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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-09-06
Helena, Montana, Thursday, September 6, 1877
such a stupid Woman.

"John" said Mrs. Sanscript to her husband
one evening last week, ''1've been reading the
paper"
''That's nothin' "grunted John. ''1've seen
people before who read newspapers.
eyes but there are sevaral things IN the:
papers cant understand
"Then don't read EN-
"What do they mean about the strike,
John? What is strike, anyhow ?"
"a strike is where they have struck, and
Sanscript knocked the ashes from his cigar:
Il don't grasp your meaning, exactly,
said Mrs. S. with puzzled look. ''Now,
these strikers have stopped all the railroad
trains in the country. Why did they do it 2
''To prevent 'em from running"
eyes, but why didn't they want trains to
run ?"
"Because they wanted more money for
running them"
''Do they pay more for stopping trains than
for running them ?" >
mo, you stupid woman"
"Then why IN the world did they stop
| 'em-why didn't they run more of 'em faster =
MARY Ann, you will never surround the
| problem"
'Maybe not John. Some things are got
| ten up purposely to bother women. Now,
| here's column headed Base Ball." What is
base ball, Johns"
Don't you know what base ball IS
Happy woman! you have not lived in vain: .
':Here it says that The Hartfords could
not collar Cummings curves What under
the sun are Cummings curves?"
s'Its the way he delivers the ball"
''Is the ball chained?"
''No, you BOBBY
sThen how does he deliver it =
II mean pitches it.
ooh! Now here it says Jones mutfed a
ball after hard run. What was the ball
doing after hard run 2
''Hadn't you better contine your research
to the obituary and marriage columns Mary
with an occasional advertisement thrown IL
to vary the monotony?"
Eyes, but John. want to know! There's
Mrs. Racket, over the way, who goes to all
the base ball games. and comes home to TAX
me blind about fly FOULS brace hits sky
scrapers.' and all those things. For heavens
sake. John, what is sky scraper?"
Compose yourself, old woman. You are
treading on dangerous ground; your feet art
on slippery rocks, while raging pillows rol
beneath"
"Mercy on me. What do you mean ?"
81 mean, dear madam, that whenever
woman begins to pry about among three
strikes, fair balls, base hits, daisy cutters
home runs, and kindred subjects, she's il
danger of being lost"
swell, confess I'm completely lost t.
know what the newspaper means when j
says Addy stole base, while the spectator
applauded. Have we come to such pass
that society will applaud thief? Why WASH
Addy arrested Now here's Manning put ou
by Start, assisted by Carey, and can't SCI
that did anything wrong. either. Jemin'
Christopher! Here it says that Pike new out
I don't believe word Of it. never saw ,
man fly vet, and l won't believe it can b
done till l see it with my own eyes. John
what makes these newspaper men lie so hor
ribly?''
John was asleep, aad Mrs. Sanscript turned
gloomily, not to say skeptically, to the lette
list for information. Newspapers were no
made for women.-C Cincinnati Enquirer.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-09-06

A METHODIST preacher at camp-meeting
in Delaware made use of the following sub
lime figure: ut is as impossible tor an unre-
generated soul to enter into the Kingdom of
Heaven. and be saved. as it would be for the
best horseman among you to ride down the
clouds upon q thunderbolt through the
branches of q crab-apple tree without getting
cratChed."
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-09-06

DIR. LEONARD BACON prints letter, in
which he brings some plain, Straightforward
sense into the discussion concerning the re-
sumption of specie payments. To his mind
the problem presents itself chiefly as ques-
ton whether the United States shall be hon
est or dishonest. He is, however. firm in the
conviction that it will be expedient to be
honest
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-09-06

1T is vouched for on good authority that q
number OF servant girls at hotel in Hor.
nelsville, where portion of the Fifty-fourth
Regiment stopped, endeavored to aid the
strikers, some of whom were their fellows.
by mixing jalap with the mems coffee. The
surgeon of the regiment, after several doses
Of coffee, made investigation and the cause
was discovered, resulting in the discharge of
the girls.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-09-06

LIGHTNING struck near woman standing
in the door of house at Lyndeboro1gh, N.
H., giving her a peculiar shock. The next
day her left side was found to be paralyzed,
and her hearing, which had been imperfect
for years, was restored. The second day
after receiving the shock she became uncon-
scious. and the fourth day she died.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-09-06

Hon. ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS. in re
cent letter. writes concerning Georgia State
bonds: Il can only repeat what said be-
fore, Qhen contingently, but now positively
that, in my opinion, refusal to pay them is
nothing short of public swindling, not less
infamous than the obtainment of money by
an individual upon false pretences and rep
resentatiQns."
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-09-06
TOMORROW.

