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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-04-28
THE EMPTY CRADLE.

She sits beside the cradle,
And her tears are streaming fast
For she sees the present only.
While she thinks of all the past
Of the days 50 full of gladness,
When her tirst-born's S answering kiss
Thrilled her soul with such a rapture
That it knew no other bliss.
Oh, those happy, happy moments,
They but deepen her despair!
For She bends above the cradle,
And her baby is not there.
There are words Of comfort spoken.
And the leaden clouds OF grief
Wear the smiling bow of promise,
And she feels Il sad relief;
But her wavering thoughts will wander
Till they settle on the scene
Of the dark and silent chamber,
And Of all that might have been;
For little vacant garment,
Or Il shining tress of hair,
Tells her heart in tones of anguish,
That her baby is not there.
She sits beside the cradle,
But her tears no longer flow;
For she sees blessed vision,
And forgets all earthly woe.
SANITY eyes look down upon her,
And the voice that hushed the sea
stills her spirit with the whisper,
suffer them to come to Me-"
And while her soul is lifted
On the soaring wings of prayer,
Heavens 5 crystal gates swing inward
and She sees her baby there.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-04-28
The Date In Algeria.
New York Tribune.

The date-tree requires not only abundant
irrigation but great solar heat. The Arabs
say that it stands with its feet in the water
and it's head in the fires of heaven. The
love of the Arab for this precious tree may
well he imagined, growing as it does in the
sand contenting itself with water so saline
as to destroy ordinary vegetation, giving a
grateful shade when all around is burnt up
by the ardent heat of summer, resisting the
winds which bend but cannot break its texi-
bic stem, and atfording fruit sought for in
every part of the world
The male tree of course bears no frnit; it
has merely bunch of flowers inclosed until
maturity, within a spathe. The females have
also punches of flowers which, however, can
not become developed into fruit until fecun-
dated by the pollen of the male flower To
insure this result the Arabs ascend the trees
in the month of April, and insert into every
female spathe portion of the pollen of the
male flower. The fruit then begins to swell,
and forms long clusters weighing from twen-
ty to forty pounds, each tree producing from
100 to 200 pounds in a season. To multiply
the date tree, the Arabs do not SOW the seed,
as they could not then be sure of the sex of
the trees; they prefer to plant the suckers
from the base of q female tree, whence the
name "Ph9niX'; these become productive in
about eight years, but do not attain full fru-
tion before twenty or twenty-five. The trees
are about forty-five feet high, and as they are
planted very close together they afford
dense shade, in which, however, the air cir
culates freely, SO that all kinds Of fruit, vege-
tables, ETC., can be cultivated below them.
The trees will live for about 200 years
they are not worth preserving after CEN
tury. When they are no longer valuable for
the fruit, the sap is extracted to make a kind
of insipid wine; and the heart or cabbage of
the tree is also eaten. They are then cut
down, and the wood, although very inferior
quality, is here valuable, where no other kind
can, be procured. The roots are used for
fencing and roofing, and the leaves are made
into mats, baskets, sacks, and cord.
Like all other species of cultivated plants, |
the date-tree has numerous varieties. In the
oases of the Zibas, seventy distinct varieties !,
are recognized
The trees come into flower in spring, in
March or April, and the fruit is ripe about |
October. The date is called the king of the
Sahara, and is regarded as the most nutri-
tious Of fruits. Many Of the Arabs live Oh |
datk and bread. Il
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-04-28
A Parallel.
fHarper's Weekly.l

The touching scene ut the Inauguration of
President Garfield, when, after taking the
oath, he turned to his venerable mother, who
sat Immediately behind him, and gave her
an affectionate kiss, has a parallel in the con-
duct of Lord Brougham, who, after his ap-
pointment as Lord Chancellor, took a journey
to Brougham Hall to visit his venerable
mother, and kneeling before her, asked her
blessing on Lord Chancellor. The good
lady still preserved her fine faculties entire;
but while she reciprocated her boys affection
for her, and was proud of his abilities and
the distinction he had acquired, she said,
with sense and feeling: MY dear Harry, /
would rather have embraced the member for
Yorkshire; but God Almighty bless your
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-04-28
How They got Their Names.

