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particular. limited cases in economic and
social life; b.,t it is less frequent in respect
to extended and protracted experiences. In
the last number Of the North dmsr1can r.
riezp Mr. DAVID 4 Wells has this statement.
"One of the most remarkable examples of
economic prophecy, founded On cold, scien-
tific reasoning from hard, positive facts aud
natural laws, and which time is working tn
exact fhlfllment, is to be found in Chapter
III. of Some Leading Principles in Polid-
cal Economy Newly E1pounded, By the late
Prof. CA1HSEs, Of University College, Lon-
don, in which the author, writing in 1919,
before the panic of that year, predicts the
present financial and industrial disturbance
in the United States, and shows why its &C.
currence is a necessity from previous eco.
nomic conditions" We have not at hand TINT
edition Of Prof CA1RSEs' work from which
to quote the prediction, so that our readers
might see for themselves its exactness and
truth. But we are reminded Of another SIM
liar one, which We read, when it WAS pub.
lished early in 1878, with some curiosity, ard
have occasionally called to mind since its
remarkable fulfllment. Our readers shall
Judge for themselves OF its merit
In the second issue of that u1.ra-radical
publication, the Modern Thinker, on page
156, will be found an article headed, "a
Modern Prophet" aud signed "a Positivist
Predictor." The writer prints prophecy in
a;oh+ eoct;one Is IN ,,rova that Snc;atoe,v hos
oas'oe soue a1'aheo ~ tn0 .44' 4'oet4on " eeR-
talnty." We omit the opening and closing
portions. and give his third, fourth. and
ff.1, a.nt;.,,,
I.a;.+ .s,. u,;.,,, .ha +xvo .on,,
~. p. .,, -'"-1". ~. rs... s
49, - -. his,a,w r .x;,, n. -,ona .~iss
sn-a,d r ~ dts,s,rou. tnan .veu that ~ 1s.7 n
the debts created by our paper-money era will be
wiped out or compromised. Lnnd will temperate,
Nll 70 one-nal1 Us ptesens ..,ae...., sa.as T.,
bflitv b1 the failure Of The Northern Pactac R,i.
road, aud perhaps Of the bankers who manage it.
This will bring to light such an amazing amount
OF ifaoa IN eonnee'1oa ~, ".u ~. f"roeos as
Iii bo,d hieh M carnival The men at mo.t r.n1,.
in financial circles, and On the street, will prove to
be common cheats While the panic will COM:
menee, .1om Ill appeatanee' IN sa11foao ea'cles'
nts,arf.s. - w;11 snrc,d on,l1v to n. N,+;ss.,
Banks, and will develop an amount of rotteunes.
in those institutions which is now beyond the po-
eF OF the imas,naI'on TO eoncel'e:
ns.,a, pa; Ill, h. ens .,9.asa
OF the most astounding instances Of human ere.
dulity auo folly. 1t will be matter Of profound
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What under the sun has got into Deacon
SMITH, and how did he manage to get SO much
Of it into him at one timea Upon the subject
of ssDcbeerization Of Hops" he says:
Yet who would think, looking on 1t frothing to
such generous appearance at the top, while
hollow bottom abstracts another third, 1hat 1t WIS
adulteratedi ''Adultcrated teal" eald Mr.
PAKr1ScoS. looking plactdly into the cup; +'st
looks yrtuous." So she would say Of our beer:
But man told the New York Tribune be could
name brewerics to whom ''hops aud malt a.e who'll
" unknown" Who. who would live ulway: linn
believers take AWAY our trust in beer, what shall
We have to cling to: Let us not too easily give up
old beliefs. There are unreasonable persons that
are always wanting proofs. They demand, What
has become OF the aromatic flavor OF the hop, that
no one can detect q trace Of 1t IN our beer! They
forget that much beer has blanted their senses,
anu that as they could not now perceive tha hop
favor il it were there, It is just as we'll.
There is strong inference that tue Deacon
better "cling to" soda for day OF two.
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SOCIETY MEETINGS.

