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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-12-22
Opportunities Ahead.

During the past few years great advance
ment has been made III the handwriting OF
the nation. Much Of this is due to the bus
mess colleges which, until recently, have had
a monopoly of the best talent Other schools
are now employing first class teachers of pen
manship, and giving due prominence, to this
branch. Our academies, seminaries and other
institutions for secondary instruction, find
that to keep pace with the demands for in
structiOn in this branch, they must employ
superior pennlen as teachers for their pupils,
and nearly all the leading cities have pro-
fessor for their public schools. ii ysra f.
The next ten years will carry us forward
with giant strides. Merely good penman
will not be wanted as now, because really
elegant writers can not in allcases be had,
but those who are in all respects educated
for their profession. A merely good hand
writing without a thorough knowledge Of
the principles and theory of penmanship,
coupled with teaching ability, will be OF
little service. But for thorough qualified in
structors in this branch, there will be far
greater demand than the country has ever
known. ....5a .-a.,. .ts. bass .8sngn4 al l.-t4
Those who to-day are making the most of
their opportunities for improvement will in
a few years, if not very soon, be called upon
to fill honorable and lucrative positions,
where talent is required .8 I#.f. -i
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-12-22
The Work of one Dav.
Men of Letters.

In the fall OF 1890 Burns struck off at one
heat the matchless Tale of Tam O'Shanter"
The poem was the wefk of one day, of which
Mrs. Burns retained vivid recollection.
Her husband had spent most of the day at
the riverside, and in the afternoon she sought
him with her two children He was busily
engaged grooming to himself, and Mrs. Burns,
perceiving that her presence was an Interrupt
ton, loitered behind with her little ones
among the broom. Her attention was pres
emily attracted by the strange and wild ges-
ticulations of the bard, who was now even
at some distance, agonized with an ungoy-
ernable excess of joy. He was reciting very
loud, and with tears rolling down his cheeks,
those animated verses which he had just
conceived: .-fia I'm i-i3rr .,- -a-tfg
Now Tam :, Tam. had thae been queans f.
A. plump and strappin' in their teens.'
II wish We had seen him" said his wife :;
he was in such ecstacy that the tears were
happing doom his cheeks" The poet, having
committed the verses to writing came into
the house, and read them in high triumph at
the freside He ever after regarded it as
the masterpiece of all his poems, and poster
ity has not, believe, reversed the judgment
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-12-22
N "NEvER USE A BIG, BIG D.,
A Humble Imitator of Sir Joseph POr-
ter, X. C.. b.

The civilized world will be gratifed at the
receipt of the intelligence that living dis
ciple of Sir Joseph Porter" X. G. B., of II.
M. S. Pinaf0re fame, has been found in the
person of Captain S. M. Greenleaf, of the
American ship Fannie Tucker. Captain
Greenleaf is one of the gentlemen who on
account of their philanthropic views as to
the mode of treatment of mariners at sea,
have come to be dubbed Reform Captain" :"
Prior to the departure of his vessel from port
he gave his officers and crew the strictest in
functions to never use big, big D." hold
ing, besides, as Sir Joseph Porter did, that in
giving commands the expression if you
please a particularly gentlemanly tone i'm
plants" The second day that the Fannie
Tucker was upon the ocean blue" Henry
.SOuthwOon. the second mate, when address
ing the crew applied to them compound cpl
thets, witch the most diligent search will
not find in either the Old or New Testaments
or the revised edition. Mr. Southwood was
promptly arraigned for his delinquency and
soundly lectured. But he obstinately main
tanned that he would continue to designate
the crew by the terms for ages in vogue
among sea-going men. Captain Greenleaf
therefore ordered as punishment that the
second mate seek the seclusion which the
cabin grants" for the remainder of the voy-
age. The Fannie Tucker having arrived in
port, the Captain took his second mate on
shore and delivered him to the United States
Marshal. A complaint based Oh section
1896 Of the Revised Statutes (popularly
known as the Shipping Commissioners Act
was framed, charging him with 'willful dis
obedience to any lawful command" South
wood has been placed under bonds of $780,
This is the first time that the statute has
been applied to the offense in question The
feature of the case is not the use of vulgar
language, but as has been intimated, the
willful disobedience of command which
was lawful for the Captain. @f1' '@ <.''
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-12-22
JUNE VS.. DECEMBER.

