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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-02-02
VILIANELI.E.

The air is white with snow-f flakes clinginS;
Between the guests that come and go
Mcth;nks hear the woodlark singing
Mtthinks see the primrose springlns
ON many "A bank and hedge, although
Tho air is white with snow flakes clinging.
surely the hands of Spring are tiinging
Wood-scentS to all the winds that blow;
Nethinks hear the woodlark singing.
Nethinks see the swallow winging
Across the woodlands sad with snow;
The mir is white with snowfiakes cllnglng.
Mas that the cucxOo's wood-chime swinging
Was that the linnet flutting low"
Ncthinks hear the wood-lark singing.
OR cam it be the breeze is bringing
The breath of violets? All, po!-
The air j. white with snow-fakes clingln2
II is my lady's voice that's strlnglng
Its beads of gold to song; and so
Methinks hear the woodlark singing.
The violcts see upspringng
Are in my lady's eyes, trow;
The air is white with snow flakes cllnglng.
Dear, whilst thy tender notes are ringing,
Even whilst amid the Winter s woe
The air j. white with snuw-flakcs clinglng,
Ncthinks hear the woodlark singing.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-02-02
VERY EXPENSIVE FISH.
The Clever Trick Which Cost a Boston
Merchant His Watch.
Boston World.

Boston World.
When u certain gentleman living on Com
mOnwealth avenue left his house to 60 down
to business one morning recently, he forgot
his watch and left it under his pillow. 1t so
happened that when our merchant got on
the horse car he met a friend who inquired
of him the time Feeling for his time-piece
and finding that it was not in his pocket,
gent No. said:
"Why, | have left my watch under my
pillow"
An hour or two later that watch was i'll
the hands Of nobby young man, who pre-
sented the wife Of the merchant at her resi-
dence with a pair of very fine fish, as coming
from her husband, and told the lady that
Mr.. - had sent for his watch, which she
would find under his pillow. The wife had
no suspicion of the dapper young man, es-
pecially when she saw the beautiful present
her lord had sent her
Those fish you sent me, dear, were just
elegant, and I know we'll enjoy them so
much at dinner said the atlectiOnate wife
when her husband returned to the bosom OF
his family that evening
What fish do you mean. love? I'm
sure | have not sent anything here to-day
"Oh, yes, you did; have you forgotten the
" IO .NOul "'tiN Ii Iit
brought the fish
And he got the watch?''
why. of course | gave it TO him he even
told me where could find it-under your
pillow
"Thel. that beautiful pair of fish have just
cost US $50. never sent any man for my
watch, and you have been the victim of Il
swindler.'
The wife was much distressed, of course,
and her husband felt very badly over the
loss of present given to him by cherished
friend 1t was some hours before he could
conjecture how in the world the thief could
have ascertained the exact position of his
ticker, but he at last thought out Il theory,
which he gives as follows: He supposes
that when he made the remark to his friend
about having left his watch at home the
thief was close to him on the sidewalk and
overheard it. Then it was an easy matter
to follow the merchant to his place Of busi-
ness, find out who he was, and then by the
use of directory ascertain his residence and
90 for the watch.
Nothing has been heard of the thiei, and
most probably nothing ever will be.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-02-02
Utilizing the Dead Sea.

A contractor of Marseilles has just OBJ
tanned concession for the extraction OF
chlorate of potash from the Dead Sea. The
salt is used in the manufacture OF Eliminates,
and consumed largely in England as an in
gredient of manure. The supply has hith-
erto been drawn from Germany, and the salt
was sold in London for 16O francs per ton.
Competition reduced the rates to 10 france,
but the production ceases to be remunerative
below 130 francs The chlorate OF potash
procured from the Dead Sea can, it IS said,
be supplied i'm London at 80 franes and the
quantity obtainable is practically unlimited,
The process of producing it will besides FUR
nish other valuable chemical substances,
such AS bromide aud iodide OF potassium
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-02-02
SnInhide of RiSnluth.

