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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-01-07

Teachers-W With deep interest and real
satisfaction greet you who have come to-
cether for the worthy and useful purpose of
forming County Teachers Association. 1t
is not an enterprise Of novelty or doubtful
utility. The only thing new about it is the
place where we meet. Perhaps a few of the
participants may be new to this experience,
and some of our methods may be new; but
the main principle from which such organ
zatons as we now propose inaugurating in
Montana had their birth is old and familiar.
1t appears in the proverbs of all ages and
peoples, those ripened fruits of wisdom and
experience. Such, for instance, as-''In
union there is strength;" SIN multitude of
counsel there is wsdom;" with numerous
and various progeny, shaded by national Pc
culiarties of origin or diversity of application.
We unite that we may bring to our individn-
al work the strength of alive pool our sep
arate experiences, that each may have larg-
er stock to draw from. No two minds are
alike in their original constitution; and SO, if
each had been submitted to the saIae expert
ence, the results at any stage OF the develop
ment would have been unlike; but when to
this diversity is added the larger diversity of
experience with corresponding results, we
can readily see that the ideas of every person
who has expended patient, thoughtful la
Dor in reaching his opinions, will vary in
some particular or degree from those of every
other person-just as if two persons were to
traverse the same street at the same time and
were to be directly thereafter questioned as
to what particularly attracted the attention OF
each, it would be absolutely certain that no
two persons in the world would perfectly
agree Besides, we all know this, that the
same truth approached by different paths OF
experience, or viewed from different stand
points, presents different aspects, each true,
perhaps, for what it purports to be, but each
being partial, false only in claiming to be the
whole truth.
1t is an axiom of human experience, upon
which we may safely build, then, that no two
teachers, whether of much or little expert
ence, who have applied mind and heart to
their occupation, will have reached the same
results. These Associations, therefore, at.
ford US the same advantages as were supplied
in earlier times by Public Fairs in market
towns, where each brought the fruits oil his
labor and skill for barter or sale, the great
advantage of our sort of Fairs being that oul
opinions, which constitute our wares, become
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-01-07
Choice of II Wife and Husband.

Enough Of beauty to secure affection,
Enough of sprightliness to cure detection,
Of modest diffdcnce to claim protection,
A docie mind, subservient to correction,
Yet stored with sense. reason and reflection,
And every passion held in due subjection-..
just faults enough to keep her from perfection.
When such find, I'll make her my election.
Of beauty just enough to bear inspection;
OF candor, sense and wit, good collection;
Enough IF love for one who needs protection;
TO scorn the words ''I'll keep her in subsection
Wisdom to keep him right in each direction,
Nor claim weaker vessels imperfection.
Should e'er meet with such in my connectiod,
Let him propose, I'll offer no objection.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-01-07

self-interest, urge you to form and sustain
a Teachers Institute or Association, or what
ever else you may prefer to call it, but the
object of which shall be to improve your
selves as teachers and exalt to greater useful
ness and efficiency the public schools of the
county.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-01-07
Two Of Them.
Mary Naples Dodge writes these pretty

Mary Naples Dodge writes these pretty
nursery rhymes:
Two little girls are better than one,
Two little boys double the fun.
Two little birds can build fine nest,
Two little arms can love mother best.
Two little ponies must 60 to span,
Two little pockets has my little man.
Two little eyes to open and close,
Two little and one little nose.
Two little elbows dimpled and sweet,
Two little shoes on two little feet
Two little lips and one little chin,
Two little cheeks with a shut in.
Two little shoulders, chubby and strong.
Two little legs running all day long.
Two little prayers does my darling say,
Twice does he kneel by my side each day
Two little folded hands soft and brown
Two little eyelids cast meekly down
And two little angels guard him in bed,
One at the foot and one at the head.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-01-07

NOTICE has been filed in the Office of the
Secretary of State of Massachusetts by Ben
jamin Balsh, of Newburyport, of his inten-
ton to apply at the next General Court for an
act of incorporation for the Darien Ship
Canal Company, with capital not to exceed
$1O0 OO0. 1000.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-01-07

THE first levy for the Russian army which
takes place next month, will raise $50, ,0OOmen.
The new military system provides Russia
With 1900, 900 defenders in case of war.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-01-07
EDUCATIONAL.