The mighty robe of the wood trailed down ..
By the border of the meadow, -.
And the asters over the brooklet's rim . ......
Wooed the voices IN their shadow,
Where walked with one who brought love to me
And looked in her eyes as one looks on the sea-
With longing to fathOm the mystery. .r
OWNED their meaning Alright, thought;
They beamed with love never ending;
built ladder of hope to the skies, ..,. h.
And the angels were all descending.
gathered the asters and violets she wore;
Ere they faded she kissed them DER and Ger
They are treasures now in my bureau drawer.
OWNED their meaning awrong, I know;
Those eyes were deep, remember; -.f
They told me they loved me mid flowers of June,
But asters arc dead in December. f... g.. ,..,-..
Vet violets will peep when Winter has flown,
And I'll listen again to the rvulets tone, E
And catherine howers--but I'll do it alone. ...f.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-12-22
Home Made Court Plaster.

Soak isinglass in little warm water for
twenty-four hours then evaporate nearly all
the water by a gentle heat; dissolve the
residue in little diluted alcohol, and strain
the whole through a piece of open linen.
The. strained mass should be stiff jelly
when cold. Now stretch piece of silk or
scarcenet on q wooden frame, and fix it tight
with tacks or pack thread. Melt the jelly
and apply it to the silk thinly and evenly
with a badger hair brush A second coat
must be applied when the first has dried
When both are dry, apply over the whole
surface two or three coatings of the balsam
of Peru. Plaster thus made is very pliable.
and never breaks
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-12-22
ATOUGH SNAKE STORY.
He Hated a Man Who Would Lie So
Outrageonsly.
Salt Lake Tribune.1

! t.....a. [Sah Lake Tribune. ...s4
II hate man who lies about snakes" said
/ an old fellow who had been listening fo
nearly an hour to snake stories around the
stove at the Overland House. ss.
Perhaps you mean that we are all liars,
said one Of the most loquacious of the yarn
spinners 4. .[-1 r"
"Oh, no; I haven't heard anything from
you fellows that astOnished me-" continued
the stranger.
Perhaps you know few snake stories
yourself" said one of the group.
well, do recollect curious circumstance
| connected with snakes. Up at Malad last
summer saw rattlesnake going along the
road with thirty-six young snakes in tow"
Must have been polyg" remarked by
stander. t-a
"Oh, that wasn't any thing but when the
big snake sew me coming it Just swallowed
those thirty-six young snakes one after the
other" .... -...
ooh, he's good one himself" said one of
the crowd.
II don't see anything surprising in that,
continued the Malad man. But what
struck me as curious was that when [ came
to kill that snake, about two minutes after
wards, / could not find solitary young
snake inside the big one after cutting it
open.' g.. &c.. ..- ;-
Holy Moses! what a whopperr they ex-
claimed in admiration @ H
But still,' responded the story teller, Il
afterwards figured out what first seemed
almost inexplicable. You see, after the fam
lily began to realize its danger, eighteen of
those young ones swallowed an equal num-
ber Of the others; there is SO many out of
the way; then nine of those remaining swal-
lowed nine of the rest You see it's no trou-
BILE to explain these things if you only light
up the mysteries of nature with the lamp of
reason and intelligence. They kept right on
diminishing the number in regular arithmet-
ical proportion, until there was but one left"
What in the deuce became of that one 2"
queried one of the group. ......,.t.....,-
"Oh, now you've got me, that's what makes
my story so remarkable did not interrupt
you with unreasonable queries and l think
it very impolite to cross-question me- How
can a man make any show of snake story
if he's interrupted" .-'t p @.' -
Here he walked away, leaving the COM
mon-place liars ashamed of all the snake
stories they had told. ..r...
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-12-22
Going Up.

The activity in railroad building has
advanced and all the shops are kept busy.
An engine built for $4,000 two years ago will
now sell for $4,000 or $4,000, and the de-
mand for immediate use is so great that a
complete machine brings from $1,000 to
$4,000 more than one to be delivered in the
future. There are now 17,72O locomotives
in the country, of which New England has,
/ 700; the Middle States, 5000; the West
ern, 1900; the Southern, 1,8O0 and the Pa
cifc, 400 Massachusetts has 96S New
York, 2,000 Pennsylvania, 2,7O0; Illinois,
/ 900 Georgia, 303; Virginia, 3OO and Flor
ida, 38. The shops of the country can turn
out about 1890 engines year.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-12-22
THE LITTLE BEGGAR'S BUTTON
HOLE BOQUET.

