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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-17
Circulate the Money.

The way in which money, when once put
upon the round of debt paying, will often
cancel many obligations in ID short time has
been frequently illustrated. The following
loses none of its point for being on a small
scale
A singular financial transaction occurred
in an office not long since. By some means
or other it happened that the office boy owed
one of the clerks three cents, the clerk owed
the cashier two cents, and the cashier owed
the office boy two cents. One day last week
the office boy havinga cent in his pocket,
concluded to diminish his debt, and there
fore handed it over to the clerk who, in turn,
paid half of his debt by giving it to the cash
ier The latter handed it back to the boy,
saying that he now only owed him one cent
The boy again passed the cent to the clerk,
who passed it to the cashier, who passed it
back to the boy and the boy discharged the
entire debt by handing it to the clerk, there
by squaring all accounts.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-17
Etiquettc of Conversation.

DO not manifest impatience.
Do not engage in argument
DO not interrupt another when speaking
DO not talk of private, personal and family
matters.
DO not appear to notice inaccuracies OF
speech in others.
DO not always commence a conversation
by allusion to the weather.
DO not. when narrating an incident, con-
tinually say you see" you know" etc.
DO not intrude professional or other topics
that the company generally cannot take an
interest in
Do not talk very loud. A firm, clear, dis
tnct, yet mild gentle and musical voice has
great power.
DO not be absent-minded, requiring the
speaker TO repeat what has been said, that
You may understand.
DO not speak disrespectfully OF personal
appearance when any one present may have
the same defects
Do not try to force yourself into the conii-
dence Of others If they give their conf
dence never betray it.
DO not use profanity, vulgar terms, slarfg
phrases, words of double meaning, or Ian
Suage that will bring blush to any one.
DO not intersperse your conversation with
lorelgn words and high-sounding terms.
upon you.
DO not carry on u conversation with an
other in company about matters which the
general company know nothing OF. It's al
most as lmpolite as to whisper.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-17
MOLhY MOGG AND LUCNLEE.

Miss Molly NoGg and Miss Lucy Lee
Were playing under the apple tree
Just rs happy as happy could be;
Whcn-sil at once
That little Ounce,
Hiss Lucy. began to screanrand cry;
oh, Molly Nogg, make haste and fly.
Here's a horrible thing,
With frightul stin..
Coming to catch uS! Oh. dear! Oh, N.Y.
She drop her book
And her dolly, too,
Screaming. Look Molly, look
He's close to YOU,
These dreadful things,
With wings-and stings-
never could bear On kill him, Do,'
said Molly Mogg. sterny: Lucy Lee,
What silly, absurd, little goose you must DC.
II y plain to me
You don't know your Natural History:
If you did, you could see
That this is a beautiful, beautiful creature,
OF grace unrivalled i'll form and feature
Just pause, Lucy, pause;
see his wings of fine cause
And his wonderful-yes, my dear--wondcrfulc claws
Would you like me TO tell
His name Lucy" Well.
1t is Mcga-thum~ollopod-te hook DAVIS"
But poor Lucy Lee
Wouldn't listen-nOt she
TO IL bit of natural history.
Away she ran, crying,
Her road never eyelng,
While over har bead the great insect was flying;
so she ran till she came to the well,
When straightway into the bucket she fell
In IL hall-hour after with call and shout,
The farmers family pulled her out;
While the "Niega-thum- -ollopod' flew about,
And thought it was all very queer, no doubt.
Miss Molly Nlogg, SO wise and clever,
Said: Such a goose ] never saw-never
TO think that she ran, without any cause,
From opodtenderhookdaws:
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-17
No. 81
Poor Boys who Have Become Presi-
dents.
Golden DAYS,

