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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-13
A Job For the Preacher.

The mountain circuit rider met me at the
foot of Hurricane gap in the Pine noun
tains and we rode along together, and
about q mile from where the roads forked
we were stopped by a mountaineer with a
winchester whom the preacher knew.
II just stopped YER" he said to the
preacher, "ter ak yer to come up to the
house in the mornin."
Anybody sick" inquired the preacher.
mo" and the ~mountaineer hesitated.
"You know you nave been a-talkin ter me
fer a long time erbout gittin religion an I
been holdin Off"
The preacher nodded and looked pleased,
for there was a o of p%enitence in the ma
tive'sv voice.
swell, I've erbout made up my mind
that I've got ter the pint when somethin's
got ter be done. Jim Gullins come by my
place this mornin an killed one NV my dogs
when ! was away, an you've heerd me say
what l thought of Jim Gullins many a
time afore this"
The preacher nodded ~sorrowfully this
time.
"Well, I'm goin down to see Jim now,'
continued the mountaineer, ian if l git
him I'll be ready to jine the meetin house
when you come up in the mOrnin, an Ell
Jim gifts me you'll have a funeral to preach,
SOS you won't lose nothing by it nohow. ]
must be gittin along. Goodby," and sling
ing his winchester into the hollow of his
arm he hurried away through the thicket
leaving the circuit rider and me sitting OF
our horses in the. road completely knocked
out by the suddenness of it all and the
popularity. -Detroit Free Press. s
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-13
Roofs In the Tropics.

In the interior of Ceylon the natives fin
ish walls and roofs with a paste Of slaked
lime, gluten and alum, which glazes and is
SO durable that specimens three centuries
old are now to be seen. On the Malabar
coast the fiat bamboo roofs are covered
with a mixture of COW dung, straw and
clay. This is a poor conductor Of heat and
not only withstands the heavy rains to a
remarkable degree, but keeps the hut cool
in hot weather. In Sumatra the native
women braid n coarse cloth Of palm leaves
for the edge and top of the roof. Sharks
skins form the roofs of fishermen in the
Andaman islands. The Malays of Malacca,
Sumatra and Java have a roofing of attaps,
pieces Of palm leaf wickerwork, about \
feet by 2 in size and IN inch thick. which
are laid like shingles and are practically
waterproof. The Arabs of the East Indies
make a durable roofing of slaked lime,
blood and cement. Europeans sometimes
use old sails-made proof against water
mold and insects by p~arafin and corrosive
sublimate-for temporary roofs.-Waver,
ley Magazine.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-13
Contempt Of Court.

The following once took place in Will
liamsburg township, n. G. In Justices
court a prisoner was charged with the lar
ceny Of a bottle of beer from IA barroom.
He objected to being tried before the JUS
tice and asked that his case he heard by
some other J. p. Tho court demanded his
grounds Of objection, to which the prisoner
replied that he did not propose to be tried
for stealing beer from a barroom before a
magistrate who was in the habit Of dead
beating for drinks around the harrooms Of
that township. To this the court with
great dignity and emphasis replied: you
accuse me OF doing thatP Then you are a
- liar, and l fine you IS for contempt Of
court ."-Green Bag.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-13
TALKED WITH TEETH AND EYES.