Address Of Cornelius Hedges, Superili.
tendent Of Public Instruction, Be-
fore the Teachers Association
OF Lewis and Clarke Co., at
Helena. Dec. 26, 1874.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-01-07
Secretary BristOW's Views i'm Regard to
National Prosperity.


CHICAGO, December 30.-Secretary Bristow
was in Cincinnati yesterday on his way to
Washington, and visited the Chamber of
Commerce, where, in response to repeated
calls he made brief speech, in which after
copcratulating the business men of Cincin-
natl on their determination to carry on their
business and return to a solid basis, On which
all prosperity must exist he said:
eve haye passed through financial <iisas
ters greater in extent than almost any other
people have ever suffered and yet survived,
but the tremendous energies and recuperative
powers of our people have been equal to all
emergencies. We have not only survived,
but we intend to build up our future pros
perity on basis more enduring than ever.
We have gone down almost to 'hard-pan,'
but we mean to come out without loss and to
build upon a basis that cannot be shaken.
believe this is the sentiment of the people of
Cincinnati. believe with you, that there is
no other real prosperity than that which
looks to the rebuilding of foundation that
financial disasters do come upon us, it shall
not be on account of any fault of ours. AS
look at the financial question, it can only be
solved by carrying out in good faith the obli-
cations of the nation according to the import
of the promises when they were made. After
all that has been said and written on the great
subject of our finances, there is but one SIM
pie automatic truth that must never be for
gotten, and that is, that honesty mnst ever he
the best policy. There can be no policy that
has not the principle of honesty underlying it
that is worthy of q moments consideration
by a commercial community. Our promises
were made amidst dire necessity; our faith
was pledged in the midst of struggle threat
ening our very national existence Let us
not forget the honor that requires us to re-
deem those promises at the earliest practicable
day. The time has come when we must be-
gin to do something instead of talk in mere
glittering gcneralities. am glad to see that
the Congress of the nation has at last begun
! to feel the importance OF this matter, and that
we have now some assurance that that body
will recognize the proposition that the lega
| tender notes issued under the pressure OF
| necessity, .~-'et be redeemed in that which
the world regards as nl.-oy: and when they
are so redeemed all the promises OF the gov
ernment may be SO redeemed. And whel
this condition of things is satisfactorily &C
complished, our future prosperity will b
beyond all doubt.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-01-07

4 translation of the Oldest fairy tale in the
world is given in the current number of Mac
miNun's Mdgazine. 1t appears that in 1859
an English lady acquired a roll of papyras
inscribed with hierog]yphic characters, which
she submitted to the Vicomte de Rouge, then
Director of the Museum of Oriental MSS. in
Paris. That distinguished scholar declared
the composition to be nothing less than a
story written by a Pharaonic scribe for the
edifcation of the young Crown Prince, Seti
Maniphta, son of Pharaoh Rameses Mi-amum,
founder of the cities Pithom and Rameses,
who ruled in Thebes 3. G. 400, and at whose
court Moses was educated. The opinion of
the learned Frenchman was subsequently
confirmed by the authorities of the British
Museum, and in 1868, all equally learned Ger
man unfolded the papyrus and read to Ber-
lin audience literal translation of the fairly
tale told to the son Of Rameses the Second
thirty-two centuries ago. In language and
manner it resembles the style and structure OF
scriptural writings and other productions OF
the period.
Miss SARAH E. DICKINSON recently publish
ed an open letter to Carl Schurz, replying to
some opinions advanced in his lecture upon
"Educational Problems" Miss Dickinson is
in favor of training women to support them
selves in life, opposed to the education of
children at very carly age, and presents her
views in a lively and forcible manner.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-19
Rosewood.

It has puzzled many people to decide
why the dark wood so highly valaed
for furniture should be called rosewood.
It's color certainly does not look like
rose, 30 we must look for some other
reason. Upon asking, We are told that
when the tree is first cut the fresh wood
possesses very strong, rose-like fra
GRANGE hence the name. There are
half O dozen or more kinds of rosewood
trees. The varieties are found in
South America and the East Indies and
neighboring islands. Sometimes the
trees grow so large that planks four
feet broad and ten in length can be cut
from one of them. These broad planks
are principally used to make the tops
pianofortes. When growing in tie
forest, the rosewood tree is remarkable
for it's beauty; but such is it's value in
manufactures as an ornamental wood,
that some of the forests where it once
grew abuudantly now have scarcely
single specimen. In Madras the gov
ernment has prudently had great plan"
tations of the tree set out, in order to
keep up the supply.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-19
A DarWinian COnundrum.

