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Intemperance of Novel Kinds.

A recent address of Gov. Garcelon,
before the Maine Temperance Conven-
ton, calls attention to various kinds of
lntemperarce which have generally
escaped attention. He spoke of the use
OF tobacco as an increasing evil among
the young. In addition to chewing and
smoking, he says snuffdipping is be-
coming almost universal. The use of
opium has also increased to an alarming
extent. Many a man, he says, has
appeared upon the stage advocating
temperance who had in his pocket q
bottle of laudanum or black drops
The lady, too, carries chloroform and
ether to moisten her handkerchief, with
which to allay nervous excitement.
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Sacrifice of Human Life in India.

The British Government has at last
succeeded in putting down the secret
society of religious murderers in India
called Thugs, who, in the service of their
goddess, Doorga, strargled and plum
dered travellers. The laborious process
Of hunting them out occupied so years,
anditis only lately that some of the mis-
creants were brought before the Prince
OF Wales, one of whom boosted of having
committed 81 murders with his own
hand. The god Juggernaut is no longer
suffered by the Government to crush
the devotees who fling themselves under
his chariot wheels. 1t is not long since
host OF human sacrifices were offered
by certain non-Brahmin tribes; the vii
lage where this took place used to pur-
chase for the purpose men, omen, and
children, the so-called Meriahs. British
officers have had the difficult task of ef-
tecting the deliverance of these Meriahs
and the suppression of the sacrifices,
partly by force and partly by gentle
means. A single officer, Major Camp
bell, in the course of Is years, accord
ing to the Contemporary Rtview, rescued
1000 men doomed to this sacrifcial
death. 1t required watchfuliess and
energy CT the British officials to put
down the practice of numbering young
girls and burning widows. This pro-
hibition of the practice of Suttoe, and
the law allowing widows to marry again,
were denounced as an attack on the
Brahminist religious system, and reck-
oned among the pretexts for the Sepoy
mutiny. The value of human life is to
Hindoo infinitely below that of COW;
he had rather kill 10 men than injure
one COW.
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Death and the Mysterious BeJons'

A child 8 years old was dylDs =. y
scarlet fever. She fingered long, ". ~
the last day of her life she was III III
scious for hours. Many times ner uS a
er tried to rouse her, but in VAIN IA
seemed to be sinking away IN ~.
without token of recognition IA
denly she opened her eyes wioe, oa,n :
her head, and looked around the I asI;rM
though filled with wonder and os sass..
She clapped her hands and crleo ri n
ly to her mother, "Oh. mamma, - hi
beautiful children!" Her mother Z,
Whereof "Oh, all around. ~ So,A
piled, and she turned her head as INV 70
She saw them in every direction .rtnrs
written words can describe the isp n
of her look and voice. InSy .lo,s
coming, they are coming, they al 10 ;Oy.
to me-" she said in a transpor. -, ont
She put up both hands, Laughing sr1isr
with that gleeful, ringing souna p lied
to little children, and then she wv
Christian AdvocGte.
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curiosity and found nothing but dark
ness. They consulted with each other
as to what first was to be done, when
one of them said:
"What is that near you, Potts?"
WhereP"
"There, not three steps from you, to
your right, is piece Of thread or some
thing similar. Why, it stretches quite
a distance over the weedsp"
"Pull it," said Sam Highborn, New
mans brother.
Potts pulled, and about thirty steps
from them fluttered bird to and fro.
"Why, this poor creature is fastened
to it; what heartless scoundrel could
have done such a thing?'
"It is swallow" said Potts. "Let
US see where it is fastened.'
"Perhaps it belongs to some one"
Whether it belongs to any one or
not, l am going to give this poor thing
its freedom" said Sam, cutting the
thread.
The little bird understood this, and
arose in a moment and assembled to-
ward the skies. Sam followed this
thread; suddenly he called to his com
panion:
"Come here, Potts; at the end OF
this thread there is a piece of paper!'
He unfolded it and read the following
am at the bottom of the shaft of Bolts
ford Mountains. l beg you to send help.
NEWMAN HIGHBORN.
"Great God, Potts! Down in the pit
alive! Not fifty steps from here! 1t
can not be, and yet he says So"
Both fastened to the shaft.
The bird had flown away an hour
ago. Newman Highborn waited with
trembling anxiety. His eye watched
the mouth of the pit till he sank down
exhausted, resting his head on his
hands.
1t was not long till he was aroused by
the falling of bits of wood around him.
At the same time indistinct voices sound
ed down from above.
He looked up and recognized two
persons bending over the edge.
Oh, how he exulted when, after sew
eral anxious seconds there fell note at
his feet. He again struck Il match and
read:
We are here and will bring help as soon
as possible.
SAM HIGHBoRN AND PORTS.
He returned an exulting "hurrah!''
but before reaching the open air the
sound died away to low, hollow MUIR
muir.
One long anxious hour passed, two,
three. Night broke in. Then some
thing came down. He noticed a light
at the top. Then heavy rope touched
his head.
Oh! how eagerly he grasped it and
made strong loop and put it around
him. Then he gave the rope power.
full jerk and exclaimed, Pull"
Up, slowly, cautiously, ever higher,
now stopping, now gliding back several
feet. His heart throbbed loudly. He
sees the stars overhead. Another mo.
ment and he is on the surface ex.
hausted but living-saved.
Newman Highborn owes the preserva.
ton OF his life to little bird, and this
had flown away.-Doylestoa0n pa
Democrat
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WILLIAM PADGETT of Brandenburp.
Ky, believed in witches, and that they
were constantly pursuing him. They
got possession of his wife, he thought,
and he killed her in order to drive them
away. But they pursued him into Jail,
where he was incarcerated, and he could
only escape by hanging himself, which
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4 SUMMER MORNINGS SONG.