An Old Detectives Unique Conversation
with n Telegraph Operator.
"Well, I had an experience on the train
coming home from the east on Monday
that l will not forget very soon" said DR.. L..
G. Carr to n reporter.
"As train was nearing Chillicothe
an old looking man, grizzly and unkempt,
with IN nwfu1ly tough straw hat, support
ing himself with q zane, for he had a bad
case Of anchylosis (stiffened knee joint,
came humping along through the narrow
~passagcway Of the sleeper and looked into
the smoking compartment where John
Kearney and myself sat enjoying our CT
gnrs.
'The old fellow glanced in but a mo-
ment and then stumped away again. I re-
marked to John that that was q pretty
tough looking customer, and he replied:
"'Why, don't you know mimi That's
John I. Norris, the detective,
"Well, we got off the train atChillicothe,
as / wanted to send a telegram, and we met
Norris at the telegraph Office. He stepped
up to me and said:
"'How dye do, doctors'
II returned his greeting, and then he said:
"'You don't know me, do you?
"'No,' I said, I never saw you before to-
day. -.
".Well. you are DR.. Carr Of CINCINNATI
said he.
Eyes, / said.
".Weil, doctor, I met you for a moment
one day in September, 1873. 1t was at DR..
Minors office in Cincinnati, md we got to
talking about the Cars down in Virginia.
''T'hen 1t all came back to me He was
right. I was astonished.
htWhu Mr. NCr,1a' I aai6 sthQf WAS III
years ago. l did not wear glasses then and
was not az heavy by 10 or 80 pounds as now.
I was a little slim fellow
eyes, l know said he. But I recog.
nized ye when I put my head IN at the
smoking room.'
swell, we had some little time to wait at
Chilicothe, and Norris made it lively for us.
doctor, let me have a silver dollar, will
| your he asked.
II knew he was up to some trick, but de
ctded to get done up and never squeal. ]
handed over the dollar. He took It, and
balancing it on his tongue began to whack
1t against his upper teeth.
"Of course, l thought this was only a
prelude before making it disappear fol
good and regarded the crazy performance
with some interest. The operator sat there
looking at Norris. apparently as curious
over these antics as myself, though, Of
course, not so anxious about the dollar
When Norris got through, he turned to the
operator and said:
VIVA did l say?'
"And the operator replied:
"'Do you know Robert Carr of West
Virginia, or the Cars Of Virginia.
"Why, the old rascal was telegraphinl
all the while, and that operator sat there
reading it. After we had recovered from
that, he said to the operator, Watch my
eyes, and he sent a message by winkinG
his eyes, and the operator took that off.
eve have to know all these little
things in my business said Norris as hi
stumped away with his cane and stiffened
ley."-Cincinnati Times-Star.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-13
PHILOSOPHICAL QUOTATIONS.

L
People never become too old to ''wish'
for things.
Control your mouth. Your temper will
control itself.
In a fight always remember that tho
other fellow is probably AZ cowardly as you
are. X
When a man destroys old Letters, he al
ways sorts out tho complimentary ones and
saves them. .ag 7
Until you have done wrong, you never
know how much yon care whatsother peo-
pie say about you.
The old philosophers are very Disagree
able. They are always telling you things
you have long been afraid were true.
It is n horrible sight to see an old man in
a rage. A mans red flag should all nave
faded to an indistinguishable color by the
time he is 5O.-Atchison Globe.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-13
Safety From . Periodic scourGo.

Do you want to DO insured. dwellsr In Z
mslsr.ous region. against the periodical
scoures which threatens to assail you in
the forms Of ehills and fever or some of
tho forms Of niasna-born dissase2 II goes
without saying. that you do. Then. in
stead Of using quinine or other aka
loid and nino's l drugs. which moro.
~ relieve and are always dstEi-
mental to gene al health. seek aid whe' q is
10 always forthcominR-frsn tao tho ough
preventive aad remedy. Hoststter's Stom-
ach Bittsrs, which. In rsRtoAs where NAL.
aria ID far more violent and prevalent than
p'etsly from tke system. Biliousnsss, dys-
pepsia. constipation. kidney and nervous
com plants. neuralgia oAd rheumatism are
among the naladiss to whioh the national
tonic and corrosive is adapted. Physi-
CLANS everywhere know it, genuine worth.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-13
COu0terfeiterS.

One great benefit that the people of this
country as a whole derive from national
currency is the difficulty which counterfeit
ers have in initiating the paper and engrav-
ing used in its manufacture. A counterfeit
bill is very seldom seen in New York city,
for example, and is never willfully present
ed in any large store. 1t is not difficult for
the newest immigrant to learn the distinct
i've marks and touch of our paper currency,
and the Chinese, who only learn the ap-
pearance of the figures denoting the
amount of the bill, are practically infal-
lible in their judgment of good money.
The United States secret service is well or
gained SO far as the running down Of
counterfeiters is concerned, and the Ger
tainty of detection and punishment is so
great that the regular professional Ameri-
car crook has given up the making Of
counterfeit bills as a bad job.-New York
C11n
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-13
ARCHITECTURAL.

The St. Louis water tower is the highest
In the world.
Pompey's pillar at Alexandria is ia feet
high, the shaft being a single stone 30 feet
in length.
There is q Buddhist temple in Cochin
China built in the form OF a triangle, the
whole having an area of over a mile.
The Gothic order of architecture was
originated in the ninth century and spread
all over Europe. 1t vas 80 called in de-
ris:on.
The wall of Severus, separating England
from Scotland, was SO miles long and
guarded by 81 forts. 1t was 20 feet high
md "a feet thick. and to the north was pro-
tected by a moat 40 feet wide and 20 feet
deep,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-13
A Wonderful Mnchtno.

