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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-12-16
JEWELRY. dc.


At PANIC PRICES 5000 pounds
IA Mince-Meat. 5000 pounds- new l.cghorn CT
tron, 5000 pounds new Zantn Currants, 300 boxes
re.Crackers, 100000 Mammoth" Torpedoes,
$500 dozen canned Tomatoes. Peaches, sc. Ny
stock Is too large for the times and must be sold.
LOUIS j. BOSSlEUX,
de .. .4G.al412t Main street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-12-16

A Il THE FAIR OF THE CAROLINAS
"A H I. TukPlE, manager OF the singer Manu-
i .s,,lis Company, received the FIRST PRE-
MIL vi on the SINGER as the best scwtng-Inachine
Tor family use and for the best work.
The FIRST PREMIUM for the best Leather Ma
DC le.swI!s
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-12-16
DOR DECEMBER, CHRISTMAS, AND

DOR DECEMBER, CHRISTMAS, AND
NEw.YEAR.
T.R. PRICE GO. are adding many new aud
beautiful goods TO their stock, Just bought In The
northern markets.
Great Jobs in DRESS and other GOODS,
BLACK GROS-GRhlE and BONNET SILKS.
EAyY-BLCE, ELEPuAST-BHEATH. aud other
new shades POPLISs and tACHEaEREs;
DRESS GOODS (grCat reiuctlons), 20, 30. aud
3oc.;
!. MOUR MING GOODS, many new styles-GRo rF
ZURICH, IMPERATRICE, HERSATTAs, Mo-
HAIRS, CAMELS-HAIR, &C.:
GRAPE Wells, COLLARS, and TIES;
Ladi es' SHIRTS and DRAWERS, all Nos;
NELvETEESS, TwILLED SILKS. and NELotRh:
HOSIERY, KID GLOVES, LINED GLOVES. 80:
DOMESTICS ut very lowest rates, &c. de ~
THRlSTMAS PRESENTS, &c.
T. II. PRICE & co. have opened new supplies u
CLOAkS and WRAPPISGS:
Elegant stock STRIPED and FANCY sHAWlS:
HANDKERCHiEFS,
in boxes, for ladies' aud gentlemen;
GLOVES In great variety,
LACE and MUSLIN SETS,
LINEN COLLARS and CUFFS.
HEMSTfTCHED and LISEN-CAMBKIC HAND.
kERCHIEFS,
SUSPENDERS.
d. 10 CRAVATS, &c, &c.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-12-16
Heap on more wood! the wind is chill,
But let 1t whistle as it Will,
Wen keep our Christmas merry STILL"

WooDHoUsE s PARHAM
offer many elegant and appropriate Thugs for
Christmas and New-Year's gifts, among when
may be found
PERBLY ILLUSTRATED WORKS OF ART,
STANDARD AUTHORS, in fresh and attractive
bindings;
THE FAVORITE POETS Milton, Shakespeare,
Byron, Burns. Scott, Moore, Pope, CoWper,
Tennys0n, Mrs. Hemans, Mrs. Browning, &C.,
&c.Nyarious edilions in beautiful bindings.
Bib. Is. PRAYEK-BOOKS. and liYMN-BOOhS,
from the cheapest 10 the most elegant.
PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS. great variety;
PORTABLE WRITISG-DESkSo fpupier Hldchie,
rosewood, walnut, leather, and other styles
Elegant POCKET-jOOKSa OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
of fussl-leather, morocco, and calf-skin;
LADIES WOKK.BOXESa and LEATHER BAGS,
GOLD PENS, of the best Of Dakers. .' -
PENCIL CASES, some very beautiful;
PRETTY CHROMOS-tranled;
POCKET-KNIVES, PAPER-FOLDERS,
WRISTBANDS, PEN-WIPERS,
ALPIIABETa and BUILDING BLOCKS,
CHlLDRENS BOOkS-an immense collection.
de i OF
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-12-16
GOOD THINGS FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