The Parsis or Parsees who are merely colo
nists in India, derive their name from Pars
lin Arabic, Ears, the proper name of parti-
cular province of their mother country. The
name was afterwards applied more generally
to whole Territory which was thence called
by Greeks Persia, and became known to us
as Persia. The Persians call their own coun-
try Iran, and themselves Iranis-names de-
rived from the same root as the Aanskrit
Arya
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-04-28


Oh the drum,
There is some
lntonation i'll thy srum
Monotony OF uterance that strikes the spirit dumb
As we hear
Through the clear
And mclOuded atmosphere.
The umbing paptatioh roll II upon the ear!
,r,.,.
OF the art
Ofthy music-: robbing heart
That thrills something III us that awaken with a
start.
And in rhyme
With the chime
And exactitude of time
Goes marching on to glory to thy melody sublime.
~
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-04-28
An Enthusiastic Dog Rebuked by a
Parrot.
From the Port Jervis On, W Uniop.1

{ From the Port Jervis On. " Union.l
A3gentleman living near this village has a
parrot, who knows a good deal more than the
law allows. Last summer friend of his.
whose name we withhold for obvious reasons,
called at his house one day. A valuable
young dog, a pointer, was with him. The
two gentlemen sat on the porch smoking,and
the carrot, which is very tame, was seated in
an interstice in the trellice about the porch
The dog was lying on the floor at his masters
feet, and finally his attention was called to
the bird, which was looking steadily at him.
The dog sprang up, drew on the parrot and
fastened. There he stood, still as statue,
for full three minutes, when the parrot, with
a contemptuous airt of his feathers, screamed
out, go home, you cussed fool" The dog
dropped his tail and ears, wheeled around,
and struck bee line across the field for
home. Since that time he has refused to
point bird.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-04-28
An Awful Brain Apparatus.

A writer on theological charlatanism OBJ
serves that Prot. Tyndall declares that ''if a
right-hand spiral movement of the particles
of the brain could be shown to occur in love,
and left-hand spiral movement in hate, we
should be as far off as ever from understand
ing the connection of this physical motion
with the spiritual manifestations. The re-
Election that such intricate machinery is at
work inside of our heads is enough to drive
the unscientific man crazy.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-04-28
The Choice Of King by the Animals.

From the Boston Daily Advertiser
The animals were once about to choose a
KING Some were in favor of the lion and
some the tiger. While they were consider
ing the matter, the squash bug cried out that
he mad a letter written by the lion, in which
the hon said that the pasturage of the deer
ana oxen ought to be given to the swine and
skunks. The squash bug gave the letter to
certain wolves and .jackals, who were trying
10 have the tiger chosen, and they caused it
10 be shown to the deer and oxen and all the
other animals. The lion denied that he had
ever written this letter, and said find me the
creature that did this false thing. The
wolves and jackals continued to howl over it
ana insisted that it was true but the ami
Ilals did not believe them, and choose the
non for their king, and the wolves and jack
ais md themselves in their dens for shame
long time afterward, when the animals
,lao almost forgotten the matter, the squash
Dug came before the lion and said: ooh
hlng am now convinced l was mistaken
IN saying that you wrote that letter, although
untl yesterday had no reason to doubt it.
forgive YOU" What the lion thought no
one could tell, because he said nothing; but
Is probable he thought, as all the other
animals did, that it was better not to touch
tne squash bug, as the more he is stirred up
the worse he smells.
Moral: 1t is truly magnanimous to confess |
ones errors, when ali the world has found |
them out
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-04-28

The average newspaper reporter is never
abashed, and is equal to almost every emer-
gency. One of the class was interviewing
1rnn ea,e bernhardt the other day, when she
S,om nro enthusiastic over America, and ex-
p,essed the wish that America had but one
ino.ul i,ou.h mat she might kiss it, The reporter
nn.;a siantly suggested that he represented the
ona ao'on 10 a certain extent, and he had "but
topa %G mouth" The rest of the story is not
'oiu out-well, she didn't kiss him.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-04-28
Severe Winter In Sweden.

