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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-05-06

In the learned professions it is estimated
that the receipts OF great actors will about
equal those of great lawyers. Edwin Booth
has made as hi gh as $12, 900 month. JEFF
ferson has made more. This year, in sea-
son of forty weeks, Clara Morris will net
about $4,000; Charlotte Thompson about
half as much. Boucicault, combining his
ROYALTY as dramatist and his per centage as
star actor, is making 81, 600 q week at Wal
lacks theatre, in New York. Great physi-
clans, but only few even of these, make
incomes comparable with those made by
great lawyers and great actors. Mott, Parker,
Clarke, have made as high AS 500, 900 each
in the course of year. In comparison with
those professions the divines and editors
make but paltry compensation. $4,000 a
a year is salary paid to about four employ
ed editors in the country, while Beecher and
Chaplin are the only divines whose income
reaches beyond $4,000. Of lecturers, John
B. Cough makes the largest sum. His aver
age price is $3.50 lecture. OF these he will
in wear deliver about 100, netting about
$25. 600 year. The great lawyer, the great
physician, and the great actor are said to be
the best paid brain workers in America.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-05-06
4 Novel Request.

An old gentleman named March died re-
Gently in Charlestown, who was most &C.
centric genius. Though possessed of some
wealth he had but one pleasure-that of thea
tre-going. He would economize in everything
else, but always treat himself to sight OF
every new play or actor, good or bad. He
left no heirs and few relatives and his prop
erty was disposed of in several singular ways.
The principal item of his will provided for
the investment of sum sufficient to realize
$500 year clear, which was to be expended
in theatre tickets to be given away to poor
respectable people, not over 81 each to be
paid for the tickets. The trustees under the
will are given full authority in the carrying
out of this provision, and will to-day perform
the first act under it, spending the whole sum
allowed. They have selected the Boston the
atrc, Globe, Museum and Howard, and will
furnish l25 tickets to each house for any
performance desired by the parties receiving
them boston Herald.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-05-06
ChODDinE Mince.Me0t.

With the passing away of this signing and
sobbing month"; mince-meat receives It's death
blow for the season. When the last flush of
the March sun shoots athwart the horizon,
the mince-meat bowl and chopping- knife will
be hung away. and the man of the house will
grid up his loins anew and tackle afresh the
questions OF the day. We suppose there
never was chopping-knifc which was not
in immediate need of sharpening, nor bowl
large enough to keep the contents from slop-
ping over, nor meat with SO much grist!o as
this particular lot contains. Next to churn-
ing, chopping mince-meat is the greatest ab-
sorbent of the delicate tissues OF the brain
fiber If you keep the bowl on your knees,
the jar tampcrs with the varicosc veins, ana
the fatty pieces get mashed on your pants II
YOU lay the bowl on the table, the woman
from next door comes in to converse with
your wife, which causes the latter to suggest
she might better cut the meat herself than to
be driven deaf with such a racket. But the
one particular phase of cutting mince-meat,
whose evil roots pierce and blight the very
foundations of domestic peace and unity, IS
the getting it fine enough. Between the man
Judgment and the woman's judgment is 9
broad and yawning chasm. He knows it is
fine enough an hour before she arrives at the
same conclusion. He is right, of course but
she is obstinate; and he either merges his
opinion in hers, or drops the bowl and goes
forth upon the world changed being. For
tunatcly for the majority of the homes in our
land, it is frequently found that some OF the
ingredients are forgotten when the meat is to
be cut. We have known man to be down
street four whole hours looking for the best
place to procure ten cents worth OF CHINA
n.--Danbury Neios.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-05-06

As Council Bluffs woman was doing her
washing, one of her children fell into kettle
of water. The mother seized the infant,
whose heart-rending cries indicated the terri
bic nature of its injuries, and deposited it on
the bed, while she ran to neighbors to get
him to run for q doctor. Before the doctor
arrived all the ncighbors had gathered, and
among them had undressed the screaming in
fant-very carefully, 50 that the scalded skin
should peal off-and sprinkled it with flour.
AT length the doctor arrived, almost at the
same instant with the terror-stricken husband,
who had been sent for. The doctor made a
careful examination of the infant, and
promptly advised the mother to put shirt or
something on the infant, SO that it might not
freeze 70 death. The assembled neighbors
felt of the water in the kettle, found it icy
cold and quietly separated.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-05-06
A Schenectady Phenomenon.

