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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-07-15

MIR. CORNELL JEWELL writes to the New
Yord Herald that the credit Of the cables be-
long to the American Atlantic Cable Tele-
graph Company, and adds the following:
The capital to secure the cable, approach
ing 81, 100000 currency, was furnished by a
syndicate of English, Belgian, Holland and
German banking interests, Messrs. Siemans
Bro. of London, the contractors of the cable
and owners of the Faraday, subscribing large
ly. The public will be pleased to learn that
my Continental negotiations promise two
ocean cables from the continent of Europe,
one to New Hampshire and one to New York
direct, TO connect with proposed cable from
California to Asia; all of which cables to
prove substantial opposition to the Anglo
Cable Company of England, and Western
Union Telegraph Company of New York.
That monopoly has been practically destroy
ed by the Direct United States Cable, and
through which success the tariff ocean rates
have been reduced one-half, and on the COM
pletion of cables from the continent will be
to one quarter if not more; while France,
Germany, Holland, Spain and other nations,
with America, will enjoy cable telegraph
communication with the world independent
of British combinations.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-07-15
A Poets idea Of California.

Bayard Taylor, the great traveller, poet and
writer, speaks of California and her children
rs follows:
''The children Of California are certainly a
great Improvement upon those not born among
US. Nowhere can more rosy specimens of
health and beauty he found. rong-limbed,
red-blooded, graceful, and as full OF happy,
animal life as young fawns, they bid fair to
develop into admirable types of manhood and
womanhood. To them, loving their native
soil with no acquired love, knowing no asso-
Citations that ere not linked with its blue skies
and yellow hills, we must look for it's proper
inhabitants, who will retain all that is vigor-
Gus, earnest and generous in the present race,
rejecting all that is coarse and mean. For
myself, in breathing an air sweeter than that
which first caught the honeyed words of
Plato-in looking upon lovelier Wales than
those of Tempe and Eurotas-in wandering
through land whose sentinel peak of Shasta
far overtops the Olympian throne of Jupiter
Il could not but feel that nature must be
false to her promise, or man is not the splen-
did creature he once was, if the art, the liter
ature and philosophy of ancient Greece are
not one day rivaled on this last of inhabited
shores"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-07-15
A WinkinE Picture.

There is now to be seen IL Pail Mall, at
Wallis French Gallery. a. most extraordinary
portraiture of the Christ, by Gabriel Max. a
modern German artist, which, says the Lon
don Rock, our readers will be glad to know
of, and haply to go and see for themselves.
1t is the face of the dead Redeemer, much
like that on the kerchief of Veronies, but with
closed eyes. However, as one advances the
eyes appear to open gradually, until the spec
tator is arrested with their mournful and
pathetic gaze. This lasts till he gets quite
close, when the eyclids are again fast shu. in
the calm sleep of death. The effect is mira
culous in appearance, and illustrates we'll the
trick Of winking Madonnas so frequently
heard If. Neither is this all the wonder of
Max's picture. 1t appears to be painted on q
square Of the coarsest canvas, nailed to q
board: and this is SO cunningly initiated,
with microscopic fidelity. that no one would
believe it was fiat piece of painting without
touching it. Zeuxis in old times drew not -
more marvellous curtain to deceive Appelles.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-07-15
Experimenting With Potatoes.

Potatoes grown to perfection on the sur
face Of the ground, without being covered
with soil, may not have been introduced into
other markets, but Captain X. X: Porter has
placed us under obligations for bag OF large,
smooth, red potatoes, raised on his place ny
simply planting on the top OF the ground and
covering to the thickness OF foot with straw.
They are entirely free of all the diseases and
imperfections found in most OF the potatoes
sold in the markets for several years past,
and, when boiled, they are white and mealy.
and have no strong taste whatever. Whether
this experiment will prove successful on all
other farms, we cannot say but it would be
we'll for those who have abundance of straw
to make the trial.-oan Diaso (Cal) Union.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-07-15
8 Emperor NOrtOn.''

