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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-07-15

Mrs. Hecnan Howard and her mother.
Mrs. Fitzgerald, we're returning in a carriage
from funeral at Warsaw, N. y, Tuesday,
when the horse ran away. Both ladies we're
thrown out. An iron rod entered Mrs How
ards skull just above the eye, penetrating
four or Eve inches. She remained suspended
until assistance came. She will die. Mrs.
Fitzgerald sustained internal injuries, but
viii probably recover.
Leon s. Sniih of Grand Rapids. Mich, was
arrested Tuesday for passing nearly $1,000
worth Of forged paper. When searched he
bad paper enough 10 make $500. 900,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-07-15
FOR SHERIFF..

| hereby announce myself rs candidate
for the Office of Sheriff, subject to the decision
of the Democratic Convention.
L. U. MESSLER,
tn* Union Bridge District.
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I'LL .IrrIsnED EVERY SATURDAY BY
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I1NetNtIFA VI INT I4sISI W III anu ItsIAIntu
Of Washington Musselman, deceased.
Reifsnider & Reifsnider, Attorneys.
Jacob Hoffman, Auctioneer. Tvs is
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-12-11
NOTICE.
WITH OPEN DOORS.

The opening Of the doors Of the Mon
tsna National bank to-day will brighten
many faces and bring new hope and con.
fidence to the community. The condi-
tions under which the bank resumes,
with three dollars on hand for every
dollar Of its liabilities, will at ono re-
store it to popular confidence ard favor.
The officers and directors are not alone
to be congratulated; they deserve the
thanks Of tho community for their
faithful and arduous efforts which have
been crowned with well merited sue
cess. In the retirement Of President
Murphy the Montana National loses a
strong business man, but in his sue
cessor, Mr.. Thomas A. NARROW, it gains
the services Of an able, energetic and
progressive young business man whose
successful administration OF the receiv-
ership stamped him as the right man for
the place. The executive capacity he
has shown in the trying work Of the
past four months is the best guarantee
that he is the right pilo, now.
A long life, and a prosperous one, to
the Montana National!
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-12-11
OUR SILVER MINES

Washing the golden sands Of the
Grasshopper, Alder, Last Chance and
the Prickly Pear was the first and most
profitable mining Montana has ever
known. The washing Of these gulches
exposed the veins Of ore from which the
glaciers had ground the gold OF these
rich placers, and the stamps and other
appliances of the quartz mills we're soon
grinding the gold from the ores OF these
veins at the head OF Alder, at Sterling
and on the Grasshopper.
But the prOspector soon discovered
the rich silver veins at Argenta, Phil
ipsburg and Butte. A company was at
once formed to work them. At least
three members of this company are now
citizens OF Helena, and will remember
the disks Of silver as broad as n buggy
wheel that went from their cupel fur
mace at Argenta to st. Louis, and in the
bank windows of that city became the
best advertisements Montana ever sent
east. These same members of the Hope
company will remember the effect of the
news that the wagons bearing the
Wheeler pans from San Francisco for
their mill at Philipsburg had gone
down, down, under the quicksaads of
Virgin river.
But the furnaces at Ar1enta and the
Hope mill at %Philipsburg continued to
send their disks and bricks of silver by
Wells e. Fargo and pay fabulous insur-
ance against the road agents." for this
was in the early days of the Sixties"
when silver wac worth sl.29 per ounce.
But when the wal was over and the ac-
companying wild speculations had died
out. the Wall street fiend whispered
"demonetize s~ilver!" Wall street went
to Washington, silver was demonetized,
and not one in twenty OF the members
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-12-11

IT is hard to believe that such atroci-
ties as the throwing of q bomb re-
Gently In a theater in Spain and in the
French chamber Of deputies Saturday,
can be the work of sane mon. They are
in the nature OF public crimes, and Ger
tainly can not have the justification Of
any rational mind. So many innocent
people are made to suffer that it is
crediting the perpetrator with a degree
of malice and wickedness impossible to
attribute to one in whom there exists
the slightest spark of humanity. And
yet there are persons 80 hardened of
heart that they would not stop at any
atrocity to avenge a private wrong, al
legged or actual. Such persons, we sup
pose, could be guilty Of the wanton in
fanny OF the two outrages mentioned, if
their bad hearts should prompt them.
They almost make one hold with Py-
thagoras that the spirits of animals in
fuse themselves into man, for their de-
sires are woltish, preserving the senti-
ment Of Shakespeare.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-12-11
YE-, STAND UP!

