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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-09-08
4 Murdered Millionaire.
Pail Mall Gazette.

The murder of the Austrian millionaire
Baron Sothen, at Cobenzl, has created an i'm
mense sensation in Vienna. The Baron, who
owed his title to the Duke of Saxe-Mein-
ingen, was not only remarkably for his large
fortune, but also for his zeal for the church
which did not, however, prevent him from
being harsh and niggardly master. He
was killed by a gamekeeper, whom he had
dismissed because he had family of four
illegitimate children. The gamekeeper had
offered to marry the mother of his children
if his master would bear the expense of the
ceremony. The proposal being elected with
scorn, the gamekeeper shot the Baron dead
on the spot, and then gave himself up to the
police. At the Baron's funeral the most
scandalous scenes took place. giving an odd
idea of the boasted "gemuthlichkeit" of the
lower order of Vienna. The funeral process
sion had to poss through a jeering and boist-
erous crowd. The police had intertered to
prevent the wife and children of the MUIR
derer carrying out their intention of being
present, but could not enforce the decency
demanded by the occasion. A sort of fair
was improvised in the cemetery, in which
old women sold 'Sothen lottery tickets" and
bakers boys "SOthen bretzen." The BarOn's
widow had already received threatening let
ters commanding her, on pain of death, to
provide for the wife and children of the
murderer. These menaces seem to have pro-
duced their effect, for in the evening papers
of the same day her man of business an
nounced that she had given the family 1000
ferins, and would allow them to occupy the
gamekeepers lodge. 1t is said that the
Socialist newspapers of Vienna have, besides
collected 10000 forms for their benefit
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-09-08
Population of the Globe.

The most trustworthy estimate of the
number OF people on the earth for the yeal
1876, as furnished by the German statisti-
clans, is 1, 1,423,917,OOO This is an increase
of over 100000 on the estimate of 1875
but the augmentation is not due entirely to
the excess Of births over deaths, but largely
to the obtaining of more accurate information
regarding the population of regions hitherto
little known, and to more perfect census re-
turns from other countries.
Asia is still the home of q majority of the
human race, after having supplied shoots
from which have sprung great western peO
pie. About tour-sevenths of the earth's
population are Asiatic or SO $40, $50 ::
Europe comes next with over q fifth, or ::}a9,-
179,30O: Africa with about a seventh, or
1921 500; America with less than six
teenth, or S5,519, ,809; and finally, Australia
and Polynesia, with the very small fraction
of 4,74S.s0 people. Europe is the most
densely populated, having g persons to the
S luare mile; Asia comes next with III and
America and Australia bring up the rear
with 81 and respectively. There are 215
cities on the earth with population of over
100000; 20 of half a million or more in
habitants. Of these last, four are in China.
Including Brooklyn with New York, as we
may rightfully do for the purpose Of COM
parison, the greatest cities in the world
stand in this order: London, 2, ,439, ,428; Paris,
l ,S54 ,692; New York, l 1,535,622; Vienna,
1 ,O91 ,999; Berlin, 1,O44,O0O; Canton and
three other Chinese cities one million each.
New York therefore takes its place third in
the list of great cities without counting our
New Jersey overflow.
Though there are not at hand statistics
upon which to base an accurate statement of
the fact, yet it is the opinion of all observers
of the conditions of civilized people. that the
average longevity of the human race has in
creased within hundred years. Such re-
port of the death-rate as we have got support
that conclusion, and it is thoroughly proved
that the devastations Of epidemic diseases
are net so great as formerly; while the
medical art steadily advances in its mastery
of the diseases Of the human system and in
its ability to ward off and check maladies
which threaten human life. In England,
for instance, the death-rate has declined con-
siderably during q quarter of a century.
There and elsewhere in Europe, as also in
this country the subject of hygiene has re-
ceived great attention of late years, and its
difficulties are being steadily overcome The
is that men now on the average,
live longer than their ancestors, and in better
average health.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-09-08
ONE OTHER FACT.
A Lawyer Who Tried to Impeach the
Character of Woman.
From the Little Rock Gazette. I


