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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-02-12
Helena, Montana, Thursday, February II, 1874.


Says he, II said miner, not minor.
Says l, ''Oh, ah:"
He kept looking at me until
Says |, ''What's the matter:''
Says he, II SWOw. stranger. that's the
first time ever saw anybody cat 'em. Are
they good:"
Says l, SIS what yOOd:
Says he. '''rhcm stcwcl champagne corAs.
just rs sure as the world is square, that
fellow took those mushrooms for champagne
cOrks.
Before left him he told me Il story that |
can hardly believe 10 be true. He said,
''DOwn by tn" mines there were lots of birds;
that one day he went ont with his gun, and
saw ei:hty-one birds sitting all i'll i row; !;
that he drew up and fired and killed The end
one it loprcd over on il, back with its legs
Says !, ..Wen:"
Says he, ''No, dead. and. stranger. every
one of them birds took one look at that dead
bird, then turned over on their backs. legs up,
just like it did, and bagged the whole lot. ;"
Says |, stranger, that svery strange"
Says he. mot at al, sir, wllen YOU know
what kind of birds they werc:'
Says |, "What kind of birds were they
Says he, "uorking birds, stranger, mock
ng birds.
l merely said that, II guessed he was
closely allied TO that stranger, that was stran-
ger than fiction" and closed the seancc.
The day and the time came at last, and
left Deer Lodge for q trip to Corinnc. The
first day out we passed the famous Hot
Springs. From out of the top of conical
mound twenty or thirty feet high boiling hot
water bubbles up. Around the base OF this
one are several more boiling springs. We
d'nt drink any of the water.
An APPARlTlON.
We spent the last night at Mala,l, and went
to bed at Kcnny's. Folks III this section Go
not ''retire, they got to bed, and are glad 10
get there. Eight of us occupied one room
AL Greater, the express messenger, was
slowed away in one corner. He showed his
treasure chest under his bed and crawlcd in.
Everybody but myself snorcd in bass. 1t
was SO still you could have hear0 a cannon
if it was fired from the head board. Sud-
denly the door opened, and belcld crouch
ing form with lantern enter and crawl
softly toward the treasure chest: in one hand
it held what appeared to be a huge pistol II
| stirred | thought the next moment would
he my next. | tremllcd so that pennies
would have Topped head or tails on my body.
AT last it reached the .bedsidc springing to
ITS rec, i. S'a~r~1 thot sleeping form by the
throat. and presenting tha, black instrument
of death to his head. it yelled, ''4,i croo,or,
take that" With the ra ridity of thought AL.
bounded from the bed and exclaimed. Take
what:
Says he. ''Takc drink
1t was our driver, Lee Goddard, and there
by the pale beams of that lantern, AlGreater
and Lee Goddard drank. 1t was touching
scene, and forgetting ''touch not, taste not, p"
they both touched that whisky till it was
gone. Night passed, one more day on the
road, and here am at Corinne.
.JOHN.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-02-12
Small arge Profits.

The bankers who failed in New York dur
ing the panic are now recovering as rapidly
and as easily as their hopeful announce
ments, few weeks ago, predicted. 1t is in
teresting to know that in the Jay Cooke
bankruptcy case the Presiding Judge in
structed the Receiver that if the bankrupts
have paid out money or transferred property
for 'cost of living or family expenses" it
shall be held to strict account against them.
The case of Howes & Macy also proved that
it is by no means as tritling thing to fail,
and so slight an acrobatic feat to recover, as
Wall street brokers once thought it to be. AT
a meeting of their creditors, a few days ago,
it was ascertained that the firm liabilities
were $287, 900 in excess of their assets, and
The previous business of the firm was so
closely examined as to reveal that, instead of
q banking house, with capital proportioned
to its line of deposits, Mr.. Macy had furnish
ed $4,000, and that had constituted the
whole capital of the concern. From that
amount OF capital their books showed that
Mr.. Howcs had drawn out of the concern
$4,000 year for ten years, and that Mr..
Macy had drawn, during the same time
$685., 900, making $4G7, 900 drawn by the
firm, and with 100000 paid as interest to
depositors, 81, 1C7, 900 drawn il ten years out
of bushes done upon $50, 900 capital.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-02-12
IIcndlng Their Manners.

