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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-10-18
Shall We have Another Moon

The distinguished astronomer, Prof. Wat
son. of the Ann Arbor Observatory, recently
expressed the opinion to an interviewer that
as the planet Mars has been known for some
time to be surrounded with "a sort OF nebu-
losity or halo-blur," like the zodiacal light
about the earth, the moons lately discovered
may be new, condensed from that nebu!osity.
The ingenious reporter then asked it the
zodiacal light, in case it revolved round the
earth, and not, as many supposed, round the
sun, might not also give US the benent OF an
other moon or two. The Professor said that
when he was in the Indian Ocean, in 1874, he
distinctly saw the zodiacal light extending
from horizon to horizon, and thus he Is sure
that it encircles the earth, at distance, he
thought, of from 5000 to 10000 miles; He
added: IF my view should prove to he the
correct one, our moon not improbably may
have company"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-10-18
One of Greeley's Last Letters.

Horace Greeley last letter of friendship
was addressed to Col. Tappan, OF Bradford,
N. H., and ran as follows: 'MY FRIEND:
We have been terribly beaten. l was the
worst beaten man who ever ran for high Of
flee. And l have been assailed so bitterly
that hardly knew whether l was running
for President or the penitentiary. In the
darkest hour my long suffering wife left me,
pone too soon, for she had suffered too deeply
and too long. l laid her in the ground with
hard, dry eyes. We'll, am used up. | can
not see before me. I have slept little for
weeks, and my eyes are still hard to close,
while they open soon again. But no more
of this. You, my friend, went into this con-
test for me. You knew as did that we must
stop fighting the rebels some time. But it is
now settled that we never shall" The date
of this letter was November 8, 1872.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-10-18
A Man With u Stomach Full Of Brass
JeWelry.
From the New York Evening Post

From the New York Evening Postl
A South American newspaper reports an
interesting instance of the removal of foreign
substances swallowed by prisoner now IN
iail. The taller is said to have in his pos
session a collection of Albert chains, pen
knives, brass rings, etc., which he says he
caused the man to vomit by use of emetics:
The man is travelling mountebank. who
gave performances, during which he offered
to swallow anything his audience might Sc.
lect; and he now has in his stomach steel
watch-chain and large brass ring, which
have been there nine months. He asserts
that he has had two pounds OF Jewelry IN
that receptacle at one time, and that he has
kept watches there for twenty-four hours.
The release of fork by the French surgeon,
DR.. Leon Liable, from similar confinement
will be remembered by many persons; and
the South American case just quoted, If cor
rectly reported, presents, according to the
London Lancet, features worthy of being
studied from a physiologic point of view."
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-10-18
TOM PAINE.S DEATH.
Colonel Bob InsersOll's Wager Of $1,000
Taken up by the New York observer.

The gauntlet which Bob Ingersoll threw
down to the entire Christian world when ne
offered to wager one and all 81, ,OOO that Tom
Paine did not die drunken, cowardly and
beastly DEATH" has been taken up by the New
York Observer. That paper will publish sew
eral columns of testimony substantiating Its
assertion that the last years of Paine were
marred by his bestlality and drunkenness,
and that on his death-bed he was stricken
with remorse and. faced death like coward.
The evidence is furnished by parties who
were we'll acquainted with Paine, including
Grant Thorburn, who gives description OF
the personal appearance and habits OF the
great atheist that is far from tiattering. Rev.
]. D. Wickam and Rev. Chas. HaWley, u.
D.. who corroborate Mr.. Thorburn's account
of the mans depraved habits; and stephen
Grillet, a noted minister of the Society OF
Friends, and Mary Roscoe, another Friend,
who were present at his death-bed, and from
whose journals the Observer publishes the
picture of it's horrors. Having made out its
case to its own satisfaction, the Observer will
pause for reply from Col. Ingersoll. 1t is
said that the testimony will be submitted to
the examination of a committee, one chosen
by the Observer, another by Ingersoll, and
the third onjointly, who will decide which
party has the best of the argument.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-10-18
now Barnum got HIS Wife.

