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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-21
THE SENATE,

wO Sessions Held and tho Files Generally
Pretty Well Cleared Up
The senate held two sessions yestsrday
nd as usual expeditiously dispatched all
he business in sight. In committee of the
thole, with Folsom in the chair. the SEN
to bill authorizing cities and towns to in
ur indebtedness and to issue warrants and
onds therefor was favorably reported. ~
as also the senate bill TO provide a home
pr the care and education of orphans,
pundlinRs and destitute children, to be To-
ated at ! win Bridges. The house bill TO
cate II lien 70, the service of stock horses.
nd also the house bill in relation to sepa-
ate outhouses at public school houses We Q
rdered favorably relorted. The house
i'll felating to vacations of teachers and
pouring school trustees to give bonds, re-
orted unfavorably from the committee on
ducstion, were ordered unfavorably re-
orted. After the committee rose the bill
beating au orphan asylum was, on motion
Baylies. put on its final passage under A
lspenslon OF the rules and unanimously
assed.
The following bills were also passed or
incurred in: 70 amend section AZ, frat
vision compiled statutes. code of civil
%ooeedpre; an act providing for 81 anscrib-
e the records of segregated counties; to
lthorize the amendment of certificates of
corporation OF railroad companies: to
mend sections So and 50 of an act concern
revenue senate bill concerning town
hd village. sites and plats; house bill to
Fovide separate outhouses for the sexes at
lblio schools; house bill to create a lion
r the service of stock horses. Repreaeut-
i've Jockeys bill IN regard to HOLIDAYS
lowed school : achers. and also the samo
Pntleman's bill requiring school trustees
give bonds wee indefinitely postponed.
Cullen's bill regulating tho license to be
klleoted from toll roads. toll bridges and
hter companies was ordered indefinitely
bstponed.
Buford. at tho request OF McDsrmott.
no WAS absent, introduced a bill to enable
~unties and incorporated cities to make
~ntrHcts for the abatement Of injurious
d unhealthy smoke md fumes, and TO
bue bonds and dispose Of the same for
at purpose,
On motion of Goddard ths senate re-
Sod to concur in the house amendments
tho senate bill creating tho state board
education. The most important amend
emit ia that which provides that the mem
~ of the board shall be taken from NOM
RI OF the leading political parties.
Cnrdwell. chairman Of the committee ON
~unties. towns and municipal oortos atoms,
hide n favorable report on the bill TO nnnsx
portion OF Meaghsr county TO Cascade
unity. and to change tho boundaries OF
eagher and Cascade countioa.
Goddard, by consent, without previous
lusrs and other property OF the historical
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-21

To sett'e the senatorial fght
Go to Fred Sass
For cigars.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-21

society under control OF tho state and pro-
vidinR foF the appointment Of trustees.
Senator Bnylies presented petitions from
residents Of Utica, Highfsld, Yale. phil
brook. Elao, LAWNS. Boz Gail and Finlan.
Fergus county, asking that a bounty OF All
DO allowed for each wolf and cayote killsd.
and asking the favorable consideration Of
any measure looking toward this end.
Buford gave notice Of = bill TO amend
section seven OF an act concerning tho
compensation Of county. district and
county officers.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-21
shoe EAruAius,

Commencing Monday. Feb. IS, We will
Offer AT retail our entire stock of boots.
shoss and rubber goods At cost, as We are
positively going out of business. Call and
M our large stock OF fine, medium
and cheap foot wear and satisfy yourself
that We ats in earnest.
j. I. MooLMAN & Co.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-21

Elegant line OF silver hat markers at the Hell
ena Jewclry Co.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-11-30

Harper's Magazine is at once the
oldest and the newest of illustrated
periodicals. 1t is the aim of its
publishers to give its readers the
best literature and the best art,
aud to meet the needs of the peo-
pie in the line Of their aspirations,
1t is conservative in the sense that
it never appeals to partisan or sec
tartan prejudices, or to any tran
sient caprice; but it is quick to
catch the new thought and the
fresh impulse of the progressive
age, and has no routine to follow.
nor any alliances or associations
binding it to a fixed course. Free
handed and unembarrassed by
cliques of any sort, it maintains
it's own freshness, and the direct
ness of it's appeal to a wholesome
popular sentiment. 1t is there
fore confessedly the best magazine
for the home; and this homely ac-
cord has been the secret of its hold
upon the English-speaking public
and of its pre.eminence as an in,
ternational magazine,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-11-30
The Right Boy in the. Wrong.
Place.

