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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-05-17
Golden Sands.

The Oroville Mercury devotes considerable
space to gold sand experiments of Almarin
B. Paul, President of the Red Hill hydrau-
lie mine in Butte county. Mr.. Paul recently
began a serious of experiments with the
black sands from the mine that gave him
surprise as to the quantity of gold he found
IN them Black sand worked by Mr.. Paul,
in five tests. produced gold at the rate of
$94O per ton. Mr.. Paul's advice to all
miners working in river, drift and hydraulic
mines is to save all their black sands. All
the rivers-the Feather, Yuba and Ameri-
can and their tributaries-are known to con-
tain large amunt of this black sand, and
which has heretofore been cast aside, from
the fact that it was impossible to get the
gold separated from it. Mr.. Paul gives it as
his opinion that no ton can be gathered from
any washing mine that will not contain at
least 500, and from that upward.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-05-17
He Got 1t.
Free Press.


A farmer hitched his team in front OF
business house on Grand River avenue Sat-
urday. stood up for moment to look up and
down and scratch his ear, and then entered
and said to the proprietor:
II want to converse with you."
'What about?"
THAT'S the point that bothers me. live
out here about eight miles, and have got
through selling my 'taters and am ready to
90 home The old woman told me to be
sure and remember something, but what it
is | can't remember. Perhaps if we open
conversation you may say something to
make me remember the article"
'Well. suppose we talk about the Eastern
question ?"
mo good. Nothing over there to give me
hint"
''How about the recent horrors 2"
Horrors? Horrors?" mused the farmer.
Horrors would mean horticultural, and
horticultural would mean flour. Can't be
that, for we raise our own"
"How about Congress ?"
Congress! That would remind me OF
Congress CATERS, but the old woman wears
calf-skin shoes"
"Anything in the recent bank failures
strike you?"
Lets see. The cashier skips. Nothing in
that. He is arrested. No significance to
that. He compromises and becomes again
good fellow Nothing there-try again
Rather moist day."
Moist? Nothing in that"
1.-The new year is rolling on"
''Rolling-roll-hold on! By the big
spoons you've hit it! Rolling-roll-rolle'
towels! That's it to dot! She wanted six
yards of roller towels, and I'll roll right OF
and get em before my head closes up on me
again. Roll-roller-roller towels-towels
-towels-roller six yards-six roller yard
! toMels-six towel ward rollers"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-05-17
SPRING QJESTIONINGS.

When April airs blow soft and free,
And robins sing right merrily;
When hyacinths perfume the earth,
And insect life finds instant birth;
When dappled skies drop smiles and tears
Of mirth. cOnvulsed by sudden fears
When earth knows not to weep or sing,
Because OF her awakening,
Then, darling, | will come TO thee,
Beloved, wilt thou answer me?
When human nature is in tune
With mother nature, all abloom;
When in your own sweet garden spots
Spring lilies and forget me nots;
When holy thoughts as pure as dawn
Fly up to meet the early morn;
When earth sees all her Wiuter dreams
Spring into life when magic seems
10 rule the hour and love to bless,
Beloved, wilt thou answer, Yes
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-05-17
DEBORAH LEE.

Those who have read Poe's "Annabel Lee will
anpreciate the following parody, as exquisite in
lind as was the original OF that gifted genius,
whose lamp was SO soon extngulshed.I
Tie a dozen or so of years ago
somewhere in the west countree,
That nice little girl lived as ye Hoosiers know,
Nv the name of Deborah Lee;
Her sister was loved by Edgar Poe,
But Deborah by me.
Now was green and she was green,
AZ summer squash might be,
And we loved as warmly as other folks,
and my Deborah Lee,
With love that the lasses OF Hooslerdom
Coveted her and me-
Rut somehow il happened long ago,
In the agueish west countree,
That a chill March morning gave the shakes
To my beautiful Deborah Lee;
And the grim steam doctor Course him. came,
And bore her away from me,
The doctor and death-old partners they
In the anguish west countree.
The angels wanted her up in Heaven,
But they never asked for me),
And that is the reason, ratherg uess
m the agueish west cruntree,
That the cold March wind and the doctor and
death
Took off my Deborah Lee,
Ny beautiful Deborah Lee,
From the warm sunshine and the opening flower
And took her away from me.
Our love was as strong as a six-horse team,
Or the love of folks older than we.
And possibly wiser than we,
But DEATH with the aid OF the doctor ana steam,
Was rather too many for me;
He closed the peppers and silenced the breath
OF my sweetheart, Deborah Lee:
And her form lies cold the prairie mold
Silent and cold-ah me!
The foot of the hunter shall press her grave
And the prarie's sweet wild flowers,
In their odorous beauty around it wave
through all the sunny hours;
The still, bright Summer hours:
And the birds shall sing i'll the tufted grass
And the nectar laden bee,
With his dreary hum on his gauze wings pass
She wakes more to me;
All never more to me
Though the wild birds sing and the wild flowers
spring,
She wakes no more to me.
Vet oft in the hush of the dim, still night,
vision Of beauty see,
Gliding soft to my bedsde-a phantom OF light,
Dear beautiful Deborah Lee
Ny bride that was to be. 81,
And wake to mourn that the doctor and death
And the cold March wind should stop the breath
Of nv darling Deborah Lee
Adorable Deborah Lee;
That the angels should want her up III Heaven
Before they wanted me!
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-05-17
A Sharp Woman.
detroit Free Press.

