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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-03-10
How They Got Rich.
Wall Street News.

You see that man Just crossing the
street? ?" remarked Chicago man to a New
Yorker whom he was towing around to see
the sights. 'Well, that man sold popcorn in
this city for twenty-five years, and he is
worth S15OOOO." Did he make it selling
popcon?' ''Oh, no. He made his pile buy
ing lake-front lots" Pretty soon the guide
called his attention to man standing in the
door OF bank, and added, "That man OPEN
ed the first Bible house west of New York
City. Thirty years ago he was rat poor.
To-day he runs that bank" did he make
his money selling Bibles?" 'Oh, no. He
bought prairie land and held on to it." In
the course of ten minutes big building was
pointed out as belonging to man who
reached Chicago fifteen years ago with only
fifty cents in his pocket. He opened a night
school and now rolls in his wealth. did he
make it all teaching school? 2" asked the New
Yorker "Oh, no, He went into the dray
business as soon rs he had money enough
to buy horse" After several more like
cases he had referred to, the visitor asked,
Have you one single man in Chicago who
has made his money in the business he first
started into?" Have we? Let's see Let's
see. Yes, we have. | know pian on State
street who went into the whiskey business
twenty years ago, has stuck right to it and
is worth 100000 If he had only been sharp
enough to turn around after ten years and
open an undertakers shop and bury his Gus
toners he'd now been millionaire y
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-03-10
The Sd of September.

The 3rd of September was as important to
Oliver Cromwell as ever the 14th of that and
other months was to the Bourbon rulers OF
France. On the 3rd OF Semtember, 1861,
Cromwell routed the forces of Charles III. at
Worcester; on the same day OF the year before
he won the battle of Dunbar, and on the :}rd
of September, 1868, he died. Was it from
hatred of the Protector that, when the
British Parliament changed the calendar
from old style to new style, they selected the
Sd of September as the first of the days to be
blotted out of existence? The act OF Parlia-
ment provided that the day next after the I'd
of September, in the year 1852, should be
called and reckoned the 14th OF September.
So in September, 1852, there are no such days
as the Sd, 4th, 9th, 9th, 18th, 8th, 9Th, 10th
18th, 18th, or 18th. No one was born or
died on such days; nothing transpired on
them, for there are no such dates The I'd
of September was on Wednesday, and
Ii any event in English or American history
is dated on any Of these days, the writer or
printer has made blunder. In this com
nection we may note another curious fact,
which is that the English EXchequer
Finance Department. never has recognized
the new style commencement of the year OH
the 1st of January. Until recently they adj
hered to the old beginning, the 25th OF
March, and even now their concession goes
only so far as to end the financial year with
the last day of that month. So tenacious of
old customs is John Bull, who was by more
than century behind all others in correct
inc the calendar
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-03-10
The Dangers OF Frontier Life.

A letter published in the Daily Oregonian
gives an interesting account of the massacre
ut cascades, W. T., on the rs of March, 1856,
by Yakimas Indians. The attack was made
at about $50 in the morning, the first intima-
ton the settlers having being Il shower of
bullets: one man was killed and number
wounded at the first discharge. The account
of the days spent in the block house, sur
rounded by enemies, and struggling against
their attempts to fire the building, is highly
sensational and constitutes complete dime
novel in itself The letter, after describing
the dangers and hardships through which
they passed, recounts the appearance on the
scene of COL Geo. Wright with the Ninth
Regiment, Second Dragons and Third Artil-
lery, who soon put the Indians to flight :nd
saved the lives of some forty men, women
and children Fourteen men and one wo-
man were killed and twelve wounded during
the siege number of the Indians were
captured and few hung, among the latter
Old Chenowith, a chief, who offered ten
horses, two squaws and various other things
if his life was spared Nine in all were thus
disposed OF. A. block house was afterwards
erected by the soldiers, and a strong body of
men were quartered in that vicinity, thus IN
suring the safety of the settlers.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-03-10
An Adrolt Sword Sman.

