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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-04-30
THE SCENE OF TIE WRECK.

TIE SCENE OF TIE WRECK.
When our reporter arrived at the wreck
Tue sday, Capt. Smith and Mr.. J. H. Low
ali with force Of about fifty hands, had
after IA hours Of hard work lust CLEARED
the side track so that trains could move
slowly past. A great crowd Of citizens of
Waynesooro and the adjacent country had
gathered to witness the unusual spectacle
and it waa hard to find standing room near.
the wreck or sitting room on the bank and
near fences. Many tepa of coal lay along
the track in great heaps, piles Of lumber
were lying near. but the number OF cars
represented in the irregular mass of BRO
ken and bent beams, splintered boards and
twisted iron piled together in confusion
fnextricable, could only be guessed at by
the pairs of naked trucks which lay to-
gether in one place where they had been
rolled. Ten cars Of the runaway train and
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-04-30


CONCLUSION.
The Convention, after sitting contlnu-
ously all Friday night, adjourned Satur-
day morning at O'Clock. 1t is stated by
those who claim to know that nine of the
delegation will vote for Sherman after
casting their first vote for Grant.
All public manifestations as we'll as ma
ny private expressions of opinion made
it plain that before the test vote for per-
manent chairman. the Readjusters were
under the III preston that they had cap
tured the ody and would, after electing
delegates to Chicago, adjourn it to Rich
mond till July.to make ticket.
The bulk of the dissatisfaction at the Ii
nal action of the body laid in the 1st, I'd and
4th congressional districts, while there
were some, but not very many. in the 3rd
lRichmondl district 1t is in these Sec
tions OF the State that the bulk Of the
black vote lies,
It was a noticeable aud important fact.
thatin all their public and private flor there
was much loud private conversation among
them) expressions, none OF the colored del.
egates on the Readiuster side, gave even
the slightest lntimation of giving any aid
to any electoral ticket whatever that was
not pledged to the nominee Of the Chica-
go Convention.
The Hon. Peter J. Carter presided SO
we'll as temporary chairman, that he was
called to the ehair the greater part of the
time afterwards by Gen. Wickham. He
decided not less than one hundred and
fifty points of order clearly ana iA pazMa-
nentary style, and sh0Agh tAe distinguish.
ID gsntlenen was suferlngssfrera hoa1se-
less he managed to keep TINS most disor-
lerly Convention IN bounds.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-07-08
Helena, Montana, Thursday, July 8, 1880.
LATE MINING DECISIONS.

There is no law which exempts unpatented
mining property from execution.
The United States mining law does not pro-
hibit the same party from holding more than
one claim on the same lode.
A party is not authorized to 90 within the
claim and possession OF another party and
discover ledge on which he may base To-
cation.
The location of third party upon loca-
ton outside the first location, bu, within the
second, would probably be recognized as
legal.
The locator's record should conform to the
actual location on the ground, and the only
proper method to correct mistake In this
matter would be to make new record.
1t cannot properly be stated just how far
locator may deviate from the plain require
ments of section 1924 of United States Re-
vised Statutes in making his location and yet
save his claim. Strict compliance with the
law is the only security with the locator.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-07-08
OutdOne by q Boy.

A lad in Boston, rather small for his years
worked as an errand boy for four gentlemen
who do business there. One day the gentle
men were chatting him a little about beng so
small, and said to him:
''You will never amount to much; you
never can do much business; you are too
small.
The little fellow looked at them.
"Well," said he, ''as small as am, can
do something which none of you can do"
"Ah, what is that ?" said they.
IL don't know as I ought to tell you, he
replied.
But they were anxious to know and urged
him to tell what he could do that none OF
them were able to do.
81 can keep from swearing" said the little
fellow.
There were some bushes on four manly
faces, and there seemed to be very little anx-
iety for further information on that point
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-07-08
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A Novel Invention.