Golden Days.
The second President OF the United States.
John Adams, was the son of Il farmer of
moderate means who was compelled to
work constantly for the support ofhis family.
When, at the age of twenty the son gradu-
ated at Harvard college, his education was
his own capital for his start i'll active life.
Andrew Jackson was born in a log hut, in
extreme poverty, he grew up in the woods
OF North Carolina, living in the home of a
relative, where his mother worked to sup
port herself and her three children.
James K. Polk, the eleventh President.
spent his early years on a new farm III the
wilderness of North Carolina. His father
placed him in q store, with the intention
that he should enter mercantile life /, but his
dislike for business was so great that, at the
age of eighteen, he was sent to the Murtrees-
borough Academy to tit for college.
Millard Fillmore was the son OF New
York farmer and his home was an humble
one. When he was fourteen years old, he
was sent away from home to learn the busi-
ness of a clothitr. But five years later he
entered q law office, and at the age Of
twenty-three he was admitted to the bar.
James Buchanan was born in a small
town of the Allegheny Mountains. His
father was poor, and by his own AK built his
home III the Wilderness When James was
eight years old he was placed at school, and
six years later entered Dickinson College,
where he graduated with the highest honors.
1t is well known that Abraham Lincoln
was the son of parents who We're the poorest
Of the poor Till he was more than twenty
one his home was log cabin. His attend
ancce at school was limited to q few months.
From early life he was compelled to depend
on himself not only for his living but also
for his success in his business and his pro-
fession
At the age OF ten Andrew Johnson was
to q tailor. Previously his
mother had supported him by her own labor.
He was never able, it is said, to attend
school. His education he gained by his own
efforts at night, after working all day at his
trade and by the help of his wife.
The early home Of General Grant, Also on
the banks of the Ohio more than fifty years
ago, was without many of the comforts of
civilized life. Till he was seventeen, when
le was sent to West Point, he lived the life
If a common boy in common home.
James A Garfield, like so many of his pre-
lecessors, was born in q log hut. When he
vas year and half old his father died
The family was poor. When he had hardly
uttered his teens he was doing o mans
york in the harvest field. He learned the
trade. He worked on the Ohio
anal, He was determined, however, to
ave an education; and, leaving his plane
nd his scythe he worked his way through
he preparatory school, and, with some help
'om friends, was able to graduate at Will
ans College.
The lives of many of the Presidents prove
lat no boy is so poor but that he may hope
, attain the highest honors which the
merican people can give
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-17
The Laugh of n Child.

The laugh Of a child will make the holiest
day more sacred still. Strike with the hand
of fire, o, weird musician! thy harp strung
with Apollos golden hair; fill the vast cathe-
dral aisles with symphonies sweet and dim,
deft touches of the organ keys; blow, bugler,
blow; until thy silver notes do touch and
kiss the moonlit waves and charm the lovers
wandering mid vine-elad hills! But know
your sweetest strains are djscords all, COM
pared with childhoods happy laugh-the
laugh that fills the eyes with light and every
heart with joy. Oh, rippling river of laugh
ter! thou art the boundary line between the
beasts and men, and every wayward wave of
thine doth drown some fretful fend of care.
0, Laughter. rose-lipped daughter of Joy.
there are dimples enough in thy cheeks to
catch and hold and glorify all the tears of
Grief
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-17
EDidemics in Europe.

The cholera is spreading in the East and
advancing toward Europe. 1t has already
made considerable rayages at Alden, and has
reached Mecca, where the Mussulmans are
imploring their Prophet, Two other epidem-
les attract serious attention The first is
the yellow fever in Senegal, where the num-
Der OF victims have been great, and the sec
ond, diphtheria, which has killed more peo-
pie in the south of Russia than any other
epidemic, not excepting the plague. 1t has
prevailed there since 1872. III Bessarabia 15,-
900 out of 10000 persons who were attacked
have succumed to it. Out Of 10000 cases
10000 ended fatally, and in Kharkoff out of
$4,000 cases there have been 1900 deaths.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-17
TIKI; IMPOSSIBLE.

Man cannot draw water from an empty we'll
Or trace the stories that gossips tell
Or gather the sounds o a pealing bell
Man never can stop the b!low's roar,
Nor chain the winds till they blow no more,
Nor drive true love from maiden's door
Man cannot oerta1c Il fleeting lie,
Change his wheat to Il field of rye,
Or call back years that have long gone by.
Man cannot q cruel word recall,
FettCr thought, be il great or small,
or honey extract from drop of gail.
Man never can bribc old Father Time,
Gain the height of peak that he cannot climb,
Or trust Il hand that hath done a crime.
Man never can backward turn the tide
Or count the star. that are scattered wide,
Or lind in fool a trusty guide
Man cannot reap fruit from worthless seed,
Rely for strength on a broken reed,
Or gain heart he hath caused 10 bleed
Man never can hope true peace to win,
Pleasure without any JOY within,
Living thoughtless life of sin.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-17
A Safe Bet.