Pulaski, as is well known, was as adrOlt a
swordsman rs he was perfect in hOrseman-
ship, and he ever rode powerful and fleet
charger. During the retreat of the Ameican
army through New Jersey, in the darkest
hour of our national adversely, Pulaski was,
with small party of hOrsemen, pursued by
party Of British cavalry, the leader of which
was as good horseman and mounted nearly
as well as Pulaski Pulaski rode in the rear
of his detachment, and the British Captain
came in advance Of those he commanded.
The morning sun was shining brightly, cast
ing oblique shadows, and as the pursued
party entered q long, narrow lane. Pulaski,
having satisfied himself of the superior speed
and command of his horse over that OF his
pursuer, slackened his pace and kept his
horse to the side Of the lane turtherest from
the sun. The pursuing officer came up III
hot haste, his sword elevated so as to make
the decisive cut upon Pulaski as soon as he
could reach him. Pulaski rode as though he
heard not the advance upon him-yet he
kept his eyes fixed warily upon the ground
on the side toward the sun Oh his right.
AS soon as he saw the shadow Of his pursuer's
horse again upon him, and found that the
horses head by the shadow had gained about
half the length of his own horses body, he
gave the sudden sword cut of st. George iwith
his powerful arm, and saw the decapitated
head of the English officer follow the stroke.
His mathematical eye had measured the dis
tance by the position Of the shadow so accu-
rately, and his position giving q long back
reach to his right arm, while the cross stroke
of his pursuer must have been made at a
much shorter distance to have taken effect,
that the pursuing officer lost his head before
he suspected that his proximity was known
or that blow was meditated.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-03-10
4 Court on Garfield's Election.
Corr. Louisville Courier-Journal.


FRANKFORT, February 1.-The Court OF
Appeals, Judge Hargis delivering the opinion,
yesterday decided an interesting betting case
brought from the Garrard Court. A horse
was sold for $3.50, with the agreement that it
was not to be paid for until Garfield was
elected. 1t being in substance a bet upon
the result of the election, and punishable rs
such, the commonwealth indicted Hunter.
The Indictment was returned in 1880, and to
make the Indictment good, Garfield must
have been voted for for President before it
was returned. The attorneys for the defense
claimed that the President was not really
elected until Congress counted the vote of
the Electoral College, and that President
Hayes having been elected i'll 1877, the court
must take cognizance of the fact that an
other election could not be held until 1881.
An appeal being taken, the Appellate Court
holds that the election of the President OF
the United States takes place on the fist
Wednesday in December, in the year in
which the electors are appointed, and it may
be truthfully alleged that James A. Garfield
was voted for for that Office in the year 1880.
If the proceedings of the Electoral Commits
sion show that President was elected or APP
pointed in 1877 instead of 1876, it cannot af-
feet this case, as those proceedings are rot
authority in any court. The decision OF the
lower court was therefore reversed.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-03-10

fycur coal fire is low throw Oh q table
spoonful Of salt, and it will help it very much
A little ginger put into sausage meat i'm
proves the flavor. In icing cakes dip the
knife frequently in cold water. In boiling
meats for soups use cold water to extract the
juices. If the meat is wanted for itselfalone,
plunge in boiling water at once. You can
get bottle OF barrel of Oil off any carpet or
woolen stuff by applying dry buckwheat
plentitully and faithfully; never put water
to such a grease spot or liqusd of any kind.
Broil steak without salting; salt draws the
juices in cooking; it is desirable to keep
these in if possible; cook over q hot fire,
turning frequently, soaring on both sides
place on a platter, salt and pepper to taste.
Beef having a tendency to be tough can be
made very palatable by stewing very gently
for two hours, pepper and salt, taking out
about pint OF liquid when done, and letting
the rest boil into the meat. Brown the meat
in the pot After taking up make gravy
of the pint of liquid saved. A small piece of
charcoal in the pot with boiling cabbage re-
moves the smell. Clean Oilcloth with milk
and water; a brush and soap will ruin them.
Tumblers that have had milk in them should
never be put in hot water. 4 spoonful of
stewed tomatoes in the gravy OF either roast
ed or fried meats is an improvement. The
skin OF a boiled egg is the most etticaciOus
remedy that can be applied TO boil. Peel
it carefully, wet, and apply it to the part
affected 1t will draw off the matter and re-
leve the soreness in few hours.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-03-10
An IdiOtic London Whim.