The large number of American ladies in
Paris is having the effect of checking the Of
fensive manners of young F'renchmen to TN
protected ladies on the streets. A year ago y
lady of youth and personal attractions was
sure to be accosted if she attempted to 60 out
alone, and persistently followed by these
young street loungers. Two or three of them
have, in the meantime, been punished for
their offensive conduct to American ladies.
which has had the effect of very GENERALLY
remcdying the evil complained of. On the
boulevards, and in the neghborhood of all
the large hotels, American ladies' move about
shopping, promcnading, singly or in couples,
with perfect inpunity, and are as respect
fully treated as if on Baltimore street or
Broadway. We record this gratifying i'm
provement with pleasure, and in behalf of
the ladies return thanks to those who have
taught them better manners. The police are
also very watchful, and doing their bes: to
render the streets of Paris a. safe to the un-
protected as those of any other city. The
young French ladies', who never venture on
the streets without gentleman friend or q
d,,cnna, are astonshed at the braverey of
American ladies in venturirg abroad alone,
and persist that it would not be safe for
young French ladies' to follow their example,
If their fathers or brothers would knock
few of these scamps down. it would soon
give them immunity also. But the fact that
reputable ladies do not venture on the
streets leads to the inference that those who
arc not respectable, and they are regarded as
such. a Frenchman, however. can tell ON
American lady at II glance, and knowing
that they refuse to pay any attention to
French Customs, give them wide BERTH
(Or. baltimore Americ0a.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-02-12
The New Baby Washer.

The Pt,n MoN Guzdte is firm believer in
the story that al invention is ready for pa
rents which acts as follows:
You simply insert the bcgrimed anil mo!as-
scs-coa:ed infant in an orifice, which can be
maGc of any required size by turning for ten
minutes !, cog wheel with electric attach
ments. The child g!idcs gently down highly
polished inclined plane; its lips are met at its
terminus by an india rubber tube, from
which the infant can draw lacteal nourish-
ment While in this compartment, which is
lined with plate-slass Mirrors the perturbed
spirit of the infant is soothcd by its frantic
efforts to demolish its own image, reflected
in the glass with nickelplated combined
tceth-cutter, nail-knife, rattle and tack-ham-
mer, which are thrust into the babys hand
by an automatic monkey. Fatigued by its
destructive efforts, the infant falls asleep,
while the organ attachment plays softly the
melody of ''Put me in my Little Bed" Then
it slips into the third compartment. Here
the baby 10 washed. Another small tube ad-
ministers dose of soothing syrup, and the
infant glides from the machine, ito nails
pared, its hair combed, ready for the habili-
ments rendered necessary by the fall of our
first parents.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-02-12

The following, which will interest whist
players, happened at Jubbeporte, India:
There sat down to whist the under men,
toned officers of the 91st Regiment. The
cards, which had been played with before,
were shuftled and dealt as usual, and the
hands were as follows:
captain A. Wood (dealer) 13 spades; ace
turned up.
Ensign II. r Rolfe, 12 hearts, l club.
Ensign w. G. Hinton, II clubs, heart l
diamond.
Lieut.. COL W. T. l.. Patterson, 1o dia-
monds, club.
partners.
Our correspondents inquire whether any OF
our readers can instance any equally remark
able circumstance; also ask what are the
odds against its happening again. This is a
lob for Mr. Babbage, or any other man.
The riae@is incapable Of guessing the enor
nous number of possible ways in which fifty
two cards can be dealt equally among four
PLAYERS. Ii has been calculated that in the
entire population Of the earth, taken at one
thousand millions Of persons. were to deal
the cards necessarily day and night for one
hundred millions OF years ut the rate of a
deal by each person Il isi,uutc, they would
not have exhausted the enc hundred thou
sanGth part of the number ot the essentially
different ways III which the cards can be dis
tributel. The Indian case is one of those
possible ways, and it has all the others
ranged against it. The odds against the
dealer holding thirteen trumps may 10y taken
in round figures at one hundred and fifty-nine
thousand millions to one, yet, Messeurs the
mathematicianS, see how Il plain tale doth let
YOU down. WIstmiNster Papers.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-02-12
Sensible Girl.

