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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-11-04
Where a Lie Might be Improved.

The champion liar halls from Pike county,
Ind, and the following yarn is probably the
greatest effort of his life: "a young lady who
was watching my binding harvester at work
fell upon the table and was carried up with
the grain. AS the girl was about the size of
bundle, the machine did not recognize the
difference, and so she came through with a
neat little string around her waist. One of
the harvest hands caught her as the machine
kicked her out, and set her on the ground
right side up, when it was found that she had
been more frightened than hurt" Now, if
this veracious agriculturist had only added
that the machine threshed the young woman,
and shook from her face the flour without
which no self-respecting young woman's
toilet is complete. and barreled said flour for
market by the aid of the young woman's
hoops, his story would possess completeness
and symmetry which would cause it to pass
current everywhere as a great and unap-
proachable work of art.-Boston Transcript.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-11-04
WHY China's Emperor Will Wed.

A Tientsin correspondent writes: Our
native gossip informs US that the late reslg-
nation of the Empress Dowager from the
regency was on account of internal dis
putes in the imperial palace. The story
runs thus: Her Imperial Majesty, the
Princess Regent had been wishing for
long time to make extensive alterations in
the imperial gardens of the Nan Hal, Pal
Hal, etc, so as to render them suitable for
her own imperial dwelling, when the time
comes for her to resign her present power
and the scepter she holds to his Imperial
Highness Kuang Hsu. On brOaching the
subject to her ministers, they held long
consultation, and finally reported that
enough money could be found to repair the
gardens in question, but that to alter them
according to her Majesty's design was i'm
possible, owing to the want of means for
collecting the fund necessary for carry out
the work. The repairs alone, they COM
puted, would cost over 100000 taels Of
sycee. Her Majesty had, officially, moth
ing to say against this for when she tried
to persist in her demands, the Ministers
gravely represented the impoverished state
of the country, the poverty of the people,
already groaning under Overtaxation, and
the lavish expenditure of the State
revenues during the last twenty
years for foreign wars, in putting
down internal rebellion and in as
sisting suffering people from the mis-
cries of floods and famines, etc. Although
her Majesty did not persist, she still felt
very sore about the subject all the time, as
it is her pet wish to adorn and rebuild
these pleasure gardens for her residence
during the rest of her life, when she shall
have given up public business and the
cares of state to resign herself to ease and
pleasure alone. The crowning disappoint-
ment she lately had, however, was the
refusal of the young Emperor to give her
the use of some apartments In the palace
of which the Emperor was In possession,
and which the Empress desired to occupy.
This final stroke was evidently too much
for her Majesty to bear; it is apparent that
her imperious will has been curbed In
many respects, and to have boy OF her
adoption quarrel with her, as it were, in
her own house, made her feel badly, in
deed, and she therefore declared she would
have nothing more to do with the regency.
She Immediately issued an edict proclaim
ing that the Emperor was old enough to
assume the direction of the imperial Gov
eminent and that it was her will that he
should get married the next year and con-
troll the State for himself, while she would
withdraw from the regency and all public
affairs, with the responsibility thereof, into
the seclusion of private life.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-11-04
How to Select a Boy.