APOLLO coMMAEDERy. no. !. KNIGHTS TEMP.
IAN-McnbcTs of this Commandery viii assemble a.
the Aruo1y drill the evenings OF Tuesday Thurs
announcements pertaining TO the Is1ennial Conease.
viii be ul1uc- Resident members ART urged 70 ne
present. assist the officers In completing necessary
j. il. DUNLOP, Recorder.
PROGRESS LODGE. No. 5A. l. O. o. F.-Tnc mem
bcrs arc fratetnay invited attend special meeting
ut thetr hail n. ". cuYucr 1aSalte and Adams ISIS
Thursday evening. Au:. IT, for the nurose 81 voting
on tue question. Shall there b.: Board Of Foreign
AID City of chic9Eo, ~ GTfer e 'hs mee Sc
CHICAGO f.OMMANDEI:y. No. 10, +: T.-Atten-
tlon Sir Kntghts-Snccial Concave Monday evening,
AuG. H. 1877. Business Of importance IN conntcLioh
with trip u cleveland. tho. All Sir Knights OF thls
Con.maudery who Intend making the nslErtmage Ie.
9uesied bc rrc1eut. Visiting Sir Knights cordially
~ ~ JOHN Fl. sANBOES. En-. CON-
JAMES +. MEGlSN, l:ccorder.
LINCOLN rAIK CHAPTER, No. IT, r. A. NJ
Hail COT N.Clark md Ccntrc.ats Special ConVocation
Monday evening, Mug. IL. 1T s o'clock "oTk on the
4. A. Degree Visiting Companions courteouaiy 1nS1"
ted. Dy order Of 1hc II. +.
CHICAGO LODGE. No. S. !. O. q. F.-Qmccrs and
Members: Will pfcaxe attend the meeting on Mon
dag evening. Aug. Business Of grayc Importance
to come before tie Lodge. Per order Of the 81 o.
, 1877-08-12

The great American grammarist, as he calls
himself, RICHARD GRANT WHITE, invariably
represents himself as receiving bushels and
cords Of letters daily from correspondents at
Omaha, and Pccatonca, and Bangor, and Oska-
loosa, and Bayou Tcche, and Pe,nbina, who
thirst for information on abstruse pathological
points, such as, SIS pork aud beans singular CT
plu1als" and the like. 1t has hitherto been
shrcwdIy suspected that these correspondents
and their correspondence were the creation Of
his granmar-oDprcssed brain, but now NC are
prepared to believe that, since he was placed on
the guillotine commission Of the New York
Custom House, hundreds OF clerks have written
to him daily, asking his opinion on the nse Of
the word 'scommencc or ''reliable," and e1-
pressing the lveliest admiration Of his vast tai
euts aud eminent services to phi1o1ogy. Also,
that the writer's Of such communications, as
rule, sign their names and official rink.
, 1877-08-12

That magnificent display Of Democratic gen
eralship which reduced the army to handful
of men for fear it would be sent somewhere and
do something, is to be congratulated upon oao
of the bloodicst battles and one Of the worst de-
fcats that have marked the unfortunate
Indian campaigns At Big Hole Pass,
Montana, Gen. G1BBox, in command Of
q corporal's guard came upon Ncz Perrea
eucampment, and after long and disastrous
engagement found himself defeated, surround
ca, and thrown upon his own rude resources To
care for his wounded and bury his dead, num-
bering nearly one-half Of bis forces. Dispatches
represent the conduct Of the soldiers rs
brave in the cxtreme- G1BDox Is wounded,
Capt. LOGAN and Lieut.. Bradley ART
enumerated among the killed, ana
several other officers are badly hurt. It now fe~
mains for the comp1acent gentlemen Of tho
Democracy to thank themselves that the army
was no larger, for from their standpoint the
greater the force the more the loss, and conse-
quently it is more remuncrativc to send half
dozen men to put down an Indian uprising than
to place a competent army in the field.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-05-17
StOMew;all JackSOn's Sister.