NOOD THINGS FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
&. G. THOMPSON,
FAMILY GROCER.
No. 21e MAIN STREET, BETWEEN SECOND AND
THIRD,
has on baud fresh supply Of
Itmorc's Miuce- Meat--the best out:
New York Champagne Cider, Currants, Citron,
Almonds, English Nalnuts, Pecans, Palmnu.s,
italian Maccaroni, BuckTheat Geatlne.
Prime Butter, Jamaica KUN. Sherry Wice,
English Pickles, Fire Crackers,
Finest Gunpowler Tea. Chewing and Smoking To-
baccos; In fact, everything kept in 4 frst-class
grocery. .-. ~. de 151w
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| ESTABLISHED 1887.
have OH hand and am receiving weekly, large
! assortment OF FANCY GOODS and TOYS. Having
bought my stock for cash sell great bargains.
Cali early before the rush Fre-crackers and Tor
pedoeS very low. ROBERT HAROLD.
de 15-6t $40 Broad street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-12-16

LADIES HAlR-DRESSER,
Is prepared to sci, at extraordinary low price ~
anti the times aud quality OF goods-eipscia'
Wigs, Toupees, and al kinds OF hair-worS.
Hair Jewelry, Elusive Wigs, Bouquets $40
Wreaihs made TO order, and guarantee The soea' ~
be- rs recommended. In addition TO this one MI
work have large stock OF Fancy Goods imp9f a;r
from Paris amt London, Ornaments for the hsiL
Opera Fans; Work, Glove, Jewclry, and perfume
Boxes. Also, the best quality OF Perfamery s''
Toilet Articles. o,,,
Irons, &C.. &c land In general every article KY
In tirst-cluss hair est ablIshment. which oneF -
the very lowest prices a. baa- elo, aHi " nvA1
street. between Sixth and seventh. = &C I2-tal
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-08-21
Converted Gambler.

We occasionally see good thing in the
Eastern press from travelling correspond
ent "out west The following from the
line of the Union Pacific willtfo to repub-
lish:
Not long since prominent revivalist
choose Cheyenne as one of his numerous
fields of battle with Satan; and was quite
successful in making conveats. Among the
brands plucked from the burning was noted
gambler, one of the peculiar and characteris-
tic blossoms of this fresh and original town.
No sooner did this man of sin feel the infu-
ence of grace in his heart than he felt impell-
ed to urge upon his late comardes in wicked
ness the necessity of their reformation. Said
he: "Feller sinners, was the biggest sinner
in the deck. l run the course of evil from
soda to hook. But the Lord has saved me.
Why will you copper your souls to loose
forever? Now is your time to make your
game Understand me, boys, if you refuse
to accept salvation now, it amt me you're
throwin' off on its Christ you're buck
in agn-you hear me-" 1t is to be hoped
that his fervid oratory bore good fruit The
story may not be true, but IT was told me by
one who swore to it. and /, for one, do not
doubt IT,
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-08-21

THE Canadian papers publish the following
as the text to petition to the Governor
General in reference to an inquiry into the
Canadian Pacific Railway scandal:
"To His Excellency, the Right Honorable
Sir Frederic Temple, Earl of Dufferin, Wis
count and Baron Clandeboy in the County
Down, in the Peerage of the United King
dom, Baron Dufferin and Clandeboy, of
Bailyleidy, and Killeleagh in the County
Down, in the Peerage of Ireland, and a
Baronet, one of Her Majesty's Most Honor
able Order of the Bath, Governor-General of
Canada, and Governor and Commander-in-
Chief in and over the Island of Prince Ed
ward, Vice Admiral over the Dominion of
Canada, and of the Island of Prince Edward,
&C., &C., sc.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-08-21
Romance Of a Dishonest Dog.

