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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-04-01

From Sketch by Homer J. Randall in the Republic.
MIR. Blaine, with those who know him, is
the most popular of men. The charm OF his
manner is beyond expression, and nobody
comes within the circle of his presence that Is
not overcome with his destinations. With
his great brilliancY he has that exquisite show
of Difference to his companions, sort OF ap-
peal to them to verify or deny his words, that
he is very taking. He is also good listener,
and he has familiar way of speaking one S
name and laying his hand on ones knee that is
an agreeable salve to ones vanity. There is
no acting in the heartiness of his manner.
He is an impulsive man, with very warm
heart, kindly instincts and generous nature.
He is open, frank and manly.
One element in his nature impresses Itself
upon my mind in very emphatic manner,
and that is his GOODNESS and self-possesslon
at the most exciting periods. happened TO
be in his library at Washington when the bal
lotng was going on in Cincinnati on that hot
July day in 1876. A telegraph instrument
was on his library table, and Mr.. Sherman,
his private secretary, deft operator, was
manipulating its key. Dispatches came from
dozens of friends giving the last votes, which
only lacked few of nomination, and every
body predicted the success of Blaine on the
next ballot. Only four persons besides Mr.
Sherman were in the room. 1t was moment
of great excitement.
The next vote was quietly ticked over the
wire and then the next announced the nomi-
nation of Mr. Hayes. Mr.. Blaine was the
only cool person in the apartment. 1t was
such reversal of all enticipations and assur-
ances that self-possessiOn was out of the ques-
ton except with MIR. Blaine. He had just
left his bed after two days of unconscious
ness from sunstroke, but he was as self-pOs-
sessed as the portraits upon the walls. He
merely gave q murmur of surprise, and be-
fore anybody had recovered from the sur
prise, he had written in his firm, fluent hand,
three dispatches, now in my possession-one
to Mr.. Hayes, of congratulation; one to the
Maine delegates, thanking them for their de-
votion, and another to Eugene Hale and Mr..
Frye, asking them to 60 personally to Colum-
bus and present his goodwill to Mr.. Hayes,
with promises of hearty aid in the campaign.
The occasion affected him DO more than the
news of servant quitting his employ would
have done. Halt an hour afterwards he was
cut with Secretary Fish in an open carriage,
receiving the cheers of the thousands of peo-
pie who gathered about the telegraph bulle-
tins. Charming as Mr.. Blaine is in ordinary
social intercourse, it is in the family circle
that he is at his best. No man in public life
Is more fortunate in his domestic relations.
He is the companion and confident of every
one of his six children, and they fear him no
more than they fear one of their own number.
Mrs. Blaine is iae model wife and mother,
and more is due to her strong judgment,
quick perception and heroic courage than the
world will ever know.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-04-01

The latest story about the Fitch-Sherman
diamond necklace runs as follows: When
it was received in this country the duties de-
manded amounted to $4,000, as the lowest
estimate of its value was 100000. The
Lieutenant was unable to pay this sum, and
an act was passed admitting the necklace
free of duty. Lieutenant Fitch then learned
that the tax on it in st. Louis would take the
whole of his income, and he once more found
the necklace an elephant on his hands. Gen.
eral Sherman then returned the necklace
with thanks, to the giver. In reply, the Khe-
dive said that it was not his desire that the
diamonds should be given to any one mem.
Der of the Sherman family, but as he had
four daughters he desired that the diamonds
should be mounted in sets and divided equal
ly among them. These daughters are Mrs:
Fitch, Ella Sherman, Elizabeth Sherman and
Rachel Sherman. The necklace was then re-
turned to the Sherman family and mounted
in four pendants, four pairs of splendid SOL
taire earrings and eight rings. These four
ladies are now the possessors OF four COM
plete sets of diamonds, the value of each be-
ing some $50, ZOO. E. os ss
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-04-01
Helena, Montana, Thursday, April I, 1880.
Montana.

