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The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-03-27

bound to me by ties you cannot ap-
preciate or understand. Appeals to
them are useless. "You wrecked my
life demand yours in return"
"You would not burn me alive, Mr..
cried piteously. "Have pity on
mew
"Did you showpity to me? AS 'ye
give so shall We receive is a divide IN
junction. AS ye metcd out to me SO
will | mete out to you"
There was a terrible earnestness IN
her livid face and burning eyes. Be-
fore that whitening look mercy and hope
fled away.
She turned and left the room. "A mo-
ment more and the cabin was envel-
oped in flames.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-03-27

IHE Utica IN. ~ Herald has the fol.
lowing: On Central Railroad train
the other day, two old ladies sat in ad.
joining seats in one Of the cars; one de.
clared II the conductor opened the win.
dow she would die, and the other pro.
tested against it being closed, for she
would certainly smother to death. The
conductor was in doubt, when a yener.
able gentleman exclaimed, "Open tho
window and kill one Of them, and then
close it and kill tho other, and then we
shall have pcace.v
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-03-27

y GoAr SroRy.-A retired clergyman
sends us an account Of little affair
that happened in his place 1t appears
that there was young woman, fine,
spirited girl, engaged at a wasli-iub OPP
positc an open door. Just behind her
was a young man, as is generally the
case, and in the yard was an old buck
that was allowed tho freedom of the
premises, which is not always the case,
we are glad 10 say. Well. this buck
came up 10 the door and looked in, and
the young IMAM going close behind the
young woman. pointed his finger
straight to the buck, and the old fellow
recognizing At once the pressing char
actcr OF this mute invitation, put down
his head and dashed forward, and the
miserable young man stepped one side
and fled, and the young woman, all un-
conscious of the arrangements, received
the awful shock without warning, and
passed over the tub, and the air for an
instant appeared to be full Of slippers
and wet clothes and hot suds: and the
next minute that goat came flying ont
of that door at dreadful speed bald
the whole length of his spine, and
with wild look in his eye: and for
an hour attcrward he stood back of the
barn scratching his head and trying to
recall all of the circumstances of the
unfortunate aifair.-Danb,uv Ne,cs.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-03-27

A society for the suppression of slang
mas I, been formed among the pupils Of
the Girls High School of San Francis.
co. !" Your object is worthy onc,r said
a reporter to one of it's members, YDo
you think you will succeed in eradica.
You bet"
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-03-27

PuTUp Your RAc.-lt rained the other
evening and there was an entertain.
ment. A young gentleman said to a Ia.
ay: May have the pleasure Of pro-
tectlng you with my umbrella?n And
SAID she, with her round, expressive eve
rag" 'ou'
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-03-27

\ MINISTERIAL brother, who married
rather sooner after the death Of his wife
than some of the sisters thought prop.
or and becoming, excused himself as
follows: "My dear brethren and sisters
my grief was greater than could bear
| turned every way for comfort but
none come. searched the Scripters
from G'nlsee to Riverlations, and found
plenty OF promises to the wilder, but
nary one to the widerer And so |
took it that the good Lord didn't waste
sympathy on man when it was in his
power to comfort himself, and, having
a iirstrate chance to marry in the Lord
did so, and would do the same thing
again Besides, my brethren, | consid.
cred poor Patsey was just as dead as
she would ever be-"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-11-06
An incident Of the Rebellion.