Sweden had this season one of the Sc
verest winters ever known. About the mid
die of February, while the thermometer
showed about 100, there was a fearful snow
storm all over the country, lasting four days.
The street cars of Stockholm could not run,
no train could start in any direction nor
come in, and no victuals could be taken to
the city. The price of milk, butter eggs.
ETC., rose rapidly. The snow in the streets
was near two yards high, and in the country
it reached a heighth ofsix yards Many ac
cidents were reported, men perishing on the
roads and vehicles of all sorts becoming
buried in the snow. The King intended to
60 to Christiana on the 11th, but had to post
pOne his journey for nearly week
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-04-28
The Journalist VS.. the News.Gatherer.

President Garfield says: "One soon learns
to distinguish between the Journalist who is
a gentleman, and the mere news-gatherer,
who is as unscrupulous as it is possible for
him to be. Now, there are plenty OF jour-
nalists to whom l would as soon impart
secret as to any gentleman who is not con-
nected with a paper; know they would
keep it inviolate, and would treat me fairly.
These are the men who make their mark in
journalism, as they would make it in any
walk in life i'm which merit and honor are
requisite"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-04-28

The Princess Beatrice is pitied for the dull
life she leads as the companion of her royal
mother the only variety of her existence
being the change from Osborne to Windsor
or Balmoral, all equally dismal and stunid
abodes People are inquiring why the Prin-
cess does not get married. She will be "a ON
the 10th of April, and all of her sisters were
married before they Were that age. She is
credited with fine spirits and considerable
vivacity.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-04-28
Bridal Tours.
[Demorest'sss Magazine.

An eminent physician Of New York, upon
the occasion of his daughters marriage, pro-
hibited her from going on the usual bridal
tour. He did this from considerations of
health and delicacy which are not generally
borne in mind. The first experience of a
bride are such that she would naturally
court retirement and rest rather than osten-
tatious publicity. A young couple in public
cars and hotel tables cannot keep the precious
and happy secret all to themselves. Their
newly formed relation tells itself in thous-
and ways OF this the bride is conscious,
and the ordeal to a sensitive young woman
is most trying Then the sudden change in
the life of woman is liable to bring on
physical arrangements which. may last life
time, for the shock to and exaltation of her
feelings react on her body, often injuriously.
So theN New York doctor we have been speak
ing of ordered his daughter, with her young
husbard, to enter at once upon the duties of
a new home, and to postpone the tour until
at least q month had passed away. OF course
there s another side of this question. 1t may
be that even the fondest affection would not
contin1e if two people were forced to spend
all thar time together without the distrac-
tion Iecessitated by travel. and the reserve
necessary to be kept up in public places.
This i an interesting topic, and one which
mightform profitable subject to debate in
societies. 1t is subject, also, upon
which women physicians might be heard to
advantage.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-04-28
THE DRUM.

EY JAMES W. RILEY.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-04-28
Indian DevOteeS.

In one of the bazaars, says a letter from
India, we saw some fakirs and devotees.
One O. these remarkable fellows had vowed
to lie eupon bed of upright nails for twenty
six years. and of these he had accomplished
sixteen when we saw him. His body was
attenlated and full of sores resembling lep-
rous spots. We asked him for one of the
nails which pierced his miserable body. He
took one from the foot of the bed, refusing
in every instance to part with any of those
which gave him the most exquisite pain.
Another miserable devotee was holding a
flower pot at arms length. Judge of my
surprise when he told me he had held it
there for five years. Another stood with arm
uplifed, and no power to lower it Or move a
musele, the member being dried, stiff and
dead Will the long finger nails, like birds
claws, penetrated the flesh on his wrist. All
of these fellows looked mouldy and sad.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-10-01
Reform Needed in the System OF Cotton
Planting.