The Schenectady IN. ~ Union of March
3Oth tells this extraordinary story: "A few
days ago phenomenon of very singular
nature occurred at the residence of Mr.. Veed-
er, No. 81 Albany street. Mrs. Veeder at the
time was engaged at, her household duties,
and all of sudden she was astOnished and
confounded, according to her statement, by
what seemed to be flash of light that filled
the room for moment with a brilliant illum-
ination. She was so overcome by the strange
occurrence that she screamed at first, but the
light having disappeared she regained her
c0mposure, and, to her still greater astonish-
ment, happening to cast her eyes toward the
ceiling of the kitchen, where she was at the
time, She saw the mark of child's foot on
the wall overhead She stood moment
contemplating the object on the ceiling, when
she saw another mark, precisely like the first,
begin to develop itself on the ceiling, which
soon appeared in full, being the print OF
child's foot, corresponding exactly like the
other one. She became alarmed and rushed
from the room Proceeding to neighbor
she called in another woman, and both
watched the curious affair. Soon after other
footprints developed themselves on the wall,
when another lady was called III, but the
footprints continued to multiply. This curl
Gus development on until the ceiling OF the
kitchen was almost covered with these tracks,
crossing the wall in different lines of direc-
tion, and soon after similar marks were seen
in quite number on the ceiling of an adjoin-
ing bedroom. The marks in both rooms were
all of childs foot, and were all OF the same
size, and precisely rlike in all respects. The
ceiling, like all others at this time of year, is
more or less colored, and the marks on the
wall look like white spots Of the foot shape.
The marks are still on the wall. although
some Of them have been rubbed off. p"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-05-06
TiltOn's Rage.

A special correspondent of the St. Louis
Globe says: Tiltons friends arc desert'ng
him RAPIDLY, a fact which he knows and feels
bitterly. lie SAYS now that he has neither
home, friends nor family; he would rather
die than live, and that in his downfall he
would make Beecher feel the penalty of his
crime 1t is stated that 1'ilton's lawyers are
utterly discounted. They charge that Tilton
has deceived them all along; that he has sig
nally failed to prove what he asserted, and
that Beechcr has produced testimony of i'm
portant and vital facts, which Titon must
have been aware Of before, but failed to ap-
prise them They now say he assured them
he could break down Bessie Turner's testi-
mony, on cross-examination, which it was
impossible 10 do, and that ever since she left
the stand they have felt the hopelessness of
his case They are disgusted with the case,
and it is believed that they will enter dis
continuance before Beecher's testimony is
through with. 1t is said, also, that Tilton is
out with his lawyers, and alleges that they
have allowed themselves to be duped.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-05-06
HOW LOST MY HEART

70 tell you how, Just how lost it.
Oh that were difficult task;
How the thing got away on that autumn d'H
never stopped to ask.
Perhaps twas a glance that did II,
A soft caress to my halr
4 close, warm grasp, or gentle clasp,
That captured then and there.
You see. there are things you can govern,
But hearts have way OF their own;
Like birds they fly, and You can't tel! why
You only miss them when gone
And why don't tell the story,
II the reason you really must learn,
Il, though life grew bright with rosy light
Yet won no heart in return.
Somebody's eyes were gentle and kind.
And his voice was soft and low;
But the heart wanted was g iven away
Ever 80 long ago.
And 40, while sOlace lonely lltc
With cat and cup of tea,
Somebody's arm is around his vile,
And her baby is on his knee.
And tho loss met with results in this,
That mine is a lonely part;
You can't for your life make a loving wife
OF woman without q heart.
Another head tests on the manly breast
That wanted to shelter me;
Some other fair face has won my place,
So no mans wife III be.
But compensation's law of life,
And though trials the gods will SEND, =,
I've no one to scOld when his beetsteak : coia.
And no small stockings to mend
So the love that is lost never regret,
When think what my troubles might be;
When dinner is late smile at Fate.
l-Harper's Balr0y
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-05-06
Cycles of Growth.

