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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-08-02
A Eireman,s Brave Act.

CHICAGO, July 11.-Thomas King, fire
man on the freight train of the Milwaukee
& st. Paul railroad, gave rare exhibition
of nerve and coolness yesterday. The train
when near Franksville, Wisconsin, was 60
ing thirty miles an hour, and child was
discovered standing on the track short dis
tance ahead, paralyzed with fear. 1t was
impossible to stop the train IN time to save
the little one. King ran forward, stationed
himself on the cowcatcher, and, braclng him.
self, advanced one foot as far as possible,
and as the train reached the child he lifted
II from the track with his foet and tripped
If unceremoniously into aditch. The moth
or of the child had just discovered its peril
and stood transfixed with horror.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-08-02
Not His Equal.
Arkansas Traveller.

Arkansas Traveller
Il shall not resent your insulting IAN
guage" said an Arkansas Colonel to a man
who had called him liar. You are not
my equal in social standing, and shall pay
no attention to you" The man slapped the
Colonel's face II shall not resent any
slaps, for cannot afford to lower myself 10
your level"
"You WON'T fight me, EN- ?"
mo, sir"
"You won't challenge me because 1T wooid
reflect discredit on You to meet me on 'ne
feld?n
You are correct"
Lets take drink, then"
"All right. Pm your man. Give me
mint toddy."
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-08-02
Strange Way to Reach a Verdict.
New York Sun, May Goth.

The case of Marriott, the Partisan clerk,
who ran off with $4,000 worth of diamonds,
assumed surprising phase yesterday. He
was committed on Tuesday for larceny, and
remanded to await sentence. But Judge
Gildersleeve heard something about the way
in which the jury are said to have reached
their verdict. The jury, according to re-
port, stood seven to four for conviction at the
first ballot, but the dissenting four were de-
termined in the position they had assumed
Thereupon one of the jurors announced that
he had during recess consulted disinterestt
ed lawyer, who said that legally there should
be q conviction, and so there was an agreer
ment to convict, with recommendation to
the mercy of the court. This is a strange
way of arriving at verdict.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-08-02
BLAINE,S WONDERFUL MEMORY.
A Story Of Two Ohio Campaigns Told
by Senator Thurman.
ICleyeland Leader. /

cleveland Leader.
This is a story which Senator Thurman
told: "In 1876" he said, Blaine came to
my town and made a speech. l went to
hear him. While / was talking to him at
the place where he had spoken, saw in the
crowd an old farmer of wealth and conse-
quence, client of mine, W DO is staunch
Republican. He was regarding with much
interest the great Republican leader of whom
he had head so much, but never before had
seen. l beckoned for him to come up, and
said: Mr. Blaine, l want to present you to
Squire Brown Blaine was very cordial,
and, in his magnetic way, soon had my old
friend perfectly delighted. Brown was a
noted breeder of horses and that day had
driven into town behind a pretty pair OF
four-year-olds. Blaine took look at the
horses and said: Squire, have you ever train
ed that near colt? He would make good
time, if properly handled, I think With a
few other words he went away with me,
and saw no more of Mr.. Brown.
In 1880 Blaine came to Ohio and spoke
again at my town. I was on hand. When
he had closed his speech the people came up
to speak to him. Suddenly looking up, he
saw Squire Brown at distance. The old
man was wondering if Blaine would remem-
ber him. Leaving the crowd about him
Blaine walked straight to Brown, and, calling
him by name, shook hands with him cor
daily, and, after talking few minutes, said
esquire Brown, did you ever train that neal
colt you were driving four years ago when
met you? have thought of that colt, and
believed he would have made good trottel
if properly trained" "Now," said Judge
Thurman, "it had been four years since that
circumstance occurred Blaine had an i'm
mense number of things to think of in thai
time, and yet he had recalled the man and
remembered, without difficulty, precisely
what had happened so long ago. To my
mind it was one of the most wonderful feats
of memory have ever known"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-08-02
A Rread Clock.

