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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-10-24
zlC-zAC NOTES.
BY THE ''JUDGE.

At White Hall, on White Tail Deer Greek,
Mr.. Brooke keeps the "home" station for
travellers by coach or otherwise, and q better
stopping place for the weary and hungry
cannot be found in the mountains.
Business at Fish Creek will continue dull
until after the farmers have marketed por-
tion of the grain now being threshcd. Mr..
McSorley, the merchant of the town, reports
fair trade with the surrounding farmers, all
of whom are becoming well-to-do.
Al Silver Star, find the Green Campbell
mill idle, but the company are still sinking
on their famous lode. A "cap" has been
encountered below the water level, and they
will put on steam power, if necessary, to
penetrate to the almost certain vein of quartz
below. Several other leads are being worked
in the district to good advantage, the ore
from which is crushed in the custom water
power mill of Trip s. Ainsley.
Mr. Wright still prosecutes the work of
making all kinds of pottery ware, and,
though not as yeta complete success, expects
to overcome all obstacles and build up in time
an immense business. If you chance this
way, just step in and see Mr.. Wright turn
out set of mugs, handles and all, from the
most diminutive to the laundering big one,
and you will concedc him master work
man.
Messrs Wyant & Co, merchants at Iron
Rod, claim that the gold bearing ledges con-
tiguous to their camp are now yielding more
bullion than those of any other camp in the
Territory, and expect such is the case. The
ore runs as high as 800 per ton, and is crushed
in mills run with water. Capt. Guyer, we
learn, will soon again start up his mill on ore
from the Iron Rod district
While having a sociable chat with John
Mannheim (whom everybody knows) at his
farm above Iron Rod ON the Beaverhead,
l was shown some potatoes grown on his
place exceeding in size anything in the ''mur-
ply line I ever saw Several of them
weighed three pounds each, and fourteen
pounds to the hill had been frequently found,
and all of them sound to the centre Mr..
Mannheim said he procured the seed of these
wonderfully yielding potatoes from Mr.. n.
Merriman, of jefferson City, and that they
are called the "King of Early" I shall try
some on Glover Rancho Immediately.
AT Twin Bridges, or at some point near, a
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-10-24
Effects OF Thunder ON Fish.

Until yesterday we never knew that thunder
orlightning had the slightest effect on fish, dead
or alive. Standing in front of market there
were two or three sharp peals of thunder,
when the proprietor of the place came out,
and shifting a lump of ice from one end to
the other of a champagne basket filled with
herring or some such small fry. he said: II
am glad have no more fish on hand to- day. I"
'Why so?" querried we. Because should
come out loser on them should there be half a
dozen more peals of thunder" We then in
quired us to how the fish were effected and
were Informed that after a few heavy thun-
der claps they began to swell up and in
short time began to putrify. Said he, 81 ami
glad that l have but small lot on hand to-
day. Had the storm come last Thursday it
would have caught me with 1000 pounds ON
my hands," All this about the effects of
electricity was new to us and we expressed
Our surprise, when the market man informed
us that not snly fish but all kinds of meat
were effected by thunder storm, but the
meats not so much as the fish. Here is nut
for the savans to crack.-7errStorSog Enter
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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-10-24

Some wag tells story to the effect that
two young men sailing recently in Delaware
Bay were overtaken by squall They had
been inside of Nazareth Methodist Episcopal
Church, Philadelphia, and knew something
of how religious services were conducted.
AS it appeared that their little boat was near
capsizing, "Bin," one said to, the other,
/" this is serious business, can you pray p
No, can't, I've heard Joe do ii, and I've
listened to Post. but / can't do IL myself"
swell, you can sing hymn, can't your Do
something" No, can't sing here. How
can sing when this boat may at any mo
ment drown US both?" "Well, we must do
something religious. If you can't pray and
can't sing, let's take up collection" To
this Bill consented. In his companions hat
he deposited thirteen pennies, y corkscrew
and -bladed knife. They must have
reached shore in safety, for otherwise tho
true story could never have been told s
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-10-24

FoRr Pillows BLuVr BANKS BrRs1SG.

