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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-11-08
MISS NOONShINE.
THE 4EsTEETIC GIRL OF THE PERIOD.

THE EsTEETIC GIRL OF THE PERIOD.
Miss Moonshine's years are twenty-five,
Her ashen hairs austerely BRAIDED,
Her eyes are large and Cambridge blue,
With hueless lashes scantily shaded.
Her lips are pink, her tints are trail,
Her nose is long and sentimental.
She never laughs. Her smile is pale,
Mysterious, nervous, rather dental.
Her waist is straight, her figure flat,
Her limbs are long and slight and stately;
She wouldn't for the world be fat;
She bears her hands and feet sedately.
Her gowns are narrow, limp and plain;
They seldom please the brutal critic.
She wears little look of pain
In fact, she's quite pre-Raphaelitic.
She doesn't care for life in town;
She loves the sea, the brook that babbles,
The autumn woods, the windy down;
So in aesthetic deep she dabbles,
The sunfower round her spraws and stares;
She CLEANS with quaint and curious ouches;
She sits in medieval chairs,
And dreams on medieval cOuches.
The simpler modes of art and song
She values merely rs historic;
Her schools the subtle, splendid, strong,
The Observation-Disclosures.
Swinburnes feeling. passion verse.
He OF the hair and brain go ruddy,
Whose blood beats q drunken curse,
Whose rhymes are ringing, wild and bloody;
His muse nymph of loosc-bound zone,
His poet flower ein-exOtiC,
Who knows no passions save his own,
And they most mOrbdly erratc.
The cult of these have filled her brains
With "Yeas" and "LOs." and "Peradventuree,"
With ''runed roses" ''perfect plains,"
'.Shadows of sound" and 'sharp indentures."
She raves of Leonard, and ia keen
For Bottcelli's budding glOries;
She sympathizes with Faustine;
She thinks she understands Dolores,
She knows Gudrun and PharamOnd,
Their poppies and their daffodiles,
And with the DamoZel is fond
Of shining forth in stars and lilies.
She plays because she likes to pose
Her virgin self rs Saint Cecilia;
She longs to clothe in sounds the woes
Of Robert Browning and POmpilia.
And while her Wagner3 all divine,
Rossini's but a thing of ballets;
And Esspotf and Rubenstein
Are worth wilderness of Halles.
She firts with science just enough
TO make her mildly atheistic
She deems the Bible splendid stuff,
But something dull and euphistic.
She's all too prone to muse and sigh,
TO wish the waves of time were strafghteJ,
To weep that glad and ead must die,
TO quote the words of Walter Pater- .
Her song of lifes as high in key
As that CT warm Astrafammante;
Her aim il gOOd-she burns to be
The Beatrice of later Dante.
Perhaps the Fairy Prince may lay
Her talent Out.at better usance;
Meanwhile she tritters it away
A harmless necessary nuisance
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-02-09
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The testimony of John T. Pickett, WASH
ington lawyer, and formerly a General in the
Confederate army, given before the House
committee on the duties and powers Of the
House in counting the electoral vote, produced
quite a sensation at the national capital
Pickett's testimony is to the effect that over
lures were made to him. on behalf Of j. Madi-
son Wells. to negotiate the sale to the Demo-
Gratis of the Louisiana Returning Board, the
consideration being the trfiDg sum Of ell
600, 0C0. According to Pockets story, Joseph
Harris Maddox visited Washington as Wells
agent, and made the proposition. Pickett
thereupon visited New York, consulted John
Morrissey, and laid the facts before him.
Morrissey, to use Picketts words, "would
buy these fellows as readily as he would
pigs, but, having faith in Tilden's election,
he didn't think IL necessary to open
negotiations He next called on Abram
3. Hewitt, who said that this was " the third
proposition of the kind that had been made
70 him on the part OF the Louisiana Returning
Board but under no circu instances would he
entertain any such proposition" Maddox was
placed on the witness stand and partially cor
rooorated Pickett's story. He said he went 10
Washington in the interest of Wells that the
latter told him (Maddox) that he (wells) would
IKE 70 serve his party in making return in
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-02-09