Here is little romance: 1t will be remem-
bered that when Barnum's show was here
several years ago his treasurer took sick, and
was left at the Massasoit House. He died
there and was buried here, we believe lie
was engaged to be married to Miss Fish,
sister of Barnum's present treasurer: After
his death it became necessary for Miss Fish
to write several letters to Mr.. Barnunl in re-
ference to her dead lover. Barnum admired
the lady. because of her well-written letters,
sought an acQuaintance-an acquaintance
which soon ripened into love, and to make a
long story short, the then Miss Fish is now
Mrs. P. r. Barnum. Barnum is twenty-seven
wears older than his wife.-Atksns0n Patriot.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-10-18
Helena, Montana, Thursday, October IS, 1877.
The Wrong Horse.

A gentleman from the West recently took
his wife to Newport for holiday. Going to
a liyerv stable near the Ocean House, he en-
gagged a horse for ride in the afternoon.
AS he left the stable he caught glimpse OF
small boy with blue trousers, red suspenders,
a dirty shirt and straw hat. At the ap-
pointed hour the gentleman saw fine horse
standing in front of the hotel with the reins
in the hands of a small boy with blue suspen-
ders. dirty shirt and straw hat. ~ 0u have
nv horse. see," said he to the lad, and, at
ter fetching his wife from the parlor, started
off for his drive. The Western gentleman
had had many ride in his slow-going city,
but never had he sat behind such splendld
creature as that horse They rode for three
hours. knocking the seconds out of every
mile, passing everything on the road, the
horse distancing every animal that attempted
tc rival his paces II never saw such horse
before" said the astonished husband to his
mate. ayes, he is very FAST was her re-
sponse; ''but why does everybody stare at
us?" After the ride was ended, the gentleman
dropped his wife at the hotel, and drove to
the stable, where he thanked the livery
man for the courtesy which he had shown
to a stranger. ''That amt my horse was
the gruff response ''My boy, Bill, waited
for YOU over an hour this afternoon, and then
drove back to the stable" ''Why, whose
! horse is this - asked the gentleman, all
aeape ''That horse is General --'s,
| (naming a well-known New York broker
who has the best trotters every season q
| Newport.) The gentleman returned to the
hotel and told his wife that there were two
bows in Newport who had blue trousers, RET
suspenders, dirty shirts and straw hats.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-10-18
The Extra Sessiou-A Look Ahead
burlington Hawkeye. J

burlington Hawkeyel
There is very little news and very little in
teresting reading in the newspapers now,
we know, but do not grumble, do not be Sc
we're on the overtaxed editor. Bepatient and
in few weeks we will be able to give you
the grandest eloquence, the deepest thought
the clearest logic, the most dazzling brillancy
and the brightest scintillations of witthat can
spring from the greatest minds OF the nation.
For instance:
Mr.. Jeffreys-Will the gentleman allow
me-
Mr. Dikes-I will allow nobody nothing.
Mr.. Jeffreys-But if the gentleman
MI. Throoks-YOu are liar.
Inc speaker-The gentleman is unparlia-
mentary.
Mr.. Dooper-1 have here bill to provide
for
Cries of ''Order!" "Order!"1
The Speaker-The sergeant at arms will
clear the floor of the House.
Mr.. Flopps-Msy ask il the
Cries of ''6it down Sit down!"1
The Speaker-The gentleman from Ohio
will sit down.
Mr.. Throoks-What is the special order
for
The Speaker-The clerk will read the--
Mr.. Comegar-1 rise to question of per-
Mr.. Scroggins-I appeal to the chair. IF
am to be called dog. have my
Cries of 'tQuestion Question:"
The 6peaker-The house il sdjourned.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-10-18

There is said to bc young man in the
Missouri penitentiary whose parents at their
death, left him fortune of ESQ. .OO0. There
Is where his parents made . fatal mistake. II
they had taken the precaution to invest that
sum in small dog, and shot him, and then
had simply left the young man jack-plane
or wood saw, with printed instructions how
to use it, the chances are that, instead OF
being in the penitentiary he would today
have been gradually but surely working his
honorable old age. But ever since the days
Of Adam and Eve, parents have made 1t :
point to toll and struggle all their lives In
order to realize sufficient sum OF money to
purchase. when they are dead and gone. their
sons each . frst.class through ticket to the
devil. and it is not much to be wondered at
that Is many of their sons, reared In vice and
idleness, q too many of them often are. have
no higher ambition thai to invest their inner
itance In Just that sort Of transportation.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-10-18
Growth Of Human ua1r A1ter Dc"C"'