American Punch relates the
following anecdote, which, 1T says,
vii made eyensa Sunday School
HaehaB Ha Gle gpgaEaS gfpnails dgEing q prayer time
Five Points Missions School. in
New York, many years ago a class
of street gamins had been tutored
to answer sort of catechism. The
first question was," 'sWho made
you?" and the answer was "God."
The second, "Out of what are you
made?"- the answer, "Out OF
dust of the earth" But the teacher
failed to notice the absel.ce of the
little fellow at the head of the class
and so the first question naturally
came to the boy whose place was
next to the head, and upon an-s
nouncing the question: Who
made you?" the answer came, 81
was made out CT the dust of the
earth-the other feller, what God
made, has got the measles and
couldn't come!"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-11-30
HORSEPOWER of a Whale.

An interesting study of the
horsepower of the whale has been
made by the eminent anatcmist'
Sir. William Turner, of the
University of Edinburgh, Scotland
in conjunction with Mr.. John
Henderson, the equally eminent
Glasgow builder. The size
and dimensions of a great whale
stranded several years ago on the
shore of Longriddy furnished the
necessary date for a computation
of the power necessary to propel
it at the rate of twelve miles an
hour. This whale measured 81 feet
in length, 20 feet across the Hanges
of the tail and weighed "a tons. 1t
was calculated that 145 horse
power was necessary to attain the
speed mentioned.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-11-30
$40.
Not Stuck Up.

1t is always sad to see one who
has risen to a high position in
society forget the honor due his
relatives in a humber station, or
fail to recognize old neighbors,
because they are not we'll l-dressed,
or so we'll versed in society man.
-ners as himself; but it is pleasant
to meet those who, however exalted
and honored, yet retain the frank
ness and remember 'auld lang
syne," The following pretty story
is related by The Youths Com
panion of one of the Washlngton's
social leaders; and how much
more we respect the lady for her
kindly act.
At one of the receptions of Mrs.
Senator--a countryman was
shown into her parlor. He was
constituent" and was dazed by
the lights, the crowd, and the ele.
gance about him. He stood help.
less and awkward, fumbling with
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-11-30
THOs.J ADAMS, PROPRIETOR.

against McKinleyism was 1882
202. In 1892 Mr.. Cleveland's plu-
rality was 3S2,956, and the total
anti-Republican majority was
100000. In the Fifty-second
Congress the anti Republican ma
jority in the House was 154, in the
present House it is 102, while in
the Sepate the Republicans have
nine majority against them, with
three seats vacant.
The country has not changed its
verdict On the tariff question. Ohio
is pointed to, but Ohio is welded
to McKinleyism and has indorsed
the Mckinley law at every elec-
tion since its passage.
Whatever the Ways and Means
Committee intended to do for re-
form before the late elections is
right now if it was right before.
There should be no hating or
timidity because New York has re-
jected Maynard, or because New
Jersey has spoken against the race
track statesmen.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-11-30

Lest history may be perverted
and the rising generation be led to
think that only one man from
South Carolina did any fighting in
the late war, and there was only
one patriot in the State during
that trying period, it may be we'll
enough to recall the fact that
many men from South Carolina
did their duty. Stephen D. Lee,
R. H. Anderson, M. C. Butler, M.
w. Gary, J. B. Kershaw, w. II:
Wallace, Sam MCGOWAN, johnson
Hagood, John Bratton, James Con-
ner, Micah Jenkins, and others,
held commands and we're in the
front of battle. Besides these 49,
600 privates did all that duty and
patriotism required of them. They
did it without hope of promotion
or reward and in this day they are
not claiming any special privileges
because they stood by their coun-
try in her hour of danger. Neither
are they going around the country
nursing a grievance and proclaim
ing with tears in their voices that
their old comrades are demagogues
and the State disgraced.-Abbe-
Vile Medium.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-11-30
A POINTER ON SNAKES.
Rattlesnakes are Cranks-You
Can't Miss One With Gun.