Are you acquainted with this lady q
asked Little Rock lawyer of witness il
court.
Yes, | used to know her pretty well, bu1
I've lost track of her for several years"
Were you intimately acquainted with
her?"
Cant say that | was so powerful init
mate. Bout as intimate as two people
ought to be-"
"You visited her at one time, didn't you q
and the lawyer, who in sly way was trying
to impeach the character of the woman
looked at the jury and winked
well, she used to come to my house oc-
casonally."
will you allow me to ask" and again he
looked at the jury, whether or not this
woman visited you in the day time or at
night? p
Sometimes she would come in the dav
time and stay all night"
Would there be any one else in the
house -
Not usually"
THAT settles it. Gentlemen, you observe
that this woman"
Hold on q minute said the witness.
there is one other fact that you should
know before you are too hard on the woman" 3"
What is that, sir?"
Nothing much only she used to be my
WIFE
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-09-08
A Whale Parents devotion.

Sperm whales usually travel in schools
and in going into a body composed Of 'cows
and calves" the latter, although yielding but
q small amount of oil, are ''struck" first. By
this method both are captured. The mother
will not leave her offspring, neither will i
attack the boat, but will remain close to the
calf, apparently urging it to escape by sound
ing or by flight. The little one can only re-
main short time under water, consequently
its dam is almost constantly target for
lances, which she will continue to receive,
although not being fast to the boat, until life
is extinct, when the calf will be killed. She
will sacrifice her own life in the attempt To
assist her young, and to any one except o
whaler it would appear like cold-blooded
and heartless murder. Even they cannot
help admiring the devotion, and will endeav-
or to make the struggle as brief as possible.
The calf exhibits no such filial affection, for
if the mother is harpooned first he will inn
mediately take French leave, leaving the
"old lady" to fight her own battles. Extreme
caution is used when striking calf to avoid
a mortal wound, as his death is sure to be
followed by the flight of the cow, who knows
it instantly.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-09-08
The Story of a Pretty Sleeper.
New York Sun.

'She is our sleeping beauty said con
ductor of a Jay, Smith and Ninth street line
of cars, in Brooklyn, pointing to fashion
ably dressed young woman, who is well
known to habitual passengers of the line be-
cause of her habit of falling asleep as soon
as she pays her fare. The woman has dark
hair that falls in ringlets over her shoulders
dark, clear eyes, and a complexion that is
almost perfect.
Il guess she must be pretty because she
sleeps so much" continued the conductor,
for they say as that's what keeps women
pretty. l don't know why it is, but just as
she gets into the car and hands her fare she
crosses her hands and feet and begins to nod.
In about four minutes she is asleep and then
she gets good nap until she reaches the
ferry going down and the place where she
gets out. If a passenger pushes by her to
get out she opens her eyes, fixes her hat,
which usully gets loose by ner nodding. and
then she goes to sleep again. It's curious to
see young men try to get her to flirt. Why,
she goes right to sleep while they are smil-
ing at her. We haven't more lady-like
person riding on the line, but never saw
such sleeper. She's been passenger
now six days in the week for over two years,
Here's her street"
The conductor gave a shrill whistle and
called out - street" The young woman
opened her eyes, stepped off the car and
passed gracefully down the street, patting
her mouth gently with her hand to check a
yaWn.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-09-08
AARON BURR AS A BORROWER.
An Offer to Pledge His Books as Secur.
ity for Small Loan.
FOm the Boston Advertiser.


