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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-11
SENATE DOINGS.
The Car Coupler Bin WIN Soon Re Dis
posed Of.

posed of.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. In the senate to-
day debate on the automatic car coupler
bill continued. Cullom. of Illinois, in
charge of tho bill. indicated the general
weariness ovcr the discussion by appealing
to MCPHERSON. OF New Jersey. who olfored
nn amendment to len the bill pass i'll its
present shape on assurance that IL would
be carefully confore and made rs nearly
unohjectlonable as possible. The proposal
was not accepted and tho discussion went
OH. Finally vote was about to bs taken
on the passage of the bill, when Hsrris, OF
Tennessee moved that the vote should be
postponed until q new print of the bill Ns
amended could ho had. That was agteed
TO. and four o clock to-motrow fixed as tho
time to take tho vote. The calendar was
taken up and the senate bill to amend the
act OF Aug. 13, 1888. in relation to tho jur-
isdiction of tho circuit court of thu United
States. passed. II provides that any for
eiDn corporation may he sued in any dis
triot whore ii may he found.
The conference report on the bill to re-
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-11

PoRr ROYAL, S. c., Feb. 10.-1he dynA-
mite cruiser Nesuvius resumed the tests Of
her pneumatio guns to- day. The frss shot
fell fifty yards short of the target. but ex-
actly III line with the buoy which marked
the 2,000-yard range. Tho second shot fell
but ten feet short. Tho third fell Ii fls
short, but was practically on tho buoy line.
The fourth fell on the buoy line. but the
fifth and last fell so close to the target that
spray thrown up by the projeotile obsoured
the target. An instant later an explosion
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-11

TO-DAY under the auspices
Of the Boston Athletic Club,
Yale and Harvard athletes will
compete in a novel contest in
the above mentioned City.
The event is a running race
for 2oSo yards, in which each
University has four men, each
Of whom runs $40 yards until
all have been on the track. The
victory is given to the college
having the lead at the finish.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-11
To Stop Pension WAstefulness

WASHINGTON. Feb. 10.--The house, after
routine business was disposed of, pro-
ceeded in committee of the whole to con-
sideration of the invalid pension appropria-
tion bill. Mutchler. in charge of the bill.
stated that the bill! carried $l6G, 400. 900. 1t
is proposed to amsnd the measure so the
amount would be reduced to Si66, 100000
This is tho heaviest appropriation hill that
has ever been before al American cong ess.
The committee on appropriations has come
to the conclusion that there should be some
retrenchment. lhe committed recom-
mended several amendments. which, it Is
thought, will institute reform. The first,
proviIing for the transfer of the pension
bureau from ths interior to the war de-
partment. The pension bureau could not
be taken out OF the arena OF politics until it
is nut where political influence did not
count. Mutcher then proceeded to argue in
support of the changes in pension laws
recommended by the committee ON nppro-
priatious.
Grout opposed the transfer of the pension
bureau. Iaraney favored the proposed
amendment.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-11
College Wrecked by n Mob.

CoNsTANT1NorLE, Feb. 1O.-The United
States legation hee has learned that n
Moslem mob burned the American girls
college in Marsovan because tho director,
DR.. Herrick, is believed to be the inatiga-
tor Of an offensive political agitation. Po-
iitical placards had been posted on the
walls of the college, but DIR. Herrick ex.
Ilained to tho governor that this was done
without his consent. Tho governor was
either unable or unwilling to protect the
college. for he made no effort to defend 1t
against the mob.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-11

0GpsN Utah. Feb. l0.-Senator Leland
Stanford passed. through here to-day en-
route for Washington. In an interview he
said; The United States doesn't want the
Hawaiian islands. but should prevent any
other nation appropriating them" The
senator said that after President Harrison
leaves Office he will press him to accept the
law ch air of the Stanford university.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-11
Tremendous Damages by Floods.

BRISBANE, Feb. 10.-The flood has re-
ceded from most of tho city districts which
nre now covered with mud and slime. The
stencil is horrible, and unless the city is
cleaned within few days it will un-
doubtedlv cause an epidemic. Great misery
prevails in the poorer pats of the city and
the cases of theft and robbery " re doubled
within the Inst two days. The total dam
ago done by the flood is estimated at SIS, :
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-11
THAT TIRED FEELING.
Induced by Reading OF These Senatorial
neRdiocks.

