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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-06-17
No. 80
The Secret Of FlO4uence.

The Pal 1NdN Gazette says: AN admirer
of Mr.. Bright writes to Manchester paper
that he has discovered the secret of the power
this great speaker possesses of riveting the
attention of his audience. This he be-
lieves to lie in the fact that he uses monosyl-
lables very largely. The grand passage IN
Mr.. Bright's speech on the Burials bill de-
scribing Quaker funeral begins, 4 will take
the case of my own sect, and on counting
the words of that remarkable oration it will
be found that out OF one hundred and ninety
words one hundred and forty-nine, more
than seventy-tive per cent, were monosylla-
bles. On this it is urged that those IL charge
of youth should teach them the use of mono
syllables. An American journal lately men
toned school where such pains had been
taken to instruct the boys in the art Of public
speaking that if they had learned nothing else
they had acquired the greatest contempt for
all the devices of stump oratory. The course
of study prescribed left to the imagination,
but doubtless includes the translation into
monosyllables of the ponderous verbiage
which passes current in most political assem-
blies as genuine eloquence. 1t would, how
ever, be cruel to insist on the introduction Of
such teaching into the standards. Many
are obliged to speak who have less to say
than Mr.. Bright, and to them the sts2'apel70-
Tia per3n are Indispensable
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-06-17
A Diplomatic Boy.

When a Lacrosse street boy is playing
sshopscotch'' on the walk, and his mother
comes to the door and asks him to split some
wood, he replies that he will be along in just
one minute At the end of ten minutes she
opens the door and says .l... .-
"Wilyum, want that wood!'
''I'm coming right away, he replies, and
then goes on hopping here and there on one
leg.
Another ten minutes flies away and she
opens the door and says:
"Wilyum, if you don't get that wood you
know what your father will do!''
''Just ten seconds" he calls back, and he
enters upon new game.
The next time she calls she says:
''Young man, it is almost noon, and cant
cock dinner without that wood!'
II know it--I'm coming now" he replies,
and he stands on one foot and holds long
discussion with the johnson boy rs to whether
the game of hop-scotch'' is as good game
as base bali. He has just started to hop wher
boy whispers:
''Ah. Bill, there's your old dad.
Great snakes: - swhispers Bill, and he
goes over the fence like {. flash, grabs the az
and during the next minute he strikes two
hundred blows per minute. He gets into the
house ahead of his father, and as he drops
the az says:
Mother, the boys were just sayin' that
had the hanGsomest and best and goodes
mother on Lacrosse street, and l want TO KISS
you! !"--Detroit Free Press
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-06-17
Rreckcnriu:c--.'Th Man Without a
CNumtry.''

An incident IN his stay in Europe singularly
illustrates Edward Everett Hale's famous
story of ''Tbe Man Without Country"
When the occurrence took place, MIR. Breck-
cnridge himself referred to that story. When
in Europe he found no difficulty in travelling
without passports. When in Vienna, he
wanted to 60 to Turkey and Egypt, and to do
this passport was necessary. In his per
plexity and embarrassment he called on the
American Consul, General Post, and with his
habitual frankness ne introduced himself to
the consul as General Breckenridge, saying
that he had called upon him not as one claim
ing to be citizen Of the United States, add
ing, sin fact, General Post, l am man
without country" He was received with
kindness and courtesy, and the two soldiers,
who had been in opposing armies during < the /!
war, had long conversation about their
various campaigns. The unofficial acquain-
tance thus formed was maintained until Gen.
Breckenridge left Vienna: He subsequently
visited both Turkey and Egypt, but how the
passport difficulty was overcome we do not
know Chicago Tribune.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-06-17

David A. Wells is statistican who knows
his figures, and his statements are worthy OF
notice. In his recent address at the Social
Science Convention, he said that the total
wealth Of our country amounted to twenty
five billions of dollars; our annual produc-
ton is seven bil]ions-nine-tenths OF which
are consumed by]iving expenses during the
wear. No better proof can be found than
this of the time it takes to accumulate wealth
and how soon the rainy day savings disap-
pear when the gathering rake is stopped. MI:
Wells says ''lf as q whole people we should
stop working and producing and repairing
waste and deterioration, and devote ourselves
exclusively to amusement and idleness, liv-
ing on the accumulation of our former labors,
or the accumulation of our fathers, four years
would be more than sufficient to starve three
fourths of US out of existence, and reduce
the other one-fourth to a condition Of semi
barharism."
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-06-17

