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The Helena independent., 1894-11-20
HELENA. MONT, NOV, %, 1884

Montnnlhna abroad win always lnd The
Daily Independent on filc az their favorite
hotels; FIFTH Avenue and Metropolitan.
New York; West, Minneapolis; Baldwin
and Palace. San Francisco, McpermotL
Butte; Leland Hotel. Springfield, Ill
The Helena independent., 1894-11-20
The Black Murder Case.

Tho supreme court yesterday set Dec. 3
az the time for hearing arguments on the
motion Tor a new trial In the case of G. J..
Black, convicted Of the murder OF Mrs.
Cunningham, near khlispelL Black has
been rcspited ourc by Gov. Richards. and
his execution was 10 have taken place
next Friday The governor viii grant a
further respite.
The Helena independent., 1894-11-20
THE WEATHER
AS 10 NEWSPAPERS.

AS. TO NEWSPAPERS.
A provincial writer in the Point Of
View" In scribner's Magazine for Mo-
vember. brings charge against the
newspapers Of the country which has
no foundation in fact. He says; I'VE
have no political newspapers; that Is to
say, no journal In which the news as 10
politics is at once ample, accurate. Inn
partial and lntelllgIbly told. II wish
10 know anything worth knowing OF
the conventions. or OF any proceeding
in a political movement TO which ] am
friendly or unfriendly, must either go
TO persons who have inside information
and whom | can trust. or | must read
from two 20 a half dozen newspapers
and analyze and compare their state
ments, usually with a result far from
satisfactory. All OF this ought not to
be. and II some one OF the great morn
ing newspapers were endowed with
sense and courage, II would not be.
What | wish to know about my political
friends or foes is not what some re-
porter or editor imagines will please me
In the way OF fiattery or the reverse, but
what they are themselves, their ac-
tions, sayings or doings."
We do not know where "the Point of
View" gets his intellectual pabulum,
but evidently his reading is limited to
the Skowhegan Observer or the osh-
kosh Gazette There is not leading
city in the country where he can not
get a newspaper that will not give him
the news as II is. The big dallles. al
most without exception, treat the poll
tical conventions OF the different par
ties in fullest detail and with strlctest
impartialty. The men sent TO report
.hese conventions are workers Of years
Of experience who know neither. repub-
Iican, nor democrat nor populist, but
only the news. Every scene Is faith
fully described; every speech Is reported
verbatim. II II is OF the least impor-
tance. and the applause and fiag-wav-
Ing and other demonstrations are faith
fully depicted. The work OF conven-
tions is even forecast with remarkable
fidelity and accuracy. Had the Scrib-
uer writer ever attended the national
conventions in Chicago he would have
found In the newspapers Of that city
marvellously well done and truthful
pictures Of all that he saw, and more.
Every newspaper man knows that the
reports Of such political gatherings are
not the work of one man, but Of a dozen
or score Of men. descriptive writer's
stcnographers and others. and that
these men work without instruction or
direction to bias or color a single sen,
teDce In the interest Of one party or
faction. or another.
And what is true of conventions Is
true Of campaign work No newspaper
worthy OF the name fails TO report the
important meetings Of all parties and
'ne 1tlefahecs oi The respective party
Ie'u''s. III uh metropolitan journals
u Is inc ihNariable rule that editorial
comment shall be reserved for the edi-
t'fi'l page ana the news published free
from poli'ieal b''s or prejudice.
ANA 'he same Is true "i election re-
Turns Newspapers That doctor tho fig-
urcs orsock 10 eject defeated candidates
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only TWO Uays More.

