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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-12-16
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Nv guide was a character. He was Nend,
and queer looking genius he was. His broad
German cap came down over his 1oVlal lace,
sun Drowned and red A trembling black
pipe hung between his teeth, and this qulv-
cred as though about to fall whenever his
muscles swelled in pushing the kahn. His
feet were bare and his clean blue pantaloons
were rolled up above his knees. His white
cotton shirt was open at the neck and cut
short at the sleeves so that it showed as much
of his person as would the decollete dress Of a
Washington society belle. He was about 40
years old, and was rather well to do Tor the
country. Before we started out he took me
to his home and asked me to take dinner with
him. He was proud of his little house, which
was Of about the average size OF those OF the
country 1t was a small one-story affair,
made of wood, with a pitched roof thatched
with straw This thatch was about a foot
thick. and he told me that such roof would
last thirty years The house contained only
two little rooms and garret, reached by a
ladder Its furniture was an old Dutch
stove, a chair or two, chest, a table and
bed. He had also bed in the kitchen, and
be changed his pantaloons here while his wife
was cooking the dinner. In this little pen
this man lived with his father, mother, wife
and daughter, and deemed himself well off.
The women were dressed in the Vendish
costume, and the daughter, a strapping
girl of 90, was a Vendish Venus. Her
ROSY arms and feet were bare, and her
red skirt coming only to the knees, did little
to hide the lines of rosy beauty of her grace
full limbs Her hair was covered with cap
and across her chest was wound white
starched handkerchief, ont of which came a
pair of arms of red and white, showing
enough color to have been one of Rubens
models The Eendish women think it i'm
modest to show their hair to the gaze of the
public, and they cover their breast close to
the neck Their legs, however, they expose
without blush, and that to degree which
would shock almost Partisan ballet dancer.
The ewes of this Vendish beauty were brown.
Her face was rosy, plump and open. Her
forehead and nose were of the Greek cast,
and the curious headdress which she wore
made her beauty all the more striking. The
cap was made of bright colored handker-
chief with ends which stood out like horns
and under the apron, which covered her
chest, a velveteen bodice Of blue shone out.
This was her every day dress. l saw after
ward some Vendish girls in Sunday attire.
They wore much the same as the above COS
tune, but added to it they had much jewelry
Al.
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TIE REAPERS.

When the tired reapers, with fragrant sheaves
Come out of the corn as the sun goes down.
And the sky is rich as the fallen leaves
In the crimson and purple and golden brown
] sit in the mellow and marvellous ewes
And watch a. the loom of the sunset weaves
Its cloth of gold over country and town.
And think how the summers have come and
gone
Since we saw the shuttle across the blue
That wove the colors of dusk and dawn,
When the musk of the sleeping roses flew
On the wings of the south wind over the lawn.
And the evening shadows were longer drawn.
And the sun was low and the stars were few.
When love was sweet in the lives we led
As the leaven that lives in the latter spring
To grow in the flow ers, the books we read
The romp and rush of the grapevine swing.
In words and work, to be filled and fed,
On brooks of honey and wasted bread.
And sung in the songs that we used to sing.
And out of the shadows they come to me,
As flowers of the spring come. year by year,
The lovers we had when to love was free,
The stars were few and the skies were clear,
And We knew it was happiness just to be,
Through the sheave of the cloudland fair to see,
Though the red and white roses have lost their
leaves
In the ashes of summer of long ago,
They come, through the mellow and marvellous
ewes.
With the harvest of love that we used to SOW,
A : rich as the garlands the sunset weaves
When the tired reapers with fragrant sheaves
Come out Of the corn and the sun is low.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-12-16