4
A woman dropped into commission
house on Woodbridge street to purchase
barrel of apples for family use, but did not
mean to be bitten in the purchase.
"Are all the best ones on top" she eau
tiously asked.
"On, no; the contents are alike all the
way through"
'Will you knock the head out of the other
end?"
Certainly, madame" and in two minutes
the feat was accomplished, and she saw the
same grade of choice apples. This satisfied
her that there was no deception, and she
paid over the money. 1t was not until she
related the circumstance at the dinner table
that anything happened to raise doubt in
her mind Then her husband said:
"My dear, I used to buy and pack and
ship apples. The rnle is a peck of nice ones
at either end of the barrel and bushel and
half of holes in the middle. Pass
the butter"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-05-17
A Royal Name for a Common Drug.
New York Tribune.l

New York Tribune.
At Croton common drugs are sold at all
the stores. Recently an Irish woman en-
tered one of them and said to new clerk:
Would yees be after putting up for me a
pound of Queen Annie's powder"
The clerk took down pakage OF baking
powder and was doing it up, when she ex-
claimed
"Not that at all, at all (; me Patrick IS SICK
wild the African faver."
"What feaver?" inquired the clerk.
"The faver 'nagur," replied the woman.
"An wees should see poor Patrick shake. He
hasn't a tooth left and but for the chape-
ness of shad we should not be able to kape
his clothes on"
The woman got the quinine which she
wanted.
1t is fact vouched for by the Oldest in
habitants that during the shad season many
of the people cannot change their ciothes
not from the arduousness of their work, but
because of the number of fish bones that
puncture the skin.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-05-17
A MAY SHOWER.

Down the drops come, tinkle, tinkle
With a sudden dash and sprinkle,
Though as blue as periwlnkle
Was the sky.
Some mysterious hocus-jocus
Knocked above us and awoke us,
Cries little yellow crocus,
With a sigh.
There's a roaring, there's clatter,
There's a smoky dash and spatter
OF the dust, as comes the patter
OF the drops.
Such a drencher, such pelter
is it; yet when helter skelter,
Everything has found a shelter,
Then-it stops!
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-05-17
Sensitive Feelings.
little Rock Gazette.

1.-THE very next time l meet you" ex-
claimed an angry man to a passer-by, "lll
whale you till you can't stand up"
whats the matter 2" asked an acquaint-
ance.
"You see, I owe the devilish fellow, and
he persists in meeting me-"
''Does he insultingly remind you of your
obligation by speaking of it in the presence
of others ?"
mo, he never says anything"
''Then what right have you to complain ~
"Why, he knows devilish well that it is
embarrassing for me to meet him, that it
makes me feel bad, but when he sees me
coming he doesn't get out of my way. Why
doesn't he leave town until pay him ?"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-05-17
Origin of FOOlscap.

The name of foolscap, as applied to paper,
is said to have originated in this way: Dur
ing the Protectorate Cromwell had all the
government paper stamped with liberty
cap. After the restoration Charles II one
day asked for some paper in order to write
a letter. When it was brought he noticed
the stamp, and asked what it meant. On
being told, he said: Take it away, none of
yOur FOOLS cap for me-"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-05-17
The Highest Railroad Viaduct.