The following is an abstract Of an essay
from the pen of young lady graduate of
the Biddcford {Nlaine) High School, on the
absorbing question of ''What shall do to
live:" 'The lords of creation have been
compared to sturdy oaks. and We to the vines
that cling to and wind around them; but this
metaphor, if ever pertinent, to use q slang
phrase, has long since played out We have
all heard of the 63. 900 oakless vines in Mas
sachusetts, to say nothing of the uncounted
thousands in Maine, and there are too many
oaks that scarcely support themselves, % cay
nothing Of their supporting anything alSe:
mucL prefer life Of activity an
honorable excI.ion, and belieya that The
world owes me living IL cxr earn il, and
l expect 1t on no other coalition" 3.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-02-12

The late Lord Jeffrey was fervent ad-
mirer of Charles Dickens One day lady
surprised him sitting in lis library. his eyes
suffu.ed will, tears, and was about to with
draw, when he led her to seat, and said !:
"Don't 60, shall he right again soon. .
"Have you received bad news?' asked the
lady: ''is any one dsad:' "Ycs," said be,
solemnly, Little Nelly is dei,d. Are you
not sorry:" Jeffrey had just received the
last number, then out, of the "Old Curiosity
9hon"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-02-12
"A spectator of the salary grab fiasco il
Congress quotes:

She hove and sot aud cot and hove,
And high her ruddcr nupg;
And every tine che hove and cot.
A wuaeer leak she sprung
And all the more she equirmed and turned,
The lower etill che sot:
Till anally the cuseed thing
Just sunk and went to pot!
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-02-12

Johns Dlal alOVuc with ~ Music Teach
era Good Ttmc nt Deer g.Odgc-RaOw
Nr. Flint, Of New York. Captured
Mountain {: rOAse-Al l:rcHicr's Mid.
NIGHT Visitor,
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-25

Orr1cE-O1 Second street. opposite the South
Front OF the Capitol.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-06-05
A KnIfee.Eater.

A writer in the Steele Of Paris gives
the following account Of an American
sailor named John Cummings; son
the first occasion this man swallowed
fourteen knives, as may be supposed,
he was i'll in consequence; but he re-
covered, and was able to recommence
lis exploits. Being made prisoner
byan English ship in 1905, he suffered
himself to be persuaded to satisfy the
curiosity Of the crew, This time he
swallowed seventeen knives in the
course of two consecutive days. But
he was then attacked by excessive
pains, which required the aid Of u
surgeon, under whose caro- he re-
NAMED for eighteen months. He
was then dismissed as incapable Of
service. Twice in the year 1907 lie
entered Guys Hospital, London, and
was attended there by DR.. Babbing-
ton, who had much difficulty in be-
lieving the account which the man
gave Of the origin Of his illness. He
left the establishment, bit again re-
turned to it in 1903, under tho care
of DIR. Currie, and died there in the
following year after seven months
suffering. When the body was opened
there was found in it fourteen blades
of knives, all corroddd and partly dis
solved. On one of them, however,
the name of the maker might be still
distinguished; copper button md
part Of q silver-setting which had
adorned another were scarcely touch
cd, but tho nails, springs, and horn
handles wero IN state Of decomposi-
tor. The final malady and death
had been caused by the haft Of a large
knife becoming fixed across tho intes-
tines, The stomach itself was not ut
all Injured, and Cummings, after his
last experiment, had eaten with excel
lent appetite"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-06-05
A FIGHT WITH DEspERADOEs.

