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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-01
Vote for both propositions.
ABSURD FALsEHooDs EXPOSED.

IHE INDEPENDENTS expose OF the
Herald's lying figures and falsiied com.
PARSONS had the desired effect on that
contemporaries style Of campaign; il
took in it's horns last evening with com
mendable alacrity. It is often easy to
deceive constituents in a national cam
paign when the evidence Of a new TIN
plate industry is not at hand, but in the
comparatively small city of Helena it is
difficult to run away from facts on local
issues. The official figures from the
books verified every statement of city
accounts made in this paper, and now
that the Herald's hide is nailed squarely
on the fence, we expect no repetition of
falsehood. Figures talk and more OF
them will be found in another column
for further investigation. For every
dollar expended there are actual assets;
there are results which satisfy every in
telligent taxpayer that Mayor Curtln's
administration has followed the best
sort of economy in caring for the city's
wants.
The idea that John G. Curtin would
authorize any form of extravaganza or
waste OF the city's money is both alb
surd and foolish in the eyes of every
business mar or citizen acquainted with
the mayors splendid success in a bust
ness managed after the most careful
methods. 1t is likewise known to all
that Helena never had q mayor who
gave more undivided attention to all de-
partments Of city affairs and that under
no administration have we seen more
business like regulations.
The evening papcr's fabrication of
facts is a serious matter. It tends to
injury of the city's credit and deprecla-
ton OF securities, and this concerns not
only the holders of securities but all
taxpayers as we'll. Every one of its
statements alleging extravaganza is An
unqualified falsehood. Mayor Curtin
and the council were forced to meet OK.
traordinary expenditures which were
we'll cared for and show value received
AS was shown, there was a big herit age
from the Kleinschmidt administration
in tho shape of an auditorium debt aud
for the cutting down of Lawrence street
and then came the heavy street expen
ditures for the capital fight. Now
then, after these were provided for VIC
come to the past three months OF De.
cember, January and February. Here
are the figures:
Decemoer 81 ,593 G
january Las D
toosoaFy ly.234 u
For the quarter 49,. 577 q
Out of this bill we are to take TO,
extraordinary expenses $3.50 for news
paper publication Of delinquent tax lis
and warrant calls, $500 damages which
the city paid for a broken limb, $500
ten per cent of street tax refunded t
the county treasurer md S175 for
horse. The rest, including the pa.
rolls and actual running expenses 70
water, lights, street department, boar'
of prisoners, ETC., shows as economics
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-01

The Herald's former comments on
Col. Jockey, written under strong con-
victions and after careful deliberatiou,
will be kept standing in THE INDEpEa-
DENT until after election. There is
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-01

THE election OF Mr.. Flaherty means
the addition Of an alderman who will
take good care of the interests Of the
Second ward, and who will always be
found punctual, attentive and faithful
to his duties.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-01

UNDER Mayor Curtin's administration
the city's money was 10 expended for
extra counsel to assist the city attor-
ney; neither did it go for extra compen-
sation for the city t%reasurer's office.
Both officials were paid only what the
law allowed.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-01

If it is IN order to submit designs for
a portrait on that other window of the
Jockey building, We suggest a flying
train OF cars loaded with public-spir-
tied passengers and drawn by a steam
engine labelled Progress. Switchman
Jockey should be seen IN the distance
trying to side-track the train,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-01

CLARENCE B. GARRETT's majority for
city treasurer will be told by
three figures. His splendid run last
fall is evidence Of his popularity, while
his ability and integrity are beyond
question. He is fully deserving of the
general support that will be given to his
candidacy next Monday.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-01

The city treasury ought to be kept on the
ground hoor-at least not in a Garrett
Herald.
In connection with the above joke, we
submit that under MI. Garrett's charge
the city treasury will not get quito SO
close to the ground as during the past
wear.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-01

Do not forget to vote for Marcus Liss-
mayor and council in the management
of a sound, progressive and economical
administration.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-01

JUDGE FLE1scHER has been after that
nomination for a long time, but the fact
that he had to use a club to get it
creates unfavorable comment in all
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-01
HELENA, MONT. APRIL /, 1893.