Please call Monday and Tucgdas al The
li'I'hh ln select your pult AMI Ovrrcoat
from samples gul stock Of the NJ T. con.
nrll 90, Butte. Henry Nelson. Tho cutter.
is nero To lhhc your orders We sligo you
try on ana guarantee stiWu taun at
Jess ,hun eastern prices Tor sam. class OF
work,
The Helena independent., 1894-11-20

scvrnty-nvo cents VIII buy a uuit of
ladies' underwear Of heavy Ribbed ar,,ct
balhrlggan, worth $3.50 suit, at M, uee
Hive this Wrct wv
The Helena independent., 1894-11-20

OF white china. for decorating. Just re-
celved. New goods and new prices.
II. ]. Edwards, and 10 Park avenue.
The Helena independent., 1894-11-20
Great Handkerchief Sale.

Ladies' Embroidered landker-
chiefs, s cents, worth IS cents.
Ladies' Embroidered Handker-
chiefs, 10 cents, worth 20 cents.
Ladies' Embroidered Handker-
chiefs, IS cents, worth IS cents.
Ladies' Embroidered Handker-
chiefs, 20 cents, worth 80 cents.
Ladies' Embroidered Handker-
chiefs, IS cents, worth IS cents.
Ladies' Embroidered Handker-
chiefs, IS cents, worth so cents.
Ladies' Embroidered lIandker-
chiefs, 10 cents, worth 90 cents.
Ladies' Lace Edge Embroidered
Handkerchiefs, 2sc, worth 4oc.
Ladies' Plain Hemstitched Hand
kerchicfS roc, 3 for 25c-great
value for the money.
Ladies' Plain lIemstitched Hand
kerchiefs I5c, 2oe, 2sc, 3oc, all
of which are special values.
Butcher q Bradley. I9 5. Main.
Agents for standard Patterns.
The Helena independent., 1894-11-20

Bco Hive.
The Helena independent., 1894-11-20
\ pootn,t como bn AotLdon,

Dress patterns at the Bee hive cheaper
than ever.
The Helena independent., 1894-11-20
TERMS oFsuBscRirTioN.

IN NAIL
paiIy dncludlng sunday por year, 'No %
Daily Qneludlng sunday six months W
paily Oncludlng sunday three mos @
Sunday only On adyanec) per year,"
Weekly Qn adyancc) pcr year...','' aW
Daily by carrier, per week. seven la'
sues .tst,,...s..s..',s.sssss''s s''ss'''''''''
The Helena independent., 1894-11-20
Nothing Llkn n.

II you want the best thla land ,0,rds
huy nothing but Anhplin nour FOR ,o,,,
bread and white Lily Tor your pns,r1.
made IN Helena '"''f' .
The Helena independent., 1894-11-20
NOTICE

a. A. Campbell ls the only authorized
travelling agent OF this paper.
The Helena independent., 1894-11-20
YOU HAVE
NEVER.

Seen such good goods sold at
such low figures as we are now
selling all kinds of Clothing,
Furnishing Goods, Boots and
Shoes and, in fact, our entire line
at lower than they can be manu-
factured for, because we took ad-
vantage of over-stocked manu-
facturers that needed money.
SUITS-We sell a good Suit
for 5000. A better one for more
money, Of course.
OVERCOATS - All kinds,
some heavy, others light, prices
according 10 quality from So. so up.
UNDER RWEAR-From soc
a suit up.
SHOES-From 81 a pair up.
HATS till you can't rest,
from 2sc up.
A BlRD-As a bargain there
is nothing like our Chinchilla Pea
Jacket and Vest for $500.
The Helena independent., 1894-11-20

Go to the Bee Hive Tor hosiery and nm.
derwear.
The Helena independent., 1894-11-20
NasiInuln Irains.

ropulqr prIcod cloolls at thc uco 1.-Two.
The Helena independent., 1894-11-20

Butcher q Bradley. i9 5. Main.
Agents for standard Patterns.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-16
Del, Lack. and Western.