FoRr Pillows BLUE BANKS BURsING.-
One of the strangest phenomena Of the times,
says the Memphis Ac0IoRcAe of September
22 is reported to US from the site of old Fort
Pillow, sixty miles above this city. 1t is no
more nor less than that the bluff bank of the
river. which rises fifty or sixty feet above
the water level, is one fire, and for the past
several weeks has been steadily burning like
volcano for distance of several hundred
yards along the cast side of the river, OH n
line ten or twelve feet above the water level
At night lurid flame or blaze of fire rise
from the side of the:bluff toa height of two or
three feet, which then spreads into smoke
and passes on over the hill, distributing itself
with the atmosphere and iIoiting away sky
ward. The steamer Celeste, on her last trip.
passed by the place in broad daylight and at
II time when light wind wind blew from the
shore, carrying the smoke toward the Arkan-
sas shore and covering the river with IL thick
haze almost like u fog What strange COM
tustible formation cOmposes the river bluff of
the old fort, or what first set it on fire, to
burn after the manner described, is one of
the most marvellous events of the times, and
puzzles the people of the vicinity not n little.
We shall seek to lie further informed upon
this wonderful phenomenon with no little
curiosity.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-10-24
Helena, Montana, Thursday, October "A, 1872
Profanity.

The man whose tongue Is ever ready to give
round oath, is by no means fit to be chosen
for companion or friend. Yet the vice of
profanity is one of the evils of the time.
Many individuals who rank as respectable
members of society, think little of garnish-
ing their conversation with profane express
sions, and strut about as if proud of their vile
habit. Now it is rule of rhetoric that vIg-
orous expressions should be sparingly used,
as continual effort to be forcihle gives same
ness to the style, and weakens it. AS mat
ter of artistic taste, therefore, we should infer
that very small amount of profanity is
necessary to inyigorate mans conversation.
AS matter of good manners and good NOR
ais, we are, of course, forbidden to swear at
all. An oath thrown into the speech of
man whose usual tone is one of moderation,
strikes us with startling effect; while the talk
OF one who garnishes his conversation with
an embroidery of curses passes unheedet.
There is perpetual fusiade of mere blank
cartridges in the shape of profanity. But the
habit OF swearing not only weakens the effect
OF mans conversation considered obiec-
lively, but actually destroys the individ-
uars power of expression in the course
OF time. A profane man, instead of stopping
to analyZe an opinion, and stating his reason
for holding it, asserts his conviction with an
oath whose earnestness is supposed TO supply
the place of argument. Instead of selecting
an appropriate adjective in praise of an OBJ
ject, or a powerful epithet in its denuncia-
ton, he uses an execration to express his feel
ings in the matter. This course saves trouble
in ransacking his vocabulary, and the words
grow in the armory of speech, and their use
are soon forgotten. A mind, too, that is ac-
customed to profanity grows too lazy for
thinking. Oaths thus become symbols for
number of suitable words, and for process of
thought, and in the end, abridge mans Ca
pacity of utterancc if he depends upon them.
In most cases, swearing is simply habit;
but if a man would seriously reflect after Civ
ing vent to some blasphemous expression, he
would assuredly teel his self-respect shocked,
and cndeavor to check his course ere he be-
come deadened to shame, and utterly regard
less of the estimation in which he is held by
others. 60. .. r-. ..; . .. ....- :
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-10-24

MONTE CHRISTIE, u magnificent villa few
miles from Paris, which was built by Alex
andre Dumas, is offered for sale at the price
of $4,000. 1t was there that Dumas really
personified the imaginary hero of his cele-
brated novel of Monte Christie" In less
than two years he and his companions squan-
dered million of francs at this beautiful
villa. Dumas was always liberal, but often
-usclessly so. At Monte Christie the table was
generally laid for thirty guests, and wit and
conviViality met around the hospitable board.
Most of Dumas later novels were written at
this villa. 1t is related that one day at din
ncr Dumas was asked how much time he
would require to write novel of two vol
umcs, say 400 pages. "'Scventy-two hours, {"
answered Dumas. A wager was Immediately
proposed and accepted, namely, that at the
end OF sevcnty-twO hours he could not COM
plcte Il novel Dumas called for pen and
paper, 400 pages were numbered out for him
and he began at the dinner table. With the
exception of few hours repose, he wrote
incessantly, and before the time had expired,
one of his most Interesting novels, ale Che
Waller de Maison Rouge" had received its
finishing touches. ..r. . .-r ..-.. ...,-.
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EnGrRVtME with Sand.