Bismuth in the presence OF, or IN c.mbl-
nation with sulphur, yields a beautiful red
coating when passed before the blow pipe on
q large piece OF charcoal, upon the addltlon
of little powdered iodide OF potassium. 4
finely powdered mixture, Of equal parts q
sulphur and iodide of potassium is best kept
for such purpose, and makes an exceuen'
test material for bismuth, In making tnese
;nyestioations. V. Kobell met q green
mineral which, occurs associated with joseite
at San Jose di Madureira, Brazil, and which
nr6yed to be bismuthite.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-02-02
Old SuperstitiOns.

1t used to be common thing for sailors to
refuse to 90 to sea on Friday We hear
nothing of this in these steamboat days.
Steam has made every day alike 1t has
been very great changes, and in the matt
ter Of popular superstitions it has proven the
great reformer Wherever steam engines APP
pear superstitions disappear ghosts, fairies
and witches arespeedily forgotten.t Who ever
heard Of ghost in a railway station, OF of a
bewitched cattle truck, or of haunted sa-
loon carriage? The thing is impossible. The
most expert seer couldn't find ghost in a
first-class waiting room could not leven
imagine such thing. Ghosts like very diff
ferent quarters-old houses, wainscoted
rooms, secret passages and few visitors
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-02-02
Excw York Tribune

\ successful trip through the st. Gothard
tunnel was made recently by a train of cars,
and the work will soon be open to traffic. 1t
is destined to draw Italy and Germany closer
together, and will exercise an important in
fiuence upon the politics as well IS the COM
merce of those nations Railway traffic be-
tween the German and italian cities has
heretofore been compelled to make a long
detour to the east and go through the Iyrol
over steep grades, or still longer detour to
the west by way of the Mount Cents tunnel
and France. Now it can go by direct route
under the Alps and through Switzerland.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-02-02
Things Handy to Know.

Measure 200 feet on each side, and you
will have square acres within an inch.
An acre contains 4 $40 square yards.
A square mile contains GAO acres.
A mile is $3.50 feet or 1,760 yards i'll
length.
A fathom is six feet.
A league is three miles.
A Sabbath days journey is 1,lo5 yards
this is eighteen yards less than twO-thrds OF
q mile.
A days journey is thirty three and one
eighth miles.
A cubt is two feet
A great cubit is eleven feet.
A hand (horse measure) is four inches.
palm is three inches.
A span is ten and seven-eighths inches
pace is three feet.
A barrel of flour weighs 100 pounds.
A barrel of pork weighs 200 pounds.
A barrel of rice weighs 600 pounds.
A barrel of powder weighs twenty-five
pounds
A frkin of butter wedges titty-sx pounds
A tub of butter weighs eighty-tOur pounds.
The following are sold by weight and
bushel:
Wheat, beans and clover seed, sixty pounds
per bushel.
Corn. rye and flax seed, iilty-six pounds
per busliel.
Buckwheat. torty-twO pounds per btrshei.
Barley, fortyeight pounds per bushel
Oats, thirty-tive pounds per bnshel
Bran, thirty five pounds per bushel.
Timothy seed, forty-tive pounds per bushel.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-02-02
A Whole Forest of stone Trees.
Denver Times.

From twenty-five to thirty-five miles from
Denver, between Cherry creek and Running
creek. the Denver L New Orleans forces
struck an unusual obstruction, it being moth
ing less than a buried forest. The trees are
ali petrified and agatized, are of all sizes and
are buried at various depths from ten to
twenty feet, which is as deep as any excava-
ton made by the w0rkmen. They came
upon these relics of a bygone age in at least
a half dozen localities, and have met with
not little difficulty on their account. The
trees are very perfect. and could be taken
out nearly whole if suitable machinery was
emnlaypd #a4E
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-02-02
To Prevent Windows FrOsting.
Scientific American.

A subscriber asks What can be used to
prevent store windows from sweating when
the gas is being lit in the evening? / have
taken the gas out and put in ventilator
still they sweat and are of no use in the
evening when we want to make the most
show. Answer Apply to the glass evenly
slight film of pure glycerine, and You will
not be troubled by the sweating complained
of Glycerine used in this way will also pre-,
vent the formation of frost OH the glass in
cold weather.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-02-02
THE MOON.

