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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-16
THE TELEGRAPH CLERK.

With aching eyes and fingers worn
by private craze and public crash,
SIT and slave from night to morn,
And do my turn ut dot" and dash"
see that some are free to roam,
To rest little while, and laugh;
But this small Office is my home,
Where I've TO work the Telegraph
The messages come pouring in
From Alice love; - growl from Dick;
know what horse is bound to win;
But still this everlasting click !
AT home, my dear, / cannot dine,"
Wires crafty some better half;
Would his reversion could be mine.
But I've to work the Telegraph.
Ny fingers spin the ball that whrls
The worlds roulette from dawn to dark
plead for broken-hearted girls,
. ana catch the unsuspecting clerk;
I'm messenger of birth and death,
The voice of fate, the jester's chaff;
lis mlne-the universal breath
Whilst | comma 4 the Telegraph!
Within my breast, securely lock'd,
l hold the secrets of the town;
Lie hangs on me when lines are blocked,
,r "lthout me commerce tumbles down.
ihe great world stops when work is done;
There's rest for managers and staff,
b9t for the operator-none;
lie stlll must work the Telegraph.
IN summer time scent the breeze
That comes from mountain and from sea,
seem 10 hear the waving trees
Conveyed by electricity;
touch" the towns where maidens skate,
,,;s ana long, these summer days, to laugh;
why moan? when manipulate
Ihe Departmental Telegraph
on, iellowworkers! we but ask
g. Not as favor, but right
some slight concession in our task;
,y pause by day, some rest at night.
we beg for bread, and not a stone
me whole of prospect, not the half,
ZONE! earn the blessing, not the groan,
vi men who work the Telegraph
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-16
One Hundred and Thirty.fOur Years
Old.

There resides in this parish, about seven
miles from Natchitoches, an old negro named
Friday Atkins He claims that he was born
in 1747 in the State of North Carolina, thus
making his age 134 years. He lived in North
Carolina twenty-three years. He was then
carried to Alabama, where he resided sixty
seven years. From Alabama he was taken
to DeSoto parish, Louisiana, living there
twenty -four years. He is not at all feeble,
but makes his own living now. Last year
he raised two bales of cotton weighing 500
pounds each, and nearly enough corn to sup
ply his wants. He complains that his eye
sight is failing him, but says last year he shot
bluebirds out of the martins nests, seldom
missing them, but he cannot do it now. A
number of persons know Friday Atkins, and
can testify to his being very old man.
Probably he is the Oldest person living in
this State, and is undoubtedly remarkable
instance of longevity of years in this rapid
age of fast living and short existence.-Nat-
cbitOches indicator
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-16
Damascus.

Damascus has been ruined by the opening
of Suez Canal The overland trade, both
Oriental and European, by caravan with
Bagdad and Persian Gulf has been diverted
to the water way. The competition of India
and China in silk and seasame seed through
the canal has sensibly affected the value of
these products; the late discovery of ala
zarine has rendered valueless the cultivation
of madder for export and the diversion Of
large numbers of Moslem pilgrims from all
parts of the East, who had hitherto made
Damascus their point of arrival and de-
parture, with much profit to the city, to the
sea route by the canal, has contributed in no
small degree to its downward progress.
House rent has declined 80 per cent; and
large numbers of empty houses in every part
of the city indicate the general decline. The
streets are filled with beggers both Moslem
and Christian, and that, too, in city where
eighteen months ago begger was rarity.
The more elevated districts of Lebanon,
which formerly contributed the principal
portion of mendicants during winter months,
have this year sent double the number to
swell the amount of local Indulgence. The
far-famed eye of the East is now dull and
lustreless.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-16

lie went from the old home hearthstOne
Only two years ago,
laughing, frOlicking fellow,
II would do you good to know.
Since then we have not seen him,
And we say with nameless pain,
The boy thai we knew and loved so
We shall never see again.
One bearing the name we gave him
Comes home to us to-day,
But this is not the dear fellow
We kissed and sent away.
Tall as the man he calls father,
With "A mans look in his face.
Is he who takes by the hearthstone
The lost boys olden place.
We miss the laugh that made music
Wherever this lost boy went,
This man has a smile most winSOme,
His eyes have :. grave intent;
We know he is thinking and planning
His way in the world of men,
And we cannot help but love him,
But long for our boy again.
We are proud OF this manly fellow
Who comes to take his place,
With hints of the vanished boyhood
IN his earnest, thoughtful face;
tnd yet comes back the longing
For the boy we henceforth must miss,
Whom we sent away from the hearthston'
Forever with Il kiss,
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-16
Is COnkling Insane?
GCincinnati Gazette,