The latest eccentricity of fashionable life
is the sheepfold drawing-room. Screens of
various kinds have been increasing in num-
bers-folding screens, hand screens, banner
screens, table screens and fire screens-but
the drawing-room screen tops the lot. It is
a low wooden fence, or palisade, painted in
that sad green that aesthetics love, which
stretches from one post of the folding doors
to another, and opens in the middle with a
real wicket gate and real latch. The sheep
fold does not pretend to be a real division of
the room so as to bar the progress of intrud-
ers for it is so low that it can easily be step
ped over but is intended to signify that the
purposes of the divided apartments are diff
terent, one division being for work and study
and the other for visitors and tritiing conver-
sation. One or two ladies have been training
ivy along their screens.-Loadon Letter.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-03-10
Marriage Extraordinary.

4 quite romantic marriage was performed
in Nashville on the oath of January last.
The place was the jailyard, and the candi-
dates for matrimonial ties were Mr. George
Smithson, Of Shelbyville now serving out a
ten-year sentence for hOrse-Stealing, and Mrs
Bette Dunn, relict OF the late DR.. Dunn, of
Gallatin. The officiating priest was Justice
4. u. Creighton, who by 4 mysterious mathe
matica process made one out of two, and
thereby in one sense decreased the popula-
ton of Mother Earth.
Some three years ago the bridegroom was
convicted Of appropriating to himself num-
ber of animals commonly known us horses,
and. much against his wishes was condemned
to suffer durance vile in dungeon cell for a
period of ten years.
Shortly after his incarceration the fact be-
came nOised about the community that the
unfortunate equestrian was IN exceedingly
handsome man. This rumOr coming to the
cars OF Mrs. d., she investigated the matter
hy calling at the jail. Ieni, ridi, rici. Cupid
happened to be lurking about the premises,
and noticing the interview between Mrs. ID.
and Mr. S.-whiz, whiZ-and way darted
two tiny magic arrows straight to their mark,
and i'll an instant the deed was done. Mutual
love at first sight was the result, and the
marriage in the iailyard closed in highly
sensational manner the first act III the drama
or comedy. Such is life; we are here to-
morrow and we don't know where we are to-
day At the close of the marriage the fond
husband Of q few seconds pressed his newly
made wife to his manly bosom. A few kisses
and more tears, and the gates Of the Jail
yawned, and Mrs. s., nee Mrs. d., passed out
into the thoroughfares Of Nashville, where a
cruel fate ordains that she shall await the
liberation OF her liege and lord.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-03-10
4 Word for Mrs. Langtry.
From the London World.


Here is lady who has been not merely
the passing figure of season, but who has
held her own amid the feverish competition
of London life, and who, at the end of her
third campaign had not appreciably lost
ground. During the whole of this time she
had been lionized, worshiped, stared at in
public places, mobbed at railway stations to
an extent seldom experienced saveby royalty.
She has not only moved as equal, but reign
ed as a sovereign in certain sections of that
society which, if it is little mixed, is the
most highly coveted in England. Her face
had become as familiar to the inhabitants of
this country as that of the Prime Minister,
and her name was far more widely known
than that of Archibald Campbell TAFT. All
this was not her doing, but society's. Society
it is who insisted in placing her on its throne,
and in having hats and mantles and other
articles of apparel called after her name.
Agnes herself.
Yet, in this case, the victim of it under
went no visible change. Royal Academi-
clans protested that 4 head Or face More per-
feet was never possessed by woman. Poets
of the period AUTOMATICALLY declared that
Helen of Troy had again come upon the
eaftn. Princes inu peers Literally pIoSlIa-
ted themselves. Society's verdict was so
strong in her favor that it even silenced the
dissentient voice of feminine malignity. But
the lady to whom society has suggested the
calling of professional beauty was not greatly
moved by any of these things. Elated with
her honors she may have been, but she bore
them with none of the insolence which in
women success usually develops.
All this society would do well to remem-
Der to her credit now.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-03-10
The Language Of Gloves.