The Cleveland Leader prints the following
in relation to Gen. Stonewall Jackson and his
sister, the statement being derived from q
lady who was, previous to the war, an inmate
of the latter's family: ''They were orphan
children, and were brought up together until
he went to West Point. Like most orphan
children, they were most unusually attached
to each other. At a later time she married
and settled in Beverly, where her husband
carried on large farm or plantation. Her
brother, the General, frequently visited her,
and during these visits he would invariably
60 to the quarters of the slaves for the pur-
pose of exhorting them on the subject of
religion. Frequently this great soldier would
be seen on his knees in the midst Of the
lowly children of Africa, offering earnest
prayers for their earnest salvation. When
the war broke out this singular difference
between the affectionate brother and sister
transpired: One espoused the cause of the
South, and became the greatest of all Con-
federate generals, with worldwide repu-
tation for c0nsummate military ability, and
laid down his life on the bloody field of
Charlottesville. The sister, in spite of the
his brilliant achievements and the opposition
of her husband and her relatives, sided with
the cause of the Union, and remained true to
that cause to the end of the war. So great
was the feeling engendered against her that
she eventually separated from her husband
and moved to Springfield, O., and resided
with daughter who had married Union
officer"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-05-17
A Wonderful Natural Curiosity.
From the BendigO Advertiser.]

From the Bendigo Advertiser]
A natural curiosity of an extraordinary
character is to be seen at the Mining Regis
trar's office, Sandhurst. 1t is placed on the
mantlepiece, and the visitor on entering the
room and looking in that direction sees a
small but very pretty and cleverly executed
landscape painting some six inches square.
The foreground represents grass plot, in
the center of which are two small ponds,
out of one of which the water flows in n
small! stream toward patch of rocks. 4
little distance beyond the ponds is farm
house, at the rear and side Of which is row
of tall poplar trees. Light stratifed clouds,
with dash of blue, completes the picture
The perspective is almost perfect, and the
lights and shades are remarkably well
brought out This is particularly seen in the
cluster of rocks, which appear to have been
drawn by the hand of most skillful artist.
Closer inspection of this piece of work re-
veals to the astonished on-looker that it is
neither more nor less than a piece of slate
rock, on which Natures hand alone has de-
veloped pretty rural scene which would not
do discredit to the brush of Buvelot. This
curiosity was found on the Carshalton reef
and the rock, on being broken up, split in
such way as to leave the face on which the
picture is represented convex. The various
shades, tints and figures appear to have
been formed by the trickling of water, con-
tanning iron, between the seams of the rock.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-05-17
The Fashionable Exodus to Europe

From the New York World.]
The summer exodus from the World OF
American fashion to Europe fairly began on
Wednesday, when the Russia, which has
taken the place so long held by the Scotia as
the fashionable boat of the Cunard line, took
out brilliant array of well-knQwn people of
both sexes, including Mrs. Paran Stevens and
her daughter, Miss Minnie Stevens; the Mar
quis de Basano and his wife, formerly Miss
Syms, of Montreal, the great Catholic heiress
of Canada; Mrs. Brockholst Cutting, form
erly Miss Marion Ramsay, of Washington !;
DR.. VIM. II. Van Buren, MIR. and Mrs. Geo.
Grinnell and family and Mr.. Geo. Peabody
Wetmore, the nephew of the famous philan-
thropist and the owner at Newport of the cost
liest private residence ever erected in this
country. The Cunard Company's dock and
the steamers deck were converted for the
time into into the semblance of Fifth ave-
nue. reception, and the tables fairly groaned
with flowers, in bouquets, baskets, cut-boxes
and all the floral devices which are now cast
by fashion into the deep as tributes of affec-
ton and good will to friends departing for
the gay world beyond the seas. Most of these
travellers are habitual birds of passage, TAX
ing flight each year with the spring for a
summer in London, Paris, Switzerland or
the German spas. The Most Reverend Arch
bishop Bayley, of Baltimore, went out on the
same ship on an official visit to Rome which
is not expected to be of long duration.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-05-17
A Veteran Official.

The ''Old Reliable" of the Department of
State is Assistant Secretary William Hunter.
His father, William Hunter, ST., was Rhode
Island Senator in Congress 1S11-1S21, and
Minister to Brazil 1824-1845, after which he
returned to Newport, where he died in 1S49
The son, born q: Newport in 1905, Was !or
two years cadet at West Point, but had to
resign on account OF an affection Of the eyes.
He then studied law, was admitted to the bar
and practiced at New Orleans until prostrated
by yellow fever. Finally, he entered the De-
partment of State as translator in 1929, was
promoted to be chief clerk in 1852, and pro-
noted to be Assistant Secretary in 1866 In
less than two years he will have performed
fifty years Of continuous service, under such
statesmen as Webster, Clay, Livingston, Nc
Lane, Everett, Cass, Seward and Fish, and
many of the State papers for which they have
received praise were drafted by him. He is
in fact walking encyclopedia of diplomatic
and consular relations, if he would but pub
lish them, would perfect that character of
our national history. That he is able, useful,
industrious, honest, and above all discreet, is
proven by his having been retained in place
through SO many political ROTATIONS. Cor
Boston Journal.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-05-17
Inv Of 'True Love.