The South must prepare TO raise her
own provisions, compost her fertilizers,
cure her own hay, and breed her own
stock. Leaving credit and usury out of
the question, no man can pay seventy
five cents a bushel for corn, thirty dol
lars ton for hay, twenty dollars bar
rel for pork, sixty cents for oats, and
raise cotton for eight cents pound.
The farmers who prosper at the South
are the "corn-raisers, 4. c., the men
who raise their own supplies, and make
cotton their surplus crop. A gentleman
who recorded 800 mortgages last year
testified that not one was placed on the
farm Of man who raised his own bread
and meat. The shrewd farmers who al
ways have bit of money on hand with
which to buy any good place that is to
be sold under mortgage are the "corn-
raisers," and the moment they get pos
session they rule out the all-cotton plan,
and plant corn and the grasses. That
the plan of farming only needs revision
to make the South rich beyond measure
is proven by constant example. A corn
raiser bought place of $40 acres for
S1,700. He at once put six tenants on
it, and limited their cotton acreage to
one-third of what they had under cult
Vatlon. TaCn Uno OF IfIc six mdCte nIurVz
clear money than the former owner had
made, and the rents for the first year
were $1,126. The man who bought
this farm lives in Oglethorpe, Georgia,
and has fifteen farms all run on the same
plan.
The details of the management of
what may be the typical planting neigh
borhood of the South in the future are
furnished me by the manager of the
Capeheart estate, in North Carolina.
This estate is divided into farms of fifty
acres each, and rented to tenants.
These tenants are bound to plant fifteen
acres in cotton, twelve in corn, eight in
small crops, and let fifteen lie in grass.
They pay one-third of the crop as rent,
or one-half if the proprietor furnishes
horses and mules. They have comfort
able quarters, and are entitled to the
surplus herring and the dressings of the
herring caught in the fisheries annexed
to the place. In the center of the estate
is a general store managed by the pro-
prietor, at which the tenants have such
line of credit as they are entitled to,
of course paying pretty percentage of
profit on the goods they buy. They are
universally prosperous, and, in some
cases, where by skill and industry they
have secured 100 acres, are laying up
money. The profits to DR.. Capeheart
are large, and show the margin there is
in buying land that is loosely farmed,
and putting it under intelligent super.
vision. OF the $4,000 worth of land
added to his estates last year, at valu.
alton of twenty-five dollars per acre, he
will realize in rental nine dollars per
acre for every acre cultivated, and cab
culates that in five years &c the most tlio'
rentals of the land will have paid back
what he gave for it.-HcRry IT, CRAZY.
90 Hqyper'S Magazine,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-10-01

Easy Hour, in recent issue says: "But
one of the most important Developments
concerning ST. JACOBS OIL is the discovery
that it has properties which are beneficial
to the animal as well as to the human
species. 1t has, Of late, been in active de-
mand among livery men and others for use
on horses suffering from sprains or abra-
sions. The most prominent instance known
ofin this connection, is that related by Mr..
David Walton, a well-known Friend, who
keeps livery stable at 1245 North Twelfth
street. Mr.. Walton states that he was
boarding a valuable horse belonging to
Benjamin McClurg, also a resident OF
North Twelfth street. A few weeks ago
the animal slipped and badly sprained his
leg, making him very lame. Mr. Walton
used two bottles of ST. JACOBS OIL on the
animal and found within less than one
week, that there was no need for any more,
for the animal was as well as ever.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-10-01

SEVEN YEARS Old.

Seven white roses on one tree,
Seven white loaves of blameless lcavcn,
Seven white sails ON one soft sea,
Seven white swans on one lakes lee,
Seven white flower-like stars in heaven
All are types unmeet to be
For a birthdays crown OF seven.
Not the radiance of the roses,
Not the blessing of the bread,
Not the breeze that ere day grows is
Fresh for sails and swans, and closes
Wings above the suns grave spread,
When the starshine on the SHOWS is
Sweet as sleep on sorrow shed.
Nothing sweetest, nothing best,
Holds so good and sweet IA treasure
As the love wherewith once blest,
JOY grows holy, grief takes rest,
Life, half tired with hours to measure,
Fills his eyes and lips and breast
With most light and breath OF pleasure,
AS the rapture unpolluted,
As the passion indebted,
By whose force all pains heart rooted
Are transfigured and transmitted,
RecOmpensed and rcconcilCd,
Through the imperial, undisputed,
Present gOdhead of n child.
Brown eyes and fair bright head,
Worth a worther crown than this is,
Worth wOrthier song instead,
Sweet grave, wise, round mouth, full fed
With the JOY of love, whose bliss is
More than mortal wine and bread
Lips whose words are sweet as kisses.
Little hands so glad of giving,
Little heart so glad of love,
Little soul so glad OF living,
While the strong swift hours are weaving
Light with darkness woven above,
Time for miIth and time for glieving,
Plume OF raven and plume of dove,
/ can give you but e word
Warm with love therein for leavcn,
But II song that falls unheard
Yet on ears of sense unStilred
Whence you came the brightest bird,
Seven years since, of seven times seven.
"A. {. StUinbu1We
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-10-01
A GRAND STEEPLE CHASE.