DeRdiocks.
CHEyENNE, Wyo., Feb. 10.-BRllot for
United States senator: Van Dsvnnter. re-
publican. twenty-two: Miller ten: New
seven, Others scattering. Speaker Tidball
poiulist. voted for j. @. Thompson, demo.
orat, saying there is no hops OF clectinG n
populist. Another vote b; ought Van De.
vanter's vote down to nineteen. and
Thompson's up to eleven.
BISMARCK. N. d., Feb. 10.-Three ballots
for United States senator were taken. The
democrats and populists gave Rosch thirty
nine on one ballot and Benton forty on an
other. The highest republican vote was
thirty-oue for Miller. No result.
OLYMPIA. WASH, Feb. 10. There was no
change i'll the vote for senator to-day.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-11
The YELLOW Stream Flows Outward.

New York. Feb. 10.--Golt shipments by
to-mo-row's steamer will aggregate S3. 250-
900. The original estimate was reduced,
because one house preferred to ship bonds.
Orders have already been received to con-
sign S., 300, 900 in gold next week, provided
the large sterling loan falling due Feb, Is
is not renewed. or this amount at least
$2,000,000 Will bs forwarded tuesday and
the balance Saturday.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-11
New Mexico RiH Went Over.

WASHINGTON, Feb. lo.-When the New
Mexico admission bill was reached on tho
calendar to-day during the morning hour
III the senate, Senator Carey did not ooll it
up on account of the absence of MIR. tIatt.
chairman OF the COMMITTEES ON territories.
who was detained Mt home by reason of
serious illness i'll his family.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-11

CHICAGO. Feb. 10.--It waH discovered that
the satohel found in this city yesterday.
containing bank book showing large de.
posits belonged 10 T.. l.. Pierce Of Milwau.
kee. Thia was stolen in n sleeping car be-
tween Chicago aud Milwaukee.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-21

THERE can no longer lie any doubt
that England is losing the grip she
has so tenaciously held for 50 many
years upon the manufacture of iron
and steel. America and Germany are
interfering very seriously with her
markets, both at home and abroad.
The German manufacturers, it is
said, are now offering steel wire rods
in Birmingham at prices so low that
it is thought the local wire trade
there will soon be a thing of the
past. 1t is very doubtful if England
ever regains the position in the trade
OF the world she formerly held.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-21
Unlucky Gems in America.

Opals have proved bonanza down
in New Mexico, where two localities
are worked, one near Los Cerrillos
and the other in Grant County. The
former has been worked for many
centuries probably, as hundreds OF
stone hammers are found scattered
about the place. The mining has
been done by means of shaft sunk
seventy-tlve feet, at the bottom Of
which is lode running nearly east
and west. Thousands of stones were
obtained during the last two years,
according to Mr. Kunz, many of them
fine blue color, quite equal to the
best Persian. A single stone has
been sold for about $4,000. The dis
coveries have proved specially yalua-
BILE at time when the Persian mines
have almost ceased to yield. The
stones from the Grant County mines
are not an ideal turquoise blue, but
are often slightly tinted with green.
A heap of debris, fifty feet in height,
and quantities Of small fragments of
weathered turquoise show that this
locality, like the other, was extern
Siyely worked by the aborigines.
The use made of these stones by the
natives is said to be partly religious.
Opal mining has proved profitable at
Whelan, WASH, where this gem was
1rst found by a Yonkers jeweler in a
aeap Of rock thrown out during the
excavation for a we'll. These fine
opals vary in size from half a pea to a
hens egg, the smaller ones being fire.
luently of very rich colors. The To-
cality where they are found is known
as Gem City now, possibly from the
fact that a settlement of twenty
miners has been formed at the mine.
Globe Democrat.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-21

The Queen Of England is closely
guarded by detectives every moment
of her life. When she proposes tc
ride abroad tire information and the
probable route that she will take are
at once announced to her special
police by the equerry on duty, and
at certain points all along the road
that she will travel police are sta
toned and the roads carefully
watched. All kinds Of queer people,
lunatics, cranks and adventures
seek to gain her Majestys attention.
essary, in order to preserve her from
constant annoyance, if not from &C.
tual danger.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-21
An UnlOOked-fOr Effect,

