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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-11-02
Who Killed Morgan!
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press.
The recent move to raise monument in
memory of Free Mason Morgan has called
up anew the question: Who killed Morgan
An old citizen of Detroit was on his way
down town yesterday, when he met an
acquaintance and seized the moment to in
quire:
Il suppose you know they are going to
erect a monument to Morgan ?"
"Oh, yes"
"A very mysterious death"
$50 it was"
Generally believed that the Free Masons
killed him?"
eyes, some folks believe it,"
Lets see-Ithink you are Mason, your
self ?"
"Yes"
Then you must know? 2"
We'll, suppose do"
Then, sir, / demand to know who killed
Morgan"
"You don't want to know to-day, do you ?''
Eyes, sir-right off ?"
The Mason beckoned the old man around
the corner, looked all around to see that
no one was near, and then whispered in his
ear:
You won't give it away?"
"No."
mo"
"Then I'll tell you'll killed him myself
"Sir, you are an Internal liar |" roared the
old man. YES sir, you lie, sir, and won't
have anything more to do with you"
It may never be known who killed Nor
gan. If people won't believe the murderer,
how are the facts ever to come out?
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-11-02
ErgOt of Rye in Typhoid.

NJ. Duboue has drawn the attention of the
French Academy of Medicine to the success
which he has obtained in using the ergot of
rye as a medicine for typhoid fever. He
processes to have obtained excellent results
for some years past. In fifty -one cases, of
which thirty-six were observed by M. Dr.
boue himself, the mortality with this treat
ment has been only six per cent The medi-
cine is applicable in all stages of the disease,
and is inoffensive in small doses 1t is nee
essary to take precautions to assure that the
ergot is in a good state of preservation, 9TH
erwise it will be useless or dangerous. The
grains should be carefully examined before
being pulverized. NJ Duboue mixes the
powder with its own weight of sugar, and ad-
ministers it in unleavened bread, each dose
OF twenty-five centigrammes being given be-
fore food or drink. Sometimes the dose pro-
duces nausea; but if this continues for sew
eral days it indicates that the ergot is not
good. As a rule the dose is easily retained.
The total quantity per day for an adult may
slightly exceed three grammes; to an infant
from forty to fifty centigrammes per day
may be administered. The temperature of
the patient will indicate whether or not the
dose should be increased Or diminished
Favorable results are easily manifested:
sometimes they are very apparent at the end
of the first week Of the treatment
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-11-02
THE RETREAT OF SUVAROV.
A Disaster Without Parallel to Arms in
Modern Ages.
Tinsley's Magazine. n

[Tinsley's Magazine
ALI stories pale into insignitcance before
the losses and sufferings sustained by the
army of Suvarov in its retreat from Ulm into
the Valley of the Vorder Rhein, in October,
1893. 1t mustered about twenty thousand
men, already exhausted by marching, badly
clad, i'll shod and insuficiently supplied with
food. The way was hard from the first, and
the further they advanced the greater be-
came the difficulties. The snow was so soft
that the men sank up to their hips. The
strongest of them could march only few
miles day. They lost their way among
the clouds and mists that often in early win
ter fill the valleys of the Alps with darkness
ahd gloom. Some were pushed over preci-
pices by the pressure of their comrades be-
hind them; cold, hunger, and fatigue killed
hundreds.
Terrible storms beset these unfortunates,
and while they were blinded with snow and
driven frantic by the frozen particles blown
about by the tempest rocks rolled from the
heights above and crushed them to death.
The march of so many men loosened the
snow, and avalanche after avalanche flung
them down by the score into untimely
graves. The descent into Graubunden was,
if possible still more disastrous; whole COM
panies slipped together into the yawning
abysses; 300 mules with their drivers were
buried under one avalanche, and of the 20
600 men who set out from Ulm 5000 per-
iShed on the way
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-11-02
Century Magazine

