The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-02-05

her the new incarnation Of Christ. But for
all this Mrs. Chynoweth seems to care very
little 81 cannot help lit, shesays. that my
followers regard me as they do. There Is
no sacrilege in my thought, and | intend
none ia my speech OF action, for / know
that Of myself l am nothing and can do
nothing Here in our home we live the
righc life, my family and ! "
Wealth and Business Capacity.
Mrs. Chynoweth is a very rich woman. A
moderate estimate Of her wealth puts IL at
100000 And each Of her two sons, 4.
and J. Hayes, who live with her, is worth
a. much more. And all Of these $4,000. 900
have been piled mp, she firmly believes,
through the guiding power of the Holy
Ghost
She is about IS years old. is tall and thin
ia person aud wears rich and elegant cloth
ing. with a very little jewery. She has
small, bright, piercing brown eyes, brown
hair slightly streaked with gray, and a sal
low, tanned complexion. The expression
Of her face is strange and striking mix
ture Of gentleness, love and tenderness and
shrewd, hard business capacity.
This influence which directs my life"
Mrs. Chynoweth said land which / be
lieve to be the Holy Ghost, has been my
constant guide FOR nearly 40 years. Before
IL came upon me ! was a skeplc-I did not
believe In the Christian religion, nor in the
immortality Of the soul. nor the Bible. But
the first time that it came upon me strong
enough so that / preached without know
ing what l spoke 1 quoted texts from the
Bible which ! bad never read. Now am
a Christian.
Her Mental Atmosphere.
I II
my old home in Wisconsin, aud before any
one except my own family knew of this in
fuence that was always about me. there
came TO our house some people who were
deeply troubled. They slept i'm my room,
and the next morning the woman said:
There is something strange about that
room. What is itg The moment / entered
It deep peace fellupOn me. / slept sound
ly, and this morning / awakened feeling
happy and content, with my troubles all
gone And that is only one Of many SINH
lar experiences which people have had who
have entered my room OF been much in my
presence. 10 is the mental atmosphere IN
which / constantly live"
Then Mrs. Chynowoth told how she made
the iron mine discovery which formed the
beginning Of her wealth. IL was while she
was a widow after the death Of her first
husband. Her two sons were prosperous
lawyers ia Ashland. Wis. aud had been i'm
vesting their money IN pine lands. One day
the influence came upon her and made her
20 to their Office and tell them TO invest IN
iron mines instead of timber land She
did so, and al onoe an three Of them. the
mother still subject 10 the strange influence
and leading the party, SET forth and went
to Hurley, some so or 80 miles away. A
q
ing there, spending much money on test
pits, but with no success
Better Than the OWNING Rod.
Mrs. Chynoweth and her SONS walked
over the fields until. without any volition
VI her own and entirely in subsection 20 the
mysterious power which was directing her
actions, she came 90 "a sudden stop. She
told a mining man of long experience who
Wa with them that she would make her
location there. lie laughed at her. said
there was no possibility Of one in that place
and strongly advised another location But
she ordered a shaft 10 be sunk without the
usual preliminary Of test pit A good
grade Of bessemer iron ore was found. the
lode being shaped like the roof Of q house,
the apex directly under the point at which
she stood. They called this mine The Ash
land, and she and her sons still own the
whole Of IL. They also own a half interest
IN the 6ermania, situated near by, and
which was another Of her locations.
Other people came 10 ask her assistance
when her wonderful success became known,
and she never failed a. lead them 10 the
right spot, even though she walked over
several feet Of snow in making the location
One of Der SONS was made superintendent
Of the mine, although he was entirely with
out experience. But she guided all Of his
actions through the power which influenced
her. even telling him, when he went east 70
sell their mine products. what firms -
though she had never heard their names
before-he should deal with and what prices
ne should ask
nrs. Chynoweth's Home.
Six years ago Mrs. Chynoweth, her sons
and their families came % California. sup
posing that they We're merely taking "a
pleasure trip. But ola The way 30 was re-
vealed 70 her that they must make their
home ia this state Acting under the di-
rocliona OF the guiding spirit they Travelled
all over the state and finally bought 600
ACRES of land near San Jose. ol tlc r.a. r.
Monterey
Even considering Lofl ..t t.e aH.-
ward appearance of L4e a.le. b. I- aot
strange that Mrs ClEuourrl should aav.
"Our home is heaven % us' Orchards ~
prunes. peaches. apr!cots and many osher
kinds Of fruit, vineyards and wheatlelds