San Francisco has rather more than her
share of excentric characters. Foremost
among these is the "Emperor Norton" q
harmless creature, who firmly believes that
he is the legitimate sovereign of the United
States and Mexico; issues frequent pronunci-
amentos; exacts tribute from such citizens as
humor his delusion; spends his days walking
about the streets; his evening at the theatre,
and his nights at cheap boarding house.
He has the run of the hotel reading-rooms.
appears on public occasions in tattered rega-
lie, visits the different churches to see that
heresies dangerous to the peace Of the EN-
pire are not promulgated, calls at the news
paper offices 10 warn the conductors against
the consequences of reasonable utterances-
in short. is up early and late regulating the
affairs of the world in general, and the city
and State in particular.-Sc116ners.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-07-15
What One Cheek Did.

AS an instance of what one check accom-
plished, and how its meanderings terminated,
it is statcu that one was drawn by u promi-
nent gentleman of this city recently for about
$500, and was passed by the indorser to a
lumber firm in this city. From thence it went
to seven other concerns, and finally found its
way to the original indorser of it. The last
indorser happened to be one who was in ar
rears to the drawer, and, seeing his name to
the check and the rounds the check had gone
and the good it had done, concluded he would
''do something" handsome to the drawer, and
paid it over. That check liquidated several
thousand dollars worth of accounts.-Neao
Have,l Journal and Courier.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-07-15
How She Knew it.

From the Chicago Journal
A West Washington man Went home
from a days meandering down town, as usu-
al, the other night, and was met at the door
by his wife with the customary kiss. Think
ing What nice, blessed little body she was,
he hung his hat on q nail, and was about to
return to her side, when be beheld that great
change had come over the spirit of her
dreams. She looked as one to whom had
come a revelation, while her face and atti-
tude gave evidence that 3 great gulf had sud-
denly become fixed between them as man and
wife.
wha-Uhat' 3 the natter" he asked
misgivingly.
John Henderson," said she, ''iiidn't you
tell me you would give up smoking, if I'd go
without new bonnet this year?''
II did," was the reply; 'tha--that
s--smoke you smell got from sitting with a
NJ"
"None Of your lies to me, John Hender-
son, interrupted his spouse.
''Let me eX-"
'No, won't let you explain any OF your
mean, dastardly falsehoods," saie she, chok-
ing with the sense of the great wrong she had
suffered
<'But haint lit a--'
''That will do," said she; and then she
twisted one of Johns pants-legs around so
that he could see for himself, and pointing to
a dozen long, white marks up and down
the thigh, she asked, with look of triumph
in her eye: ::
''Do you pretend to say them wasn't made
with matches?"
The next day Mrs. Henderson asked her
husband for some money to get bonnet with
and he gave it to her; but he doesn't strike
his matches on his pantaloons any more when
he wants to light cigar.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-07-15
Crop Prospects.

The following synopsis of the condition OF
certain crops has been received from ). r.:
Dodge, statistician Of the Department OF
Agriculture:
The condition Of winter wheat generally is
still reported comparatively low. A marked
Improvement is observed since the April and
May returns, in the wheat prospects OF the
West, especially in Kansas. The State aver
ages of the condition of winter wheat in the
Alleghanies are us follows: West Virginia,
go; kentucky, 81; Ohio, 81; Michigan. 80;
Indiana, Il; Illinois, 81; Missouri, 81; Kan
sas. 81.
The fly and the chinch buy have wrought
some injury in the Western States, and the
drought has been locally injurious. The
condition Of the spring wheat is much better,
though not generally full average. The
averages are as fellows: Illinois, 81; Wis
consin, "a; Minnesota, 80; Iowa, 81; Mis-
souri,, 81; Kansas, 81; Nebraska, 105. Rye
promises better than wheat, yet it will not
mature full crop. 1t is best in northern
New England and in the Gulf States.
There is u small increase in the breadth OF
the oat crop, caused in part by the abandon
ment of the winter wheat areas. Its condi-
ton is generally good almost full average
in the States of the largest production, but
ECttCT 1u tLC UlStIIClS VA tAIC AAC-
lantc coast or in California. Spring barley
has been less its usual area in the Middle
States, but its average has been increased be-
yond the Mississippi.
The promise of crop is moderately good,
though condition is somewhat below an aver-
age in most States. The area in clover has
increased in New England, and still more in
the Southern Atlantic States, but has de-
clined in the Western States. The adverse
influences of the winter and early spring have
deprecated its condition, especially in North
ern latitudes. Spring pasture is superior in
New Hampshire, Vermont. Florida, Missis-
sippi, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Michigan,
Kansas and Oregon, and nearly al average in
the Ohio basin.
Frosts have been destructive Of fruit in the
large areas which may be considered second
or third class as fruit regions. In the districts
depended on for the supplies Of great markets
range from fair to good in the East, with a
less favorable showing in the Western States.
In Delaware an average Is reported, in Mary
land nearly full crop is expected, and in
New Jersey reduced yield, as also in West
ern New York. and to S greater extent in
Michigan and other Western fruit district.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-07-15
Some of the Peculiarities Of New YOrk's
Greatest Lawyers.