When infant Earth,
In might and mirth,
t}rlr,, from the chain that bound her
Sprang from her breast.
Like a bird from the nest
To hover forever around her.
she'd my power
DER many an hour,
When labor and grief are still;
And the Tides of Ocean,
In widest commotiOn,
Are swayed Ike a child at my Will.
Full many "A child
OF genius wild
Has basl<ed in my noon of glory.
AND drunk i'll thought
Which Noon has wrought
Toa theme of deathlcss story.
And many Il maiden,
With love o'erladen,
Has sat with her lutte beside her.
And caught a bliss
From my pcarly kiss
Which WARMER lips denied her.
Vet rather gaze
ON the binding rays
OF the sun in noontide spiendor.
Than bathc in the streams
OF my wizard dreams,
Though soft he their glance and tender:
For whitening pain
Shall shrivel thy hain
In the midst of thy hours of gladness;
And the bow that watts
My piercing shafts
Is strung by the hand af Madness
saw the pail
OF vapors fall
On that doomed and silent Earth:
When Ocean broke
His iron woke.
heard the Earthquakes nirth.
could not trace
On Earth's pale face
The shadows of land and deep:
For the shoreiess wave
OF Natures grave
| saw, and could not weep.
For fear and sorrow
New wings must borrow
Ere they soar to my Old calm shrine:
Mans pigny race
Has date and place,
But other, far other, is mine.
Non Sun may shine
To ripen the vine,
And call up the seed that is sown:
Let him serve like slave
The child of the grave.
shine for myself alone,
Full many change,
Drear wild and strange,
I've seen III my parents form;
When the curdling mould
Ofa world grown old
Mas stirred Nv the breath of the storm
Yet still did speed
On my way without heed,
Nor mourned for the wreck that was dom
For my calm cold light
Is my own delight.
And smile DER the ashes of ruin.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-02-02
Final Resting Places of the Apostles.

Catholic authorities state that the remains
of the Apostles of Christ are now in the fol-
lowing places Seven are at Rome-namely,
Peter, Phillip, James the lesser, Jude, Bar
tholomew. Matthial. and Simon. Three are
in the kingdom of Naples Matthew at Sa-
lerno. Andrew at Amalfi, and Thomas at Or
tano. One in Spain, James the greater,
whose remains are at St. Jago de Compostel-
Ia OF the body of ST. John the evangelist
the remaining one OF the twelve, there IS no
knowledge The evangelists Mark and Luke
are also in Italy-the former at Venice and
the latter at Padua st. Paul's remains are
also believed to he in Italy. Peters are of
course in the Church at Rome. which is call
ed after him, as are also those of Simon and
Jude. Those of James the lesser and OF
Philip are in the Church of the Holy Apos-
ties: Bartholomew are in the church on the
island in the Tiber, called after him: Mat
thias' are in Santa Maria Maggiore, under
the great altar of the renowned Basilicl
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-02-02
yeatness in Women.

A woman may be handsome or remarkably
attractive in various ways; but If she IS not
personally neat she cannot hope to win adj
miration. Fine clothes Will not conceal the
slattern. A young woman with her hair al
ways in disorder, and her clothes hanging
about her as if suspended from prop, is al
always repulsive. Slatten is written on her
person from the crown of her head to the
soles of her feet, and if she wins husband
he will turn out in all probability either an
idle fool or "a drunken ruffian. The bringing
up of daughters to be able to work, talk and
act like honest, sensible women, is the spe-
cial task of all mothers, and in the indus
trial ranks there is imposed also the prime
obligation of learning to respect household
work for it's own sake and the comfort and
happiness it will bring in the future. House
work is. drudgery, hut it must be done by
somebody. and had better be well than i'll
done.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-02-02
The Gypsum Test for Milk.