In a recent article on the mineral resources
of Montana the Chicago Commercial Ad0er-
tiscr gives the following facts,
From 1862 to the close of 1878, the value
(from the last reliable data of the amount
this Territory has contributed to the worlds
wealth, is $154,O17, 900, $147, 7,OOO 600 of
which has been gold, and the balance silver.
More than 1000 gulch or placer mines
have been discovered. These are aside from
the quartz mines.
Coal is known to underlay fully 10000
square miles of the Territory.
Copper, iron, lead, and other minerals are
found in large quantities.
In the fall of 1866 four mule team hauled
to Fort Benton, for shipment down the Mis-
souri, river 5000 pounds of placer gold,
worth $1,500,OOO, nearly all of which had
been taken out of Montana Bar and vicinity,
near Confederate Gulch.
Placer gold is always found in 'free' or
pure form, from mere dust to pieces or mug
gets, varying in value from So, 200 down to a
single dollar, varying in fneness from 600 to
990-1, 900 being standard purity.
Not long ago there was displayed in the
First National Bank of Helena a single gold
nugget, found neat that city in June, 1879,
that weighed AZ 7O-100 ounces, containing a
value of $943 "a in gold and $2.16 of silver.
In 1878 nugget was found within miles
of Helena, valued at 81, 1850. They have
been found in Montana of as high a value as
$3.2OO
All gold, in its original metallic form car
ries silver from simple trace to 30 per cent.
1t is rarely that silver carries gold even to
trace. The greatest amount found was 10
parts in 1000
The formation of gold is wrapt in mystery.
1t would seem that it is formed from crystali-
zation from a liquid carrying gold in solution
instead of in molten form.
Mr.. #. Fl. Kleinschmidt, assistant cashier
of the First National Bank of Helena, has q
very rare, if not unequalled cabinet of some
so different specimens of gold crystals, for
which he was awarded diploma and letter
by the Centennial Exposition in 1875. They
were collected during 10 years of observation
and dealing in gold.
These crystals would show growth, on the
theory above mentioned, viz: gold in solu-
ton, and were all obtained from placer gold.
Still, crystallzed placer gold is only found in
few gulches in the Territory. cold IN
quartz does not in its original form show
crystalization, but when melted into mass
and then broken, its crystalization is won
drOusly beautiful.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-04-01

A clergyman recently left Liverpool in q
large ocean steamer, and, beginning to feel
uncomfortable after leaving the mouth of the
river, sought the Captain to learn if there was
any danger The Captain, in response, led
the clergyman to the forecastle, and told him
to lister to what was going on. The clergy
man was very much shocked to hear the sail
ors swearing vigorously, and expressed his
horror TO the Captain. The Captain merely
remarked; "Do you think these men would
swear in such manner if there was any real
dsnger?' whereupon the parson seemed sat
isfied and retired. A day or two afterward,
the Captain saw the clergyman proceeding
with difficulty to the forecastle. and on his
return overheard him exclaim: "Thank
heaven, they're swearing yeti" -~
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-04-01
BATTLE THE BONES.

How many bones in the human face?
Fourteen, when they re all in place.
How many bones in the human head?
Eight, my child, as I've often said.
How many bones in the human ear?
Three i'll each, and they help to hear.
How many bones in the human spine?
Twenty six, like climbing vine.
How many bones of The human chest i?
Twenty-four ribs, and two of the rest.
How many bones he shoulders bind?
Two in each-one before, one behind.
How many bones in the human arm?
In each arm one; two in each forearm.
How many bones in the human wrist?
Eight in each, if none are missed.
How many bones in the palm Of the hand?
Five in each, with many band.
How many bones in the fingers ten?
Twenty-eight, and by joints they bend
How many bones in the human hip?
One in each; like dish they dip.
How many bones in the human thigh
One in each, and deep they lie
How many bones in the human knees?
One in each the kneepan, please.
How many bones in the leg from the knee?
Two in each, we can plainly see.
How many bones in the ankle strong?
Seven in each, but none are long.
How many bones in the ball of the foot?
Five in each as the palms were put.
How many bones in the toes half score?
TWenty-eight, and there are no more.
And now, altogether, these many bones fix,
And they count in the body, two hundred and six.
And then we have in the human mouth
OF upper and under, thirty-tWo teeth.
And now and then have bone | should think,
What forms on joint, or to fill up chink.
A Sesamoid bone. or WOrmian, we call,
And now we may rest, for we've told them all.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-04-01
Webster's Reply TO Hayne.
1April Atlantic. !