Away down East novel craft has been in.
vented by clergyman for the preservation
of life at sea. 1t is floating vessel in the
shape of an inverted balloon, which is en-
tirely covered, the entrance being by man
hole in the upper part, reached from plat
form wholly surrounding the vessel, and from
which small iron ladders drop down to the
water. Inside, arranged around the wides,
part, are seats and berths, and under the GOV.
cred bottom is space for provisions. Ventila.
ton is provided for by an ingenious device.
The boat is adapted for shoal or deep water
by ballast weight, which is raised or lower.
ed from within. 1t is furnished with keel
and rudder. Its peculiar feature is its meth.
cd of motion. This is automatic. 1t is oh.
tanned by wave or air wheels attached to
shafts which are connected with small pro.
peller. The principle of the wheels is that
whichever way the wind blows or the waves
move, the motion is always in the same di-
rection and under control of the rudder. The
boat can be made of metal, and the size can
be regulated by the needs of the vessel to
which it belongs. 1t is proof against fire,
always rides vertical, is easily dropped from
the ship, and can be handled by any one who
knows how to turn a crank.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-07-08
[trom St. Nicholas. ]

Another great mistake that many Of Oui
girls are making, and that their mothers are
either encouraging or allowing them to make,
is that of spending their time out OF school IL
idleness, or in frivolous amusement, doing nc
work 10 speak of, and learning nothing about
the practical duties and the serious cares OF
life. 1t is not only in the weather. families
shat the girls are growing up indolent and
Impractical in household work indeed,
think that more attention is paid to the in
dustrial training of girls in the weather
families than in the families of mechanics
and in people of moderate circumstances,
where the mother is compelled to work hard
all the while. ''Within the last week, says
one of nv correspondents, II have heard two
mothers, worthy women in most respects.
say, the first. that her daughter never did any
sweeping Why, if she wants to say to her
companions, I never swept room in my
life, and takes any comfort in saying il. let
her say it; and yet that mother is sorrowiDg
much over the shortcomings of that very
daughter. The other said she would not let
her daughter do anything in the kitchen.
Poor deluded woman. She did il all her
self instead" The habits of Incidence and
helplessness that are thus formed are not the
greatest evils resulting from this bad prac-
LlCc Lut ScIuSuucSS tudt AoS1CiS 10 IhC
worst thing about it. How devoid of con-
science, how lacking in all true sense of ten
derness, or even justice, q girl must be who
will thus consent to devote all her time out of
school to pleasuring, while her mother is
bearing all the heavy burdens OF the house
hold And the foolish way in which mothers
themselves sometimes talk about this, even
in the presence of their children, is mischiev-
Gus in the extreme ''Oh, Hattie is so ab-
sorbed with her books, or her crayons, or
her embroidery, that she takes no interest in
household matters, and do not like to call
on her, as if the daughter belonged 10 a
superior order of beings, and must not soil
her hands or ruff1e her temper with house
work. The mother is the drudge, the daugh-
ter is the fine lady for whom she tolls No
mother who suffers such state of things as
this can preserve the respect Cf her daughter,
and the respect of her daughter no mother
can afford to lose The result of all this is
to form in the minds of many girls not only
a distaste for labor, but contempt for it, and
a purpose to avoid it as long as they live by
some means or other. There is scarcely any
one of these letters which does not mention
this as one of the chief errors in the training
of our girls at the present day. 1t IS not uni
versal. but it is altogether prevalent. And 1t
want to say to you girls, that if you are allow
ing yourselves to grow up with such hebi's
of Incidence and such notions about work.
you are preparing for yourselves miserable
future
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-07-08
The ID umau Hair.

A Michigan doctor has written book on
the human hair, in which he presents these
views: ''Hairs do not, as rule, penetrate
the scalp perrendicularly, but at at an angle
When the angle Of the different hairs Is the
same it is possible to give to it the easy
sweeps and curves which We generally see II
take, but if they are by some freak OF nature
misplaced, we have the rebellious frizzle-tops
that are not susceptible of the influence OF
t e brush and comb. Many poor mother
has half worried her life out trying to train
her Johnny's rebellious locks into better ways
believing it was Johnnys perverseness OF
manners that induced such dilapidated head
gear, when it was really none OF Johnny g
fault at all, but simply freak OF nature IN
misplacing the rsdiating centers of his mir
suite covering Sometimes fowls suffer from
contrarywise placing of the feathers-they
Run the wrong way. The authors father had
a ben whose leg feathers ran up towards the
body, and those on the body and neck to.
wards the head. This gave her perpetual
'out-of-sorts look, and she could never ny.
The erection of the hair of animals during
anger or of human beings in fright is caused
by change in the skin and the angle at
which the hair enters the head or body.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-07-08
Arsenical wall Paper.