Century Magazine.
Mr.. Seward was nominated in the conven-
tion by MIR. Evarts, OF New York. Mr.. Lin
coin was nominated by Mr.. Judd, of Illinois.
The nomination of Mr.. Lincoln was seconded
by Mr.. Delano, of Ohio, who said st desire
to second the nomination OF a man who can
split rails and maui Democrats-Abraham
Lincoln" This probably originated the
term "railsplitter," which Immediately be-
came popular. Decorated and Illuminated
rails surrounded the newspaper offices, and
became leading feature of the campaign.
"Railsplitter Battalions" were formed in the
different cities and minor villages of the
North. At the great ratification meeting at
Cooper Institute, June 9Th, after speeches by
Messrs. Evarts, Blatchford, G.. w. Curtis,
Gen. Nye, and Judge Tracy, of California, the
last named said: I'VE wage no war upon
the South. We merely mean to fence them
in" pointing significantly to rail exhibited
on the platform) /; this is all we propose to
do to stop the extension of slavery, and Abe
Lincoln has split the rails to build the
fence a ~
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-11-02
The Mysteries of Hair Brush.

A writer in the 44merican Journal Of
Microscopy has been exploring the forests OF
of bristles in a hair brush, surreptitiously
purloined from lady's toilet stand, and
though it contained nothing which we are
accustomed to regard with unqualified hor-
ror, the results of his investigation prove
that there are mysteries ordinarily un-
dreamed of in the simple appliances OF the
toilet. There are concealed in the damp lint
Of hair brushes, unless kept clean by the use
of bicarbonate of potassa or carbonate OF
soda, many living things, too small for de-
lection by the naked eye, some OF which, we
are told, are of more than suspicious char
acter, being known as the orlglnators OF
Scald-head, and other diseases of the scalp.
The author concludes his article by caution
against wetting the head, recommending
dry brushing instead. He also recommends
the use of weak solution of carbolic acid
or sulphate of soda, as a cleansing material
ior hair brushes. s... @ aG YA.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-11-02
Experiments on the Eve.

That sensations of light may be produced
by mechanical irritation of the nerve of the
eye is now showed to be the case, by observa-
tions recently made by Schmidt-Kimpier, on
persons from whom an eye had been removed
not long before. A blunt instrument was
pressed against that part Of the orbit in
which the nerve of the stump was situated,
and the observations were made in room
almost completely dark. Of six persons, in
two pressure on this spot always caused a
flash of light on the side of the enucleated
eye, and one of them averred that the sensa-
tion exactly resembled that which he had
before experienced when the eye-ball wa
galvanized; the same patients experienced
similar sensation when the stump of the
nerve was galvanized. The negative result
in other cases is explained by the more COM
plete atrophy of the nerve, or greater retrac-
tiOn of the stump
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-11-02
Helena, Montana Thursday, November D. 1882.
DECLINE OF CHRISTIANITY.
A Number of Defects in Church Work
FOrcibly Pointed Out.

Many of the religious papers, both in
Europe and America, says the New York
Tribune, are loudly bewailing the fact that
every year larger number of people are
drifting away from the influence of the
church, and much ingenuity is displayed in
accounting for the fact. 1t is undoubtedly
true that there are vast numbers of men and
women in Christian lands who are living
practically pagan lives, and who, if not
openly hostile, are profoundly Indifferent,
to the claims o. Christianity. The churches
become aware of this fact not only by the
decrease in church attendance, but in many
other ways It is said that the ministry does
not now attract young men of great intel
lectual ability, and well-known theological
professor of Ireland has recently written a
book deploring that fact. It is also said that
the contributions for church work and mis-
sions have seriously fallen off in the past
few years. Foreign missions are notably
weak, and the work they report is meagre.
These are some of the reasons which have
led many to ask in alarm if the Christian
religion is about to suffer an eclipse But
while these facts are serious, it cannot be
said that they indicate the failure of Chris
tianity. What they do indicate is general
and popular distrust of the sectarian meth
ods and machinery by which Christianity is
so frequently propagated Preachers too
often spend their time and energy in build
ing up theological distractions and splitting
theological hairs. The busy and practical
men Of the world are conscious Of an un-
reality about many pulpit utterances that re-
pels them. The philosopher and the scientist
are driven away by the failure of the church
to recognize and accept the new learning of
this age in the Interpretation of old truths:
while the myriads Of the worlds workers
listen in vain for some practical explanation of
Christls teachings from the ecclesiastical or
ganizations which will touch the problems of
the day. If there is decline at ALL it is the
churches which are declining. But even
though all the ecclesiastical organizations
should for these causes, fail utterly, Chris
tianity as potent factor in mems lives will
still remain, not as preaching or money get
ting machine, but as an all-pervading infiu-
ence. The decline Of church organizations"
would therefore be better theme for the |
press than the decline of Christianity"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-11-02
Statistics Of the Dead Letter Office.

