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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-05-01
krupp's Hammer.

Krupp's 5O-ton hammer bears the name
"Our Fritz" Its blow ON the 1,000-ton
anvil, although the latter rests on a chalotte
of upwards of 100 square feet in size and
surrounded by water, causes defening
noise and conclusion resembling an earth
quake. The hammer bears the inscription
Fritz, let fly" This inscription has the
following history: When, in 1877, the
Emperor William visited the works at Es-
sen, this steam hammer attracted his atten-
ton; Alfred Krupp, the father of the
present head of the firm, presented to the
Emperor the machinist, F ritz, who, he said,
handled the hammer with such nicetr and
precision as not to injure or even touch an
object placed in the center of the block.
The Emperor at once put his diamond
studded watch on the spot indicated and
beckoned to the machinist to set the ham
mer in motion. Master Fritz hesitated
out of consideration for the precious object,
but the "old gentleman Krupp" urged him
on by saying, Fritz, let fly" Down came
the hammer and the watch remained per-
fectly untouched. The Emperor gave it to
the machinist as souvenir, 'old Krupp
added 1000 marks to the handsome present
and cased the above words to be inscribed
on the hammer
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-05-01
Deaf Mutes Increasing.

In a paper read before the National Acad-
emy of Sciences, at New Haven, Prof. A.
g. Graham Bell declares that something
striking is going on among deaf mutes. He
quoted reports of various asylums and in
stitutions for that class, showing that
eighty-two cases out of one hundred deaf
mutes were married to deaf mutes The
total number of deaf mutes in the United
States he gave as thirty-four thousand, or
one out of every one thousand five humid
red of its population. These reports did
not give the information whether these
marriages were in each case between per
sons congenitally deaf those made so by
disease, or between one of each kind.
But the fact of such intermarriage is a
state of things that is tending to create
new variety of the human race, as is
shown by the great increase of the class
in question during the last quarter of a
century. The fact is attracting scientific
attention from many sources, and will be-
fore long become a subject Of legislation in
the United States.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-05-01
CHANGE OF STATION.
The Second Cavalry TO be Relieved by
the First--.ImpOTtant Order.

The following order, which takes from
Montana the Second Cavalry, substituted
by the First, was issued by General Sheri
dan on the 18th inst:
The First and Second regiments of cav
airy will exchange stations. The head
quarters and troops B, ID, F, G, q, ii and l.,
of the First cavalry, will assemble at Fort
Cpur d'Alene, not later than June 10, and
then march, with sufficient wagon trans
portation to carry camp equlpage and
small quantity OF ratiOns and forage, to
Fort Missoula, Montana, where they will
exchange transportation with seven troops
of the Second cavalry, whence they Will be
marched and distributed to their stations
under directions of the commanding gen
eral division of Missouri. Troops A, M, l
and K, First cavalry, will be assembled at
convenient points on the Central Pacific
railway, sent by rail to Helena, MontaIa 4,
and thence distributed by marching to sta
tions under directions of the commanding
general of the division of the Missouri.
The headquarters and troops +, F, g, ID, l.
and of the Second cavalry will assemble
at Fort Ellis, Montana, not later than June
10, march to Fort Missoula, and being
Joined at that point by Troop B, Second
cavalry, will exchange transportation with
seven troops Of the First cavalry and pro-
ceed to Fort Cpur 'Alene, from which point
they will be distributed to stations by
marching under directions of the com
manding general of the division of the Pa
cifc. Troops G, M, A and K, Second cav
airy, will be marched to Helena, Montana,
and sent by rail to such points on the
Central Pacific railway as the commanding
general of the division of the Pacific may
designate, to be distributed to stations
under his direction. Troop E, First cavalry,
Fort Boise, and troop d, Second cavalry,
Fort Ellis, will exchange stations by
marching, exchanging wagon transportation
at some convenient point near old Fort
Hall. The troops will, so far as practicable
ship all authorized baggage by rail. The
commanding general Of the division of the
Missouri will, prior to the commencement
of this exchange, assign the First cavalry
to stations, and the commanding general of
the diqsion of the Pacific will assign the
Second cavalry.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-05-01
Helena, Montana, Thursday, May I, 1884