AS young man was looking over barrel
of eggs received at a grocery on Newark ave-
nue., Jersey city, about month ago, he found
the following inscription upon one of the
eggs:
eff this you see, young man,
Write just as soon as you can,
And let me hear from my favorite egg;
This great boon l humbly beg.
'JULIA BRIERSON, Westheld, Ohio"
The youth Immediately wrote to the address
inclosing his photograph. and received reply
and picture from the writer of the lines. The
correspondence was continued to the satisfac-
ton of both parties, who are to be married
next month. 1t is said the young lady is the
daughter of wealthy farmer, and wrote the
lines in jest, never expecting to hear from
thom
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-05-17
Mira. VIM. G.. KalStOn.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.

[FrOm the San Francisco Chroncle.]
The rumor published in the Chronicle the
other day that Mrs. w. G.. Ralston, now in
Paris, is about to contract another matrimon-
ial alliance has been confirmed, she having
sent cable message to that effect to Colonel
Fry in this city. There has been considerable
gossip among the lady's friends about what
they consider her strange conduct Some
three months ago she with her family left
San Francisco for New York and Washing
ton with Senator Sharon and party in the
Senator's private car. The Senator went
direct to Washington, while Mrs. Ralston
proceeded to New York, whence, after few
days. in which time she placed her two sons
in an academy at West Point, she wrote
Senator Sharon she was about sailing tor
Europe, and did sail almost Immediately with
her two daughters. Mrs. Ralston, financially,
is in very comfortable circumstances. The
insurance on her husbands life amounted to
100000, and she is the owner of small
homestead opposite Belmont, which was
fitted up, furnished and decided to her by
Senator Sharon.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-05-17
Afraid Of the Devil.
from the Pall-Nall Gazette.l

From the Pall-IMall Gazette.
A painful scene appears, by the accoun.
given OF it by the io15rleng Journal, to have
occurred on Sunday, recently, in church
near Gartmore, in that county. The minis
ter, who is in the habit of warning his con-
gregation on special occasions against the
Vaccinations OF the evil one, was delivering
a discourse on his favorite theme, when sud-
denly large window blind and roller behind
the pulpit lost its hold, falling right over the
ing him from his flock. In it's descent
the roller smashed number OF window
panes, and the clatter of the falling glass
added panic to the already terrified condition
of the enshrouded preacher. Ignorant of the
cause of the sudden darkness and horrible
noise, he thought he might have exceeded the
bounds Of discretion in his denunciatiOns of
the devil, who had thereupcn arrived hastily
in person bent on retaliation. A frightful
shrek Of II am gone!" echoed through the
church, and the maddened preacher with one
bound cleared the pulpit. nor even stopped
until be reached the extreme corner of the
edifice. 1t may be we'll imagined that the
suddenness of this alarming incident and its
effect upon the nerves of all who witnessed
it. Fortunately there was no general panic,
or the consequences might have been serious;
but the story should be lesson to those min-
listers who touch upon the delicate question
of the personality of the devil to retain their
self possession under any circumstances, and
not to leave the pulpit unless absolutely eject
ed by force.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-05-17
Helena, Montana, Thursday, May II, 1877
why Should We Place Our BedsteaGs in
Il Direction from the North
to the South.