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Up, sieeperi dreamer, up for now
There's gold upon the mountains brow;
There's light on forests, lakes. and meadows;
The dew drops shine on fiow'ret bells;
The village clock of morning tells.
In men! out, cattlei for the de1ls
And dingles TEEN with shadows.
The very beast that crops the flower
Hath welcome for the dawning hour.
Aurora smiles-her beckonfDgs claim thee.
Listen-look roundi The chirp, the hum,
Song, low, and bleat-there's nothing
dumb;
All love, all lifel Come, slumberer, come
The meanest thing shall shame thee.
-Hdrper's Bazaar.
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all over in order to remove eggs which
may have been deposited. See that the
bandages fit tightly, since, as already
stated, it is in the cracks that eggs are
first laid. All cracks and checks NAV
be filled up with particles of crushed
cheese made plastic and applied and
smoothed with a knife. When this is
accomplished strip of oiled paper
should be placed over the spot. While
the work of the skipper may be avoided
BY curing cheese in q darkened
room, the practice is not advisable, as
q better flavor is obtained
oy exposure to the light.
During some seasons the fly is much
more abundant than others. At such
times and in autumn extra precautions
should be taken. Especial care should
then be given to the tables and ranges
on which the cheese rests; wash these
with hot whey in order to remove all
grease and leave nothing to attract the
fly. The cheese may also be washed
with hot whey or with I've. If the latter
Is used it will aid in repelling the fly,
which avoids alkali in depositing her
eggs. Either of these methods is supe-
nor to the smearing of the cheese with
oil and pepper. If shippers have gained
IN entrance, remove with knife, or if
he colony is young, place a piece of
'lled paper over the infected spot so as
% exclude the air. This will cause the
Shippers to come to the surface, where
hey can from time to time be removed
Until the cheese is free.-New York
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1879-09-25
KallOch's Temptation.

