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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-01-27
Those Palmy Days.
Wall street News.

California will never see the like of thos,
palmy days when her rich mines were being
opened and Nevada silver mining was in it.
YOUTH" observed q gray-headed broker yes
| terday. -'
Were you out there?' ...
| Il was was clerk in dry goods store
during most of the craze All! those were
exciting times, | was keeping company
with seamstress. One Wednesday night
put my arms around her and asked her to
marry me. She almost tainted with Joy
The next day called around to see if the
cold in her head was better and she had
gone. Unbeknown to me she had saved a
little money, bought Dead Horse when it
was down to six, and in one day it jumped
to so and put $4,000 in her pocket. She
came out in $500 wardrobe the next Sum
day, and when | edged up to her she looked
me square in the face and said, Young man,
if you don't stop following me | shall call
the police' 1t was the cold shake with a
ton of ice added"
'And did you speculatcr'
Don't ask me. 1t makes me sad to think
of it. You've heard of the Comstock p"
"Yes."
We'll, q chap came along one day who
owned the whole of it. He was clear dis
couraged and wanted to sell out, for he
hadn't even struck color yet He offered
me the mine for $40, but 1 declined He
kept dropping and dropping, and finally he
said he would sell out for clean white shirt
He hadn't had one in six years, and he
thought it might change his luck. had an
extra one, but when he came to see it he
backed out. The flaps were gone"
"HOw?"
"Why, / had cut 'em off for handkerchiefs,
same as we all used to in those days. He
was man who preferred shirt tails to hand
kerchiefs, and though l offered to throw in
lot of hair oil to tune him for funerals, he
went and traded his mine for a new pair of
and a red necktie All me-lets
change the subject always think what a
fool was to pay SO much attention to my
nose in those days. Two shirt-fap handker-
chiefs beat me out of millions of dollars"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-01-27
Lawyers and Witnesses.

An old housekeeper knows that in selecting
carpet 1T Will not do to examine many in
the same day. The eye retains some of the
more brilliant colors so as to mislead the
Judgment. Lawyers are affected in similar
way by the many specimens of men and
women they encounter. They see so much
OF the bad side Of human nature that they
carry the dark color in their mental eve. 1t
is not strange, therefore. that they should
severely cross-examine witnesses, or treat
them as if they were prevaricating. An in
cldent once occurred in an Indiana court
which explains why lawyers are sometimes
tempted to say with the Hebrew King, II
said in my haste, all men are liars'
The principal witness in case on trial was
a woman. She had sworn so positively to
the facts that the opposing counsel saw that
their client would be defeated, unless her
testimony could be impeached She was
stranger, and no one knew whether her
character was good or bad
But she had sworn that at certain time
she was living i'll Ohio Upon that point
they called witness to contradict her, and
thus establish the inference that if she was
false III one point, she was false in ALL The
witness they called swore that he saw her at
a dance in Illinois at the time she testified to
being in Ohio.
The woman, who was seated at some dis
tance from the witness-stand, and wore a
beautiful set of false teeth, whispered to the
counsel on her side
Let me ask him q question -
"Certainly,' he answered
Turning her head, she slipped out her false
teeth, stepped up quickly to the witness.
looked full in his face opened wide her mouth,
two OF three rotten fangs, and said
Did you ever see me before: -
No; | can swear l never did" answered
the amazed witness. You look some like
the lady saw, but see you are not the same
She had beautiful teeth
The lawyer learned, subsequently, that she
was at the ball, as the witness had testified
at first
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-01-27
A French Scientific Invention.

Professor Dufour of Paris, has arranged
thermometric apparatus which shows the
changes of temperature in a very marked
way. The mere approach of the hand to the
bulO Will throw the needle over the whole of
a graduated arc. The device consists of a
bent tube, having bulb at one end, coated
on the outside with lampblack. The middle
OF this tube is filled with mercury and sup
ported by arms nicely pivoted Above the
pivot is fixed an index needle, which moves
across graduated arc, and beneath the pivot
hangs rod to which is attached small
weight, which serves to balance the needle
SO as to make it point to zero on the arc.
when the temperature rises in the slightest
degree the heat, being readily absorbed by
the lampblack on the air bulb, drives the
mercury forward and displaces the center of
gravity, so that the needle turns to the right
When the bulb is exposed to decrease of
the needle points to the left. So
sensitive is this apparatus to changes of tenn
perature, that it has been necessary, to check
Its sudden tipping over when exposed to a
change quickly, to place two fixed pins at
convenient points beneath the tube.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-01-27
The Bottom of the Sea.