Loyalty TO home interests 10 tho watch.
word Of the hour, and every citizen and
newspaper of this state should abandon
political ties and stand up for Montana"
Benton RIVER Press.
Amen, brother! Down with the sixty
per cent war tariff and give the over
taxed people a chance for their lives
Let US lift the crushing tax burden
from the houses in which we live, from
the windows through which we look.
from the clothing hat we wear, from
the carpets on which walk, from the
dishes from which we eat, from the coal
that we burn, from the thousand and
n articles of universal use.
Yes, let US "stand up for Montana"
and stand like a stone wall against the
impudent and overfed tariff barons of
Pennsylvania and New England who
pluck US for their own enrichment and,
not content with that, strike down our
great silver industry when va ask them
for reciprocity.
Yes, "stand up for Montanap Lot US
throw off the yoke of the eastern manu-
%faoturers and keep our money ourselves
instead OF paying it out in tribute to
people who refuse to help us. Let us
secure for ourselves cheaper clothing,
cheaper lumber, cheaper coal, cheaper
manufactured goods of every sort.
The River Press encourages US. Is
the Commodore preparing to flop? He
hou oaruo1 %h1 AcuiE Io..s- "
faithfully against the interests of his
" people. Is he going to vote for the
Wilson b~ill-possibly with the exception
of the free lead and free wool schedules?
We hope it is true. And what a great
little man he would be il the news
should come flashing over the wires:
"Mr. Power stood up boldly for Mon
tana and voted every time against Penn
~sylvania and New England"
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-12-11
Holiday Goods

Christmas Novelties.
including Cards, Booklets, Novelties, Cal
endars and Fancy articles 90 at 20 per cent
discount.
Baskets.
Indian Baskets, discount 80 per cent.
Fine Stationery.
Hurd's, Whiting, Bainbridge's, Hake's, in
Guiding Tablets all 60 at IS per cent discount.
Pocket Cutlery and Scissors.
We have in this department the best goods
at lowest prices. All go at 40 per cent discount.
Photo Frames.
We have them in wood, leather, silver,
aluminium, the largest line in the city. All 60 at
IS per cent discount.
Staple Goods.
We included in this sale our large line of
staple goods, xxx on white envelopes $2.5o,
now So per NJ, on $2.4o, now $1.oo pr M; all
other sizes at corresponding discount.
Blank Books, Memorandum Books, Letter
Copying Books, Copying Presses and Stands,
Inks, Pencils, Legal Blanks, Toilet Paper,
Globe Files, etc, 60 at a special discount Of
20 per cent.
Remember these facts. This is a special
sale for four days.
These special prices are given only to cash
customers.
Every article in our store is marked In
plain figures, from which the discounts are
taken.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-12-11