There 10 no doubt that man 10 n fine
mechanism. but like every oshsr machine
hs wears out by friction. II 10 said that be
is born again every two or three years. His
body is virtually re-mads f,om food. To
retprd this making over 10 radically wrong.
az a man loses 10 much vitality in
the delayed process that II takes a long
tims to ~EoeupsTate. The process Of making
anew 10 80 Acesls' atsd BY psrzing with
BRANDRErH's PILLS that a new man. a. il
were, may DO made In two or three months.
and the change in the mechanism 10 such
that the worn out part 10 replaced by the
rev without tho usual running down of the
entire machine. You don't have to stop TO-
spairs. Purge away with BRANDRErH's
PILLs, tho old, diseased and worn out body.
They ara purely vegetable. absolutely harm
less, and safe 10 take at any time.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-13
How'e This!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Cstar b that osnnst be
cured by Halls Cntatrh Cstc.
F. j. CHENEY & Co.. Props, Toledo. o.
We. the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for tho last Afteen years and
believe him psrfe oily honorable in oil bus
mess ransa ctionH aud financially abts to
carry out any obligation made by their
firm.
West & Trusx, Wholesale Druggists. To-
ledo. q.
Waldine, Kinnan d Marvin. Wholesale
DRUGGISTS. Toledo, q.
Halls CatsTrh Cure 10 taken internally.
acting directly from the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price rs cents per
bottle. Sold by all druggists. Tsstimon-
iala fPeA-
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-13
THE JESTER.
Fair l~snthusiast.

1hs toastng, frcthins. rigging Sos. asi u
Together sidS by side,
They stood aud ga2ed Upon with ewe3
"Oh, amt that sweet" she cried.KH an I,
A story he narrated OF
A sailor brave. who died !
In saving others from the waves.
'.How jolly nicel' she sighed.
He pointed TO tho rcd SUNSET.
So g0rgeously Outsprcad, t
Aud asked her II II wasn't fine.
''Oh, yes, 10 cutel" she said.
He then proposed they write their names
With sticks upon the sand.
She clAppcd her hands and cried with glee,
'Oh, that will be Just grAndr'
Kansas City Journal.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-13
The Robin Was Grateful.

Miss Cecilia Morse of Morrisania, N. Y,
discovered II lame robin hopping on the
lawn not long since and bound up, its
broken leg. It wa in the course of an early
morning walk that this act of charity was
done, and the bird has since made its ap-
penrance on the spot where it was found at
the identical hour every day. Becoming
weary of early walks, Miss Morse abstaincd
from her peregrinations M day and was
surprised the next to hear a gentle tapping
at her bedroom window. which, on investi-
cation, proved to be the work Of the robin.
New York Recorder.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-13
Tne Same Oid STORY.

Mrs. Hunter Ito shopman)-If you will
cut me II small sample Of this, I will find
ont from my dressmaker 10Y many yards
l need and can send for the goods by post.
Just what you said in all the other shopsl--
london 1it-Bits. ."
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-13

The Best Haivs In NE world for Cusa.
BruissA SsrsA UlosFA Salt Rhsun, Fsve.
Sores, ~ettss, ChAppsd HandS Chilblains
Corns and oil Skin EraptiOuA and posi-
lively csses Piles ~ no none required. II
II guaranteed 70 give pssfeeA s~aSielastion.
q 1onsy refunded Price = esnNs Des boG
Ter eals by =, y. payOhan 3 O.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-13

Special salo on carpet rugs at The Bee Hive
this week, A Brussels carpet rug for ~ large
ASST rtment Of patterns 10 select from.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-13
PennyroyaI Pills.

Dr.. Psvry's IsliAbls ass the saSast and bssa
s~egulator for ladies'; nothing UNPLEASANT, md
always efYsctual. Advice tree. Pookarse N
nd "a direct. IHE CATION CO, brnxg.stA
Evening journal., 1893-09-13

1879, when they were resumed With
out disputing about the meaning Of the
expression, let us look at the admitted
facts
Since 1879 there has never been time
when dollar did not represent a value
sufficient to buy % 20 grains of gold in
the form of bullion, that being the
amount of pure metal contained in gold
dollar. promise to pay dollars was
not necessarily redeemed in gold, since
both silver and greenbacks were legal
tender; but the payment was made in
dollars that could be converted into gold,
If desired, without loss Every hundred
dollars represented value equal to
2, 322 grains of gold bullion. The bullion
value Of gold was the measure Of value
That is what IS meant when It is said we
were then upon a gold basis, ard that
we have been ever since
Now. apply the same reasoning to sill
yer. There has never been day since
January l. 1879, when 371 IA grains of
pure silver would sell for a dollar. In
1879 the average ratio Of gold to silver
was one to Is 40 A silver dollar con
tanned 371 Ia grains of pure silver, but,
in 1879, IL would bny nearly 427 grains.
The price of silver bullion was, there
fore, not measure of value. The price
of gold bullion was the measure of value
because it represented the purchasing
power Of every legal-tender dollar in the
country. Such Is the case to-day. Hence
the statement that the country is already
on gold basis.
There is no other sense in which the
country has been on gold basis, or II
likely TO be. Under the act to repea
the silver purchasing clause of The
Sherman law. which has passed the
House, the full legal tender function o.
silver dollars is preserved. Greenbacki
and Treasury notes of 1890 are also con
tinued as full legal. tender. The objec
of the repeal is to keep every dollar il
the country as good as gold dollar, a
has been the case since 1879
Evening journal., 1893-09-13
TALBOT COUNTY CONVENTION.