From an Interview in the New York Times.l
When Kalloch came here he was about
thirty-seven years of age. His height was
six feet, and he had a supple figure and
weighed 100 pounds. His hands and feet
were remarkably small, his head was mas
sive, his hair dark auburn and curly, and his
features exceedingly expressive. The wom-
en- admired Kalloch, ran to him with their
stories of trouble, compared notes with one
another in regard to what he said to each,
and then quarreled over what they chose to
call the quality of his compliments. In order
to akethemselves appear to one another to be
in favor of the minister, many of tine women
would tell in very exaggerated forms what he
had said to them. These exaggerated sayings
would be misconstrued by other envious
women, who had had nothing similar said to
them, and retailed about with scandalous fla
vors attached. In this way considerable gos-
sip was always kept going, but nothing
ever grew out of it definite enough for even
the most malignant enemy to base charge
upon. The wonder to me is that man like
Kalloch preserved his integrity at all.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1879-09-25
Spelling Reform.

The Chicago Tribune has adopted reform
in orthography, and certain rules in spelling
have been laid down from which no devia-
ton is allowed. Instructions to editors,
printers and proof-readers are as follows:
Omit ue in demagog, catalog, pedagog,
synagog, dialog, decalog, and other words
ending in logue and gogue.
Omit the superfuous me in program, gram
Omit the second m in dilemma (dilema)
Omit the superfuous te in cigaret, etiquet,
parquet, coquet and all similar words except
Gazette when it is used as the name of pa
per.
Spell definite in all its forms without the
final !; thus, defnit- t-ly-ness, indefpit-ly
ness.
Spell infnit without final q; thus. infinit
-ly-ness.
Omit final in hypocrit, favorit; also, op-
posit-ly-ness, apposiE iEly-ness.
In words ending in 'slessness'' drop one
from '.less," viz: Carelesness, thanklessness,
etc.
Omit the fourth . in assassin (assasin) and
other forms of the word.
Spell somerset, not somersault.
Spell canon with Spanish n, or spell it
canyon.
Change phi to + in fantom, fantasm. and all
forms of the word also in fonic, fonetic-s
al. fonografy, orthografy, alfabet, digraf,
cifthong. -
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1879-09-25
LOCOMOTIVE SPEED.
What an old Engineer Says About Mile
Minute.

"How fast do you think we are travelling ?"
| Charley Fraser, one of the oldest engineers
| OF the New York, Lake Erie & Western rail-
way, asked reporter as they were standing
together on the foot of locomotive No. 300,
| rushing over the meadows to Rutherford
park.
81 should think we were going nearly a
mile minute
"a mile a minute!" said Frazer. 81 doubt
ii you ever rode mile minute. Few loco
motives have driving wheels over five feet,
and have my doubts if a fve-foot wheeler
can be pushed mile a minute. People have
very erroneous idea of the speed of railroad
trains. We are not going more than thirty
five miles an hour and this is very fast. Few
trains make this speed. The passengers in
the cars would think we were going mile a
minute sure, if was to pull out the throttle
so as to send her forty miles an hour. The
express trains make no such time as the local
trains. Where we lose is with so many stops.
No man could stop on a platform car and
face the wind going mile minute and live.
The breath would actually be blown out of
his body. You couldn't count the telegraph
poles going mile minute. Talk to an old
engineer of that rate being made by pass
enger train, and he would laugh. made a
mile minute once, however. 1t was when
was but eighteen years of age. was an
engineer then in charge of fine six foot
wheel locomotive. There was lot of rail-
road moguls on board, and the object was to
make the best time we could. They were to
ring the gong when the speed was mile
minute. thought we were making it for
some time before the bell rang. At length
on down grade with full head of steam,
when we were spinning along as if we were
all going to destruction, and the motion of
the piston going over the centre could no
longer be distinguished, the bell rang. We
had reached the rate of mile minute. 1t |
was the fastest l ever rode before or since. l |
tried hard to make mile minute on sub |
sequent miles, but lacked it three or four |
seconds every time. couldn't squeeze an
other mile inside of sixty seconds. When
you hear man telling of riding in pass
enger train that ran mile a minute, don't |
say anything, but mentally scratch good al
lOWance"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1879-09-25
A Wonderful Feat In TeIegraph1ng.