A LADY, whose extravaganza bore rather
hard ON her husbands purse, was one day
taken to task by him for her want of econ
omy II know what you say is true, replied
the repcntant belle: what shall l do to re-
duce our expenses p ''Why, my DEAR" re-
piled the husband delighted with her submits
sion, 'syou ride good deal; why not take an
omnibus occasionally instead of cab? That
will save something, surely" The wife
agreed. and, as soon as her husband was
gone. She rang for her maid. MARY, call me
q cab, that may get to the omnibus to go to
the city. must economize.'
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-06-17
Npl,LENT THEOLOGY.
Fight Hundred Thousand Dollars Iaio
for the Privilege Of Being Assessed
rtuy IhOusnn MT Dollars Per Year.

for the Privilege Of Being Assessed
Fifty Thousand Dollars Per Year.
Fror, the New York Sun.
The sale of pews in DR.. Halls new Presby-
,eyian church last evening was conducted ON
4 plan more common in England than in this
country. The pcws were valued at certain
prices ranging from $500 to So, OOO, at which
The trustees agreed to give absolute DEEDS OF
the pews to tie purchasers, their heirs ana
assigns forever, subject only to An annual as
sessment fixed for the present at six per cent.
Of the valuation. The total valuation OF the
;l52 pews is $500, 900, sum almost sufficient
to pay the entire cost of the church editice
and of the ground on which it stands. The
annual assessment, in case all the pews are
sold, will give an income Of $4,000 to the
society. =,
Last night the church was thronged WITH
members, who, after trying the seats in diff
ferent parts of the building, finally, at halt
past seven, settled themselves as closely
around the pulpit as they could crowd. An
auctionccr mounted Dr. Halls rOstrum, and
proceeded to sell to the highest bidder, the
frs, choice of seats. The first bid was $500
and it was Immediately doubled and pushed
by Quick spirited calls to $1,000, at which
sum the choice was knocded down to Mr:
Alexander Stuart He chose pew 13O, valued
at $4,000 Under the regulations he will to-
day pay $500 cash, covering both bonus
and valuation, and willreceive for that money
deed of the seat. Hereafter he will pay
$3.50 year, but the bonus is paid once fol-
all, and the seat can never be taken from him
Robert Bonner, $1,100 premium for $4,-
600 pew; w Sloane, $1,000 premium for a
$4,000 pew; Mr.. Kidmorc, $1,000 premium
for another pew Of the same price; X. Mar
quand, 81 500 premium for two pews, valued
at $1,000; George Sloan and Alexander
paid premiums of $500, and those pews
ranging in value from $4,000 to $4,000. AT
this point the premiums fell to 800, and then
by slow steps to $40, the lowest bid OF the
evening. This was reached after more than
ha'f the pews Lad been disposed of at On ag.
gregate bonus exceeding $4,000. Then
many of the remaining pews were contracted
for their valuation only, so that ct the close
about two-thirds of the pews in number and
about threc-fourths in value have been dis
DOscti Of
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-06-17

AFTER submitting tamely t" adverse crlti-
cism for years, authors are beginning to
awake to the fact that in order to effectua!ly
beat down injustice, they must in turn be-
come critics and review the criticisms OF their
prosecutors To accomplish this object a
paper has been started in Germany. which
has taken for its title the extremely sugges-
tive name. .1nttcrstic.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-06-17

Professor HUXLEY delivered his first lee
ture at Edinburgh University few days
ago, in presence of very large audience:
He spoke at some length on the structure of
the crckodile, which he regarded as key to
n vast number of extinct reptiles. Archie
illogical facts he said, showed there had been
a succession of forms of that animal from
the 'rriassic period 10 the present day, the
oldest being something like the lizard.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-06-17

At Pesth they have in a museum what is
supposed to be the first meerschaum pipe ever
made. 1t was cut by sculptor, in wood,
named Carol Kowates, from piece of meer-
schaum given in Turkey to Mr.. Andrassy, an
ancestor of Count Andrassy. The idea of
making pipe of this substance occurred to
kowates as happy experiment merely.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-06-17