Republicans Met Yesterday From an Ad-
journed Meeting aud Elected Their
Ticket.
EAsToN, Sept. 13-The Republican
County Convention met again yesterday
after adjournment from last Tuesday
and nominated the following ticket:
For State Senator-Dr. Isaac A.
Barber.
For the House of Delegates-H G. Dods
son, Charles f. Stewart and Hiram S.
Hall.
For Sheriff-C. p Hand
Dr. Barber is a manufacturer Of -four,
with mills in Esston and st. Michael's
Mr.. Dodson is deputy collector of in
ternal revenue by appointment OF the
late Collector Hill, and is holding over,
although his term of Office has expired
Mr., Stewart is a merchant and promi-
nent business man Of oxford. Mr. Hall
is farmer in Bay hundred. Mr. Hand
is merchant in Cordova, Chapel dis
trict. and the postmaster there
The estate Of Joseph II White was
sold to-day by Walter H. Thompson
under deed of trust in sixteen parcels.
The sales aggregated about $25 600.
Evening journal., 1893-09-13
NEWSPAPER OPINION.
The Gold Basis. .

Louisville Courier-Journal.
One of the obstacles in the way of
reaching any argument in the pending
controversy with reference TO the cur
rency is the constant use of the same
term in different senses. A careful def
milton Of the terms employed would
eliminate about three .fourtbs of the
disputes In which men engage.
The partisans of free coinage say
that the repeal Of the Sherman law
will put the country at once on a gold
basis. To this many OF the champions
of repeal make reply that the country
has been on a gold basis since 1894
Now the facts are pretty well known,
aud the real difference of opinion
seems to turn upon the meaning at
tached TO the expression employed.
As careful a paper as the Financial
Chronicle, of New York, makes the state
ment that IL was the intention TO put
the country on a gold basis by the re-
sumption act, which took effect January
1, 1879. but that nothing OF the kind
was done. 1--WE never attained gold
payments" IL continues, except in a
qualified sense.
When It is said that the country wa.
put upon a gold basis in 1884, It must bs
meant that gold has been the measure o
values since the date mentioned. Tn,
period from 1862 TO 1879 should be ex-
excepted from this, for during that tint
prices we're generally made on a green
back basis though in international ex
changes and many other transactions tn
value Of gresnbacks 10 gold was the
basis Of adjustment Subject TO thi
qualification It is quite true tnat we havl
Deen on a gold basis since 1894 By tn
reac justment OF that year and ~ 1887
silver was undervalued and was sen
abroad. where It commanded a bette
price than at our mints. In 1883 Oh
full legal tender function was takel
4 from the subsidiary silver. The silve
J., dollar continued full legal tender. bu
did not circulate TO any notable extent
. Ia 1878 the coinage Of silver dollar
g except trade dollars. was discontinuel
o lt was resumed in 1878, under the pr
!. visions of the Bland Allison act, and n
q standard dollar became again full leg
tender. IL will remain a full leg
8 tender after the repeal of the Sherms
act
There are those who end it difficult
y understand how we can be on a 90
& basis when the silver dollar Is a n
u legal tender Apparently there al
E. those WHO think that gold basis meai
1. that silver is shut out Of circulatio
:. This may be what they mean by it, b
IL Is by 10 means what Is meant by tho
IT who say that we have been on this ba
Is since 1e34 OF excluding the time wb
D. specie payments were suspended, sin
Evening journal., 1893-09-13
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Joseph stoeckle win build fiat on King
street near Second.
Rev. b. T. Moore has returned from his
vacation and Will preach In shiloh Baptist
Church sunday.
There viii be a meeting OF the Delawa-e
STATE tremen 10 morrow evening IN the
Liberty engine house
-Tatnall street between Water and Front
streets Is torn up and new sewer Is in course
OF construction there.
"A valued pet dog belonging 20 Magis'
trat- McWhOrter died under peculiar CIR
cumstances last night.
"A great quantity Of New Jersey trgch
was landed at Pine street wharf yesterday
afternoon and this morning.
DIR. Jester, the well-known street man
who has been missed from the city sueen
during the summer, Is in town again.
"A ship carpenter employed at the Harlai
and HOlhngswOrth yards yesterday altuoe
severed two OF his toes By an AK ne wa
using glaucing of the log by striking kno'.
Il. Koskilosky. a Pole. residing at No. ~
Robinson street. WAS struck by W. q n ~ n
r.. train last evening al duetison street III. w
I head WAS badly cut. lie was ALSO in' n"i'
hurt
The Jury appointed to condemn the Nc
! Culiion property al Fifth and Walnut street.
allowed the owner $3.50 In a former condcm
nation egOn was allowed. but the otlret an'
sewer Commission would not accept IT,
A wagon belonging 10 II. r. Iatnal
! broke down at Front and Market streets YES
/ terdav afternoon. The wagon was neaVlil
/ loaded and the wheels caught IN the ca
/ tracks Ii fell on the rails and delayed traf
/ hc for nearly an hour.
Evening journal., 1893-09-13
HIGHWAY RosBERs NEAR ELKToN
Two Pensioners Attacked by FOotpads
and Robbed Of Their Pension Money.