A gentleman advertised for boy and
nearly fifty applicants presented themselves
to him. Out of the whole number he Sc
lected one and dismissed the rest. 81 should
like to know" said a friend, ION what
ground you selected that boy, who had not
a single recommendation" You are mis-
TAKEN" said the gentleman, "he has great
many He wiped his feet when he came
in and closed the door after him, showing
that he was careful. He gave his seat in
stantly to that lame old man. showing that
he was thoughtful. He took off his cap
when he came in and answered my quesss
tiOns promptly, showing that he was gen.
tlemanly. He picked up the book which
l had purposely laid on the floor and re-
placed it upon the table; and he waited
quietly for his turn instead of pushing and
crowding, showing that he was honorable
and orderly. When l talked to him l
noticed that his clothes were brushed, his
hair in order when he wrote his name /
noticed that his finger nails were clean.
Don't on call those things letters of rec
ommendation l do, and l would give
more for what can tell about a boy by
using my eyes ten minutes than all the
letters he can bring me. Little things show
character and frequently determine boys
whole career 1t is the boy who does the
kind, polite and thoughtful acts uncon-
sciously that wins his way to employment
and success. And success does not mean
wealth or fame. True success means de-
velopment of character that is worthy
of example, character that is honest to
every duty, faithful to every trust and that
is unselfsh enough to find time for kindly
acts that are not forced, but the simple ex-
preston of a warm and generous principle.
True success is fidelity to every relation in
l;coD
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-11-04
Kill the Cat.
From the Persian.

A father on the occasion of his sons mar
riage gave him little special advice
"You are going to be married, my son and
you will wish that your wife should be
quiet and submissive to you in all matters.
Follow the advice which l now give you.
Procure cat, and one night after the mar
riage so arrange that the animal shall be
in your sleeping room at the time you and
your wife retire to rest. You will 60 to
the room as usual, and upon entering IT
you will pretend to be very much surprised
and annoyed that the cat should be found
there, and you will draw your sword at
once and slay it. Your wife, of course, will
be terribly frightened, and from the sight
of the slain cat, and hint from you that
she will fare likewise if she is not very
careful over herself, you may depend upon
it that she will be the proper, dutiful vile
that she should be-"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-11-04
Disappointing.

'Here is book mentioned in this paper en-
titled Hints on Husbandry'" said Miss Smig-
GLE II think I'll go down town and buy me
a copy"
Her brother, to whom the remark was adj
dressed, smiled and said nothing
That evening at the supper table he in
quired:
did you get the book you spoke of to-day,
Miranda!'
"Ye-es," was the somewhat reluctant re-
ply.
"And how did you enjoy its"
"Well, 1 reckon its good enough book, but
The title is kind O. disappointin. Merchant
Traveller
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-11-04

RAISING THE LAST PIECE INTO PLACE.
The precautions toward anchoring the
statue so that a cyclone can never wrest it
from its pedestal appear to be more than ad-
equate. Twelve girders feet deep and 80
feet long extend across the top of the opening
in the pedestal, which is 2615 feet square.
Sixty feet below these are similar set of
girders built into the masonry and connected
with the statue above by sixteen fiat bolts
inches wide and 1sss inches thick. All this
bracing is steel The bolts which secure the
iron framework of the statue to the upper
girders are 81 inches in diameter Inside the
statue are bands of wrought iron which ex-
tend around at regular intervals and hold the
outside drapery of copper in shape exactly
like an immense hoopskirt, from which prob
ably the idea was taken. This hoopskirt
is held in place by iron brackets extending
out from the great iron truss work which
takes the place of the skeleton within the
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-11-04