1t was in the summer of 1912, when a
member of the class of 1916 in Harvard Col.
lege, on visit to Boston of Saturday after
noon, that l was called upon by Mr. Fes-
senden and intrusted with letter addressed
to my father, reported to have been received
from Aaron Burr, which letter requiring an
immediate answer delivered to my father
at his country seat in Brookline My
father opening and handing it to me to read,
seriously enioined upon me upon no consid-
Grafton whatever to mention the reception of
it to my elder brother or to any one in the
family or out Of it, which have never done
to the present day-sixty nine years-with
one exception, hereafter recorded.
The letter contained request Of Aaron
Burr for private interview, with a loan of
money ON a pledge of some boxes of books
My fathers answer, which he likewise hand
ed me to read, declined the interview, also
the pledge OF books, enclosing for him 500
in bills Of the Massachusetts, Bank, which
was all that was necessary to carry him to
his New York friends expressing his sur
been the friend of Hamilton.
Some years after arriving from Europe
with my wife, at her mothers on the Hud-
SOU, WAS tOld by some OlnclOuS TREND tnat
a Mr.. Davis, friend of Aaron Burr, had
spoked disparagingly of my father for not
allowing Burr an interview, Burr probably
never mentioning any pecuniary assistance.
| gave 10 credit to this report, and never
heard of it again. A short time after return
ing to Boston | communicated to highly
esteemed and respected friend, the late Pres
ident Josiah Quincy, the above incident of
my life, Mr.. Quincy advising no further no.
tice of it, coming from such source
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-09-08
Paper Clay.

In view of the rapid rise in the price OF
paper, and the complaints of the paper MAX
efs with regard to the scarcity and increas-
ing costliness of all sorts of paper stock, it is
gratifying to see that one source of such raw
material is not likely soon to fail us. What
ever may happen to rags, wood pulp, and
the thousand other fibrous material supposed
to enter into the composition of paper, the
clay bank promises to be inexhaustible.
True, the majority of people who pay high
price for paper have prejudice against that
material, but evidently the owners of the
clay banks have not; for, in prominent
journal devoted to the paper trade, they
boldly print large cat of their "clay works, : ;
showing long stretch of snowy bluff out of
which huge section has been cut, presum-
ably to suppy the needs of "frst-class mills
East and West" to whose owners they refer
for evidence of the excellence of their clay.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-09-08
THE SCHOOL BOY.

we bought him box for books and things,
ana bags for his ball and his bat;
ana ne looked the brightest and best OF kings
lhder his new straw hat.
We handed him into a railway train
WIN troop of his young compeers,
Atil W we felt as though it were dust and ram
were filling our eyes with tears.
we looked in his innocent face to see
D., me sign of a sorrowful heart;
"uV ne only shOuldered his bat with glee
ana wondered when they would start
WAS not that he loved not as heretofore,
p ror the boy was tender and kind;
Du1 MS was world that was all before,
ana ours was a world behind.
'Sas not his luttering heart was cold,
AnG nIt ~ the child was loyal and true;
u the parents lose the love that is old,
>Ha lhe children the love that is new.
'XT WlW"e we came to know that love is flower,
Aanch only groweth down;
A. we scarcely spoke for the space of an hour,
- we drove back through the towr.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-09-08
In a Century More.

The center of population in the United
States has, during the last ten years, shifted
from Columbus, Ohio, to the Indiana bound
ary line; in few decades more it will reach
the Mississippi river At the rate of increase
prevailing during the present century, the
country WILL in 1920 contain between 15O,-
100000 and 16O,OOO,OOO. This is only forty
nenee presdenta
campaign" Ten or twelve years more, equal
to look backward as far as the days of
Jackson, notification and the United States
bank, the country will be founG to contain
100000, ,000-equal to the present population
of Europe, exclusive OF Russia, Austria and
Turkey.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-09-08
Love of Home.

The affections which bind man to the
place of his birth are essential in his nature,
and follow the same law as that which gov
erns every innate feeling They are implant-
ed in his nature along with life, and are
modified by every circumstance which he
encounters from the beginning to the end Of
his existence. The sentiment which, in the
breast of any one man is ali instructive fond
ness for the spot where he drew his early
breath, becomes, by the progress of mankind
and the formation of society, more enlarged
feeling, and expands into the noble passion
of patriotism. The love of country, the love
of the village where we were born, of the
field which we first pressed with our tender
footsteps, of the hillock, which we first
climbed, are the same affection, only the lat
ter belongs to us separately; the first can be
known but by men united in masses. 1t is
founded upon every advantage which ~
nation is supposed to possess and is increased
by every improvement which it is supposed
to receive.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-09-08
MOTHER IN THE KITCHEN.

