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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-11-14

And In accordance with law. and an order OF
the board OF Directors. made on the 2Ith day OF
September. 1871. 90 many shares OF each parcel
OF such stock ss may be necessary will DO sold
1t public auction, at The sslesr ON Of Maurice
Dors 4 Co.. No. 40 Pine street, San Fran.
eisoo. California, on MONDAY. the 18Th day
Of November, 1871. at the h,ur of O'Clock p. n.
Of ssid day, 70 pay said delinquent assessment
thereon, together with costs OF advertising and
s1psnses Of the sale.
j. n. sAYRR, secretarY.
Odes-Room No. 80 Academy Building. No.
80 Pine street, Ban Francisco. California.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-11-14
DELINQUENT SALES.
ADY WARRINGTON INNING

Il ADY WARRINGTON MININ0
II Company. Location Of principal place Of
Location Of works, Gold Hill, storey county,
State Of Nevada.
Notice There Are delinquent upon the fol.
lowing-described sioek. on account 70 akaess
ment mo. III levied on the let day Of October.
1871, the several amounts yet opposite the
names Of the respective sharehoaders. - fol.
lows:
Names. No, osrsif. shs. Amt.
Atkinson, Lyon 4 Co. frus
.2tSS. .iU..tiU W
Atkinson. Lyon 4 o.. Trus-
tees ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1854. ..O....0 e.
Atkinson. Lion 4 Co 1rus.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-03-22
Age Of Actors.

Speaking of age, we see that the great &C
tors lived TO more than an average age, one
reason being that to be great actor requires
unusual strength and vitality. John Philip
Kemble reached 66 years, while his brother
Charles was 70 years old. Mrs. Siddons died
at 86 years old. Junius Brutus Booth, not
withstanding his drunkenness, passed his 55th
year Charles Kean lived 10 years longer,
and Macready lasted till 80 years old. Char
lotte Cushman died at 60 years of age, and
Edwin Forrest at G5. Tom Hamblin reached
nearly the same age. Going little further
back, we find that Garrick lived to G3 years,
and Betterton to Is years of age. Barton
Booth, of Popes day, was the shortest lived
OF any actor OF note, next to Kean. He was
only tfty-two at the time of his death. AS a
general thing play actors have seldom come
under the criminal list, but their social sins
are sufficiently fragrant. No actor of note
has mas, ever reached the death penalty, except
Wilkes Booth, who stands in solitary infamy
When one considers the temptations which
attend the profession, the fact that actors are
SO seldom found to be culprits is surprise.
~. T. Corr Troy Times.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-03-22

PERKINS, a San Francisco broker. in whose
adventures The CaN takes great delight.
bought two of Prof. Bells telephones and
made connection between his Office and par
lor. He thought it would be pleasant thing
TO converse with his wife when business was
slack, to inform her when he would 90 to
dinner, and learn how often his youngest son
tell down the cellar stairs during the day.
One morning he was conversing by wire with
his wife about new bonnet when broker
came in to ask about some stocks. He 8 tel
ephoned to his wife that he was busy, and
without severing connection with the instru-
inent turned to the broker and opened ne
EQUATIONS EQUATIONS for the purchase OF Julia, Lady
.l lyion' and other stocks. Mrs. Perkins at
cue 0lher end of the line listened intently, and
many Iiy caught her husbands words, ''l'll take
.,' LUNA al o:3o. Her suspicious were aroused:
;nta ;n.,e was woman in the case; she burst
.nto an animated soliloquy, which the faithful
aeisPnone carried to the ears of her husband
ant '.:,, ~? customer. "l'll Julia him-wretch
Ivlllaln-married Is years-where's NV rub
6ers +! just wait till get hold Of him
These words, together with miscel,anao,,e ,
active preparations for sortie % unon noiIs h;a
office. Perkins broke off the stock neao
tiations and went home to apnease H his VIZ VIZ
The instruments were subsequently, removed m we'd
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-03-22