Very little reliability can be placed on the
usual tests for milk but the method given
below. from the Monthly Magazine, is said to
be quite reliable, and is certainly very sim
pie:
A method of testing milk by means of
gypsum has been made known by Mr.. Ber-
tram Ohm; it is so simple, and apparently
so reliable that by it's means many house
holders will be able at once to ascertain
whether the milk delivered to them has been
adulterated with water or not.
In carrying out this test it is necessary to
make use of calcined gypsum or plaster OF
Paris. in the state in which it is used 1Or
modelling; and this can always be procured
in good condition in the shops.
One ounce of this plaster of Paris is taken
and it is made into paste with the milk to
be tested: the operator takes out his watch
and notes the exact time. He observes how
long the mixture takes to become solid.
Milk of the specific gravity of 1.:3O, at the
ordinary temperature OF 6OO Fahr., becomes
solid under these circumstances in the course
of ten hours or thereabouts. If it contains
% per cent. of water it becomes solid in
about two hours if it has been adulterated
with 80 per cent. of water, it sOlidifies i'll
half an hour and, finally, if it contains as
much as IS per cent Of water, the mixture
becomes hard and solid in twenty minutes.
Milk which has had it's cream taken OFT,
and has a specific gravity of 1.033, soidities
under the same circumstances in the course
of about four hours; if this creamed milk
has had so per cent of water added to it, 1t
solidifes in one hour, and with Is per cent.
of water. in the course of half an hour.
Mr.. Ohm remarks that the time required
for solidification, that is for becoming hard,
is somewhat less if the operation of mixing
takes place at certain degree OF heat; but
perhaps it is safest to operate always at the
ordinary temperature of the room. 1t IS
useless to add, for analytical chemists, that
the solidified product can be afterward, II
requisite, submitted to ordinary analysis
extraction of the butter by ether, the lactine,
caseine and salts, BY the usual methods.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-02-02
4 Vienna Romance.

The romance of q hair comes from Vienna.
A poor girl with beautiful hair went to a
barber to sell it, He tried to make close
bargain, saying hair was plentiful this year
and declared he could only give her eight
f1orins.
The little maidens eyes filled with tears,
and she hesitated q moment while thread
ing her fingers through her chestnut locks.
Finally she threw herself into chair, and
said:
Then take it quickly"
The barber was about,,to cut off the tresses,
when gentleman sitting in one of the chairs
interrupted him. and spoke to the girl
My child said he, why do you sell your
beautiful hair"
my mother has been nearly five months
ILL., | cannot work enough to support us
both Everything has been sold or pawned,
and there is not penny in the house."
mo, no, my child; if that is the case, will
buy your hair, and give you one hundred
forins for it,
He gave the poor girl the note the sight
of which dried her tears, and he took up the
BARRIERS shears.
Taking the lock in his hand, he selected
the longest hair, cut it off, and put it care
fully in his pocket-book, thus paying one
hundred ,forins for a single hair
He took the poor girls address, i'll case he
should want to buy another at the same rate.
This charitable gentleman is mentioned as
the head of large industrial establishment
in Vienna
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-02-02
No. I l..
HUMOR OF THE HOUR,

Mother Shipton, it is reported didn't mean
last year, but some other year.
The difference between hungry man and
glutton is, one longs to eat and the other
eats too long.
COmpoSitOrs are always intelligent men
They are men of letters who literally pick
up their knowledge us they go along
Miss Vanderbilt being the daughter of a
railroad man, was married in a long train
but will she be tender to her husband?
When Il man is headed for the pawnbro-
kers with the money to take out his pledge,
he may be said to have 4 redeeming point
1t is almost impossible to look over the
hats worn by the ladies at the theatre. and
this fact is but another argument for the ele-
vation of the stage.
Frogs are now fashionable for female Jew
elry. They are chosen, we believe. on ac-
count of the sentiments expressed in the old
nursery ballad. The frog he would a-wooing
60
Considerable surprise and excitement was
created in Wall street the other day by a
prominent operator appearing on the steps of
the Treasury building with his hands in his
own pockets.
An Illinois deacon, while visiting in Phil
adelphia, was asked if he had purchased any
Christmas cards, and replied with some sur
prise: why should |? My old pack is
good enough.
Young man. it's all right for you TO want
to own the earth. Get as much OF it as YOU
can in a decent sort of way, but don't imag-
inc you own the whole of it, That's where
lots of fools make mistake.
One OF the stingiest men in Austin fell
from street car and broke his leg in two
places. Are you hurt?' asked one of the
parties who came to his assistance Not
particle" replied the sufferer, grinding his
teeth in pain: Il pay my doctor so much
year"
An old resident OF Milford, Del, is quoted
as saying: About fifty years ago was bar
tender in hotel at Milford. Through the
week we generally took in about $1O but
one day when the religious quarterly meet
ing was held there we sold over 5000 worth
OF liquor
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-07-08
LITERARY.
l8o8-lBog-