On the evening of the 1st of April, Mr..
Nicolay, the private secretary of the Presi-
dent, brought me a package containing pa
pers, instructions, and executive orders Of a
most extraordinary character. One of them
directed me to detach Commodore Stringham,
patriotic officer who was on special duty in
the Navy Department, where he was en-
ployed in confidential trusts, and send him to
Pensacola. Commodore Pendergrast, who
had just arrived at Hampton Roads from the
West Indies with the Cumberland, was Or
dered to repair forthwith to Vera Cruz on ac-
count of alleged complications. On the Cum
berland and Powhatan the Navy Department
was relying to cooperate with the military
for the protection of the Navy Yard at Nor
folk in case of difficulty. All these orders
relating to the navy were issued by the Secre-
tary OF State without consultation with the
Secretary of the Navy or any Cabinet con-
sultation whatever But the most extraordi-
nary and irregular if not illegal order in that
remarkable package directed reorganization
OF the Navy Department, and the establish
ment of new bureau, in which was CON-
manded to place in the most confidential re-
lations, where he should have knowledge of
all the important transactions of the navy
and Navy Department, Samuel Barron,
finished courtier and shrewd secessionist. On
looking over these documents it was evident
to me that the President had been victim of
misplaced confidence and was sadly imposed
upon, or that he was unfit for the office of
chief executive as is represented in the ''Me-
mortal Address" / lost not moment in
waiting upon him, and reading to him the
extraordinary papers. He promptly and en-
phatically disavowed them said that he had
hurriedly and without examination signed
large number of papers which had been
brought to him by Secretary Seward for
very different purpose, and which he had
supposed was merely formal that he was
not aware of their contents; had trusted en-
tirely to Mr.. Seward; and whom could he
trust if not the Secretary of State? He re-
quested me to return him the orders or treat
them as nullities. The result was, no new
bureau was organized without law; Barron
was not taken into the confidence of the
Navy Department, but soon deserted and was
the first naval officer captured in the rebel
service; Stringham never went to Pensacola,
nor Pendergrast again to Vera Cruz, nor was
there any complication that required it.
From Gideon Welles' Reply to ADAMS, IN No.
yember Galary.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-11-06
Amateur Newsmongerlng.

It is commonly thought to be very easy to
write in practical newspaper style; but many
an over-confdent young sophomore as well
as less learned journalistic scribe, has found
by experience that his ''copy" required
wholesale re-editing before it was practicable
for the humblest news-column. Apropos the
Gazette, of Stockton, Cal., relates the follow
ing: Yesterday we engaged new ''local,"
that is, new assistant. The old one we had
last week evinced almost human intelligence,
but, as general rule, his time was so fully
occupied in trying to throw four skies against
some barkeeper's tray-full, that we didn't re-
ceiye much benefit from his labors. We
can't say, as a purveyor of news, that the
new one is much better. He was out all day
Yesterday, and after the paper had gone to
press, he rushed in with his first and only
item. We give it cerbatsna::
STARTLING AoClDENT.-A horse ran away
about half hour ago, hitched to buggy.
If some folks who was crossing the streets
awhile before he came along they wonld nave
got hurt at . tremendous rate speed at their
legs, etc. would have got broke, if they
hadent hot ont of the way. a.>-....,.g
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-11-06

There is wholesome regime in the acqui-
sition of property Men cannot afford to
set aside, even in charity, this law of equiva-
tents. The most dangerous thing next to
cruelty and neglect is charity. Indifference
is worse than charity, but next to that comes
charity. A man that is charitably disposed
plays with fire. He means to make fire un-
der his neighbors pot to boil his dinner; but
he burns up his house more times than he
boils his dinner. My observation in life,
thus far, with increasing breadth and GER
tainty, is that the most dangerous thing any
body can do is to give property where it is
not earned by some equivalent. The gifts of
friendship, to limited extent, as have al
ready said, may not be injurious, but they
very soon transcend the bounds of safety.
To a limited extent they enrich the sentiment
OF the soul; but carried away a little further
they do just the other work-they render
friendship itself venal and selfish. But the
law in respect to gifts of support, whether
from the government to the whole people, or
from associations to certain classes of peo-
pie, or from individuals to individuals, is
that they are demoralizing Where they are
not, it is an exception. Free men are all
very we'll but there is sense in which free
things are very bad. do not believe it is
useful to have free newspapers, l do not
Delleve II would be useful to have tree books.
1t is better to make them buy the books and
papers which they read: do not believe in
free churches 1t is better that men should
buy the seat which they occupy than that
they should have it free. It is not safe that
men should take things without giving an
equivalent for what they take. And what is
true of nature is true of civilized society.
There is no law that is more dangerous to
break, and there is none that, through igno-
rance, through the impulsions of charity,
through the customs ct men, and through
the traditions of the church, we are mostly
tempted to break, and oftener pecking at and
f1awing than this, which teaches men that it
is not safe to hand what they do not earn.
There ought to besome equivalent of service,
substance, thought: skill, or whot not, for
that we receive. This is uni
versal and indispensable condition of bless
ing in any bounty.-Henry Ward Beecher.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-11-06
ALOyerln a Fix.

