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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-07-16

t'W. q. T." in Chicago Timesl
/ think that il was on the day of Port Re-
public df my memory be not at fault that
Gen. jackson had -tu1lered A. T. Eill 70 take
"A certain pJsitiOn anl hoil IT, He AMI some
Of his >taff were sitting on horseback ON the
top Of hill. il. the drizzling ram, trying To
see what was going on in various parts OF
the field Jackson" as one OF the staff re.
Gently sail, was the dingiest looking man
in the crowd. as usual; bs had on tho same
old cape, that was once gray, but waS now a
yellowish brown, the same old clothes that
be had worn wuen he brought those cadet
from the institute on that hot day. ami The
same cap whose brim had bid the clock from
his vision on that day; and the water pour
ling of hin at every corner, and off kis an
gular, raw-boned sorrel that he bought
from drove at Harper's Ferry FOR 500 in
goli, aud which is now one of the curiCsities
at tae New Orleans exhibition. did not inn
prove tue general appearance Of the motion
le : figures.
=. J. Hill was holding an importants po-
sit;olA and the enemy knew it, and were
making things very hot for him. Finally
an aid came up at a gaIlop. Gen. jackson,
Gen. Hill presents his compliments and says
that his ammunition is getting wet. AMI no
wishes to know if be cannot retire There
was no silent debate on Jacksols part: al
most Immediately came the answer: Give
my compliments 10 Gen Hin. ami tell him
that the enemy's ammunition i getting Just
as wet as his Is. Water won't hurt his bay
onaf- >
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think too much is said bv the men in a
light and hippant manner about the anxiety
OF young ladies 20 secure a home and hus-
band, and still they dodeserve a part of il, as
| feel that | do now for assuming great
burden when was comparatively independ-
ent and comfortable
Now, will YOU suggest any advice that YOU
think would benefit the yet unmarried and
self-supporting girls who are liable to make
the same mistake that ! did, and thus warn
them in manner that would be 80 much
more universal in its range and reach so
many more people than l could II | should
raise my voice. DO this and you will be CRATE
fully remembered by Ethel.
1t would indeed be tough, tough man
who could ignore thy gentle plea, Ethel
tougher far than the pale, intellectual hired
man who now addresses you in this private
and underhand manner.
You say that you had more pocket money
be5ore you were mNrie1 than you have
since, Ethel and you regret your rash step.
l am sorry 10 near It. You also say tGE. you
wore better clothes when YOU were single
than you do now. You are also panied over
that. IL seems that marriage with You has
not paid any cash dividends. Soft YOU mar
ried Mr.. Ethel as financial venture it was
q mistake You do not state how il has
affected your husband. Ftrhaps he had more
pocket money and better clothes before he
married than he has since. Sometimes two
people do well in business b. themselves, but
when they 90 into partnership they bust
higher than a kite. If YOU viii allow me the
free English translation Of ROman expires
sion which you might not fully understand
if / should give il 70 YOU in the original
Roman.
Lots Of Self-supporting young ladies have
married and have 20 go very light on pin
money after that, and still they did not
squeal, as you, dear Ethel. They did not
marry for revenue only. They married for
protection This is a little political bon
mot which / thought of myself. Some of
my best jokes this spring are jokes that
thought of myself)
No, Ethel, if you married expecting 70 be
a dormant partner during the day and then
TO 20 through Mr.. Ethel's pockets at night
and declare a dividend, of course life Is fuD
Of bitter, bitter regret and disappointment.
OF course | want 70 do what is right in the
solemn warning business, 20 l VIII give
notice 10 all simple young women who are
now self-supporting and happy that there is
no statute requiring them 10 assume the
burdens OF wifehood and motherhood unless
they prefer 10 do So Ii they now has
abundance Of pin money and new clothes
they may remain single if they wish without
violating the laws Of the land. This rule is
also good when applied to young and self
supporting young men who wear good
clothes and have funds in their pockets. No
Young man who Is free, happy and indePen-
dent need invest his money in family or
carry a colicky child q miles and laps in
one night unless he prefers it. But those
w..o 20 into il with the right spirit Ethei,
10 not regret il.
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He meekv replied. Il do, madam " 'We!l.
said she, my man says he is one of YOU, and
! want you 10 tell me II he is an inside watch
man, and has he been appointed for 3D0
nights 20 watch the Jewels. And do YOU
have six meetings a week. Anc does he
have 10 crawl through some of them in the
daytime, and lose . da"'s work trying 10 he
= Doddle grand, or "A past grand bugler, or
some such name he tells me OFF,
The Young man said that she must have
been ml-iuiormed, that there was something
wrong; but she interrupted him with
There. you needn't try 10 play sIEarts.
understand all about this grip business and
silent secrecy and mum password, and YOU
can't fool me! You wouldn't tell me any
thing for a farm in SeekOnk. would YOU,
don't suppose YOU would tell me when my
husband comes home with hairpin i'm his
nOOts and a lady's collar ON instead Of his
own, whether he'd been taking Rebekah
degree or been at n surprise party Oh no.
you're innocent, you are!n
The young Odd Fellow ventured TO re-
mark that he did not really understand the
drift of the inquiry 'Oh, no, / see IL is no
use, you're all in for each other and sworn "a
secrecy. and you'd say the broken earring
found in his pocket belonged 20 YOU. wouldn't
you' And II | should ask you who Araminta
IS that ! caught him talking 20 himself about
you'd say il was the goat you pretended to
ride; aud II | should ask YOU about this uut-
tering hear of pass'-'or,ler it up'-'set
'em up and give me another hot one, and all
that sort Of thing. | suppose you'd say it " "a
all connected with your hifalutin degree
and necessary 10 the order
The young man meekly replied. a, h. tried
to move away. that he was in a hurry; that
perhaps Brother Buckup would give her al
the necessary information: that he could Not
really understand-but she caught him up
before he could finish the sentenos with No.
you don't understand, oh, no! You wouldn't
tell me for pan of doughnuts what KIN 4
of laws You make that SAYS q woman
shant be daughter of Becky, merely
because she's got wart on her nose. That 8
what he tells me. and then he says
should have 10 have medical exam
nation. and that the last woman in a'ways
has to wash the dishes when they have tho-e
stufiing jubilees. oh. yes, it's all very tine
10 leave your poor wife at home ON account
of a wart or a sore heel. but I'm going to
find out about this business. | am going 10
know whether one man can hold all the
offices through the year and sit up nine
nights in the week and then tell his wife
she can't be Rebekah. and D. an in.
side sentiment or whatever YOU call
I'm, Just ON account of a little thing
ike that | won't trouble YOU any
longer, "a probably yol want To pass ani
set 'em up somewhere; but I'll watch that
chap of mine and if | find there's too much
goat in il, Ill forget that Tn woman if
don't make his head look like a double
bumped bunion, and he'll have to wear my
washtub over it for the next three months.
And she slid into the nearest grocery aud
bought dozen pickles and a stove litter
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,ne Wan >est ,ou.