Duncan +. Kenner, a very wealthy gentleman
in the State Of Louisiana
Q.-what did he propose' Ale proposed
to give me 100000 to change the vote for
Mr.. Tilden. He made the proposition In his
own Office, on Sunday, the 10Th Of November,
between 10 and IL o'clock in the morning.
Q.-Was that the reason why you said you
would not consent to deliver over Louisiana
to the paroled prisoners? Any reason,
srp
Mr.. Field-Can't you answer me-?
The witness COMPATIBILITY I won't
do it.
Mr.. Field-You won't do IL?
The witness-I won't do it. will answer 1t
my own way. You will have 1t my own way or
you won't get it at all.
Mr.. Field-Well, give 1t your own way.
The witness-very well. My meaning, as I
stated awhile ago, was that II the election was
fairly conducted, and there was no bribery,
no intimidation, and no frauds, then had no
objection to either party controlling it.
Gov. Wells was again before the Hous
Committee on the 9th inst, and, in answer
to question by David Dudley Field as to
whether, in canvsssing the Louisiana returns,
he had altered any figures or destroyed any
returns, stated that he declined to answer any
question touching the action Of the board un-
til the House gave him his liberty and re-
ieved him Of his disability. He wanted to
know whether he was the peer of
any member Of the committee, or a
mere vassal." number of questions were
put to the witness concerning his action as a
member of the Returning Board, to all OF
which he declined to answer until relieved OF
the sentence imposed by the House, which
holds him in duress. Charles 8. Abel, Sec
rotary of the Returning Board, was also exam.
ined. He said he dined with the board on
Sunday, Dec. 8, at which time Littlefeld told
him he had destroyed the Vernon parish
papers. No one ordered him to destroy them.
Witness said he certified to 178 votes
for the Republicans from that parish,
having full confidence in the clerks knew
nothing about the transportation of votes
Judge..Davis, Chief Clerk of the board, gave
testimony similar to that Of Abel, 30 far as il
affected Littlefeld. Duncan +. Kenner, OF
New Orleans, denies that he offered j. Madi-
son Wells 1900, 900 to give the vote of Louisi-
ana to Tilden. He says Wells asked for
5000 COO to count the vote of the State az
actually cast in the ballot boxes, and has
asked to be summoned to Washington.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-02-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK


The King OF tweden, the Crown Prince,
Free Masons.
The impression at Constantinople is that the
war cloud in the East is disappearing. Servia
and Montenegro are likely to be quieted by
slight concessions.
The Greek inhs bitants of the Turkish prov
inces are said to be spelling for fight.
Sheffield manufacturers are again complain
the standard of style and excellence demand
cd by their customers, and that this unpro-
gressive temper accounts for their loss of trade
and the success of their American competitors
in foreign countries.
An exemption tax of from 10 to 20 piastres IL
levied in Bulgaria on every male person over
IS years Of age.
Constantinople dispatch announces that
hiidhat Pasha has boen dismissed from the
Office OF Grand Vizier. Edhem Pasha, Turk
ish Plenipotentiary to the conference, and
noted for his violent opposition to the propo-
sails of the European powers, has been APP
pointed Grand Vizier.
The Mark Lane Express (London), in its
review Of the British grain trade says
Farmers are still much delayed by the album
dant rain. The present state OF agricultural
prospects is very disheartening, If not alarm
ing. The wheat'plant in the districts unin'
jured by the recent floods is said to be vigor,
GUS and healthy. Threshing has been almost
stopped lately. The supply Of homegrown
grain, therefore, is still limited"
The dismissal of Nidhat Pasha, Grand Vizier
OF Turkey, is owing to the discovery Of con.
spiracy to dethrone the Sultan and replace him
by ex. Sultan Murad.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-02-09
DOMESTIC NEWS.
East.