The annual report of Chief Dallas, of the
Dead Letter Office, has been issued. 1t
shows that of the whole number of letters
and parcels opened in the office during the
year ending June 80, 1882, 1889 contained
money, an increase of per cent. over the
previous year; that 24,572 contained drafts,
checks, notes, etc, an increase of III per
cent; that 43,731 contained receipts, certif-
Gates, paid notes, etc. an increase of 17a per
cent; that SO, ,242 contained photographs, an
increase of Is per cent; that SO, ,463 con-
tanned postage stamps a decrease of 149 per
cent; that 9O,842 contained merchandise,
books, etc, an increase of 2O9 per cent; that
J, ,4O6577, or an increase of 179 per cent,
contained nothing OF value. The reduction
In the number of letters containing postage
stamps is explained as being partly due to
the extension of the money order system
and partly to the fact that smaller number
Of fictitious letters which usually contain
remittances of stamps, have been sent to the
Dead Letter Office during the year. The in
crease of all articles of mail matter received
was about Is per cent.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-11-02
Whipping Horses.
M, M. Ballou,1

NJ. Nj. BallOu.
Human nature and brute nature are much
more alike than people generally imagine,
and if we are to apply the same general
rules in the government of animals which
actuate us in the control of children and
grown persons, our success would be much
more certain, while the process would be
far more agreeable to all concerned five
desire a wayward child to do thus and so
we do not take a rawhide and lash him, but
we simply indicate our wishes in an intelli-
gent manner, and point out the reason why
certain proclivities must not be INDUCED in.
AS soon as the child clearly understands, ten
to one it is ready to obey. 1t is precisely
the same with colts and horses, only, as we
cannot indicate plainly by words what we
DESIRE we should resort to ingenious but al
ways patient management. The whip is the
parent of stubborness in high-spirited
animal, while gentleness will win obedience
and, ut the same time, attach the animal to
US.
1t is the easiest thing imaginable to win
the affection of animals, and especially of
horses. An apple potatoe or few Jumps
of sugar given from the hand, now and then,
will cause the horse to prick up his ears at
the sound of his owners footsteps, not with
fear but with a low whinnying note of pleas
ure. The confidence of the noble beast thus
gained, will lead him to obey the slightest
intelligent tone of voice or indication of the
bit There is no such thing as balkiness to
be found in horse thus treated; he shows
desire to obey, whereas a few lashes of the
whip, smartly applied, if he be horse
worth having will arouse in him a spirit of
retaliation and stubborness that may cost
the owner hours of trouble, and possibly
danger to life and limb. Horses are made
gentle by kindness. They "believe" in the
master they love, and his voice will calm
them in moment of fear or induce them to
struggle forward even when overladen, and
when whip would be sure to bring them to
Stubborn standstill
No man knows the true value of his horse
until he has won his regard and confidence,
as it were. The whip will never do this.
A kind hand and gentle voice will act like
magic; thus we have known women who
could handle and drive horses, that would
almost invariably show some vicious traits
in the hands Of male driver. These facts
apply especially to the rearing and training
of young colts, something which the Arabs
understand better than we do. They do not
break" their colts, they adapt them; they
fondle them from their birth and pet them
always. An Arab would as soon strike his
wife or his daughter as his horse, and no
animals in the world are aeeter, more en-
during or more docile in the performance of
every task which is given them than is the
Arabian horse. We would like to see the
whip wholly discarded.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-11-02
GEN. HOODS ORPHANS.
How Three Pairs of Twins and Other
Children of the Family are Being
Cared for.