Glass engraving and the shaping of stones
by means of a jet of sand has been tried
with success at Paris. Any pattern Of the
glass may be produced with pleasure, or,
if required, the whole surface may be ground
or deadened. The cutting power of sand is
such, under the influence of the blast, that It
will pierce the hardest substance. even q steel
file. A diamond loses weight if exposed
TO the jet minute, and in the same time
topaz entirely disappears But to engrave
glass, the pressure need not be great; and 1t
is found in practice that glass may be en-
graved If the sand be driven by no greater
power than the wind from an ordinary blow
pipe. On the other hand, it is remarkable
that little or no effect is produced by the full
blast on soft substances, such as caOutchouc,
paper and the gelatine used in photography.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-10-24

THE marriage of Father Hyacynthe has
made what may be called Sensation" i'm
the clerical circles of Continental Europe. A
couple of Abbes-Guichtau and Renaud---,
have addressed letter to the Journal dc
Geneoe, in which they assure the Priest, who
has lately turned benedict, that the eyes of
the Catholic world are upon him, and that he
will be followed by thousands of disciples
''Already, they said, "France has two hum
dred priests ready to march under your or
ders, and every day witnesses numerous de-
sertions from the clerical ranks Place your
self boldly at their head the time has come"
Precisely where these enthusiastic Abbes
want to be led, after entering the realm of
matrimony, is not quite apparent. Perhaps
their appeal is chiefly intended for the eyes of
American widows.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-10-24
Old Ben. wade ON the Great Amcrscan
Deaera.

A characteristic incident is related of Ben.
Wade, of Ohio, when he was sent out by
President Grant as one of the commissioners
in 1869, to inspect the Pacific road. He was
disguised at the sight of the alkaline forma-
tions. and despaired of Its redemption, and
when . resident bystander reminded HIM that
1t would be nice place to live in if it only
had plenty of water and good society. al
don't doubt il" was the bluff retort, s'and
hell would be good place to live in, too, if
it had the same advantages"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-10-24

A TEARFUL wife implored the pardon of the
Mayor of Chicago for her husband, whom
His Honor had imprisoned, in default of his
fine, for beating her. The Mayor utterly alb
hors wifc-beating, and ineXorablc iii his re-
solve that the brute should receive his full
punishment. His tender heart was so
touched, however, by the wife,s piteous ap-
peals that he gave her S25 to support her
until his time should expire, for which She
thanked him, and walking into the office.
paid with it her husbands fine, and procured
his, release, to the great discontinue of the
benevolent official. He confesses that he
dosn't understand the sex yet.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-10-24
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TEE u BOYS.

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Thc whole house feels me racket.
Bebold the knee of Harrys nants
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p,t rovor mind ;f ov.s hc., h,i,bt
Ard i;mhs nroxx sfroiaht md ifnSe-.
wed rather lose the tree,s whole hark
''''N '"0 '
Sow bear tho tons and marhles rolIi
The floor. 0h woe hetide them
And I n,nat watch The banistars
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Iool ,vo,, as vor d.scand tho sts;rs
often and them hannted
Rv ohastlv tovs that make no noise
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-10-24

THE Rev. w. A. Card said in recent SER
mon Mt Sandwich, Ills: ''God took General
Grant from ii atannery and placed him in the
White House, where he has been four wears,
and where hope he will remain four years
longer. am going to give him my vote this
votes, shall pray God TO forgive yotl. y That
card Is trump.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-10-24

THE dambroad is known to be the ordinary
Scottish name of what in England is termed
draught-board. A Scotch lady, newly come
to London, and rather too familiar with her
own countTy's mode of expression, inquired
at linen diapers shop for tablecloth of
" dambroad pattern" meaning checqueredi
pattern. The Cockney shopman, amazed at
su9nA question from lady. answered: !
t'esrf, ma'am, we have patterns pretty
hPanI fbut--a--a,-none quite 80 broad as
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-08-10
Celestial Space.