One night about three years ago, says 8
letter to the st. Louis Globe Democrat, while
some experiments were trying in New York
with the automatic sender, some of the boys,
probably prompted by jealousy of the ability
of Mr.. George DAIMLER, of Pittsburg, who
has the reputation of being one of the best
operators in the country, were struck with
the idea of ''rushing" that expert individual.
1t was the work of a moment to switch the
automatic on Pittsburg and call them up. As
luck would have it, 1damiller answered and
was told to get ready for five-thousand
word special. The preliminaries having been
arranged he unsuspectingly told them to go
ahead.
Well, they started off at very moderate
gait for few minutes, then they increased it
to the average press rate, and then began
climbing up on him gradually until 40 and
then As words minute were reached still
not break. Forty-six, AZ and then fifty
came tearing along, making the Morse sound
er buzz and whirr like circular saw in
full motion. by this time several of the
boys in Pittsburg were attracted by the
unusual excitement Idamiller seemed to be
laboring under, and went over to his table to
see what was going on. Not daring to say
word for fear of interrupting him, they could
but gaze in astonishment at the marvellous
work of both sender and receiver.
Fifty-fve words minute! Like lightning
his hand seemed to fly over the paper, and
dozen pencil points had he worn down only to
snatch another that had been sharpened by one
of his admiring colleagues, and kept on, fill
ed with the determination not to allow that
man in New York to rush him if he never
took another word. But the climax
was reached when they turned the au-
tomatic up to sixty words minute, averag-
ing five letters to the word. Poor George
dropped back, his pencil fell from. his hand,
his eyes closed as he family murmured,
Hank Cowen, Patsy Ayers (rapid senderD
>r the Devil"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1879-09-25

Sometimes, if rarely, we come upon q
human poem or picture that is absolutely per-
feet in its beauty-a poem so melodious, a
picture so complete, that we would not, if
we could, add to or take away one line or
circumstance. A beautiful young mother
holding her child closely clasped, her fresh
cheek resting on its golden head, and its
wandering, dimpled hands caressing her
neck, makes subject of supreme loveliness,
which Raffaelle painted as he saw and called
''The Madonna and Child"-as indeed it was
and As, wherever seen. A strong man Grad
ling bis infant son, and gazing tenderly on
the smiling, upturned face, is but the Silenus
and Bacchus, whether Sienus is an English
navy, or Greek demigod; and graceful
girl carrying anything in her hands, over
which she stoops, is the nymph with the
patera, whatever the arrangement of her dra-
perry. Every pair of young lovers, who love
without affection or calculation, enact again
Romeo and Juliet, if not in the tragedy, yet
in the poetry of their passion. Cornelia still
exists in each noble.heaIted woman who de-
votes herself to her children rather than to
her own personal enjoyments, who cherishes
the memory of her husband and refuses that
memory for living substitute, and Who cares
more for literature and art, "plain living and
high thinking" than any mere worldly con-
siderations Of ambition, ease or pleasure.
The past has not all the monopoly of all the
beautiful poems and pictures of humanity;
and modern mon and women are just as great
and just as lovely as those whom history has
embalmed and poetry idealized.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1879-09-25
Fashionable Preaching.

As he was ascending the pulpit steps, one
of the elders button-holed him to whisper an
additional caution: ''The liquor dealer has
just come into the church and he gives us q
lift sometimes I wish you would be parti-
cular not to allude to the whiskey business or
the temperance question. The young minis
ter getting frightened to see the moral ground
thus steadily narrowing before him, inquired:
"Whom or what shall preach against,
then ?" The elders reply came like an air
of triumph. ''Preach against the Mormons
they haven't got friend in town."
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1879-09-25
Neglected Opportunities.