A few days later, Mr. Webster heard his
State and himself mercilessly attacked by
General Hayne, of South Carolina. The son
of a revolutionary hero who had fallen a
victim to British cruelty, highly educated,
with a slender, graceful torn, fascinating de-
pertinent, and a well-trained, melliduous
voice, the naughty South Carolinian entered
the lists of the political tournament like Sa-
ladin to oppose the Yankee Coeur de Lion.
When Mr.. Webster went to the Senate
chamber to reply to General Hayne, on Tues.
day, January 20, 1880, he felt himself
master of the situation. Always careful
about his personal appearance when he was
to address an audience, he wore on that day
q whig uniform, which had been copied by
the revolutionary heroes,-a blue coat with
bright buttons, buff waistcoat, and high
white cravat. Neither was he insensible to
the benefits to be derived from publicity, and
he had sent a request to Mr.. Gales to report
what he was to say himself, rather than to
send one of his stenographers. The most
graphic account of the scene in the Senate
chamber during the delivery of the speech
was subsequently, written virtually from Mr..
Webster's dictation. Perhaps, like MIR. Hea-
ley's picture, it is rather high-colored.
Sheridan, after his 40 days preparation,
did not commence his scathlng Impeachment
of War. Hastings with more confidence
than was displayed by Mr.. Webster when he
stood up, in the pride of his manhood, and
began to address the interested mass of talent,
intelligence and beauty around him. A man
of commanding presence, with well knit,
sturdy frame, swarthy features. broad,
thoughtful forehead, courageous eyes gleam-
ing from beneath shaggy eyebrows, quad
rangular breadth of jawbone, and a mouth
which bespoke strong will, he stood like
sturdy Roundhead sentinel On guard before
the gates of the constitution. Holding in
profound contempt what is termed spread
eagle oratory, his only gesticulations were
up-and-down motions of his arms, as if he
was beating out with sledge hammers his
forcible ideas. His peroration was sublime,
and every loyal American heart has since
echoed the last words, ''Liberty and union
now and forever -one and inseparable!"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-04-01
THEsIFTING GOFPErEK-AFO FOLK SONG

X. W. LoNGFE1Low, IN HARPER's FOR MARCH.
In st. Luke's Gospel we are told
low Peter in the days of old
Was sifted;
And now, though ages intervene,
Sin is the same, while time and scene
Are shifted.
Satan desires us, great and small,
As wheat, 10 sitt Us, and we all
Are tempted;
Not one, however, rich or create
Is by his station or estate
Exempted.
No house so safely guarded is
But he, by some device of his,
Can enter;
No heart hath armor so complete
But he can pierce with arrows fleet
Its center.
For all at last the cock will crow
Who hear the warning voice, but 60
Unheeding.
Till thrice and more they have denied
The Man of Sorrows, Cruclhed
And bleeding.
One look of that pale, suffering face
Will make us feel the deep disgrace
OF weakness;
We shall be sifted till the strength
Of self-cOnceit be changed at length
To meekness.
Wounds of the soul, though healed, will ache;
The reddening scars remain, and make
Confession;
Lost innocence returns no more;
We are not what we were before
Transgression.
But noble souls, through dust and heat,
Rise from disaster and defeat
The stronger,
And conscious still of the divine
Within them. lie on earth supine,
No longer.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-04-01

VIRGINIA, the home of Presidents, is rapid
ly becoming the asylum of statesmen and the
hot-bed of oratory. In the course of debate
the other day, member of the House of
Representatives observed: "In the solemn
presence of Almighty God, and in the awful
presence of this assembly. the gentleman
from Rockingham is id liar!"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-04-01

IT is affirmed that, for the first time since
the days of Joseph, of holy writ, Jew has
just been appointed to high position in the
service of the Khedive of Egypt Whether
the statement is literally correct or not, the
fact involved is of such rare occurrence that
it is..worth noting.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-04-01

BALTIMORE clubs pay their cooks more
than baltimore churches pay their pastors,
but cooking requires heap of talent.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-03-06
Respectfully submitted,