East.
o. r. Wetmore, Vice President Of the COL
lapsed Security Life Insurance Company, of
New York, has been indicted for forgery, lar
ceny and embezzlement.
One Of the Philadelphia courts has been
called to decide whether the ringing of church
bells is such an annoyance TO people in the
neighborhood, and consequently so injurious
to the value Of property, as to justify the issue
Of a restraining order.
The unemployed workingmen, in macs meet
ing assembled in New York, have called upon
the State Legislature for an appropriation Of
O. 900, 600 to give work to IS, 900 idle men.
West.
A Leavenworth (Kansas) paper informs us
that thousands Of Texas and Kansas cattle
have died along the line Of the Atchison, To.
peks and Santa Fe railroad from the effects of
the late intense cold weather and extreme
scarcity of water. As the owners Of these
cattle did not anticipate such cold winter,
no substantial p DIVISION was made for the
care and comfort of the stock, and they were
left oat on the bleak prairies without shelter
Of any kind"
George M. Wheeler, the defaulting Presi-
dent of the La Crosse National Bank,
was sentenced to five years confinement in
he Wisconsin State prison at Waupuu.
One OF the most atrocious conspiracies ever
devised has been unearthed in Williamson
county, Ill. The plot was to rob- burn houses
and stores, and murder if necessary. The
participants, some fifteen in number, are all
rogues living in the county. Several Of the
scoundrels have been arrested
The Arizona Legislature has passed bill ex-
emptlng the Southern Pacific railroad from
taxation for four years, and permitting 10
cents per mile for passengers and Is cents per
ton for freight.
A man named Pierson, an inmate OF the
Bloomington Qll.) Jail, has made confession
TO the effect that he is the murderer Of Gen.
Murray Mcconnell, who was killed at
Jacksonville, ILL.,, eight years ago, and
over which occurrence there was such great
excitement at the time throughout Illinois.
Pierson says that in fit Of anger at being re-
fused money he struck and killed Mcconnell
with a poker. Person has served several
terms in the penitentiary.
Petitions have been presented in the Illinois
Legislature asking the passage of law to pun
ish wife-beaters at the whipping post
The two temporary spans of the Chicago and
Alton bridge over the Mississippi river at
Louisiana, Mo-, were thrown out Of line last
week by the fierce current of the river.
The late warm weather has had the effect to
hatch out the grasshopper eggs in the hopper
infested districts Of the West. Whereat the
farmers thereabout take much comfort, as
they claim the cold weather will completely
exterminate the pests before spring sets in,
south.
Judge Mackey, of Columbia, s. c., has
again decided Wade Hampton to be the legal
Governor of the State, and the case has been
appealed to the Supreme Court.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-02-09
TOO Hasty.

Having been lately quite often cheated
by those who advertised with us, we be-
came rather too nasty in being suspi-
cious of the Chicago Ledger Company.
Upon inquiry we find that the company
is not only wealthy, but that the Ledger
has tremendous circulation, and better
still, the company are very gentlemanly.
The Ledger is a Large size As column
literary family paper, and is full of good
things every week. The terms of this
paper being only one dollar per year,
and 10 cents for postage, make it the
cheapest weekly paper III the world.
Three copies for 10 cents.-Akron (O.)
Comm ercial.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-02-09
MISCELLANEOUS GLRANINGs.

John r. Chamberlain, the sporting man,
whose gambling house is one Of the most fire.
quented places in Long Branch, has gone In To-
bankruptcy. His liabilities are $2l5,00O.
Hope is we'll nigh abandoned OF the safety Of
the steamship Colombo, now forty.six days
overdue at New York from Hull, Eng; of the
George Cromwell and George Washington,
from Halifax for st. Johns, N. F., each long
overdue. Forty-seven persons are, or were,
on board the Colombo, thirty on the George
Cromwell, and thirty one on the George Wash
inpton.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-02-09

THE following sentence was dictated
by the late Lord Palmerston to eleven
British Cabinet Ministers, not one of
whom, it is said, spelled it correctly !;
cit is disagreeable to witness the en-
barrassment of harassed peddler
gauging the symmetry of peeled po-
tato."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-02-09

favor Of Hayes, but would not take the risk
unless paid for it; that the
Democratic majority was too heavy
to handle. The witness, upon visiting WASH
ington, called first upon Secretary Cameron
and told him Wells wanted money, but the
Secretary declined to have anything TO do with
the matter. He says he then, In obedience 70
Wells instructions. attempted to open neso-
tiations with the Democrats, with the result %
stated. Wells denies the story as base fao-
rication manufactured out OF whole cloth. He
SAYS IL is an infamous conspiracy to injure the
Returning Board and influence the electoral
commission.
The reducuon OF the public debt during the
month of January is officially stated at Ca
O69, $50. Following is the debt statement for
Feb. /:
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-03-30
General NeWN.