In former days the fashionable
women Of France carried their passion
for sentiment and theatrical effects
to strange lengths. A fair and fiorid
duchess, more remarkable for amia-
bility than wit, once resolved to give,
In the heart of winter, a fete that
should eclipse anything of the kind
yet known. She fitted up her vast
salon in style of extraordinary splen-
dor with wide looking-glasses that
reached from the floor to the ceiling.
At the further extremity of the
apartment deep recess, separated
from it by a glass easement, was
beautifully decorated with shrubs
and flowers so as to represent lovely
bower. Along a winding path a
pretty actress from the opera, attired
as shepherdess, was to appear, with
dog and crook, leading flock of
snowy sheep. to the sound of soft
pastoral melody. The duchess could
hardly wait until the moment ar
rived to give the signal which was to
summon the shepherdess and her
flock. just as she was about to do so
Ia most unfortunate accident occurred.
The sheep suddenly broke forth from
their place Of confinement and burst
through the glass easement into the
BALLROOM. Panic-struck with the
novel sight, and especially with the
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-21

WE are so accustomed to see the
sovereigns and rulers Of the old
world relying upon their retainers
for protection against personal VIC
lence that it is refreshing to hear OF
the Portuguese King not only engag-
ing in hand-to-hand encounter with
big footpad in lonely road, but
also proving himself to be the better
man OF the two. Don Carlos deserves
particular credit for his victory, in
view Of the fact that the fight was
brought about by his interference in
behalf of a young stranger, who was
IN danger of Eeing murdered, and
that he is probably the latest mon
arch in Christendom.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-21
A Great Salt Lake in siberia.

The great salt lake at ObdOrsk is
nine miles wide and seventeen miles
long, yet, except in a few places it is
solidly rooted over with deposit OF
salt which is getting thicker and
thicker every year.
Our guide, who is an old man,
said that he could remember when
the salt crystals first began to gather
upon the surface of the water. Year
by year, owing to the evaporation of
the water, the crystals became more
till this great roof formed.
In 1878, the water beneath this
salt crystal roof found an under
ground outlet into the river Obi.
This lowered the lakes surface about
three feet, leaving that distance be-
tween the water and the roof.
Looking down through one OF the
openings made for the purpose in the
roof. we saw low-sided small boat.
Our guide put us one at a time into
into the boat. We lay fiat on our
backs and looked up at the curiously
beautiful salt ceiling overhead. We
propelled the boat by pushing with
our hands against the irregularities
of the roof.
The guide held long rope at
tached to the boat to prevent our go
ing too far and getting lost-a thing
he said it was easy to do.
Many springs surround this lake.
Their water flows over the roof and
evaporates there, and thus continu-
ally adds to its thickness. After
many years the springs will probably
become choked with their own de-
posits, and then the whole will
gradually become covered with earth,
and so great salt mine will be
formed-a treasure for the Siberians
hundreds Of years to come.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-21
A Kings Dreadful Deed.

Not long ago there was terrible ex-
element at the royal court OF An
nam. The King, Thanh-Tai, who Is
now IA years old, was missing! Ell.
quette requires that the Annamese
King shall never leave the royal
grounds. He is kingly prisoner.
And that the King should not only
be absent from the palace, but that
no one should know where he was,
constituted an event of such direful
consequence that the whole court
was in dismay.
But the young potentate was not
hard to find. Though he was king,
he was boy; and it is natural for
boy, when he has some money in his
pocket, to want to 60 out and
spend it.
That was exactly what the King Of
AMMAN had done. Entirely alone,
he had started on shopping" expe-
dition through the streets Of Hue.
or course no one knew him, because
he had never shown his face in pub
lie. He was simply boy, like any
other boy; and this was exactly what
he wanted.
But he was treated with great re-
spect by the shopkeepers, because he
seemed. to have plenty of money.
Curiously enough, the thing which
seemed to attract him most was a
head-shearing machine, or hair-clip-
per, and when the frightened mobiles
of the court discovered him at last,
it was with this singular implement
in his possession. No doubt he in
tended to amuse himself by shearing
the heads of all his dependents.
In fact, he had already begun an
attempt to experiment with it on the
heads Of several small street boys,
who were proving rebejlious subjects,
when the courtiers approached him,
prostrating themselves upon the
ground and making alarmed outcries.
Thanh-Tai was restored to the
palace, but the aged regents of the
kingdom at once sent in their resig-
nations. They could no longer serve
monarch who had so disgraced him
self. 1t was with the utmost diff
Guilty that NJ. de Lanessan, the
French resident and real ruler of the
country, could restore peace and Or
der at the court.
The King no longer goes out shop
ping, but he retains his hair-clipper
rs souvenir of happy day of free
dom with the street boys. Youths
Companion.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-21
Her Difficulty.