Respectfully submitted.
STEPHEN ARNOLD,
February llth, 1880 Recorder.
STATE or ILLINOIS, 9,
La Sale County. o. On this 18th
day of February, 1850, personally APP
peared before me, the undersigned, P.W.
Stocksleger, County Clerk of La Sale
me duly sworn, on his oath says that the
above statement is correct
STEPHEN ARNOLD.
Subscribed and sworn 50 before me this
February 18th. 1850.
L. w. STOCKSLEGER, Co. Clerk.
Supervisor Stevenson, chairman of the
committee on complaints and abate-
ments, presented the following report,
which. on motion, was adopted:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen:
Your committee on complaints and
ATTACHMENTS would respectfully report
that they have examined the matter of
the petition of /. ii. Budd, asking for the
refunding Of Sll.0S. beng a double as
sessment on As acres of the s15 sci of
sec. 80, Il. 80, north range east of Sd
Z. NJ, and being satisfied that said
amount of Sll.0S was twice paid
for the year 1879. we therefore recon-
mend the abatement of the same, and
that the Clerk be authorized to draw his
order on the Treasurer in favor of said
/. III. Budd for the county pro rata
of said Sll.0S, and certify the foregoing
facts to the proper officers for the benefit
of said petitioner. Upon the petition of
y. j. IObert, of Narseilles, asking the
refunding Of 1856 by him paid at Il tax
sale for strip of land on the canal east
of Main street. Marseilles. and being sat
istied that the description is So indefinite
that the land cannot be located, therefore
we recommend its abatement. and that
the Clerk be authorized to draw his order
on the Treasurer in favor of SAID \. J.
HObert for the county pro rata of said
S3.56. and that he certify the foregoing
facts, together with the necessary figures,
to the proper officers. for the benefit of
said petitioner.
Upon the petition of Luman = Samp-
son, praying for the correction of the as
sessment of the el swli SEC. -. and also
of the WIZ swli of SAID sec. II in SAID
town as assessed for the year 1873. and
being satisfied by the certificates of the
assessor and collector of said town that
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S3H III
GEORGE W. RAVENS,
Executor of the estate of Charles W.Denhard, decd
S94.23. Received of Geo. w. Ravens,
executor of the last will and testament
of Charles w. Bernhard, deceased, the
sum of S94.23, for balance due La Sale
county on receipts OF Recorder of said
county. 5. W. RAYMOND,
County Treasurer.
Ottawa, Illinois, February II, 1880.
g. p. D0hlery, in account WM La Sale County,
Ill.,, February 2Hh, 1879, to april 18th, 1879:
DIR.
TO receipts per entry book. .........$ 442 10
TO receipts ~ per chit, &c................ loo ID
5 5t3 %
CR.
By salary allowed. observation-disclosures. 49, 80
BY extra clerk hire. ...... 81 w
Ry postare Observation-Disclosures. 8 rs
BY express charles. canaan. ....,...,...., ~
nv cash mad Treasurer. ................... II 35
~
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Received of f. p Donlevy seventeen
35-100 dollars as above.
5. w. RAYMOND, Co. Treasurer.
Ottawa. Sept. 10, 1879.
STATE LIZ Sale Sa eA coSSy. ss. The forego
ing report is correct and true statement
to the best of my knowledge and belief.
+. =. DONLEvY.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day of February, a. ID. 1880.
EDWARD O'DONNELL, J.P.
RECORDER STATEMENT.
ReceiptS.
For recording real estate instruments from
April lith 1879, to Dec. LIST. 1S19........S 1872 As
For recording chattel mortgages and bills
of sale from April II, 1879, to Dec. |, 1879 1853 90
For certified copies aud certificates. 3S -
5 80 10
Expenditures
Salary of Recorder, months and IA days 942 30
Clerk hire, " 9i2 80
Extra CLERK hire. Observation-Disclosures. p Oh
Postage Observation-Disclosures. 4 90
Postoiiicc box rent Observation-Disclosures. 1 81
Sprinkling ..,.... NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 90
Cleaning and scrubbing office ............ 800
Bestman for drawer aud rest boards ..... Is
Gilman for painting, white-washing and
papcr-hanGing. ......... ............... - 90
Hanitin, plastering .................... 80
To amount paid W Raymond County
Treasurer. observation-disclosures. e. 49,. $40 IS
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miscellaneous.

Pain cannot stay where used 1t is the cheapest med,
cine made Five drops surface large as the
hand. one dose cures common Sore Throat. one bottle
has cured Bronchitis. Fifty cents worth ns cured an Old
Standing Cough II positively cures tatarrh, Asthma and
Group. Ffty cents worth has cured Crck IN the Back,
and the quantity Lame Back of eight Years standing.
II cures SNclel Neck and MI other TumOrs Rhcumats.
Neuralgia Contraction OF the Muscles S'f Joints, spinal
Difficulties and Pain and any part, matter
where may be- On what cause 1t may arise always
does You good twenty-five cents worth has cured bad
Chronic and Bloody Dyscntery one caspountu
cures Collie tecn minutes II Will any of Piles
that is possible TO cure SIX or eight applications are war
raned TO cure any case EXcOratcd Nipples lnamed
Breast For Bruises II applied often and hound there
the slightest dscOOraOn 10 the skin. 1t stops the
pain of Burn applied, and is positive cure for
Chiblains Frosted Feet uil Warts, CurHs, and Wounds
every description beast Price 81 cents ana
81 Trial Size, % cents, FOSTER. MILBCRN co. Sole
Proprctors Buffalo. Y. Y. Sold in Otttwahy EORB
* GEII III O. Van Setback, Stevenson Co..
Wholesale Agents, Chicago mar22-cow
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All of which is respectfully submitted
A.. E. BEACH. Ihuirlnun.