My novel slid upon the floor,
My weary eyelids wavered, fell
Forgot the woes of Isidore,
The triumphs Of the young LenOre
In slumbers, heavy, dreamless spell.
The lamp burned low within the room;
The firelight's Pickering tongues of flame
Pierced titfully the sullen gloom
That lay within the hushed room;
Then vanished quickly as they came.
Oh, blissful hour of quiet ease
Which soothes the senses into rest;
TO which the burdened spirit fees
As saint to shrine on bended knees,
Or children to the mothers breast.
When twilight dews are falling fast
Upon the fiowery lea," sweet sounds
My slumb ring body stir; / grasp,
Through locked senses from the past,
Once more cradles happy bounds.
Above it bends fah young face;
low, sweet sound is heard SO soon,
And swaying gently through the space
Where babydom has won its place,
The cradle answers to the tune.
When twilight dews are falling fast"
Tis mother in the kitchen sings,
Forget the fragrant dewy past
In mother present, best and last,
Whose never failing courage rings
Out now in cheerful tones. All day
With busy hands, her willing feet
Have trod the households devious way,
Her duties done, nor does she stay
AT even with smile as happy, sweet.
The song still fingers on her lips,
As white arm barred, she deity molds
And scatters from her finger tips
The snowy -four under strips
Offragrant dough. with turn and fold
Happy in working household cheer,
Nor weariness nor languor wrings
Her strength. Yet lie here
With worn-Out nerves, and forty things,
While mother in the kitchen sings.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-09-08
Josephine OrdZ.

A womans body was buried from the San
Francisco Morgue few weeks ago that was
born in a castle in Hungary 1t lay there as
it was born, naked, and there was not a
friendly hand to offer the last offices of hui
manity to it, Josephine Ordz was the daugh-
ter of Count Ordz, and her family was one
of the most distinguished in Pesth She was
carefully and thoroughly educated and was
a very beautiful woman, and an admirable
musician. She ran away from home and
married Count Karaly, and for many years
they lived in Paris happily. He died in 1850,
and the her troubles began. His estate had
been confscated and she found herself de-
pendant upon. her resources. She could sing,
and naturally enough she went upon the
operatic stage. Her voice was a rich con-
tralto and she soon gained an enviable posi-
tion. Later she made great success and
sang in every capital in Europe. She came
to this country in 1852 with the Mario-Grsi
opera troupe under the management of Max
Martzek. She had youth, beauty, voice, rank
and a romantic history. Her manners were
superb, and her social position opened the
doors of the best people in America to her.
What her fame might have been was i'm
agined by those who saw her triumphs in
opera. Her audiences would grow wildly
enthusiastic over her. and men and women
would throw their iewelry at her feet, litter
ing the stage with costly offerings. The life
she led was one of excitement, and the
liquors she drank soon affected her voice.
She let habits of dissipation grow upon her,
until the modest, elegant woman was trans
formed into a sensual brute. Then she sank
out of sight and became intimate with low
men. When she died in San Francisco in
May she was living with low creature, sup
porting him by playing the piano in beer
saloon at night, and it is believed that he
beat her to death.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-09-08

a4 transpired incidentally in the course
az n murder trial at atSteubenville, o., the
ether day. that a man now serving term
in the penitentiary for robbery is wholly
innocent. Such discoveries suggest that
our machinery for the punishment OF
crime may not operate with as much pre-
cision in guarding against unjust convlc-
t;ons as we are in the habit of supposing.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-09-08
Written for the Herald
THE SUNLIT ISLE OF SWEET EVANUE
BY CASS1US G. CULLEN.