A Peruvian, living at Milan, has made a
clock entirely out of bread. Too poor to
purchase metal, and with only certain
allowance of bread daily, he deprived him
self regularly of the soft portions Of the Loaf,
satisfying his hunger with the crusts. He
used certain salt to solidify the material,
which then became hard and perfectly in
soluable in water. The clock keeps good
time, and the case, made of hardened bread,
is handsome.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-08-02

The rapidity of the worlds progress in
certain respects was pretty vividly suggested
at Chicago when Mayor Harrison opened the
exhibition of railroad appliance with the
statement that there are 265, 900 miles of the
iron ways in operation-enough to make
eleven circuits of the earth-and was fol-
lowed by a gray haired mechanic WHO ran
ON the first locomotive that ever hauled q
train.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-08-02
THE BAKER BOYS LAMENT.
san Francisco Argonaut. ]

I'm a certain building on a certain street in this
.itv there a certain studio presided over by a
,ertain artist. In adjoining room worked GER
ain young ladies, studying under the artists su-
Dervision. Daily at luncheon time they were wont
% take from be aker boy certain loaves of bread.
They changed tneir arrangements, and notified
he baker boy thereof by afixing to their door the
aconic legend: mo more bread" The next
morning they found beneath the door the follow
ing screed j
Oh ladies fair, note with grief
Your mandate curt aud cruel
No more my tender loaves shall serve
AS your aesthetic fuel.
No more your pearly teeth shall crunch
Ny sweet and crspy baking;
Though of my heart you've smashed the crust
By this your cool leave-taklng.
Full many a maid, know, doth prize
The flaky rolls | send her,
And laud in amatory strain
The morsels sweet and tender.
Full many a heart like yeast doth swell
As approach the portal
Would deem herself as bakers wife
more than lucky mortal.
But never yet their glances could
To warm emotion win me,
Nor all their arts enkindle yet
An oven heat within me.
Your grace and beauty-yours alone
1t was my passion needed;
Your fingers like lump of dough
My feelings shaped and kneaded.
know twas weak to nurse hope
Far far too aerated;
To be baker crossed In love.
/ know, alas! I'm lated
And so my saddened round go
On dutys high endeavor;
But from my soul the peace is gone,
Too well / know. forever.
lover, |, alas! must be
BY doefu woe downtrOdden,
And bear heart unlike my loaves)
Within my breast half sodden!
Why should / live wretched life.
With all desire unsated,
When open stands my furnace there,
And | may be cremated!
III pile the faggots in with speed;
I'll be myself the batter;
And to white dust this form will change
Which the cold wind may scatter.
Goodbye! and when the buttered slice
From the crisp loaf you sever
Pray think of him whom fervld love
Hath carbonized forever!
lat first the young women imagined that the
lines really came from the bakers boy, and thai
he had a soul above baking. But on reflection
they changed their minds and ascribed the dolefu
lay to a certain mischevous lawyer who haG
rooms on the same floor. So the following morn
ing there appeared upon the door this reply j
INFELICE!
Oh, carbonize thy doughty heart
Not yet, too ardent baker;
Nor threaten, as a dainty tart,
To stand before thy Maker.
Ascend our high Parnassus flight,
Bring all the lo(a)ves you chooses;
Think not maids have less appetite
Because they court the MUSES..
We never meant those hasty words
To work like yeast within you;
But, rather, IKE dissolving curds,
To thaw your heart and win you
baker! see the shining mark!
We pine for an adorer;
In thee we see a new Petrarch-
Oh find in us Laura
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-08-02

A recent discovery on the head Of; the
Cowlitz river reveals and establishes the fact
that Washington Territory can now boast OF
the grandest waterfall in the known world,
its height being 500 feet. These falls are
1900 feet higher than the famous Niagara
Falls.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-08-02

DEMOCRATIC ASPIRATIONS.
The number of aspirants for the Demo
cratic nomination is forty, and their stand
inp is as follows:
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-21
FORTY MILLION DOLLARS
Is WHAT Is ESTIMATED AS NECESSARY FOR THE
PENSIONS FOR THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS.

PENSIONS FOR THE NEXT FOUR MONTH";.
WAsHINGToN, March 20-There is an IN
certainty as to the operations obihe Treasury
Department during the balance of the fiscal
year. 1t was chiefly from doubt as TO what
the pension office will turn out. Should
Commissioner Dudley settle as many cases as
he said he intended 10, there would be f40,-
100000 pensions TO pay between now and the
3oth day of June, or st the rate of Sl000O,0O0
each month. Should he send TO the Treasury
Department this amount OF pensions for pay
meat there would BE- no further csll for
bonds during the present hacsl year, at least
no call which would mature prior 10 June
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-21
AT HIGH PRESSURE
What Comes Of Straining the Machinery
Wrecks Along the Road.

