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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-07-05
Helena, Montana, Thursday, July 5, 1855.
The Massacre OF the MameIukes.

This citadel, Cairo, was in 1911 the scene OF
massacre ofthe Mamelukes by Mohammed Ali,
deed of base treachery, but of consummate
policy; coup d'etat, in fact The Name
lukes had risen from the position Of slaves
to that of Sultans. The last but one, Sui
tan Ghoree, was slain in battle in Syria, and
his successor Toman Bey, was routed on the
plain between Cairo and Heliopolis. He
was taken captive and hanged, and his head
stuck on the malefactors' gateway, Bah
Zooaylen. Though the supreme power had
thus passed away from them, the Name
luke aristocracy still maintained their
ancient valor, till their brilliant cavalry was
routed by Napoleon at the battle of the Pyr-
amids and but small remnant left These
Mameluke mobiles had helped Mohammed
Ali to the Pashalik, but it is supposed that
they had changed their minds and
were plotting to destroy him. At all
events, having used them as the ladder to
his ambition, he found it expedient to get
rid of them. He therefore invited them all
to be present within the citidel, when a
pasha was to be invested with some military
command. Four hundred and seventy of
these magnificent beings accordingly rode
up in great state, but when they turned to
depart they found the gates closed, and from
every corner murderous fire Of musketry
rained upon them. From this horrible car
mage one alone escaped, Amyn Bey, who
forced his horse to leap the rampant, a fall Of
forty feet. Happily he lighted upon heap
of rubbish, and though the horse was killed
the man escaped, and, giving himself into
the care of the Arabs, found protection dur
ing the ensuing days, when the houses of the
Mamelukes were plundered, and and all
their relations, numbering about 900, MUIR
dered, and the gate of Bah Zooayleh literally
covered with these CHASTITY trophies, the
heads Of the slain. It is said that from this
final massacre one other man escaped, Sulei-
man Aga by name who disguised himself in
the long blue robes of an Arab woman, and,
thus yelled, escaped his foes. This man had
been the Pasha's prime favorite, and the
story goes, that, without showing any special
disgust at his friends treachery, he returned
to his post of favorite, and even repeated the
little joke of dressing up as an Arab damsel,
who, appearing before his highness as sup
plant, pleaded her own cause with volubil-
ity, and carried her case, whereupon, remov-
ing her veil, she displayed the features of
Suleiman, who is affirmed by English eye
witnesses to have continued for many years
the cordial friend of the Pasha and other
great folks in Cairo.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-07-05
Dreadful Experience in Missouri Tor
nadO.
West Plains (Mo.) journal. |

West PlalnS tMO.) journal
Mr.. Mitchell, who lives some six miles
south of West Plains, had his house blown
down on the night of the tornado. Hearing
the approach of the terrible storm, he told
his wife to gather the children and get into
the celler with them as speedily as possible,
at the same time bracing himself against the
outside door to prevent it from being blown
open and calling to his assistance his Oldest
child, lad some ten years of age. The Gel
lar was no more than hole excavated under
the floor, scarcely large enough to hold a
half dozen persons in standing position,
and reached by trap. After holding the
door alone for while, Mitchell turned to
see if the boy was beside him, and as he was
not there concluded that the lad had also
taken refuge in the cellar, and, abandoning
the door, he also jumped into the hole, and
not moment too soon, for as he did so the
crash came The logs of his house few in
all directions, and the lamp went out On the
instant, leaving all in utter darkness, only
as lighted by momentary flashes Of the most
brilliant lightning. All was done in an in
slant, and then came calm, while the rain
poured in torrents into the pile of debris 1t
was then he heard the muffled sounds of a
child, half crying, half choking He felt
around in the group of children, and one
was missing. Then he jumped out upon the
floor, and guided by the sounds, crawled
over the fallen timbers till he reached the
little fellows bed. One Of the top logs of
the side of the house had been thrown in
wardly, one end resting upon the few end
logs of the house that remained in place,
and the other end dropping upon the bed,
which it had crushed nearly to the floor,
while upon it, with head covered with quilts
to shut out the horrors Of the night, lay the
boy, with the heavy log directly across his
face. mastering all his strength, Mr.. Mitch
ell Lifted the log and released the little pris-
oner, who, strange as it may seem, was more
frightened than hurt, but would have smoth-
cred to death in few moments had he not
been relieved. The little cellar undoubtedly
saved the lives of most Of the family, for the
house had fallen down nearly to the floor.
except at one end, and the logs that COM
posed it were piled promiscuously inside.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-07-05
THE SMACK OUT OF SCHOOL.