The assertion that the new bridge OF the
New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad,
four miles from Alton, is the highest railroad
viaduct in the world, is disputed by La Ma
ture, which claims that pre-eminence for the
bridg ge of Garabit, France. That remarkable
structure is 1900 feet long, and near the
middle of the great central arch the dis
tance from the bed of the river to the rail is
413 feet The length and maximum height
of the Erie bridge are esaid to be respectively
2O51 and 3O1 feet.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-05-17
Precious Lives.

George K. Anderson, of Titusville, is
thought to carry heavier insurance than
any other man in the country. He is in
sured for S35O,OOO J. B. Stetson, of Phila-
delphia, has $4,000; Frank Jones, of Ports
mouth, N. H., $2O5,000; James Park, Jr,
Pittsburg, 100000; w. H. Langly, CALI
polis o. 100000; John How, st. Louis,
100000; Hamilton Disston. Philadelphia,
100000; P. Lorillard, New York City, $3.50
600; F. W. Devere, New York City, $3.50, 900;
Amos Whiteley, Springfield, O., $2O1, 900;
Alexander Barrett, New, York 100000 F.
D. Roberts, New York, 100000.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-05-17
Rousing Her NeIghbor's Envy.

"Now, children" said Mrs. Shoddy as she
finished staining their lips and chins with
rouge "now children, after you have been
out a little while you must ring Mrs. En-
yous' bell and pretend you've called to play
with her little daughter If she asks you
what made the red stains on your face, tell
her you haG strawberries for dinner. There" :"
she muttered, when the children were out
of sight, There, guess she'll be blind
with envy when she thinks have been
able to buy strawberries at forty cents a
pint"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-05-17
A Solid Hitch.
[Kentucky State Journal.

A couple from away up IN the hills came
to town to get married. The groom wore a
clay -colored suit of jeans, broad -brimmed,
black, slouched hat, and a pair OF pants, IN
the mud bespattered legs Of which his high
boots were poked He carried in one hand
black-snake whip He apparently was about
thirty years of age. The bride was indeed a
blooming beauty--a good deal better looking
than the Jersey Langtry, and the same age
that Eve was when she got married, twenty
years Pulling the license out of his pocket,
the love-stricken man asked:
"Be you the Squire y
II be-" said the Squire what is 1t you
wish %
''Have you the power fur to marry peo-
ple?n
Eyes, sir; l have"
Stitch 'em solid? 2"
eyes, sir"
$50 it can't become undone
Eyes, sir"
$50 Sallie can't get mad at any foolish
thing, run off with another feller and get
divorce from me?"
eyes, sir"
Fire ahead, Squire"
The Squire proceeded to business, and
when he got as far as the question to the
girl "Do you take this man for your lawful
and welded husband?" the groom length
ened the ceaemony by putting the following
additional questions to her, for he wanted to
be hitched tighter nur wax: :"
"And you won't have no more to 90 with
Bill Sykes?"
"No."
"Nur Sam Hill?"
"No."
"See here Sally. don't look down on the
floor that way that means you don't know
whether you will or not. Look square in
my face, Sally"
Then Sally looked square in his face, and
he continued
'Nur Jack Powers" ?"
"No."
Here the Squire interrupted, and said:
II don't think it's necessary to pin the
young lady down so closely. She promises
to be your true and lawful wife, and that IS
enough"
esquire, you don't know that gal like
do She's croquette She flirts with every
feller that gets stuck after her, and there are
dozens of 'em. Now, want all that busi-
ness stopped; and 1 want it done here by
law"
$50 be it," said the Squire; Sarah Peters
is welded to you for life, and no power ON
earth can take her from you"
"That's the talk. Come on, Sally; you're
mine We're glued for life. Wait till pay
the Squire"
He paid the Squire dOllar-all he had
and left for his country wagon happier than
he'll ever be again.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-05-17
Gossip About Singers.