Mr.. Love, of the School of Mines in New
York city, wrote the following letter to the
editor of the Sanitary Engineer: Il am
very glad you have joined the crusade against
arsenical wall papers, and hope 1t will be fol-
lowed up until they are driven out of the
market A manufacturer who really wishes
to make an article free from arsenic can do
so. Many manufacturers find it to their ad-
vantage to have their wall papers tested for
arsenic, and it more than repays them for the
expense of the analysis to be able to say that
every article sold is free from this poison.
Of the many wall papers have examined,
contained arsenic We hope the time will
come when all the larger cities win have their
public analyst, to whom buyers of wall paper
and everything else suspected of containing
injurious matter Can take their samples for
ANALYSIS"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-07-08
A Mother.
Youths Companion. J


A touching incident occurred few weeks
ago at the distribution OF prizes in the Eng
lish School of Sciences and Arts a. Keighley.
The Bishop of Manchester gave the prizes.
To the pupils and most of the large audience,
the Bishop occupies the place of father to
his children; not only revered as man OF
God, but as liberal, practical thinker, one OF
the leaders of opinion in England In all
matters which influence the elevation OF
humanity.
Surrounded by the boys and their parents
the good Bishop was suddenly led to speak
of his own mother, and told the story how
she, mot clever, managing woman, had
been left widow with seven children how
her great love and trust in God had helped
her TO live, sacrificing not only luxury, but
comfort: to make a home, bare of all but
the most meager necessaries, bright and
happy as that House Beautiful, whose cham
bers were called Peace, and from which
could be seen the hills of Heaven. Most of
her children, through her efforts, have risen
to positions where they could help to make
the world wiser and better. 'She is now. y
said the Bishop, with broken voice, lin my
house, paralyzed, speeches. and helpless +;
and when / looked at her sweet face this
morning, I thanked God, who had given her
to me. owe to her all that am"
Goethe, it is said, always declared that TO
his mother he owed not only all his genius,
but his strength.
There is a period in the life of most boys
when they feel themselves immeasuraoly
wiser than their mothers; the little knowl-
edge they have acquired from books intoxica,
ties them like new wine. Probably they find
the good woman at home, who gave them
life and has sacrificed herself for them daily,
is ignorant of their hobby-mathematics. OF
Latin. or base-ball--and they are too apt to
show their contempt in rude disobedience:
When a man reaches the position of Goe'
the or the Bishop of Manchester. he is wise
enough to appreciate mother's unselflsh
love at its real value
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-07-08
Reading for lne Young.

The influence exerted upon youth by their
chosen companions. In forming their tastes,
opinions and character, can hardly be over
estimated. 1t has come TO be so generally
appreciated that few thoughtful parents and
guardians now leave wholly to chance the
Quality of this influence. There is, however,
another cOmpanonship, more silent and un-
obtrus.ve, but none the less influential in
moulding our young men and wOmen-that
of books. Indeed in some respects, this is
the more potent influence of the two. In the
play of conversation there is somewhat more
air stirring to blow away noXious vapors-
the continual interchange of sentiment,
thought and feeling, always varying and Of
ten conflicting, tends to dissipate much that
is frivolous, exposes much that is abshrb,
and throws doubt upon much that is contra
dictory. In reading there is no such friction,
the attitude is mainly receptive, the suasion
is all one side, the reader is passive rather
than active, he is impressed by the author,
and makes no reply.
From the time when the little child first ac-
qnires the power of amusing himself by read
ing, it should be the aim of the parent and
teacher to cultivate and elevate his taste by a
wise selection of books for his perusal. The
amount of juvenile literature is large and
varied, ana mere Is enough OI "uat 10 pure
in thought, simple in style, high in principle,
and sweet in spirit, to satisfy the needs of
the most eager little student. If all that is
impure and exciting. and even simply trashy,
be carefully excluded from our children's s
libraries; if We form in them the habit of
reading and enjoying the best and most en-
nobling books suited to their age; and if q
love for the pure, the true, and the beautiful
be developed in their hearts. the surest blow
will have been struck against the unwhole-
some influence of impure and frivolous litera-
ture.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-07-08