The setting sun, with dying beam,
Had walked the purple hills to fire;
And citadel and dome and spire
Were gilded by the far-off CLEAN.
And in and out dark pine trees crept
Full many slender line Of gold;
Gold notes athwart the river swept,
And klssed it as it onward rolled.
And sunlight fingered, 10th to 60.
All, well! it causeth sOrrOW
TO part from those We love below.
And vet the sun as bright shall glow
Tomorrow.
The tide was ebbing on the strand,
And stopping low its silver crest,
The crimson sea-Weed lay at rest
Upon the amber-ribbed sand.
Dash'd DER the rocks and on the shore,
Flung parting wreaths OF pearly spray,
Then fled away. Yet turned once more
And sent a sigh across the bay,
As though it could not bear to 60.
All. we'll! it causeth sorrow
TO part with those we love below,
Yet thi'herward the tide shall flow
Tomorrow.
Two hearts have met to say farewell.
At even when the sun went down:
Each life sound from the busy town
Smote sadly as a passing bell.
One whispered, "Parling is sweet pain,
At morn ard eve returns the tide;
"Nay, parting rends the heart in twain,
And still they fingered side by side
And still they fingered, 10th to 60.
All, well it causeth sorrow
TO part from those we love below,
For shall we ever meet OrnO
Tomorrow?
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-09-06
THE HEKAT.

Two chambers hath the heart,
And there
Dwell Joy and Care.
Wake Joy in thine,
Thus Care in his
Will peacefully recline.
O, Joy, beware!
Speak gently
Lest thou Waken Care.
1-Fron, the German.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-09-06

"WHAr's the use of all this sacrifice of hu-
man life, this bloody butchery of Turks and
Russians ?" said Philadelphia Quaker to a
Cincinnati hog merchant. II don't know. ("
replied the other, mournfully; ''pork hasn't
riz any, that can see."
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-28

a cheap and commodious water route to
New Orleans, and get rid of Morgan 9
monopoly railroad. It is to the interest
Of the whole Attakapas that this bayou
should be opened. We hope the press
Of the whole country interested Will
join us in making a demand for It's
opening. Red river will, In q short
time, run out entirely through the At
chafalaya, as the. mouth will soon be
permanently closed with mud. Then
the Plaquemine will be the only chance
for the Red river boats to get to new
Orleans. That the deposits OF Mlssis.
sippi river mud in Old River Lake will
soon fill the lake UP entirely, Is next 10
certain, and the bank OF the Mlssls-
sippi where the lake now discharges
into the river will be high as anywhere
else, all persons acquainted with the
river we'll know. It is to the interest OF
New Orleans that Bayou Plaquemlne be
opened, for with the opening the route
to the Attakapas by water would be
shortened a hundred miles or more, and
trade would be increased correspond
ingly, As to the Red river trade, the
opening OF Plaquemine would be a COM
plete solution OF the difficulties OF nav
igation at the mouth. We have but.
little doubt that when the Mississippi
falls the mouth will be closed to naviga-
ton entirely, and IL not this time, but
q few more rises will be required to
achieve that result. Prepare then to
open the Plaquemine and levee it so far
az necessary
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-28
The Republican Party I'm Louisiana.
TDonaldsouyille Chief, Rep.1

The sanguine orator, Packard, not
only expressed his conviction that Iowa
and the other Republican strongholds
would maintain and increase their ma
jorities, but that their example would
nerve Louisiana Republicans to united
and successful effort to wrench that
State from Democratic coctrol in 1878.
It was the latter statement more than
any other In Mr.. Packard's address
which drew our attention, and the over
whelming improbability OF its realiza-
tion-approximating an impossibility
quite as nearly as any future event can
be said to do-leads US to the conclu-
sion that it was merely an emission Of
oratorical froth. conveying an opinion
which the speaker himself did not
earnestly entertain. Mr.. Packard's
judgment Is too clear not to recognize
the fact, SO palpable to others, that the
Republican party Of Louisiana is totally
demoralized and disrupted, with little
hope of resurrection after possible re-
generation, and mono whatever under
its former organization and manage
ment.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-28
Mixed schools.