''Do you know anybody that's buried up in
that cemetery ?" said an elderly lady passen-
ger to railroad conductor, pointing to q
resting place for the dead that the cars were
whizzing past.
mo, ma'am, DON'T"
"How lopg have you been conductering on
this road ?''
''About four years, ma a'am."
swell, if I'd been four years on this road,
I'd found out suthin' or other. sh'd hate to
be SO ignornant," an expression of extreme
disgust stole over her face as she put down
her parasol with thud.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1879-09-25

Col. Casey, Superintendent of Public
Buildings and Grounds, has submitted his
annual report on the completion of the east
wing of the new State, War and Navy De-
partments, which has been assigned to the
Secretary of the Navy, and temporarily, in
part, to the Secretary of War. The south
wing, which was completed several years
ago, is occupied by the Department of State,
and the north wing, now being constructed,
and the west wing, work of the future, are
to be assigned to the Department of War
The work on the east wing during the year
has been chiefly that of finishing and decorat-
ing the corridor and rooms. The entire wing
in decorative art has been made to conform
with the completed southern wing, occupied
by the Department of State. The apartments
of the chief officers of the War and Navy
Departments are finished in distemper in the
Germanized Egyptian style. The woodwork
throughout is mahogany and walnut The
floors of the corridors are of black and white
marble. The stairways, of cut granite have
ratings of exquisitely designed balusters in
bronze with heavy rail of polished mahog-
any. This wing contains about $50 rooms.
This vast structure, now half completed, was
designed by Mullet, whose erratic ways since
out of Office have attracted much attention
When completed it will consist of three har-
monious buildings united by connecting
wings and together forming in design and
execution the finest edifice of the kind in the
world The style is Roman Doric, and CON-
bines the massive proportions of ancient with
the elegance of modern architecture The
dimensions from north to south, including
pavilion projections, are 567 feet, and from
east to west 342 feet. The greatest height
from the terrace level over all is 1923 feet.
The sub-basement and basement are of
Maine, and the superstructure of Virginia
granite. The entire building will contain
about 500 rooms, and will cost about $1O,-
100000 This immense structure, when COM
pleted and equipped as contemplated, will &C.
ipse everything yet attempted by the govern
ment in the way of public buildings. The
excavation for the north wing has been COM
pleted, and the sub-basement walls will be
set before the close of work for the season.
Col: Casey estimates the cost of this wing at
80, 200, ,000
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1879-09-25
Before the Murder.

The Des Moines Register publishes the fol-
lowing letter, written by 81. NJ. Dixon a few
days before his death:
YAzoo CRY, Aug. II.
Leslie Basset, Esq, Rchland, Keokuk county, Iowa:
Your favor of Aug. 6, is in hand. l mail
you copy of the Heraed, and am grieved to
say it is too true all you have heard through
the Northern press of. the outrage perpetrated
perfect reign of terror has existed in this
county. My associate on the Independent
ticket for Chancery Clerk has been hunted
and his house surrounded for several nights
by armed men numbering from 80 to 100, de-
manding his withdrawal from the canvass
but as yet they have been unable to see Mr..
j. E. Bell, who is the candidate for Chancery
Clerk. There is no Republican ticket in this
county. The Independent ticket is composed
cf Democrats, but on account of the colored
people so generally supporting the ticket it
has aroused the Bourbon Democrats to such
a high pitch that they declare no opposition
ticket shall be put in the field. Every effort
is being made to cover up their action here
on the 25th ult You cannot imagine or pic
ture the scene of that mob and but for our
gallant Mayor j. 81. Holt, blood would have
been split and myself and many friends MUIR
dered. AS to the race issue, that is all bosh.
The negroes are all quiet and could not be
aroused to arms by any one, and were they
to attempt such thing no one would rally to
the protection of the intelligence of the
county quicker than myself, and every white
person in the county knows it. I have said |
nothing as yet, but so soon as the time arrives |
will be heard from. You will please not |
use my name if you publish this, as it may
injure me in some way. / intend to come
out with full details so soon as it is prudent.
Yours very truly, 81. M. DIXON.