In the rogues' gallery in the New Orleans
Police Department, says the st. Louis Mss-
souri, Republican, there is the picture OF
''Mollie Waterman and her dog" Mollie
was no thief. She was never known to steal
anything in her life, and yet she was classed
among thieves because her dog had habit
of stealing Mollie would 20 into a store
and examine goods, jewelry, laces, etc., and
the dog was always at her side She had q
way of telling the dog just what she wanted
out of store, and then she went out, and
the dog hung around. When the shopmans 8
back was turned the dog never failed to lay
his teeth on the very article that Mollie want
ed. He punctually brought it to his mistress
at her rooms. Sometimes the dog took little
things that he thought Mollie might want,
without any hint from her. Noliie and her
dog. had a perfect understanding, worked
together for several years, and were very
dear friends, as events proved. One day the
dog was caught stealing. Mollie flew to his
rescue. She exonerated the dog and actually
accused herself of being the thief The
police took her at her word. She said she
was willing to do all the suffering, and pay
the penalty, but begged her jailers to spare
the dog. The jailers mad the photograph of
Mollie Waterman and the dog taken and
hung up among the rogues. They then told
her that the dog had to die without Judge or
jury She prayed the inexorable police to
take her life, but spare the dogs. They
would not listen to her appeal, and, killing
the dog before her eyes, they flung his bleed
ing carcass into her cell and locked her up.
The next morning Mollie Waterman was
found dead in her cell with the dog in her
arms. There was an instance of devotion.
That picture is worthy of better place than
a police Office rogues' gallery. Mr.. Bergh
ought to look after it.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-08-21

Here is something from the Book Of Beauty
that's strictly local here or anywhere else.
Women should read it:
"A handsome leg is rarity, we had
almost said an impossibility, among Amer
lean women. The reason of this is the place
where they wear their garters. No French
woman Of cultivation, nowadays wears her
sarters below the knees. 1t is ruinous to the
shape of the calf. More than this, it has
serious consequences of another kind. The
principal vein of the leg, veaa saphrena6e6is,
runs just beneath the skin until it nearly
reaches the knees, when it sinks between the
muscles Now if this is CONSTRUCTED at its
largest point by q light garter the blood is
checked in its return to the heart, the feet
are easily chilled, ::and more liable to disease
the other veins Of the leg are swollen intohard
bIAe knots, become varicose, as tits called, and
often break, forming obstinate ulcers This is
a pict ure which physician sees nearly every
lay. With the garter fastened above the
knee all the pain and deformity is avoided,
but il is still better to wear no garter at all,
and to suspend the stocking by tapes around
the waist. In this case, however, we'll fit
ting stocking is needed"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-08-21
Along Swim.

The Detroit (Mich.) Free Press of July 19,
contains this paragraph: A negro, named
Joe Long, claiming to be deck hand on the
Propelar Arctic, reached here yesterday
from Maiden, claiming to have made one of
the longest swims recorded in this country
for some time. He asserts that he fell over
board Wednesday, while the Arctic was full
two miles from Maiden. His cries was un-
heard, and no one seems to have witnessed
the accident. Long had on pair of CATERS,
and as soon as he saw that it was to be sink
or swim with him, he kicked these off, and,
turning on his back, began swimming for
shore, there, fortunately, being but little sea
to interfere with him. He says that after
swimming for about half mile he came
across piece of board about three feet long,
and the float frail as it was aided him ma
terially in completing the remainder of his
voyage. He gave the name of the person
who picked him up near the beach, told the
name of the physician who gave him some
stimulant, and would be highly indignant if
any one doubted the truth of the whole
story.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-08-21
A Pedigree Not All.