An exchange relates that an old
lady travelling on the London under.
ground road and finding that the
train was approaching station, said
to man who sat at the farther end
of the compartment and was her only
fellow-passenger:
would you kindly tell me, sir,
what Is the next station?"
"Bayswater, madam" was the
courteous reply.
"Then would you mind, sir, when
we arrive, opening the door and help
ing me to get out?"
with pleasure" was the cordial
assent.
"You see," the old lady went on to
explain, II am we'll on in years, and
l have to get out slowly and back
ward, and when the porter sees me
getting out he shouts, Look alive,
ma'am" and gives me push in from
behind-and I've been round the
circle twice already"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-21

WITH the usual humorous readi-
ness Of tbs cockney, the House Of
Commons is held up to ridicule since
the late pitched battle in which black
eyes and bloody noses were so liber-
ally distributed, and is now looked
upon as a sort Of prize ring or Olympic
Club, where tlsticuffs take the place
OF debates. AS the penny steamers
pass up and down the river at West
minister the passengers make believe
TO square off at each other, and shout
out: Charley Mitchell should be
speaker" The disguised members
leave the terrace Indignantly to hide
their diminished heads in the in
terror Of the building.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-21
IMPOLlTE GUESTS.
Instances of tho B0orish Conduct Of Cele.
brated Men.

Instances Of the Boorish Conduct of Cele-
DRAFTED Men.
The Irish reformer, Father Mathew.
ased to tell OF remarkable visit
made to his grandfather by Dean
Swift. Mr.. Mathew lived near Dub.
lin, and invited the eccentric dean to
line and spend the night at his house.
A large party Of the neighborinp
gentry were hidden to meet him.
The dean drove up to the house.
and summoning the butler asked the
names Of the guests.
Tell your master" he shouted, Il
will meet no such people," and drove
away in a fury. Before he reached
the lodge gates, however, he changed
his mind, returned, alighted and de-
manded to be shown to his room.
When his host came to him. Swift
said, Il am willing To accept your
hospitality, but will not meet your
guests"
He was told that his meals should
oe served in his room, as IL he were
1t home. He remained thus isolated
For two days. then came down in high
good humor, joined the party and ex-
tended his visit for four months.
Our ancestors were more indulYent
and respectful to the eccentricities of
men OF genius than are the present
generation.
Byron was accepted and patiently
tolerated when he chose to sit in
moody silence throughout a dinner
party given in his honor, scowling
contemporary at the delicious plats
before him, while he slipped vinegar
and munched cracker.
Many Of the leading people in Eng
fish society regarded Thomas Carlyle
with feeling almost akin to rever-
ent delight when he chose to behave
like an ignorant boor in their draw
ing-rooms, even taking his seat I'M
hidden in the presence of the queen.
This generation, however, has lit
tie patience with such eccentricities
1t was an English bishop that is still
living, who. when the historian Free
man had worn out his patience with
his rudeness, introduced him to a
waiting audience as "the distin-
guished scholar that so admirably
describes and illustrates the savagery
of our ancestors"
Another English historian visiting
America was rendered reception by
literary club in New York, and
formally received in a speech OF well
come by venerable clergyman.
Finding the speech too long the
guest yawned in the bishops face
turned his back on him, and walked
TO window. There was a quick in
terchange OF amazed glances, then
the men fell into groups, and the un-
derbred visitor was left to the care
Of one man for the rest OF the even
ing. The rebuke was silent but
keen, and keenly felt
An intellect which makes man a
great scholar or poet can surely COM
prehend the ordinary rules of good
breeding. Disregard of them is
usually the boorish affectation of a
coarse, surly nature. Youths Com
DaniOn
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-21
Sir william Outwitted Him.