There is no desire whatever on the
part OF colored parents to send their
children to school with the white chill
'dren; on the contrary they want col
ored schools exclusively, and they want
competent colored teachers for those
schools. Right here Carroll parish),
where there are fully five colored chill
dren to one white, such thing as
mixed schools is not thought of, if it was
proposed on the part OF the whites it
would be rejected promptly by the col
ored, and IL 1t was insisted on by the
whites, the colored would cry out perse-
cution; this may sound strange, and by
some be received with doubt and disbe-
lief; but it is true. The leading colored
men in our parish have been saying
this same thing for years and now they
reiterate the declarations, and look for
ward to a quiet administration of the
school laws in the interests Of both
black and white. This view establishes
one fact, to wit: that the mixed school
question did not originate with the col
ored people, and that section As Of the
old school laws passed in 1870, is o dead
letter as far as they are concerned, and
will nevermore be revived unless 1t Is
done for mischieyous purposes by some
designing demagogue.
Hence all anxiety on this question in
East Carroll can be freely dismissed
from the parental minds of both races,
and the School Board can go ahead In
the discharge Of their duties, as they
nave thus far mapped them out; doing
all that the law requires Of them with
out any distinction as to race, color or
previous condition.
There will be no further agitation, no
complainings, no disturbing elements:
all content and satisfied; and we will
hear of this political hydra no more,
.quoth the raven, "Nevermere.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-28
Spring Chickens Not Wanted.

Great indignation has been caused in
the province of Assam, owing to an or
der issued by native high priest that
there Is to be no more breeding OF fowls.
ALI who in disobedience of this order
persist in rearing fowls are threatened
with the heavy displeasure Of the high
priest in this world, and, worse still,
with eternal perdition in the next. In
the meantime, he levies fines on all who
are even suspected of the offense of
fowl breeding.
A correspondent Of the Calcutta Eng
lisl,n,a,a, signing himself a 'Starved-out
Planter" complains of the lawful Ca
lamity" with which the province is
threatened, owing to the unfortunate
whim OF this ecclesiastic, and suggests
the immediate. interference Of the gov
ernment, with the view Of removing all
checks on the multiplication Of poultry.
1T is," he says, ''to be hoped that
strict inquiries will be instituted by the
authorities, and a quiet but firm intima-
ton sent to the Aonhati Gokhain (the
high priesU that he is not acting in &C.
cordance with the views Of the govern
ment in thus interfering with the legiti-
mate rights Of the people,"
-
Tine Privakes' Com ission- Carti1nata of Ser
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-28
The Cent.
IAttakanas Register.l

The cent is regular coin Of the Uni
ted States, and has the same right to
circulation as any other. It Is receiv-
able in all transactions in which the
common currency is now used and the
consent Of few merchants in any COM
munity would be sufficient to restore 1t
to its proper position. as the friend OF
the poor man, the promoter Of economy
We think it advisable for Morgan City
dealers to commence the use of the cent,
by agreeing unitedly or individually to
receive or pay 1t out in the course OF
trade. It would not lessen the profits
and might give quicker sales to perish
able articles. The custom OF the place
is mainly derived from the poorer classes
who would at once appreciate the ben
efits OF the new order. Once commenced
here other places will follow suit and all
annOyances due to the prevalence OF the
five cent basis would pass away.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-28
Our Promising outlook.
IPointe Coupee Pelican

The planters are fast becoming indie
pendent-all are raising hogs, sheep,
cattle and horses-an abundant crop,
and to spare. Cotton and cane never
promised a better yield. Debts are be-
ing paid, credit re-established, stores
are springing up everywhere, merchants
with abundance Of capital to- advance to
the laborers all they require. Law,
peace and quiet prevailing. Such is the
contrast presented this day with our
condition just after the termination OF
the war. We have healthy climate, a
generous soil and an energetic, indus.
trious and law-abiding population.
There is room among US for many emil
grants. To all who come with their
money, their labor and their talents,
we bid a cordial welcome and give as.
.surances that nowhere Is industry more
likely to meet with as certain reward.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-28
Our District Court.
[Natchitoches Vindicator. !