Marie Rose is the only singer of distinction
who isn't afraid of catching cold Nilsson
treats her throat as she would sick baby !;
kellogg was afraid to venture out OF doors "a
hours before she sang; Hauk goes to bed and
remains there in complete silence six hours
before she appears in concert; Abbott has
the door and windows OF her room hung
with bed blankets lest draft strike her pre-
cious person; Gerster wears a heavy shawl
while walking the hall OF her hotel-but
Marie Rose is as carele IS of exposure as a
child. She sits in draf s. takes long walks,
drives through all sorts of weather, and lit
arallv defies sickness and the elements.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-05-17

There was am alarm of fire turned in from
an Atlanta artists studio on wednesday
morning, but by the time the departmena'
got there the confagation had been supoueu m
What was it, fire." asked ChieI hyani id
Colonel Bumgardner's portrait" now uiu LII
1t catch ?" II had it nearly all hnishea- aa.
except the nose-and when l LAID the Propei
color on it she blazed up like poiiti@cai @ pon
hra." And what put him out /" ma'e'
water will put the colonel out any tiihe'
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-05-17
MAID OF ATHENS.

Maid of Athens, we must part,
/ hear your father-I must start;
He's broken of his midnight rest;
Discretion on my part is best.
I'd better git.
Maid of Athens, ere go.
Kiss me once, for luck, you know;
Your fathers foot is on the stair
None but the brave deserve the fair
The gas amt lit.
Maid of Athens, Just once more
Little ships must hug the shore;
Hark the dog has broken his chalh'
Zounds am in hard luck again, ;.
Great Scot Pm bit.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-05-17
HumOrs of the Hour.

sSir! those are my own children " she
interrupted, and the way that front door
slammedshis toes Jared every hair on his
scalp lock.
What fools girls are to marry" said q
single lady of mature years. VERY true,
replied her married friend, "but that is the
only way you can bring them to their
senses"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-05-17
ALITTLE CHUNK

Charming maiden crossing street,
Skirts upheld, dainty feet;
Little chunk of slippery mud,
Maiden tumbles with thud;
Dandy masher standing by,
Oily locks and winking eye,
Hastens to the maiden's side
With light and airy stride,
Strikes that little chunk OF mud
And sits down with sickly thud.
Mud, thud,
Thud, mud;
Charming maiden, dainty feet,
Dandy masher in the street,
All mixed up-masher, hirt,
By that little chunk of dirt.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-08-01
MINNESOTA NEWS.

A fire at Watson destroyed six
buildings. Loss 81, 100
Two colored walters at Leip's Ho-
tel were drowned in White Bear
Lake Wednesday.
Farmers in the vicinity Of Wadena
are raising funds to build an indie
pendent elevator at that place.
John Hunter, a Swiss, drowned at
Rochester, Mimi. last week while
washing buggy iii the river.
The Episcopal church at Willmar
was entered by robbers and a silver
pitcher taken from the communion
service.
The St. James Journal says: "It
the wheat crop in this section is all it
promises to be at this date, south
western Minnesota will boom as new
er before.
The residence Of B. T. Ray, in
Judson, Mimi, was entered by burg
lars, while the family was in Manka-
to, and $3.50 in money stolen.
In Window the depot was entered
and an effort made to break open the
safe, but was not successful. The
mail pouch was ripped open and mail
matter was scattered around; express
packages were opened but nothing
missing.
An engine and two freight cars
went over an embankment near Red
Wing. Two attached passenger
coaches remained on the track. The
engineer is the only person hurt by
the accident and his Injuries are not
serious.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-08-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, July u. 1889.

There are many differences Of
opinion here concerning The effect
on the revenue Of the reduction IN
tariff rates. Those interested in
collecting the revenue differ. It is
always so. It is always so where
Internal Revenue rates are chang.
ed. It is so when postage laws are
modified. The best informed per-
sons, or those who should be best
informed, differ as widely as others.
Herein is found by those who think
there should be no early revision of
tariff strong argument in support
of their position. They say that
business should not be disarranged
and capital and labor made uneasy,
and that if experts are uncertain as
to the effect Of proposed tariff legis-
]ation business men, laboring men
and capitalists must be so too.
However, it is hardly likely that
this conservative sentiment will
control Congress-or, at least, the
House when that body assemblies
in December. There is Of late a
revived interest in Mr.. Carlisle's
candidacy for speakership. and that
is believed to indicate an increasing
pressure in favor of radical tariff re-
vision. Randall stock. howe. er,
holds its ground.
The Telegraphers strike, inaugu-
rated last week, has not had def
mite results here so far. Both sides
are losing money-strikers and
companies. Sympathy general is
with the former, though [ think
there is growing public sentiment
that strike is often the best meth
cd of settling difficulty.
News Of the partial victory of
the American rifle team now in
England was received here last
night, and caused a great deal of
good natured rejoicing, as two of
the American marksmen are very
popular residents of this section.
This city, which was twenty years
ago mudhole, adorned by plank
sidewalk, is now not only surpas.
singly beautiful in appearance, but
is metropolitan in it's ways. It not
only attracts countless visitors
from other sections, but its citizens
are beginning to have a reputation
as wide as the country. In fact,
if a gentleman in your neighbor.
hood, of prominence Ia scientific,
political in literary affairs, should
be asked to name a dozen persons
of distinction in ways like his own,
he would inevitably draw upon
Washington's resident population
for a good portion Of his list.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-08-01
Catarrh.