Jenkins was travelling in Missouri just
before the last Presid entail election, and in
Pthe car, right across from him. two men
were arguing as to the probable result Of the
election. Says one:
"Hancocl1's the man."
mo sir. Garfeld1l get it, was the reply.
Suddenly an Adventist, sitting behind
them, spoke up and said:
"My friends do you know who is to be our
next President? It is the Lord, who is
coming at once, with his angels, to reign"
Quick as thought, Jenkins who imagined
that some third-party candidate had been
mentioned, sprung up, slapped the Millrite
ON the shoulder and cried out:
"Bet you $50 he don't carry Missouri"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-17
The Oldest Living Twins.
lReidsville Times.l

Probably the Oldest twins in existence in
all this country are George and Edmund
Grayely, who. in good health, are still living
within five miles of each other and within
three miles of where they were born, at
Leatherwood post office, in Henry county,
Va. They will be SO years old the 1st of
December. 1881. Their mother lived to be
over 100, and their father died at the age of
go. Leatherwood is the same place in Henry
county where, in 1861, ninety-six Gravelys
voted the Whig ticket.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-17
Observation-Disclosures Curiosity.

Every student Of nouns, pronouns and verb
knows the necessity of transposing Language
for the sake OF ascertaining its grammatical
construction. The following shows twenty
six different readings Of one OF Gray's wei
known poetical lines, yet the sense is no
affected:
The weary plowman plods his homeward way,
The plowmtn, weary plods his homeward way,
His homeward way the weary plowman plods,
His homCward way the plowman, weary, plods,
The weary plowman homcward plods his way,
The plowman, weary, homeward pods his way,
His way the weary plownlan homeward plods,
His way, the plowman, weary, homeward ploGs,
The plOwman, homcward, plods his weary way,
His way the plowman homeward weary plods,
His homeward, weary way the plowman plods
Weary, the plowman homeward plod5 his way,
Weary, the plowman plods bis homeward way,
tiOmcWard, his way the weary plowman ploQs,
Homcward, his way the plowman weary plods,
liumcward, his weary way the plowman plods,
The plowman, homeward weary plods his way,
His weary way, the plowman homeward plods
His weary way, the hOmeward plowman plods
l0meWard the ploWman plods his weary way
liomcward the weary plowman plods his way,
The ploWmau, weary, his way hcmeward plodS,
The ploWman plods his homeward weary way,
The plOwman piods his weary homeward way,
Ncary the plowman his way homeward plods.
Weary his homeward way the plowman plods
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-17
Things We OutgrOw.
Robert CollYer.

Robert C0IIyer.
1t is both the curse and the blessing of our
American life that we are never quite con-
tent. We all expect to go somewhere before
we die, and have better tin when we get
there than we can have at home The bane
of our life is discomfort. We say we will
work SO long, and then we will enjoy our
selves But we find it just as Thackeray
has expressed it. when I was bow he
said, i wanted some taffy it was shilling:
hadn't one. When was man, | had q
shilling, but didn't want any tatfy."
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-06-02
Marthy smilingly admitted that it was.

Just like little bit OF heaven AfOre-
hand" he continued. Don't you think,
seein's we both of US are alone in the world,
n members Of one family in the gospil' j,
we'd better jine hands n pull on together
through life, II alters set oppersite one
tother, same as We are now?"
They were not opposite each other, for
the brother had hitched his chair by de.
grees until it had quite reached Marthy's
side, but that made no difference. One
expects flights Of the imagination in the
speech of an ardent lover.
"Well, don't know but what 'twould be
for tho best. The gospel seems to point
that way"
And Marthy blushingly allowed one arm
Of the brothers to remain around her
waist, while the other aided in the employ
ment of eating plum cake.
A few moments later one Of the members
Of the family, suddenly opening the door,
beheld this astonishing scene in wide
mouthed horror and amazement.
But Nlarthy was equal to the occasion.
Quickly extricating herself from the en-
brace Of tho joyous lover, she rose to her
feet, and spoke with even more than her
usual majesty:
Il spose may as we'll give Ms Jones
warnin' now es any time, alters said how /
wasn't never goin' to marry out of tue gos-
pill, II SO haint."
What romance, said my father, when
he heard the tale. well, the brother did
reach his desperation, after ALL"
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-06-02
A POUND OF FLESH.
4 st. Louis Real Estate Man Could Itave
Satisfied Shylock.

