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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13
Too Mod 1T for Ksntuokv y.

Now" Raid the professor of magic, II
am about to undertake n feat in which l
shall require the use of a pint flask of
whisky" there was a dead silence. "Will
some gentleman in the audience favo, mo
with a pint flask of whisky" asked the
professor. advancing to the front of the
platform. There was no response md
things were becoming embarrassing.
Surely" he said. "in a southeastern Ken.
lucky community / ought not to have 10 ask
o second time for such a thing. I pledgt
you my word l will return it .uninjured
IL there no." STRANGER" spoke up {
gaunt, hard-featured man on a front seat
would q quart flask do jest ne wellr
"Why, certainly. l merely" But the gen
erous. open-handed audience had risen a
one man and was on the way to the plat
! form.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13
DIED IN MI STORM.


Friday East.
From parties Just down from the Rose
bud, the following details are learned Of
tho dcath of John Finch, the lS-yea.-old
son of g.. b. Finch. ON The Aosshud Mys
the Miles City journal:
On Thursday last the deceased and bid
brother Bert. accompanied ~ a hsrder.
took MI. Finch's hand Of sheep about
eight miles from the ranch rnd' made 4
camp. During Ihs night the heavy storm
came NJ and split The hand Into Two
buuches. Early Friday morning Bert Finch
md the herder each followed bunch.
while John saddlsd ons Of tho horses, and,
leading the other, started for The
house. AZ hs did not reach hons
a search was then instituted 70,
him. aud Saturday afternoon about six
o'clock his lifeiess body was found BY Will
Straw, Elmer Wilder and Cash Williams,
about two miles up The west fork OF the
Rosebud, with both horses standing CLOSE
TO him. Near the remains there wore evil
denoes OF the horses having fallen with the
unfortunate young man. but as there were
no bruises on tho body, IL is supposed that
he was too weak to recover himself and
persisted in the storm. The deceased Wal
about Is years OF age, and had been in pool
health for some time, having returned
from school in Minnesota only two weeks
prior to his death.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13
MILL AT MARYSVILLE.
Two Crack L~ightweights VIII Meet in the
RopCd Aroma.

Two Crack Liehtweights Will Meet In tho
Ropcd Aroma.
Fred Fuller, Of San Francisco. and the
Moryaville Kid. o Of Butte. will have a
20 Saturday night before the Marysvi!ls
Athletic club for a purse Of $3.50 and a side
bet OF 500. The men are lightw eights and
their previous performances indicate that
they are very evenly matched. Fullef ap-
peared in q preliminary when Lewis and
Kid Gallagher met In Helena. and showed
himself to be a very clever boxer. The
Marysville Kid is accounted a good man BY
those who have seen him In the ring. INT
regular train from Marysville will be held
until after tho mill TO accommodate those
wishing to 70 from Helena. and quite a
number Of tho local sports who enjoy a
lively scrap have signified their intention
of going up in the afternoon.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13

WILLIAM WALDORF Aston is cutting
a very wide international swath. His
recent purchase of the Pail Mall Ga
zette was followed by the opening of the
finest millionaire hotel in the world, and
now it is announced that he has become
the owner of the ancestral home Of the
duke of Westminster. Later on he will
entertain the prince OF Wales and q
party of friends at the Worlds fair, I'm.
lass he decides that the show will be toe
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13

OF course this is nonsense, and anybody
who knew that Lyman Trumbull. perhaps
the most distinguished and respectable cit
izen OF Chicago, was supporting Garter
Harrison. knew how little truth there wal
in the frothinR invectives of his snemies.-
New York Sun.
Mr.. Trumbull is a fine man, a very
fine man, but what a future awaits the
museum manager who can show him as
the most respectable nan in that fine
big town, Chicago.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13
Short, but Made Restitution.