OF the Empress of Russia the London oa'-
urday' Reoieso says: "She was Quite aware
of the general danger which her nusoand mao
10 encounter: and her illness, if due to dis
ease. was aggravated by anxiety. She had
also the pang of remembering happier days,
and her memory must have constantly gone
hack TO the time when the Gear was not only
the benefactor but the idol o: his people.
She lived to see the emancipator of the seris
doeged by sssassins. and driven from the ex-
ercise of mower into gloomy and solitary oo-
scurity. Probably her greatest comfort IN
her sI1preme hour of trial was that she had
given her unhappy husband the tender care
and loving ministrations of devoted daugh-
ter"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-07-08
As WE GROW OLD.

ie we grow old, our Yesterdays
Seem very dim and Distant
We grope, as those in darkened ways,
Through all that is existent;
Yet far off days shine bright and clear
With suns that long have faded,
And faces dead seem strangely near
To those that lite has shaded.
A. we grow old our tears are few
For friends most lately taken,
But fail-as falls the summer dew
From roses lightly shaken
When some chance word of idle strain,
The chords of memory sweeping.
Unlock the fOod-gates of our pain
For those who taught Us weeping.
A. we grow Cd our smiles are rare
70 those who greet us daily,
Or. Il some living faces wear
The looks that beamed go gaily
From eyes long clio 'ed-and we should smile
In answer to their wOOing,
'Tis but the Past that shines the while
Our power TO smile renewing.
As we grow Old our dreams at night
Are never of the morrow;
They come with vanished pleasure bright,
Or dark with olden sorrOw
And when we wake the names we say
Are not of any mortals,
But those in some long dead day
Passed through life's sunsets portals.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-07-08

The society lady never sheds tears. She
knows enough to keep her powder dry.
We blame Inconsistency in women, but only
when We are the victim. We find it charm
ing if we are the object. t.--L0uis Desn0yeJs.
1t happens as with cages, the birds without
despair to get in, and those within despair OF
getting out-that is marriage. e.-N0ntdtgne.
The woman who really wishes to refuse
contents herself with saying no. She who
explains wants to be convinced. ALFRED de
.HuSSet.
Women detest Jealous man whom they
DO not love, but it angers them when a man
whom they do love is not jealous. us.-Nsn0a 0e
CEncIos.
No woman speaks of women without think
ing little of herself, and never thinks OF
herself without thinking good deal OF oth-
ers.-Suard
When you talk to women you must choose
between lying and displeasing them. There
is no middle course unless you say nothing
Roch66run.
Women who love are always afraid they
are not loved. Women who are not loved al
ways fatter themselves that they are loved
Louts DeSn0yers.
With women marked irregular noses signify
more than talent with men and, except IN
the case of few, beauty must always sacrl-
fee something to genius. s.-Daudst
A wife no more believes in business which
takes her husband away from her than man.
ager believes in the sickness of an actress or
publisher in that of writer.-An0m.
The pleasure of love is in loving. We are
happier in the passion we feel than in that we
inspire. We always like those who admire
us; we do not always like those whom we
admire. .-Rochgoucast5d.
Since the introduction of female postmas-
ters a girl goes up to the window and says
'ls there letter for Miss Margaret hooin-
son?' "Yes." says the female postmaster
here is one from John McJones.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-07-08
ONE Hundred Years Old.
[From the Cincinnati Gazette, June 22d.