Two Pensioners Attacked by FOotpads
and Robbed of Their Pension Money.
ELKToN, Md. Sept. 13.-Thomas Ty-
son, while passing down Main street
about 1 o'clock yesterday morning, was
set upon by footpads and robbed of
twenty-five dollars pension money.
Another victim of footpads is James
Mcconnell, resident Of the fourth elec-
tion district, who likewise came to Elk
ton to get his pension. He states that
last night about 10 o'clock he was as
saulted by two men and robbed of twenty
dollars His gold watch was not takel.
Miss Margaret Il. PritchaId died thi;
morning at her residence near Leslie, in
the Gath year of her age Miss Pritchard
has been an invalid for long time.
Intelligence reached Elkton this morn
ing of the death Of Mrs. Mary + Logan
wife of Rev. Jacob 7. Logan, of Brook
lyn, n y, which occurred on Monday
morning She was native of Ceci
county and daughter of H H Evans, o.
Bsrksdale, She was in the 42d year o.
her age
James Cannon, while at work in thu
Singerly pulp mill, in this town, oI
Saturday last, was stricken will
p aralys sis, from which he died at an earl,
hour this morning
Evening journal., 1893-09-13
OCEAN CITY'S LONG DEADLOCK.

The First Judicial Circuit Delegates
which Met There Had Co Take Re
cess. Being Unable to Agree Upon
Judge.
OCEAN CITY. Nd, Sept 13.-After
nearly weeks session the Democratic
convention of the first Judicial circuit
took recess yesterday afternoon until
the 21st OF September. Upon that DAY
it will reassemble at Ocean City.
Forty-four hundred ballots have been
taken for a judge and the end is not yet
near at hand All the delegates have
returned to their homes in the same
frame of mind in which they came and
in which they have voted. Worcester
and Wicomico seem as strongly welded
in their understanding as when the
convention met, and there is no pros
pectiye break in the agreement imposed
upon the Dorchester and Somerset dele
cations by the convention of the two
counties-that they vote together solidly
for Page for chief Judge and Lloyd for
associate. If any move towards com
promise is to be made during the recess
no delegate knows of it, and If there is a
flaw anywhere in the delegations it, too,
is unknown. No one can tell where the
break Is going to occur, if it occurs at
all II some truce is not patched up
within the next week the same balloting
will be continued when the convention
meets again as during the past week.
The report of the meeting of Judges
Page and Lloyd at Seaford, Del, yester-
day got abroad this morning, and it was
expected that some new line of policy
would be mapped out. But nothing was
learned that would indicate that there
should be change IN the line of proceed
ings. None of the candidates for Judge
has participated correspondence or by
kilograms or otherwise Ia the contest
nor has one of them offered suggestion.
The fact that neither Judge Page mol
Judge Lloyd was heard from to day
after their consultation of yesterday
was of material assistance in secur
ing a recess, move which has
not at any time been favorably regarded
by Somerset and Dorchester, and has
never been strenuously advocated by
Wicomico and Worcester, though
frequently discussed by all of tbs
counties.
After the morning session and dinner
to day the caucusing began in deaS
earnest, aud when the convention met
in the afternoon to resume its tiresoms
balloting Dorchester, by previous ar
rangement, moved for the recess until
the 2lst instant. Colonel john Walter
Smith, of Worcester, seconded tn
motion and Somerset and Wicomic
agreed