Trains leave Scranton as follows: Ex-
press for New York and all points East,
140 $50 5.15, 500 and 9.55 am; L. IS and $50
pm.
Express for Easton, Trenton, Phlladel-
phia and the south, els, 500 and $50 a. .m.,
1855 and $50 pm.
Washington and way stations, 3.55 I'm.
Tobyhanna accommodation, clio pm.
Express fer Binghamton, Oswego Ell
mira, Corning, Bath, Dansvile, Mount
Morris and Buffalo, u. 10, 2.l5 I'm. and 12i
pm, making close connections at Buff
falo to all points in the West Northwest
and Southwest.
Bath accommodation, 8 am.
Binghamton and way stations, Il. 81 pm,
Nicholson accommodation, at m and
610 pm.
Binghamton and Elmira Express, sos
pm.
Express for Cortland, Syracuse, Oswego
Utica and Richield Springs, 2.15 am and
1.A pm.
Ithaca, 2.l5 and Bath am. and 1.24 .. m.
For northumberland, Pittston, Wilkes
barre, Plymouth, bloomsbury and Dam
Vile, making close connections at North
cumberland for Williamsport, Harrisburg,
Baltimore, Washington and the South
Northumberland and Intermediate sta
tions, 600, 9.55 am. and :. 80 and 607 pm.
Nanticoke and intermediate stations
S.OS and n.20 am. Plymouth and inter-
mediate stations $50 and $50 pm.
Pullman parlor and sleeping coaches on
all express trains
For detailed information, pocket time
tables, etc, apply to NJ. L. Smith, city
ticket ofice, S28 Lackawanna avenue, or
depot ticket office.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-16

II carried it in this way for some dis
tance, because Twas excited and didn't
care how carried it; but as cooled, 1
began to reflect how ridiculous must
look. One or two boys evidently no
ticed the same thing. stopped under
u lamp post and tried to tie it upagain.
had bag and an umbrella with me
ut the same time, and the first thing l
did was to drop the goose into the gut
ter, which is just what l might have
expected to do, attempting to handle
four separate articles and three yards
of string with one pair of hands. I
picked up about quart Of mud with
that goose, and got the greater psrt Of
1t over my hands and clothes and fair
quantity over the brown paper, and
then it began to rain.
Il bundled everything up into my
arm and made for the nearest pub,
where thought would ask for piece
more string, and make neat job
of it,
The bar was crowded. pushed my
way to the counter and flung the goose
down in front of me- The men nearest
stopped talking to look at it; and q
young fellow standing next to me said:
"'Well, you've killed it. dare say
did seem bit excited.
II had intended making another
effort to sell it here. but they were
clearly not the right sort. had a
pint of ale-for l was feeling some
what tired and hot-scraped as much
of the mud off the bird as I could,
made fresh parcel of it and came out.
Crossing the road a happy idea oc-
cured to me. thought would rafile
it. At once set to work to find a
house where there might seem to be a
likely lot. 1t cost me three or four
whiskies-for / felt I didn't want any
more beer, which is thing which
easily upsets me--but at length found
just the crowd l wanted--a quiet, do.
mestic looking set in homely little
place off the Goswell road.
Il explained my views to the land.
lord. He said he had no objection; he
supposed would stand drinks round
afterwards. l said I should be de.
lighted to do SO, and showed him the
bird
1T looks a bit poorly, he said. He
was a .Devonshire man.
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MAY 13. 1894.