A writer in the Carson (Nev.
Appeal gives a very curious fact
about the natural history of the
rattlesnake. He says that he came
across an Indian who was aiming
gun at a rattler, and he noticed
that whenever the Indian moved
the gun the snake would move
around and get exactly in line
with it. He asked the Indian why
he did SO, and the other replied
that he did not know, but as a mat
ter of fact the snake would keep
himself in line with the gun, and
to prove it he walked around the
snake in a circle, and the rattler
followed his motions, turning so
as to keep his head and body in
line with the gun. The Indian
then offered to bet that he could
shoot the snake in the me 18th
blindfolded. The bet was. taken
and a bandage tied over his eyes.
He pointed the gun towards the
snake, and, holding it for a mo-
menr, fired. The ball entered the
snake's mouth and Learly traversed
the whole length of the body. How
did you take aim? the Indian was
asked. "The snake, he take aim" !"
was the reply. An old hunter of
the Sierras, on being asked about
the matter, said that a rattlesnake
will always range himself exactly
in line of a gun or stick pointed
at it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-11-30

l =
money as a matter of fact. But
in prosperous times every pros
porous man initiates the currency.
he goes down to the grocer and
says, II want SIS worth of tea, or
sugar; charge it." He has inflated
the currency SIS. He buysa horse
of a neighbor and gives him a note
for 500. He has established a
letter of credit and inflated the
currency that much.
When properous every mai
is a mint just coming money.
Then we had good times. Then
these bankers get together, and the
money you deposit, they loan it
yonr money, not theirs. They
never loan out .their own. Then
comes a panic. Then you go to
the grocer and say scharge it,,
and he says he won't. Then there
comes what is called hard hard
times. There is as much money as
before, but there never was enough
money; and I do think the less
money the more misery. In this
country, as in every other, it is the
medium of exchange.
I believe that every ounce of.
silver that is dug under the Amer
lean flag should be coined free un-
der the American flag. In my.
country they are mostly on the
other side. They are with the
bankers, with the rich fellows
They get together and say we want
gold. A man makes a contract to
pay certain money in five years.
want low rate of interest SO that
be can pay the money when the
contract is due, with the money;
that was money when he made the:
contract.
I do not think the few should
have the right to combine to in-
crease the value of what people
call money, against the debtor
and in favor of the creditor. 4
want free coinage of all the silver
you can mine from the mines of
America, and there are those. who
are not willing to take silver we
will not trade them"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-11-30
Harper's Periodicals.

The Public Ledger, Philadelphia.
There is one thing with regard
to these periodical publications
which is especially deserving of
notice; it is that they have never
failed to keep abreast of the times,
to be a faithful chronicle of the
most vital thought and the most
stirring sentiment of the passing
day. They have advanced hand
in hand with the best thought and
sentiment of the age, and in re-
markable degree they have ex-
pressed it in letters and pictures.
They have kept pace with all hu-
man advancement, and have rep
resented the knowledge, the civili-
zation, the accomplishment and
refinement of the period. Genera
tion after generation of the Har-
per Brothers have passed away,
leaving behind them records of
honorable achievement for the
good of men, but the great work
which the founders schemed and
planned has been carried forward
to the most successful conclusions
by other Harper Brothers, and to-
day their periodical publications
are superior to what they ever be-
ee-o- ThAs.- -ritnl NTH Tho
affairs, the thought, the sentiment
of to-day. These four periodical
publications are not less valuable
to the people for whom they are
published than they are creditable
to the people who publish them.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-11-30
GOOD LIQUOR.

CINCE the passage and enforcement
y of the Dispensary law in this State
many of our "best citizens" have suf-
fered for want of good pure liquor,
which they have been unable to get
even at enormous prices. This long
felt want can be fully supplied by The
HAYNER D1sTILLING Co., Of Spring
field, Ohio, in their "narvest Home
Rye" pure double copper distilled 6
year old Rye Whiskey, at the extremely
low price of $500 per gallon, all eX-
press charges prepaid. It's put upln
a box wired and sealed with no marks
or brands so no one can know what the
box contains. In no case do we ship
less than two gallons, but you can
divide the order in two one gallon
packages if desired, which allows you
two different kinds of goods in two.
gallon shipment.
1t is always best to buy any class OF
goods direct from the manufacturers
and save the jobbers profit. II you
need anything in this line write Lock
Box 2sO, Springfield, Ohio, for price
list.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-11-30
his hat and shifting his feet in

his hat and shifting his feet in
embarrassment.
Mrs. Senator--stepped for
ward, held out both hands, and
in her fresh clear voice, cried in
the old Kentucky style "Why how
do you do2 and when did you
Gomez"
"Lord, child" he answered,
''how'd ye know me? I amt seed
you sence you was little" "No," +"
she laughingly answered, "the last
time you saw me I was up to my
elbows in soapsuds, washing my
dress to 60 to picnic on your
farm"
The old man smiled. ri declare" "
he SAID, sit does my eyes good to
look at ye, an to find ye amt a
bit stuck up by your fine position. :"
And she made much of the man,
introduced him as "an old friend
of mine," and made his visit one
of the events of his life at only a
trifing cost to herself.-Ex.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-11-30
HE WAS DISCOURAGED,
The Mules Continuity Kept Him
in a Hopeless State.