Correspondence Of the Hartford Times.]
Another well-knoWn figure in New York,
who stands his years Well, is CAas. O'COnOr.
The great lawyer is about seventy, but would
pass for less. He Is one Of those thin, WHY
men, who stands an immense deal OF wear
and tear without showing 1t. And he is one
Ut those great men, speaking entirely IN an
intellectual sense, who carry uncOnsclOusness
Of their greatness under u rather common
place exterior. 1t MIR. O'Conor ever took
an interest in dress, it must have been long
lime ago. The clothing lie wears now is goou
enough for service, NO doubt, but it certainly
is not encouraging to the taiors. An average
dry goods CLERK would consider himself very
shaDDy indeed ii he didn't go behind the
counter in better suit than Mr.. O'Conor car
ries down Broadway in one OF his daily
walks to his office. The most Objectionable
thing about the eminent advocate ) rslment is
his hat. 1t is probably the worst bat exhibit
ed on a good head on Broadway. There is a
tradition among the lawyers that MIR. OCon-
or hat was presented to him the day OF his
admission 10 the bar, and that he has been
wearing it and sitting Oh it alternately ever
since. The story is rather tough, bu: the bat
does seem to bear it out. Summer and win
ter, there it is, set half way back on bis head,
come down, ard showing fresh touch of
shabbiness every season. And the curious
thing is that nothing will, induce the owner to
change it. He is as indifferent to public
opinion on subject of this sort as was Hor-
ace Greedy, whose outfit generally grew worse
the more he was told to make it better. He
is 3 great walker, without making any time
about it, and steps along Broadway more ac-
fively than MANY Of the vOnr men, I GOubt
if there is another especially prominent man
in New York as rarely seen in society and
public assemblages as Mr. O'Conor. He has
q singular antipathy to what is called popu.
larity, and tries to avoid ell ways leading to
it. Yet when he does thaw out be is very
pleasant companion, with social qualities that
are not by any means to be despiscd He is
also very generous with his money, and has
given more in charity than some Of our very
rich men whose benevolence is duly adver-
tised in the newspapers
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-07-15
Helena, Montana, Thursday, July IS, 1875.
Why and When Lamps Explode.

All explosions of coal oil lamps are caused
by the vapor or gas that collects in the space
above the oil. When full of oil, of course,
lamp contains no gas, but immediately upon
lighting the lamp consumption Of oil begins,
soon leaving a space for gas, which COM
mences to form as the lamp warns up, and
after burning y sh ort time sufficient gas will
accumulate to cause an explosion. The gas
in lamp will explode only when ignited. In
this respect it is like gunpowder. Cheap or
inferior oil is always the most dangerous.
The fame is communicated to the lamp in
the following manner: The wick tube in all
lamp burners is made larger than the wick
which is to pass through it. 1t would not do
to have the wick work tightly in the burner;
on the contrary, ii is essential that it move up
and down with perfect ease. In this way it
is unavoidable that space in the tube is left
along the sides Of the wick sufficient for the
fame from the burner TO pass down into the
lamp and explode the gas.
Many things may occur to ca'lse the flame
to pass down the wick tube and explode the
lamp.
1st \ lamp may be standing On table or
mantel. and slight puff Of air from the open
window, or the sudden opening OF q door,
causes an explosion.
~. IL ia1IP ultty Oc tahcA up HoaSh'J AAuH q
table or mantle! and instantly explode.
3. A lamp is taken into an entry where
there is a draft or oct of doors, and IN explo-
sion ensucs.
4. A lighted lamp is taken up g flight Of
stairs, OF is raised quickly to place it ON the
mantel, resulting in an explosion. In all these
cases the mischief is done by the air move
ment--elther by suddenly checking the draft,
or forcing air down the chimney against the
flame.
5. Blowing down the chimney to extin-
guish the light is a frequent cause Of explo-
sion.
6. Lamp explosions have been caused by
using a chimney broken off at the top, or one
that has q piece broken out whereby the draft
is rendered variable and the flame unsteady.
7. Sometimes a thoughtless person puts a
emall-sized wick in large burner, thus leav-
ing considerable space in the tube along the
edges of the wick.
8. An old burner, with it's air drafts clog.
ged up, which .rightfully should be thrown
away, is sometimes continued in use, ana ,AS
| final result is an explosion.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-07-15