LAST year over one thousand newspapers
failed in the United States, involving loss
10 publishers and subscribers of nearly 49,
100000. Conjectures as to why and where.
fore such a large proportion of disaster should
attend the publishing business is not very
profitable, for the simple reason that no one
needs the lesson conveyed. It is worth men
tionipg, however, that but very few Of these
unfortunate journalistic ventures were con-
ducted by men brought up TO the profession
of running 6 newspaper. The original oc-
cupatcns of the different parties who man.
aged to slip up in their calculations. may
have something to do with the matter. There
were 275 merchants and adventurcrs, 315
school teachers, 81 lawyers, blacksmiths,
50 plasterers. 10 farmers, 800 fanatics, 100
young men, who drew Oh their fathers, and
8 lottery men. Some training is necessary to
insure success in newspapering, as in every
other business.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-06-17
She had n PIN.

\ gaunt woman jumped into the Central
Station yesterday, bonnet askew and eyes
blazing, and as she reached the Sergeants
desk, Sue exclaimed:
I'm the widow Coon
''Ah" remarked the Sergeant.
"And want to know if my landlord can
raise the rent on me ?" she went or.
IL guess so; landlords can do almost any
thing
''But I'm widow"
$50 you say"
And isn't there law to protect widow
from having her rent rased?'
Never heard OF one.'
''And haven't any mere rights than a
married woman?
''Not one
very well, she said, shutting her teeth
together and striking the desk; IF widow
hasn't any rights, Ill marry somebody afore
sundown--you hear me now
And she kicked ever chair, and walked
out-Detroit Free Press.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-06-17
"6aye Me and My Child"

Mrs. Christine Teens, the only one saved
from the Schiller, relates to lady correspon-
dent the following incident OF the ship
wreck: 49,
She said among the passengers was lazy
who had a beautiful boy; he was everybody's
pet on board, and would be seen playing all
dav long with his mother or other ladies and
gentlemep. After the steamer had struck
he rock, that lady, with her boy in her arms,
rushed frantically upon deck, and fell upon
her knees before sailor. ''Save me and my
child, for Gods sake, save us! l am rlch,
immensely rich-save me, and thou shalt De
wealthy and without cares forever. Will
give thee enough for all thy life. Thou need
not be q sailor then-only save nee and my
child" A big wave swept over the deck ana
carried away the rich mother, her beautlfu'
child and the poor sailor.
The following epitaph is on tombstonean
Paris:
:Here lie
Two grandmothers, with their two grand
daughters
Two husbands, with their two wives
Two fathers, with their two daughters
Two mothers. with their two sons
Two maidens, with their two mothers
Two sisters. with their two brothers
Yet six corpses in all lie buried here;
An born lawfully, as will appear"
..What do you think is the best size tor
man ?" drawled a lazy fop, who was talking
~ his physician. Exercise" sternly re-
piled the doctor.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-06-17
THE IMPROVED IESOP.
| Some Fables for Intelligent Modern
| Children.

BY Bret llarte
I. THE FOX AND THE GRAPES.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-07-24
iGAINl

oh. sweet and fair! oh. rich and rare.
That day SO long ago;
The autumn sunshine everywhere.
The heather all aglOw.
The ferns were clad in cloth of gold.
The waves sang on the shore:
Such suns will shine, such waves will sing
Forever, evermOre.
oh, fit and few! oh, tried and true.
The friends that met that day;
Each one the others spirit knew;
And so i'm earnest play
The hours flew past until at last
The twilight kissed the shore;
We said, "Such days shall come again
Forever, evermore."
One day again! No cloud of pain
A shadow DER us cast.
And vet we calmly strove in vain,
To conjure up the past;
Like, but unlike, the sun that shone,
The waves that beat the shore;
The words we said, the songs we sang,
Like--unlike, evermore;
For ghosts unseen crept in between,
And. when our songs flowed free,
Sang discords in All undertone,
And marred the harmony.
The past is ours, not yours, they said
These waves that beat the shore,
Though like the same, are not the same.
ON! never, nevermore =
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-07-24