CtnclnnutuS Cdlttng 20 Oe kldndDeu.
Here, then, is Cincinnatus, the man who
first made this discovery. The artist has
happily caught the expression of this eminent
man Just as the office is in the act of seeking
him. He has resolved to sell his life as dearly
as possible. He will yield at last, however,
and tear himself away from his precociouS
steers.
In the distance, too far off in fact to work
into this issue of the paper, is the toga of
Cincinnatus. 1t is hanging on tall pole as a
flag, where be has used it to "sight" across the
field while he struck out a long furrow. To
look at the furrow few would believe that the
great dictator intended to strike out for the
flag.
The artist has caught the true idea in this
picture, and shows the great statesman and
general in the pose of a thoughtful and philan
thropical man, who has fully decided that at
the prevailing price of wheat he would care
fully and prayerfully consider any overtures
that might be made by those having the good
of the people at heart
Cincinnatus was an austere man of the
patrician style of architecture and carefully
reached his hair, as well as the tail of his
Roman mule. He was imperious in the ex-
treme and courted an investigation whenever
the papers got after him. He was the pioneer
in this line.
The day came at last when a dark horse
was needed and the chairman of the Roman
central committee went to Cincinnatus to
seek out the great man. The chairman is
Just getting over the barbed wire fence and
the eminent Roman agriculturist has at that
moment got his eye on him, as our artist
w tra1 ba rtrait To
1t was but the work of a moment to unyoke
old Brin and Bally and accept the Office of
dictator Putting on his toga, the great man
began to dictate in less than forty eight
hours He went to the house, washed his
hands in a tin basin of cistern water, with
soft soap, put some fresh fine cut in the in
side pocket of his toga, and was drawing a
salary on the following Monday at o'clock.
The first thing he did was to call for more
troops. He then marched against the enemy
and captured everybody. He then returned,
having been dictator sixteen days at SO per
day. He drew his pay and resigned to accept
the portfolio of buckwheater on his own
property.
We have no American to-day who could
accept the command of our regular army,
whip the Apaches, and be back on the farm
in sixteen days. And yet Cincinnatus con-
quered hostile nation, paid the public debt,
and got home in time to do his fall plowing
If we read the history of Cincinnatus care
fully and look thoughtfully at his equestrian
portrait as it is here presented we are forced
to admit that he was either one of the greatest
men of whom we know or that he wrote the
matter up himself for one Of the Roman
magazines. Nye in Chicago News.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-11-04
CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE.
HE SLEEPS IN SPRING GROVE, WHICH
HE HELPED FOUND.

Some Facts and Incidents of His Life.
Attractive Personal Appearance-Strik-
ing and Touching Scene at His Funera
in Music Hall, Cincinnati.
1t was beautiful ceremony that which,
Oct. IA, consigned to Spring Grove cemetery
at Cincinnati, the remains of Salmon Port
land Chase. He had been once United States
senator and twice governor of Ohio; secre-
tary of the treasury during Lincoln's first
term and chief justice of the United States.
Every high office his state and country could
give him was his except one. The failure to
get that, the apple of discord among Ameri-
can statesmen, embittered his last days.
This disappointment and the fierce excite
ments and intense strain of war times and
the years Immediately succeeding brought on
paralysis in 1870, which continued until his
death, in 1913. He was familiarly called
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three wives and his only son are buried
The first wi is said to have been his best
beloved.
Beyond doubt the state Of Ohio, now that
he has been brought home at last, will give
him a magnificent memorial stone. 1t can
do no less
Distinguished men attended the funeral at
Cincinnati. Governor Foraker, Ex-Governor
Hoadly and Hon. Benjamin Butterworth
were among the Ohio notables Whitelaw
Reid and Murat Halstead were of the pail
bearers.
The address, in which Congressman But
terworth presented to the state of Ohio the
remains of her great citizen, was eminently
fitting, being chaste and eloquent. The trust
was accepted for the state by Ex-Governor
Hoadly. He had been student in Justice
Chases Office when the secretary was poor
young lawyer in Cincinnati, and spoke low
ingly of that time.
Next to the coffin itself which held the il
lustrious dead, the chief center of interest
was Mrs Kate Sprague. To her may well be
applied the appellation of the heroine Of that
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-11-04
LIBERTY COMPLETE.
RAISING THE LAST PIECE OF THE
STATUE INTO PLACE.