A writer in the Prairie Farmer, who has
lived on the prairies Of Illinois for twenty
wears, thinks that many plants, if not all,
have minimum and maximum year for pro-
ducing flowers, and that these years are at
regular intervals of time. They increase
gradually from minimum to maximum, and
then decrease gradually to minimum, thus
forming cycle These cycles differ in diff
ferent plants from four to seventy years.
He suggests that this may account for the
different varieties of grain running out, F"
and wishes others TO make observations In
this direction.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-05-06
RaltlmOre'S Latest OdditH

From the New York Evening Post.
A Baltimore miscr has abdicated the throne
of meanness and retired into the obscurlty OF
the grave, and the evil lie has done lives after
him. It is probably nobody's business that
the man was SO desperately mean; the only
link that bound him to the rest OF mankind.
and made his reputation in any sense pubic
property was a wife, who, IN her own way,
was quite as strange specimen OF humaMtt
as he. She was young and not uncomeiy,
and. though her name stood third on the list
of women who had served in similar ca
pacity, she was as devoted and unsclflsh as
the heart could wish. She passed her days
in hair-factory, and brought her earnings
faithfully home to her lord, while he acted as
housekeeper and domestic economist. Win
an eve to the future as Watch1ul rs Mrs.
Toodles and infinitely more practical, he pro-
yided himself several years ago with sec
0nd-hand pine coffin-casc which he stored
awav amid pile of other rubbish in the gar
ret OF his howell AS his end approached he
| made ready for the last sad rites by ordering
barber to shave him. IF 1t is done during
nv life,' he reasoned, ''it will cost but ten
cents; if delayed till after my death, IL WIZ
cucumber the estate to the extent ct WI TIC
then summoned his wife to his bedside ana
confidcd to her his parting instructions: Let
tDcrc DC no useless cAICIult uA AS> ~ 'AO A ~,
of oil and candles for wake. My soul Will
rest easier without. A hearse, also, is but
! vain show let NE be borne to my final rest
ing place on the shoulders of three stout men.
And mark as you value your peace. let not
the funeral expenses exceed $40 at the utmost
figure
His faithful partner carried ont these COM
mandments, as far as practicable, to the very
letter. There was no wake; there was no
hearse. 1t was found that the requisite num-
Der Of pall-bearers could not bc obtained on
reasonable terms, so all old furniture wagon
was engaged in their stead. Eleven TRENDS n,
and relatives followed IN procession, ana inc
cost Of the whole outfit reached only the mod
est sum of S8 &C. When the will was opened
It was found that So, 600 in real estate ant
savings bank deposits were left to the mourn
ing willow and son resident in distant
State
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-05-06

InE lawyers of Indianapolis are torturing
their brains over an extraordinary problem.
Some years ago lady of that city was mar
ried, and four months thereafter separated
from her husband, was divorced and re-msr-
ried within month, and four months there
after gave birth to child by her first hus-
band. Quite recently the second husband
procured divorce, and the custody of the
child was awarded to him. Now comes the
first husband and claims the child. Who is
entitled to its possession
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-05-06
4 New York FaIMbler'S Dresa.

From the Nork Sun, I'd.
Hill was noted for his extravaganza in
DRESS In boyhood he spent all his winnings
in costly clothing, and in later life he was
known as the best dressed man in town. Hc
once sent to Paris and imported for his own
use shirt bosoms that cost $3.50 Il dozen, in
gold. He seldom wore pair of boots more
than single day, and kept three changes OF
clothing for every day. He ought $1,000
worth of gloves at time, and threw away
four or five pairs day. He died poor
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-05-06
The Mystery of ssPsyche'' Discovered by
~" an American.