There is a man whom know 10 be a gen.
tleman since once saw him buy pair OF
gloves" said n some what cynical observer II
human nature. TO most people the girl
hehini the counter who waits on them Is a
tool. IN instrument OF their convenience
lie showed. without any fus~. that he recog-
niz Il IN ier n human being a. whose hanis
he desire a service. And il frightened up
q duh face ~ b. 80 treated
This business II getting into right human
relations with other human being Is a large
part - ths best culture II character. II j. a
mistake whoa Va touch on any other human
life. however lightly ani on the surface.
withou. recognizing practically the hui
manity which IS there. We impoverish hu-
man relafi lns hy thi, merely external con-
tact OF man with man; and We DO each other
great harm at times by not getting little
nearer.
Vow there Is in the meanest anl humblast
a something which rises up against thi
treatment Men hate 10 he nothings. or q
be tools They want some recognition Of
their p arsonality. their Individually Much
Of the Fppular form of religion, faith is vi
tai through demand for recognition. The
poor man says: Here / am noboiy, and
despisei 10y taose who force tLs attention Of
tie worl upon themselves. But Goa heels
me- am not nobody O Him. and the
lay is coming when the manifestation OF
His love VIII lit me otgs og fhis neglect and
ohscurity into recognition ani honor Il )
remarkable what a part this element plays
in The popular nosion u the future LIE.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-07-16
> WOMAN'S COMPLAINT.
The Advance