grave it on copper in fac-simile. He car
ried it to the printing Office of Peter Force;
there he laid it upon an imposing stone
and placed upon it sheet of India tissue
paper of the same size, moistened with
water in which gum arabic had been dis
solved. A heavy proof roller, with a
weight hanging from each end, was then
strongly rolled over the tissue paper,
which was then removed, taking with it at
least one-half of the ink used in writing
and signing the document. A large plate
of polished copper was then covered with
a solution of clear white wax, on which
the tissue paper was placed, with the ink
outward and subjected to the roller. The
ink was, to a considerable extent, forced
through the paper into the wax on the
copper. The graver completing the work,
an exact fac-simile was thus secured, but
at the expense of Magma Charter. 1t is
impossible to revise what has been taken
away, and hardly think that the most
dex,rous workman could restore the ink.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-05-01
THE CHILDREN.
Consideration for Their Feelings
IN, Y. Evening Post. |

IN. Y. Evening Post
There is very likely no conservatism
more difficult to deal with than that dis
played by the young boy in regard to any
change in his apparel. "If l must wear
these cuffs" said an eight-year old boy on
Sunday morning, 81 am not going to
church. The cuffs in question were en-
tirely unobjectionable to the eye of man or
woman. They were probably unnOticeable
also but the boy discovered a morbid
dread Of appearing in them, as they were
not usual addition to his toilet He con-
fessed in confidence to his mother, as they
walked along, that he dreaded the remarks
his Sunday school class would make upon
them.
How little consideration is shown for
the feelings of children. How few parents
realize that the childs world, only, as John
Brown, of Edinburgh said, about three
feet high" has its
TRAGEDIES AND COMEDIES,
its fear of blighting, adverse criticism. So
many times, when garments are chosen,
when the question is not OF expenditure,
but of taste, the children themselves might
be allowed to choose, within certain limits,
what they will have. Who has not seen
this sight; when all the happy boys in the
neighborhood are wearing knee-pants, one
small and weary soul appearing in panta-
looms the exact counterpart of his fathers
and reaching to the heels of his shoes
This life is made burden to him, and
then and there is begotten an uneasy con-
sciousness of self that will require years OF
thought and experience and Of resolute
care to. overcome.
The consciousness of being well and
suitably dressed, so dear to the heart OF
woman and so conducive to her ease, is just
as consoling to a child, and is no more
likely to lead to morbid tondness fol-
dress than is the discomfort occasiOned by
the consciousness that there is something
wrong about his clothes.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-05-01
A Hard Set of Men.

correspondent, writing from Pata-
gOnla, says of the natives of that country:
1T is strange how these creatures manage
to exist in this severely inclement climate,
where it freezes nearly all the year round.
They use no more clothing than that
afforded them by nature, and their huts
are nothing but few sticks tied together,
with few skins and leaves thrown over
the top of them, and their canoes are always
half full of water. The weapons used are
bows; arrows and spears They eat the
flesh OF animals killed in the chase, and
sometimes they catch fish but their prin-
cipal article of food is mussels, of which
there are millions there. They have moth
ing in the shape of corn, wheat or cereals of
any kind, as none grow any nearer than
200 miles away. They will not touch
liquor of any kind. They are in appear
ance something like the Indians one meets
in the altos in Guatemala, but are smaller
and shorter race, aud very much more de-
generated. | should imagine them to be
the very lowest specimens of humanity ex-
isting, and only one link short in the chain
to connect them with the monkey tribe"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-05-01
Women More Daring than Men.