IN. u. ConWays letter in the Cincinnati Commercial
The mystery OF ''Psycho' has been discov-
cred. You may remember that ''Psycho' Is
the wonderful autonlalon exhibited by Maske-
lyme, the cOnjurer, which, Tor long time,
has been puzzling the brain ot scicntinc men
by its accurate playing of whist. That
'.PsYchO" was in some way connected with
and guided by human brain was, tor long
time, certain, but it was completely Isolated
on the top of simple glass cylinder, and no
possible connection with any one behind the
curtain conceivable, it grew 10 be our greatest
mystery. The great men OF the Royal So
cie,y went to examine it, but were all beaten.
But finally young American-W. II. Coffin,
son of Dr. 6. w. Coffin, celebrated Amer
lean dentist in London-after five visits, hit
upon the secret, Maskelync himself being un-
able to submit his figure to the test proposed.
The solution is that ''PsychO' is worked by
the condensation and dimunitiOn Of the col
umn of air in the glass cy Under on the top OF
which he sits. Beneath the carpet at the
bottom OF this cylinder is perforated plate
of zinc. connected with the operator behind
the scenes, who, at his will, may increase or
decrease the column of air, the figure moving
one or another in accordance with the pres
sure put upon it. The conjurer was at nrst
disposed TO deny the explanation' but CONN
told the audience that it could easily be tested
by Maske]yne allowing him to put news
paper between the figure and the cylinder:
This the conjurer declined, and then followed
great applause, when it became recognized
that "Psycho, as mystery, was at last dead,
or at least had fairly reached bis Coffin.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-05-06

A type-setting Tournament is to take place
shortly in Washington, in which the contest
ants are all to be boy apprentices in the print
ing offices of that city. The person setting
the most type in two hours is to receivea Ger
man silver composing stick.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-05-06

THE Tennessee Legislature has submitted
10 the people a constitutional amendment pro-
viding for the meeting of that body once in
four years.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-05-06

Ex-Congressman Wilson of Indiana, has
entered into partnership with NJ. Shella-
bargeI, Of Ohio, to practice law in Wash
iDgtOn .z.s 81.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-05-06

ANDREW JOHNSON, Jr. son of the Senator,
is editor of the Greenville iTcnDessee) Intel
Agencer.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-10-04

the Sioux, but throughout all the Indian
agencies When we remember that the
Indians are spread over territory as large
as our settled States I; that these agencies are
far apart that opportunities for deception
exist in the very nature Of things that they
are removed from direct administrative con-
troll that public opinion cannot search them
out, we see confederation Of crime which
has no parallel in our history.
Now if this were only robbing Of the
Treasury, as in Tweeds case; if at worst it
were only the carrying off Of few millions
OF dollars it would be bad enough. But the
frauds in the Indian agencies represent not
merely peculation, but starvation. When
we hear Indian chiefs complaining that
their blankets are rotten, that the bread is
mouldy, that the cattle for which the govern
ment pays good prices are thin and bony,
that the tobacco is rotten and that at times
the Indians have been SO hungry that they
have had, to use the emphatic language of
one of the chiefs, 'to eat all their dogs and
ponies, except the pet ones" we see the
enormity of the system which is the crown
ing disgrace of our age and which, in the
interest of true reform, must be ended by
the democratic Congress if it hopes to win
the commentator Of the people.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-10-04

plan by which Blackwell's Island, instead Of
being burden on the taxpayers of the city,
could be made to yield revenue of seventy
thousand dollars. There cannot, we sup
pose, be any doubt but what this is economi-
cally possible Indeed, in many counties
proper administration of just the sort here
proposed has solved the same difficult
problem in the same way, and turned to a
source of profit departments that were
previously the pretexts for enormous ex-
penses. But, politically, the fact is appar-
emily impossible with us. Probably the
seventy thousand dollars is made now but
then it goes not to the city, but to enrich
some political favorites, and all the money
that Blackwell's Island could possibly be
made to cost the city must be spent also in
order that it may go in the same way.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-10-04