From a comparison of the results of recent
deep-sea soundings it appears that the follow
ing are just generalizations: l. The water
OF the North Pacific is in its whole mass
cooler than that of the Atlantic 2. The
water Of the South Pacific is, down to 1925
feet, somewhat warmer than that of the At
lantic, but below that depth cooler g. The
bottom temperatures are generally lower in
the Pacific than the Atlantic at the same
depths and in the same degree of latitude
but nowhere in the Pacific are found such
low bottom temperatures as in the Antarctic
portion of the South Atlantic, where temper
atnres of-O.3 centigrade to-O6 degrees have
been measured. A. In the western parts of
the Pacific and the adjoining parts of the
East India archipelago the temperature of the
water reaches its minimum at depths be-
tween 1877 and 1897 feet, remaining the
same from this depth to the bottom. In the
whole OF the Atlantic the temperature from
1887 feet to the bottom gradually though
slowly increases.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-01-27
Immense Spots on the Sun.

The effect of spots on the sun upon the
temperature of the earth has not been def
nitely determined by scientists 1t is rarely
that these spots can be seen by the unassist-
ed eye. The New York Sun says that spot
is now visible little to the right and below
the suns disk. By protecting the eye with
piece of smoked or colored glass it may be
seen like black speck ON the smooth, vel
low surface An opera-glass magnifying
three or four times makes it conspicuous. A
telescope divides it into two huge spots, each
thousands of miles in extent, and surrounded
by vast shadowy border or penumbra. A
notion may be formed of the tremendous
forces that are at work upon the sun when it
is recollected that the earth could probably
be dropped into either of the huge chasms.
Such holes in the sun are often formed or
closed up in a few days, or even few hours.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-01-27
The Fate of Great DISCOVERIES.

The four American claimants of the grand
discovery of anathesia were, jackson, Long,
Norton and Wells. The fate of these men
vas merry unfortunate. Long died in 1878,
rery little known, and poor man. Morton,
having been reduced to poverty during the
Twelve years in which he tried to obtain from
Congress and the courts recognition of his
lights, died suddenly in New York City of
cerebral congestion, brought on by reading a
work attacking his claims. Wells mind fail
ed In the fierce controversy; and after his
arrest In New York for throwing vitrol on
gomen's clothing, he destroyed himself
Jackson died on August 80, 1880, after seven
rears' illness, during which his mind was
slouded with agitation and disappointment.
British Medical Journal.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-01-27
l-JamS.

Delirium tremcns! Snakes /! Jm-Jams
Yes, I've had touches of them You want to
know how it feels? I'll tell you. You have
drunk maybe week, maybe more At last
liquor ceases to excite, brace up or tranquil
ize. You drink half pint of brandy and it
has no more effect than SO much water Then
YOU are close on the horrors. Food won't
help you, your stomach rejects it. Now your
punishment commences. You can't sleep.
You are weary, oh, SO weary but there is no
rest You are tired of thinking, yet the tired
brain will think. You lie down, drop into a
doZe for moment and wake up with a
shock as if touched by an electric wire You
are covered with perspiration You get up
and walk the room, walk the streets-walk,
walk, walk, and then fling yourself down,
praying for ever so few minutes sleep. All
this for days, with people about you, and
through nights. But no Chinese torturer
employed in keeping some miserable GRIM
inal awake till he dies was ever more full of
relentless vigilance than your abused nerves
breads ndescribable seize upon you. Your
hands have sensation of being OF enormous
size. They do not look it-they feel it,
Your head in like manner feels as if enor-
mously pulled out Then your breath comes
spasmodically, hot tlushes strike at the region
Of the heart and all the blood at times seems
TO rush in that direction. You fight aim
lessly as if for life and expect to fall dead.
This is the commencement of the horrors.
Now you are fixed for seeing rats and snakes
and vermin.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-01-27
The Power of Jupiter.