a st: Louis Real Estate Man Could lave
Satisfied Shylock.
From the St. Louis Republican.
An interesting surgical operation was
performed by DIR. Hodgen Oh Friday last
ut private house, the subject being we'll
known real estate agent of this city, a pound
Of adipose tissue being taken from the back
of hN neck. The patient is very large
man, whose weight is now 249 pounds. The
fat had begun to gather in such heavy folds
about the neck as to become source of
constant annoyance, the head having been
crowded forward and held in an awkward
and unbecoming position. The skin was
divided at right angles, SC that the wound
made sort of cross, from beneath which
all the underlying fat was taken. The
piece Of flesh is said to have weighed exact
ly one pound. The patient took nothing to
sustain him in the trial, and did not appear
to suffer much, even when the parts were
being cauterized to prevent the formation
Of new tissue. The wound being closed up
and bandaged, he lighted cigar, ordered
the pound Of flesh to be cast into the sew
err, and sat quietly down to read the paper.
Only few drops of blood were lost and
no serious consequences are expected. In
fact, the patient may DO seen taking his
customary walks, and appears to enjoy life
"a much rs ever. He expects to be able to
attend his business this week as ustial, the
principal care being not to catch cold.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-06-02
CANINE CONTESTS,
Two Bloody Battles by -Four Famous Dogs.
New York Disnatch tn tina Roaton Herald

Two Bloody Battles by -Four Famous Dogs.
New York Dispatch to the Boston Herald
Sporting men have for long time been
interested in the comparative fighting abil-
tiles of four dogs-Mr. Donaldson's Peter
of Williamsburg, Mr.. Sheridan's Patsey
and Ike of Boston, and Thomas jennings
Louise Of New York. These dogs met at a
we'll known resort on Long Island, the
stakes being $500 in each battle. Peter
was matched against Patsey, and Ike
against Louise. Peter is yellow and white
bull terrier, and has fought many battles in
the pit. He turned the scales at about
10 1-2 pounds, while Patsey scaled at 20
pounds. Both dogs were trained very fine
and were in good condition. Peter was O.
strong favorite at $50 to $50. Peter and
Patsey began their battle at 4:30 o'clock.
Patsey forced the fighting. ana fora quarter
however. was the best wrestler, and, after
sey began to weaken. Five minutes later
Peter had torn Patsey's throat terribly and
had bitten his right ear off. At the next
call, Patsey, after feeble effort at fighting,
tried to run away land the fight was awarded
to Peter. Next Ike and Louise fought. Ike
is white and yellow kennel dog; Louise is
a white and yellow slut. She had a great
reputation as fighter, and the odds were
800 to $40 that she would win. They
rushed at each other savage]y, and, before
20 minutes had passed. it was clear that Ike
had the advantage. There was so much
noise and excitement, that some of the more
quiet special ors feared that there would be
free fight among the handlers and back
ers of the dogs, but, by the interference of
friends, peace was restored. The noise
could be heard half mile away. In 81
minutes Louise was completely beaten.
She was so helpless that her owner gave up
the fight in order to save her life
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-06-02
A Strange Story from st. Petersburg.
From the London Times.


A rumor is universally current in St. Pc
tersburg that the revolutionists lately even
appointed one of their number to wait on
the Emperor Alexander aud explain
to him in bluff and unambiguous words
what they really wanted. One day, so runs
the story, young man presents himself to
the City Captain Baranof, and requested
him to procure him an audience of the
Emperor, as he had most important COM
munication to make to His Majesty. Deaf
to all questions, he would speak to the
car alone, and on His Majesty expressing
his readiness to receive the mysteriCu us
stranger, the latter, after being carefully
examined, was led into the presence of his
Sovereign. Commanded to speak, the
young man said he had been commissioned
BY the Executive Committee of the Nihilist
party to make oral declarations to the car
of their proposals for the restoration of
peace, as it was feared His Majesty had
been kept in ignorance of the demands con-
tanned in their recent manifesto to him,
which was being printed in large numbers
and distributed among the people. After
delivering his message the bold revolutionary
legatee was promptly placed in durance in
the fortress of St. Peter and Paul, but the
police have hitherto been unable to find the
slightest clue to his identity. So runs, at
least, the general story in st. Petersburg,
and it contains nothing Of inherent improb-
ability in view of the audacious SELF sacitice
which characterizes all the acts of the
terrOrists.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-06-02
Tough Stories About Remarkable Horse.