WINCHESTER Posi- OFFICE, n. Y, Septem-
ber 20, 1862.-Robert Burns, esq, Secretary
Of Hoods Texas Brigade, Houston, Texas
DEAR SIR write in behalf of my brother
in-law, Mr. John A. Morris, whose health
for some months past has been so uncertain
as to interfere materially with his correspon-
dence. He desires me to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter of the 28th OF April
last, and to give you, as you reqest, some in
formation regarding the children of the late
Gen. Hood. These are all, am happy to
say, exceedingly well placed The eldest
twin girls of IL years of age, are being edu-
Gated by Mr.. Morris himself in Hanover,
Germany, whence his own children have re-
turned after sojourn there of several years
John Bell, the eldest boy, 10 years old, has
been adopted by Mr.. and Mrs. Russell, Of
Mississippi, and we frequently receive the
best accounts of his health and happiness.
Duncan Norbert, aged 8 years, is now at
school near Saratoga, N. Y, where his ex
penses are betrayed by Miss Furniss, a
wealthy maiden lady of New York, with
whom he spends his vacations at her beauti-
full summer home in Lenox, Mass. Lillian
and Marian, twin girls of 8 years, are the
adopted and beloved children of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thatcher Adams, of New York City,
and Odile and Ida, aged years, also twins
have been taken by Mr.. and Mrs. McGee, of
Woodville, Miss, where they have very
lovely and happy home. Oswald, the next
in order, boy of nearly 5 years, has been
adopted by Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey, of New
York, who last summer took the child to
visit all of his fathers relatives in Ken
lucky, and who are devotedly attached to
their charge. Anna Gertrude, the youngest,
after having been taken by Mrs. Josephs,
Of Georgia, died two years since from teeth
ing, aged year. All those who have adopted
these childran are themselves childless, save
only Mr.. and Mrs. Morris, and thus the little
Boys and girls have the undivided love and
devotion of their new parents. They are
Zach and every one fine children, handsome,
intelligent and full of character, and there is
Every reason to hope that they will do honor
o their blood and make fine men and
women. remain, dear, sir, very truly yours,
EVA HENNEN HARDING.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-11-02
washington Critic.

washington Crltlc.J
Over in Virginia the other day an old-time
sort of fellow was sitting out on the porch
in front of his house during a heavy rain and
thunder storm. 1t appears that the old fell
low was heavy drinker, being pretty full at
the time. On this occasion he was in his
usual condition, when in the twinkling of an
eve he was struck dumb with lightning. His
family and friends thought he was killed,
but in the course of half an hour he recov-
cred. Opening his eyes and looking all
around. he said to friend who was standing
by: Il am mighty glad am not killed, be-
cause if had been all the temperance peo-
ple would have said it was whisky that
did itn t5tAs
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-11-02
AMID ALASKA'S SNOW DRIFTS.
The Experience of Signal Officer in
that Wilderness.
Milwaukee Sentinel. |

In private letter to his brother, Mr..
Charles Ray, of Milwaukee, Mr.. P. w. Ray,
in charge of the United States Signal Station
at Oogloannie Alaska, writes that he has his
flag, as signal officer, flying farther north
than it has ever before been borne on the
American continent, locality where the in
habitants dress in deer skins eight months
of the year, and the official distinction of an
officer is marked by wolverines tail worn
on the back of his "Ahlega," or fur coat.
Life in the Arctic regions is not so terrible
as some men have tried to paint it, ard
America has had too many explorers who
were seeking for selfglory rather than bot
tom facts l hope that the next few years
will demonstrate the fact that it was not
owing to the climate that such men as Hail.
Kane, and Hayes left death and disaster in
their tracks. A healthier climate I never
saw. Not one Of our party has been sick
since we landed, with all their exposure, and
believe any party can have the same ex-
perience if they observe proper discipline and
conduct themselves in proper manner. I
think we will see 1884 safe and sound, and
return to the United States with our records,
of which l keep two copies and send one to
Washington every year in case of accident.
Aside from its healthfulness, 1 can say
nothing for this country. 1t is the most desc
late piece of Gods foot-stool that | ever saw.
It lies very Iow-but few feet above the
level of the sea-is covered with dense
growth of moss, and as far as I have been in
the interior, about one hundred miles, the
whole region is one great network of lakes
and rivers. The frost comes out of the
ground only to the depth of about foot in
the summer, so that at that season it very
much resembles a Wisconsin cranberry
marsh, except that there is an utter absence
of trees and bushes Of every description. In
the winter we are north of the line of animal
life on the land, and only seal exist in the
sea. The temperature last winter sank twice
below IS degrees in the open air. l have
some doubts about the correctness of the in
struments used by some explorers that give
the very low temperature reported at from
10 degrees to 80 degrees, for from what J
have experienced l believe such tempera-
ture would be fatal to animal life exposed to
it, as it must necessarily be in making an OBJ
servation.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-11-02
OCTOBER.