The remarkable results in a dis.
ease so universal and with such a
variety of characteristics as Catarrll.
proye how effectually Hoods Sarsa.
parllla acting through the blood,
reaches every part Of the human
system. A medicine, like anything
else, can be fairly judged only by lis
results. We point with pride to
the glorious record Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla has entered upon the hearts Of
thousands Of people it has cured of
catarrh.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-08-01

The Democratic State convention
meets in st. Paul tomorrow.
Mayor Ames Of Minneapolis and
Judge Nilsson of Winona are the
most prominently mentioned in
connection with the gubernatorial
nomination. 1t is said that the
former is quite anxious to receive
the nomination.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-08-01

4 terrible calamaty occurred on
the Patapso, a landing ten miles
from Baltimore last Wednesday.
An excursion party was waiting
on the pier for the boat in which
to return to Baltimore and when
the boat arrived the crowd rushed
toward it and the pier gave way
percipitating about $50 persons in
to the water, nearly 100 Of which
were drowned.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-08-01

No settlement has yet been
reached between the operators and
the Western Union telegraph COM
pany. Both sides remain stubborn.
and the transaction of all CONNER.
cial business is greatly retarded.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-08-01

A namber of Chicago citizens,
admirers Of Gen. Sheridan, have
presented him with deed to a
handsome residence at Washington.
Illinois people have a substantial
way of expressing their admiration
Gen. Grant was similarly honored
by the citizens of Galena on his re.
turn from the war.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-08-01

The cholera in Egypt is still
spreading and raging undated
where it first appeared. The death
rate at Cairo has become frightful.
The disease is attacking the British
troops quartered in that country. It
may not be many weeks before quar-
.antine measures are in order 1t our
own ports.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-08-01

Scarcely week passes without
some reports in the papers of rape
having been committed in this
State, notwithstanding the sum
mary manner III which justice is
often dealt out to the perpetrators.
The latest comes from Luverne
where a six year old girl is the vic
tim.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-08-01

The boldsmen of the defaulting
treasurer, Dunn, of Wabashaw Co. !,
have effected settlement with the
county commissioners on the basis
Of so cents on the dollar, which still
leaves the county a loser in the am
cunt of nearly $4,000. Detective
Hoy, Of Minneapolis, is in pursuit Of
nnnn
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-08-01
The following is the latest way
of abusing politicians without lot
ting them know It:

ling Llem Know 1T:
The impudent imp imprudently
improved an opportunity to impute
an impious improba bility Il not i'm
possibility to the impecunious but
important NJ. p This imposing
imposition, though imprudently i'm.
provised in an lnlpressiyely i'm
promptu impulse, implicitly i'm
plicates in sn imperspicuous imper.
sonifcation the imperfect nipple.
ment so impeding to impartial i'm
peachment. Impermeable and i'm
penetrable as is his imponderable
impoliteness and impurteraple i'm
perativeness, implicative Of the
impetuous imposter-it in,perially
impels impeccability, thereby i'm.
periling if not impairing the impair.
TALLY impoisoning impolicy-the
import of the impending implex
impingement, implacably impaled
under impeding imprc bity, impuls.
lively impugning the improYvisatore
is at once impartible, impalpable,
and imperishable. The impelline
power Of this imported imp is i'm.
passive Impotence to impearl the
imprisoned impertinence of the
said M. p, that he--the impecuni.
GUS imp--might impawn it. This
impish impiety but adds impetus to
the impenitency Of the impatient
impregnator of Impressions.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-08-01

Contrary to general expectation.
March I Polk, the defaultiDg state
treasurer of Tennessee, having been
convicted Of embezzlement, was
sentenced to Imprisonment for
twenty years, and fined for $780,.
$40. He has applied for new trial
on the ground that Juror Afford
was IN favor Of hanging him.