From the Medical Record1
DR.. Caldwell, of Iowa, states that in 1867
he was present at the exhumation OF b0d y
which had been buried two years before. The
coffin had sprung open at the joints, and thet
hair protruded through the openings, On
opening the coffin the hair of the head was
found to measure eighteen inches, the whlsk-
ers eight inches, and the hair on the breast
five or six inches. The man had been shay
ed before being buried. In 1847 similar
circumstance occurred in Mercer county, fa.
In digging grave the workmen came upon
the skeleton of man that had been Durieo
ten years. The hair was as firm as during
lite, and had grown to the length OF eleVen
or twelve inches.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-10-18
RE AS HAPPY AS YOU CAN.

O. mine is free and careless heart,
And mine is a tongue of song,
And try to hear with cheerful mlnd
Whatever may come along,
And | find that life is a goodly thing,
And living jOy-nOt pain
With lots Of sunshine to light my road,
CThough sometimes little raln.)
And have motto all the way
would give it to every man
'Tis this: Whatever may come along,
Be rs happy as you can.
Though Heaven is such a glorious place,
TITS best, while on earth we stay,
To grasp all we can OF It's pleasures rare
Before we are called away.
Besides, in my mind there is often douot
Which road after death I'll take;
Perhaps, instead of an upward course,
I'll 90 down to the fiery lake.
But / do the best that my weak soul knows.
And wrong not any man,
But try, whatever may come along,
To be happy as can.
Yes. men will lie and money will fly,
But fretting is no use.
Not even if the bank did "bust'
And the president did "vamose;"
We cannot get our money back,
Nor soundly wollop him
We might as well serenely smile,
And own we're ''taken in
No use to storm, and rave, and swear,
Nor murderous projects plan
So we'll clutch our bank books firm and last,
And be happy as We can.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-10-18
RITULAISTIC SCANDAL.
Scene I'm Il Riuualistic Church I'm Hamp'
| shire, England.
From the New York Tribune ]

From the New York Tribune.]
A gentleman going into the church about
ten minutes before the service began, was as
tonished to see on the altar two thick wax
candles in jeweled candlesticks, large gilt
crucifix, and two jars of flowers. Acting on
the impulse of the moment, he went into the
chancel, and seizing the candlesticks and the
crucifix, carried them to pew midway down
the aisle. In few minutes tho curate came
out of the vestry, and looking aghast at the
transformation scene on the altar, faced the
congregation but no one spoke. Eventually
the sacriligious offender was pointed out to
him. The curate marched down the aisle
and the debate opened:
Q.-''What have you done with the candle
sticks you have taken from the altar?'
A-''There they are"
Q.-"Then, give them up, sir.
Al shan't."
The Curate.-''I will have you removed. "
Ado so.'
AS the curate passed the altar he bowed
and went forward to the vestry, but the choir
refused to assist him. Then he returned to
the altar steps, and falling down on his knees
be Frustrated himself before the empty table,
crossed himself more than once, and man@u.
vred in some odd way with his hands and
arms. The gentleman in the pew then hissed
| him. The curate rose, and again bowling to
the altar. went down the aisle, and the debate
was resumed:
| Q.-''Will you leave the church?"
| A.-''No. l shant.'
Q.-"You won't? Then l will send for
policeman"
Ado SO. The sooner you do it the
better"
When the policeman entered the church
discussion was reopened.
The Curate. -"You are breaking the law.
A.-"And what are you doing, sir? Yo'
are both breaking the law and your oath"
The Curate.-''I represent the vicar, and
give you in charge"
A.-"You represent the Pope. That.
whom you represent
The police stepped forward, but shrli
voice from the doorway cried out ''Don'
you touch him. :.
The Curate drew back, and asked the IN
truder if he intended to interrupt the service
''Certainly not, if you keep within bounds
was the response.
So the Curate abandoned the contest, an
in few minutes were heard the words, ''Ih
Lord is in this Holy Temple"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-10-18
HeterOphemy.