We sre fast people. From our atmosphere
down to our methods OF doing business, every
force in our career seems to be in the nature of
stimulsnt Hence all sorts of nervous and brain
troubles, which are daily driving men and women
TO the insane asylums or to suicide As a matter
OF course the kites and vultures of socalled med.
icine get fat on the sale of nostrus for these dis
eases Sufferers waste fortunes, and what is even
more valuAble-rxR-in testing this trash. Don't
dose stomach saturated with embottled com
pounds and decoctious never in the world attuned
a set of tangled nerves 10 harmony and music.
BENsoN's CAPCINE POROUS PLASTER, is
acknowledged by the medical profession TO be the
highest and bsst product of skill and experiment
in the direction of remedy for the numerous all
Inents grouped underline general term, nervous
diseases.
How does it WORK. Simply enough. It reaches
the seat OF disease by absorption through the skin
which, when clogged, vitistes the acton of all
medicine. The CapciHe Plaster pere;rstes ike
the electric current but in no other respect docs
1t resemble the advertised electric humbugs. 1t
soothes the Initiated nerves AID excies the torpid
organs to do their duty healthiuIly.
In the highest medical circles of Europe and the
United States and among the most intelligent peo-
pie, the rare and scientific merits of BENS0H'5
CAPCINR POROUS PLAsTERs have been known
and appreciated for many years. Don't give up
your own case until you have tried these plasters.
Price . cents.
Sesbury ard 10 hnson, Pharmaceutical Chemists
New York. Highest awards-nedsls-st Interna-
tional ExpositioDs
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-21
The REVISED BIBLE.
Els Failure en- the Market and In the
Pulptt-SteadfIy Ignored.

New YORK, March 20.-One of the largest
dealers in religious publications in the city,
being asked 10 day az TO the sale of the Re-
vised Testament, said. 1t is so small that it
is scsrceIy worth mentioning. The sale
stopped as if by magic when popular Curl
osity was satisfied, and does not seem TO have
picked up again. 1t is hard TO compare the
sale of the revised edition with thai of the
authorized edition, because the former is too
small to be considered. During the last
month we have sold perhaps 500 or 800
copies Of the authorized edition of the New
Testament, and certainly not more than half
a dozen copies OF the revised version. The
sudden failure of the work, 90 to speak, hss
been a severe blow TO many OF our leading
publishers. Some twenty-five or thirty edI-
tions have been issued, and 81 az expense
Of several hundred thousand dollars. Judg-
ing BY the present sale OF the New Tesla
ment revision, the American publishers will
be few who will undertake 10 spend their
money in the issue of revised editions OF the
Old Testament. / have Tried to get the new
work introduced into Sunday 20 a
book OF reference snd q commentary, and
have uniformly failed. Some influence
seems TO work steadily sgainst it 10 all di-
reclions, and, although my stock of the
books Is very low. do not see the necessity
OF rsplsnishing IT, Scholars and students
seem to like the book, but the general pub
lie ignore it."
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-21

Mr.. Hale called up bill 10 amend the
act passed February %, 1883, 80 as 10 con-
fine it's provisions to the Taxing District Of
Memphis.
There has been considerable alarm on &C
count of the passage of this sct, as the pro-
visions would not, as Intended, be confined
TO Memphis. 1t provides the revenue for
Taxing Districts The bill amending it SIS
above paased ON third reading.
The bill 10 provide relief for soldiers in
Tennessee, who fought in the army of the
late Confederscy, and lost their eyes while
in the army, was then taken up. This bill
provides for pension of $40 month, COM
mencing with January !, 1888. This bill,
by an amendment, also includes Federal SOL
diers who are not pensionsd by the Uaited
States government. The bill passed third
resding-yea' So; nays, q. A motion TO
reconsider was tabled.
The bill by Mr.. Taylor, TO autborjz4 the
city OF Nashville to issus bonds for the pur-
chase of park in some central portion OF
the city, passed first residing
The Railroad Commission bill ctupied
almost the entire time OF the session OF the
House to-day. The Burrus bill was tabled
by forty-four to forty-nine. The caucus
bill will never pass unless modified.
Mr.. Wendell entered he protest OF the
Mempbis merchants against The caucus bill,
in favor of the advisory bill. 1t is also
thought that the caucus hill will not pass
unless the water routes and competing roads
have fair chance.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-21