Mrs. Kipling, Rudyard Kipling's
mother, once hit off a very clever
but extremely garrulous and per.
sistently laxative official by saying
that he was essentially clever man,
but he ought never be allowed to
talk; he should be used as diction.
airy, and consulted when required.
This man was once guest at a
dinner in company with Sir w. w.
Hunter. The conversation began by
being general, but the Lahore talker
and Sir w. w. soon monopolized it.
A duel or duologue suited neither.
and at last Sir William said down the
table: Excuse me one moment, Mr..
-, and allow me to finish nv re-
mark" And Mr.. did so: but the
remark lasted unnil the company rose
from the table, and Mr.. never
had a chance Of getting in another
word edgeways.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-21

The improvement Of navigation ON
inland rivers is not altogether for
the purpose OF spending Government
money. Alabama iron furnaces are
now shipping iron to st. Louis by
way OF the Tennessee River, rather
than pay the extOrtionate freight
the railroads charge. This could not
have been done before the United
States Government deepencd some
shoal places that had always OBJ
structed navigation. Railroads are
discriminating against iron produced
in Alabama, as they are interested
in keeping up the furnaces in Penn.
sylvania, whence they get their own
supplies.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-21
When Animals Are Removed

When animals or plants are re-
moved from their peculiar and natural
districts to one entirely different in
climate some surprising changes take
place. As soon as possible after such
removal they change their character
and habits so as to conform with
their new homes, or else cease to ex.
ist. A good wool-bearing sheep trans
ferred from some northern pasture
to the topics changes his coat to a
thin covering of struggling hairs
scarcely resembling wool; the dog be-
comes destitute of hair altogether,
and even bees cease to lay up their
stores of honey and in a great meas
ure lose their industrious habits
St Louis Republic.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-21

THE human family has attained a
certain amount Of civilization, but it
is constantly tripped into manifesto
tions Of its original savagery. Even
civilization seems to delight in Civ
ing information to man that return
to savagery may be expected at any
moment. Every man-of-war brist-
ling with guns is notice to the hui
man family that after nineteen CEN
turtles of Christian progress there is
no Christianity such as the Master
taught. Every soldier armed with a
gun is notice to mankind that bar
barism may be the rule at any mo-
ment. We make peace festivals, so
called, and celebrate thereat more
particularly the achievement OF a
Krupp, and as companion for I'M
mense guns from Germany show the
model Of battleship erected by the
Government of the United States,
and round the whole festival we
throw the protecting side swords Of
a lot Of Columbian guards, officered
by man whose profession is that Of
butcher, for soldier Is after all a
person employed to kill other per-
sons, and may not therefore be in
APPLY described as a butcher. We
are not yet safely beyond the border
line of barbarism.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-21

UNITED STATES naval officers &C
cept the loss Of TIE Victoria as one OF
the incidents natural to going to sea
in an "irOn teakettle," as the modern
ship of war Is unexpectedly called.
The ancient figure OF speech which
represents a single plank be-
tween the sailor and death is more
nearly true Of the ships built without
planks than OF any Others. and ever,
sailor knows that, whatever the adj
vantage Of the iron ship as a fighting
machine, it is very t;cklish craft in
case Of accident.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-21
Floral EmblemS.

An ingenious person has been pom
dering the subject of floral badges.
and makes these suggestions, to
which we add Others of our own to
carry out the idea.
For the First Lord Of the Admiral.
ty, docks; for doctor, cyclamen and
self-heal; for an oculist, eyebright
and iris; for tailor, Dutchman's
Dreeches; for a broker, stocks and
oull-rush; for philosopher, sage;
ior cook, butter-and-eggs; for
land agent, groundsel; for butcher
lambkill; for policeman, beet; for a
shepherd, phlox; for musician.
thyme; for an acrobat, capers; for
Jockey, speedwell; for a wood cutter
bareback; for Il newspaper humorist
chestnut; for shoemaker, lady's.
slipper; for an honest man, lilac; and
for rogue, hemp.