Twas on bitter winters day,
| saw IA strange, pathetic sight;
The streets were gloomy cold, and gray
The air with failing snow was white.
A little ragged beggar child
Went running through the cold and storm;
He looked as if he never smiled
As il he never had been warm.
sudden, lie spied beneath his feet
A faded buttonhole bouquet:
Trampled and wet with rain and sleet
Withered and worthless, there it lay. -.
He bounded, seized it with delight, "
stood still and shook it free from snow:
Into his coat he pinned it tight .. ..
His eyes lit up with sudden glow.
He sauntered on, all pleased and proud,
His face transformed in every line;
And fingered that the hurrying crowd
Might chance to see that he was fine
The man who threw the flowers away J.a
Never one-half such pleasure had;
The flowers best work was done that day
In cheering up that beggar lad.
All, me, too often we forget,
Happy in these good homes of ours,
How many in this world are yet
Glad even of the withercd flowers, .-
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-12-22
The New instrument ofPunishnien ent
in the British Army. d"'r>F

rhe official successor to the >"cdt',, in the
British Army is thus described i'll the Pau
NdH Gaeefte The War Office has published
its substitute for flogging, and the persons
who were attached to that penalty when IN
lIicted on others will probably find much sat
isfaction in studying the component parts
of its successor 1t consists offield lmprls-
onment No. /. and field imprisonment, No.
D. 1t may suffice to describe field imprlsom-
ment No. l. Under this form of punishment
the offending soldier may be kept three
months tied mp in straps, ropes, handouts, 1et-
terS, or both handouts and fetters. During
that period he may for twenty-one days with
a dav' interval every three days, be fastened,
in addition to his other fastenings, to a fixed
object" so that he can not move, for two
hours day While this is going ON he may
further be dealt with as if he had been an or
binary criminal under sentence OF three
months imprisonment with hard labor. The
ingenious Torquemada of the War once
who has devoted his leisure and his gifts to
this subject may be congratulated on the
skill with which he has accumulated hor-
rorS on horrors head.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-12-22
Practical Education.

This practical world, and not merely one
Of fancy. That life is of some Importance
while it lasts, all will admit. Once, and but
once, do we pass through it; and hence the
first yOy age must be fortunate or, in respect
to the interests of this world, life would be
failure. He who works the most in any de
partment of labor, who conducts that labor
with the highest amount of skill, who saves
the most time for useful and productive pur
poses, will obtain the pre-eninence in this
life. A good, practical education is there
fore an important necessity to every man.
He must be taught what to e and how to
do it, Ewing inthis world is an art to be
acquired and not an original gift of nature
Without the art of living-without the habit
of mind and body which it supposes, man is
q mere, animal a cipher in society, doing
nothing, and capable of doing nothing to
give Importance to his own personal action.
He might as well be dead as living. Society
has no use for such man, and no rewards
to bestow. upon him. When shall this art be
acquired? Nature at once points to the period
of youth as the season for probation and
training for manhood. 1t we ever fit our
selves to be men in the trne sense possessed
of finn moral principles, with powers of mind
disciplined and well directed to some prac-
tical end in life, it must be done during the
period of our youth. a. .a.. ....-
Earth has no shorthand patent for
making learned men, fine artists, skilled me-
chanics, experienced merchants In every
case the thing must be acquired, and youth
is the season for the acquisition. This is a
world for work and learning to work. Away
with that stupid notion that regards labor as
a badge of disgrace. Every idler ought to be
despised, and every honest laborer as
thoroughly honOred.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-12-22
THE SEBILLOT PROCESS. -
DissOlving Ores OH Large Scale in
. .ug... Sulphuric Acid. iE4