The Boston Herald tells story of a gam
bier belonging in Hartford, Conn.,. who. hav-
ing lost on horse races several thousand dol
lars, suddenly left town, and it was reported
that he had gone to the Black Hills His
friends did not dispair of getting their money
back, for the gambler had always been man
of his word. Four months passed and there
came to Hartford by express the full amount
of the borrowed money with interest, and
soon thereafter $4,000 more were deposited
to the credit of the absent sporting man. Last
of all be came himself dressed in new clothes,
sporting expensive jewelry, and carrying
$15, 900 in bills. He said he had broken all
the gamblers in Cleveland, made haul in
Cincinnati. and at the last game OF faro ne
had risen from the table winner of $12, ,OOO,
and the bank was broken. He had run OF
unaccountable good fortune.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-03-22
from the OperatOr.1

[From the Operator]
A good story comes from Norwalk, Conn.
One day last week gaunt, slab-sided chap,
with particles of hay-seed on his coat and in
his tow-colored hair, stepped up TO the tele-
graph office at the depot, and asked if the
boss was in. The operator assured him that
he was. and his rural friend went on to relate
that he lived up in Danbury, had come down
from there that morning, and intended bring
ing down his brothers dog, which a man in
Norwalk wanted to buy, but had forgotten it,
and wanted to know if the dog could be sent
down from there by telegraph. The man of
lightning, seeing good chance for little
fun, at once answered.:
Certainly, sir; that is matter of daily
occurrence. All that is necessary for you to
do is to give me description of the dog, so
that no mistake can be made; call again in
about half an hour, and the dog will be here. F"
lit is yellow dog, with small ears, and is
about so high" said the granger, placing his
hand eighteen inches from the floor. He
then took his departure with the remark that
he would call again soon. The operator then
sent his messenger boy to look for dog as
near the description as possible, which he
soon succeeded in finding. 1t was at once
brought to the Office, and secured to the
operators desk by means of a piece OF tele-
graph wire. After little coaxing the dog
was made to lie quietly down, and everything
was ready for our rural friend. Punctual to
the time appointed he made his appearance,
and asked if the dog had come.
Il will see," said the operator, and step
ping up to the instrument he tapped few
times on the key, at the same time managing
to step on the dogs toes, which caused the
canine to yelp. ''Ah! he's coming" said the
operator, and then tapping more furiously on
the key he at the same time kicked the dog
clean from under the table, who, not relish
ing this kind of treatment, barked furiously
tached to his neck.
''Fifty cents, SIR" said the operator, turn
ing round to the countryman. 'Unc0mmon
nice dog; must lie worth $50; but he's the
hardest dog ever received over the wires;
he is so muscular, you see, that he broke the
wire, in fact portion of it is now attached
to his neck, which he broke off"
During the whole of this operation the
countryman gazed on the operator with eyes
wide open and full of surprise, but when the
dog came from under the table and was seen
by him, that was the eliminating point, and
he was struck with amazement. After look
ing at the dog moment or so, he said: ''Say,
Mister; he amt so big as he was, and he's
darker; hows that?'
''Oh! that is easily explained" said the
operator; you see the chemicals employed in
making the electricity of course darken his
color, and the velocity with which he passed
over the wire caused him to contract in size;
but after you expose him to the air for short
time he will soon assume his original size and
color"
',Du tell" said the countryman, and, after
placing 80 cents on the counter, picked up
the dog and walked out of the office, remark
ing that 'sthe man who invented them tele-
graphs must be very knowledgable man."
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-03-22
Helena, Montana, Thursday, March p, 1877.