Ex-President Hayes has expressed the
opinion that ex-senator COnkling is insane
on the subject of his own Importance. In
sanity is a relative term, and there are many
men who are not fit for an asylum who are
off on some one or more subjects. person
who make any one subject speciality, and
suffers his mind to dwell upon that, becomes
a monomaniac and that is only another name
for insanity He may be perfectly sane On
every subject except one. The evidence OF
Mr. Conklings insanity is certainly very
strong. He does not regard any man acting
with him in the party as his equal. Upon
this point he is intolerant. He accepts nc
friendships that are not coupled with ahso-
lutte submission to his will. He makes fne-
mics rapidly, and never forgives. There is
no public man who has so many enemies and
so few friends in public life as Mr.. Conkling
To speak to a man is a favor, as he regards 1t
to refuse to recognize an individual is in his
estimation stigma that ought to be noticed
by the public at large. He gloried in the
fact that he did not speak to President Hayes
and he never tired of telling that he had a
contempt for him. There has not for years
been less than score of Senators he did not
speak to. He quarrelled with Secretary Bris-
tow. and he was not on terms, though he
never quarrelled, with Secretary Sherman
He did not speak to Senator Sumner. He
has two brothers he does not speak to. He
can not be even polite to person that differs
with him. And all this results from the
opinion he entertains of himself. His OWL
importance has made him mad. At the same
time he is man of ability. It is this that
has sustained him thus far; but at last his
insanity has caused him to fall. 1t got the
better of him when he resigned his seat in
the Senate. This may afford him an oppor-
tunity to recover. The best medicine that
that can be administered is leisure to discover
that the political world can get along without
him, and that he is not near so important as
heimagines Whenever Mr.. Conkling discovers
that he does not place the Almighty under
obligations every day he lives on the earth
there will be hopes for his recovery, and he
may become useful man. AS it is he is g
burden to himsef and his friends He is re-
ceiving very necessary, and at the same time
very valuable treatment at Albany. 1t will
prove more useful than a course in sani-
tarium. With this explanation we say Conk-
ling is insane
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-16
A Free Translation.
TCincinnati Gazette. |

Lawyer Benham, of the old Cincinnati bar
was an orator and very fond of showing off
his classical learning before jury. In
murder trial, in defending the prisoner, he
warned the jury not to allow public opinion,
which was against his client, to influence
their verdict Gentlemen of the jury" he
said, in concluding his appeal, "give up, drop
entirely all feeling in this important matter,
and be like the ancient Roman in his adher-
ence to the truth, who, in its defense, most
eloquently declared: Anxious Cato, amicus
Pluto, amicus Cicero, sed major veritas.' Il
am friend to Cato, friend to Pluto, a
friend to Cicero, but greater friend to
truth.") The next morning the lawyer found
himself reported in the newspaper as fol-
lows: Advocate Benham, the great orator,
closed his speech to the jury by eloqrently
disclaiming: I may cuss Cato 1 may cuss
Plato, may cuss Cicero, said Major Veritas'"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-16
Tom MarshalI's Oratory.
Kentucky Letter in Chicago Times.