All or winch Is respectfully submitted.
A. f. BEACH, Chairman. g..
Supervisor Grove, chairman of the
committee on fees and salaries. submitted
the following report, which, on motion,
was adopted
TO the Honorable Board Of Supervisors of
La Sale county, Ill.,:
Your committee on fees and salaries
would recommend that Henry Mayo,
County Attorney, be allowed the sum of
six hundred dollars as salary for the en-
suing year. SAMUEL GROVE,
Chairman.
Supervisor Checver, chairman of the com
mittee on court house and Jail, submitted the
following report, which, on motion, was
adopted:
.Hr CdHiym@V Gytd GcatlemeH IF tie Bodd
If Supervisors: Your committee on court
house and Jail claims would beg leave to re-
port that they have examined all claims pre-
scented before them and recommend the pay
ment of the following and that the clerk be
directed to issue orders for the several
amounts to the several claimants, to.wit:
Names For what. Total
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towns of VermilliOn and Farm Ridge, in
favor of the commissioners OF highways or
said towns, and that the Clerk drawing
his order on the Treasurer in favor Of the
said respective commissioners for the said
several amounts, the same being due
from the county. On motion OF Super
visor OLaughlin, the subject matter is
referred to the committee on roads and
bridges.
Supervisor Klove presented the follow
ing resolution, which, on motion, was
adopted:
Resolred, That the Supervisors of the
several towns be allowed the sum of So
for posting election notices and approx
ing collectors bonds, and that the Clerk
be directed to issue orders on the Treas
urer for the same.
On motion of Supervisor Parr, the COM
mittee on courthouse and Jail are au-
thorized and instructed TO make necessa-
ry improvements in county jail.
Supervisor klove, chairman OF the
finance committee, presented report
relative to the abStracting OF mortgages.
Thereupon, Supervisor Lewis, from the
same committee, presented minority
report relative to the same matter.
Thereupon, on motion OF supervisor
Beach further cOnsideratio OF the reports
was postponed till O'Clock tomorrow
afternoon.
Supervisor Fox, from the committee to
settle with county officers, presented the
following reports, which, on motlOn, were
adopted:
Mr. Chairman and gentlemeno of the Board
Of Supervisors:
Your committee to settle with county Of
iicers, would respectfully report that they
have examined the matter OF reports from
the Recorders Office us follows:
1st \ report from Geo. w. Ravens,
executor of the last will and testament OF
Charles W. Bernhard, extending from
Dec. I'd, 1873, to Feb 9th, 1879.
ID a report from f. 7. Donlevy, eX-
tending from Feb. oath, 1879, to April 10Th
1879.
3D. A report from Stephen Arnold the
present incumbent, extending from April
i4th, 1879, to Dec. lst, 1879.
And believe all of said reports to be
correct.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
j. M. Fox,
letting Chairman.
Charles ". D~nhard Recorder, in account uitA
La safe county:
To receipts for recording real estate con
veyances from December End, 1879 TO
February 9th, 1879. .;:..........;......S oo' 20
To receipts Tor recording chattel mort
CAGES, &c.....,..................... III ID
{ $50 10
by salary for Recorder from December end =,
1878, to February 2ith lS79...... ......$ 3i9 81
by salary for clerks from December 2nd.
1875 to February cath, 1879. .......,..... 3'9 81
Moore. .......'........,... $500
B By post posta ooS o rsh, host stamp. go
nv cash TO County Treasurer. ............. "a y
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and get tor thing In the Drug and Book lin
when DO not haye IL. X. Y. QKIGHS
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OSMAN e. HRPEMAN
CLEAN PEOPLE

fcus-keepers builders Painters, rareTr-r that Seep,
large stocN Leads, Palms. OILS, farUshes PAN,
Brushes and all kiuis II material tor pain ing VIII =,
be undersold :. ) GElGGS.