MAI 10, lSJ4.
Train leaves Scranono for Philadelphia
m, 1905, 23S and ll.3S pm. via D., g. W.
Il. r., 600S.S, ll.20 am, and l.30 pm.
Leave Scranton for Pittston and Wilkes
Barre, via D., l.. & W. r. R., 800. sos, II. 20
am, l.30, $50 6.07, $50 pm.
Leave Scranton for White Haven, Ha-
zleton, Pottsville and ali points on the
Beaver Meadow and Pottsvillc branches,
ia f.. & W. V, $40 am, via d. & H. r.
2. at 7.45 am, l2.O5, 2.3S, 400 pm. via D.,
Z. & w r. r., 500, sos, ll.20 am, 1.SQ,
Leave Scranton for Bethlehem, Easton,
Reading, Harrisburg and all intermediate
points via ID. & Fl. r. X. 7.45 a. m. Y J5
2.SS lbs pm, via D., l.. & W. X. r., 600
sos ll.2O am, 1.30 pm.
Leave Scranton for Tunkhannock, To-
wanda. Elmira, Ithaca, Geneva and all
intermediate points via d. & II. r. Il. Si5
am. l2,05 and ll.S5 pm, Via D., i. & w.
n. r., sos am, l.S0 pm.
Leave Scranton for Rochester, Buffalo
Niagara Falls, Detroit Chicago and all
points west via D. & Fl. K. R.,s.45 am,
1905, 9.15, ll.8S pm, via D., & W. r. r.
and Pittston Junction sos O m, l.30, $50
pm, via E. & W. V. r. r., 34l pm.
For Elmira and the west via Salamanca,
via D. & H. r. r.. S.45 am, 1905, sos p. IN,
via D., L. q W. r. r., sos am, 1.30 and
607 pm.
Pullman parlor and sleeping or L. v.
chair cars on all trains between L. & B.
Junction or Wilkes-Barre and New York,
Philadelphia, Buffalo and Suspension
Bridge.
RoLLIN H. WILBUR, Gen. supt.
CHAS. S. LEE, Gen. Pass. Ag't Phila. Pa.
l.. W.NONNEMACHER Asst. Gen. Pass.
Ag't, South Bethlehem. Pa.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-16

THE thing must have weighed three
pounds at the least; it was an excep.
tionally large and heavy shoe. The
bump on his head was swelling visibly
before my eyes. Anyone but an idiot
must have seen that he was hurt.
Expected an irritable reply. should
have given one myself had been in his
place. Instead, however, he seemed to
regard the inquiry as a natural and
kindly expression of sympathy.
SIT did, little" he replied.
what were you doing with it?"
asked. 1t was an odd sort of thing for
man to be travelling with.
''It was lying in the roadway just
outside the station" he explained; 81
picked it up for luck"
He refolded his handkerchief SO as
to bring cooler surface in contact
with the swelling, while murmured
something genial about the inscrut.
ability Of Providence.
YES" he said "I've had deal OF
luck in my time, but it's never turned
.out well.
''I was born on Wednesday," he
continued; (which, as l daresay you
know, is the luckiest day man can
be born on. My mother was a widow,
and none Of my relatives would dc
anything for me. They said it would
be like taking Goals to Newcastle help
ing boy born ON Wednesday; and
my uncle, when he died, left every
penny of his money to my brother
Sam, as q slight compensation to him
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-16