A slip of the tongue is no fault of the mind.
Even a minister is likely to make one. For in
stance, McCaughney, the revivalist, once un-
dertook to rivet the attention of his audience
by portraying a procession of the seven
deadly sins, personiied, and walking two by
two. He succeeded. The Rev. Stuart Rob-
inson, of Louisville, also. when giving vivid
portrait of the garden of Eden and the fall,
said, with great force, "And they recognized
the fact Of their nakedness, and went and
made themselves approns of fig leaves-mis.
erable shift" A distinctly audible smile went
round the congregation.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-10-18
,no Ro.hI.Raxouks Punish Lying

Three Bashi Bazouks the other day, in their
wanderings, came across the body of a Rus
sian soldier. They determined to bury it,
and we're on the point of placing it in hur-
riedly-dug grave, when the Russian came to
his senses. and observing their intention, re,
marked that he was not dead. They looked
at him for few seconds, when one OF them
remarked, Really you Russians are such
horrid liars that it is impossible to believe
anything you say. We found you here dead
10 YOU must be buried, and they buried him.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-10-18

from the Rochester Democrat
s.Plesse state" said Thomas 81. Hendricks
In hoarse whisper to reporter, immeoi-
ately on his arrival at New York, that my
health is superb. I feel ten years younger
than did when boy, and my muscle and
appetite are simply enormous" "And how
did you leave Mr. Tilden ?" said the reporter,
with considerable interest. ''Poor man, poor
man I" said Mr.. Hendricks, shaking his head.
81 Mere skin and bone, hectic f1ush, nor
rible cough, and al sorts OF dreadful things.
He may live to get home; but he's fading
away, fading away
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-10-18

TINES don't grow much better, and families
which have long ago stopped taking paper
are now seriously thinking of selling one of
the dogs.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-10-18
DE OLD CAMP MEETlN7


BY WILL {. HAYS.
Come brederin', git in de golden car,
Dar's room for you an me up dar;
Come set down on de anxious seat,
Kase ain am sour an llgIOn & sweet.
Put dem slippers on your feet
When Won walk along in de golden street,
An in dem angels put your trus.
kase no room dar for to raise q dus.
IF Won see Peter sleep at de gate
Kase de nigh: hefO' he was up so late:
You needn't spect wild your load Ob SIN,
Dat YOU git pas him an steal right IN.
Dew know YOU here, an deyll know you dar,
Kase de angels e always on dc squar;
Deyl hist you out oh dar lubly sight,
Eff you're full OBJ sin, an your soul am riSnl'
Shout. sng kase de time am nlgh
When you put on wings for to hx 70 ny,
An dem what prays an de loudes' sings
Am de ones w at wars de biggest wings.
Bredern! sistern! lif' your Eyes
An fix dar gaze on de starlight skies,
Kasc de Lord am good, an de Lord am kind,
Ell you can't see it you must be D1ln.
Don't set down upon your seat.
Rut rise up, bredern, to your feet,
An shout for glory till you're SICK
An git dat lgon-cure you quick.
"Glory" "Whoopeev "shoo!" "Whats dat!'
s.What am all you sinners at?'
Brudder Jeems. pull down your yes,
An let dem fight dat ho'nets nes'.
Lif' up your voice in humble prar
An let dem sinners Ober dar
Fo'git dar ligOn for spell,
An wish dem hOnets was in hell.
Good Lord, dis meetn' ia all broke up.
Kase Satan sent sOTe sinful pup,
Who'll 90 to hell wild all de res,
For handin in a hOnets' nest.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-09-15

Being powerful deodorizer, disinfect-
ant and cOunter-irritant, yet entirely
harmless, it positively cures all local DIS
EASES OF THE SKIN as if by magic.
1t thoroughly bleaches the cuticle and
PERMANENTLY BEAUTIES THE COMPLEXION
with certainty unknown to any article
ever invented for that purpose.
1t is emphatically the remedy for
sCALDs and BURNS, instantly removing all
soreness without pain, and effecting
cure in every instance.
AS preventive and remedy for GOUT
and RHEUMATISM, its effects are really
wonderful.
1t is a sure preventive of all diseases
that are communicated by coming in
contact with the person, such as Itch,
etc.
SPRAINs, BRUISES AND CUTS are cured
with unfailing certainty.
1t removes Dandruff, and prevents
the hair from falling off or turning pre-
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1t completely DIsINFECTs CLOTHING,
from the sick-room or person, that has
become impregnated with disease.
GLENN'S SULPHUR SOAP is a Spe-
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have been treated heretofore with'Sulphur
Ointments' having the advantage o! be-
ing CLEAN, lNOFFENsIvE and UNINJURIoUs
to Clothing.
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l. d D X ii r Il E !!
LOOK HERE!
BARGAINS! BARGAINS