Young Manglebury will not probably visit
Miss Skittle's again. Havcalled upon her a
few evenings ago, and as she was not at
home, he sat down on the porch to wait for
her. In a few moments old Skittle's big dog
came up, and after eyeing Manglebury, and
growing at him in a manner which made
chills run up and down his back, the dog
walked up and began to sniff at Manglebury's
legs. While the animal was performing this
operation the young man maintained con-
dition of absolute repose. 1t is doubtful if
he will again be as perfectly still as he was
then until his immortal soul is in the land of
everlasting rest. When the ceremony was
concluded the dog lay down by Msnglebury's
chair. AS soon as Manglebury felt certain
the brute was alseep, he thought he would 60
he attempted to rise from his chair the dog
leaped up and growled so menacingly that
Manglebury Immediately sat down again.
Then he thought perhaps it would be better
not to 60 home at once. 1t occurred to him,
however, that it would be as we'll to call some
one to remove the dog in case circumstances
should render it desirable for him to depart;
but at the very first yell, Skittles' dog jumped
to his feet, gave fiendish bark, and began
to take few more critical smells at Mangle-
bury's legs. And whenever Manglebury
shufaed his feet, or moved his arms, or utter
ed the slightest sound, that infamous dog
was instantly up and at him. Once, when
he had to sneeze, he thought, from the bois-
ferrous Indignation manifested by the dog,
that his hour at last had come. Manglebury
had often before wanted to see Miss Bkittles
alone, but he now felt like welcoming any
member of the Skittles family, even the cook,
with feeling approaching enthusiasm. FL
nally he heard voices in the parlor. 1t was
Miss Skittles and a young man who had come
with her and entered the side door. And
they sat there at the window, not thirty feet
from Manglebury, sparkling and cooling, and
every now and then making some disagreea-
bic remark about Manglebury, until at last
the visitor left and Miss Skittles locked the
door, closed the shutters and went to bed.
And the dog never moved until morning,
when old Skittles came down to look at the
and found the faithful guardian
still watching over the miserable Manglebury
who still sat in the chair in which he began
to wait for Miss Skittles. Old Skittles offered
to shoot the dog, in order to soothe Hangle-
bury, but that person was beyond reach of
such remedies. He was too mad. He cut
the Skittles family dead; and he is endeavor-
ing to select social circle whose members !
do not keep dogs. He hates a dog worse |
than doctor hates healthy climate.-Moc |
Aleler. .. ... .u-
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-11-06
The Indian Voucher Forgery Case.

ST. LOUIS, October 25.-A pamphlet has
appeared here purporting to have emanated
from John w. Wright, of Washington, who
was formerly Indian Agent, and against
whom indictments were found by the Crimi-
nal Court last March for forging vouchers
upon which a number of Indian claims were
paid by the Interior Department. The pam
phlet charges the United States government
with prosecuting him unjustly, and impli-
Gates Attorney General Williams and the
Secretary of the Interior in scheme to rob
him of his property to satisfy grsundless
claims. 1t appears that Attorney General
Interior Department out here to have Wright
indicted in the State Court. His prosecution
having been delayed so long that the indict-
ment was prevented by the statute of lirnita-
tons. This was done through Colonel }. q.
Normile, Circuit Attorney of the Criminal
Court U. s. District Attorney Patrick was
instructed to assist in the prosecution OF the
case Subsequently Patrick seems to have
suspected Colonel Normile's fidelity, and
wrote private letter to the Attorney General
charging him with incompetency and being
unwilling to allow him (Patrick) to assume
control of the case, and with being friendly
towards Wright. The pamphlet also con-
tains letter from Williamson to the Attorney
General in which he proposes that govern
ment shall open letters passing through the
mails to ascertain if Normile is in correspon-
dence with Wright, and to employ an agent
pack jury in Judge Prim's court, which
he intimates can be easily done.
Colonel Normile has written to Attorney
General Williams denying emphatically all
the charges in District Attorney Patrick's
letter, giving full history of the case as far
as it has gone, and Judge Prim has also sent
an indignant letter to the Attorney General
eftectually disposing of all Williamsons in
situations. The pamphlet has created great
excitement in legal circles. The letters from
Patrick and Williamson to the Attorney Gen
eral are said to have been surreptitiously o.
famed from the Attorney Generals once
through the connivance of two clerks, VINO
nave been discharged. lF@a 4"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-11-06
Mental Stlmulants.