OF congress- knew what they had don.
till IL was too late. BY this act OF con.
gress silver has been reduced In value
from Sl.o9 to 80 cents, and all tho fur
mace fires at Argenta have gone out
and some Of the silver mills In various
parts OF the state have already shu,
down and others will be compelled TO de-
60
The present congress may help us,
II not, many thousands Of those work
ing in our silver mines will DO compelled
to seek other employment. The balance
sheet Of the Drum Lummon for the last
six months will show how this demone-
tizing Of silver haa effected ~ silver
mining. This is one OF our best mines
md has been most skillfully managed.
The yield with silver at par was 1887
907, but with silver demonet,zed 1t wns
only s22S,3S5, showing a loss Of S59,522
by the fall in silver. But this loss
would have been much greater had not
a large percentage Of the bullion been
gold. The par value of the silver was
S1l4,67O, it's realized value was only
$62,9l9. But Notwithstanding the large
percentage Of gold the actual loss in
working this mine the last six months
was very great, some $4,000, as shown
by the official report.
With such "Irish dividends" many Of
OF our silver mines will be compelled to
close operations. But fortunately the
many men discharged may find employ
ment in the many thousand gold mines
in our mountains. There are now in the
state not less than 10000 gold prospects
recorded but not worked. Many OF
these have been SO far developed Us to
prove them valuable mines. A large
number OF them can be purchased at
low prices, and large interests in others
can be had for development work done
in the mines themselves.
1t should be remembered that the ore
carrying the gold in most of these mines
is the hydrated oxide Of IRON, which the
furnaces need az flux, and will buy them
and pay more for them than for other
ores containing the same per cent. Of
gold. Hence miners thrown out Of en-
ployment by the closing of our silver
mines need not remain idle for want of
employment with fair profits and pros
fortunes.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-12-11
The Dairy Maids Drill.

To The independents:
Tbs suggestion in Saturday mornings
INDEPENDENT TO repeat the Dairy Maids
Drip for SO popular a cause as charity
should meet with the approval Of oil, aAd l
feel authorized to say that with the con-
currence of the pastors of all the ohurchss
In the city. 10 will try TO do SO. and the
money realized to be dispensed on order Of
the Local Union"
My Judgment would be against giving the
entertainment before the holidays for tho
ronsons. firstly. most Of tho Joung ladies
are now busy finishing MP their school
terms and they would neei limo TO appsa,
in new movements; %secoaIly. W. should not
Antagonist other ents tninments. the dates
Of which have already been announced.
The holidays would be a good tims for
rehearsals. We should X pect the city to
donate the use of the auditorium for re-
h~earsals and entertainment.
G. O.. REED.
Chairman Music Committee It. Paul's NJ.
Z. Church.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-12-11

AN upright judge in Missouri has de-
cided that option contracts are void.
His reasons are those Of common sense,
and may have the effect to lessen the
evils Of gambling or boards of trade and
chambers of instituted and
conducted solely for gambling purposes.
The judge held that if one party to a
contract deals in fictitious property the
contract is void,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-12-11
Excursion Rates to California.

On tho 18th Of each month the Northerr
Pacific railroad will sell round trip tickets
to California points as follows:
Helena to san Fran eisco and return
going via Spokane. Tacoma and Portland
and returning same way. $75.
10 San Francisco, going via Spokane,
Tacoma and Portland. and returning vii
Ogden and Silver Bow, 800.
10 Los Angeles. going and returning VII
Spokane, Tacoma u cortland. entering
San Francisco in one direction either Qoini
or returning, $S9.
10 Los Angeles, going via Spokane. Ia
coma, Portland and San Francisco, and re
turning via Sacramento and Ogden, 800. 50
Itckets will be limited for sixty days TO
going passage, with return at any tim,
within the final limit of six months.
A. D.. EDGAR. Con. Agt.,
Helena. Mont.
CHAs. 8. FEE. G. p. d 7. A..
81. Pu1l, Mimi,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-12-11

500 vols. Crowell's Imitation half calf 12mo.
classics, regular price ST, special soc.
Webster's international Dictionary, latest
edition, indexed $I2, now $3.50.
Prince of India, by Gen. Lew Wallace,
Regular price $2.5o, now So,
The above gives you an idea OF the reduc-
ton which applies to the entire stock which
contains the complete works of nearly all the
best authors in fine standard bindings.
Pocket Books and Card Clses.
The Entire line at Il off. This will enable
you to buy our So goods for $3.50, So for SAILS,
So for So.
Fountain Pens.
The celebrated Swan Fountain Pens, sold all
Every pen warranted.
Mabie, Todd 4 Co. Gold Pens.
At a discount Of 20 per cent.
Toys, Dolls and Fancy Goods.
Toys, Dolls and Fancy Goods, including
the Dolls with human hair, all 60 at special dis
count of 20 per cent for four days only.
Pictures and Frames.
We will make a special discount of IS per
cent on the entire line, including frames made
to order.
Our large line of new Games and Chill
dren's Books all 60 at 20 per cent discount
during special sale.
Fancy Hand Painted Plaques.
Discount 2 per cent.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-12-11