AOuSu StOI1oS aDOuS 1AeulafhdDle f1OTSc.
West6eld, (Mass) Letter.
Water Superintendent Bush has horse
about which some wonderful stories are
told of its intelligence. The animal has
been in the family for several years, and
since the water works were built has aided
its owner largely in experimenting them
Mr.. Bush's head quarters are at L. r. Nor
toms store and there Huldah stands most
of the time ready for any emergency. It
is said that she knows the location of every
hydrant and can scent leak in the water
pipes in any part Of the town. If in doubt
about it she will start alone for the sus-
pected spot, and not finding anything the
matter there will sheepishly return to her
post. But, if there is genuine leak, then
she trots rapidly back to her master.
Some times it happens that MIR. Bush needs
assistance in repairing the break, and in
such cases he simply says, "Huldah, go and
get Pat and Mike, [ want them to help me.
The animal trots off to the houses Of the
means, jump in the carriage and are car
ing attended to, a tool is required that is
not at hand, Mr.. Bush ties slip of paper
to the whip, explaining what is needed,
tells the horse the name of the implement
he wants and the intelligent animal goes
straight to head quarters, and when the
needed tool is found starts back with it.
Sometimes the wrong tool has been inten.
tionally put into the buggy to deceive, but
she is too smart for such tricks and refuses
to start until she is given what the note
calls for. Innumerable stories of this sort
arc related Of the animals intelligence,
which one can believe or disbelieve as they
please. Certain it is that the horse is
more than ordinarily intelligent, and shows
in that line, as we'll as in gentleness and af-
lection for it's owner, the effect of kind
treatment--it never having been struck a
blow or been spoken GROSSLY to since COM
ing into Mr.. Bush's possession.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-06-02
THOMAS CARLYLE AND ELIOT.

Wo sous clverse out of our human sight
Pass, followed ono with loyo and oh with
wonder:
The stormy sophist with his mouth of thun-
der,
Clothed with loud words and mantlel with the
might
'Of darkness and ma3nihcence of night;
Asd ono whose eye could smite tho night in
sunder
Searching flight or no light were there
under.
And found in love of loving kindness light
STILL following Righteousness with deep desire
Shone sole and stern before her and above
sure stars and sole to steer by; but more sweet
Shono lower the loveiest lamp for earthly feet,
.IheIlghs of little children and their love-
\. c. Swinburne in the Atheneum.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-06-02
Sense and Sentiment.

Bernhard Gotta: Our ancestors may be
great honor to us; but it is much better
if we are an honor to them.
Emerson: The flower of civilization is
the finished man; the man of sense, Of
accomplishment, of social power-the gen.
tleman.
Randolph:
All men arc moro eloquent than women made;
But women are more powerful to persuade.
Shelly: 1t is ever proof that the false
hood of a proposition is felt by those who
use coercion, not reasoning, to procure it's
admission.
Beacopsield: If nation be led to aim
at the good and great, whatever be it's form,
tho government will respond to its convic-
tons and its sentiments.
Bobart:
think that day lost whose descending sun
Views from thy hand no worthy action done.
E. S. Phelps: The level we strike in the
soul that touches us most nearly is almost
sure to be the high-wa mark Of our own.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-06-02
Northwestern Bee kecper's Association.

At the meeting of the Northwestern Bee
Keepers union, at Hastings, last week, the
officers of last year, Mr.. A. Tidball, of
Waterville, president, and Mr.. T. B. Dor
othy, of Taylor's Falls, secretary, were re-
elected for the ensuing year. It was de-
cided to hold the next meeting in Minneap-
oils the second evening of the fair, time
and place of meeting to be arranged here
after by the officers of the union. The fol-
lowing resolution was adopted:
Resolued, That all bee-k keepers in the
state are hereby earnestly requested to at
tend the next meeting of the union, to be
held at Minneapolis on the evening of the
second day Of the Minneapolis fair, and
bring with them specimen packages of their
surplus honey, both comb and extracted,
and also any implement used by them in
aapiary that is of any real merit in practical
bee culture, and W. M. Amory receive and
exhibit all packages and implements sent
or brought for that purpose.