An Irish correspondent writes to Ma
ture combating the Darwinian theory
that this bright coloring of many ami
mails is accounted for by sexual selec-
tion, and concludes his letter as fol-
lows: "If the love Of beauty is an
animal instinct, then Darwinian prin-
ciples would require that the struggles
of the males for the possession of the
most beautiful fl males should develop
beauty in the females by natural selec"
ton. But we see that the contrary is
what takes plaee-beaaty is developed
in the male. the fighting scx. We're
Darwin among birds 10 watch the ways
OF the human race, he would probably
feel certain that the love of dress and
ornament among woman is altog9ther
due to a desire to become attractive to
men, and he would think those natu"
ralists unsatisfactory, and perhaps lnys-
tical, who guessed the truth, thai tbs
love of ornament is natural and
healthy human instinct, not confined to
either sex or to any age, but stronger
in youth than 10 age. and stronger IN
woman thsn in men.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-19
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

HoARsENEss. s..-Whoeve will try alum
and honey-a small portion of each
will never suffer from hoarseness.
SMELL OF PA1NT.-To get rid of the
smell of Oil paint, plunge handful of
hay into pail full of water, and let it
stand in the room newly painted.
HAM ToAsr.-Chop some lean ham
fine, put it in a pan, with little pepper,
lump of butter, and two eggs beaten !;
when we'll warmed spread on hot but
tered toast, and serve.
CASTOR OIL FOR CoRNs The South
ern Medical Record says that castor oil
applied to the corn, after pairing closely,
each night before going to bed, softens
the corn, and it becomes as the other
flesh.
For a sovereign remedy against
bleeding take linen, or other rags, and
burn them to charcoal. Put the char
coal in Che wound and no more bleeding
will come For bleeding at the cavity
of an extracted tooth, pack the alveolus
fully and firmly with cotton moistened
with alum-water.
Too MUCH CAMPHoR.- Scientific
American cautions people against the
too frequent use of camphor as medi-
cine. 1t says the nature of camphor is
that of nervous stimulant, similar to
opium or alcohol, and when taken in
large doses causes irritation of the nerv-
ous system, and produces commissions,
often fatal in their effects.
AS moth preventive, mix half pint
of alcshol, the same quantity of spirits
of turpentine and two ounces of cam
phor. Keep in stone bottle and shake
before using. The clothes or furs are
to be wrapped in linen, and crumbled-
up pieces of blottiDg-paper dipped in
the liquid are to be placed in the box
with them, so that it smells strongly.
This requires renewing once year.
To MAKE HAIR CURE The method |
employ d by professional workers in
curled hair is as follows: Wet the hair
to be curled, wrap it smoothly around a
cylindrical stick or tube of proper size,
tie it in place, and then put it in water
and boil it two or three hours, remove
it from the boiler, wrap it care fully in
and bake it in o moderate
oven for an hour. Thus treated, it will |
stay in curl permanently,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-19
THE MIGHT HAVE BEES.


"norn first we love, you know, we seldom we'd;
lime rules us all; aud life indeed, is not Z
1ne thing we planned it out ere hope was dead:
ana then--We women cannot choose our lot.
"acn mus g be borne which it is hard to bear;
Much given away which it we're sweet to keen,
goa help us all /! who need, indeed, His care;
and yet, know the shepherd loves his sheep.
My little boy begins to babble now
Upon my knee his earliest infant prayer.
de has his fathers eager eyes, know,
And, they say, too his mothers sunny hair.
But when he sleeps and smiles upon NV knee.
and can feel his light breath come and 90,
think OF one {heayen help aud pity naeD
Who loved me. and whom loved, long ago
VINO might have been-ah, what, dare not think
we are all changed; God judges for us best.
Goa help us do our daty and not shrink,
And trust in heaven humbly for the rest.
6n1 Diane us women not, if some appear
100 cold at times, and some too gay and light.
some griefs gnaw deep; some woes are hard to
bear;
Who knows the past, and who can Judge us
right?
An! were we judged by what we might have been.
And not by what we are-too apt to fall
My little child he sleeps and smiles between
These thoughts and me. In heaven we sbaII
know ALL
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-19
CURIOUS AND SCIENTIFIC.