swell, it was this way" he explained,
continuing to rub gently the lump
which was now about the size of an
egg; "the animal had belonged to
gentleman who travelled in the wine
and spirit line, and who had been ac
customed to visit in the way OF busi-
ness almost every public house he came
to. The result was you couldn't get
that little horse past public-house-
at least couldn't He sighted them a
quarter of mile off, and made straight
for the door. struggled with him at
first, but it was five to ten minutes
work getting him away, and folks
used to gather round and bet on us. I
think, maybe, I'd have stuck to it, how
ever, If it hadn't been for a temperance
chap who stopped one day and lectured
the crowd about 1t from the opposite
side of the street. He called me Pill
grim, and said the little horse was Roll
lin, or some such name, end kept on
shouting ont that was to fight him
for heavenly crown. After that they
called us 'Rolly and the Pilgrim,
fighting for the crown 1t riled me,
that did, and at the very next house at
which he pulled up, l got down and
said I'd come for two of Scotch. That
was the beginning. 1t took me years
to break myself Of the habit"
"But there" he continued, sit has
always been the same. hadn't been
fortnight in my first situation before
nly employer gave me a goose weighing
eighteen pounds, as Christmas pres
ent."
"Well, that couldn't have done you
any HARM" remarked. "That was
lucky enough"
$50 the other clerks said at the time"
he replied; ''the old gentleman had
never been known to give anything
away before in his life. He's taken a
fancy to you,' they said; you are q
lucky beggarv"
He sighed heavily. felt there was
story attached.
What did you do with it?' l asked.
"That was the trouble" he returned;
"I did not know what to do with it. 1t
was ten o'clock on Christmas eve, just
as was leaving, that he gave it to me.
''Tiddling Brothers have sent me a
goose, Biggles,' he said to me, as l
helped him on with his great coat.
Very kind OF 'em, but don't want it
myself; you can have it.
"Of course | thanked him, and was
very grateful. He wished me merry
Xmas and went out. / tied the thing
up in brown paper, and took it under
my arm. 1t was fine bird, but heavy.
"Under all the circumstances, and it
being Xmas time, thought l would
treat myself to glass of beer went
into quiet little house at the corner
of the Lane and laid the goose on the
counter.
That's a big un,' said the land
lord; you'll get good cut off him to-
morrow
His words set me thinking, and for
the first time it struck me that I didn't
want the bird-that it was no use to
me at all. Twas going down to spend
the Xmas with my young lady's people
in Kent"
"Was this the canary young lady?
interrupted.
NO." he replied; "this was before
that one. 1t was this goose I'm telling
! you of that upset this one. Well, hei
folks were big farmers; 1t would have
been absurd taking a goose down tc
them, and / knew no one in London to
give it to, so when. the landlord came
round again asked him If he would
care to buy it. ] told him he could
have 1t CHEAP. .---..---------.--.-,-
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ALL EVER HAD WAS ADVICE.
for having been born on Friday. All
] ever got was advice upon the duties
and responsibilities of wealth, when it
arrived, and entreaties that l would
not neglect those with claims upon Inc
when / came to be rich man"
He paused while folding up his va
rious insurance papers and placing
them in the inside breast-pocket of his
coat.
"'Then there are black cats, he went
on; they're said to be lucky. Why,
there never was blacker cat than the
one that followed me into my rooms in
Bolsover street the very first night /
took them"
Didn't he bring you luck?' In
quired, finding that he had stopped.
A far-away look came into his sad
eyes.
well, of course it all depends" he
answered, dreamily, maybe we'd
never have suited one another; you
can always look at it that way. Still,
ia ike TO have tried"
He sat staring out of the window,
and for awhile / did not care to in
trude upon his evidently painful mem
cries
"What happened then?" asked
however, at-last
He reused himself from his reverie.
roh," he said, nothing extraor-
dinary. She had to leave London for a
time and gave me her pet canary to
take charge Of while she was away"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-16

He got in at Ipswich with seven diff
terent weekly papers under his arm.
noticed that each one insured its reader
against death or injury by railway ac-
cident. He arranged his luggage upon
the rack above him, took off his hat
and laid 1t ON the seat beside him,
inopped his bald head with red silk
and then set to woSk stead
lily to write his name and address
upon each OF the seven papers. l sat
opposite to him and read Punch. / al
ways take the old humor when travel
ing. / find it soothing to the nerves.
Passing over the points at Manning
tree the train gave lurch, and a
horseshoe he had carefully placed in
the rack slipped through the netting
and fell with musical ring upon his
head.
He appeared neither surprised nor
angry. Having stanched the wound
with his handkerchief he stopped and
picked it up, glanced at it with, as l
thought, an expression Of reproach and
dropped it gently out of the window.
ibid it hurt you?" l asked,
1t was foolish question, l told my.
self 50 the moment / had uttered it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-16

"Idon't antitmyseif, he answered.
I've got three in the house already.
Perhaps one of these gentlemen would
like to make an offer"
"Hc turned to q couple of chaps who
were sitting drinking gin. They didn't
look to mo worth the price of a chicken
between them. The .seediest said he'd
like to look at it, however; and undid
the parcel. He mauled the thing
pretty considerably, and even exam
ined me as to how came by it, ending
by upsetting half tumbler of gin and
water over it. Then he offered me
half crown. 1t made me SO angry
that 1 took the brown paper and the
string in one hand and the goose in the
other and walked straight out without
saving q word.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-16