! Mr.. Sebillot, an eminent engineer and
chemists of Paris claims to be able to reduce
ores of all kinds ON large scale by dissolv-
ing them in sulphuric acid, doing the work
quite as effectually as is now done in the
case of small samples. A'' t- 7Ha
As the acid costs over $1OO per ton the
price of the article at first glance seems to
be an insurmountable obstacle to its use, but
M. Sebillot claims to have overcome this
through patented contrivances, by which he
condenses the acid as it evaporates and repro
duces such portions of it as go into combina-
ton with the ore in course of treatment,
both the condensation and reconstruction be-
ing, it is claimed, effected at comparatively
nominal cost. ...,
The complete reduction of the ore is eff
fected through mixing it, in pulverized
condition, with one to one and half times
its weight of strong sulphuric acid, and SUBJ
Jecting it to moderate heat until the acid
is entirely evaporated. The reduced mass is
then subjected to processes regularly practic-
ed in metallurgy, and the entire contents of
precious and base metals are obtained in
pure condition, the iron being available for
the manufacture of steel without further
change. As already stated, the acid that has
been used in the conversion Of the ore is
saved or remade, with but trifing loss, and
is available for repetitions of use without
limit .. .r'.-.. -.
The inventor claims that the cost per ton
of thus procuring all the metals, precious
and base, each in a chemically pure condition
is far less than that fprocuring the gold and
silver alone under the best and most careful
ly operated processes at present known. He
saves not only all the base and precious metals
in the ore operated upon, but also the sulphur
found in iron pyrites, and this sulphur is
used in the manufacture of the sulphuric
acid used. Some pyrites, as those of North
Carolina, are said to contain as high as $50
pounds ofsulphur to the ton. They also carry
from 81 to $12 in gold. In Colorado they
have immense quantities of ore that contain
from $40 S75 per ton in gold and silver, but
which is such c0nglomeration of base metals
that it connot be worked by any ordinary
method. From this it is expected to obtain.
besides the preeius metals, about $50 pounds
of iron per ton, 200 Opounds of zinc, 50 pounds
of copper and 300 pounds ofsulphur. A COM
pany has been formed for working the pro-
cess, and preliminary works have been start
ed at Denver for periecting the working de-
tails, preparatory to the erection Of works on
a large scale
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-12-22
New Town.

A town to cover 600 acres has been created
at one wave of the magician's wand at
Wayne, thirteen miles from Philadelphia.
The townsite, water supply, drainage and
landscape gardening have cost S500000, and
the purchasers of lots. each of which is one
acre in extent, must build houses according
to design to be selected out of twenty pre-
pared for them, each costing from $4,000 to
$4,000 The same idea was attempted at
Riverside, near Chicago, and the speculation
was an enormous failure
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-12-22
The Munich Dead.RoOm.

Between the two divisions of the grave
yard is large building, to which glass doors
give access and view at all times. "A crowd
gathered in front of them attracted my at
tention and Joining 1T, I'behcld most
singular and startling sight. A few feet be-
yond the glass dools lay the dead of Munich
of the past day, with their feet toward the
spectator and their heads Slightly elevated
Their faces were plainly visible in the pallor
of death. Between these corpses were rows
of lighted candles, and the platforms on
which they were extended were quite visible
in the proftlsiOf of flowers All were
dressed, not in the gloomy grave-clothes of
other countries, but in graceful garments as
sociated rather with life and pleasure than
with the gloom of the grave. Thus there
was nothing repulsive in the sight. and yet
there was publicity about it which seemed
wanting in delicacy. A little babe but
few weeks old was lying on one of the sar-
cophagi prepared for the last service. 1t was
covered with Iaces and flowers, and looked
like a tiny marble statue, pale and white.
Nothing could be more beautiful, and yet
nothing could be more lonely. 1t seemed al
most cruel that this dead babe could not
have remained in its home, among those who
loved it best until the time came for laying
it away forever In the crowded graveyard.
But at Munich the strange custom has ex-
listed for years of exposing the dead thus pub
licly before burial and all classes rich and
poor, must submit to the rule. While the
custom to us seems repugnant, the surround |
ines are so beautiful that to those accustom-
ed to it there is nothing grating in the feel
ings. Indeed, that fearful death watch, so
weary and sad necessity when death visits
an American family, is wholly avoided by |
this system, for the dead lies here awaiting
burial in well-appointed places in the COM
panionship of the dead and well protected
and watched. Friends have access at all !
hours 10 this department of light and flowers,
and in case of suspended animation and re-
turning to consciousness immediate aid can
be afforded.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-12-22
Russia.

Russia is described as "a State overmaster-
ed and driven forward by a marvellous power
of expansion" The empire, which at the
time Of its foundation by Peter the Great
was almost an inland State, has since pushed
forward its frontiers to the Baltic and the
Black Sea. Proceeding against its neighbors
with the mathematical regularity of the block
ade Of a fortress, it has swallowed up Finland,
lngria, Esthonia, Livonia, CORTLAND, Llthu-
ania Congress- Poland, Bialystock, Vollhynla,
Podolia, part of Ukrania, Bassarabia, the
Crmea, Taurida, Kuban, the Caucasus, Geor-
ga, and Armenia; annexed about $4,000
square miles in Central Asia, enlarged the
Amoor territory, set firm foot on Sachalin
in the farthest East and, what is most i'm
portant of all, has not yet reached that for
which it must always striye--the free en-
trance on the free sea, the commercial
thoroughfare of the world.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-12-22
SEVENTEEN FEETIN HEIGHT.
George Starr Finds MOnstrous New
Giant and Gentle Giantess.
New York Star.1