There is no breed of animals in which
there are not differences in the value of diff
ferent animals-none in which some animals
unfit for use as breeding animals cannot be
found. The fact that an animal has pedi-
gree showing that it lis "pure breed" does
not prove it is a good animal. Breeders owe
it to their future reputation, if not to the
public, to tweed out" inferior animals from
their herbs or f1ocks-sending them to the
butchers shops rather than selling them for
breeding purposes. Purchasers should exer-
else common sense enough to look for indi-
vidual excellence as well as pedigree. This
is no argument against pedigrees or pure
breeding. Pedigrees are valuable. Of two
animals of equal individual excellence, the
one known to be descended from ancestors
also noted for individual excellence, and the
other with nothing known of its ancestry
the first is decidedly the more valuable for
breeding. A good pedigree will outweigh
some defects, for the offspring may resemble
the better ancestors; but no pedigree is good
enough to make. it advisable to breed from
an animal worthless in himself Canada
Farmer.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-08-21
Ingenuity Of an Insane Man.

The Lancaster Penn.) Erpress relates the
following in giving an account OF an attempt
ed escape by an insane man: In the insane
department of the Lancaster County Hospi-
tai there is confined man named John
Eichburne. He is not dangerous, but is not
safe to be let at large. A short time since
he managed to scale the yard wall, fourteen
feet in height, but was shortly afterwards
assistants in making tour of the yard, dis
covered hid under a pile of stones in cor
ner, singular looking ball, which he'took j
was found that this ball was made up of a
rope, something thicker than broom twine,
and that the material used in making it were
the leaves of peach trees, with which the
ward is studded, the bark Of the small limbs
and some grass. The rope when unwound
is nearly 800 feet in length when in ball it
is as large as twenty -four-pound round
shot. 1t is so tough that the strongest hands
cannot tear it apart. The man must have
been working on it for several weeks, his
object being to escape from the institution
by its aid
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-08-21
Wonderful french inventions in Tele-
graphing.

l am sorry we are not represented in tele-
graphic apparatus, as we have several things
in America that would be worth seeing. The
French telegraphic department is the best in
the Exhibition, and some of the inventions
are exceedingly interesting. There is a ma
chine that prints an autographic dispatch,
not chemically, like the other autographic
instruments, but on white paper with printers
ink. It cannot be described in writing, and
so will not attempt to say how it is made,
except that there is synchronOus action of
two rollers; one may be in New York and
the other in San Francisco, or in any two
other places connected by telegraph wire.
A written message, sheet of music, the
portrait of burglar, anything that can be
drawn with pen--not with a pencil-may
be telegraphed from one end of the world to
the other and reproduced with printers ink
on white paper, like that whereon the patron
of the Masl reads this letter. Then they
have machine by which four operators can
work over single wire at once in one direc-
ton, just as one operator does with us, and
by putting on four operators the other way,
you can make the capacity of one wire equal
to that of eight by the old system. We are
now using in America a system by which
wire may be operated both ways simultane-
ously. The French machine is exactly four
times ahead of US. They have also, an electro
manet that works over one hundred miles of
wire, and they will tell, within half yard or
SO, exactly where a pneumatic tube has be-
come obstructed. Suppose you have tube
between New York and Harlem, and wad
of paper, a rat, or something of that sort,
gets into it; you don't know exactly where
to look for the obstruction, and it is a serious
matter to go and dig up from one end until
you find it-possibly not one hundred yards
from the other. This machine tells you ex-
actly where to 60, though it will not tell you
whether it is rat or wad 'of paper that
stops the tube.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-08-21

=, lHE Boise City Qdaho) Statesman speaks
mus of the rabbits in that vicinity These
nS-eared birds are said to be very thick on
le other side of the Boise River. They live
ana breed in the sagebrush, forage on the
Sraln-helds, and come down to the river in
me middle of the day for water. 1t affords
nice opportunity to kill them. Frost, eigh-
SaL %en miles below here, says the rabbits have
uesroyed fifteen acres of grain for him, and
many ! ny others make similar complaints. w.
H.. l., thurman says his little boy killed 1000
IaT L;N; week, and they didn't think it much of
atl Ainhg 6 after all, as the rabbits seem to be
St Soout as plenty as ever. Two boys will
81 oIo9l S5 rs to 200 day. When they get tired
+, 10 shooting they lay down their guns and 60
W Peltlng them to death with stones as they
pass pass. by for water. This is pretty good
IapDlt story, but a true one.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-08-21
Heat i'm California.