Its Finished Exterior Presents Grand
er Appearance Than Any Pictures
Have Yet COnveyed-Its Tornado Proof
Anchorage and Hoopskirt Interior.
The visitor to the Statue of Liberty in
New York harbor will receive two very
startling impressions of the work on
his first visit On arriving at the Bat
terry, the southernmost point of New
York city, to take the boat to the
island on which the statue is erected, he
glances across the deceptive water to Bedloes
island, which appears but a short distance
away, and is disappointed in the size OF the
statue. Bedloe's island is in reality over
mile and a half away There being nothing
within mile of the statue by which COM
parison of height can be made, the statue
does indeed look insignificant. Embarking
ON the little steamer for passage to the island
one cannot but remark the number OF for
eign travellers, evidently, who are making the
pilgrimage to the statue. Our American
tourist reads his paper on the trip across the
bay, but the visiting Frenchman is so enthu-
sastic over the "magnifique conception" that
he cannot even sit still, but crowds to the
front of the boat gesticulating to his COM
panions as he points out new marvels III the
werk. If our American appreciates the
grandeur of the idea embodied in this colossus
of Bartholdis equally with the foreigner he
certainly does not show it, Either Liberty
is not the boon to lin that it appears to for
eigners or he is so accustomed to big things
that the statue does not startle him.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-11-04
THE LAST OF FORT WOOD.

The first impression of the statue is re-
placed by one of surprise at the immensity
and grande II of its proportions as the visitor
nears the island on which it rests. 1t is only
possible on SO seeing it to get any idea OF what
a gigantic work it is. Pictures convey no
idea of it, and it is at once noticeable how
much more beautiful are the graceful lines OF
the figure than the pictures or models repre-
sent them. The pedestal is also in much bet
ter proportion to the figure than has been
shown The fact is the statue to be appre-
ciated must be visited.
The star shaped Fort Wood out OF which
the statue rises, has been dismantled, the
only remaining indications that this beautiful
spot was once dedicated to war is the battery
shown in our illustration.
The day of our visit wOrkmen were rals-
ing the last piece of the statue into place.
1t was the forefnger. 1t measured feet ii
inches in length and feet 9 inches in cir
cumference at the second joint. When our
rule was taken from it it was hoisted away
up into place, as shown in illustration, to re-
main for centuries unless dashed to the earth
by the elements or by the hand of some van
dial despot. For should a "strong" govern
ment ever control America Liberty's image
would be a menace to it, as was the Column
Vendome to the French Commune, and
would be as certainly overthrowH.
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THEATRICAL NOTES.
Actors, Managers and Audiences Start
or Bravely This Season.

Actors, Managers and Audiences Start
or Bravely This Season.
NEW YORK, Oct. 4.-To judge from the
full audiences this will be most prosperous
theatrical season. 1t ought to be. The
average actor has been in rather hard
luck for several years. Let us hope
he and she will make enough dur
ing the coming months to make the past
losses up to them. Furthermore, when thea
tres pay it is a sign the country is prospering.
How completely the star system has super
seded the old stock company plan may be
Judged from the fact that there are at present
only four theatres in the United States MAIN
tanning stock companies These are the Madi-
son Square, Wallack's and Days in New
York, and the Boston Museum theatre. Even
Philadelphia, with its 900,0 900 and more in
habitants, supports no permanent theatre.
The champion of the legitimate drama in
the United States is A. NJ. Palmer, of the
Madison Square theatre. OF the four stock
companies named, his is the largest Through
thick and thin, through good and ill, he has
stood up for the legitimate drama, that
which refnes instead of demoralizes Popu-
lar taste has run after spectacular pieces,
kicking shows, skating rink dramas. and
heaven knows what, for many years. There
are now symptoms OF return to desire for
better things.
The Madison Square theatre may be cred
tied with having brought out American plays
especially, and with having done more for
American drama than any of the others.
A genuine native Yankee play, and a good
one, too, "Held By the Enemy" has been
running there for nearly two months.
A leading theatrical event, to which critics
and others are looking forward, is the ar
rival of Mr. Wilson Barrett, the rising
English actor He viii be welcomed with
uncommon eclat; first, because he is English;
second that he is also an accomplished actor
viii add to the warmth of his reception.
Mrs Langtry, with a wardrobe which has
not been excelled in gorgeousness since the
1900 gowns of Queen Elizabeth, is down upon
us once more Genevieve Ward, our gifted
countrywoman, now at the summit of her
bravely-won career, is also playing in New
York for the first time in many years. 1t is
said that after the present season Miss Ward
will bid farewell to the stage.
Meantime it is a satisfaction to know that
some American actors can carry off honors
in Europe Dixey, in his funny "Adonis,"
and DAILY with his fine troupe have shown the
Old World people that the Yankees can do
something in the way of acting as well as
other people. For my part, l am free to con-
fess it is my unalterable conviction that
America will furnish not only the actors but
the singers of the future.
ELIZA ARCHARD.
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SHALL THE CHILD BE WHIPPED?
Will Hubbard Herman Says NO" and
Tells Why He Says 1t.