Translated for the Globe Democrat from the Frank
fort Gazette
This question is scientifically answered by
learned physician in the following manner:
We should be the more surprised that ideas
prevalent in our days, and CT hygiene away in
remote antiquity, have taught, by instinct as
it were, people of high intellect how best to
locate our sleeping places, more especially in
view of the fact that those same Oriental
nations have always, even to this day, cher
ished certain sympathy for an eastward d.
rection-that is, toward the rising sun, as,
for instance, in prayer. The labors and re-
searches of natural science within the last
decennial furnish us with arguments by
means of scientific observations to establish
the best direction in which to place our bed
steads as the most conductive of health, and
in this way scientifically to interpret certain
ordinances found in the Talmud. The cleo
tro-magnetic observations and experiments of
Faraday, Poullet, Plucker ct al, have dem
Onstrated that all substances or bodies obey
the attractive force of the magnetic current.
Those substances readily attracted are
called 'Eparamagnetic" while those less or not
at all subject to the influence of magnitesn.
''diamagnetic. But of all metals and metal
salts, iron is the most paramagnetic; it is
mostly subject to magnetic influence. A fact
long established is that iron is the most im-
p6rtant ingredient of the blood, in fact, Of
the whole human organization. Nor is it to
be regarded accidental that this most para
magnetic OF all metals is present in every part
of our body in quantities abundantly demon
strated. An organism containing so much
iron, whose nerves, as the principal conduc-
tor of electric and magnetic currents, are Ger
tainly not sensible to the influences of the
magnetism of the earth, pending one half of
our lifetime might be placed in opposition to
the all-attractive power of the magnet of the
earth, and thus be made subject to influences
of disturbing character. A needle of steel
beaten with hammer will become magnetic
as soon as you lay it in direction from the
north to the south. But from the east to the
west, or at right angles with the resultants of
the earth's magnetism, and you cannot render
it magnetic, either by beating it with ham,
mer or by discharge from an electric battery.
The same influence rendering the needle mag
netic is known to work imperceptibly on our
nervous system, as we'll as on the blood, so
full of iron, and unquestionably will enhance
the electro-tonic capacity always present.
Observations ever so many, and of this nature,
go to show that such effects are produced, as,
for instance, phenomena of most striking
character, as in certain diseases of the nerves
or IF the blood, when for some time past
not only ordered the bedsteads of the patients
to be placed in a direction from the north to
the south, but had them isolated by means of
headnOstS made of glass
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-05-17
SewarA's Georgia Romance.

[From the Atlanta (Ga.) constitutional
In all article which appeared in these COL
umns some days ago reference was made to
"a Country Newspaper, an ideal journal of
the pastoral regions that fourished in Put
nam county during the war. This country
newspaper was edited and printed almost
within stones throw of the ruins of the
rude academy which some years before had
resounded to the voice and ferule Of VIM. H.
Seward. Years and years afterward, young
man-One Of the cOmpositors on the Country
inan-wandcring through an old country
mansion in the neighborhood, came upon an
old and much worn duodecimo copy of Mar
ryals Jacob Faithful Turning over its yell
low leaves curiously and carelessly, he came
upon lock of yellow hair, that in another
age and in a stronger light, might have been
called red or auburn, inclOsed in a yellow
letter. This letter was written by Seward to
country lass in the neighborhoOd, and, albeit
its style took color from the somewhat coldiy
polite forms Of that day, it breathed unmis-
takably of the true love that comes to man,
whether he be peasant or prince, but once in
lifetime. The diplomacy that the young
lawyer and politician saw fit to use in ad
dressing an unsophisticated country lass,
whom he was nevermOTe destined to meet,
could not hide the fervency of his feelings.
She never married, but for many and many
summer-stirred by the sultry winds, or
shaken loose by the wandering bees-the
apple blossoms have drifted down upon her
resting place, which lies hid by the tall and
tangled grasses of the old orchard. Her
name is a memory-her life dream-her
love myth but neither memory nor myth
can disturb her slumbers now.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-05-17
what ykay Happen.

A woman carrying q market basket, and a
boy with bundle under his arm, halted yes
terd.y in front of an old woman playing a
hand-organ on the Campus Martius.
MY son" said the mother, as she drew
deep sigh, y perhaps shall be IN old woman
some day"
Il guess you will if you keep on, replied
the son.
Il may be old and have to play hand
orgap," she continued, land you may pass
by me just as thousands pass by this woman"
''If you were playing an organ, and l
passed by with girl on my arm, would you
give me away?" anxiously inquired the off
spring.
The mother got over her sad feelings soon
after that-Detr0it Free Press.