SAN Francisco, April I'd. W. Flood.
twenty five years cashier of tho Donohue
Kelly Banking company. Of this city, waa
arrested last night on the charge Of en-
b~ezzlement. A shortage said to amount to
$25. 900 was discovered some days ago. and
Flood was allowed to resign. 1t 10 under
stood that he made restitution, and in view
of his long service it was not thought thai
he Will DO prosecuted, and 10 his arrest
came to him as o surprise.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13

AT least two of New York's influential
papers nave already declared the proposed
Mitchell Corbett fight at Coney island to be
an unlawful act. 1t is a long time between
now and December. and it is the sentiment
making for order and not disorder that will
daily make Roadway in that time. New
York 10 not New Orleans. Take our vaca-
ton as usual In summe and see the fair.
That $4,000 fight is a long way otf.-Chi-
cago Inte.-Ocean.
Oh, yes, we have heard OF decisions or
fights. What is needed Is a decision or
"glove contests"
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13

The interview between President
Cleveland and Gov. Mckinley Is said to
have been SO pleasant as to cause the
former to soon show his sympathy for
the %latter's misfortunes by again asking
congress to order that war tariff off.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13

By insisting that the Roach case
should be dropped, Commodore Power
has endeared himself to his broad
minded and great hearted Montana con-
stituency.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13

small and 40 postpone tho Wait for an.
other year, whenshe will arrange a bigt
gSFsshow OF his own. What a great man
this grandson Of sturdy old John jacob
sAatos ie..t and how sad to think that
despite his greatness, he was not able to
10 elected toScongress from New York.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13
Want the Boundary Changed.

PHOENIX. Ariz.. April {. -The legislature
passed a concurrent resolution requesting
the president Of the United States to open
friendly negotiations with Mexico. looking
to such a readjustment Of the in
transitional boundary ss will give Arizona q
safe and commodious hsrbor near the Gulf
of California. and secure to tho citizens of
the United States participation in the valu-
able fishing privileges Of the gulf.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13

HAVING been barred from the Wash
ington pie counter, railroad managers
propose to get their share of the spoils
by keeping Worlds fair rates to the top
notch.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13

The lively squirt in the Chicago wheat
market would indicate that several lead
ing operators may have to take to quiet
summer resorts in the country during
the Worlds fair.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13

THE fact that the courts long ago de-
cided that there was nothing in Senator
Roach's case worth prosecuting was
doubtless the reason which induced the
United States senate to drop the mat
tor
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
HELENA, MONT, APRIL 10, 1893.

e-Montanians abroad will always ind I'M
DArLY INDEPENDENT On flo at their favotits
hotels: Fifth Avenue and Metropolitan, New
York; West, Minneapolis; Baldwin and PalasA
0an Franoisco; McDermott, Butte; Leland Hotsa.
opringfeld. Ill.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13

The interstate commerce commission
would really be worth something If it
could keep railroad companies down to
a fair profit in the matter of Worlds
fair rates.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13

By dropping anti-crinolne legislation
and devoting their time to taxation
frauds, Minnesota legislators are likely
to interest many prominent mon in
fashions in convicts' clothes.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13

THE discovery OF Abingdon Baird's
new will might have been expected when
it was known that in the original will
he had left nothing to n 80 intimate
with his life as Lily Langtry.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13

AFTER leaving the White House the
other day, Lieut.. Gov. Sheehan started
out to find the man who said spring had
come.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13

IT is noticed that the cyclone fought
shy of Montana and confined its efforts
to the country adjacent to republican
st. Louis.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13
Grand Calico bali.

Mount Helena lodge No. I, Degree Of
Honor. A. o. U. W., will give a grand CAL
leo ball on the 14th Of April. Each lady is
expected to make q nsoktie of the same ma
terial az her dress and bring it to the ball.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13

The Montana factions are likely to
become winded before all appointments
are made.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13

The only extra fine and complete line of
silver tableware in Montana at prices ex-
ceptionally low. HELENA JEwELRy Co.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13

The fight between the Standards
eagle and the Miners rooster promises
to be the liveliest feather pulling match
of the year
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13

If you don't see what you want, wait
until you get it, is Growers advice tc
office seekers.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13

V1s1roRs in Washington are signing
for April showers that bring forth spring
dowers.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13
THE WEATHER.

CLEAN out the yards, build new side
walks and say that spring is here.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13

ONE of the very latest appointments
will be that Of postmaster at Honolulu.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13

If that new explosive motor is q sue
cess, we recommend it's immediate adop-
ton by Headsman Maxwell.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13

LET us start the base ball league any
how and make it last as long as possible.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-13
Meeting Of tho Montana s~tookgrowers
-, Association.