The following is said to be the language OF
gloves: Yes is said by letting one glove
fall the gloves arc rolled in the right hand
to say No" you would have it under
stood that you have become indifferent,
partly unglove your LETT hand. To indicate
that you desire to be followed, strike your
left shoulder with the gloves. Il do not
love you any more" is pronounced by strik-
ing the gloves several times against the chin.
For Il hate you" turn the glove inside out.
Il should wish to be beside you" is said by
smoothing the glove gently. To ask if you
are loved, the left hand is gloved, leaving the
thumb uncovered. Ii you wish to make the
charming confession, Il love you," both
gloves are let fall at once. To give a warn
ing, BE attentive-we are Observed the
gloves are turned round the fingers If you
would show that you are displeased, strike
the back Of your hand against your gloves;
furious" you take them away. feaH
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-03-10
Arithmetic by Inverse Ratio.

John, take this slate, you rascal, and work
out this sum. Ifa cat fall into well sixty
feet deep and crawls ont six feet each day
falling back eight feet every night, how
much time would the cat require to get out
of the well?"
John set to ciphering, and covered both
sides of his slate with figures; then, Pacing
one edge of the slate on his knee, and resting
his chin on the other, he gazed into vacancy
"Well, John, how about the cat?"
Father, amt got any more room On my
slate; but if had another square I'd have
that cat in HI in three minutes "--Er-
change
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-03-10
How to Keep Warm.
New York Herald.1

In very cold weather most people have
sense enough to build good fires and wear
their thickest clothing few, however, seem to
know that physical warmth is created in the
body itself, and all that fires or clothing can
do is to prevent the warmth being seized too
rapidly by the surrounding air. The best
preparation for comfortable day in very cold
weather is to eat q generous breakfast, in
which there shall be plenty of meat. There
IS far more warmth i'll an ounce of cold meat
than in pint of hot coffee, although the lat
ter is to thousands of people the principal
feature of the morning meal. A good appetite
is necessary 10 full breakfast, and it gener-
ally can be had by a five minutes walk out
OF doors or a few minutes of light exercise in
freshly aired rOOm--eXercSe such as the
most delicate woman or child can indulge in
without injury. Physical cleanliness, making
free perspiration possible, is absolutely neces-
sary to comfort i'll cold weather, and it can be
attained in spite OF freezing cold bath rooms,
by people who care enough for it to take
extra trouble with q small quantity of water
IN warm room. A glass OF ardent liquor is
4 Wretched preventive of cold. 1t will quick
en- the circulation for q few moments and d-
mnlsh it Tor an hour after. The bulk in
bread OF glass of beer is more warming than
the liquor and only costs a quarter as much
the same comparison may be made between
spirits and meat 1t is almost impossible for
a person who sits indoors all day to remain
warm, but a few minutes out of doors, Just
long enough to have the system affected
enough by the cold to rouse its powers of re
sistance, will insure comfortable day there
after if the house is fairly tight. It viii be
noticed that the lady who does her own mar
keting and the man who walks from his
house to his place of business are the last to
complain Of the cold If the above suggestions
are acted upon and supplemented by an
ample midday meal, no matter how plain,
the weathers terrors will soon be forgotten
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-03-10

We already have on the Pennsylvania rail-
road, between New York and Philadelphia,
the most powerful passenger engines in the
world. They carry their heavy trains be-
tween the two cities, a distance of ninety
miles, in less than two hours, making sin
gle stop at Trenton. They could easily make
the trip at the rate of more than sixty miles
an hour. They could, moreover run $50
miles at this speed without STOP so great
is their boiler and cylinder capacity, and the
troughs from which locomotives ON fast trains
now scoop up their water furnishing them
with material for steam.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-03-10
4 Noble State.