If there is anything in this State that
needs the touching hand of reform 1t is
the manner in which our district courts
in the country parishes are conducted.
In the first place they are made too ex-
pensive to the taxpayers. 1t person
is accused of stealing chicken off a
hen roost and the case is brought up
before the district court, the costs will
amount to at least one hundred dollars
or, another may be accused OF stealing
an old saw, and the costs in this case
will amount to one hundred and fifty
dollars! This, to our mind seems all
wrong, and there must be a way to right
such wrong.
These cases, besides involving large
amount Of expenditures, entail loss on
the planting interests impossible to re-
cover. The laborers are called away
| from their crops just at the time when
their services are so much needed, and
the crops miss that work and attention
from which they do not recover through
out the season. 1t i5 safe to say that
every trial requires the services OF at
least thirty-five or forty men for two or
three days. First the accused is pre-
sented to the grand jury-wltnesses
of the parish, taken from their work
Just at the particular time when they
should be at home, brought before the
grand jury, and then IL a ''true bill'' is
found, they are made to appear before
the District Court as witnesses, which
to them is serious loss, and after all
this trouble and expense, a petty jury
brings in verdict of mot gnilty!" Here
the parish has been put to the enormous
expense. Of one or two hundred dollars
perhaps to satisfy the petty spite OF
some Jealous neighbor, or answer the
revengeful hatred Of some secret foe.
This expensive litigation requires the
serious attention Of our next Legisla-
ture, and some means must be devised
to cure this great evil, for our people
can no longer stand 1t. These petty
cases must be kept out of the district
court on the ground Of justice and econ
omy. These cases Of petty larceny must
be disposed Of with less expense to the
taxpayer and with less bother to the
planters.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-28
NOTICE TO BAKERS.

MAYoRALTY OF New ORIEANs,l
City Hail. July 81, 1877. !
The average price of fresh -four being this day
ton dollars; in accordance with said valuation
the price Of bread for the week. commencing Oh
MONDAY, July 49, 1877. will be:
Fifty ounces for twenty cents.
Twenty-Five ounces for ten cents.
Twelve ounces for five cents.
Bakers Of bread are required to use only the
best flour OF the above value per barrel. and the
use OF damaged or inferior flour In bread offered
for sale in this city is prohibited. Consumers
of bread are requested to report to the nearest
police station any violation of the above ordi-
nance either in variation of weight or quality Of
material. -.
jy8 j. @. DENIS, Mayor pro tenn.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-28
Trespass on state Lands.
TAttakapas Register.1

Writs of sequestration were taken out
some days ago by District ATTORNEY
Merchant, in the name Of the State.
against persons charged with cutting
down and removing for sale timber on
lands belonging to the State. and sew
eral seizures have been made by Deputy
Sheriff Telotte under those writs.
There is large amount of swamp
lands lying on the bayous and lakes
north Of this place, which is still the
property Of the State. During the past
ten years many thousand dollars worth
Of timber has been cut and moved for
sale from these lands, without any inter-
vention by the officials Of the State in
its interest. It is now the purpose of
District Attorney Merchant to protect
the rights of the State in the courts by
both civil and criminal prosecutions.
Wood cutters should govern them
selves accordingly.
The action of District Attorney Mer-
chant has given rise to some feeling,
because it is thought to involve innocent
third parties or purchasers of the tim
Der. Railroad ties and wood have come
under the Sheriff hands, and the warn
ing has given an impetus to the pur-
chase Of State woodlands.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-28
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

CtANE WAGONS. FOUR-MULE CARTS,
~ Three mule Carts, Ok Carts, all sizes of
Small Carts. Spokes. Felloes, Shafts, Wood
Barrows. etc., from our own mandatory at
Wheeling.
We use none but the best thorough SEA
SONED TIMBER, and guarantee every cart and
wagon sold by US.
Repository, Nos. 127 and 129 Common street,
between the st. Charles and City Hotels.
jy28 1W BODLEY BROS.
A RESPECTABLE YOUNG LADY OF THIS
IA city wishes to OBJ ain situation in the
country where she would be willing to instruct
young children. or do housework and plain
sewing. A good home more Of an object than
wages. Address A. e. G. jy27 1w
SUNDRIES- SUNDRIES-
French WINDOW GLASS, 5000 boxes. assorted
sizes.
ABSYNTHE, $50 cases, Ed. Pernods.
HOLLAND GIN. so cases and 20 half and quar-
ter pipes. , 49,
CLARET, $50 casks and cases family Wine.
PORT, 20 quarter casks old Spanish Port
C0RDIALS, so cases Holland. assorted;
For sale by VIM. 81. VREDENBERGH.
iy27 lw No. % Peter s street.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-28
proposition to Open Bayou PIaquemine
[Abbeville Banner.1