The Advance
know that deep within your heart Of
hearts
You hold mc -hrined apart from common
things.
And that my step, my voice, can bring to
a giadues, that no other presence brings.
Aud yet dear love, through al the weary
days
NJr stroke my hair, nor softly clasp my
Within your own in loving, mute caress.
You think, perhaps | should be ali content
To know 80 we'll the loving place | hold
Within your life, and 80 YOU do not dream
How mucu l long TO hear the story told.
Nuu can not know, when we two sit alone
And tranquil thoughts within your mind
are stirred,
Ny heart j, crying like a tired child
For one fond looS, one gentle, loving word
I, may b. when your eyes look into mine
You only say, How dear sns Is 10 mel'
Ga, could | read It in your softensd glance,
How radiant this plain old world would
bs!
Perhaps, sometimes, you breathe silen;
prayer
That choicest blessings into me be given.
But II you said aloud, God bless thee,
deaT,
should not ask creator boon from
Heaven.
weary sometimes Of the rugged way;
but should you say, Through thee my
llfe is sweet,
The drear,est desert that our path could
cross
Would suddenly grow green leneath my
feet
Ii not the bOuudless waters ocean holds
That give refrsshment o. tn5 thirsty fl1w-
erS,
BIT just drops that, rising 70 the skies.
From nHcs descend IN softly falling
showers
What matter thst our graneries are filed
With all the richest harvests golden
stores,
u Wa who own them can not enter in,
But iami-hel stand before the close
barred doors.
And 80 'fs sad that those who should be
rich
In that true love which crowns our earthly
lot
Go praying with white lips from day TO day
For loves sweet tokens, and receive them
not
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a Novel View.

lAAfh4At4N IhhtfNoht--
Truth and fal.ehood are coequal George
Washington was phenomenal perhaps when
tie hatchet and cherry tree incident took
place. But the more truth there j. in a man
the bigger his capacity for lying when he
likes 10 let il out. The difference between a
thoroughly truthful man and a big liar is
entirely in the estimate Of the expediency of
the case. Some people are lucky enough 10
90 through life without meeting with a pre-
dicament wherein il is advisable 10 lie. L
have always believed that the man who will
steal a dollar is a safe man u trust with
millions. He estimates his crime by the
amount be steals. The man who would not
steal 500 might get away with 81, ,000, 900,
because he values the risk by the benefit he
derives from il. But after all the chances
anybody getting away with sl,0Oo, 0oO are
very slight in San Francisco, for a few peo-
pie have got away with most Of the millions
already
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-07-16
Helena Montana, Thursday July 16 1885.
some MATRIMONIAL ADVICE.
Bin Nye Goes Into the solemn Warning
Business.

-. t. req. =, IooD.
My Dear Sir: Would it be asking too much
for me 20 request a brief reply to one or two
questions which many other marrsd women
as well as myself would ike 20 have an
swtsed.
/ have been rwLrried now for FIVE wears
To-day is the anniversary Of my marriage.
When I was single / was a teacher and sup
ported myself in comfort. | had more pocket
money aud dressed fully as well if not better
than ! dC now. Why should girls who are
abundantly able 20 earn their own livelihood
struggle % become the slave of a husband
and children and tie themselves 20 man
when they might b. free and haPpyi
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-07-16
JUNE



This morn ! heard her tapping on the pane;
Through opening rose, CLEANED her laugh.
lu- eyes:
Around hrr circied gorgeous dragOn-fiies
Purple and brown and gold, royal train
Acru.. the dewy field. Of tossing grain
The v!rpo caroled forth her -,lad surprise:
Far Of deep hdd n IN the violet skies.
The bark poured forth MS sOul-snchanting
stain
Shaking rLe sunlight from his glancina
Wmg--
flash of vivid crimson through the green
Igr hum-birl woye ms arc Ot rainbowco
sheen.
Where twnei the grape in myriad fairy
rings.
THRILLED by her touch ] saw the flowers ex.
uaud.
And joy and beauty filed the happy land.
SARAH II. HosART.
FALL RIVER, Wi. June /.
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French Liquid Hainbow." :"
Cor. New Haven Register.l

TOT. NtW fiINtii stLfSIrfI
PJusse-cafe is drink of French origin,
ami the name cannot well be expressed ina
English. ~Pousse' is from the verb
~pou SER" to push or drive out while cafe
is, of course, coffee; thus a pousse-cafe is lit
orally a coffee-pusher. 1t is taken only after
dinner and Immediately follows the coffee,
consequently il bears no relation whatever
to the American ~night-cap,' which is taken
just before retiring, or is the lat drink Of "A
nights carousaL In concoctng pousse-
cafe four cordials are generally used
curacao, chartreuse, maraschino and ami
setts-one resting distinctly upon another
and the whole topped by brandy, forming a
beautiful combination and affording tho IL
lusion Of a draught Of liquid rainbow.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-07-16
THE coLoNsL,s REsuke.
An Occasion When the BOYS in Gray
Were Not Exactly Consistent.