kentucky Letter i'll Chicago Times.
tom Marshall, Richard Menitee and Frank
Hunt were all brilliant men" continued Gov
ernor Magoffin, as the conversation drifted in
that direction Hunt came nearer being
the equal of Clay than any man ever knew.
He was wonderful man. Marshall had a
wider reputation, perhaps. He was Won
derful compound. They talk about my
astonishing bursts of eloqnence,' he said to
me one day, and doubtless imagine that it is
my genius bubbling over. 1t is nothing of
the sort I'll tell you how to do it. / select
a subject and study it from the ground up.
When / have mastered it fully ] write a
speech on it. Then l take walk and come
back and revise and correct. In a few days
| subject it to another pruning and then re-
COPY it. Next / add the finishing touches,
round it off with graceful periods and COM
NIT it to memory. Then / speak it in the
fields, in my fathers lawn, and before my
mirror, until gestures and delivery are per-
feet. 1t sometimes takes me six weeks or
two months to get up a speech. When l have
one prepared, 60 to drinking. l generally
select court day, when there is sure to be a
crowd. I am called on to make a speech and
am permitted to select my own subject. |
seize hold of the bannister or railing and
confirm the impression that am very drunk,
and speak my piece. 1t astonishes the peo-
pie, as l intended it should, and they 60
away marveling at my amazing power of
oratory. They call it genius, and it repre-
sents the hardest kind of work This was
the way Marshall would talk to his intimates,
and I have no doubt he was telling the
truth. Yet, with all his vanity and his
faults, he was man of unquestioned ability
and intellectual power of the highest and
brightest standard"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-16
Helena Montana, Thursday, June 16, 1881
The School Teacher.
From the New York Evening Mail

ETOHi tHe new lOrk Evening Mall.
No teacher can be successful who does not
love his pupils. This must be the prime
movement in all his actions He need not
tell them that he loves them. He will show
it in his countenance, in his interest and
sympathy. He will study to promote the
growth Of each individual child, physically,
intellectual and spiritually. A teacher who
does not strive to train his pupils in all of
these respects fails in his duty.
A teacher should be courteous. He should
welcome his pupils with bright, cheerful
face and pleasant good morning." if they
are absent he should inquire about them per-
sonally. We all like to feel that we are
missed by some one; that some one notices
our vacant place. Even the heart of him
who appears cold and Indifferent to those
around him sottens as he knows that the
dear ones in some distant home-circle are
thinking of him. If a pupil is sick the
teacher should visit him. The scholar will
not forget it. Let the teacher tell him that
he misses him, and that he will be glad to
see him in his accustomed place. It is by
such things as these, things that some would
consider too trifing to notice, that the teach
er will gain the hearts of his pupils and carry
them withersoever he will. Remember, it is
the weak things of this world that often con-
found the mighty. A teacher should con-
slider nothing trihing that will influence his
pupils. He must study the character OF each
child and know how to adapt himself to the
wants Of each. No one should make it q
point to understand human nature so much
as he who would be a successful teacher.
A teacher must have self-respect and re-
spect for his pupils, and they will respect
him and acquiesce in his wishes. If you ask
favor Of a pupil, even the most trifing one,
thank him for it; kind words have a great
influence. 1t may be that he does not re-
ceive many Of them, if so he will be ever
grateful to you. If a pupil is obedient re-
ward him by a word of encouragement or an
extra mark, Show him that you are inter-
ested in his performance of duty. But never
let child be obedient for the sake Of the
reward. Teach him to be SO because it is
right and best. The reward is gift
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-16
3rT WIEDERSEHEN.
= IEMoKY OF j. T. FIELD.

IL IEMoKY OF j. r. FIELD.
IutiJ we meet again. That is the eaning
OrtLc familiar words, tina. men repeat
At parting in the street
Al vcs till then but when death intervening
Rcnde MS asunder with what ceaseess pain
We wait for the Again
The friends who leave us do lot feel the sorrow,
OF parting, as we feel it. who must stay
Lamenting day by day,
And knowing when wake upon the morrow,
We shall not find in its accustomed place
The one beloved face.
1t were a double grief if the departed,
Being released from earth, should still retain
sense of earthly pain;
II were "A double grief. if the true hearted,
Who loved us here. should ON the further shore
Remember us no more.
Believing in the midst Of our Affections,
That death is a beginning, not an end
We cry TO them, and send
Farewes, that better might be called predictions
Being foreshadowings of the future, thrown
Into the vast Unknown.
Faith overlcaps the confines Of our reason,
And if 10y faith, as III old times said
Women received their dead
Raiscd up TO life, then only for a season
Our partings are nor shall we wait in vain
Until we meet again
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-16
A MODIFIED TEMPERANCE PLAN.
Peculiarities Of the EpiscOpalians' New
Society.