There is considerable talk about
cleaning out Bayou Plaquemine so as to
be navigable for steamboats,. We hope
it may be done. This bayou ought
never to have been stopped up, and it
should be opened into the Mississippi as
soon as possible, making the proper
levees to protect the country. If the
Mississippi water ran through Plaque
mine the whole Attakapas would have
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-28
PROPOSALS.
SEVENTH QUARTERLY ALLOTMENT
OF PREMIUM B0NDS.

The SEVENTH ALLOTMENT of forty-fve
series will take place in the Office of the Admin
istrator Of Public Accounts. ID TUESDAY.
July 81, 1877, at 10 o'clock q. m.
je24 I'd ]. G. DENIS. Administrator.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-28

dor RENT-THE COTTAGE. NO. .14s ELY
Il sian Fields street, containing eight rooms,
kitchen servants room, two wells and cis-
tern, together with several large lots and stable.
The above is suitable for a large dairy. dray-
men or gardener. Rent cheap to good
tenant. Apply at No. 146 Carondelet street.
Sff
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-28
NO competition arrests the Progress Oi
the ARROW TIE. lit is ever onward
in its course rs streams flow


tn the Ocean.
SEE THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATES ADDRESSED
TO CoMPANY's AGENTS.
Gentlemen-It affords me great pleasure to
present you with this statement as evidence of
our high appreciation of the value of the Ar
ROW TIE. as fastening for Cotton Bales.
We have used it constantly in our Presses
since Its introduction. having found no other
Tie that can compare with 1t in utility. durabli-
ty and strength, and from our own experience
we can safely recommend it to planters as the
BEST TIE we have seen.
Pressing from five to seven hundred bales per
day, when running full time, we find 1t to our
interest TO purchase the ARROW BUCKLE from
you for the purpose OF replacing any other
others Off and throwing them in the scrap pile
to be sold as old irons
(signedl A. A. P. LUFKIN, Superintendent.
Southern Cotton Press Company Presses.
N MEKc WASES Galveston.
take pleasure in stating that since, my
SUPPLEMENTARY of the Planters Press, we have
been constantly using the ARROW TIE. 1t
gives entire satisfaction. and our preSsmen
prefer the Band and Buckle to any that they
have ever used.
I am yours very truly.
Superintendent.
The above is indorsed by Cotton Freshmen Of
New Orleans. Mobile. Savannah, Charleston.
Norfolk Wilmington and Petersburg.
Thanks to planters throughout all the Cotton
States for the liberal support and patronage Of
the ARROW TIE.
H. w. RAYNE L. Co.,
General Agents,
jys2p I'm d&w NEW ORLEANS.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-28

NOR RFNT-A RETIRED COTTAGE HOUSE
Il on Josephine street. between White and
Franklin streets, containing six rooms, with
gas and other convenienceo. Apply. on the
nremiSeS. Rent SIG. ly25 1W
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-28
VIEWS OF THE COUNTRY PRESS.
A Constitutional Convention wanted.
Mansfield Reporter.1

MANSFIELD hepOrteI.I
Louisiana needs more money, ana
silver or greenbacks will do. She needs
immigration, better State constitution,
a cheaper judiciary, better school law.
q reduction OF the salaries OF State OIL
Gals, a repeal OF the present expensive
and corrupt election law, in fact, wants
a State constitutional convention.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-28
FOR RENT.

EyOR RENT-IN THE FIRST DISTRICT, A
Il cottage house of four rooms, furnished or
unfinished. Rent moderate. Address p.
Bourke 435 Felicity street. Jy27 st
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-28

I1OR RENT IN MANDEVILLE-A COTTAGE
Il containing four rooms, with privilege of
bathing house. Terms $40 year. Apply in
writing To 2 DanOcrat Office. iy22
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-28

U,OR RENT AT MANDEvILLE-A COTTAGE
Colonies Hotel Parties renting the above can
obtain boarders, which will more than defray
expenses. For particulars call at No. LAG Caron-
delet street. je28 tt
E,OR RENT-COTTAGE, 100 WASHINGTON
Il street. near Magazine. Rent 500. je7 If