TFrOm the Cincinnati Gazette, June 22d
The beautiful home of Mrs. Margaret Swift,
on the Reading road, was yesterday the scene
of a most unique and beautiful reception,
which brought together friends, relatives,
AMI family connections from half dozen
different States TO celebrate the one hundredth
birthday of her mother, Mrs Prudence Glo-
YER Mrs. Glover was born in Frederick
county, Maryland, 100 years ago yesterday,
and is of English llnesge Ten years later
in 1890, her family removed to Kentucky,
ano in that State and Ohio her great length
of days has been passed, the past thirty years
having been spent, with the exception of
visits to relatives in Kentucky, in the family
of her beloved daughter and only surviving
child, Mrs Margaret Swift. Mrs. Glover
shows but little signs of having passed so far
beyond the allctad age of man. She is per-
fectly erect, moves without the support of
cane or friendly arm, and would anywhere
be taken for a woman of seventy-tive. Her
eyes are bright and her voice as clear as
girls and her laugh as merry. Her faculties
are entirely unimpaired, with the exception
of slight deafness. She received her guests
with cheerful greetings, welcoming old
friends and making new ones at ease in a
manner simply wonderful. Lord Bacon be-
lieved that some art of prolonging life was
known to the ancients, and having been lost
is recoverable. Mrs. Glover has not only
discovered this art of length of days, which
so often means in the very aged an awful
waiting for release. but the secret of health
and happiness. The secret of longevity in
case seems to be a Tranquil life, absence Of ir-
ritability. contented disposition, and beau
tiful faith in the m ercy and wisdom of that
Divine Power in whose hand our life is and
whose ways are all our ways. which has sustain
ed her al her days. Mrs. Glovers descendants
and connections by marriage are many of
them people widely known and holding dis
tinguished pnsitinns
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-07-08

The Hartford circumstances the follow
ing remarkable case: ''Mr. Frederick Tyler,
of this city. who is now a little over eighty
five years old and is in fair health and the
best of spirits, can remember of seeing man
who was born in 1899. 1t was his own
grandfather, Mr.. Tyler. who was born In
that year and lived until 1900, covering the
whole of the eighteenth century with his life
Mr. Frederick Tyler was about five years OLD
at the time of his grandfsther's death, and re-
members the old gentleman perfectly. For
n man of to-day, 1880. to have personal
recollection of person of the seventeenth
century is at least remarkable"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-07-08
A FLUSHING MAIDEN'S PLEA

Pray, gentle being, give me heed,
AS, kneeling humbly by thy sioe,
With lacerated heart plead
That may be thy blushing bride.
! long, wildly long, 10 press
Thee TO my heart-I know tits rash.
pine TO print tond caress
Upon thy meek and mild mustache.
Why. tell me why, thine eyelids drop;
Why turn away so pettishly;
Say, why with fierce, tumultuous flop
Thy bosom heaves cOquettishly?
! know that thou art young and fair
As tiny buds in early spring;
But thou shalt be my constant care,
Thou frail and fragile little thing!
I'll sew thy shirts and darn thy hose,
Thy victuals cook, thy fires will light
III grease thy gracious Grecian nose
Each snowy, croupy, wintry night.
So, surely. thou'll not tell me nay,
And bid me, dying, quit thy side;
Brace mp, pull down thy vest, and say
That may be thy blushing bride.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-07-08

Mr.. EDWARD KNOLL, the Burgomaster OF
karlsbad, has issued proclamation to the
masculine frequenters of that watering place.
exhorting them to abstain for the future from
the wearisome, frivolous and futile practice
OF raising their hats to one another as con-
ventionai salutation. He describes it as an
moving and vexatious, and somewhat authori-
tatively recommends. as a substitute for so
meaningless formality. 'the usual military
salute, effected by gesture of the hand"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-07-08
Good story About q Jew.

During the fourteenth century, when the
Hebrew race was undergoing one OF those
periodical prosecutions which has been
subjected to during the long reign of events
as recorded by history, since the birth OF
Moses, there lived in Ispahan an opulent
Jewish merchant. Persecution, which al
ways seeks vulnerable point and never dares
assail strength, fixed uron the rich Jew as a
victim. The Cadi of Ispahan, from motives
of jealousy and class prejudice, made matters
so unpleasant for the Jew that in despair ne
went to him and said:
.sYou will not allow me to live here /;
where shall go?"
s'Go to Bagdad," replied the Mufti.
"But," responded the Hebrew, your
brother rules there"
500 to Ispap, then" ,
''But your Uncle is chief magistrate there.
.'Go to Damascus, then"
''But your nephew rules there"
'.Then, if my family will not allow you 10
live in this world, 90 to h-n.
"Ah, me- replied the Jew, you forget
your respected father is dead"
The following original order was sent to
merchant in Delaware:
ssMr. Dees-Win you please
let Mr.. Horn have a bushel OF corn?
Charge the amount to my account,
And in the Fall III pay you si
Yours truly, John w. Dooiey.'