Yesterday morning John Bray, one
OF the most notorious criminals
of the Tenth Ward, was arrested
for assaulting Capt. Murphy and firing
upon patrolman Glazer Of the Union
Market police station,
Capt. Murphy made his nightly
rounds at 1870 2. NJ, in citlzen's
dress. AT Tenth street and Avenue
Q he heard loud talking in Degnan's
drinking saloon, and stopped fora few
minutes TO see whether there was any
likelihood of disturbance. He stood
few doors from the corner, listening
intently when man approached him
from behind and roughly asked him
what he was looking at, The Cap
tain turned toanswer the uncivil query,
and received a stunning blow over the
left eye.
At this moment Officer GlaSer took
part in the fray, aud with a welliaithed
blow OF his locust struck the head of
the Captains assallant. In spite of
the wound, which bIed freely aud
which was subsequently found to be a
serious one, Bray crossed and ran
swiftly up Tenth street, closely fol-
lowed by Officer Glazer.
Meanwhile the occupants of Deg
mans den rushed into the street, and
one of them struck at Capt. Murphy.
The latter eluded the blow, and, draw
ing his revolver held the crowd at bay,
striking his assailant with the butt Of
the weapon in the mouth. Then he
turned 10 aid his officer in the pursuit
Of Bray, who had by this time run
two or three blocks. Before he could
reach them, Bray had drawn his revol.
yer, and still running at full speed,
had fired three shots at Officer Glazer,
who had returned the fire. AS both
were at full headway none of the shots
took effect. Finally Bray's loss of
blood weakened him, aud at Eleventh
street and Avenue B, Officer Glazer
overlook and captured him.
AT the station Bray gave his name
as George Begner, but tho alias was
Of no avail, since his face and criminal
career were well known to Capt. Muir
phy and his officers.
Yesterday morning Bray was held
in default of $4,000 bail by Justice
Kasmire, at Essex Market. Police
Court, He is the last OF "Cale" Gun
MONS noted band of. burglars, and
has been identified with some of the
boldest and most successful burgIaries
Of the past fifteen or twenty years.
He was one of the gang who robbed
the Commercial Bank in Brooklyn
some years ago, and did the State ten
years service for their offence After
ward he was sentenced TO five years
Imprisonment for an attempted bur-
glary, and less than a month ago was
held in $1,000 on charge of rape.
He is thirty-four years of age, and is
possessed Of extraordinary activity,
endurance, and strength.
Ofthe others OF the gang" Gale"
Gunnion is serving ten years at Sing
Sing for burglary at 450 Third ave-
nue., "Billy Conneris serving a SEN
tence Of twenty years for a burglary
at 272 Stanton street, and Tom
McEwen, who attempted to shoot
Captain Murphy on the night Of Jan
uary 81, is in the Penitentiary.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-06-05
SAM. noUsToN's COAT or ARMS.

Near forty years ago Gen. Sam,
/ Houston and Gen. White fought a
duel in Sampson county, six miles
south of Franklin, in wood near
the State line, now farm of J. Dun
can, Esq, Years after the event
Gen. II. thought proper to adopt q
coat of arms, and the emblems used
were suggested by circumstances
which transpired during his stay at
the boarding houses. Duucan's--
preliminary to the day of conflict.
There were on the premises two
puppies with decided Ishmaelitic
procliyities. Nothing, it seemed
short of each others blood 'or life
would suffice to satisfy their wrath.
Tie dogs were named Jackson and
Penton-these names were suggest
ed by the feud then existing between
jackson and Benton, whose tenacity
Of purpose was exempli6ed by this
canine couple.
Gen. Houston was no idle specta-
tor of the conflict raging between the
two American champions, but was u
fast friend of Gen. jackson. The
mere name Of one of the dogs was
sufficient to claim the attention of
Gen. Houston, and in the many
encounters he witnessed between
them he was sure to see that his
favorite had fair play. The night
befor the duel he asked his host to
wake him up just at 2 o'clock q. m.
One minute before the hour he was
awakened by the growing of q
chicken cock under his window.
Though he denied being in any way
superstitious, yet the circumstance
impressed him with an idea ominous
of victory in the coming battle. His
attendants being asleep, he con
cluded to while away the hour in
moulding bullets. Just as the. first
one was made, he recognized tho
salutation of his favorite, jackson, Mt
the door. This again inspired him
with courage, and he did not conceal
the fact from his attendants. Said
he to my brother, 81 was never more
rure OF any coming event than that /
should be victorious, and if these
circumstances did not conspire to
produce this assurance, l know not
what did" In after years, still re-
membering the circumstances, he
thought proper to emblaze lis coat
of arms with a'game chicken and
faithful dog-emblematical of cour-
age and hdelity.--EraukIm (Hy)
Patriot.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-06-05