RINaIMs FOR THE WATER BoY.-A
good story is told of verdant one who
was passenger in O railroad express
train and became thirsty. -.
Where's that ere boy with the wa
ter can q he queried of his next neigh
Dor. ". u..
. lie has gone forward to the bag
gage car, suppose" was the reply.
Wall, dye s'pose I kin git him back
here agin?"
"Certainly," said the other, "you
have, only to ring for him." and he
nodded toward the bell line that ran
above their heads,
No sooner said than done. Before
any one could prevent it, Rustic had
seized the line and given it a tremen-
dous tug. The consequences were at
once obvious; three shrill whistles were
heard, half a dozen brakemen ran to
their posts, aud the train came to a
standstill with suddenness, that star
tied half tho passengers with astonish-
ment, and caused every man near win
dow to hoist it and look out to see what
was the matter.
In few minutes the conductor, red
and excited, came foaming into the car
to know who pulled that bell rope.
Here, mister, this way; I'm the
offender" drawing all eyes upon him.
"You!" said the conductor, " What
lid yon do it forY' ..s "
Coos wanted some water"
" Wanted some water?'
Sartin; wanted the water boy,
and my pardiner here in the seat said
I'd better ring for him, as we do at the
hotel, an so I yanked the rope. Will
he be along soon? !? An, by the by, what
in thunder are you stopnin' for p
The shout of laughter that greeted
this honest confession was too much
for the conductor, and he had to wal
until he got his train under way before
he explained the mysteries of the bell
rope to his yerdant customer.-Com-
merciai. Bulletin. -
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-07-24

the other. As her dowry amounted
only to about 81 900, we may readily
conclude she was of no great value,
after all. In 1894, copper coins were
sent out, bearing on one side the in
scription, "God preserve New Eng
land" and on the other, "God preserve
the Carolinas and Lords Proprietors -
In 1856 the first National coinage was
issued, and, for some years, the Frank
lin cent was the only Government coin;
dimes and half dimes were issued in
1892, and, except in the introduction
OF paper money, little change has since
been made in the National circulating
medium.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-07-24
STORY OF AN ARAB.


The story OF Cincinnati newsboy who
found pocket-book containing 800
and returning it to the owner with con-
tents intact, reached this city in good
season, and was productive of con.
siderable sensation among the street
Arabs. One small boy was so affected
by it. that he straightway determined
to see that Cincinnati boy, and 90 him
seventeen or eighteen better. He took
another small boy into his confidence
and yesterday afternoon the test Of pro-
bity of character was. carried into Of
feet in front of the State House Row.
Boy No. 2 dropped a well padded
pocket-book which Boy No. following
close behind, picked up. Then with
look on his face that wonld have done
honor to Benjamin Franklin, the hon
est little fellow walked up to an old
gentleman who was passing by, extend
ed the pocket-book, and with tremb-
ling voice, exclaimed 6 Take it, sir. IT
isyours. You dropped it just now. My
mother and seven little brothers are
starving, but I cannot keep it, sir, for
it don't belong to me-" The old gen
tleman looked at the boy, then pulled
out his spectacles and adjusted them
for better sight. He could not suf-
ficiently admire the wan visage of that
little street wanderer, iIlumined as it
was with glow of goodness and hon
esty. He patted the boy ON the head,
and pulling FIVE dollar bill from his
vest pocket, handed it to him, saying.
" Boy you will grow to be great man.
Take this money for your starving
family, and always remember that hon
esty is the best policy" Then the
old, gentleman skurried into the near
est lager beer saloon, and opened his
pocket-book. Then he began to dance
around and call heaven and earth to
witness, that if ever he encountered
that boy again he would fay him alive.
And he continued to crate until
policeman was called in to arrest him
as lunatic, and the only excuse he
could offer for his conduct was that
small boy had robbed him of five dol
lars by giving him pocket-book stuffed
with old paper.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-07-24

SE- The prince of haberdashers does
business in Boston. He employs in his
establishment many women, and his
regulation is that, when female enters
his employ she is informed by the head
of tie firm that whenever she is not
serving customers, she il at liberty to
sit down in q comfortable chair PRO
yided for her and take it easy, and thai
the approach Of one Of the proprietors
is not to scare her into an appearance OF
being busy. She is also to have four
weeks vacation every Summer. and when
shs is i'll her salary is continued without
interruption.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-07-24