A strong, well-built man of model size and
form, good-looking, healthy, hearty, and
cheerful; full, sandy beard, slightly TOUCHED
with silver streaks, full face, ruddy and
glowing with health no crows feet, no fur
rows, well-shaped mouth, good teeth: two
large open blue eyes of kindly expression a
smile on his lips; high, broad clear fore
head Il voice deep, strong and sonorous; /;
large, shapely limbs full breast, quick but
not nervous Of movement; moderately quick
but not rapid of speech; good listener,
calm, cool, dispassionate, anything but radi-
cal never cross, short or sharp always affa-
BILE, kind and candid, with no secrets to
whisper, no plots to promote, no tricks to
explain open as the day, firm as rock,
pure as woman, with no bad habits, wheth-
er of tobacco, whiskey, or anything else );
pure and plain of speech, popular among all
classes, without affectation. mock dignity, or
the least suspicion of demagoguery, wearing
the same face for all, speaking the same Ian
guage to all, bearing himself with dignity
and modest reserve, happy in his family re-
lations as man can be, strong in the affections
of the people, such is General Hayes, the
President-elect of the United States. No
man was ever so fortunate. He has not a
single personal enemy in the State of Ohio,
a fact true perhaps Of no other prominent
politician in Ohio. In all his long public
career as Congressman, General in the army,
Governor three times, there is nothing myste-
rious to explain and no charge has ever been
made against him of any kind whatsoever.
1t is doubtful if any man living is less open
to criticism or reproach. Even the Demo-
cratic members of the Ohio General assem-
bly, at the end of this protracted campaign
speak we'll of him. They have known him
familiarly from boyhood, know the minutest
particulars of his private and public history,
and join with one accord in awarding him
the compliment of their unanimous endorse
ment and approval.-[ Columbus, o., Corres-
pondence Of the Philndelp1tl0 Press.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-03-22
A Matrimonial Scene.

"Can you let me have some money this
evening to purchase new bonnet, my dear?"
by and by, my love-" ''That's what you
always say, my love; but how can buy and
buy without money!" And that brought the
money, just as one good term deserves an
other. Her wit was so successful that she
tried it again the next week. Il want money,
my dear, to buy new dress" "Well, you
can't have it-you called me bear last night"
said her husband ''Oh! we'll, dear, you
of~hugging. It hit him right again, and
she got the money and something extra. He
left bis pretty wife and hurried off to busi-
ness, saving: ''It takes fortune to keep
such wife as you are-but it's worth it.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-03-22
COURT ROOM s.SASS..
Lawyers Occasionally Find FOemen
Worthy Of Their Steel i'm the Witness.
Box.

A quick and ready wit is an almost indis-
pensable endowment, in good cross-exam-
lining counsel, but the quickest and readiest
sometimes finds his match.
ooh, you say this gentleman was about
fifty five" said Canning to q pert young wo-
man in the witness-box, land suppose now
you consider yourself pretty good judge of
ages, eh ? All, just SO. Well, now, how old
should you take me to be ?"
''Judging by your appearance sir. replied
the witness, Il should take you to be about
sixty. By your question should suppose
you were about sixteen
Whether counsel had any more questions
for this lady is not recorded.
"Now," began another learned gentleman,
rising slowly from among his professional
brethren, and looking very profound, ''now,
are you prepared to swear that this mare was
three years old p
''Swear ?" returned the stableman in the
box, Eyes, III swear she was"
''And pray, sir, upon what authority are
you prepared to swear it"
''What authority ?" echoed the witness.
eyes, sir, upon what authority? You are
to give me an answer, and not repeat my
question
II don't see as man can be expected to
answer question before he has had time to
turn it over"
"Nothing can be simpler than the question
put to you. Upon what authority, repeat,
do you swear to this animals age?''
ION very good authority
''Then, why this evasion? Why not state
it at once?'
"Well, if you must have it.
'Must have it p interrupted the man of
law, 81 will have it,
''Well, then, if you must and will have it, y
said the ostler, with deliberate gravity, Il
had it from the mares own mouth"
A particularly witty reply was once made
by well-known English architect, who had
been giving an important opinion, and
whose professional status Mr.. Sergeant Gar
row, the opposing counsel, was anxious to
depreciate.
''You are builder, believe" began the
Sergeant.
mo. sir, am not builder; 1 am an ar
chitect"
''Ah, we'll, builder or architect, architect or
builder, they are pretty much the same, sup
pose.''
Il beg your pardon, sir, can't admit that
l consider them to be totally different"
''Oh, indeed; perhaps you will state where
in this great difference consists ?"
'An architect, sir, conceives the design,
prepares the plan, draws out the specifca-
tions-in short, supplies the mind. The
builder is merely the machine; the architect
the power that puts the mschine together and
sets it going"
s'Oh, very we'll, MIR. Architect, that will
do; very ingenious distinction without
difference. Do you happen to know who
was the architect of the Tower of Babel ?"
There was no architect sir" replied the
witness. ''hence the confusion there"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-03-22
The Tomb Of the SultanS.