But women are always more daring than
men, exclaims the San Francisco Chronicle
When they want to do thing they will
endure as no man will to accomplish their
ends A woman has very clear idea of
what she is entitled to and what she may
with safety claim She cannot 90 to dog
fight, or wrestling match, or slugging
encounter, although she would like to-
But she can bully man if he does not do
what she is entitled to. She can make
car conductors hair turn gray in the dis
tance of block. She can, ana she enjoys
doing it, drive the most patient stOrekeeper
to the verge of insanity. She is capable
going down town sixteen times to change
paper of pins Those things every
body knows. But if one wants
to see the woman in her high
est state of independence and ag-
gression against man, let him 90 and
quietly look on at a matinee at the theater.
When a woman takes her seat there is no
power on earth that will induce her to
bulge. If one comes late and has to pass
a dozen others to get to her seat she knows
what she has to expect She 'Oes not at
tempt to apologize or implOre- she simply
walks over them, and they make heE If
she doesn't want to. 1t is quite possible
the seat does not belong to her. She
never comes out until the performance is
over, even if the owner has to sit in the
aisle. She will 60 and take vacant seat
in the front row if she sees it, and when
the usher asks for her check she will calm
ly inform him that she will keep the seat
till the owner comes When the owner
does come possession is ten points of the
law and the usher willis.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-05-01
The Echo Boy.

A little boy once went home to his
mother and said:
Mother, sister and | went ont into the
garden, and We were calling about and
there was some boy mocking u.s."
"How do you mean, Johnny?" said his
mother
why said the child, was calling out
Ho!'" and the boy said 'Hon So | said
to him, Who are you? and he answ cred,
Who are you?' / said, What is your
name?' He said, What is your name p
And 1 said to him, why don't you show
yourself" He said, Show yOurself|
And jumped over the ditch and i went
into the woods, and come back and said,
IF you don't come out I'll punch your
head 7"
So his mother said: "Ah, Johnny, f
you had said, love yOu,' he would have
said, i love you Ifyou had said, your
voice is sweet he would have said, Your
voice is sweet Whatever you said to him
he would have said back to you"
And his mother continuing, said :
"Now, Johnny, when you grow and get to
be a man, whatever you say to others,
they will, by and by, say back to you"
And his mother took him to that old text
in the Scripture, with what measure ye
mete, it shall be measured to you again"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-05-01
Getting up a Fight With Ignorance as
Basis.
Detroit Free Press.


During the past week the Lime Kiln
Club has received at the hands OF proml-
nent South Carolina scientist, part OF
vertebra of mastOdOn-one of the playful
animals which lived, roamed and died IN
this country about fifty years before Sosan
B. Anthony was boIn. 1t so happened that
Judge Congo and Walk Around Green were
the first two members to arrive at the hall
at the usual Saturday night meeting and
the relic at once engaged their attention.
Judge Congo squinted up his left eye
puckered his mouth and declared that the
mastodon who lost this piece OF backbone
must have been twenty-four feet long, SIX
teen feet high, and heavy enough to jar the
City Hall by rubbing against corner.
Walk Around Green is heavy on poultry
statistics and light on mastOdons, and II
therefore came about that when Windy
White, Samuel Shin and Sir William
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-05-01
Seen 1t Before.
Wall Street News.1

A Philadelphian was sitting in mining
brokers' Office in Virginia City one day last
fall when a stranger entered and showed
him a pound hunk of silver ore which was
at least ninety per cent. pure stuff.
Found that on one of my hills" he said,
as he drew up chair and sat down.
The ears of the man from the Quaker
City began to work and his heart TO
thump. The native looked green, and per
haps he didn't know the value of that
hill.
What you got? ?' asked the broker, as
he came from behind the desk.
"Oh, nothing much-just chunk l
found on one of my hills" was the reply.
The broker took the hunk, carefully ex-
amined it for minute, and then quietly
remarked:
"Yes, recognize it. sold that hunk
four weeks ago to salt mine in the next
county! Please put it in your coat tail
pocket and move on. 1t is too rich for
your blood
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-05-01
"TOGETHER.'