IoEBERGs are reported to have been
met with in the Bay of Biscay during
very rough Weather by the Mongolia,
which arrived at Southampton lately.
Icebergs have been met with as far south,
but generally we'll out in the Atlantic
Ocean.
CoLoR IN FLOWERS. The following
is current as curious fact :" can
English writer says that the three pri-
mary colors--red, blue and yellow-are
not found pure in any species of flower
Thus we have red and blue in the fuch-
sia, but no yellow; yellow and red in
the rose, but no blue; blue and yellow
in the pansy, but no red, and so on.
Florists have the art of changing the
colors of many flowers at will, thereby
producing an endless variety of shades,
as in the tulip and dahlia. Bat those
flowers which have yellow for their type
can never be changed to blue, as, again,
the tulip and dahlia, which in their ma
tive state are yellow. A blue tulip, a
blue dahlia, and blue rose have not
yet been reckoned among the florists
triumphs. Nor can those flowers which
have blue for their type be changed to
yellow, as, for instance, the geranium.'
RECENTLY the English government
paid $50, 900 for the destructive inven-
tion known as the " fish" torpedo. It
was manufactured at Woolwich, where
visitors in their passage through the
work we're not permitted to see it. In
fact, the "tish'' torpedo was tabooed
subject, and only the few persons en-
gagged in manufacturing this engine of
wholesale destruction and slaug hter
knew anything of it's principle. 1t now
appears that Germany possesses the
same secret, having paid a large price
for the diabolical machine to an Eng
lishman, who claims to be its inventor.
A test of the torpedo was made the other
day at Kiel, before the Emperor Will
liam, and the results were more than
satisfactory. The Germans have in
trusted the secret to one officer only,
and to the chief Of the engineering de-
partment; but this secrecy, probably,
will not prev. Mt the came fellow who
stole it from Woolwich from selling It
to France, Russia and Austria, and so
make it an even thing all around.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-19

PREFERRED A FEATHER BED.-You
know that the barn swallows build their
nests under the caves or sometimes
among the rafters of barns. These
nests are always built OF mud, and usu-
ally neatly lined with fine hay or straw.
But ii seems that some swallows prefer
lining Of feathers. A bird friend of
mine found an empty nest, beautifully
lined with fine white chicken feathers.
Thinking the nest a curiosity, and not
being q swallow himself, he pulled it
carefully down. He thought it wasn't
cruel 10 do this, because 40 eggs had
yet been laid, but be vas mistaken.
In few days he found that the Bwal-
lows had built another nest i'll the same
spot, and also lined with the same sort
of feathers. So it is evident that at
least this pair of swallows preferred
feather bed to a straw bed. ST.
4WcholGs.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-19
THE DUEL,

Both principals are slender built,
szlall-sized men, aud appeared cool and
collected. Not tremor could be seen
in either. After they had stood few
seconds, waiting for tht word, the gen.
tleman before mentioned said:
"Are you ready, gentlemen ?"
"We are" firmly replied Ives and
Zecchi together, both speaking in clear,
firm tones.
Gone"
Both men raised their arms to aim.
"TWo."
The outstretched arms of the two men
were as steady as rock, and the weap-
ons were directly aimed at each others
breasts.
"Three."
The seconds held their breath.
"Fire."
4 little puff of white smoke curled
upward from Ives revolver as the re-
port of his shot was heard. Zeeehi had
received the bullet in the feshy part OF
his left arm Immediately below the
shoulder. But he gave no sign that he
was hurt. Ives dropped his arn litter
firing. zscchi slowly raised his reyol-
yer while its muzzle pointed upward,
when he discharged its contents sin' o
! the air. To the surprise of those pres
ent Zacchi demanded a second fire.
The reyolvers were again reloaded, but
Ives declined to fire again, and zeechis
second labored to dissuade his principal
from proceeding any further, entreating
him to retire from the field so that his
wound could be dressed.
THE WOUNDED MAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
Zecehi stubbornly insisted upon an
other shot, and fading himself unac.
comuodated, to the horror ef all pres
ent. placed the muzzle of his revolver
AGAINST his own breast over the region
of the heart and pulled the trigger.
Tbs cap fortunately missed fire, and
just as he had receoked his weapon his
second disarmed him and prevented him
from committing suicide. The two
parties thereupon returned 10 their car
riages and were driven back to town.
DR.. D. Z. Richard, Of 512 Sixth street.
| also southern gentleman, who vas to
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-19
AN EXTRAORDINARY DUEL.
Its Cause the Hanging OF a MAN ASIA
spy During the Wartime of the PriM-
cipals Attempts to Commit Suicide.
Error, Tia Ca, nnn,,o;soL, ctt,rn,,in1n