The Points OF Metropolitan Preaching
There is a great deal Of sound thought in
the sermons we publish to-day and some
particularly interesting speculations upon
morals and doctrines. Mr.. Beecher's ser
mon, the first he has preached since his re-
turn to Plymouth church, is more than usu-
ally argumentative, though in his treatment
of his theme he wandered through o
wide field of Illustration His plea
for the incarnation of the Godhead ia
based upon the incapacity of humanity to
fully recognize spiritual life without sensu-
GUS knowledge. In referring to modern
scepticism Mr. Beecher defined Voltaire to
be more of a Christian than were the Chris
tians of his age. We do not think that Vol
taire would have thanked him for the COM
pliment, and it is pity thai
the famous French infdel is not
able to express his opinion OF
Mr.. Beecher We understand the close OF
this sermon to indicate a leaning toward
Uniyersalism, which is in fact the logical end
of Mr. Beecher's theology In the discourse
of Rev. Mr.. Hepworth we have an able ex-
position of the differences of the Old and
New Testaments the second of his valuable
series of sermons upon special points in re-
ligion, which ought to be, when
finished, valuable contribution to theo-
logical literature. 1t would be useful
to compare Mr.. Hepworth's opinions o
the relations of the Mosaic and the Christian
faith with those of Mr. Brownson as ex.
pressed in the latest and, we regret to say,
the last number Of his Rertelo. Mr.. Froth
ingham treated of eternal life in q sermon
more imaginative than is usual with this
stern logician. Mr.. Talmage preached upon
the gates of heaven, of which, he tells us,
there are twelve, each guarded by an angel.
who will only admit those who have
the password. We also print DIR.
Gallaudet's review of the history
of st. AIMS church, Rev. Mr..
Reeds sermon on the nature Of revival,
and an account Of revival services held by
Rev. Mr.. Graves, the evangelist, and Mr.
Weeks, the vocalist. We may say here that
profession much abused by religious papers
has been of great use to Mr.. Weeks as an
evangelical singer, for we learn that he was
formerly a negro minstrel and possesses the
power Of varying the expression of his face to
suit the sentiments of the hymn. Thus sim
full experiences often become useful in
religious exercises. Many q clergyman owes
his great success to the fact that nature
meant him to be an actor.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-10-04
The Path OF the Great Cyclone from
Galveston to ArchangeI.

We note with undated interest the prog
ress eastward of the great Texas cyclone that
devastated Indianola and Galveston. After
sweeping over the Atlantic in almost direct
line from its point of departure on our coast
the storm struck the British Islands, where it
repeated the ravages that marked its progress
in the United States and carried shipwreck
and ruin to the Irish and English coasts and
cities. The valley of the Lee was inundated
by the enormous rainfall that accompanied
the furious meteor. Houses were unroofed.
cattle drowned and, according to the tele-
grams, many human lives were lost. Indeed,
but for the substantial character of the
buildings on the territories swept by
the storm, we would have read of disas-
tiers that would have created terrible
parallel to those experienced along the
coast Of the Gulf of Mexico. The latest re-
ports announce the arrival of the storm
centre at Archangel, an important seaport
of Northern Russia situated at the mouth
of the Dwina, on the White Sea. At this point
the storm appears to have lost but little of
its original force; for we read of nothing
but shipwreck and ruin attending its pas
sage. On consulting a map of the northern
hemisphere it will be observed that the cy-
clone travelled directly northeastward A
straight line drawn on the map touching Fer
nandina, on the Atlantic coast Of Northern
Florida, and Archangel, on the White Sea, will
pass through the British Islands and repre-
sent the exact track of tho storm DURING
its passage across the Atlantic the cyclone
had full scope for renewal of its energy,
which was impaired during the contact
with our Southern States. 1t struck the
British Islands then with immense fury, and
continued its course over alternating areas Of
water and low land, which scarcely reduced
its force. Southern Sweden and Northern
Russia are but slightly elevated over the sea
level, and the course Of the cyclone will
carry it north of the Ural Mountains into the
great cyclones become decomposed in the
higher ATTITUDES is still one Of natures
secrets, awaiting, it would SEEM the thorough
exploration of the Polar regions before il be-
comes known to science. The expedition
sent out from England for the discovery Of
the North Pole will, if successful return to
enrich our store of information regarding
these wonderful meteors and supply want
long felt by scientific men in the investiga-
ton of the laws which unquestionably
govern the phenomena Of their development,
courses and decomposition.