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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-30
4 Clergyman's Night Dance.

Il have had," said q well known clergy
man, 'some very droll experiences. Among
the most exciting was the one that [ will
now relate. A well known merchant was
very sick-sOme thought nigh unto death.
He would see no pastor, nor allow any one
to speak to him on the subject Of religion
One day he mentioned my name, though he
was nc acquaintance OF mine. He named
me two or three times. At length his wife
asked him If he wanted me to call. He hes
itated for some time, and then asked his
family to send for me. He added: Tell
him to come right away" | obeyed the sum-
mons, was ushered into the sick chamber,
and at once recognized the gentleman as one
who had been an occasional hearer in my
church. He greeted me with great cordial
ity, and asked that all should leave the room.
He wanted to speak to speak to me privately.
His wife left with evident reluctance The
man was so weak that he could with diff
Guilty turn in bed. AS soon as the door was
closed the patient sprung from his bed, turn
ed the key in the lock, siezed upon me with
the strength Of giant, and said: Now we
will have a nice dance clasping me about
the body, and he, in his night shirt, COM
menced to caper and prance about the room,
humming in a low voice L and my Father
are one, equal in power and glory He kept
his pace for an hour, until l was nearly dead
from exhaustion and fright. He was a wild
maniac. Once l attempted to scream. He
seized me by the throat. His eyes flashed
fire. He said he would brain me if [ was
not quiet Round and round he turned
keeping up the refrain, Il and my father are
one, equal in power and glory Pretending
to be pleased, l suggested that he call in
some Of the family to join u.s. He caught
at the idea. He opened the door to call the
household up, and I instantly few down
stairs pursued by the mailman He was ar
rested taken to the mad-house, and in
twenty-four hours died raving maniac !
have never since heard these words repeated
without being thrown into cold sweat. | !.
had dance enough that night to last me the
balance Of my life"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-30
DAILY HERALD:
TIE FERRY OF THE DEAD.

BY REV. SAMUEL W. DUFFIELD.
There. $50 ancient legends say
1 distant island white and fair,
That shines within some clearer air
across the stretch of cape and bay,
Itself pearl most fine and rare.
ElNe sky above, blue sea below
II movers lightly on the rim
OF vision. dcIlcately dim.
RcvCnd the shoals where fishers go
on any voyage gay or grim.
For. ever when one seeks, il flies,
Rcccding family, as a star,
Drawn back through clouds, and yet more far
II glimmcrs on the streaming eyes,
No nearer than the planets are.
But OIL the hithcr strand there dwell
Brave hearts who seek it evcrmore
Who push fail craft away from shore,
Hoping, at length, some tale to tell
Of lands in which all care is DER
And in the night, to them that wait,
There comes sound of hurrying feet,
With thronging footsteps, soft and fleet;
A. when the autumn weareth late,
And wet leaves fall when breezes meet.
thousand shallops line the shore;
4 thousand men must enter them
Each with the ghosts who brush the hem
Of Ofgarment, or impede the oar,
and crowd the bark from stern to stem.
Invisible to him who steers,
The spirits of the dead are there;
They rustic on the midnight air,
They quivcr with unspoken fears,
And he who guides them says prayer.
And when the island CLEANS at last
Out of the backness, pearly white,
Strange perfumes fill the MINDLESS night,
And suddenly the ghosts are passed
Into that region calm and bright.
Thus thou and must watch and wait
BY day, by night, upon the shore;
And hosts of others go before,
And leave us here dSconsolatc,
With these few dreams, and nothing more.
Thus far we go with them that sail
Unto the port no sun reveals;
Whose fuller truth the light conceals;
The search for which has no avail,
And where 10 knowledge guides our keels.
Nnd always We return and say.
There IS an island white and fair
That shines along that clearer air;
and we shall dwell, though not to-day,
Within that region fine and rare.
q spirits Of the dear ones gone
Like faded leaves, blown by the breath
OF him whom we entite Death
We follow you, and on and on
To find what JOY this legend saith!
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-30
HUMAN PINCUSHIONS.
How Needles and Pins Work In and Out
of the Body.
[LondOE Lancet.