This papcr usually called the ST. Louis
Rcpublican published in the great trans
NIiSSissippi einpOriuu was established in
1905 whilst tic now ilourishing state of
| Missouri W as a small territory and St Louis
| a ,here outpost, tho Headquarters Of a few
| government officers and Indian trade
The Rem blican has steadily increaseI from,
| a dimifutiye sheet printed weekly and
! containing but little more than local and
| ,lnimnOrtant c.cnts to IL rcprescntotive
American journal, holding place in the
front rank OF the great newspapers of the
world. It's history is tho history of the
West and South in all enterprises, and in
all he material, pOlitic and social inter
cStS of the country, 1t is the eXpOncnt of
the views OF that class of citizens who seek
to have the government conducted uDon
Democratic, popular and conservative prin-
ciplcs and in that regard is the organ, Of the.
most Intelligent and thoughtful minds of
tho extensive region III which it circulatcs.
rho Eenublicon from, the caro- will, which,
il ;s olitnJ ana rH,LrctcI tho cnt nrn,isn
man ;fast nd in tho cnlIcclio,, of news IRON,
ali unnrtcrs it's consistcnrv in thc ndvocn
az, ~. Lnn,;,,,. t,,n ,,.n,,nri
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-07-08
ANOMALIES OF MORMONISM.

The special correspondent of the Now
that u Mormon friend enumerated at
his request the following anomalies that
he knew of In recent polygamous mar
riages:
GA young and very pretty girl, in
sthe upper ten of Mormonism, married
a young man of her own class, but
stipulated before marriage that he mar
ry a second wife as soon as he could af
ford to do so. Against his will, she
has now kept him to the promise.
GA yonng couple were engaged, but
quarrelcd, and the lover, out of pique,
his first love, having refused other Of
fers in the meantime, married him as
his second wife.
GA man having married second
wife to please himself, married third
to please his first.
ga couple about to be married made
an agreement between themselves that
the husbands second wife should be
one of the relatives of the first wife.
The lady who was selected refused, and
the husband remained true to his prom
Use for ten years. At the end of this
time his first wife voluntarily chose
another mate for him.
"The belle Of the settlement, gen
tile, refused mOuogamist offers OF mar
rage, and married II Mormon who had
tuo wives afrea6v
ga girl, distracted between her love
for her sutton and her love tor her
mother, compromised in her affections
by STIMULATING that he should marry
both her mother and herself, which he
did.
GA girl, u gentle, bitterly opposed
at first to polygamy, married polyg-
amist at the solicitation Of his first
wife, her great friend.
1.-TWO girls were good friends, and
one of them getting engaged to Il man,
by no means of prepossessing appear
ance, persuaded her friend to get en-
gagged to him too, and he married them
both on the same day.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-07-08
HOW THE JUDGE CROSSED THE
STREAM.
lPhiladelphia Times.l

philadelphia Times.l
"We were riding along the road one
chilly day in November" said General
James Craig, talking about court bust
ness and legal talent, "when we struck
a small stream that appeared to be
about thirty yards wide. Hello said
Judge Norton, of Missouri, sthis is
new stream to me. How shall we cross
ite' Taking advantage of his igno-
rance, pretended to survey the situa-
ton, and after emerging from the
thicket I solemnly inquired: Judge,
can you swim?' Like a fish, he re-
Piled, while his eyes twinkled in the
expectation of displaying his ability in
that direction. Il CAN'T said I, $50
suppose you strip off and swim across
testing the depth as you go, and give
me the advantage Of your experience
'All right he said, dismounting from
his horse. Then he removed all his
clothes, tied them together, placed
them safely between his teeth, and
started cautiously into the creek.
choked my handkerchief into my
mouth to keep from laughing, while
the Judge gravely waded across,
through exactly four inches Of water;
but you would have died to see his
look of unutterable disgust when he
reached the opposite bank. His feet
were blue with mud, but his ankles
were scarcely touched by the water. II
was three straight days before he spoke
to me again."