! New York Star.
Armed with Hustled step ladder. 4 Star
reporter went TO Bunnell's Museum last
night In response to an invitation to see 4
man and wife seventeen feet high. AS he
passed through Ninth street from University
place. furniture wagon drawn up in front
OF substantial looking brick house attract
ed his attention. Three men were engaged
IN removing from the truck the parts of a
bedstead which might easily accommodate
good sized family. -,..'
us that family combination bedstead :?
was asked OF one of the furniture men.
mo sir" was the answer; this is for man
and wife seventeen feet high"
Seventeen feet apiece 2" u
IN never tell you. Ask at the corner"
Mr.. Starr was met.
rs it true that you have a man and
woman here who are each seventeen feet
high ~ he asked.
Hardly" answered Mr. Starr.
Then what is meant by this invitation ?"
On the principle that man and wife are
one, l was not far wrong was I 2"
We'll you'll be forgiven if you give the
facts" -.
The facts were found i'll another part of
the hall, where the ceiling had been removed
to permit OF the man and wife standing up
without being cramped. Between them they
are seventeen feet high, the wife an inch and
a half taller than her husband ..L
Captain Bates is "a years old, Kentucky
man, weighs 526 pounds measures seventy
inches around the chest, and wears No. 10
hat, thirty-inch collar, and seventeen
boot. Mrs. Bates tops the scale at 48O
pounds, is 81 years old, wears eighty yards
OF silk on ordinary occasions, and is extreme
Iy intelligent and good musician She
halls from Novia Scotia
The captain is extremely handsome, and
not at all unlike Commissioner Thomas S.
Brennan. When the Star man had ascended
his step-ladder and asked the captain how
the weather was up there, he was answered
thus:
Il feel quite at home, although I am but a
short time from the home of the MOntezu-
mas. l have been shifting the breezes of
Mexico, Central and South America. and
california, and for the past two weeks have
been farming in Ohio ..- +.-...
The reporter felt the ladder shake under
aim. Plainly there was no end to these
Ohio men, -. NN r i..s
Supper is ready announced Mr. Starr
do they eat an OK apiece?' asked the
scribe. 'a+''4'' 'a = sasa' ~A4, '>1'
Come and see" said Mr.. Starr but the. in
Titation was not accepted.
Two children have been born to the
couple, and both have died. Each child was
hree feet long at birth
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-12-22
THE 1ESTHETE'S HOME.

.4 Have you ever seen ....-
A drawing-room tt.a aGt ..t ....t
4, In faded green, rtt.f .te.... z
and wrapped in gloom.
Queen Annc's book rack, ta.E .,-. N
A lowered screen,
...f. With bric-a-brac. = a.-' .'.'
... The hostess lean .sni ..s.. Ha". 81
"" With Grecan gown
..t.r' of faded blue, tt.I lu ..t t't -
ng.droopng down, E.F. tEl.l.t,.I
And waistless, too. ........- ...,.
The guest in sOoth, ll g. lEasTitra a.l
Both long and thin .t
a hungry youth,
With beariless chin, iti 10 .#"i ''t
And flowing hair; I
o. ..r. A long-tailed coat, f':EHa .ta -"'
Alook of care, H --gti f. t. ... l.lE- r
That brand him poel,1ra- ef rt rt"
Without a smile #F -t4Dar.J U.lS. 4
IN either eye, ft, ,.n ~ sr,t.
Each little while d
III HI. He heaves sigh 0t tt's..t ..A"' i.'>
.,4,,,..,.. 49,, .l;grzsT ens r"i. a4G1Uu.
F. 'f'.' 4 lily sweet 5.: -r,,,s
.. ft. He gazeS at u tiAsft '.l 'i' i'''''''
, ... Neer takes seat, 5H.. alfH ,t~"T titi
But holds his hat, !, aat Igrunf I'll
-. The tone that suits ,..4 -# 4st-lEFl
Is evening gloom,l, Il n, e tppt<lIf
. rhs rms .ts'tates ho,,eih. z, hrs g@yit!
-. -.. t.- s....~s ~