When the astronomers assure us that
the diameter of the circles which the
planets describe in their perpetual revo-
lutions round the sun is millions upon
millions Of miles--how is it possible for
the mind to take in an idea of the space
or room in which such globes as those
of eighty and ninety thousands of miles
in diameter are running thirty times
more rapidly than q cannon ball, with
out the slightest interference with
others?
Space without limit! There is no
boundary, no barrier, no prccipitous
termination, but space forever and ever,
and there the intellect leaves the pur
suit-the brain of man cannot grasp it.
But there is something more perplex
ing in the belief that interminable space
is filled with billions, aye, with count
less organized worlds, beyond all human
computation, far excelling our own in
grandeur of proportions, physical re-
sources and beauty, so immensely dis
tant no telescope can ever survey those
on the nearest of that celestial space
which they occupy; and yet still be-
yond and beyond, so far that the light
they send abroad, at the speed of one
hundred and ninety-two millions OF
miles in one second, may not reach this
earth for hundred of years to come
and then again, there are globes intin
itely multiplied beyond. Space, then,
is field in which the Almighty displays
the majesty of his supreme power.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-08-10
Material Progress of the World.

We are fond of laughing at the anti
quarian motions and slow progress Of
"the old country" but somehow in
these latter days she seems to go pretty
well ahead, and, as one of our eminent
countrymen observed, London has, du-
ring the past half century, gone on in
creasng with the rapidi,y Of a Western
township. Whilst we talk about rapid
transit" .he old metropolis Of England
has rail Ways running over and under
her in g cry direction, and there is no
large cit in the world where ingress
and eyre IS are so easy. Then the postal
arrangements are almost perfect. Be
fore we get the great convenience, post
cards, they will be quite an old institu-
ton in London, which, after only a few
months, followed the lead in Vienna,
the original patentee in this national
convenience. The rapid delivery OF
letters is greatly accelerated i'll London
by the fact that nearly every house in
all the respectable streets throughout
the town is supplied with a box, into
which the postman drops letter, and
forthwith hurries on. This plan, only
very slightly adopted here, is an i'm
mense economy of time, men and money
to the department. Almost every
month the authorities of the postottice
and telegraph devise some new plan for
the public convenience. A recent in
novaton is an arrangement by which
the sender of u telegraphic dispatch,
about whose Transmission there is no
violent hurry, can put the requisite
stamps upon it and drop it in the near
est postottice box, when it will be trans
mitted as soon as the box is opened, a
proceeding which takes place nearly
every hour.
The last novel improvement, of
another kind reported, is a plan to sup
ply fresh salt water to the metropolis
from Brighton, a distance Of SO miles,
so that, when in the heart of London,
you can jump out of the bed into one of
the waves which was few days before
rolling in from America. The water
is to he conveyed by series of lifts to
the top of the Southdown hills, whe nee
it will gravitate II rough enameled
| pipes to the west end of London. The
supply is estimated at million gallons
a day.-Lippincon's Magazine.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-08-10
Gossip About A. 4. Stewart.

Speaking of his adaptability for busi-
nes5, the great merchant prince said
that for many years he had the utmost
distaste for business, so much so that
he disliked the task even of purchasing
articles for his own personal use; that
he hated to 60 and buy pair of gloves.
That Mr.. Stewart has managed to over
come this repugnance to trade was ex-
bibited in the statement, in reply to a
question, that he now employed twenty
five hundred persons, had crossed the
ocean thirty-five times, had sold up.
ward Of S75, 600 worth of goods at re-
tail in one day. Mr.. Stewart stated
that his ambition was to make the sales
at his uptown store reach $lO0,0O per
day. He keeps busy about five hun
dred porters, and has delivered from
his retail store as many as five thousand
packages in one day. At this establish
ment he has eleven hundred employees.
Mr.. Stewart appears to carry the re-
sponsibility Of his enormous business
with perfect ease, comprehending much
of its vast details and minutin in a
most remarkable manner. He is q
hearty, well-preserved man of about
seventy years, and looks as though he
might enjoy the blessing Of life for a
good many seasons yet to come.-'Sara
,ooj1n
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-08-10
Finding Lost Rings.