The sun shone in through waving bough
Of elm trees by the door,
Across the row Of feet that toed
The chalk mark on the floor.
Down at the foot of that long line
Of spoilers, standing there.
Was Allen Dean, with quiet face
Framed round with stiff tow hair
The fair young teacher called this boy
THE Ounce of Wheaton SCHOOL,
But Aliens wits, though slow, were keen,
And since to lawyer Poole
This same fair teacher gave kiss,
50 slyly, as she thought,
rhe boy, with mischievous delight
A cunning plan had wrought.
Next morning Allen charged his class
To learn their lesson well,
For young Squire Po le that Afternoon
Would come to hear nem spell.
And this was all /: the! never knew
What else was on hls mind,
Until the teacher gave out smack,
To be spelled and defined.
Twas Aliens turn he raised his eyes
To watch the lawyers face,
And spelled the short word slowly through
With calm and steady grace.
Define it, sir" the mistress said
For, courage to acquire.
The boy had paused-"Why, ma am, said h
ITS what you gave the Squire"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-07-05
Solid Milk.
New York Sun. |

To make condensed milk is sub
jected to heat of some 23O degrees, which,
it is said, scalds it. By new process the
heat is only about 13O degrees, and the pro-
duct is called evaporated milk. When the
time of exposure to that moderate heat is
sufficiently prolonged all the watery part of
the milk is driven of, and the remnant is
tough, solid mass, creamy white in color
and much resembling a dried chunk of
wheat-four dough. That is granulated, by
artificial means; little fine white sugar is
added to make it keep, and then it looks
like corn meal, and is called granulated
milk. The evaporated milk is only about
half as near solid as the condensed milk, but
is very rich, and so little affected by the
process through which it has passed that
when water is added the most delicate taste
cannot detect difference between it and
pure natural milk; cream rises on it and
butter can be made from it. The same desir-
able peculiarities belong to the granulated,
milk. The evaporated milk is used in the
Nursery and Child's Hospital, and on.most
IF the steamship lines. The granulated is
made to keep in all climates, for any desir-
able length of time.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-07-05
OCEAN ETIQUETTE.
Right Ofthe Captain. How the Doe
tor Makes Himself Agreeable.

Nowadays the Captain of crack ocean
steamer must not only be a frst-class sailor,
but he must also be a man of infinite tact
and method. with a thorough knowledge OF
W at society" requires at his hands To
| sit at the right of the Captain at the table
at once accOrds to the occupants OF that dis
tinguisled honor the highest place in the
society scale On board ship. and the posi-
ton is competed for with an amount Of
anxiety that is very amusing The senior
surgeon and his assistant when two
are carried) act as deputies, and rank,
socially, next in Importance to the Captain
himself How to accommodate the various
claims for this coveted position is matter
of serious moment. The personnel of the
passenger list is searched at least forty-eight
hours before the vessel sails. Very often the
Purser is called into consultation, and the
difficulty is finally settled by placing card,
bearing the passengers name, upon his or her
plate From this decision tn re is no appeal.
1t frequently happens, however, that one or
more persons may consider themselves
sighted, and where it is probable that the
imaginary slight will disturb the social har-
,nony the Captain escapes by taking his
meal in his own room.
A good story is told by Purser Neppins Of
the Cunard line: 1T is the rule, sir" said
a steward to tall, fair passenger, Ito put on
a frOck coat at dinner" This was after the
vessel had been two days at sea. The pas
senger persisted in wearing his suit Of light
tweed, and the request was reiterated on the
following day, which happened to be a
stormy one. The vessel lurched heavily,
but the passenger approached in a frock coat
of exquisite fneness. The contents of
plate of soup, however, destroyed its gloss,
and the gentleman retired abruptly in con-
fusion. He said nothing, however, until
Liverpool was reached, when placing letter
in the hands of the Purser he desired him to
give it to the manager of the line. Its con-
tents were as follows
The-line
To the Earl of Airlie DIR;
To spelling one frock coat to oblige the COM
pany. e. IS.
n Blight tweed is more appropriate for
grease spots than black cloth in heavy weather.
The doctor is one of the most busy men on
shipboard. between his professional and
social duties his time is fully occupied. To
his watchful care is generally consigned the
remnants of the unprotected female passen-
ger consignment. He has also to arrange for
the ships musicales. 1t is he who generally
gets up the programme for benevolent pur-
poses toward the end of the voyage. He
manages harmoniously the hundred and one
little disputes that invariably arise. It's he
who contrives that the little cliques and sets,
with which every ocean traveller is familiar,
shall not clash. In brief he balances the
social equilibrium.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-07-05
A Rhode Island Girls Racket"