IT IS not only invalids and children who
delight in Mellin's Food, but large class of
consumers whose digestion require delicate
treatment. The food ia b pourishins, so
delicious, that it would be strange if it WAS
regarded as merely baby's dish, to be taken
as a substitute for something else. This
preparation has become well known in nearly
every household throughout the country; but
as there are always new babies and new TO-
valids, it is well to be reminded of some OF
the foods excellent qualities, and that there
is preparation which dyspeptics, having
once tried, will never be without. Those
with any delicscy of constitution will find
Mellin's Food better than medicine, and the
concentration of nourishing properties.
Every year increases its popularity with the
public, who feel confidence in the genuine
ness and the perfection Of preparation in
dorsed ty I. Meicalf & Co., the well-known
druggists Of Boston-Bo.ten Saturday EveRinq
GGzsifs
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-21
MEMPHIS TENN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH,

Both. Should Commissioner Dudley not send
up for payment the amount be expected TO
send, there might be balance 10 excess of
the cali which natures May LIST for applics-
ton TO the redemption OF the debt, although
there will probably be not isss than S. ,000,-
600 reduction Of receipts during the balance
OF the fiscal year resulting from changes
in the Internal revenue law. The pension
office was asked to-day whether the
Sl0,000,00 in the pension clause, which
should be paid during the present month in
pursuance Of Gen. Dudiey's programme
would be sent forward. Gen. Dudley was
absent from the civ, and the deputy
commissioner responded that he did not
know whether they would send up any pen.
sion claims TO be paid this month or not.
be thought probably they would send up
batch, but If go, he did not think it would be
for over 100000. If this lie the status Of
the business at the pension Office, the treas
ury officials do .iot believe the com missioner
will be able to send up the $40, 0O0, 900 worth
during the re.nsinder Of the year ss he
promised, because this would leave about
S12, 100000 to be settled each month for
April, Msy and June. 1t has been rumored
that Commissioner Dudley would not be
urged 10 hurry his work much because Sec
Rotary FOlger was anxious 10 have enough
snrplus-siter paying the May call of S15,-
100000, and accounting for the expected
deficit in internal revenue receipts, to close
the fscal year with the gold reserve ct fully
forty per cent. OF the legal tenders. At the
present time it is about 100000 below
this point.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-21
ocHlLTREE AND ARTHUR.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE REPRESENTATIVE
IN TIE SANE BOAT.

THE PRESIDENT AND THE REPRESENTATIVES,
IL TIE SANE BOAT.
WASHINGTON, March 20.-Col. Tom Ochil-
tree, iu his efforts to make his election and
his salary sure, despite the unsettled account
which the government holds against him, has
unesrthed the following, which was present.
ed in the Senate February 16, 1880:
Bill for tho Relief OF Collector. now President,
Arthur.
BE It enacted By the Senate and House of Represtd-
tires Of The United SdtS Of America in Congress
ScbLed, That the proper accounting officers be and
they are hereby authorized and directed TO allow
Chester A. Arthur, collector OF the port of New
York, i'll settlement OF his accounts, a credit for
the of SSi36 49, the same being for the sum of
$1,000 in gold coin, sum now charged to the col
lect0r, which was stolen or disappeared from the
Office OF the then cashier of the customhOuse, New
York, January 81, 1876, without tbs default neg
ligence of said collector, or the late VIM. D. Rob
inSon, cashier, and for the sum of S3436 %, the
amount of apparent discrepancy in account OF
proceeds Of sale of unclaimed goods which is I'M
explained by reason of the death of Samuel G.
Ogden, late auditor of the customhouse, who had
charge OF such account snd personally recei we'd
and discussed all moneys thereon curing his
whole term of service of thirty-six years.
AS the bill was never passed, Col. Ochiltree
holds thst the President ought not to receive
cent of hia salary until the amounts which
were stolen and unexplained are made good
| to the government
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-21
PARLOR SOLDIERS.
What the Army and Navy Lobby Has
Been Able 20 Accomplish in the
Way OF Legislation.
Tom 0chilItree and the President-Tar.
III BgitatiOB-The Signal Serv.
ice - Pensions.