I HAVE just received large stock of
i Furniture purchased for cash. am able
to sell to suit the times. Having been
forced to obtain larger Warerooms, may
now be found next door TO Barnhart's
Book Store. So come along with your
cash if you want to save money. Have in
stock large number of Chamber Suits
ranging from $40; also Parlor Suits; So
fas from $Supward; Center Tables from
$3.50 upward; Marble Top Center Tables
from $7.50up; Parlor Chairs per set $500
mp; Rockers of all styles from 81 up.
DINING ROOM FURNITURE.
Dining Tables from $3.50 up; Extension
Dining Tables $500 up; Chairs per set
$3.50 up; Safes from $500 up; Sideboards
from $500 up; Bedsteads of all styles and
prices from 81 100 up; Wardrobes from $l2
ups ashstands $40 up; Towelracks from
50 cts. up: Hat racks from 81 90 up; Camp
Chairs, Cradles, Cribs, Trundle Beds, and
in fact everything which may be wanted
in the furniture line; also Children's
Carriages, Doll Carriages, Boys Wagons,
Hobby Horses, Parlor Brackets, SC.
NJ. j. LATIMER.
Sept. 6, 1876. If
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9bepberostown Register,
~ PJTRLJSHED WEEKLY


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SO will be charged. These terms will be
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ADVERTISEMENTS of one inch or less, for
three insertions or less 81 80, and 80 cents
per inch for each additional insertion.
Larger ones in the same proportion. The
space OF one inch will constitute square.
A liberal deduction will be made from
the above rates. on yearly advertisements.
If the number of insertions be not mark
ed on the advertisement, when sent in, 1t
will be published and charged according
ly. "a,
JOB PRINTING will be executed with
neatness and dispatch.
All Job Work and Advertisements must
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TO avoid any misunderstanding on the
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to state DISTINCTLY that their privilege
only extends to their own immediate busi-
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-09-15

THIS justly celebrated native Wine Is
L made from the juice Of the Oporto
Grape, raised in this country. Its inval-
liable
TONICsAND STRENGTHENING
PROPERTIES
are unsurpassed by any other native
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produced under Mr.. Speer's own personal
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are guaranteed. The youngest child may
partake Of its generous qualities, ana the
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Inyalids use Speer's Port Grape Wine.
Females use Speer's Port Grape Wine.
Weakly persons find benefit by its use.
Speer's Wines in Hospitals are prefer
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Sold bv Druggists generally, who also
sell Speer's Standard Wire Bitters. Trade
supplied by all Wholesale Dealers. See
that the Signature Of Alfred Speer, Pas
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ALFRED SPEER'S Mount Prospect
Vineyards, New Jersey. Office No. 81
Warren St., New York.
~ For sale by IL. n. Billings, Shop
herdstown.
July %, 1877. Iy
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WEST VA. UNIVERSITY,
1877 M0rgant0Wn. 1878

THIS Institution of Learning, under the
i Presidency of Rev. j. r. Thompson,
A. NJ, is entering upon new era of pros
perity. During the Spring Term just
closed, the attendance of students was i'll
creased over 65 per cent. 1t has a large
and scholarly Faculty; a beautiful
healthful and moral location; ample Sci
entific and Philosophical Apparatus; a
Library constantly growing;, acurricu-
lum of the most thorough character; a
standard of scholarship surpassed by no
American institution of learning.
The EXPENSES ARE LESS than at any 9TH
err place known to afford equal advanta-
ges. The Fall term begins Sept. 9th; the
Winter term January "a; and spring
term March 9th. For full information,
catalogues, &C., address the President.
GEO. C. STURGISS,
Secretary of Regents.
July 81, 1877. 9m
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-09-15

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