On last Saturday an old gentle
man entered the cars at Sabula OF
the train coming north, and in con-
versation with q fellow passenger
confded to him an interesting por-
ton of his history, which is as fol-
lows: SOME time previous to the
late war he purchased a farm neal
Green Island, paying half the pur-
chase money down, and married a
widow, who was also his second wife.
When the war began he entered the
army, and in one of the hotly-con-
tested battles lost q leg, for which,
upon returning homie, he substituted
cork limb. His last union was
blessed with several children, and
all went smoothly until the year 1866,
when he and his wife began discuss
ing the virtues Of their former
spouses, which produced q serious
quarrel, ending by tile wife driving
him from home. Like Rip Van
Winkle, he kissed lis children and
departed without one word of COM
plaint or reproof. From his own
threshold he wandered over almost
every portion of the world, and for
eight years his family never received
either letter or message from him.
on Saturday, when he took the cars
at Sabula, he was within few miles
of his old home, from which he, too
had never heard q word since the
day he left. On the train he met an
Old acquaintance, who informed him
that his wife, supposing he had died,
had married again, and had two
children by her last union; that she
was living on the same old farm, and,
as Enoch Arden was told of Annie,
"was happy" The old man replied
that he was not grieved at that, but
that he returned to see his, children,
of whom he spoke very affectionate-
ly. The third station the train
stopped, and young lady entered,
who upon perceiving the old gentle
man, examined him very closely,
after which she asked his name. He
told her, and exclaiming, "Then you
are my father" she threw herself in
to the old mans arms. Both shed
tears of joy at the reunion, and our
informant described the scene as very
affecting. The old gentleman has
accumulated quite a neat sum of
money in his wunderings, which he
says he intends himself and children
to enjoy, and that he will leave his
wife and her new husband to them
selves on the old farm, adding that
he will be happy in company with
his daughter, who is married, and
that he feels no desire to interfere
with the happiness of his wife. Dw-
Juque Herald.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-06-05
THE FRENCH HERCULES.
From the New York Sm of late
date we copy the following:

From the New York San of late
datc.we copy the following:
Monsieur Henri Jolgnerey, the
French Hercules, arrived in the Ad
riatic, under an engagement to per
form in Barpum's hippodrome, the
evening Of which is announced for the
goth instant. Joignereys name is
known throughout Europe, and his
exhibitions OF strength have been APP
plauded in all the principal cities on
the continent. lie was born in Paris
in 1886.
A SHe reporter expecting to see a
giant when be went to S. II, Hurd's
office in the hippodrome, saw instead
a modest, unassuming, compactly-
built man, scarcely over five feet six
inches in height, and weighing about
lSO pounds. He is of light com
plexion, and has a pleasant address.
His hair is brown and thin, and his
mouslacheis is kept artistically waxed.
He carried light cane, aud acted
like well.to-do Frenchmau seeking
pleasure. No one at glance would
suppose that he has the strength that
he is credited with. He was pleased
to see the reporter, and said that he
was delighted with America. The
reporter, with both hands, could not
enciIele the largest part of his arm,
the flesh was as solid as marble, and
the gymnast laughed when the repor-
ter vainly tried to pinch his legs.
Joignerey will perform in the ring
teats never before attempted by any
athlete. He will hang from a trapeze
by his feet; and with straps around
the bodies of two horses, raise the
animals from the gyound,
"You mean ponies, don't your"
asked the reporter.
"No, no." answered Joignerey,
"horses, say 1900 pounds eaoh, In
Moscow they gave me such heavy
horses that the muscles Of my arms
were heightened by lifting them. l
will raise one horse with my teeth"
Here Hercules opened his mouth; and
laughingly called attention to his fine
white, but not very large teeth, He
continued, l will hang from the trap
eze and lift six men with one hand"
The reporter saw the dumb
bells which Joigneroy uses. One
weighs 275 pounds, and another 325'
pounds. Hercules lifted one and then
the other seemingly with ease. On
the 275 FOUNDER he will bear a full
grown man. Hanging from the trap
eze he can, he says, hold a ball weigh
ng $40 pounds, by means OF strap,
in his teeth, and at the same time have
a ball dt the same weight in each
hand.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-06-05
A r1rTrrN-nouRs WALK FOR LIFE.


On Sunday afternoon young man
named George Falk swallowed, as
he stated, three ounces of laudanum
and five grains of morphia, in order
to end his life. There was but one
way of saving him, and that was to
keep kim in motion,
After relieving him as far as posi-
BILE, his physician ordered that he be
walked until he was out of danger.
At half-past two o'clock Sunday af-
ternoon he was put upon his tramp
for life, and was forced to walk in
the open air as rapidly as he could.
His father kept by him for long
time, and friend or policeman as.
sisted. After some hours the father