As If there were not sufficient excitement
at the usual horse-race, these meetings on
the turf nearly always close with grand
steeple chase This kind of race combines
all the excitement of the regular race, with
the super-added element Of danger which
seems to give further zest to the sport
Horses, and good ones at that, often receive
severe injuries, which render them practi-
cally useless for long periods. AT least
this was the state of affairs until owners
and breeders of fine stock began to freely
use ST. JACOBS OIL, the Great German
Remedy for man and beast. This invalu-
able article to horsemen has so grown into
favor on account of its phenomenal efficacy
in diseases of domestic animals, especially
the horse, that it would be difficult indeed
10 discover q horsemen unacquainted with
is magical potency The Philadelphia
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-10-01
Whisky contains fnsil oil q deadly

Whisky contains fusil oil, a deadly
poison; and glucose, which contains a
well-selected assortment of poison, is
largely used in the manufacture of beer.
The golden drip strip which we use is
largely made from old leather and rags
picked from the cutters. Pork is filed
with the deadly parasite, and cigarettes
contain poison that is fast wiping out
the youth of the land. In addition to
all this St. Louis physician has found
that tooth-picks are made of linden;
that the linden contains deadly poison
called lindoline; that cat inoculated
with lindoline on the point of needle
died in eighteen seconds. Is it not
miraculous that so many escaped
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-10-01
Rescued from Death.

William j. Coughlan, of Somerville, Mass,
says: In the fall of 1876 was taken with q
violent 6leediagcf helungs, followed bya severe
cough. was admitted to the City Hospital.
While there the doctors said had hole in my
flung as big as ahalf dollar. Igaveuphope,
but friend told me OF DR.. VIM. HALLS Ball
SAN FOR THE LUNGS. got BOTTLE when TO
my surprise Icommencedt to feel better, and to-
day l feel in better spirits than have the past
three years. Iwrite this hoping that every ono
afflicted with Diseased Lungs will take Dr. WIN.
HALLS BALsAM FOR THE LUNGS, and be con-
WINGED that CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED.n
Also asure remedy for Colds, Coughs, and all
Chest and Lung Diseases Sold by druggists.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-10-01
Poverty and Distress,

That poverty which produces the greatest
distress is not of the. purse but Of the blood.
Deprived OF its richness it becomes scant
and watery, condition termed dnemia in
medical writings. Given this condition, and
scroiulous swellings and sores, general and
nervous debility, loss of flesh and appetite,
weak lungs, throat disease, splitting of blood
and consumption, are among the common
results. If you are sufferer from thin,
poor blood employ DR.. Pierce's I" Golden
Medical Discovery" which enriches the
blood and cures these grave affections. Is
more nutritive than cod liver oil, and is
harmless in any condition of the system, yet
powerful to cure. BY druggists.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-10-01
pelmonioo,s Advice to Young MAN Abou


to Open n Restaurant.
a young man wnv uvon assisJant cvvA
in a Chicago Hotel, having saved little
money, concluded he would go to New York
and try his fortune. He reasoned with him.
self that Delmonico would not live always,
and fancied that ne might one day become
the future nemonico of New York. On
reaching the city he sent his letter of intro
duction to the famous restaurant keeper
and solicited advice. Demonico listened
attentiyely to the young mans inquiries, and
finally told him: "Get, first, good location,
then get the best cook you can hire, see that
your walters are attentive and polite, and
buy only the best in the market. And still all
OF this YOU can do and not give satisfac-
ton. BE your own superintendent; get the
best quality Of the new CHARTER OAK Cook
ING RANGE, and if you don't succeed inyOur
undertaking, you will have the satisfaction Of
doing your best to merit it." (2-23)
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-10-01

Prof. Beal, at the Michigan Agricul-
tural College, has ten hundred different
grasses and clovers growing, each in a
separate bed. 1t has taken several years
to make the collection, which is being
added to yearly, Each species is labeled
with both the common and scientific
names, enabling those who visit the col
lege to make their examination both
useful and entertaining. Six sets of
seeds from these plats have been sent to
rs many different colleges.