1t is difficult to realize the enormous power
Of the bright speck, Jupiter, shining so quiet
ly In the sky. A recent writer has shown
that the power which the sun has to put
forth to hold Jupiter in his orbit is equal to
the combined strength of 17O,OOOOOO bars OF
solid steel, each one mile in diameter. Jupi-
ter's pull upon the earth, according to the
same authority, is equal to the strength of
0,OOO,OOO,OOO bars of steel, each of them
one foot in diameter. So, if the mere power
0f gravity were all that was required to make
hpiter's approach dangerous to the earth,
evidently he is not lacking in power. But
no one need fear thatthe sisterhood of worlds
which acknowledge the dominion of the sun
will prove equally destructive.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-01-27
COurting liz the Olden Days.
Detroit Free Press.

Thirty years ago, Michigan people were {
frank and truthful set. Strangers coult
come here and trade horses with their eyes
shut, and breach of promise cases were un
known. Folks meant what they said, and
when they gave their word stuck to it,
Exactly thirty years ago widOwer from
New York State appeared in Lansing or
business. That same business carried him
over to De Witt, eight miles away. While
on his way he stopped at a log farm house to
warm his cold fingers. He was warmly well
coined by the old pioneer and his wife, both
OF whom were well along in years. and after
some general talk the woman queried:
Am right in thinking that you are a
widower?'
Yes"
Did you come here TO find a wife 2"
Partly"
Did anyone tell you of our Susie?"
No
We'll, we've got as bouncing a girl of
twenty-five as you ever set eyes on. She's
good-looking, healthy and good tempered,
and | think she'll like your looks"
Where is she?'
Over in the wood, chopping down a coon
tree. Shall l blow the horn for her? ?"
No. If you'll keep an eye on my horse
III unu ncr"
well, there's nothing stuck up or affected
about Susie. She'll say yes or no as soon as
she looks you over. Ifyou want her, don't
be afraid to say So"
The stranger heard the sound of her axe
and followed it. He found her Just as the
tree was ready to fall. She was stout, good
looking girl, swinging the axe like man,
and IN two minutes he had decided to say:
Susie, I'm widOwer from New York
State; I'm thirty-nine years old, have no
child, own a good farm, and want wife
VIII you 60 home with me?'
She leaned on he axe and looked at him
for minute, and then replied:
Can't say for certain Just wait till get
these coons off my mind"
She sent the tree crashing to the earth, and
with his help killed five coons, which were
slowed away in hollow
well, what do you say?" he asked, as the
last coon stopped kicking.
Pm your'n" was the reply "and by the
time you get back from Dewitt I'll have
these pelts off and tackled up and ready for
the preacherT
He returned to the house, told the old folks
that he should bring the preacher back with
him, and at dusk that evening the twain
were married Hardly an hour had been
wasted in courting, and yet he took home
)ne of the best girls in the State of Michigan.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-01-27
The Families of Great Journalists.

Editorial families seem to break up rapidly.
The Raymonds are all gone from New York,
and the splendid fortune left by the great
editor is scattered. The condition of the
Bennetts is too well known to require any
more than passing allusion. The daughter,
with her husband, is boarding, while the son
is a wanderer, who, though familiar with both
Europe and America, has no home in either
Willis left widow and four children. The
former removed to this city and the latter
are engaged in various duties of life. George
p Morris had rural home ON the banks of
the Hudson, but it was sold soon after his
death, and in this manner time works
changes and revolutiOns.-N. Y. Corr. Troy
Times
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-01-27
Curious Features of 1881.

The year 1881 will be mathematical
curiosity. From right to left and from left
to right it reads the same. Eighteen divided
by 2 gives as qoutient; 81 divided by 8
gives 8 if divided by the quotient con-
tains 8; if multiplied by 8 the product
contains two 9s; and 8 are 8; s and are
8; if the 10 be placed under the 81 and add
ed the sum is &c. If the figures be added
thus: /, s. 6, /, it will give Is. Reading
from left to right it is Is, and Is is two
ninths of 81. BY adding, dividing. and null
tiplying Is 9's are produced, being one for
each year required to complete the century.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-01-27
4 GEM FOR EVERY MONTH.