For the annual meeting of the Montana
StockQrowers' association, to be held In
Miles City April 10. 1898. tho Northern Pa
ciho railroad will make ,a$rate of one fare
for the round trip from points in Montana.
Tickets on sale April II and 10, good to re-
turn until April %.
A. n EnaAn. Can. ACT.
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THE INDEPENDENT

R.r,;t..nccs n the risk Of subscriber unless
made nv Registered lotter, check. * postal sot n
nrcss order, payable To- Tho lndspepdsns Zap.
Fishing Company. Is
Hv-Persons desiring tho INDRrHNn1Mx ssrvsd
4 their homes or place Of, husinAas caa sfasr w
.ostal card or through telephone No. loo. fissss
ssport cases Of irregular delivery prornptAy.
Advertisements 70 insuSn prcmps iAsssusAs
1hop)d bs handed In before 9 >. =.
Rejected Communications not rsturnahae IN
ms postage 10 enclosed.
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-13

Tor II you did the Indians would murder
nm IN no time. No one, I'll bet you. -
said Happy Jack, "has ever gone In
there before to ask for secrets You
must be very careful. sir, very careful
indeed, for sometimes even money won't
save mans scalp if these savages get
the idea into their heads that you are
going to betray them
Here Happy jack drew Off his
horse to the right and l followed him.
A few steps through she trees and we
halted at the door of the medicine
lodge.
"Ai! AIR sang out "Happy Jack"
There was no response to this saiuta.
ton. but in a moment very queer
looking Indian drew aside the curtain
that hung at the door of the hogan and
said something in a low tone in Indian.
which / did not understand. ''Happy
jack did, however. Suffice it to say,
that before we were allowed to enter
the medicine lodge we were obliged to
go through the ordeal of far more
formal and elaborate ceremony than
I'VE ever confronted before even at the
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-13

his wits for satanic deeds. He came
home only to find nothing to do. he
was an educated Indian, and hence
forth he must not associate with the
common herd Idleness bred dissipa-
ton and gambling. So he began to
drink tizovfn, or corn f1rewater, which
is made by boiling down the corn and
letting 1t ferment for three or four
days. During the fermentation of the
corn he would fast. Then he would
saddle his horse and go forth for des-
perate deeds. # he got out OF money
he soon got more. He was first scout
under the chief of scouts, Chief Roberts.
of Globe City, st. Carlos. He owned
some mines in the Pineal mountains
He went FIRST to Mexico as scout under
Maj Dams. He killed two men in the
coal mines of the Turnbul mountains
who were in prospecting party and
gobbled the mines. For this atrocity he
served two years. At the end of that
time he was pardened.
"a short time after this he was
caught and handcnffed, about thirty
miles from Globe City, Arizona, be-
tween Globe City and the ella river.
The Kid after he was handcuffed.
dipped his hands into the sheriff's belt.
pulled out his pistol, shot the sheriff
and killed him, killed the deputy.
killed the driver and got away. He
has been out ever since. He will never
be taken alive and many man will die
before they take him. He wears his
tongue in sling. He can write and
talk English as well as You can, but he
never does for all that. He is the finest
trailer ever saw. But he is a human
secret that will never be found out.
He is an Apache, and an Apache when
he is driven by his life to become .
desperate is very terrible character.
The Kid hates white people. He
claims to have been treated badly by
them in school. at the agency, on the
reservation. everywhere, and he hates
the white man.
1"There, do you see that little queer
looking mound over yondera'', said Hap
Ply Jack, as we rode along side by side
under the eattonwoods; shafts a medi-
cine lodge. There's an Indian in there
can tell you all the Indian secrets you
want to know if you only pay him
enough But you must not mention his
name IN ttfelp&pers you are writing for,
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-13

ssThe use of 'Castoria is so universal and
its merits so well known that 1t seems work
of supererogation to endorse 1t. Few are the
intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
within easy REACH
CARLOS MARTYN, D, D.,
New York City.
Late Pastor Bloomingdale Reformed Church.
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-13