CHARLES H. HOLMES is said to be the tall
est man in New England, his height being
six feet eight inches. He lives in Topsfield,
Massachusetts, and is the last surviving son
of the late John Holmes, of Maine, for many
years distinguished Representatives and Sen
ator in Congress from that State. during the
administrations of Madison, Monroe, Adams
and Jackson, and also as being of the WELL
known political firm in those DAYS Of ''John
Holmes, James Madison. Felix Grundy, and
the devil "-Ha1per's Weekly.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-07-15

Dr.. JOHNSON is accredited with refusing to
believe that the great Lisbon earthquake of
1856, in which GO, 600 persons lost their lives,
ever took place, on the ground that it was in
consistent with the goodness of the Creator
to destroy so many of his creatures at sim
gle blow. Although inferior to its Lisbon
prototype, later advices show the earthquake
IN New Grenada, on the 18th of May, to have
been of magnitude calculated to call DR..
Johnson's limitation of the attributes of the
Infinite into operation. 1t was the greatest
calamity of the kind that ever occurred on
the Western hemisphere, and, indeed, is sur
passed only by the Lisbon earthquake. Six
teen thousand people are known to have per-
ished, while the fate of thousands of others
is involved in doubt. The town of San Jose
de Cucuta, whose inhabitants were nearly all
destroyed, was overwhelmed with lava and
ashes from neighboring volcano, while al
most all the other towns in the entire valley
of Cucuta were leveled to the earth. The
region comprised in the disaster is near the
Venezuelan frontier, being about $50 miles
from the Pacific ocean and the same distance
from the Caribbean sea.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-07-15

The members of Walker county, Georgia,
family measured as follows: The father, &
fees inches; mother, feet 10 inches; first
son. 2G years old, feet 10 inches; second
son % years old, 6 feet inches; third son, 81
years old, six feet inches; fourth son, 19
years old, 6 feet; fifth son, IA years old, 6
feet
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-07-15
SPEAK LOVINGLY OF WOMAN

Speak lovingly OF woman;
In her do thou confihe;
See not her imperfectiors,
More liable to fall;
But man Of sterner nature,
Does he not sin at al I"
Speak lovingly Of woman,
The mother Of our youth
The maiden of our after-time,
Array'd in garb of truth:
A treasure richer than the gerl
That CLEANS in foreign land
More beautiful than brightest floW'rs
Produced by Natures hand.
Speak lovingly OF woman,
The sharer of our wealth.
An earthly argel--who Gays nay?
In sickness and in health.
When cold misfortune DER Es f1ings
His cloud to scar repOse, {.
Her voice is heard in sympathy,
~Tis WOman's tear that flows.
Speak lovingly of woman
Though EN- may lead astray;
The streamlet that il wandering
Far distant on its way,
May perhaps return with vigor
And gladness to its rest,
While, as before. calm mOOnbcan.s
Will glilnmtr on its breast.
Then, speak Of woman lovingly,
And sko,o thyseit a man;
How vigilant tull many are
AnOther's deeds to scan!
'Tis woman in affection cheers
With comfort from above;
'Tis she who shares our JOY and grief,
And blesses with her love.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-07-15

A MAINE girl left her clothing in an open
boat and hid herself. and when her parents
were crying and saying that if they only had
her back they would obey her slightest wish,
she appeared and said she wanted to marry
Jake.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-07-15
Breaking News Gently.