Lost wedding rings have sometime,
been strangely recovered. A matron Of
East Lulworth lost her ring one day
two years afterward she was peeline
some potatoes brought from field hal
4 mile distant from her cottage, and
upon dividing a double one came upon
the lost matrimonial circlet. A Mrs.
| Montioy, of Brechn, when feeding a
calf let it suck her fingers, ami on with
drawing her hand discovered to her
dismay. that her wedding ring and
keeper had both disappeared. Believing
the calf was the innocent thief, she re-
fused to part with it, and after keeping
the animal for three years had it
slaughtered, and sure enough the long
absent rings were found in its intestines,
as clean and bright us when their owner
last saw them on her finger.
A wealthy German farmer, living near
Nordanhamm, employed himself one
day in 1871 in making -four balls for his
cattle; when he had finished his work,
he found his hand minus his wedding
ring. bearing his wife's name. it being
the German custom for bride and bride
groom to exchange rings. Soon after
ward the farmer sold seven bullocks,
which the purchaser shipped toEngland
on board the Adler cattle steamer on
the Goth of October. Two days after
ward an English smack, the Mary Ann,
of Colchester, picked up at sea the still
warm carcass of a bullock which was
poened by the crew to obtain some fat
wherewitb to grease the rigging. Inside
the animal they found gold ring, in
scribed with a woman's name, and the
date 1869. Capt. Tye reported the
circumstances as soon as he arrived in
port, and handed the ring over to an
authorities set to work to trace it's own
ership, and found that the only ship
reporting the loss of beast, that could
have passed the Mary Ann, was the
Adler, from which bullock, supposed
to be dead, had been thrown overheard
on the 2Sth of October.
Meanwhile, the &hipping Gazette re-
cording the finding of the ring, had
reached Nordanhamm, and one of its
readers there recognized the name in
scribed upon it; communications were
opened with the farmer; and in due
time he and his wife rejoiced over the
recovery OF the pledge they thought
lost forever. That they should have re-
covered it under the circumstances was
certainly surprising, but there was
nothing SO very wonderful in ring
being found in the inside of y bullock,
that "comic" writers should treat the
story as the pure invention of some
penny-a-Ener. Any slaughterer of cattle
would have told them that such finds
are by no means uncommon, and we
know for /, fact that the wit OF Lon
don slaughterman displayse upon her
hand two rings thus found by her hus-
band.-Chambers' Journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-08-10
A Lady Saved by her Faithful Dog.

Wednesday afternoon, AZ Mrs. w. q.
Woodruff was in her yard, near the
race track. she saw a mad dog maxi, z
toward her, evidently dcsrous OF max
ing on attack. Being some distance
from the house, too far, in tact, TO
reach the door before the mad dog
could seize her, the atirighted lady
thought of her own faithful dog. which
she called to her assistance. Hearing
the creams and call of his mistress, the
house dog, with an alacritv which
seemed to spring from a cons sciousness
of impending danger, bounde' 'orward
in time to attack the mad dog Just as
the infuriated beast was about to seize
Mrs. Woodruff Now ensued a con-
tlict between the two dogs which lasted
two or three minutes, enabling Mrs.
Woodruff to get into her house and
shut the door. 1t was doubtful which
would prove the mastery, when col
ored man came to the scene of conflict.
No sooner had he neared the dogs than
the rabid dog attacked the colored
man, who, having picked up fence
rail, defended himself as best he could
1t was with difficulty he kept clear of
the dog, which endeavored to spring
upon him, but was finally felled to the
ground and then killed by the colored
man. Mrs. Woodrutt's faithful animal
was badly bitten and considerably
worsted, though it had saved the life
of its mistress. Yesterday this dog
gave evidence Of hydrophobia, when it
was found necessary TO kill the animal
which had saved human being from
a horrible fate-Noshville Union, Julyl3.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-08-10
The Enterprise of Chicago.

For city that is half in ashes, Chi
cago displays an energy that is truly
wonderful. Even now, while the work
of rebuilding the city is but just begun,
the process of suburban expansion
seems to go on about as usual. Among
the many schemes that the enterpris-
ing citizens have in hand is the estab-
lishment of n permanent exposition,
similar in character to the annual in
dustrial exhibitions which are held in
Cincinnati and st. Louis. Forty-eight
acres of land have been purchased for
the grounds in the town of Hyde Park,
and it is promised that the project will
be pushed forward to success at an ear
ly date.