I was, for the sake of a view,
climbing one OF the rough peaks
among the mountains of West
Virginia one day, when I came to
a very skimpy kind of a cornfeld
far up the mountain with log
cabin at one side of it.
A man and a woman were hoeing
corn ard four or five children were
pulling up the weeds. Work was
Immediately suspended when I ap-
peared in sight, and I hailed the
man to know the short cut to the
summit. He came over to the
brush fence and after be had given
me some instructions I asked him
if he owned the farm.
'sIt's nip an tuck, stranger" he
said, "whether I own the farm OF
hit owns ,-,e y .s;,=..s,z,..2ay,s:;ssscczz
How many acres have your"
"Wal, thar's 500 in the track,
but thar's only erbout forty ez kin
be worked, an that lays right
round here"
"Did you buy it or did somebody
leave it to you?"
The mans sallow face showed a
faint blush.
"stranger," be said sbeepisbly.
"I buyed it, er leastways I traded
a mule fer hit"
ga good mule?" inquired with
a laugh.
oval, he wuz good enough fer
me to a rid outen this dern country
with, if I'd had sense enough"
"You didn't live here, then?"
"No, come from Kentucky"
"Why don't you sell the farm il
you don't like it?"
"Sell it, stranger?" he asked in
open-eyed astonishment. "W'y thel
amt ernuther ez doggoned big foo
ez I am in the whole country.
"Then trade it Cor yellow dog
and kill the dog I said, making
the old gag.
II amt got no gum" he said with
a short laugh. "I've got a plan
though" he went on more hope
fully. 'I'm goin' to wait tell tina
mule I traded fer the place, get
so old he's wurthlt ss an then In
goin'. to trade back"
"Can you do that?"
"Course l kim" he said conf
IDENTIFY, then dropped back to tn
hopeless tone again, "but mules i
. sich continuerin' critters thar ain
nc tellin' how long I've got to
wait" and be resumed his hoe AM
I went on up the mountain.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-11-30
For THE, THOUGHTFUL.

SELECTED.
Culture never made a saint.
Gods mercy is as unfailing a
his love.
In the arithmetic of HEAVIER
nothing counts but love.
AGoliath in brains is sometime
not over knee high in grace.
The man who sells Christ canno
buy anything but his own grave.
The DEVILS money cannot buy
anything that Christian ough
to have.
fs1Love is the most precious Of al
thingss because it can only come
from God.
God sometimes keeps a Calet
and a Joshua waiting, but he
always gets them into the Promised
Land.
Faith without love is omnipo.
tence without heart. It is the
power of love with the blindness
of a bat.
Call the devil by his right name
and there are men in every crowd
who will claim that you have in
suited them.
The rich man in hell never wa
tered anybody during his life, and
so in death, he had to 60 when the
pumps wouldn't work.
God said to the house of Bour-
bon, "Remodel France and estab-
lish equity"
House of Bourbon would not do
it. Down it went.
God said to the house of Stuart,
snake the English people free,
God fearing, and happy"
Houne of Stuart would Tot do it..
Down it went.
God says to the political party
in this day, "by the principles Of
Christianity, remodel, govern, edu-
cate, and save the people,"
Failing to do that down they go,
burying in their ruins their dis
ciples and advocates. God can
spare al the political intriguers
OF uay anu raise up an
other generation who fsuaf. N, ~ j. u
tice and love mercy.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-11-30
A Queer Decision.

The full bench of the Boston
Supreme Court has decided chat a
man is justified in preventing a
dog fight, and thatlf in doing such
a thing he gets bitten the owner of
the dog must pay damages. The
decision is given in a case in which
Daniel B.. Matteson was plaintiff
and Homer C. Strong the defend
ant. The jury awarded tie plain
tiff a verdict of 1915 and the de-
fendant excepted.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-11-30
He Barked Too Soon.