Christmas presents are diticnlt to pelect by
many persona, aud it is simply impossible to do.
eide what to buy, Our advice to all friends IN
such dilemmas is to go where the largest assort-
ment of gifts can be found. and by looking at
the large and we'll assorted stock of all kinds of
holiday goods, dry goods. etc, at The Rec Hive
you VIII be sure to get what You want.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-12-11

~ Montanians aboard will always ind TIN
DAILY INDEPENDENT on file at their favorite
hotels: Fifth Avenue and Metropolitan. New
York; West. Minneapolis; Baldwin and Palace,
San Francisco; McDsrmott. Butte; Leland Hotel.
Springfield, Ill
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-12-11
For Rent,

The dining and bar room of the Cosmo.
politan hotel, or tbs whole house. 70.
particulars. enquire Ut tho office.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-12-11
Uaion Pacific System.

Diners. Pullman palace and toutist
sleepers. Free reclining chairs. The onlv
line to salt Lake and D-uver. Further in.
formation can be secured BY calling on or
addressing No. % North Mnin street, Hell
ena. Ment. II. O. WILSON.
Il. l.. n eight d Pass. AIT.
G. =. IL L. A.. Omaha, Neb,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-09-16
"A Man Sleeping In the Street.

A well dressed man leaning against O
lamppost and apparently sleeping the
sleep of the just created great deal Of
interest in busy London street the
other day. He sat on n box which he
had been carrying.
Evidently, being suddenly overcome
with drowsiness, he had placed the box
on the curbstone, and sitting down upon
it had fallen asleep. To those who sue
ceeded in getting close enough to the
man his gentle. restful snore dispelled
the fear that he might be dead. The
side of his face was exposed and be-
trayed no sign of intoxication. 1t was
the Judgment of every one that he was
sober, in good health and simply taking
quiet snooze.
When the crowd became so deep as to
threaten n blockade, the supposed sleeper
suddenly jumped to his feet, mounted
his box, and hourishing couple of bot
ties over his head exclaimed:
Now, gents, seein that you are all
here, rise to question of privilege,
and after thankin you for this most cor
dial reception, which assure you will
long remain upon the tablets of my
memory, wish to call your attention to
my world renowned corn and bunion
eradicator." -Exchange.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-09-16
Tho Weight of Crowds.

The load which is produced by dense
crowd of persons is generally taken at so
to 100 pounds per square foot and is con-
tidered to be the greatest uniformly dis
tributed load for which floor need be
proportioned. That this value may be
largely exceeded in an actual crowd was
pointed out by Professor W. G.. Kernot
of the Melbourne university, Australia,
in paper before the Victorian Institute
Of Engineers. In an actual trial n class
of students averaging 1885 pounds each
in weight We're crowded in lobby con-
tanning 1928 square feet, making an av-
erage floor load of 134.7 pounds There
was still room to have placed another
man, which would have brought up the
loading to 1881 pounds per square foot.
Professor Kernot also quoted from
Stoney, who placed 5S Irish laborers
averaging 15S pounds each in weight in
an empty ship deckhouse measuring 81
square feet floor area. This was load
| of 1914 pounds per square foot. In an
other test, with 73 laborers crowded into
q hut 0 feet by feet inches, Stoney
produced a load of 143 pounds per
square foot and estimated that two or
three more men could have been squeezed
in. 1t appears from these experiments
that while the figures ordinarily assumed
of 80 to 100 pounds are sufficiently cor
rect for spaces on which there is no
cause to induce the collection of great
crowds, larger figures, say 40 to 100
pounds per square foot, should be used
for railway stations and platforms, en-
frances and exits to places of public as
semblies or of office buildings, bridge
sidewalks, pavements over vaults and
other places where dense crowds are
likely to gather.-Engineering News.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-09-16
Reading of the schoolboy.