G0-Montanians abroad will always find TAn
DAILY INDEPENDENT on file at their favcrits
hotels: Fifth Avenue and Metropolitan. New
York; West, Minneapolis; Baldwin and Palace
Gan Francisco; McDermott, Butte; Leland Hotsl.
1pringfeld, LII.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-01

WORTHY young men should be en-
couraged to take part in municipal af-
fairs, and Denver P. Dayton, who Is an
excellent representative OF this class,
should be elected by n round majority.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-01

AUGUST WErsENHoRN is one of Hell
ena's best types of business men, and,
therefore, entitled to the best support
of all who want a business-like admin
infratinn
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-01

As good men were turned down to
give that nomination to Tom Miller, he
cannot complain il he is turned down
next Monday.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-01

CONTRACTOR JOHN WORKMAN will
make it his business to see that con-
tracts for the city next year are made
by responsible parties and will be car
ried out to the letter.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-01

ON Monday the voters will answer the
Herald's l~nterrogatory by saying that
they expect nothing from Dick Jockey
in the management of municipal affairs.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-01

If you have property or are interested
in Helena's future, you cannot afford to
vote for an obstructionist.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-01

The best evidence Of a~ssininity is the
claim that so successful a business man
as John G. Curtin would revel in tex
t%ravagance and waste"
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-01

VoTE for John M. Peterson; he is a
live and energetic citizen who will keep
out Of the ruts OF mossbacklsm and
support the best interests of the city.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-01

REMEMBER that policies and public
records and not personalities are to be
discussed, and let the campaign be as
clean as it is brief.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-01

WHEN a citizen so valuable to the
community as W. f. Cox can be found,
citizens of the Fifth ward should rise
like one man to secure his election.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-01

The Herald's next picture Of Col.
Jockey will be the one that it turned
toward the wall a year Ago..
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-01

GET out to the school election to-day
and vote for two good trustees and that
special tax Of $4,000.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-01

nothing small about tbs INDEPENDENT,
and in this way it proposes to assist its
contemporary in moulding public
opiniQn,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-01

A CURTIN in front Of the falsehood on
the Jockey window would avoid unfav-
orable comment from passing strangers.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-01

A VOTE for the straight democratic
ticket means a vote for the best NUM-
Opal government next year.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-01
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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-01

Temperature at noon, @5.
Maximum temperature. 4S. 3.
Minimum Temperature. 3l.0.-
Local forecast for Helena Fair; warmer.
Helena, March 81, 1888.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-08-24
LIVING SCARECROWS.

Children Utillzed to Keep the Crows from
Pulling Up the Corn.
A wreclxing gang on the Delaware
division of the Erie railway were clear
ing up a wreck at Nobody's Block, not
far from Cochecton, last week, says a
Port Jcrvis correspondent of the New
York Sun, when their attention was
called to u curious, shrill, cooling sound
which came at short and regular in
tervals from cornf1eld across the Del
aware river in Wayne county, Pennsyl-
vanin. They made an investigation
and found that the sound emanated
from the children of q German farmer
who had been stationed around his
cornfield to scare away the crows from
pulling up the young and tender; shoots
OF corn. The farmer had been sanusu-
ally well blessed with progeny, his
wife having borne him no less than
twelve children, including four pairs of
twins. He had been yearly bothered
with crows in complaining time, and
he had adapted all the scarecrow de-
vices in common usage among farmers,
such as placing stuffed straw men in
the fields, stringing Irvine over poles
''A'A' uAOS VI "ilCO AuSS III
the wind, ETC., but the crows had be-
come used to these things, and, crow
like, would post their sentinels on lofty
treetops to give warning of danger
while their compa mons were at work
uncovering the hills. A happy thought
struck the farmer by which he could
protect his corn and utilize his several
offspring. Aiming two Of them with
old tin pans each day, he placed them
in the field at four o'clock in the morn
ing and told them to call out Goo!
coo!' and pound their pans whenever
they saw any crows flying near. When
the children became tired the father
replaced them with two others, and
thus by successive relays the crows
were kept away. This process was re-
poated each day until the corn was Of
size sufficient to protect itself. 1t was
this strange noise, kept up all day
long, from early morn till eve, that
made the Erie wreckers marvel. 1t is
sail that this is the second year in
which the Wayne county farmer has
protected his cornfelds with living
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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-08-24
THE czAR.s PEcULIARlrlEs.