The Providence Journal tells the following
story of little miss of in that city who is
destined to be one of the girls of the period"
at a very early date: On Wednesday last
her mother sent her with a kerosene can to
obtain oil at the corner grocery. On the
way she met one Of her boy playmates and
asked him if he did not want to 60 to the
matinee, and the response was prompt
Yes" Come along, then,' said she. The
two went to one of the theaters aud she
bought two front seat tickets, rendering in
payment S. bill. The little girl dragged
the Oil can, her escort evidently lacking
chivalric courtesy. They enjoyed the per-
formance greatly. After it was over the
girl, carrying the can, led the way to Til
linghasts saloon, where she ordered ice
cream and two chickens. The attendant
tried to persuade the child that one chicken
was sufficient, but she was firm in demand
ing two. saying: 1--WE want enough to eat .
A chicken was furnished each. The girl de-
mclished hers and the ice cream, but the boy
stopped at the chicken. The young miss
settled the bill, and the two trudged home
ward, she carrying the can which she had
filed before reaching home. To the ques-
tiOns Of her mother as to where she had
been she gave evasive answers and said moth
ing of her escapade. Not so with the lad,
however he went home and related his ad-
venture. He told what fine time he and
the girl had, where they had been and what
they had eaten. His mother, wishing to
test the truth of the matter, took him to her
neighbor's house, where the two children
were faced. The girl was indignant, and,
with tears in her eyes, snapped out When
take you to another matinee, let me know
it." The boy sheepishly hid himself behind
his mother, while the girl was led off to
bed
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-07-05
General Crook.

General Crook is about SO years Of age,
tooks little more than 40. He is about i've
zee, ten incGes high, wiry as a greyhound,
.l anu can ourride and outmarch any man IN
me ~. American army 1t is historical fact
mat be lived for three days on no other
punishment than tree bark during one OF
~ campaigns against the Indians. He has
iaI complexion, his hair is short, straight
anu au cut short, and he has large bushy
'eafd, which divides naturally in the center.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-07-05
The Press.

CASTELAR,, the Spanish statesman, the bril-
liant orator and accomplish essayist, whose
meridional imagination Leal pronounced one
of the most exalted of the century, is the
author of one of the sincerest tributes of
genius to the press. This tar-seeing and
dispassionate critic declared that in contem-
plating the newspapers, the brain of all
humanity" he felt rapturous pride in his
epoch, a thrill of compassion towards the
ages which We're unacquainted with this
powerful channel for human intelligence,
the most extraordinary of human creations
He could comprehend society without en-
gines, telegraphs and the thousand marvels
which modern industry has sown in the
triumphal path Of progress, but could not
understand society without the daily press.
Athens, resplendent with her legions of
sculptOrs and poets, and her assemblies
where each discourse was q hymn, brought
to him memories that but saddened, in that
it had no newspapers. After considering
the partialities and I'M ustice and falsehood
and degradation chargeable to the press, in
fiuenced as it is by human passions and
hates and the greed of men after weigh
ing the good and the evil by the balance of
truth, he bursts forth in this eloquent trib-
ute to those who in day finish the i'm
iAChSC 1e'''ol VI ~ iAO"oPesPSA Iifto iACA
citizens of the world, and at which tribute
journalism may pause moment without
vanity, in the hot race, as at cooling
spring whose waters refresh and renew:
"LabOrers Of the press, modest and OBJ
scure writers, you have never been able to
measure the great Importance of your occu-
patton, because you live in the midst OF it,
and consider it almost a portion Of your
own being. But, alas without you the
most illustrious parsonage would be lost,
the most glorious works would be as bells
sounding in space. You bear to each indi-
vidual the sorrows of all others you bring
to the afflicted the hopes CT all humanity.
Your pens are like the electric wires, which
unite the most distant regions of our planet
Your ideas resemble the atoms of air in
which our souls respire-They are the moral
atmosphere Of the globe. 1t is necessary to
weigh well all the gravity of such a minis
try in order to exercise it with becoming
grandeur and dignity. 1t is one Of the most
sublime works of which the human under
standing is capable"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-07-05
4 Wedding a la Railroad.
New Orleans Times-Democrat