The Constantinople correspondent of q
London newspaper writes: 10 the lett
beheld building in the most sumptuous style
of Turkish architecture, circular ediice,
domed, with pillars, all of white marble,
lighted by seven windows, with richly carved
and gilded lattices. PeepiDg through the
grating, saw kind OF front parlor, laid
with mating, and from the ceiling, daubed
with floral designs in tempera by some Italian
decorator, hung two or three tawdry glass
chandeliers. A common English eight-day
clock, in mahogany case, stood silent in one
corner. The horologe had need be mute there.
The place was a tomb, and as peeped saw
a number of biers rising perhaps five feet from
the ground, covered with embroideries of
velvet and gold, or with the richest cashmere
shawls, and surrounded by railing inlaid with
mother of pearl. Scattered about were gigan-
tic eandlesticks of silver gilt, stands of rare
wood, richly ornamented, to support the
Koran; and at the head of one bier l could
see dimly y-faded fez cap, with plume and
an aigrette, which gli:tered with the sheen of
diamonds. Beneath that sarcophagus molder
the remains of Sultan Mahmond H., the great
reforming Sultan who slew the Janissaries
and strove to Europeanize Turkey, leaving to
his son, Abdul Medjld, his grandson, Abdul
Aziz, and the other Caliphs who you wot of.
the hideous legacy of the Eastern question.
Mabmond lies here; and around him slumber
the Sultana Walden, his mother, his sisters,
and five of his daughters. They and the
dumb English eight-day clock slumber very
TRANQUILITY together. But, surely, they should
have put sun-dial in this sepulchre. The
rays glintiDg through the guided lattices might
have placed strange tricks with the gnonlon.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-03-22
HORNETS on THE WAR PATH.
How They Stirred up the Male and Fe'
male Passengers Of Il Palace Car.

How They Stirred up the Male and Fe-
male Passengers Of u Palace Car
[From the St. Louis Republican, February ISL
AS the Missouri Pacific train was leaving
Miller's Landing, Monday night, a gentle
man came aboard carrying stick, to which
was curiously attached hornets nest. He
had found it in the woods, and it had the ap-
pearance of beinng tenantless. But when
brought into the warm atmosphere of the
car and placed near the stove, the heat soon
awakened its dormant life, and low, hum
ming noise from the interior warned the en-
bryo naturalist and his companions in des-
tined misery that the sorrow was about to be-
gin. A frantic effort to throw the nest from
the window released the imprisoned insects,
and the next instant they swarmed through
the Car, each individual hornet armed with
fury, and savagely bent on the war path.
They struck right and left, and everywhere
left in their trail a cry of agony. Women
shrieked and men vented curses loud and
deep. But the sorrow Waxed apace and the
misery increased. People tumbled over seats
and grovelled on the floor. One fat old lady
abnormally developed pedal extremities
that would have done credit to Soldenes
kicker. Polonaises were torn and scattered
in promiscuous confusion, and shapely ex-
tremites were exposed in frantic search for
hornets that have ventured in directions which
hornets have no right to penetrate. Bald
headed men mopped their shining pates in
agony, and id the fool who had turned
that happy Car into carnival of pain. Rush
ing to the rescue of his beleaguered passen-
gers, Conductor King was met on the thresh-
hold with such a warm reception that his in
quiry, "What the devil-?" may not have
been so far wrong after ALL But the Con-
ductor only closed his lips with both hands
and commenced an Indian war-dance in per-
feet keeping with the conduct of his passen-
gers. He seemingly lost all anxiety to in
quire any further, or if his curiosity Was not
appeased he prudently refrained from ex-
pressing it. Finally the doors and windows
were thrown open and the hornets began to
leave the car. In little while only few
stray ones were left, and these the passengers
kindly refrained from hurrying, but allowed
them to take their time, which, everything
considered, was magnanimous on the part of
people who had undergone so much discom-
fort on account of the intrusion of the hor-
nets.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-03-22

REPORT has it that river OF genuine ink has
been discovered in Algeria. It is formed by
the union of two streams, one coming from
q region of ferruginous soil, the other drain
ing q peat swamp. The water of the former
is impregnated with iron, that of the latter
with gallic acid. When the two waters min
gle, the acid of the one unites with the iron
of the other, forming true ink.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-03-22
A House Full of Children.
From the Roundout IN. W Freemanl