i
spy During the Wartime of the Pri1l
! cipals Attempts to Commit Suicide.
i From the San Francisco Chronicle.
/ A duel, in which were shed few
ounces of chivalrous blood, was fought
/ according to the code of honor on the
j beach near the Ocean House yesterday
! morning. The principals were Paul
! zecchj, of Oakland, a high-toned south.
4 ern gentleman, formerly hailing from
4 Georgia, and person by the name Of
!; Ives, northern man temporarily So
! journing in San Francisco, and who has
been stigmatized Georgia carpet
bagger" by the southern shivall y
among his acquaintances here. The
two gentlemen met in this city about
three weeks ago, and their meetings
have been anything but pleasant,
finally eliminating in the encounter at
arms yesterday.
The incident which led to the duel
grew out of the war of the rebellion.
Zecchi was commissioned officer in
the confederate service, and Ives had
brother serving in the ranks in the
Union army under Sherman. This
brother had volunteered to do duty as
federal spy, and while thus engaged
was captured by the confederates. He
was tried by drum-head court martial,
sentenced to death, and ignominieusly
hanged on the morning after his arrest.
Zecchi was the officer who captured
him, and he also played a prominent
part in the execution of the youthful
spy. The surviving brother remem-
bered Zecchi's name with detestation
and hatred, and upon accidentally
meeting him in ballroom in this city,
accused him of the murder OF his
younger brother. He called him an
assassin, murderer, and by other oppro-
brious epithets. Zecchi retaliated by
calling him an infamous carpet-bagger.
Friends interfered and prevented them
f1om coming to blows.
THE CHALLENGE.
They met again at an Oakland ferry
boat few days ago, when abusive ep-
ithets were once more freely exchanged.
Ives finally fourished pistol, but he
was seized by his friends and the
weapon taken from him. Ives deter
mined that he would have the satisfac-
tion which one gentleman demands
from another. So he penned a chal-
lenge to mortal combat and sent the
same by the hand of friend to zecohi.
The challenge was at once accepted,
Colts navy revolvers fixed upon as the
weapons, and secluded part of the
beach rear the Ocean House determined
upon as the place of the meeting, which |
was appointed for o'clock yesterday |
morning. ......
The principals, attended by their sec.
ends, were promptly on hand at the
hour and place designated. They were
driven to the locality in close carriages,
and the preliminaries were promptly
arranged upon the ground. Col. Jno.
Breckenridge oficiated as ZeccEi's SEQ.
ond and gentleman named Williams
acted in the same capacity for Ives.
Ten PAGES were measured off, the weap-
ons examined and loaded, and Zecch
and Ives took their respective positions.
A third gentleman in the party was to
give the command to fire, and he accord
ingly stationed himse where both Ives
and Zecchi could see and hear him.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-19

have joined the party as Zecchi's sur-
geon. but who did not reach the ground
in time, subsequently dressed the
wound, which proved to be a very
slight one, though the bullet was firmly
imbedded in the soft part of the flesh.
Zecchi was afterward driven to his
lodgings in Oakland. The duel excited
much comment yesterday in those cir"
cles in the city freauented by southern
gentlemen.
zECCHI's STRANGE CONDUCT
in firing into the air the first time, and
subsequently, demanding second shot
failing in which, he attempted to
shoot himself-shows that he really de-
sired to die yesterday. He has been
very detected for long time past, and
had, it is believed, grown weary of life.
The opportunity which the duel afforded
him of escaping "the ills which flesh is
heir to- by dying by the hands of an
other, he gladly and readily sought.
Zecchi comes from one of the proudest
families in Georgia. He lost all his
property in the war, and since its close
he has been a penniless wanderer all
over the world.