"'Oh, that's nothing / explained.
i happened to drop it. That will all
wash off.
"'It smells bit queer, too, he said.
"'That's mud l answered.; you
know what London mud IS. And u
gentleman spilled some gin over it.
You won'tnotice that when it cooked.
"Well, he replied, Il don't think I'll
take hand myself; but if any other
gent likes to, that's his affair
Nobody seemed enthusiastic.
started it at sixpence: took n ticket
myself. The potman had free chance
for experimenting the arrangements,
and succeeded in inducing Ave other
men, much against their will, to join
us. won it myself and paid out three
and twopence for drinks. A solemn
looking individual who had been snor-
ing in corner suddenly woke up as I
was going out and offered me seven
pence ha'penny for it-why sevenpence
l have never been able to understand.
He would have taken it away, should
never have seen 1t again, and my whole
life might have been different. But
fate has always been against me. Ire
piled. with perhaps unnecessary
hauteur, that wasnta destitute Xmas
dinner fund, and walked out.
at was getting late, and l had a
long walk home to my lodgings. I
was beginning to wish had never seen
the bird. estimated its weight by
this time TO be thirty-six pounds.
1.-THE idea occurred to me to sell it TO
u poulterer looked for q shop; |
found one in Myddleton street There
wasn't customer near it, but by the
way the man was shouting you might
have thought that he was doing all
the trade Of Clerkenwell took the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-16

"But it wasn't your fault" urged.
mo, perhaps not" he agreed; but
it created coldness which others
were not slow TO take advantage of.
Il offered her the cat, too, " he added,
but more TO himself than to me.
We sat and smoked in silence. felt
that the consultations of stranger
would sound weak.
"Piebald horses are lucky, too," he
observed, knocking the ashes from his
pipe against the window sash. II had
one of them once"
What did it do to you?" / inquired.
"Lost me the best crib ever had in
my life," was the simple rejoinder.
THE governor stood it a good deal
longer than had any right to expect;
but you can't keep a man who is al
ways drunk. 1t gives q firm q bad
name"
1T would" L agreed.
"You see," he went on, 81 never had
the head for it. To some men it would
not have SO much mattered; but the
very first glass was enough to upset
me, I'd never been used to it,"
But why did you take it?" l per-
sisted. "The horse didn't make you
drink it, did he?"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-16

Ire Inspector asked me why had
run away when the constable wanted
to take me in charge. replied that it
was because did not desire to spend
my Xmas holidays in the lookup,
which he evidently regarded as n
singularly weak argument. He asked
me what | had thrown into the canal.
told him goose. He asked me why
had thrown goose into the canal.
told him because was sick and tired
of the animal
''At this stage sergeant came in to
say that'they had succeeded in picking
up the parcel. They opened it on the
inspectors table. 1t contained dead
baby.
81 pointed out to t&m that it wasn't
my parcel, and that ie wasn't my baby;
but they hardly took the trouble to
disguise the fact that they did not be-
lieve me.
"The inspector said it was too grave
a case for ball. which, seeing that did
not know soul in London, was some
what immaterial. / got them to send
a telegram to my young lady to say
that was unavoidably detained in
town, md passed as quiet and un-
eventful Xmas day and Boxing day
as ever wish to spend.
''In the end the evidence against me
was held to be insufficient to justify a
conviction, and got off on the minor
charge of drunk and disorderly. But 1
lost my situation and lost my young
lady, and don't care II l never see a
goose again."
We were nearing Liverpool street.
He collected his luggage, and, taking
up his hat, made an attempt to put it
on his head. But in consequence Of
the swelling caused by the horseshoe 1t