4 Ralsr Of elnple Habits Who Hates All
Ceremony.
The correspondent Of the London
Times in Paris says that the French
will be greatly disappointed if they
think that a general or an admiral, as
an ambassador in st. Petersburg, will
be more successful in getting the ear
OF the car than q plain citizen. The
fact is, he says, that the car never
gives an audience. He then continues:
''This man, who disposes Of one of the
vastest empires in the world, before
whom everything falls down, whom no
one resists, for whom it is enough that
he should raise little finger to set in
movement millions and millions of
men, is neither a soldier nor q sailor
nor diplomat. might add that he is
almost what is known here as !. bour-
geois. He has horror of fetes, he de-
tests ceremonies, he loves neither mill
tary nor naval reviews. He adores his
family and is contented only with them.
He is not one of those Russians who
are half savage, half Machiavel, he
is rather a simple mujik, lover of
truth and a speaker of it. When he
returns to st. Petersburg he bids
the diplomatic corps not to come to
meet him. When he presides per-
force at review, he leaves the field as
soon as possible and is pleased to get
down from his horse, for he does not
like it. At Copenhagen his greatest
pleasure consisted in going out in
short coat and q soft hat, mingling
with the pedestrians who pretended
not to recognize him, and in taking a
cab. Indeed, he once amused himself
in a very odd fashion, he and all his
family taking a tramcar to 20 into the
country. In politics as in everything
else the cars ideas are simple. He is
not communicative because he does
not know how to develop his thoughts.
He has never spoken for five consecu-
tive minutes in his life. When he is in
Denmark or in the Crimea, Us his gov
eminent accompanies him, he devotes
half an hour a day to signing papers,
and that constitutes the only bust
ness. The military attaches see him
at the reviews, but there is no possible
chance of conversation with him. An
ambassador may see him when ball
is given in his honor, but he can have
no conversation with him; or he may
see him at a ball at another ambassa-
doris or at some small court reception,
but these occasions are rare"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-08-24
ST. MARY'S ACADEMY
SALT LAKE CITY,
CONDUCTED BY THE
Sisters Of the Holy Cross

The course OF study is thorough,
embracing all the branches belonging
to a first class education. Phon-
ography, Typewriting, Bookkeeping,
taught. Language, Drawing and
Vocal Lessons in clas being included
in the English course form no extra
charge. Young ladies wishing to
pursue the Higher Art or Musical
course are afforded special facilities
in each. The usual modification Of
terms made when more than ore OF
the same family attend school mt the
same time. The pupils of All Hal
lows College are permitted to visit
their sisters ut the Academy.
Half rites can be securrd for pupils
on the roads not outside thea Terri.
tory.
Studies for hoarders and day pupils
will be resumed the first Monday OF
September, 1893.
TERMS MODERATE--Send refer
enoe. For catalogues, ETC., address
ne above.
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FAT PEOPLE

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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-08-24
CABINET,

Sec ty. Of State. cocoon. Walter Q. Gresham, Ill
sec'ty. of the Treasury John G. Carlisle, Ky
Sec'ty. Of War. 800. Daniel 8. Lamont, N. Y
Sec'ty- OF the Navy. Hilary A. Herbert, Ala
Postmaster-G General. Wilson 8. BisseIl. N 7
Sec'ty. OF the Interior. .Hoke Smith,. Ga
Attorney General....... Richard Olney. Mass
Sec'ty. Of Agriculture.J. Sterling Morton, Neh
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-08-24
SUPREME COURT.

Chief Justice. Melville ". Fuller, III
stephen J. Field, Cal
John Nj. Harlan, XIV
....Horace Gray, Mass
AasocJata Ins,;os. ..sam Blatclford, n y
David J Brewer, Eas
Henry b. Brown, Mich
...GeoI ge Shiras, Penn
Howell jackson, Ten
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OFFICIAL DIRECTOR
U. 8. GOVERNMENT.

Presiden,..... GROVER cLEvELAHD,N.
Vfce-President.. .ADLAI e. STEVENSON, IN
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e. 8. Senators. :::: M st sv,ss
Rep. in Congress. ...... Francis G. Newlands
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-14
Medical Cures In Medieval Times.