Tolosraphy Ia. been introduced Into
the school for the blind, at Nashville, as
study.
The names oil congressman who en-
deavored to defeat Hayes by tilibustering
have been handsomely Autographed,
with a fac siniile OF the signatures. The
card bears the legend, "When fraud is
law, filibustering is patriotism
A young German while lying asleep
in brewery in New York city on last
Friday evening, had his clothing saturat-
ed with kerosene by some unknown per-
son and then set on fire. He was burned
to crisp, and died at five O'Clock the
next morning.
The Indian bureau has sent out
advertisements to number of Western
newspapers, inviting proposals for fur
nishing SOC, 600 pounds Of -four for agen-
cies on the Missouri river. The bids
will be opened at Sioux City on the 18th
prox.
AT late sale OF rare books in New
York city, the volume that brought the
highest price was Peters General His
tory OF Connecticut" published in Lon
don in 1881. The leaves were uncut.
ne DOCK was purchased Tor one hundred
and fifteen dollars tor Mr.. Asay OF Chi
cago.
By singular coincidence letter writ
ten by John ID. Lee. after his conviction
and addressed to one of his numerous
wives reached the dead letter Office on
the day and near the hour OF his execu.
ton at Mountain Meadows. The letter
had failed to reach its destination through
Inisdirection. and was forwarded to the
right address by the post office depart
rnent on the day it was received.
A New York letter says that this will
unquestionably De black year in lite in
surance. The companies are all experienc.
ing the effect OF the panic caused by the
DEVELOPMENTS Of the past year. One OF
the most popular companies reports more
cases OF policies than at any other period
in the company history, and the report,
from its best agencies are growing worse
and worse every month.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-03-30

Miss Alta NJ. Hulett was only twen-
ty-two years of age.
Miss Emma Abbot, the singer, it is
said, has six or seven birth places.
Miss Alcott's "Rose ia Bloom" has
been translated into French and printed
at Lausanne.
Phoebe CozZens. it is said, would
take the st. Louis post Office il she could
get it.
The Rev. Phoebe Hanaford has been
called to new charge and has phrenol.
ogists certificate that she is competent to
preach.
Secretary Schurz family, consisting
of two daughters and two sons, one of
the latter only fifteen months old, have
taking up their residence in Washington
this week.
Stanley was at Ujji, in Africa, last
August, from whence he wrote letter
to the New York Herald, which is just
published. and which contains minute
account OF his travels and explorations
up and down the Luksga river.
Hayes wears paper collars aud the.
Philadelphia. Times says that he can'neve'
rise to the broad and lofty plane OF states
manship. A paper collar is not compati-
bic with great thoughts or with great
Deeds"
Hon William II. Van Epps, of Dixon
formerly President of the Illinois State
Agricultural Board, and member OF the
Illinois Branch Of the Centennial Board OF
Finance, has been adjudged insane and
taken to the asylum at Elgin.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-03-30

TIE Chicago Times Washington cor
respondent gives the details OF .plan
Of adjustment OF the South Carolina
difficulty said to be agreed upon in Co.
lumbia: "Private advices received here
to-day from Columbia" says the dispatch,
"ssy that tho plan OF adjustment tor the
South Carolina case is about arranged,
and will be perfected ia a few days.
Upon . careful examination It has been
sscertained that the returns, ,includ-
ing those OF Laurens and Edge.
field. show that Hampton receive d
Il majority Of the votes cast, but
they alfo show that the Republicans
OF the legislature have q majority Of
seven On joint ballot. Up to the pres
ent time, It seems, Hampton has :had Q
legal quorum In the house, and Cham.
berlsin quorum In the senate. brt nci III
er has had legal legislature since the
controversy began. The .plan Of adjust.
ment appears 70 be the assembling of the
legally elected members Of both bodies.
The repuf l'eaAs. having majority, will
send . gopublicaa to the senate. but
Hamilton w.ii be recognized as governor.
and ths ofaoers under him will remain
permanently In power. The troops
viii b Withdrawn as soon ~ the bargain
Ia. tonsunamated."
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-03-30

A lady living AZ Columbus. Ohio, rec
Gently took out sixty-four policies in the
"Ohio Mutual Relief Association on the
lives Of Ill, aged and infirm persons who
had no knowledge or connection with the
affair In any way. The policies cost
about twelve hundred dollars, and the
woman states that she made the invest
ment by the advice Of the wife of the
company's agent. The policies passed
through the usual forms at the home
office, and the agent was in daily COM
munication With the officers OF the COM
psny. These facts came GU: on a suit
instituted by the lady for the recovery of
her money. The supreme court Of the
state has revoked the charter and with
drawn all the corporate rights OF this
model 'relief association"
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-03-30