He entered the ladies' sitting room at the
Central depot, walked up to woman whose
husband had left the room about ten minutes
previously and calmly inquired:
MADAM. your husband went out to see the
river. didn't he?"
''Yes-wby?" she asked, turning pale in
an instant.
''He WAS q tall man, wasn't hep"
''He WAS" she replied, rising up and turn
ing still paler.
Had red hair q
''Iie had--oh! what has happened!"
''Weighcd about one hundred and eighty
pounds?" -.
'Ycs-yes--wherc is hc--where is my
husband p she exclaimed.
''COuldn't swim, could hc?'
ale is drowned--my husband is drowned!'
she walled.
Had Il silver watch chain 2" continued the
stranger.
Where is my husband where is the body?"
she gasped.
'.Do not get excited, madam. Did your
husband have on gray suit?'
"Yes-oh! my Thomas! my Thomas"
"And sioga boots 2"
"Let me see hi.n-let me see him. she
cried.
"Come this way, madam, but do not get
excited There. is that your husband across
the street at that peanut stand?'
''Wny, yes, that's him: that's my hus-
band!" she exclaimed joyfully. II thought
YOU said ho WAS drowned
''No, madam, did not. saw him buy
ing peanuts and believed it my duty to say
to you that peanuts are not healthy at this
season of the year"
He slid softly out, and she stood there and
chewed her parasol and stared after him as
if he were a menagerie on wheels.-Detroit
Free Press.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-11-20
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE,

A HUMBOLDT INVENTION. - Captain
John McCasey, engineer at the Hum
boldt Reduction Works, has invented
and patented submerged force pump.
for which many points of superiority
are claimed over any pump of that
character now in use. The inventor
claims that this pump, with adequate
power, will raise water from any depth,
and throw one, two, three or four
streams of water at the same time in
any direction. In playing upon fire it
is said to be superior to anything in
use, as it will throw stream of water
in the front and back doors Of q build.
ing and through windows on the sides
at the same time. McCasey, the in
ventor, Powers and Sutherland have
given an order for the manufacture of
several hundred of them at the new
foundry. and James Ward has been en-
gagged this week in making the patterns.
The pumps are not liable to get out of
order, as no leather is used in the
valves, and it is believed they will last
for years in everyday use without re-
pairs of anykind. We have been per-
mitted to examine the patterns; but we
are not sufficiently skilled in mechanics
20 even attempt a description of the
manner in which it works.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-11-20
Sharp Practice Frustrated.
From the s. +. Bulletin.l


Crttenden Thornton, young man
of the leg profession, appeared in the
Police Court on the 18th inst. to an
swer charges of grand larceny and as
lalt aud bate y on an offer of the
law. These charges grew out of very
complicated litigation over stock of the
Coso Mining Company, in which half a
dozen persons aud as many lawyers
were involved. In the first instance
two citizens named German and Seven
oaks had been contesting the issue
tenaciously without result. Sevenoak',
the defendant in the suit, then trans
ferred his interest to one Hamilton.
who entered into negotiations with
plaintiff and succeeded in obtaining
terms of settlement. Hamilton agreed
to hand over l 900 shares of the Coso
stock to German for the final adjust.
ment of the difficulty. Hamilton then
got out an attachment on the stock,
secured the assistance of John w.
Holiness Deputy Sheriff, who attended
incoguito. and when all vas arranged
for capital piece of trickery, Thornton,
acting az Germans attorney, was III
vlted to Hamilton s office to exchange
papers and receive the stock. Hamil-
ton drew the script from his pocket
and extended it toward Thornton, with
the remark that this stock is to be
handed over to German as his property,
IN settlement of the litigation in CUES
ton. Thornton replied that be under
stood such to be the design. Stimuli
taneously with this admission Thorn
ton and Holmes made a grab for The
stock, but the former got the inside
clutch, and after rough and tumble
scuffle with the officer, he succeeded in
holding possession, aud subsequently,
conveyed the stock to the custody of
Judge CARRIER. On this transaction
were based the chafges against Thorn
ton which occupied the attention of the
Police Court. After hearing all the
circumstances, Judge Louderback de-
cided that Holmes had acted unwar-
rar tably, not having made his official
authority known, or exhibited any at
tachment when he attempted to seize the
stock, and it therefore occurred to his
mind that Thornton had acted in the
case as any citizen had a right to act
when beset by tricksters. The charges
against Thornton were dismissed, and
the next move in order will be a suit by
that gentleman for false imprisonment.