A boy was going up Third street
with a rope over his shoulder and
a dog at the far end of it when q
pedestrian hailed him and in.
quired:
"Boy, do you know you're chok.
ing that dog?"
eyes, sir" was the prompt re.
ply, "but he's hanging back or
me-"
"He is evidently afraid of you
eyes, sir"
doesn't want to 60 home with
your"
"No, sir. He knows he'll g't ar
awful wollopin' when I git hin
there"
"It's your dog, is it?"
"Of course; owned him owe:
two years. Got away two or thre'
days ago and rua off, but I fount
him on Jones Street. Come alonE
here or I'll pull yer head off"
"You seem to be very heartles
boy" observed the pedestrian a
he stopped down to give the dog
pat.
"Taint me, but dad"
"What's your father got agains
f. little innocent dog like this?'
"House got afre the other nigh
and he barked and woke every
body up too soon."
Chow too soon?"
"Too soon fur it to burn up 81
we could git $4,000 insurance OF
the furlliturel Dads got it in fu
him, and if you pass this way thi
afternoon you'll likely see deac
dog lyin' on the cornerl"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-11-30
MOSBY AT HAMILTON.
Down London Lanes, with swinging
reins

Down London Lanes, with swinging
reins
And clash of spur and sabre,
And bugling of the battlehorn,
Six score and eight we rode at morn,
Six score and eight of Southern born
All tried in love and labor.
Full in the sun at Hamilton
We met the South's invaders;
Who, over fifteen hundred strong,
Mid blazing homes had marched along
All night, with Northern shout and
song,
TO crush the rebel raiders.
Down London lanes with streaming
names,
We spurred in wild March weather;
And all along our war-scarred way 3
The graves of Southern heroes lay, !.
Our guide-posts to revenge that day,
AS we rode grim together.
Old tales still tell some miracle
Of saints in holy writing
But who shall say while hundreds fled
Before the few that Mosby led,
Unless the noblest of our dead
Charged with US then when fighting!
While Yankee cheers still stunned our
ears, =
Of troops at Harper's Ferry, +
While Sheridan led on his Huns, /
And Richmond rocked to roaring guns,
We felt the South still had some sons
She would not scorn to bury.
-Fetter's Southern Magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-11-30
Coins a Foot Square.

Gustavus Steinburg, a Swedish
coin-dealer, received through the
custom house a collection of
exceedingly unique coins, which
it was proposed to exhibit at the
Worlds Fair. The coins came from
Sweden, where they circulated in
the sixteenth century. They beal
more resemblance to pieces of
boiler-iron after an explosion than
money. The coins are great fiat
pieces of copper cut into very poor
squares. The smallest coin is four
inches square, and worth 30 cents;
and the largest over a foot square,
with a face value of 81. Each slab
of copper is stampad in several
places with all inscription giving
it's date of issue and it's denomino-
tion. The largest weighed over
four pounds. These enormous
and cumbersome coins were the
result Of an absurd craze which
prevailed several hundred years
ago regarding the exclusive use of
copper for money. 1t carried the
coinage of copper to absurd lengths
and the people discarded it's use. In
those days of copper coinage
wealthy ladies were compelled to
have an attendant to accompany
them to carry a bucket full Of
coppers while shopping.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-11-30
Harper'S Magazine.
ILLUSTRATED,

HARPEB's MAGAZINE for 1894 will maintain
the character that has made it the favorite illus
trated periodical for the home, Among the re-
suits of enterprises undertaken by the publish
ers, there will appear during the year superbly
illustrated papers on India by Edwin Lord
Weeks, on the Japanese Seasons by Alfred
Parsons, on Germany by Poultney Bigelow, on
Paris by Richard Harding Davis, and on Mexico
BY Frederick Remington.
Among the other notable features of the year
will be novels by George du Maurier and Chas
Dudley Warner, the personal "reminiscences of
w. D. Howells, aud eight short stories OF West
ern frontier life by Owen Wister. Short stories
will also be contrbused by Brander Matthews,
Richard Harding Davis, Mary F. Wilkins, Ruth
McEnery Stuart, Miss Laurence Alma Tadema,
George A. Hibbard, Quesnay de Bcaurepaire,
Thomas Nelson Page, and others. Articles on
topics of current interest will be contributed ny
distinguished specialists.