! London lancet
! HildanuS related an instance of a woman
who swallowed several pins and passed them
six years afterward; but more remarkable
instance of prolonged detention was record
/ ed by Stephenson, of Detroit-That ofa lady,
aged IS, who last year passed, after some
months of visical irritation, a pin she had
swallowed while picking her teeth with it in
the year 1835-f0rtytwO years previously.
Mr.. Silvy reported some years ago the case of
a woman who had a penchant for pins and
needles so strong that she made them, in
effect, part of her daily diet, and after her
death 400 or 800 were removed from va
rious parts of her body. Another case al
most as striking has been recorded by DR..
Gillette, that of a girl in whom, from time to
time, needles were found beneath the skin,
which they perforated and were removed by
the fingers or forceps. Concerning the way
in which they got into her system no intor-
nation could be extracted from her. She
was carefully watched, and in the course of
eighteen months no less than 800 needles
were extracted, all being about the same
size.
The largest number WHICH escaped in q
single day was 81. A curious phenomenon
preceded the escape of each needle. For
some hours the pain was severe and there
was considerable fever. She then felt sharp
pain like lightning in the tissues, and ON
looking at the place at which this pain had
been felt, the head of the needle was gener-
ally found projecting. The needles invaria-
bly, came out head foremost. No bleeding
ing was occasioned, and not the least trace of
inflammation followed. The doctor in at
tendance extracted 318. That little weight
is to be attached to the place at which the
needles escape as proof of their mode of in
PRODUCTION is evident from a case recorded by
Villars Of girl who swallowed large num-
Der of needles and pins, and two years after
ward, during a period of nine monts, 200
passed out of the hand, arm, axilla, side of
thorax, abdomen and thigh, all on the left
side.
and with less pain than the needles. Many
years ago a case was reported by DR.. Otto, of
Copenhagen, in which 495 needles passed |
through the skin of hysterical girl, who
had probably swallowed them during hys-
terical paroxysm; but these all emerged in
regions below the level of the diaphragm
and were collected in groups, which gave
rise to inhammatory swellings of some size .
One of these contained 100 needles Quite /
recently Dr.. Bigger described before the So
ciety of Surgery of Dublin case in which
more than 300 needles were removed from
the body of woman who died in cOnse-
quence Of their presence. 1t is very remark
able in how few cases the needles were the
cause Of DEATH and how slight an interter-
ance with function their presenee and move
ment cause
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-30
What is SimneI Cake?

1t is a kind of cake familiar to the Ger
mans and just now attracting much attention
among housekeepers in England. Here is a
description of it from an English paper:
"Simnel bread" was the first form of white
bread eaten by the upper crust" Gas bread
should be) Of the thirteenth and fourteenth
centuries, when it was likewise called pain
demayn," or bread Of our Lord, from the fig
ure OF our Saviour or the Virgin which was
stamped upon the loaf. 'Simnel cakes are
to this day made at Shrewsbury and other
places thereabouts for Lent and Easter-be-
ing raised cakes with a crust made Of fine
-four and water, with saffron enough to give
it a rich yellow color, and the inside stuffed
with the makings of rich plum cake, can
died lemon peel ad lib., etc. Make very stiff,
tie in cloth, boil for several hours. then
brush over with egg and bake. The crust is
as hard as wood when quite ready. The big
gest cost as much as half guinea or a gui-
nea. And Herrick has an epigram which
shows that at Gloucester, century seven
teenth, the young people made presents to
their mammas of "simnel cakes" OH Mid
Lent (''Mothering") Sunday. Some say they
are called after the father Of Lambert Simnel
the Pretender, in that being baker he in
vented them; and then that an old pair call
ed Simon and Nelly, being of a saving turn,
fell to making cake out of their scraps at
the end of Lent. They began with the un-
leavened dough, and threw in the remains
of an old plum pudding. Then Sim pro-
posed to boil and Nell to bake it. Then they
went in at each other with the broom and
the stool, and had a free fight, which ended
in a compromise viz, that the cake should
be boiled first and baked afterwards. So
they set ON the big pot and broke up the
broom and stool for fuel, and SHE'D some
eggs, which they had smashed in the row,
over the outside to give it shine. And
when it was done they called it a Simnell
cake.
Here is the exact recipe: Ingredients
Two lb. flour, one and half OF. German
yeast, three-quarters lb. butter, five or. lard,
one and a half lb. currents, three-quarters
Sultana raisins quarter almonds cut small,
baking powder, one nutmeg.
cinnamon, candied peel, one teaspoon carbo-
nate of soda, three eggs mixed with a little
warm milk. Mix as for a plum pudding, let
it it stand one hour before the fire, put in
tins, and bake in slow oven.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-30
Proverbs New and Old.