There is man named Philip Shultis, in
the town of Woodstock, Ulster County, who
has thirteen sons, all of whom are able
bodied men and boys. Shultis owns two saw
mills and 300 acres Of land, beside several
quarlies. When he has his whole force Of
boys at work at any particular branch of
business, such as getting out wood, lumber
or stone, they usually glut the market The
boys all live at home, and each one that is
able to handle horses is given team. Another
man who lives in the town of Woodstock has
seventeen children-nine sons and eight
daughters. The name of the lucky individ-
ual is William Sagendorph, and he, too, is
doing we'll in life. having accumulated con-
siderable property. Neither Shultis nor
Sagendorph are very old men.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-03-22

Mr.. BANCROFT is again at bis studies in
Washington, making diligent use OF the H.
brary of Congress, in addition to his own
rich collection of books. He has given this
winter to the completion of his volume upor
the History of the United States, from the
peace of 1882 to the Inauguration of Wash.
ington in 1854 period full of interest, and
requiring careful research, discriminating
Judgment, and peculiar powers of portraiture.
Mr.. Bancroft is now seventy six years old.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-03-22

NJ. DuBERT, French physician, in pa
per read before scientific congress, attrib-
uutes the mortality of young children, in great
measure, to the ignorance of mothers who
feed their children improperly; and to remedy
this he suggests that short appendix, con.
tanning elementary precepte on feeding and
rearing infants, should be Jeinted at the end
of prayer books, missals, and religious books
generally.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-03-22

Mr. Moody, in speaking of the parable
wherein the man says, 81 have married a
W,Ie, ss, and cannot come" innocently asks
,: :Mny didn't he take his wife along with
mn nlm Z" we can't, of course, answer this cues
u9n % positively; but, with our slight knowl.
si'g snge OF the sex, we should say it was proba-
VI Siy because her Spring bonnet didn't get
nome from the milliner's in season.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-03-22

The Washington Capital, in an unguarded
moment. spoke enthusiastically of Speaker
Randall's noble struggle and heroic frmness
in saving our constitutional rights. People
think the editor was approving Randalrs
course in suppressing the fillibusters, and
Dom Piatt is mad enough to kick himself
down stairs.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-03-22
A LITTLE IHKLD'S FANC1ES.

| think that the world finished at night,
Or the stars would not have been made;
For they wouldn't have thought of having the light
If they hadn't first seen the shade.
And then, again, alter my mind
And think perhaps it was day,
And the starry night was only designed
For little child tired OF play.
And think that an angel, when nobody knew,
With window pushed up very high,
Let some of the seeds of the flowers fall through
From the gardens they have in the sky.
For they couldn't think here Of lilies SO white
And such beautiful roses, know;
But wonder when falling from such height,
The dear little seeds should grow.
And then, when the face of the angel was turned,
think that the birds flew by.
And are singing to as the songs they learned
On the opposite side OF the sky.
And rainbow must be the shining below.
OF place in heavens floor that Is thin,
Right close to the door where the children 60,
When the dear Lord lets them ln
And think that the clouds that float in the skies
Are the curtains that they drop down,
For fear when we look we should dazzle our eyes
As they each OF them put on their crown.
do not know why the water was sent,
Unless, perhaps 1t might be
God wanted us all to know what it meant
When we read of the "Jasper Sea-
Oh! the world where we live is lovely place,
But it Oftentimes makes me sigh,
For I'm always trying causes to trace,
And keep thinking "Wherefore ?" and ''Why?"
All! dear little child, the longing you feel
Is the stir of immortal wings;
But infinite love one day will reveal
The most hidden and puzsling things.
You have only your duty to try and do,
To be happy and rest content;
For by being good and by being true,
You will find ont all that is meant
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-03-22

A WASHINGTON special to the Chicago
Journal says: I'm the formation of the
Cabinet Blaine was not ignored, but posi-
ton was rendered to three of his intimate
personal friends at different times, but each
declined. The President was anxious to con-
form with the wishes of Blaine in this re-
gard"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-03-22
THE TELEPURP.

A Brantl-New InvemtiOn-IIOW a Yaller
DOrT was Sent Over the Wires.