Especial Correspondence.l
NEW YORK, Oct 4.-Mankind is still below
the standard it will ultimately reach-I mean
the rabbement of mankind. They still dis
play the old, fierce, tiger spirit of the
past in many ways; still delight in the devil
thing called war; still tingle with an Internal
feeling Of pleasure at witnessing prize fight
or other exhibition of evil proves, and still
treat their children as the slave driver treated
his slave.
The greatest intellect of our country-the
one who has gone furthest in freeing himself
OF precedent; the one whose sermons on the
sweet humanites have done more for the bet
terment of the world than all the homilies
ever preached from pulpit-says that the man
who whips little covering atom of a child
is the most contemplate coward in the uni
verse. And he is.
Think of great, brawny fellow gripping a
poor, trembling child by the arm and beat
ing it with fist or lash till it cries out, and
sinks to the floor in agony!
When ever | see sight like that, my blood
bolls with wrath unspeakable. The utter
helplessness of the victim appeals to every
instinct of justice in my brain, heart, soul
| knew a lad once He was only 10 years
old. He was as beautiful as dream Of
beauty. There was grace in his attitudes
a glory in his eyes-a something indefinable
III his very presence-in the unconscious lisp,
the turn of hand and neck, the popularity of
thought and tOne-that made him one of the
most lovable beings ever saw. His mother,
a Spanish lady, died in giving him birth.
His father was coarse, cruel Englishman-
one of those sordid clotls that you can find by
the multitude in the mines and mills of Eng
land; great bag of meat and bones, unfired
by solitary ray of the divine light that
constitutes intellect
To kicks and curses this lad was treated,
until one day, in his tenth year, when-for
some trifiing thing-the father whipped him
till the blood trickled to his heels
"Never do that again" cried the boy
horrible light flashing in his big, beautiful
eyes. "Never dare touch me with whip
again."
Maddened by these words, the furious
father returned and struck the boy again.
But only Once-only once
Quicker than can tell it the child pulled
a'revolver, shot his father dead, and then,
turning the smoking barrel against his own
breast, fired and fell back into the infinite
mystery from whence he came
That father did not understand the being
to whom he had given life-what parent
does! Having been treated like dog, may
hap, by his own progenitors, and having SUBJ
mitted like dog, he thought his own son
would suffer submissively as well.
l have often said, and l hold it to be
truism, that the spirit of brutality still re-
manning in the heart of the race springs from
the parental treatment meted out to the
children of the rougher classes, and as long
as corporal punishment continues in the
households of the world just that long will
ideal of its Interpreters and prophets.
WIII HIrppAxrs
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seen The accom- -SoLEING LIBERTYS s SHOE.
panying sketch gives an idea of its i'm
mensity. A close inspection of the copper
work shows marvelously careful workman
ship. Considering all the handling the copper
sheets have had since they were first nodded
into shape it is wonderful that they have re-
tanned their form so well. Workmen are
constantly going over the outside of the statue
like spiders, dropping their rope net from
above AMI hammering out the slightest inn
perfections. Sheets of copper, bolts and
pieces of scaffolding were falling in shower
down the inside of the statue. SO we were not
permitted to ascend within it, but reserve
that trip for another week.