1t is strictly true that the three intellectual
pursults-literature, science, and the fine arts
are attracted to them by the stimulus they
give. But these occupations are morally
much nearer to the common level of other
occupations than you might suppose. There
is no doubt certain intOxication in poetry
and painting, but have seen a tradesman
find fully equivalent intoxication in an ad-
dltlon OF figures showing delightful bal
ance at his bankers. l haye seen a young
poet intoxicated with the love of poetry bu.
| have also seen young mechanical genius
on whom the sight Of locomotive acted ex-
actly like bottle of champagne Every
thing that is capable of exciting or moving
man, everything that fires him with enthusi-
asm, everything that sustains his energies
above the dead level of mere animal exist
ence may he compared, and not very untruly,
to the action of generous wine. The two
most powerful mental stimulants-sincc they
overcome even the fear of death-are un-
doubtedly religion and patriotism, ardent
states OF feeling, both of them, when they
are genuine, yet this ardor has a great utility.
1t enables men to bear much, to perform
much which would be beyond their natural
force if it were not sustained by powerful
mental stimulants. And so it is in the in
tellectual life. 1t is because its labors are so
severe tnat lts pleasures are so glorious. Ihe
Creator of intellectual man set him the most
arduous tasks-tasks that require the utmost
possible patience, courage, self-discipline,
and which at the same time were for the most
part, from their very nature, likely to receive
only the most meagre and precarious pecun-
iary reward. Therefore, in order that 50
poor and weak creature might execute its
gigantic works with the energy necessary to
their performance, the labor itself was made
intensely attractive and interesting to the few
who were fitted for it by their constitution.
Since their courage could not be maintained
by any of the common motives which carry
men through ordinary drudgery, since neither
wealth nor worldly position was in their
prospects, the drudgery they had to go
through was to be rewarded by the triumphs
of scientific discovery, by the felicities of
artistic expression. A divine drunkenness
was given to them for their encouragement,
surprising the gift of the grape.--Ham-
1y2erfO2l
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-11-06
No. 50


The aggregate of trial from small things is
greater than from gigantic attlictions. The
daily fretting of business, the CALLING embar-
rassments of purposes crossed by the coun-
ter-purpOses of others, are hard to bear be-
cause we must bear them always. Every
man who stands in organized relations to
other men is daily tried by the iritability of
a superior, or the intractability of subor-
dinate. Women, of all others, especially
those who have the cares of housekeeping
and the management of children, are subject
to annoyances much more grieyous, in the
long run, than the great sorrows of life
When the child cries, the father, unless he is
paragon of fathers, finds business suddenly
calling him down town; he remembers an
important errand at Jones' that he had for
gotten, until the cross child refreshes his
memory. The mother is prisoner in her
bedlam, and what wonder if sometimes the
patience fail, and if with some long-tried
and heavily-burdened soul, heart and hope
give out at last? The great heroes are not
those who have carried heaviest sorrows
meekly, but those men who have endured
daily contradictions of people and daily en-
barrassment of circumstances with meek
ness the great heroines are those women
that, under the incessant wear and tear of
little vexations, have borne in obscurity the
AO"CA Va P"tAOACc anu Cue IL uiC VI IOuS Bull
fering. In great trials there are compensa-
tions. All the world Of our acquaintance is
looking At US, perchance, and the large stage
upon which our fortitude or our integrity is
exercised affords US some stimulus. Or, at
least, our own egotism finds satisfaction in
conscious heroism. But there is a meanness
about cares that shuts out this consolation
The great heroes are not they to whom the
world builds monuments, and whose memoirs
stand on all our shelves We stumble over
their unmarked graves in every cemetery
Only Gods transplanting shall reveal them in
their Christian Union.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-11-06
Mr.. CAudle,S Breakfast Talk.