Respectfully inscribed to Prof. J. w. Woodbridge
Of Wiclles NJ +.
Know ye the land of the cedar and vine
Where the flowers ever blossom. the beams ever
shine.
Where the light wings of zephyr oppressed with
perfume
Wax faint DER the gardens of Gull in its bloom
-Byron's Bride of AbydOss
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-09-08
An Ecclesiastical Law.

soali nlEiRLIN, September 2-Another ecclesias-
in 'al ~ law amendment act is being 'elaboroted
At m t.ie Ministry of Worship for presentation
'ne next session of Parliament.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-09-08
amcmber often the sunny land

remember often the sunny land
Where the rose is fair and the zephrys bland,
Where the breeze grows rank with the rich perfume
Which it robes from the island flowers in bloom,
Where it toys with the crimson blossoms rare
Which cXhalc their bloom on the fragrant air
'Tis thy lovely isle in the waters blue
Thy sunlight isle, sweet Evanue
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-09-08
Won Her Bet.
Territorial ENTERPRISE. I

leTTtoIlal E-itefprlSeI
She was a buxom grass widow from Honey
Lake, and sailing into Johnny Noes photo
graph gallery she h.nded Johnny newspa-
per clipping, saying: Read that, will you 2"
Johnny read aloud as follows: The latest
freak for young women with shapely, hand
some hands is to have them photographed
singly. A certain Boston lady, celebrated
for her beautiful feet, once had them photo
graphed, to the great pleasure of few fav-
ored friends"
That's it, said the LADY,; Il want some
of those
"Those hands and"
Exactly! Hands and feet
Feet of the Boston lady?'
Boston lady! No; she be hanged! My
own. What do 1 want with her feet ~
well, by your showing me the newspaper
clipping l naturally thought it was picture
of the Boston lady's feet you wanted.'
"Other people have feet besides Boston la.
dies! suppose you can take mine?"
Il haven't looked at 'em yet, but | suppose
| can-if they are placed tar enough away"
"Yes, but l want them taken as close as
possible"
well, but how much-how much handle
would you like to the foOt?"
We'll, enough to show it's foot You
can take as much as you think will look
we'll"
This matter having been thus amicably
adjusted the customer stripped her right foot
in order that it might be placed in position.
As Johnny lifted the foot to the place pre-
pared for it he said Excuse me- but I'll
bet this is the dirtiest foot ever in this GAL
lery"
How much will you bet?''
III bet $1O" cried Johnny.
"DOnew said the woman, and she stripped
her left foot, remarking as she placed it in
view: II washed the right one before I
came up from the hotel'
''You win" said Johnny The coin is
yours"
III take it all in pictures But first I'll
wash off the snuff | stained by footsies with
before coming to see you"
I've heard before of people that were up
to snuff" said.J Johnny, "but this is the first
time l ever transacted business with one of
EN-"
A st. Louis physician says that the gum
exhuded from the linden produces a most
deadly poison, known as "lindoline." A cat
inoculated with needle dipped in indoline
died in eighteen seconds. The Doctor thinks
that pin scratch touched with it would
kill man in less than two minutes. 1t is
an antidote for morphine poisoning, but must
be very largely diluted. 1t is from the lin
den that most Of our wooden toothpcks are
made.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-09-08

remember, too, what il havenly calm
Would so often steal through thy groves of palm,
What delightful sights would awaken joy,
What delicious fruit would there tempt the eye
How we've under the coco's branches laid,
How we've feasted rare in its tropic shade,
How we've dined upon golden fruit which grew
On thy sunlit isle sweet Evanue
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-09-08
III.

And how when oft in the month of June
On thy silv'ry shore meath the pale-faced moon,
Ore thy silent deep we have gazed afar
And attuned our songs to the light guitar,
While thought conjured from the ocean caves
Thy mythc Peris beneath the waves,
And the stars beamed forth in their brightest hue
On thy sunlight isle, sweet Evanue
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-09-08
I Y

When the orient with it's gates a jar
Sent its herald forth in the signal star
Then the peerless face of the planet shone
As it only shines in thy sun-blest zone;
While the matin song of the maiden fair,
As it rose so sweet on the morning air
Mixed it, ducit strains with the wierd sea new
On thy Smt isle, sweet Evanue.
V.
o, enchanting isle. with your orange groves.
With your varied flow'rs which the heart so loves
With your sandy beach, and your white sea foam
And your far-of' ships which the ocean roam
As they come and go with their canvas white,
Don't they seem like the phantom shades of nigh
In the distance dim, as they pass in view
Thy sunlight isle sweet Evanue