Why PAINTS CRACK AND PEEL.--A
writer in the Hub thinks that the cause
of paint cracking and peeling is to be
found in the water which is contained
in linseed oil as it comes from the hands
of the manufacturer. He made the
experiment of boiling linseed oil by
steam until all the moisture was ex-
PEELED from it. On using this oil, with
out any dryer, it was found to dry in
one-half the time. He then mixed with
it some siccohast, using only half the
usual quantity employed to dry oil not
boiled, and obtained similar results.
"The introduction, says he. " of steam
into the linseed before grinding aids in
the expulsion Of the oil; but it must
stand . long time to precipitate the
water completely"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-07-24

xE Two representatives of the "rul-
ing classes" recently held this col
loquy: Honest men are kind Of skeerce
now, Jake. Yes," says jake" we
uns is the sort that the cholery is alters
particularly hard on"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-07-24

9E General Mortimer Thompson,
better known as I. Doesticks. E Is dead.
How much this means tos those who
knew him none can say, for his jolly
laugh and beaning smile. and humor-
GUS quips and quaint conceits. made
him the George Holland Of light liter
ature. gi 'ss
~ Coffee drinkers are threatened
with hard times by blight on the cot
fee plant in Ceylon. "a shown itself n
the dearth Of the foliage, while the
berry il also reduced. Like that of the
lemon groves 81 Europe. the trouble
probably comes from exhaustion
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-07-24

Cosr OF VIEWING THE FALLs.- Since
the fencing in on the American side of
the Niagara Falls, the greedy persons
who own the land from which views
can be obtained find that public opin-
ion may be troublesome to them. It is
fact that a view of the Falls cannot
be obtained on the American side with
out paying for admission to "park, !"
or submission to some other systematic
extortion. Here is. list of charges:
Goat Island, so cents; Cave of the
Winds, 81 so; Prospect Park and Fer
ry, so cents; New Suspension Bridge,
rs cents; Old Suspension Bridge, 25
cents; whirlpool Rapids, so cents;
Devils Hole, so cents; Lundy's Lane,
so cents; under Table Rock, 81, so;
Museum, 80 cents; Bridge Tower, 25
cents; Whirlpool (Canada,) so cents;
Brooks Monument, so cents 49, total,
50 co."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-07-24

ar John Steele, the quondam petro-
leum millionaire " Coal Oil Johnny, is
working on bridge in Shelby county,
Iowa, for 81 rs day. His wife clings
to him vet.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-07-24

gsOr An adventurous eronant in Lon
don has expressed his intention OF liy.
ing for a week in balloon. 1t will De
captive, but the ropes which confine it
are to be unusually strong, and his
aerial home is to be moored at a good
height above the earth. st''
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-07-24

ABOUT FLIES. Wherever flies abound,
there cleanliness is in greater or less
degree wanting. These are the scaven-
gers of the air, gathering upon their
wings and their bodies, as they move
about, the germs of disease and the
particles of filth that float through the
air. Wheh they are quite surcharged
with these. which they live upon, they
alight and remove the cargo to their
mouths. When they are rubbing their
legs and wings as we often see them
doing, they are enjoying sayory meal
Sometimes they partake of solid and
liquid foods, but their dependence is
upon what is invisible to us. The hor-
ror of flies possessed by tho tidy house
keeper is, thus seen to be well-founded,
and the only way to be clear of them
is to have nothing about the house or
grounds that will attract them. We
may put nettings in our windows and
the doors to Keep them away, but in
that case we need be more particular
than ever about ventilation and clean
Illness, so that there will be no scayen-
ger work for the flies to do, else by ex-
cluding them we shall only injure our
own health, .a I. ir. s.s XII s.
\ EcoNoMIcAL YOUNG WOMEN Thirty
one young ladies in Warsaw, Kentucky,
have signed q new kind Of pledge,
which reads ,t,s, ) nj IS f s4 d
We, the undersigned ladies' Of War
saw, desiring by our example to pro-
mote economy and to discountenance
extravagance, and thereby tighten in
some measure the burdens of our hus-
bands, fathers, sons and brothers, by
prudent retrenchment in our household
expenses, therefore pledge our wordsei
honor, each to the other, that we will
not, during period Of one year from
the lst Of May. 1876, purchase any ma,
terial for wearing apparel, the cost OF
which shall exceed twenty-five cents
per yard. And shall further promise
to observe strict economy in all oul
household hppurtenances, and cheerfnlly
add by those delicate sacrifices to The
general stock of home comforts -.tot
often. dispensed with for the frivolou,
outside adornment Of the body alone,
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