Society.
Philadelphia Evening News
Bishop Stevens at the late Diocesan Con-
vention of the Episcopalian church in this
city advised the formation of a general tenn
perance society with branches in the parishes
The movement first began in New York, and
the whole organization will be based on the
same principles as the Church Temperance
Society in England. A member of that body
last winter visited this country, and his ad-
dress suggested the idea of similar assOcia-
ton in America. Last March committee
was appointed in New York, and at once set
to work and adopted constitution. Clergy
men of the Episcopal church throughout the
country sent the committee encouraging let
ters, and the work is now progressing rapidly
The management of the general society will
be in the hands of council consisting OF the
presidents and vice presidents, the executive
committee, and one clerical and lay represen-
tative from each diocesan branch. The eX-
ecutive will consist of clergymen and laymen
in equal numbers. The presiding bishop of
the Protestant Episcopal Church in the
United States is ex-officio president, and
fourteen bishops have already accepted ap-
pointments as vice presidents. The prmclple
of every diocesan society will be the same,
although they will be independent OF each
other as respects organization. Diocesan
societies will be governed by a president, the
rector Of the parish, a vice president secretary
and committee of twelve. The pledge system
is peculiar. A member may be total alb
stainer except for medical purposes may re-
frain only from drinking in barrooms, or he
may not subscribe himself to any of these
specifications, but merely pledge himself ito
do his utmost in the name of the Lord Jesus,
both by example and precept to promote the
objects of the society,"" another may pledge
himself never to drink alone, and a fifth may
pledge himself neither to treat nor be treat
ed, whether in public or private, and never
to indulge in solitary drinking" These
pledges are binding only as long as q men,
Der retains his connection with the society.
The movement is heartily indorsed by the
clergy and laity of the Episcopal church in
this city, and the work of organization is be-
ing attended to by committee.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-16
Shaving Soap.

A very fine shaving soap solution may be
made by taking quarter of pound of
white castle soap in shaving one pint of rec
titled spirits, one gill of water; perfume to
taste. Put in bottle, cork tightly, set in
warm water for short time, and agitate oc
casionally, till the solution is complete. Let
stand, pour the liquid off the dregs, and bot
tie for use.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-18
How be Treated A Horse.

1t was necessary, on certain occa-
sion in court, to compel witness to
testify rs to the way in which a MIR.
Smith treated his horse. well, SIR"
said the lawyer, with sweet and
winning smilo-a smile intended to
drown all suspicion us TO Interior pur-
poScs-"how does Mr.. Smith generally
ride horseP" The witness looked up
innocently and replied: Generally a.
straddle, sir, | believe" The lawyer
asked again; "But, sir, what gait does
he rider" The imperturbable witness
answered.: ale never rides any cato
at all, sir, but I've seen his boys ride
every gate on the farm" The lawyer
saw he was on the track ofa Tartar,
and his next question was very insinu-
ating. "How does Mr.. Smith ride
when he is in company with others!
| demand clear answer" well, sir"
said the witness, "ho keeps up with tho
rcst. II his horse is able 70. and II not
be falls behind" The lawyer was by
this time almost beside himself, and
asked; Sand how does he ride when
he is aIoneP" II don't know" was tho
reply. 81 was never with him when he
was alone" and there the case drop
ned,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-18
A Cough, Cold or Sore Throat

should be stopped. Neglect frequently re.
suits IN an lncurable Lung disease or Con-
sumption. Browns Bronchial Troches do
not disorder the stomach like cough syrups
and balsams, but act directly on the nfam-
ed parts, allaying irritation, give relief IN
Asthma, Bronchitis, Coughs, Catarrh, and
the Throat Troubles which Singers and
Public Speakers are subject to. For thirty
years Browns Bronchial Trochcs have been
recommended by physicians, and always
give perfect satisfaction. Having been
tested by wide and constant use for nearly
an entire generation, they have attained
wcll-merited rank among the few staple
remedies of the age. Sold at % cents a
box everywhere.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-18
INC Now York Medical Record,