IArkansaw Traveller
Ex-CongresSm man Gupter was, during the
war. proud and impressive officer. He
wa not afraid Of the enemy and never
sought a chance OF keeping out Of harms
way. but il Vas we'll known fact that the
clanking panoply and rrey-gobbler strut
Of war was % Inn quite as interesting a
the gleam of the bayonet or the
"cannOa's opeang roar In January.
1868. Guuter marched his men from the
northwe L down to the capital city. While
the men were haltei ON the opposite bask of
the river, GJEnter went over into the town,
and while there became acquainted with
several young ladies. In the pre.ence OF
these ladies he decided % make an Imures
sive show; and he told them 10 stand upon
the hotel balcony. TO be cheered by his
troops a they passed.
Now, boys" said Gunter when he had
gone back % his men, when you cross over
i want you 10 march just as gracefully a.
you possibly can. A party of ladies viii b.
standing on the hotel balcony. When / take
of my hat and shout. Three cheers for the
ladies OF Little Rock, JEFF Davis and the
Southern Confeieracy, you must all cheer.
The men were not in cheering humor.
They had marched through many miles Of
snow. Tue peacock feather 70 them, while
it might have been picturesque. possessed
not that great charm which Turks around a
loaf Of bread and place to sit down just
before arriving opposite the hotel ON the
balcony OF which the ladies' stood, one Of
the officers said:
Boy, we've got enough Of this foolishnesS
Don't open your mouths. Pass it along the
line
The word was passed along. Gunter took
of his hat, waved il and exclaimed: Three
cheers for the ladies of Little Rock. JEFF
Davis and the Southern CCnfederacy.'
The men were marching in the most zig
gag ami slatternly manner. No one cheered.
Gunter "ducked' his head and treathed an
oath as long as a plowline Shortly after
the soldiers passed the hotel. yellow dog
ran into the street Then the men yelled.
Gunter ravei. Standing upon his stirrups
he exclaimed. oh, yes, Dang you. You
can't cheer party OF ladies, but you can
cheer dang yailar dog, dang you
Never afterwards did Gunter place s..
much confidence in his men.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-07-16
A Coon Trap and a Tree.
IChisago Herald.l

John Hyatt, of Willvale, Ind. who has
been trapper for over forty years, recently
found a steel trap which he had set twenty
years ago on the banks of the Kankakee
river near the crossing of the \ ickel Plate
railroad. He remembers having set the
trap, but does not recollect having taken it
away 1t was sprung and in it, jaws were
four claws OF a coon's foot A soft willow.
on the roots of which it was set. had grown
almost entirely around it. Parts of the trap
were imbedded in the wood as if they had
been driven into il. He now has the portion
Of the tree with the trap in at his home
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-07-16
AFTER THE LODGES SECRETS.
Seeking Information in Regard to Her
Husbands Doifrs-.

Good evening. si~, said a woman whose
face looked like a boiled salmon. with pick
axe nose and voice fhat'sounded ike far
away echo from tie house;ol,s, as she adj
dressed Young man Who temblel a he
viewed her red has- and Stern visagc 'NTh,s
/ want 10 see you Tor. 3 ;o o~k yuu ii yoI
are an Odd Fellow-r is. do you belci..
up ygDder." and She nodded hor head toward
a buiriing from which ha had jdst emerged.
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Celestial Death Missiles,
lArkansaw TraveIer.I

I
Considering the number of meteoric stones
which reach the earth's surface il would
not be surprising if many lives had been de-
stroyed by them. Ii IS stated that loss Of
life resulted from large fall in Africa; that
about the year 1920 many persons and ans
mals were killed; that in 1911, about )
o'clock in e. eniug, priest was struck and
killed; and that still later in 1850. a mcnk
was Killed. But these, according TO Mr..
James X. Gregory, seem 20 he the only in
stances recorded Of death from falling me-
teorites
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-07-16
Signs a; Spring.
Yonkers Gazette.l

ltaiia's wandering genius Of the crank, the
booming business of Esculapians, the school
boy taking furlough from his books 10 inter
siew the homely hen that huns her humble
aymn Of Easter emblemS. and the housewife
howl as with the moth she holds her annual
ioust-these be some symptoms that assert
to me the years conjunction with the wanton
spring
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-07-16


Man Is never quite satisfied with his con
dition. There is somsthing within him that
spurs him 10 renewed exertion Whenever the
coal OF one hope i gained AMI another
looms Ia view; but when he beats sharper
IN a horse trade the bird of content IS Hut
tering near him.
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HuDsox, Wis, Apriy1, 1856.
Not 50 Green a. ee Looked.