JANUARY.
by her who in this month is born
No gem save Garnets should be worn,
They will insure her constancy,
True friendship and fidelity.
FEBRUARY.
The Fcbruary-born will find
Sincerity and peace of mind,
Freedom from passion and from care,
II they the Amethyst will wear.
MARCH.
Who in this world of ours the eyes
In March first open shall be wise;
In days of peril firm and brave,
And wear a Bloodstone to their grave.
APRIL
She who from April dates her years
Diamonds should wear, lest bitter tears
For vain repentance flow; this stone
Emblems of innocence is known.
MAY
Who first beholds the light of day
IN Springs sweet fowery month of May,
And wears an Emerald all her life,
Shall be a loved and happy wife.
Who comes with summer to this earth,
And owes to June her day of birth,
With ring of Agate on her hand,
Can health, wealth, and long lifecommand
JULY
The glowing Ruby should adorn
Those who i'll warm July are born;
Then will they be exempt and free
From loves doubts and anxiety.
AUGUST.
Wear q SardonyX, or for thee
No conjueal felicity;
The August born, without this stone,
Tls said, must live unloved and lone.
SEPTEMBER.
A maiden born while autumn leaves
Are rustling i'll September's breeze,
\ Sapphire on her brow should bind
Twill cure diseases of the mind.
OCTOBER.
October's child is born for woe,
hnG life's vicissitudes must know;
But lay an Opal OH her breast,
And hope will lull those words to rest
NOVEMBER.
Who first comes to this world below
With drear November's fog and snow
Should prize the Topaz amber hue
Emhlems of friends and lovers true
DECEMEER.
II cold December gave you birth
The month of snow and ice and mrth-
Place on your hand Il Turqoise blue;
Success will bless whate'e 'er you do.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-01-27

But perhaps it is in the financial world
that the Californian takes first rank. Your
elevated railroad, that stretches down the
streets OF New York, was built and is owned
Dy an ex-MayOr of San Francisco. Down
yonder, at the end of the island of Manhat-
tan, where the bulls" and "bears" guide the
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-09
RIVER NEWS.

H.. ARRIVED
Jus foWlef''''''s ,,,,,,,, PaduCgh
DEPARTED.
''' fo"'er''''''"'''n'','''' ,,.., Paducal
GENERAL NEWS.
| Take the Fowler for Paducah this even
ing.
The ice is moving out Of the Wabash
river.
The B, s. Rhea failed to reach this port
yesterday,
Capt Geo, Clark was in the city last
Monday.
The Vint Shinkle passed up last night
from Memphis,
Up to two o'clock yesterday, the river
had risen inches
The latest river kilograms announce no
boats in motion at Cincinnati.
An Evansville packets looked for to.
day BY the agent, NIr, Biggs
In few days we will publish the
cards Of the Evansville and Cairo packets
pr.;,..a A.
r.','' ',',',' - Wv N','' yesterday was
past
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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-09
AN INTERESTING LETTER,
IT RINGS or A GRATEFUL HEART AND GIVE
HONOR WHERE HONOR IS DUE.

IT RINGS OF A GRATEFUL HEART AND GIVES
HONOR WHERE HONOR IS DUE.
Mr.. 5. W. Caps, cf Scottsvile, Macoupiu
county, ILL.,, writes, under date Of Aug. 90,
1850, to DR.. Swaync & Son: II sent to
you for three boxes 'All.heaIig Ointment.
having had the Itching Piles for about
twenty-three years, and have been treated
for them by eleven different doctors, and
have paid out at least five hundred dol.
lars yes, would be safe in saying one
thousand dollars-but never was cured of
that itching which annoyed me almost to
death. When became warm, particularly
at night, the itching would begin and the
only reliet was to battle IN cold water,
sometimes as often as six or seven times in
one night. | concluded to tri your Oint-
ment, and have used two boxes, and the
result is perfect cure, and | will say that
it is the best Ointment in the world nd
will recommend it to one and all as such.
Swayne's Ointmentis sold by all druggists.
lDl
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-09