A'NN iOIh htultdl IACCOTu'
! waS called at midnight to visit
gentleman who had Just returned from
a late dinner, where he had succeeded
by nasty eating in lodging a large fish
bone IN his throat. ] provided myself
with an emetic, q pair of Gsophagus
forceps, and other paraphernalia de-
signed to give him relief, and hurriedly
repaired TO his room. found him pac-
ing up and down the floor, with look
OF intense distress and anxiety, occa-
slonally running his fingers down his
throat and gagging. He told me, in
tones of despair, that he thought it was
all up with him, but begged me, if the
least glimmer of hope remained, TO pro-
coed at once in my efforts to relieve
him. He eXtrayagantly declared, in the
generosity Of spirit begot by the vivid
ness Of his fears, that he would rive a,
million OF dollars TO have that fish bone
removed. assured him that such cases
were frequent, and ordinarily we're not
attended with much danger, before pro-
cecdlng TO carry out measures for re-
lief His fears underwent some dimu-
milton on the strength Of this, and he
then declared that fifty thousand dol
lars would no more than repay the skill
and art required 10 eXtricate the unwcI-
come intruder. | smiled and proceeded
TO Introduce the fOrceps, but after sew
eral attempts failed TO grasp the bone.
His fears again induced him to mention
a fabulous sum as the need of the ser
vice that would eXpel the object of his
terrors. then gave him the emctic,
its depressing effect causing his gener-
oslty to rise again, baromctric-like, to
very high pressure. In a little while
the emetic disburdcned him of the
greater part Of his dinner, and with it
up came the fish bone. He gave sigh
and look Of relief, and solcmnly look
ing toward me said, doctor, would
not have that thing in my throat again
for Sj! My fee evidently resolved it.
self into the valuable experience that
the occasion afforded me.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-18
Tea in Tibet,

To the Tibetan tea is more than a
luxury; it is an absolute necessary.
Deprived of the costly but indispeD sable
astringent, he suffers from headache,
grows nervous, restless, out of condi-
ton, and altogether unhappy. And yet,
to European taste, the infusion, as pre-
pared by Tibetans, is the remotest pos
sibe imitation of tea. The Tibetan tea
pot is wooden churn, much like
butter-churn, into which the boiling in
fusion is poured through a strainer; d
little salt is added, and some twenty
strokes applied with dasher pierced
with five holes. A lump of butter is
then thrown in, and the compound is
again churned with from one hundred
to one hundred and fifty strokes, adj
minstered with much precision and
regularity. The tea is then ready for
drinking.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-18
FREE OF COST.

DR., Kings New Discovery for Consump.
ton, Coughs and Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis,
etc, is given away in trial bottles free Of
cost to the afflicted. lfyou have a severe
cough, cold, difficulty of breathing, hoorsc-
ness or any affection of the throat or lungs
by all means give this wonderful remedy n
trial. AS you value your existence you can
not afford to let this opportunity pass We
could not afford, ana would not give this
remedy away unless we knew it would &C.
complish what we claim for it. Thousands
of hopeless cases have already been COM
pletcly cured by it. There is no medicine
in the world that will cure onc-hali the
cases that DR.. Kings New Discovery will
cure. For sale by Geo Il, OIlara, druggist,
Cairo, Illinois. 90
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-18

THE item herewith was furnished by Dir.
John Muhlig, Poyner, Iowa: have been
a.sutierer with Rheumatism for the last six
years; | tried lots Of medicines without any
success. Visiting one day the store of
hessrs. Wangler Bros, in Waterloo, Iowa,
these gentlemen induced me to try the St.
Jacobs Oil, telling me that it had record
as very effective remedy l bought a
bottle, used it regularly according to di-
rections and was relieved of the ailmcnt
from which | had suffered for six long
years.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-18

And the proof of what say is that
after each exhibition the male and
female spectators 60 to the charnel-
house, in which are heaped up in q
pool of blood and torn entrails the
fifteen or twenty dead horses, with their
gaping wounds, their eyes starting
from their orbits, and their tongues
protruding between their long teeth.
And beautiful women in mantillas 90
there, and smile and play with their
fans, and chat, and look upon those
hideous sights without a shudder!
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-18
Kindness,

If amaD's kind to you, be to him kind
brother,
For surely zone good turns deserving an
other
But if men are ungrateful with wine never
treat them,
Nor fool like "makc icasts for wise men to
eat them
your body is ailing, don't wait till your
worse,
But take Spring Blossom at once and you II
not need nurse
Prices ST., 50 cents, and trial bottles 10
cents
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-18

The Roman Academy of Science has
awarded half of the King Humbert
pnze, now awarded for the first time,
to the German astronomer, DR.. Will
helm Tempel, director of the Acetri
Observatory at Florence, for his obser-
vstions on nebular phenomena.