is sweet morsel
which touches the nations tongue, but
go right IN, pop on the tax, and down
the robber tariff that oppreses the poor
man." and makes him pay nearly a
dinner pail" Don't wait to fool with
faucets and bungs. but knock i'll the
head of the barrel, and, as it were,
scoop things according to the rules Of
the Chicago Democratic platform.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24

Ten thousand more people died than
were born ia France last year, The
trouble seems 10 be not on account of
a high death rate but low birth rate. 1t
is a rather startling record for a thrifty
people. II it should continue for a few
years it would have a telling effect upon
the physical strength of the republic.
There is one point in their favor pertain
ing to population, aud that is they lose
very few by emigration.