Habits are contracted and characters
formed early i'll life. and it is probable
that the color of PERSONS reading is
mainly determined during the time of
hobbledehoydom. when he is in process
of passing from the limp and lanky
schoolboy to the set and rigid man. Just
at this time is most critical period in
his career, for now it is that he obtains
new outlook into life. Previously he
has been concerned with the miniature
world of school and looked at the great
er world only with the eyes of school
boy. But now, entering business or n
profession, he enters into larger life and
begins to look about him with an air Of
deeper inquiry. And the more he reads
of contemporary literature the worse
does he become, for the air is thick with
controversy. Nothing is too sacred to
be contradicted, and the spirit of sweet
reasonableness" seems to be dead
Chambers Journal.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-09-16
Pretty Cold Weather.

Two boatmen on the Ohio river were
talking about cold weather and of a GER
tain severe winter. at was just awful, ="
said one of them. ''At Cincinnati the
river was froze tight. and the thermom-
eter went down to 90 degrees below
Cairo"
Below which," asked his puzzled
companion.
Below Cairo, you blubberheadl You
see, when it freezes at Cairo it must be
pretty cold, SO they say SO many degrees
below Cairo
But light was bursting in upon the
other. mo, they do not" he exclaimed
eagerly. You've got it all wrong. It's
SO many degrees below Nero. l do not
know what it means, but that's what
they say when it's dreadful cold. "-Har-
per's Young People.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-09-16
Bnshfu1 Lord of Other Dnxs.

There was young lover who was a
compound-very rare-of high rank and
great abilities, with sweetness, great
modesty and shyness. Most noble lords
know their own value and behave ac-
cordingly. This noble lord, however,
was modest. He thought himself so far
so very far-below the worth of the
young lady whom he loved that he was
afraid to speak. Some women do not
understand this modesty. Believe me-
ladies', it's a sure and certain sign of a
noble character, because only lofty
soul can conceive the existence of god
dess. We measure others, you see, by
ourselves. 1t is also a sure sign of love
because such n man can only love wo-
man whom he deeply respects. Encour-
age this modesty, my daughters. Above
all, do not laugh at it. This young man,
therefore, was afraid to speak, and the
delay, which is at first, am told, pleas
ing and exciting. began to grow monoto-
nous.
One day they were playing cards for
money, after the fashion of their gen
Grafton. The lady Won; the loser paid.
1T is he said, "half crown. Iwish
indeed it We're n crown"
AT least replied the lady, your
lordship can give me Il coronet."
And behold n miracle! For his tongue
was loosened, and his eyes glowed, and
his lips spalle. They lived happy, one
may add, though it is an unusual ending
10 IL story, ever afterward.- Be
SAINT i'll London Queen.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-09-16
\ CycIist Catches :, Train.

1--WE have all seen men run for train -
said Il traveller. The other day | saw a
man make a break for one OH IL bicycle.
We had halted ut a station from which a
straight, level road ran back ut a right
angle to the railroad. AT considerable
distance up that road we saw Il man com.
ing on a bicycle. y man afoot couldn't
have got anywhere near us from that
distance, and it didn't seem as though
the man on the wheel could get within
rods of us, but he came down the street
whiZZing. When he had come about
half the distance, the conductor gave the
signal to start, and the engineer sounded
tue whistle and started the train. II
was astonishing how fast tie man OH the
wheel was coming now. There was q
broad, level space around the station.
The bicyclist swept over this in great
curve that landed him alongside the bag.
gage car. Dismounting, he lifted his
wheel up to the waiting hands of the bag.
gage master. y fraction of second lat.
err the steps of the first passenger car
came along, and the bicyclist stepped
aboard winner. New York Sun.