The official report Of the losses by
Pittsburgh railroad riots puts the to-
tai lost by tie Pennsylvania road and
It's branches. at S23l0IG5; accrued
interest to date, SjiI.g7i, making a
grand tOtalOt S2691IUJ. These claims
were compromised Tor Sl,Guv,OJU.-
The engines aud car, DESTROYED, if
coupled together in one train. would
have covered eleven and thrCc-uuar-
tcrs miles Of track. The Baltimore
and Ohio lost rolIiug-stock valued al
500, 1920 which wa, settled for S3S.-
252N2. The total number of all
Kinds of claims which have been sell
tied by the county commissioners,
mostly without the Intervention of
the courts, is 1902. The face of these
claims was for loss, and did not in
cludc interest, amounting to S3.26l.-
Ol3,Sl. They have been compromised
and settled for - s9,1jG97
Among the. officers who fell with
Gen. Custer was Lieut.. CMttenden.-
a short time ago the adjumnt general
Of the army received letter from a
resident Of the Winnipeg country of
Canada asking whether any officer
bearing the name of Crittcudcn had
taken part in the lucklcss expedition
Of Custer. The writer gave his rea-
son for making the inquiry that he
had purchased some time ago from
half breed gold watch which the
hall-breed told him he had obtained
from one of the Sioux warriors who
sought refuge in Canada after the
massacre Of the Little Big Horn. The
watch bore no owners name. The
works had been trincd aud tempered
with after the manner of the savages
by the Sioux from whom it was pro-
cured, and who assured the halt-brecd
that he had slain the white brave to
whom it belonged in the battle with
Clusters mon. The writer OF the let
ter finally purchased the watch for
So, On cXamnin. it he found en-
gravcd on the case the name OF the
Liverpool maker and the number of
the watch. Upon this he wrote q
letter to the matchmaker asking
whether he could in any way identi-
fly the purchaser of the watch. The
matchmaker promptly replied that
he had sold more Than four years ago
watch bearing the number cited by
his Canadian correspondent, to an
American gentleman named Critteh-
den, who, as his books showed, had at
the same time bought lady's watch
as well. The kind and intelligent
resident of Canada who had taken all
these pains to trace tho ownership of
the waif 50 strangely brought to his
doors was rewarded by u prompt as
sul1nco that the. watch undou Dtedly
belonged to Lieut.. Crittcnden,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-09

A Frankfort lKyJ physician writes:
Some months ago the daughter Of one Of
our prominent citizens was pronounced a
hopeless consumpuye, Shcwas very much
reduced in flesh; terrible cough, her life
gradually wasting away. recommended
her 10 use DIR, Swayne's Compound Syrup
Of Wild Cherry" which she did. In a
short time She was free from all cough and
other symptoms, and is now rosy and
healthy. Price % cents and 81 a bottle or
8 bottles s.. The large size is the most
economical. Prepared only by DR.. Swayne
u Son, Philadelphia. Sold by druggists
An occasional dose Of "Swayncs Pills"
should be taken TO keep the bowels free.
They are eXcciIen, for torpid liver and bi..
loua complaints, Sold by all the Cairo
druggists (2l
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-09
INDIGESTION,

Iho microphoUc has been success.
~ lEempIoyc by Professor Mine, u
TOXIC, japan, toannouncc the premon.
ltory a,gn. Of an earthquake. He
places the Instrument in pits remote
IRON rroad', and he is careful, also, to
exclude all insects, the movements of
winch would, Of course, affect the in
dlcationS, aud lead to iol-c differences.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-09
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AGENTS.

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az men Boys and girls can earn large sums.
Many have made at the business over one hundred
dollars In n single week. Nothing like II ever
known before All who engage are srrrrisd At the
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invest capital In It, We take all the risk Those
who need ready money, should wtire to us at once.
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gusta Maine,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-09

On the bank Of the Kenncbcck ,about
eighteen miles north Of Augusta, nre
the ruins OF old Fort Halifax, erected
in the times OF the old French md
Indian war for the protection of the
inhabitants and to guard the river
from hostile incursions. Closely con.
ncc(ed with the old fort is the pub.
lie cemetery, which now covers u por-
ton of the same ground, the old
graves in which attract considerable
curious observation. On an old black
stone there found is to be read the fol-
lowing inscription
Here lies the body of Richard Thomas,
an ingllshman hy birth, wing OF 20
cooper by trade, now food for worms.
Like an old Rum puncheon
whose slaves are al marked, numbered and
shocked
he Will be raised and put together again
by his maker go
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-09

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