In medieval times the poor people sought
relief for their ills at the hands of the kind
hearted monks and gentle nuns, but after
the reformation the healing art was rele-
gated to charitable women, who mastered
the mysteries of simpling. Out of this
grew up the profession of the herbalist,
combining all the self assertion of the
quack doctor with the dense ignorance of
the ancient crone. 1t is no surprise that
such persons became the dread of the neigh
borhood and the persOnification of wizards
and witches
One of the remarkable superstitions
taught by these ignorant, designing herb
alists was the notion that diseases could be
transferred from human beings to trees.
White, in his famous writings on natural
history, records a case where ash trees
when young had been split and held open
by wedges while sick children were passed
through under the absurd belief that re-
storation would follow The laughable
rule required that the child should be
passed through head foremost and handed
back to the left, each time going in the
direction of the sun.
If the tree grew together after the wedges
were removed, the child was more certain
to recover. Persons suffering from the
ague faithfully went to a lofty willow,
made cash in it, breathed three times into
| the crevice, closed it quickly and ran away
without looking back. All this done to the
letter, the agUe left the person for more
faithless subject-whenever conditions did
not favor its remaining longer-Chautau-
Ouan
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-14
To Prevent Cruelty to Children.

What is needed is the gradual diffusion
throughout all classes of society Of this
wholesome sense that children are no long
er helpless as again It cruel parents; that
there is a strong social indignation spring
ing up which will not hesitate to interfere
with parental opprcssors of any class, rich
or poor, and that this interference will be
strongly backed by the law. AS we have
seen it, it is not poN crty and misery which
chiefly promote cruelty to children. On
the contrary, it is the self will which is
oftener found in conjunction with good
wages or even with something like wealth
than it is with the humiliation of the Sc
verest want. Cruelty grows on a high
stomach and fullness of bread, not on
starvation and the bitterest sense of want.
What we need is the extension of this So
ciety's operations in the same sober and
temperate spirit in which its work has been
hitherto carried on till it covers the whole
land, and covers it with an agency which
strengthens the kind parent to resist and
protest against the conduct of the cruel
parent, and kind neighbors to interfere in
the comparatively rare cases where both
parents are alike cruel. We must stimu-
late the growth of social power which
shall be almost omnipresent, SO as to arrest
effectually the spread of these overgrown
and hideous wens of arbitrary self will I'M
der which the helpless wither as the grass
withers under yew trees shade. Wher-
ever there is n social life at all there should
be no such thing as the helplessness CT chill
dren.-London Spectator.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-14
She Found the Grave.

On the day of my fathers funeral my
mother sat with vacant eyes and fixed, pal
lid face-the picture comes back to me yea,
it so impressed my childish imagination
following the funeral service. stage after
stage, and suddenly with the words, ut is
all over!' fell back fainting. She said aft
erward that she had followed the hearse,
had attended the service, had walked be-
hind the coffin 90 the grave.
Certain it is that few weeks later she
determined to go to the kensal Green GEM
etery, where the body of her husband had
been laid, and went thither with relative.
He failed to find the grave, and while an
other of the party went in search of an Off
cial to identify the spot my mother said,
IF you will take me to the chapel where
the first part of the sermon was read, will
find the grave" The idea seemed to her
friend of course to be absurd, but he would
not cross the newly made widow, so took
her to the chapel. She looked round, left
the chapel door and followed the path
along which the corpse had been borne till
she reached the grave, where she was quiet
ly standing when the caretaker arrived to
point it out. The grave is at some distance
from the chapel and is not on one of the main
roads. 1t had nothing on it to mark it
save the wooden PEG with the mum Der, and
this would be no help to Identification at a
distance, since all the graves are thus
marked and at a little way off these pegs
are not visible.
How she found the grave remained a
mystery in the family, as no one believed
her straightforward story that she had been
present at the funeral. With my present
knowledge the matter is simple enough,
for now know that the consciousness can
leave the body, take part in events going
on at distance and returning impress on
the physical brain what it has experienced.
Mrs Annie Besant.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-14
Highest Priced Pew Rents.

The following are the annual revenues
derived from pew rents in some of the most
important places of worship in England:
st. Peters, Eaton square, London. e, 600 a
year; Portman chapel, e1,700. Christ
church, Paddington, 1,75O; st. Paul's,
Knightsbridge, q POO St. Georges, Han
over Square, over II coo; St. Michael's
church, Chester square, London, 81 POO;
Emmanuel church, Streatham, q ,210; EN-
manuel church, Hove, 81 400; Christ
church, Cheltenham, q 900. Two of the
London west end churches have higher
pew rents than any other churches in this
country-namely, All Saints, Norfolk
square, W, and St. Pauls, Onslow square,
S. w. In both cases the income of the in
cumbents is entirely dependent upon the
pew rents received. In St. Johns Wood
synagogue many of the pews cost the seat
holders from 9l2 to el5 per individual sit
ting, while in Great Portland Street syna-
gogue the prices are said to range higher
Btill.-London Tit-Bits