Never sacrifice safety to large expected re-
turns.
Never make loan an opportunity.
Never lend a borrowing friend more than
you are willing to lose if he cannot pay
Never speculate deeper than you are able
to lose, if you lose at all.
Never borrow money to speculate with
Be satisfied with a moderate rent to good
one.
Keep well insured and watch your policy.
Never consult man on business who does
not manage well his own.
Avoid second mortgage for fresh loan.
He that maketh haste to be rich is not
wise.
Poverty is no bar to marriage if both par
ties will work and save.
Speed at Which Wings are Driven,
iFraser's Magazinel
The speed at which some wings are driven
is enormous 1t is occasionally so great as to
cause the pinions to emit drumming sound.
10 this source the buzz of the fly, the drone
OF the bee, and the boom of the beetle are to
be referred. When a grouse, partridge or
pheasant suddenly springs into the air, the
sounds produced by the whirring of its
wings greatly resembles that produced by
the contact of steel with the rapidly revolv-
ing stone Of the knife-grinder. 1t
mas been estimated that the common flv
moves its wings $50 times per second, that is
1880 times per minute, and that the butter
by moves its wings nine times per second.
Or $40 times per minute. These movements
represent an incredibly high speed even at
the roots of the wings; but the speed is
enormously increased at the tips of the
wings, from the fact that the tips rotate up.
On the roots as centres.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-14
Rich Coal Mines.

Captain r. .. McNeily, surveyor of Ste-
phens county, was in the city yesterday.
He brought with him some fne samples o.
coal taken from the land owned jointly by
himself and Messrs. Mitchell & Scruggs. O
this c ity. This tract of land, some two
thousand acres in all, IL located nine mile'
northwes! of Breckenridge, the county seat
The present survey OF the Waco lap will
run within four miles Of these mines, where
there exists q perfect mountain Of coal. This
vein Is only four miles distant from the
celebrated Sidney johnson coal mines, AND
are exceedingly rich in bituminous coal
The samples we're procured at the depth Of
eight feet, though II crops out abundantly
above the ground. Tho vein was measured
by G. A. Andenreid, Of Philadelphia, Goa
expert, who is here In this state inspecting
in the interest Of Pennsylvania coal com
pspies and he says the vein is of about sixty
niche, or i've feet In thickness. This coal Il
free from sulphur, burns well and 10 frt'
from Stag and cinder. Just so soon as trans
portstion Is available, the owners will work
The mines which promise to yield such NJ
abundant supply Of coal
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-14

scented first Anderson and then Smith county
in the house Of representatives, and
no man, las we are assured by
one who often served with him.
ever sat in that body who more fully COM
msnded its confidence and'respect for sterl-
ing integrity, unselfsh devotion to the gener-
al welfare and sound, practical judgment.
Sincere, modest, laborious and conscientious,
his virtues made him man Of MARX, and Q
public servant of intrinsic value. Never
participating in debate, he was known as q
isborious worker, close investigator and q
sound ressoner, and simple enuncis.ion of
his convictions on question often exerted
moreilauence upon bis colleagues than the
most eloquent harrangues of mere orators.
At home and among his neighbors his
character was equally marked in all tina.
pertains to domestic felicity, and virtuous
neighborhood fellowship. The character Of
his children, we'll known to US, attest biz
fidelity ss father, and we extend to them
and their mother, all that friendship can do
our most sincere sympathy In their grea,
sorrow,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-14
seay. Isw.. all .bOu. yellow dog. Ann

Seay. It was all about yellow dog. Anna
complained that man nsmsd Thomas Cain
had wantonly shot and killed her dog with
out any provocstion whatever aud she
swore in terms most emphatic that she
would "put the Law TO him" hot and heavy.
The county attorney insinualed that she
could get another dog, but che grew indig-
nant. She said that she had raised the dog
In question at her breast, and had become
attached to 1t and that nothing but ven
geance would pacify her. The county attor'
ney wrote out warrant and she swOre to it
when il was placed in the hands OF an Officer
for service. ftftH
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-14
AROUND TOWN.
.be street cutters bs flooded.