One of the first excursion parties that
will leave New York for Europe this
season will be party OF ladies who 80 to
the Old World on "study tour" Tho
class goes out under the care of DR..
Ebcll the International Academy. at the
Cooper Union, New York, and at Ber-
lin. Germany. The plan Of travel EN-.
braces "a thorough system of object
study OF nature. art and
history The party viii
proceed direct from New York to Ber-
lin. where some time will be spent in a
system of preparation for the full enjoy
ment and profit OF the tour. The prepare
tory course, as IL may be called, includes a
historical review of the places of interest
connected with every step OF the tour =
the castle of the Rhine, the glaciers of
Switzerland, the art galleries of Italy, and
all the wonders and relics of
the Old World; course of lee.
lures and instructions given to the class
in the museums and cabinets of the Ber-
lin University by the professors and the
curators OF the cabinets /; and a special
course of instruction in free hand draw
ing and the principles of art criticism,
with special reference to practical use
during the subsequent route OF travel.
The ladies are expected to do no shop
ping during the excursion, and each is
allowed one trunk and valise TO
Berlin. Travelling and hotel accommo-
dations, care Of baggage, etc., etc, are
in charge Of competent person. No
gentlemen are permitted to join the
party as members OF the class.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-03-30

The municipal canvass In st. Louis
grows hot as the day of election ap-
proaches. The regular conventions of
the Democratic and Republican parties
have endorsed MIR. Overstolz as the head
OF the city ticket. Mr.. n. e. Hudson is
is also candidate tor mayor. This is all
that any person except st. Louisan can
understand of the municipal muddle in
that city. The rest Is alabarynthian mys-
terry Of which the Republican says: Out.
siders are still endeavoring to analyze the
ticket and politics of our municipal con-
test. IL Is Of no use. We advise
them to give it up. They
cannot understand the mat
ter. and they need not try. The only
thing straight and Ineligible in the bust
ness Is the Democratic ticket that is COM
prehensible. But beyond it all is dis.
tracing confusion. For instance, there
Is straight Republican ticket, all except
the head, which 10 Democratic and there
is third ticket with straight Rspubli-
can head and half-and.h half body. This
Is the outline of the position. The de.
tails are 90 bewlldering and contradic-
tory thi.t they cannot be described-and
II they could be, no outsider would un-
derstand them.''
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-03-30
FOSTER-MATTHEWS.
The First Of these Twain In.
hosoms Himself to a
Reporter.
Hayes Appears TO Have Given No
Promises and is Pledged to
No Policy.
Copies of the Much Talked About
Letters.
FOSTER-MATTHEWS.

CLEyELAND, o., March 2S.-The Re.
pieU OF Fostoria, Ohio, tomorrow will
contain the following interview with
Hon. Charles Foster
keportcr-Haye you anything that you
can say relative to the alleged contrsc,
between yourself and Stanley Matthews
On the one part and certain Southern gen
tlemes on the other.
Mr.. F0ster-So far rs any contract is
concerned there is nothing OF II. Dur.
Ing the final hours OF the count under
the electoral bill several southern gen.
uemen who were opposing the hlibuster.
ing movement were solicitous that thew
snosic have dshnine assurance from
lays a. TO his southern policy. An in
.ofma meeting was arranged, at which
S ss present g friends Of Hayes, Messrs.
SHERMAN, Garfield, Matthew'S and mysee
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-03-30

CHAMBERLAIN, it appears, Is in very
subdued aud pliable state OF mind. He
has already informed his friend in WASH
ington that il he finds, on consultation
with the president that the latter thinks
he ought to vacate his Office, and will say
go In wiring, he will abide by and follow
this ADVICE, though he is positive that
after he has talked with Hayes, no
such advice will be given.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-03-30

1T is explained that the delay in the Or
ganization of the Southern commission
10 "wholly due to the tact that several
gentlemen who were wanted to serve
upon it we're unable to do 30 ON account
of their health, or the pressing nature of
their private business" Vice-President
Wheeler is one Of the gentlemen whose
health win not permit him to make a
visit South at this time.