WASHINGTON, March 20.-secretary Fol-
gers destination is Fortress Monroe, where
he will remain several days tor rest and re-
cuperation. When the secretary left he was
really very sick man, suffering not only
from his old malarial disorder, but from a
serious st5m lch trouble as we'll The Presi-
dent will remain here to entertain ex-Preai-
dent Disz and party, and will probably Join
Secretary Folger at Fortress Monroe the
latter part of next week, from which point
they will no doubt proceed to Florida. The
Hon. John g. New vas the only official in
the Treasury Department who WAS thorough
ly informed ss to the secretary's plans.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-21

Kansas City, where they hold meeting to-
morrow to consider the new order of thiDgs
under the recent legislation in Arkansas,
which established Board Of Railroad Com
missioners and made three cents per mile the
maximum passenger fare. Other sroada will
probably be represented at The meeting.
An arrangement wss entered into to-day
between the Iron Mountain and 81. Louis
aud San Francisco railroads, under which
the former agrees not 10 take freight for
Van Buren, and Fort Smith, Ark, and the
latter will not receive for Little Rock or
A
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-21
A CANARD.
as,hing Ia the Reported Sink at Reel.
foot LAKE.

NASHVILLE, March 20.-Iu answer to in.
quiries sent out By Mr.. Jesunofsky, of the
Signal Service Office, information has been
received by him to the effect that there
WAS no sinking of land around Reelfoot lake,
as reported several weeks ago. J. L. Car
penter, proprietor of the hotel there, pro
nounces it a canard, and Mr.. Wade, whose
farm is said to have sunk, writes az follows
There Was DO earthquake here at ali; We
only felt the shock as it was experienced
elsewhere. The noise seemed 10 come from
a soulhWesterly direction. There was no
land sunk here, and the statement made by
Mr.. Browder, of Fulton, in substance that
my farm had been inundated, was all false,
and l wish you would have it CONTRA
dic!ed, as l live on the farm which was re-
ported 10 have been auak."
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-21

night two oyster PUNCHES, the Jasper and the In
dustry, cOllided. The Jasper sank. The night
was so dark no assistance could be given. In the
morning the captain and two men were found
dashed in the rigging, one frozen to death. -Four
Others, not dashed, were drowned.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-21
INTERNATIONAL PATENTS.
The Latin CousIries Sign an Agreement
IN Regard TO Patents and
Trade MARKS

PARIS, March 2O.-The representatives of
France, Italv, Belgium, Spain, Portugal,
Roumanis, Sarvia, Switzerland, Brazil, Ar
gentine Republic, San Salvador and Guste-
mala will sign on Tuesday a convention
adopted by the conference which has
been in session here, securing to the citizens
OF the various States the same advantages
with respect TO patents, designs, trade marks
and commercial names that other countries
award to their own subjects. England is
holding off, and will defer action until the
bills now pending in Parliament are passed.
Russia will not sign. America will wait to
see how the convention works. 1t is pos
sible, however, that those States will give
iheir adhesion separately.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-21

Chicago, March 20.--Iu the Circuit Court
to-day, an injunction procured by the Public
Grain and Produce Exchange against the Board of
Trade and the Baltimore ana Ohio Telegraph Com
psny, preventing them from Withholding market
quotations, dissolved to the Board of Trade.
served.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-21
The Plum Point works.

The United Siates Commissioners who are
on tour of inspection in the lower Missis.
sippi thoroughly examined the government
works at Plum Point Sunday last, ard ex-
pressed the opinion that the high water had
done no serious damage TO the finished work,
either there or at Wilson's Point The COM
missioners are now on their way to Atchafa-
lsys, where danger is threatened. The
CroWleys Ridge branch Of the Iron Mountain
railway will resume running trains into
Helens, Ark, tomorrow, the water in the
Llnguille river having fallen enough TO al
low the trestle st that point to be used.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-21
Mr.. CORCORaN.

SOMETHING ABOUT THE MILLIONAIRE PHIL
ANTHRoPIsT-A GOOD MANS WORK
WAsHINGToN, March 20. - Washington
possesses Philharmonic Society which, al
though not quite equal TO some others, ia yet
respectable In point OF ability. Mr.. Corcoran
has requested them to sing "Home, Sweet
Home" at the ceremonies over the rem aims
of John Howsrd Payne, in June Mr.. Cor
coran bids fair TO rival Peter Cooper in
years and vitality. He manages : great for
tune and innumerable public requests, with
the same clearness and vigor OF q man of
forty-fve instead OF eighty-fve. He is one
of the most active of the Washington monu-
ment trustees, and attends every meeting of
the board. He still takes some part in se-
ciety, and says he wants to live to see
Democratic presidanf