New Orleans Times Democrat.
Last night quite large number of guests
were present at the residence of Colonel jim
gleseN to witness the marl..sr lovely
daughter with our esteemed young fellow
citizen, Major Raoul Baptiste McGilligan.
Colonel Jinglesex was the general manager
of the entire guest system, and had his
headquarters established in the dining room,
and only left his post and the side board,
where the gentlemen were often side-tracked
for repairs, to go through the parlors on a
tour of inspection. Mrs. Colonel Jinglesex
acted as superintendent and yardmaster, and
most the time was employed in the kitchen,
where she had the supper courses made up
and saw that they left on schedule time.
The whole thing was real ten-foOt driver,
Miller platform affair and will long be re-
membered by those who were fortunate
enough to receive invitations A few mo-
ments before the arrival OF the preacher who
was to pull the bell-cord for the matrimonial
train, old Colonel Jinglesex left the side
board and started upgrade with a heavy
load. The consequence was he slipped an
eccentric, and came into the parlor running
on one side, but was tagged down in time to
PACNCAC AAAA AOu1 lIlo
through bay window The old gentleman,
in stopping to fill his tank so often, lost the
right on way, and did not witness the cere-
mOny.
The bride was slender beauty, and her
eyes were of a peculiar pea-blossom blue
color, and when her lips parted in a smile
they looked like some one had opened red
pocketbook She was dressed in flowing
robe of yellow tinted bobbinet muslin, la
ecru looped up at the sides with Hungarian
pompadour of blue grenadine and tchus of
Queen Anne gimp The dress was cut on
an incline of forty eight degrees across the
shoulders and curved around under the left
arm. The bosom of the fair bride was COW
cred with a trestle- work OF Louis XIV. lace,
and her waist was surfaced up and filled
in" with artificial flowers, made attractive
by several narrow-gauge short lines OF red
trimmings, which skirted around and CEN
tered at a common terminal point On the
crest of her polonaise Down the front of the
robe was a midland route Of antique buff
serge, intersected by numerous feeders of
costly tez marino
The wedding was bon ton everything
moved on schedule time, and along the
whole line not low joint or high GEN.
ter jolted the gentle glide of happiness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-24
STORIES ABoUr THE czAR NICHOLAS
A. G. SwINBURNE.