The Sacramento Union is moved to scorn
by the boast of a Tulare county town that
the mercury reached ia degrees one day
during late heated spell. The U7,i01a pa
tronizingly admits~that is doing pretty well
for modern California, but isn't fly-speck
to the heat of the old mining days in the
Golden State. In 1853 the mercury Gn the
shade) marked 115 degrees in Caloma for
many days. In 1854 it rose in Diamond
Springs several times to ia and 115. In
1859, one day it rose to III in San Andreas :;
the same day to 121 at Knights Ferry, and
to 1873 Gin the shade) at several places in Santa
Barbara and San Bernardino. The last feat
OF the mercury pushed things little too far.
Birds fell dead from the trees and cattle in
the fields. But from 1850 to 1857 it was not
regarded as exceptional in the towns of Jack
son, Placerville, Coloma Sonora, Mokelumne
Hill, and other mining places, when the
mercury rose in the shade to 10 degrees
Since then, the Introduction and distribution
OF water through canals, and the cultivation
OF shade trees and shrubbery among the orr
ginally naked volcanic hills, has tempered
the summer heat and it is as great phenO-
men0n now to read in those mountain towns
100 degrees as it was ia in the early days of
mining. The Union says: ''The most re-
markable thing about the extreme heat that
used to prevail is that it never caused sun
stroke, and seldom-even at ia degrees in
the shade-prevented men from working out
in the sun in deep canyons, among glistening
waters and shining boulders, where the mer-
curry would have ascended to 14O degrees.
and probably higher That is serving it up
hot. Next!
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-08-21
A Novel Lottery.

The Directors of the Dublin Qreland)
Tramway Company have become suspicious
OF their conductors, and have been trying to
was given strip of tickets, and he was to
give one ticket to each passenger, who was
then to tear it up. The conductors receipts
were to correspond with his ticket strips.
But people hated the company worse than
the conductor. and would not tear up the
tickets; the conductor would use them over
again, and thus his income was kept up.
But now the remedy is reached. Every
ticket is numbered, but the number is printed
on it; and at the end of each month the
company has grand lottery with 800 prizes,
ranging from ten pounds to one shilling.
Each ticket has chance in the drawing.
Nobody throws away his ticket now; every
passenger is too busy looking after his own
interests. Persons of nobility travel incog-
nito in the cars for the sake OF chance in
the lottery, and the affairs of the company
are unprecedentedy prosperous. The plan
is soon to be initiated in England.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-08-21

The irresponsible mirth of laughing
hyena at Woodward's Gardens, says the San
Francisco Bulletin, exccites the interest of
the naturalists. The facetious animal simu-
lates all forms of laughter, from the litter
ing of boarding-sc miss over her first
love missive, to the boisterous guffaw of a
ward politician on an. invitation to drink.
The most trifing incident is sufficient to
move the risibilities of the brute, but the
sight of sleeps pluck throws him into con-
vulsions of merriment, when the rugged
Russian bear, the Hyrcan tiger and the up
roarous vampire join in the chorus, and the
outburst of the wild hilarity is exceedingly
edifying.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-08-21
- - \>ANA

HEAVEN help the man whe imagines he
can dodge enemies by trying to please every
body If such an individual ever succeeded,
we should be glad of it-no that one should
be going through the world trying to find the
beams to knock and thump against, disput-
Ing every mans opinion, fighting and elbow
ing and crowding all who differ from him.
hatagain, is another extreme Other people
have their opinion, SO have you; don't fall
into the error of supposing that they will re-
Sp@you more for turning your coat every
!dayto match theirs. Wear your own colors
lnspite of wind and weather, storm and sun
Mlne. 1t costs the irresolute and vacilla-
llhg ten times the trouble to wind and twist
ana shuttle than honest, manly independence
10 stand its ground.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-08-21