Detroit Journal
s'See that country co'.in over there by the
stovet' inquired a Har m clerk Of another
yesterday, "a Il rural alr airing customer en-
lered ami glanced curionsly around the store.
'sYes, ] see HIM. What Of itF
Watch me take him down. Say, mister, =
the cute clerk continued, addressing the sup
posed greenhnrn, ''we don't keen whisky
.'Wall. sonny, an I've got to say i. THAT it'd
save you pile oy trav'l ef yer dil,' WAS The
prompt reny.
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Poetry and wit q. Practicea In Boston.

Boston Courierl
TIE REVISED VERSION.
a monkey and a parrot once
Lett IN a room together
Lbegan e. fight, and fought SO hard
ley nearly killed each other.
i..lf mistress coming home perceived
lhelr wrongs they had been righting,
A.a said 20 them, I'm deeply grieved
IT. think that you've been fighting.
-Ie monkey really felt quite bad
. lu thinking Of his crime:
-le parrot -leeful, said, We've had
a shenl 9l a timer
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-07-16
The Honest Farmer.

.IaNNlAN NtN@.l
a.. 4es. said the honest farmer, Il know
ueLe afa people what always puts tha big
. 1Il-as q the top Of the bar'l, but don't"
llat rr r,0 exclaimed the deacon ad-
l.lllgiE 'f have always tried 70 con-
vince tai.s that that sort C. thing doesn't
w IN tl. long rum
a., II -l1Fi 60 20 the city or y in while
t,l-!d learn something. 7 always put my
4pr.. at The bottom of the barl"
That tic wav.'
4.eesi yog see people has got so suspicious
-, 'h.E most always open the bar'l at ths
'o''om uonadays.n
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Danger TO England.


An English journal has long alarmist
uticle on the probable climatic effect OF
cutting the isthmus Of Panama canal ana
thus diverting the gulf stream. lt draws a
picture OF reindeer again being hunted on
TIE Riviera and walruses playing on an ice
wall around uninhabited England.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-07-16
Nuflnegs Poisonous.

It is not generally known that uutmegs are
poisonous. but DR.. Palmer writes TO The
American Journal OF Pharmacy detailing
the case OF & lady who nearly died from eat
ing a nutmeg and half, and be points out
the fact that the toxic effects OF the drug
are described in both the National and
United States dispensatories.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-07-16

Horses having extra toes on tbs inner side
Of the fofe feet are occasionally met with II
South An erica. according to DR. lhreng,
who suggests TIA. they may b. tie remnant
OF an OH native race of horses which e.
napad the notice q the early satl.erA
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-07-16
THE POISON TREE.
William Blake.I

w IiliaIn Blake.
vas angry with my friend,
] told my wrath, my wrath did end;
wa angry with my foe,
told it not, my wrath did grow
Aud ! waterei il in fears,
Night and morning with my tears,
And ! summed IL with smiles.
And with soft deCeitful wiles;
lill u grew both day and night,
lli Il bore an apple bright,
And my foe beheld IL shine,
Ani he knew that il was mine,
Anu into my garden stole,
When the night had veiled the pole.
in the murnilg glad | see
Ny Zoe outstretched beneath the tree.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-07-16
Get. the Hang ~ u.


This IS the season os The year When the
domestic, VINO has been letting the furnace
so out every other night all winter, finally
gets the hang Of it and keeps tho family in a
continual Russian bath
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-07-16

I would Just as soon tell you, Ethel, if YOU
will promise that it shall 90 no further, that
do not wear as good clothes as / did before
was married. / don't have TO. Ny good
clothes have accomplished what 1 got them
for. played them for all they were worth,
and since got married the idea Of wearing
clothes as a vocation has not occurred TO me-
Please give my kind regards to Mr.. Ethel,
and tell him that although l do not know
him personally / cannot help feeling sorry
fer him. Very sincerely yours,
BILL NYE.
ET,-wp1.- Nyt, A.,..we r11r
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How Could Hes

lftt,NNf~ AsAf0itiN4e-f
The Prince II Wales has been given q
copy of the revised Bible. He says ne does
not notice any dilTereuce between It and
the old 0uc
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frnrtIrni OrnItllnlogr.

iNew York Grnphlcl
..Why heve birds gizzardsF' asks an ex.
atanee We don't know, unless IL is 70 make
srayy cut 4,
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Arkansaw Traveller: Do bussyfy IS fnighty
putty, but he dean lib sz loag z 10 eo2l
CT frsaS