o suns and skies and clouds of June,
And flowers of June together,
We cannot rival for one hour
Octobers bright blue weather;
When loud the bumblebee makes haste,
Belated thriftless vagrant;
And golden rod is dying fast,
And lanes with grapes are fragrant;
When gentians roll their fringes tight,
To save them for the morning,
Aud chestnuts fall from satin burrs
Without sound of warning;
When Oh the ground the apples lie
In piles, like jewels shining,
And redder still on old stone walls
Are leaves of woodbine twining;
When all the lovely wayside things
Their wide-winged seeds are sowing,
And in the fields, still green and fair,
Late after-maths are growing;
When springs run low. and Oh the brooks,
In idle golden freighting,
Bright leaves sink noiseless in the hush
OF woods for winter waiting;
When comrades seek sweet country haunts
BY twos and twoS together,
And count like misers, hour by hour,
Octobers bright blue weather.
o suns and skies and flowers of June
Count all your boasts together,
Love loveth best of all the year
Octobers bright blue weather.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-11-02
Women Must be Uncovered inCours
All the Year Round

All the Year Roundl
At the trial of Mrs. Turner for the murder
OF Sir Thomas Overbury, Sir Edward Coke
ordered the prisoner to remove her hat. saw
ing: "A woman may be covered in church,
but not when arraigned in court of ius
tlce" The accused tartly commenting On
the slngularity that she might wear her hat
in the presence of God, but not in the pres
ence OF man, Coke replied: "For the reason
that men with weak intellects cannot dis
cover the secrets which are known to God.
and therefore in investigating the truth.
where human life is in peril, and one is
charged with taking life from another. the
court should see all obstacles removed. Re-
sides, the countenance is often an index to
the mind, and according it is fitting that the
nat should be removed, and Herewith the
shadow which it casts upon your lace Mrs
Turner's hat was taken off, but she was al
lowed for modesty's sake to cover her hair
with handkerchief.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-11-02
THE RABBI'S GIFT.

A Rabbi once, by all admired,
Received, of nigh esteem the sign,
From those his goodness thus inspired,
A present of n cask Of wine.
But 10! when soon he came to draw,
A miracle, as rare and rapid,
Tho quite unlike what Cana saw,
Had turned his wine to water vapid.
The Rabbi never knew the cause,
For miracles are things of mystery;
Tho some like this, have had their laws
Explained from facts of private history.
His friends, whom Love did aptly teach,
Wished all to share the gracious task,
SO planned to bring a bottle each,
To pour into one common cask.
Now one, by chance, thought, none will know
And in the wine of all my brothers,
One pint of water well may go"-
And SO by chance thought all the others.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-11-02
SackclOth and Ashes.
Texas Siftings. I

Mrs Perry Younger is good woman, but
she is not so well posted about church festi-
walls, and she is not as refined as she might
be. The Episcopal clergyman happening to
remark In her presence that it would soon be
Advent, she replied: "Then we will all have
to mortify ourselves again, but don't mind
It bit. Last Advent saved enough out of
the butchers meat for the servants table to
get me S75 cloak to 60 to church in" THAT
was Lent, madam" mo. it wasn't lent.
Three or four of the neighbors' wives wanted
me to lend them that cloak. but told them
1t wasn't mine, and lied out of it in that
way"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-11-02
Arkansas Journalism.

Arkansas Traveller
Where's Snoggleton asked the pro-
prietor of an Arkansaw newspaper, enter
ing the Office and inquiring for the editor.
He hasn't come down this morning. re-
piled the reporter.
whats the matter?"
"Well, he got into dispute last night and
fellow shot his head off"
'sDid he leave any copy?"
"No, SIR"
"How in thunder did he expect this paper
to run without copy? Blamed if I 90 to his
funeraln -A@ 8 4