We were girl and boy together
Gathering wild flowers day by day,
Laughing and singing the hours away,
In the sunny summer weather;
And we played to-day ana tomorrow
Under the yew in the churchyard green,
He was my hero, was his queen.
We knew not thought of sorrow.
And the years went onward flying,
Till one bright day when the spring was born,
And the scented May awoke with the morn,
To the church we two were hieing;
And he vowed we never should sever,
And was blushing all white and red,
So he held my hand to still my dread,
And we were made one forever.
And the old yew tree is signing,
As kneel by grassy green mound,
And the wild flowers blossom around,
Where my lover, my life, is lying;
But perfect peace shall be given,
When my body is sleeping at last
In the silent churchyaTd of the past,
And our souls find rest in Heaven.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-05-01
Burmese Money

The same money is used in the British
possessions in Burmah as in India. The
rupee is the unit, and is worth about forty
one cents in American money. There are
silver coins representing the fractions of
the rupee, halves, quarters, and even
eighths. Then there are annas, sixteen OF
which 90 to make rupee, and their frac-
tions. Then, again, there ARE 'pies," three
of which make one pice. The mathemati-
cally inclined reader may settle for him
self the exact value of pie
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-05-01

Tompkins arrived it was to find terrific
struggle going on between the two men
and the backbone kicking around under
the benches. The combatants were sepa-
rated, but had not got the blood wiped of
before Brother Gardner arrived and opened
the meeting When the triangle had
sounded and Waydown Bebee had finished
his lonesome coughing fit, the president
arose and said:
"Gemlen, human natur' am a mighty
Gurus thing. De average man will git mad
an fight harder Ober what he dorm know
an has no chance to fin out dan fur sun
thin he am posted about What Judge
Congo dOan' know about mastodons would
make book as big as a one horse wagin
What Walk Around Green doan' know
bout de same animile would weigh two
tons an a half. Darfore dey were de
very two men to git up fight wild ignor
ance fur de basis.
1T has been so from de beginnin. an
will be so to de end Men who know de least
bout de Bible have de moas disputes ober
it. De biggest ignoramusses on astronomy
an philosophy hold to deir opiniyuns de
strongest an de longest Prejudice will
beat facks nine times outen ten, an bigotry
am de club which knocks down sense an
argument. Judge Congo wouldn't take an
inch or an ounce off de size an weight of
dat mastodon, though he neber saw one nor
come widin three thousand ya'rs of it.
Walk Around Green wouldn't believe one
side Of no sich story bekase mastodon
wasn't chained up at de doah whar' ne
could measure him wild two foot rule.
Neither would accept material history am
scientific research.
While daI' am some mitigatin' sarcum-
stances an excuses fur dis quarrel de SEN
tence of dis char am to de effect dat both
offenders shall pay fine of two dollars
an a half an costs.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-05-01
Evolution and COnyolutiOn.

'Where do all the horses come from,
father?"
well, they come from little colts, my
boy"
0Do colts turn into horses 2"
'They grow to horses-yes."
'Where do white horses come frOm?"
''From the same"
swell, now, boy at school told me that
cigarmakers when they died turned into
white horses"
Nonsense, child"
swell, good little children turn into
angels, don't they?"
Certainly"
"What do you think you will turn into,
father?"
Il think I'll turn into bed"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-05-01
HUMAN NATURE.

4 beggar man crept to my side
One bitter wintry time
~ want to buy drink" he cried,
Please give me, sir, a dime"
If he had craved this boon forlorn
To buy his family meat,
had passed on in silent scorn
And left him in the street.
| tossed the money in his hand
And quoth, "As DER your wine
Within the tipping room you stand,
Drink then To me and mine"
He let an earnest, thank ye" drop
Then up the street he sped
And rushed into bakers shop
And bought loaf of bread!
! know not why il was, snd yet,
so sudden was the blow,
I felt emotions ofregret
That he had duped me SO.
Vet, had the hungry beggar said
That he was sore in need
OF that necessity called bread,
What man would pay him heed?
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-05-01
The Persian Academy of Silence and
the Philosopher Zeeb.
Lahore (Ind.) Gazette. |