of NE lltusville Herald says that asthma is
sna very rare occurrence in the oil regions,
fnr nu mat the cause of such exemption is
is s, Gnu III the fact that the atmosphere there
ne,,nGIhgly impregnated with the vapors of
ibe ibNuicum, raE, which act almost as specific for
ar ~F lcilef of asthma, and at the same time
II q, preventive of consumption. 1t adds:
ana Les any one who is afflicted with asthma,
Come COM heels particular hard spell Of breathing
We'll i'ng on, 60 in the vicinity of producing
neioi ini where petroleum vapor hovers in the
and dSnoorhood, nd and he will find great relief,
hoodI dIontinued presence in such a ncighbor-
Cure. viz 'oe' nie''hs Oh permanent
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-08-21

The young ladies of Waterbury are get
ting high-toned. "W-h-y You old s-a-r-
dime! Is that your" is the way one fair
one saluted another one day on the street, re-
Gently, and the angel in high heels meekly
and POLITICALLY responded: '.You bet! I'm
your katydid every time !"-RocAester Uetoss
and Adc0cdte
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-08-21

AT Barnstable, Mass, the sexton removed
the clapper from the church bell, so that the
boys could not ring it on the fourth of July
The boys, however, went one better, and
stracted clapper, greatly to the damage of
the bell and of the ears of the citizens.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-08-21

FORWARD and loquacious Youth BY Jove,
you know, upon my word, now-if were to
see ghost, l should be chattering idiot
for the rest of my life! Ingenious Maiden
(dreamily, Have you seen ghost?
, 1873-08-18

pnpora nro vory indignant because tho Chinese
got tliIa idea In tho American snn1ay-schools,
which they nttond. It Is impossible, lowovor, to
Cl,ristianizo ovon Olllnaman without Ills bo-
coming aWsre Of ono Of tho primo tonots Of tito
Bib!c, that Tho laboror is worthy Of Ills hlro.' y
and, whero tho heathou arc naturally
phrowd, cunning, and initiative; It must bo OK
pectod that they will immediately put tho pro-
copt into practice like good Christians. THO
Coleatlal OrispinB hro now idlc, but ns they can
1.-Two whore othors would staryo, and will mover
60 hungry 30 long az tlioro is m abundance Of
traits, aud mico, and puppy dogs tails," 1t Is
moro than probable that tlloir frat experiment
In tho American fashion OF striking will DO q
successful ono, especially aa oven worry mato'
rinl incroaae in thofr wages would still koep thoir
pay below American prices Of labor.
, 1873-08-18

The Chicago produce markets wore stealior on
Saturday, aud grain waH active and firm. Ness
pork WAS dull, md nominally shade easier, at
416.90@1G.O0 for cash, or seller September.
lard WAS quiet and shade frmor ut Tie por
ib for wintor, and 1870 for summer rendered.
Meats were quiet and firm ut 756@8o for shou1-
ders, o115@o9Go for short middlings, and 10@12c
for swoes-picklod hnmB. Lake freights woro
rather less activo and unchanged, ut 40 for corn
to Buffalo. Highwines ~ero Inactive, anl nom
inally 10 higher at 92,1c nor gallon. Flour was
strong and. quiet. Wheat WAS active, and
averaged 20 higher, closing at s1.25 cash,
$1.2oA sollor tho month, and s1.13k soller Sep
tombor. Corn was active and shade higher,
closing ut 4oc cash, and 1890 Hollor September.
Oats wore dull and declined 10 per bu closing
ut 2711S@27]>4o caah, ind o63sc soller September.
Ryo WAS moro active, and 11lo higher, closing at
67c. Barley was quiet and 1@8o lower, at s1.0o
for No. 2, md 75c for No. 8. both soller sopto1n-
ber. Hogs were fairly active md steady, With
sales ut $4.30@4.05. The cattle trade was dull
anl woak ut Irregular pricoa. Sheep ruled
stcady at s2.75@'4.75.