From The London Times
In 1913 when instructions were raging all over
Europe, riot broke out IN 81. Petersburg, owing 20
the unpopulaTity OF a police officer. Nicholas
Jumped INTO a e-horse sleigh, was driven to the
scene of the urbance, and, marching alone into
the mob ordered that three rlnglelders should sur
render. His terrible presence at once cOwed the
rioters. Three men stepped out, went by his orders
to the police Office and were there logged. The
Gar never showed mercy 10 mutinecTs and no
doubt the men knew quite well what punish
ment awaited them when they gave
themselves up few years before this,
in 1914, when Nicholas paid visit to England. hIs
grim looks made our Court uucOmfor able. Lady
LytteltOn. after saying in one of her letters how
grand and handsome he was, adds:-" The only
fault in his face II that he has pale eyea She's SO
that his enormous and very brilliant eyes have
shade; besides which they have that awful look I'M
parted by occasloned glimpses of white above the
eyebal which gives HIM an expression o. savage
Nildness His has an awkward character of
deep gravity almost sadness, and strange want of
smiles" The Cars military habits also caused
asfonishment at Windsor After wearing civilian
clothes for couple of DAYS. he begged the Queen
TO permit that he should resume MS uniform for he
found the other clothes uncomfortable. He slept on
"A leather sack stuffed with straw. The first thing
his Wallets did on being shown ms bedroom at Wind
sor Castle TO go 10 the stables for clean
trusses, proceeding which, as Baron Stockmar re-
marked, was pronounced by our English
men TO be alectatiOn; but afectatiOn or not, the
Emperor adhered to the practice through life" The
Cars soldierly tastes explain the quality OF his
rule AS obedience Is reckOned aylrtue IN soldier.
Nicholas was resolved that II should be regarded rs
such by his subjects; and he also had in him a
strong notion OF the arid potestas calling himself
father of his people, and maintaining that his
children ought not to feel degraded by any order
be gave OF any punishment which be inflicted:
One night at Court bali young Prince korta-
soy made n foolish remark, which the Gar over
heard. You'll walk up and down the ballroom
all night when the guests have gone and cry out In
a loud voice. Il am puppy" said bis Majesty,
and the frightened young gentleman did as he was
hidden. Horace Vernet, the French painter, who
was at st. Petersburg when this happened. SAD
that the affair "sickened him. so that be declined
an invitation which had been given him 70 live IN
one of the Imperial palaces for year while he did
some work for the Emperor. The frenchman ana
the Russian autocrat were rot likely to agree upon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-24
THE SUBMISSIVE GERMAN WOMAM
Colonel Higginson in The Woman's Journal

Colonel Higgnson in The Woman's Journal
The Young Western States, which should natuaIly
be the homes of all progress. are filing up, on an
enormous scale, with a race of men in many respects
admirable, but accustomed to views which are very
close to barbarsm, in all that concerns the cohui-
tion of women.
It needs but to travel in Germany or to converse
with those recently returned thence, 70 feel the I'M
portance of this fact 1t is not long sIn its
a German lady, asked her why there
wasso much aslonlshment in boarding houses houses
", Ts' ,a seen e German a
gentleman blacks his own shoes" Who does IL
:" His servant" Suppose he cannot afford to keep
servant" Then his wife does ~ ~ 10 s you
approve of that I" Certainly do was the hhal
answer was not woman created to he the servant
of man 7"
All the theories of social courtesy in Germany, so
far as have known. imply Difference as due to the
man, not the woman. young physician lately
from Berlin was telling me, the other day, that at
his clearinghouse there, soon after arrival; ne
stepped aside 90 give precedence to a lady who like
himself, was entering the dlnng-Toom. enc osggssu
him to precede her, and when he declined; she
sidled reluctantly in keeping her face always
entiay turned toward him, as toward a crowned
head. This happened two or three times nnlli sue
at last demonstrated with him, pointing out that
nobody else did as he did and that 1t made 10 aWk-
ward for her. After tins, observing that every
OF her man in the family made his way into tue am
ing-room and left the ladies' TO follow as they COULD
he found il easier 10 do the same, and so adopted
the common practice But is 1t strange mat our
young Ameucaps after .hrec or four years OF suCb
social training, return home TO advocate, In me
Pointer Science Monthly the inierlorlty OF woman
Mrs Pitman in her European BreszeS" gives an
amusing account of the awkwardne2s of bunga-
nan army-ofScers at being asked TO hold Iady
shawl for her; since their professional! etiquette
fofbids their carrying anything in their hands.
Bnt the same il the rule in all good society ia Ger
many. and If a gentleman and lady Walk together
in the street IL is only the lady, not her escort
whom pIoprirty permits 10 carry parcel. TO such
q paradOxicai extent does this go, that lady once
begged OF young Amercag TO allow hsr. lor nf rd
own sake to carry the bundle; 1t would never DO
for her 10 be seen walking with a man who would
so degrade himself n 20 take IT, THIS throws light
on the story-whlch has always seemed little IN
credible--of Rev DR.. Christ.leb's remark that the
spirf OF Christ must he wanting IN America, since
he had more than once seen husband fetch hls
wiie's shawl for her. Bear ye one GROihcr's bur
deus was not TO found. it seemed m the good
pastors Bible. And the Bible OF German science
seems eaually destitute OF any such passage, IT
look. rs il the whole civilized world were in lair
way to he perceptby retarded through the curious
Laoswardness of one highly educated but senl-
civilized nation.