The inaugural message Of Governor jerome,
of Michigan, shows an excellent condition OF
things in the Wolverine State. With a pop
ulation of 100000; one of the finest educa-
tional systems in the world apublic debt of
less than million, and $500, 900 more in the
sinking fund Of the treasury than would be
necessary to pay it off; with greater pro-
duction of salt and lumber than any other
State; and with immense forests and bodies
of farming land yet untouched, it is to be
congratulated upon its condition and pros
pects 1t is destined to be one of the great
est of our manufacturing, as well as agricul-
tural States. Its school property is valued
at nearly S9,OO0OO0. Over 100000 acres of
its farming lands were under cultivation last
year, producing 3O,O00,O00 bushels of wheat
and other crops in proportion. It's iron and
copper mines turned out S18,O0O,OOO in 1880.
Certainly its citizens should be proud of their
noble State, and endeavor to keep it in the
front rank of American commonwealths,
where it stands at present.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-03-10
: VENGEANCE.

From savage pass and rugged shore
The noise Of angry hosts had fed,
Tie bitter battle ragged no more
Where fiery bolts had wrought Their scar-
And where the dying and the dead
In many Il woeful heap were flung,
While night above the 1Igean hang
It's melancholy maze OF stars.
One hovieh Greek, oc princey line,
Lay splushed with blood and wounded sore
His worn face in its anguish bore
The delicate symmetry divine,
Carved by the old sculptors of his land;
4 broken blade was III his hand,
Half slipping from the forceless hold
That once had swayed it long and well;
And round his form in tatters fell
The velvet raimcnt flowcred with gold.
But while the calm night later grew
He heard the stealthy, rustilng sound
OF one who traied on laggard knees
4 shattered shape along the ground;
And soon with sharp surprise he knew
That in the encircling gloom profound
A fierce Turk crawled by slow degrees
To where in helpless pain he lay.
Then, too lie witnessed with dismay
That from the prone Turks rancorouS eye
Flashed the barbaric lurid trace
OF hates indomitable hell
Such hate as death alone could qucl!,
As death alone could satisfy.
Closer the lettering figure drew,
With naked bosom red with fight
With ruthless fingers clutchlng tight
dagger stained by murderous hue,
Fill now in one great lurch, he threw
His whole frame forward, aiming quick
a deadly, ineXorable blow,
That, weekly faltering, missed its mark,
And left the assassin breathing thick,
Lcvcled by nerveless throw,
There near the Greek chief. III the dark.
Then he that saw The haflled crime,
Half careless of his life's release,
Since death must win him soon as prey,
Turned on his foe Il smile sublime
With pity. and the stars OF Greece
Behold him smile, and only they.
All night the two lay side by side,
Each near to death, yet living each:
All night the grim Turk moaned and crled,
Besct with panGs IF horrid thirst
Save when his dagl nr rept to reach
Ey wandering inet.e, .ual wa,
The PROSTATE Greek re y"arned to slay,
And failure stun, him till he cursed.
But W hen the soft promises of morn
Had wrapped the sea III wistful white,
4 band OF men, with faces worn,
CiOmb inland past Il beetln% height
To find the young chief there adored
Sought eagerly since fall Of sun,
and now in ghasty change restored,
One raised torch Of ruddy shine,
And, kneeIirg by their leader, one
Set to his mouth n goUrd of Wine
Then the young Greek, with wave of hand,
Showed the swart pagan at his side;
So motioninE TO the gathered band,
That none could choose but understand,
let this man drink, he said. and died.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-03-10
Lord .AIingtOn's White Farm.
Whitehall Review,

The speciality of this farm is that all the
birds and animals are white. 1t is not an
uncommon thing to see between two and
three hundred white pigeons perched ON the
out-buildings; just inside the entrance you
observe white peacock; further on are the
white squirrels and geese, the white goats
and the white turkeys; the stalls in the yard
contain no beasts but white ones.
A fat white doe, given to Lord Abingdon
some years ago by the the Queen, strides
about in the well-littered stall and just by
the hutches in which the long furred white
rabbits frisk and play about like Cowper's
tame hares, is model house containing
white rats and mice, present from the
Prince of Wales. Even the cat and cockatoo
belonging to the barn-keeper are white.