imposing portals Of q no less famous
secret society than that of Clio Hall at
old Princeton.
The Indian in question was dressed
In long, brilliantly colored blanket.
gircaled with silver belt around his
waist, fillet of baadwork abcuf his
hair. pair of leggined moccasins and
strlnged necklaces of varicolored beads
about his neck. He wore look of gro
tesque gravity On his funereal face, and
as we entered the door OF the medicine
lodge behind him a casual observer
might easily have supposed that
funeral cortege was descending the
steps of a family vault. And in very
sooth it was a vault of secrets A niys-
FERROUS aspect lay on everything. The
interior of the room was strewn with
cahalistic curios- Painted sand pictures
on the floor, tokens and watteaux on
the walls, which were stuccoed with all
sorts of weird sketches; loose tangles
OF leathern strings, shod at the ends
with deer or buffalo horn; plumed al
rows, sacred painted cigarettes, sweat
house sheepslins, the notched wands,
the "whizzer," the sacrifcial sticks,
mysterious Masonic charts and little
glass mirrors.
The lodge itself was simple conical
structure of large, partially hewn pin
ion logs, set ON end and inclined at an
angle Of about forty-fue degrees, SO as
to join one another on top, where they
formed the apex of the lodge The cir
Gle Of logs was incomplete in the cast
where the openings for tho door
and the smoke hole were. A passage
or entry about five feet high and
three feet wide led from the
body of the lodge to the outer door
way, where some blankets hung as por-
tieres The frame Of logs was covered
with sods and earth to keep out the
wind and rain. The lodge was eight
fest in height and twenty-five feet in
diameter at the base.
After the ceremonies of entry and APP
proach had been gone through with we
entered at once into conversation with
the sha1nan, or medicine man.
The medicine chief is the one man
most worthy of consideration. If war
takes place he courts the thick Ct dan
ger If for no other reason than to show
his immunity from danger. The most
renowned chief that ever lived in the
west was the great Cheyenne warrior
Mfn-vitz-in-nanl-epfvo-mansst. Black
Hawk and Sitting Bull were both medi-
cine chiefs
My first act was to give the medicine
man bag of good Lone Jack tobacco,
which, as the smoke curled up his nos
trils, set him fairly a-tremblfng with
delight. then counted out ten silver
dollars and put them into his hand It
acted like a charm. learned all the
secrets which even Catiin, Schooleraft,
Dodge, Haynes, Taylor and host OF
others have confessed, Ia so rasny
words, their inability to ind out, and
they are published here for the frst
time.
ASK him for me what is the favorite
method with the Indians Of poisoning
arrows"
''Happy Jack" did as requested
and the Indian said 1T was a great Sc
cret. sIf the Indians knew that tol@
1t they would kill me in no time. You
must never tell my name to anybody.
when the Indians want to poison an
arrow they go out and catch rattle.
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-13

snake and pin him to the ground. tl,en
they take piece of liver and tease k1,e
rattlesnake with it till the snake 1fites
the liver and ellis it with poison f.ain
ms fangs Then the Indians dip the
arrow into the poisoned liver The
bark takes the poison and retains it sor-
ever. The secret Of the choice Of fiy.r
as a receptacle for the poison is to be
found in the fact thas8the liver holds
the poison and coats the bark of the
arrow so that it retains the poison for
ever. Such an arrow so poisoned, If
properly done, will kill after the lapse
of one hundred years.
There is another method Of poison
ing the arrow by dipping the iron barb
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-13
MISCELLANEOUS.
for Infants and Children.

sfCastoriais owell adapted to children that
recommend itas superior to any prescription
known to me-" H. A. ARCHER, III. D.,
iii &c. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-13