LldlloIe Niilu'J piESllt'l
Long ago there fourished in Persia an
academy called that of silence, whose
tenets inculcated vast amount of thought,
a very little writing and no talking at all.
The number of academicians was strictly
limited to one hundred. One of the mem
bers died, and at that very time there was
living at the other extremity of Persia a
most learned man, Zeeb by name. No
sooner had he heard OF the vacancy in the
Academy of Silence than, seized with a
laudable desire Of filling it, he posted up
as fast as horse could carry him. Mean
while a court favOrite, renowned for his
talking propeEsities, had been installed in
the vacant place. The CONSERVATION OF
the fellows may therefore, be imagined
when the learned Zeeb sent in his name as
craving admittance. The president de-
termined to give him an audience in full
council to show their regret. Zeeb there
FORE was ushered in, and the president
taking glass. filled it as full as ii could
possibly hold, so that another drop would
cause it to overflow. Zeeb understood the
allegory, but seeing rose leaf lying on
the floor, he picked it up and placed it
gently on the water, which did not run
over The members were so charmed at
this that they instantly admitted him
member regardless of all rules to the con-
trary. The book was brought to him to
sign his name in, which he did, adding the
numerals 100 and then prefixing a nought
thus 0,100? showing that the number and
and worth of the academy were not in
creased by his admittance. However, the
president, charmed with SO much modesty
in so learned man, scratched out the
nought and and added a one in its place
1,100-thus implying that the academical
worth was increased tenfold by his pres
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-05-01
FreckIeS.
New York World. |


Every editor gets letters from beautiful
young women and goodlOOking young
men inquiring how they will get rid of
freckles. Ordinarily the good hearted edi-
tor advises his young friends to rub their
faces with lemon juice and salt He offers
the advice as a matter of convenience, not
as a matter of conviction. 1t is the easiest
thing to do. Having now accumulated
half score of letters touching on this i'm
portant su 1iect, we are moved to tell the
whole truth Our advice to all who wish
to get rid of freckles is-don't The thing
to get rid of is the wholly erroneous notion
that freckles are uncomely and ignomin-
ious. This popular illusion has held sway
long enough Freckles are caused by the
sun acting upon the coloring matter of the
epidermis. Without sunshine there would
be no freckles. The more sunshine the
more freckles To this fact must be added
the other equally important one, that the
sun is the sole source of life and health
and beauty on this planet, and the more
sunshine the more health and life and
beauty-among which must be placed
freckles.
The chief iniquity Of our good-looking
young heh anu "oih0h 10 ehSii iiioi 'o'i i0AA
of sunshine One sex shut it off on every
occasion, lie abed till it is half spent, ex-
pend their energies by gaslight, carry silk
shields to keep it off, cover their faces with
enamel to exclude it. Freckles are there
fore badge and pledge of certain nor
NAL healthfulness of action. When you
see girl with freckles your heart knows
that she was never enamelled. She has
been with the sunshine, and ten to one her
blood is pure and her pulse high. She may
not be able to play Camille, but she will
dance under Maypole and escape the
neuralgia.
Properly viewed, freckles are beautiful.
Ten to one Helen of Troy had them, and
Hebe and Juno, for they lived in the sun,
and lemons and salt were not thought of.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-05-01
Declaration of Independence.

Fresh correspondent, says Washington
letter to the Boston Budget, are indulging
in the recital of the story repeated every
few years that the ink is fading from the
Declaration of independence This sacred
document is deposited in the elegant
library of the Department of State in
wooden case with glass doors. 1t is writ
ten OH single skin of parchment In an
elegant, engrossing hand which remains
legible The signatures, however, are fast
disappearing, and of the autograph Of John
Hancock only few letters remain visible.
Ben Franklin's name cannot be seen, and
only eleven signatures out of the fifty
three can be read without magnifying
glass. 1t is asserted that under the action
of sunlight the ink is fading out, and there
have been many propositions for its restor-
alton. Congress few years since actually
appointed commission to report whether
this faded out ink could not be restored.
The truth is, however, that the ink is not
faded, but stolen.
Years ago, when John Quincy Adams
was Secretary of State, an ingenious Eng
lish engraver obtained permission to take
the Declaration of Independence and en-