-, III. s,,oat ,ut,srs Ia Aoodad
Ls' '.o s'e.' $3.50 :. ~
The iesuVe STRAWBERRY IL WIN Us again.
The Oldest fcuit growers say thatvery little
Of the fru't mas oeen injured,
Mr.. Mercury got very low down yesterday.
He nearly touched the freezing point.
Anil seventeenth will be Easter sunday.
You have q last chance to select one Of
those handsome Prang card, at Mason u
Erb's.
Nesiest thing out-Bsby Hammock; also
lar,e sizes. Cheapest ever in Dallas. Ma.
son & Erb.
c;x h,na,oa ;,.t ,ooo;noa ca. Cid. I;h,..
oH Cnuaa assly "a ,sIa v,' Uo ~ 100 Ms-
~ Ell '"' ""N '"~' ''N' '
eon '' :,
=, ,ha ~ Tsn,nta,ou alliance viii ha on
" %, Tho nov att;o to,dau at q o,clock
'o.o ~ Wv
The laoies OF Lamar stree. M.:nUu, .,
church give me nrst strSWoerty lesuva VI
the season u. Nortohs pu'u'ng o'n'su"
Professor Trip has accepted an lnvisa!lon
to deliver lecture N rro'esser 0rS ~ az
academy MAID street, 'nis AFTERNOON Nv -'oo
O'CLOCK
The remains Of John w. Wilson. mem
Der Of buclid lodge No. ia, Knights of the
Wise Men OF the World, were inferred N
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-14

A bold theft was committed in this city,
Tuesday night. MIR. G. g. Wright, who
came into the city in hurry to attend
Professor Trips lecture, hitched his horse
in front of the residence of Captain Neal, or
Sycamore street, near tho church. When
the lecture was over he discovered that his
turnout was missing, and he has not seen OF
heard anything Oft since. 1t is small
sorrel horse, with dim brand on righ
shoulder, and scar on the left hook, and WA
hitched to no top buggy.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-14
ra- Raining . Postoflice.

Yesterday the examining trial OF George
4. Rswlins. charged with robbins the post
office a. Thorp Springs, was resume before
United States Commissioner Burford. The
testimony Of witnesses was conclusive I'VE he
had been seen on the evening OF tho rob-
berry In the postoflce, and when the pacl-
go Of money (Sl06) was missed ne wa
pursued and The money found on ms per
son. The court bound him over In the sun
VI $500, In default Of which he w~ sent se
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-14
neath Of COlOuel GNssOu

It's with sincere sorrow that wo announce
the death, a. his home in Smith county, on
the 7.h instant. of Colonel Robert X. CASTOR
In the sixty ninth year Of his sgc. he was
the houored father Of our ,ownsmsn, Captain
William II. Castor, q native Of North Csrc-
lima, resident for some years In both Alabama
and Mississippi, and for more than thirty
years past q well.known, useful and honora-
bio citizen Of east Texas. He long repre-
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-14
The Remains of Dick Beagle.

The remains Of Mr.. j. d. (Dick) Beagle
who died at Corsicana on the 18th inst, Of
consumption, arrived hare yesterday NOR
ing and were inferred in the old cemetery
tho "Cedsrs." Rev, .Bourland Of the Lam
street Methodist church oflicisted. L.
Cleveland { rennessee) Banner and Mexico
(Mo.) Intelligencer copy, and send bill to
this office.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-14
A RARE BARGAIN {!

Having determined 10 engage In the stock
busluess, offer f,r sale my Store house, with
or without ANAL remnant Of gvode. My store
Ii In one the most popular nslghborhoods
In E astlAnd county, Is miles south OF the town
Of EastlAnd, house 20 by 70, W III warercom
on side. Lasting well water, stables, cribs,
lots, ct T., etc, Title perfect.
The buildings aud improvements cost me
m re than n thousand dolia = cash. 1 will
Ia o half IN u amount for II. I have left fw
dry goUls. boots, shoes and notions, will
take halfof first cost for these. There IL o gin
at the store. and merchant who wishes ~ do
go, cau handle the cotton OF one OF the best
pnrtlons OF Eastland county ref r 10 j. h.
Adoue and 10 schnieder a Davis, Dallas.
THOMAS n. HILL,
Terrell, Eastland o., Texas.
April 10, 1851.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-14
Aiinchad to Her . OF.