AsAnsEs sas.ar Under COWBOYS hat
he is really terrible-looking man: but
underneath all that desperate, murder
ous-looking exterior is a kind heart. l
began by dreadsng this man and ended
with loving him. Happy Jack is
simply superb shot. He has Aaron
Burr's ability to shoot two pistols at a
time in either hand and shoot straight.
He is clean rifle shot, matchless
horselnan and trailer. I stumbled on
him at a trading store in the Navajo
mountains. He had beautiful horse
there which frequently rode. He is a
man about forsy-nine years Of age. His
Wild, eventful life has told on him. But
he is game yet and good for all day and
might in the saddle. His name was
spriginally John Edward Park.
o, Give met some very devilish Indians
IN my time" said he one evening as VIC
were riding along mountain trail
- But I'll swear the nerviest Indian
ever met was the Apache Kid whom
Lieut. Bean is after now. He'll never
get him What does he know about q
Strail, while at the same time he has got
the finest trailer in the Indian country
Just ahead of hima Why, the Apache
Kid laughs all the way down his sleeve
at Bean. He foxes the trail, blazes
back signs, sets his horses shoes back
ward, walks off his sign II he has any.
ia the bed Of the river or loses the trail
sheer up the steepest mesa while Bean
goes round forty miles, only to find the
kid gone.
= 7 have seen the kid frequently and
talked with him When he is sober he
is not bad fnan. 1t is the old story.
! can give you his whole life in d very
few words He was sent to Carlisle
when had to be educated. He was
Naturally bright, and his education has
made him brighten and sharpened UP
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-13

AASes<zAS. hluLliS Gt Iull speed neck to
neck on either side of the FRUSTRATED
form, the riders stoop at the same in
slant, seize the wounded warrior and
with double effort swing him up in
front of one of the riders, who scurfies
off with him to safe cover or camp.
I'm the drills the picking and the
picked up take turns at playing dead
or wounded. This is the reason WHY
in every engagement with the Indians
the significant words: Indian loss
unknown are the only report which
young heutenants thirsting for glory
can make with nothing to show for
their pains.
''The Indians are greatly helped in
this by tho horsehair loops which 90
round the necks of their horses and in
which they hang by one arm, usine
their horse as a shield"
'sWhat Is the secret belief Of the In.
dams regarding man that is either
strangled or smotheted?'
'sThey believe, said the old medicine
man, sthat the soul goes out of the
mouth at death, except when a man is
either strangled or smothered. In such
case the soul hovers around the body
forever. This is why they dread hang
ing SO much. No Indian will ever fight
IN the dark, for he believes .that should
ne De killed in the dark his soul wonld
dwell In the dark forever"
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-13

WAiASA he1VO Pf1SSWOTuS, craps duu Signs.
They will all deny that such a thing
exists, because it is big medicine but
nevertheless it does, for all that. Each
tribe, moreover, has Its own peculiar
chart Of masonry, proving beyond all
peradventure that the Indians were the
first naasons in America. The four fol-
lowing charts, which have not been
made public before, will probably
throw SOME lghb on this subject and be
recognized by those who are adopts in
the mysteries of masonry as incontesti-
BILE instances Of true masonic order
having existed among the Indians prior
~ any other like order known among
the white men of the country"
What Is the sacred medicine made of
which they carry with them in their
medicine bags?"
"Each brave" replied the medicine
chief, puts peculiar medicine of his
own into the little bag worn on
his person and buried with him. It has
religious Specification as well as a
mysterious one. II warrior has a run
Of luck with his medicine he swears by
it and retains it. If not he changes it
ut once"
SIS the tribal medicine simply an
expansion of that idea?'
ut is. With most of the Indians the
thing is secret. With some, like the
Cheyennes, the thing is known. With
the Cheyennes it was Fifty years ago a
bundle OF sagebrash. But the famous
medicine arrsv' changed all this. Now
IL is bundle of arrows tied together
and tightly wrapt in 'par-heche and
suspended in good days over the door
Of the wigwam. This is the Indians,
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-13

"See here,r SAID savage husband,
as ne chopped at the slab of concrete
which his brand new wife had put upon
his plate If you can't make better
plum pudding than this. Ishall give You
the sack"
Thanks, love-" she murnured,
sweefly, land please let it be seal,
dearest, for plush is so awfully common
this season. Texas Siftings.
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-13
THE NOBLE RED MAN.
Old Women Among The Indians Are
Called ''IHOWlers."
Interviewing . Medicine Man-Ne Dis
closes Secrets of Various Tribes Which
Have Never Been Divulged ia
Any Living White Man.
tcoPYRIeHr, 1891

EFORE I lift the veil
that has hitherto COW
cred the secrets of the
red man allow me to
cay a word about my
guide. On the plains
they call him Happy
jack" He is a man Of
medium height. with
long, curly hair, a sharp
face and a keen eye.
IT-I1