1t is rather extraordinary, Mrs. Caudle,
that we have now been married four weeks
l don't see what you have to sigh about
and yet you can't make me proper cup of
tea. However, don't know how l could
expect it. There never was but one woman
who could make tea to my taste, and she is
now in heaven. Now, Mrs. Caudle, let me
hear no crying. I'm not one of the people
to be melted by the tears of a woman for
you can cry-all of you-at minutes notice.
The water always laid on, and down it comes
if man only holds up his finger.
You didn't think l could be so brutal !?
That's it. Let man only speak and he's
brutal. It's a woman's first duty to make a
decent cup of tea What do you think I
married you for? It's all very we'll with your
tambour-work and such trumpery. You can
make butterflies on kettle-hOlders, but can
you make pudding, ma'am? I'll be bound
not.
OF course, as usual; you've given me the
corner-roll. becaase you know hate cor
ner-roll. I did think you might have seen
that. l did hope should not be obliged to
speak on so paltry a subject-but it, no use
to hope to be mild with you. l see that is
hopeless. .
And what a herring! And you call it
bloater, I suppose. Ha! there was a woman
who had an eye for a bloater, but-sainted
creature-she's here no longer. You wish
she was? O, understand that. I'm sure if
anybody should wish her back, it's-but she
was too good for me. ''When I'm gone,
Caudle," she used to say, ''then you'll know
the wife l was to you." And do know it.
Here's the eggs boiled to stone again!
Do you think, Mrs. Caudle, I'm canary
bird, to be fed upon hard eggs? Don't tell
me about the servant A wife is answerable
to her husband for her servants. It's her
business to hire proper people; if she doesn't
she is not fit to be wife. find the money,
Mrs. Caudle, and expect you to find the
cookery.
There you are with your pocket handker-
chief again, the old flag of truce, but in does
not trick me- A pretty honeymoon? Honey
moon! nonsense, people can't have two
honeymoons in their lives There are feel
ings-I find it nOw-that we can't have twice
in our existence. There's no making honey
a second time.
No. think I've put up with your neglect
long enough; and there is nothing like be-
ginning as we intend to 60 ON. Therefore,
Mrs. Caudle, if my tea isn't made a little
more to nv liking to-morrow-and if you in
suit me with herring like that-and boil
NV eggs that you might fire 'em out of guns
why, perhaps, Mrs. Caudle, you may see
man in passion. It takes good deal to
move me, but when am up-1 say, when l
am up-that's all.
Where did / put my gloves2 You don't
knoD? Of course not, you know nothing
Douglas Jerrold. s..-. .r.....
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-11-06
What Becomes of the Sons Of Success.
full Men,

Next to the inquiry, What becomes of the
pins? an interesting question would be, What
becomes of the sons of successful men? A
few men and few firms are in the hands OF
the founders; but these are exceptions The
old name and the old trade generally pass
into the hands of others. "Do you see that
man shoveling in coal? Well, his children,
and children like his, will jostle your PAM
pered sons and rule this land" said an old
New Yorker, the other day. The old names
have ceased in the pulpit. The famed men
of the Bar seldom have successor. The
eminent iurists carry their honors with them
to the grave. Merchant princes are obllter,
ated. The reason is clear. The fathers lald
the basis of business one way and the sons
build another. Men who earned their for
tunes by hard work, diligence; that knew
sixteen hours toll by personal attention; that
were their own book-keepers, statesmen, cash.
iers, and often porters, are followed by sons
who do as little as possible; who delegate to
others all the work they can, and who know
more of the road than the ledger. Famous
hotel men were gentlemen, men OF intelli-
gence. men who were equals OF the best In
the land, and who never sunk the gentlemen
in their trade. Young men who fling the ex-
ample of their sires to the winds, ind 1t easier
to souander a valuable name, run through
fortune quicker than it was earned, and
Themselves, while young, at q point from
which their fathers started. One thing is
ouite marked in New York. 1t is the fact
that the heavy business is getting into the
hands of foreigners. The heavy importers,
the great bankers, and much OF the trade III
value is slipping out OF the hands OF Amer
leans. as the trade of England got into the
power of the Lombards.-N., 7. Letter I"
Boston .I0yrnaI. --------a.-@---.~. I.