Anna Green, colored, was In . very bad
humor yesterday morning Is Was evidenced
BY tho vehement bumor In which she sold
tho tale Of her grief 70 County Attorney
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-14

To the elegant opening at Bauman's Wed.
nesday and Thursday 18th and l4th. No
cards no music.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-14
For sale by all drugg sts.

Beauty, health, and Happiness for ladies
in "WlNE OF CARDUI."
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-14
No Cakes

No Cakes nor Wine,
But grand display at Bsuman's Wednesday,
and Thursday 1911 and 18th
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-14
Business M en-

Get your Job printing done at the HERALD
STEAM Jon PRI STING OFFICE. All work exc
cuted with artistic taste, and ut the shOrtets
notice. Satisfaction &, aranteed.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-14

"a SHOW IN EVERY REsPECr Galveston News. March ON
Post March - 0S A'oNh''ioN
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-08-25
No IIse.

There is no use in putting up the mot
to, God bless our home,' if the father
is rough old bear, and the spirit of dis
courtesy and rudeness is taught by the
parents to the children. and by the older
to the younger, There is no use putting up
the motto, "The Lord will provide, while
the father is shiftless, the boys refuse to
work, and the girls busy themselves
over gewgaws and fnery. There is no
use in-Putting up the motto, 1.-The great
est of these is Charity" while the tongue
of the backbiter wags in that family ,and
silly gossip Is dispensed at the tea table
There is no use in placing up conspicu-
ously the motto, "The liberal man devil
seth liberal thirgs," while the money
clinks in the pockets of "the head of the
household" grOaniDg to get out to see
the light OF day, and there are dollars
and dhnes for wine and tobacco and 9th
or luxuries. but positively not one cent
Tor the church. In how many homes
are these notices standing-let us say
hanging -s;.fcasms, which serve only to
point jest and 'adorn satire? The
beauty Of quiet lives. of trustful, hope
full free-handed. charitable lives is one
of SURPRISING leyeliness. and those lives
shed their own incompatible fragrance,
and the world knows where to find them.
And they shall remain fresh and fade
less when the colors OF the pigment and
the worsted and the floss have faded and
the very frames have rotIed away in
their joints.-Exc.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-08-25
If Arthur Should Become President2

If Mr.. Arthur should BECOME Presi-
dent, we believe he will make no chan
bges in the administration; will make no
removals from office at large. except for
cause; will attempt no change in the
policy or in the personnel of the present
administration; for 10 do or attempt to
do any of those things, would be to in
vite ruin upon his own head. We be-
lieye he will quietly take up the reins as
they fall from Gen. Garteld's hands
No doubt the present Cabinet, and prob
ably some of the other important officers
of the government, Will offer him their
designations. This would be proper
course foE them to pursue. But we are
equally certain that Mr.. Arthur will at
once ask them to continue in office, and
it will be their highest duty to the
country to do so. If Mr.. Garfield should,
unhappill die, there will be no extra
session of Congress; there will be no
cabinet changes; there will be no new
policies attempted; but the country will
go on, and the public business will go on
just as before. There is no occasion for
alarm.-New York Herald
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-08-25
The Old.Fashioned Bible.

How dear 10 my heart are the scenes of my
childhood
That now but in mem ry sadly review;
The old meeting house at the edge of the
wildwood,
to;
The low, sloping roof and the bell in the
steeple,
The doves that came huttering out over
As il sOlemnly gathered the God-fearing peo-
To hear the old Bible my grandfather read;
The old fashioned Bible
The, dust covered Bible
The leather bound Bible my grandfather
read.
The blessed old volume! The face bent above
As now 1 recall it's gravely severe,
Though the reverent eye that droOps down.
ward to love if
Makes grander the text through the lens OF
tear,
And, as down his features it trickles and glis-
tens,
The cough of the deacon is stilled, and his
head
Like haloed patriarch's, leans as he listens
To hear the old Bible my grandfather read;
The old fashioned Bible
The dust covered Bible
The leatheribound Bible my grandfather
feau h -.L
All, who shah look backward with scorn and
derisiOn
And scott the old book, though it uselessly
In the dust of the past, While this newer re-
vision
Lisps on OF n hope and home in the skiesf
Shall the voice Of the Master be stified and
riven?
Shall we hear but tithe of the words He
has said,
When so long He has, listening, leaned out of
heaven
To hear the old Bible my grandfather read?
The old fashioned Bible
The dust covered Bible
The leather bound Bible my grandfather read
j. W. RILEY