Youngest daughter of Chief Justice Cranch.
The year before his marriage he spent In
travelling in Europe. He was an Old line
Whig was elected to the state senate in 1S5o-
55, and was member of the constitutional
convention of 1SG6-G7 and of the constitutional
commission in 1S71-72. He was the "Amer-
ican" candidate for governor in 1886 and led
his ticket by 1000 votes. In 1856 he en-
gagged in controversy with Archbishop
Hughes on the church property question,
which caused much excitement. He died on
Nov % A couple of incidents will illustrate
the skill of Mr. Brooks in beating his jour
nalistic rivals.
Early in the forties there was an important
state election, and The Express made ar
rangcments to get the result before its rivals.
All the election returns in those days, when
Thurlow Weed ran things generally, went to
the Office of his paper, The Albany Journal,
for there was no telegraph to bring the news
to New York. Mr.. Brooks went to Albany
with force of printers, arranged with Mr.
Weed to get his returns, and took type along
with him. Mr.. Brooks secured the latest re-
turns, and when the steamboat left Albany
in the evening he got on board with them.
So did messengers from the other papers.
But Mr. Brooks had transformed one OF the
staterooms into a printing office, and when
the steamboat reached her wharf here had
the returns in type ready to be put at once
into the form. By this method he managed
to have the extra Express on the street
with all the news couple of hours before
any of his rivals, and SO achieved great
news victory.
Again, i'll 1915, after Ezra Cornell had built
his telegraph line from Albany to this city,
The Express made a remarkable "beat" over
The Herald in securing the inaugural mes
sage of Governor Silas Wright. There was
no railroad then, and eccentric James Gordon
Bennett, who had a line of pony expresses
from this city to Albany to bring down the
legislative news, refused Mr.. Cornells offer
to use the wires to get the message, prefer
ring to trust to his ponies. The Brooks broth
ers gladly accepted Mr.. Cornell's offer and
got Governor Wright's message over it i'm
mediately after its delivery. The result was
that The Heralds pony express with copy
Of the message to be used in the morning
Herald r. let the express riders of the lively
Evening Express delivering copies of the pa
per with the message printed in full. The
Hel alt was badly beaten in a field peculiarly
its own, and tie hitherto unheard of enter
prise was the t. TX of the country for months
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deeds are attached the signatures of the
various chiefs, which are generally i'll the
shape of animals or signs. These are on ex-
hibiton in glass cases.
MIR. Stuck, who was prominently connect
ed with The Oil City Derrick in this state,
has but recently been appointed state libra
rian.
The law library, which is in a special part
Of the room, is the finest and most complete
in the country. Veterinary surgeons and
horse breeders from all parts of the state are
constantly here consulting one of the largest
collection of books on the horse that can be
found on this or the other side of the Atlantic.
The works of Audubon are complete, and
form library in themselves.
A fine set of americana" is the special
pride of the librarians. and book has Just
been purchased Of the Vatican library, at
Rome, which cost much money and is very
rare and old. This book is to be consigned
to the Americana" collection, with which
subject it deals. In case in one corner Of
the room an excellent collection of old news
papers and pamphlets are kept. Some Of
them are yellow and rotten with age.
A splendid bronze bust of Washington and
an excellent cast of the goddess Minerva have
been placed in the library. There is on ex-
hibition here stone eagle brought from the
ruins of the Alexandrian Troas, in Egypt
Altogether, there is not better fitted
library connected with state capitol in the
country. The scene is a busy one when,
during the sessions of the legislature, the MEM
bers rush in here to consult the authorities
upon some important subject which has been
brought up in the house. The books are only
loaned to members of the various official
bodies connected with the state government
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-12-16
BIRTHPLACE OF PRESIDENT ARTHUR

BIRTHPLACE OF PRESIDENT ARTHUR
The father Of the late President Arthur
was Baptist clergyman, a graduate of the
University of Belfast, near his native place,
in Ireland Fine scholar and able minister
that he was, this building of which we give
sketch is interesting as showing the sort of
parsonages clergyman was expected to put
up with in those days. The Rev. William
Arthur's liberal education, particularly in
the classics, was of great advantage in pre-
pairing his son Chester for college. But this
event did not take place until they were liv-
ing in better quarters in Union village, Wash
ington county, N. Y. Young Chester was
scarcely more than babe when his family
left the house he was born in
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-12-16
SOMETHING WANTED BESIDES
BEAUTY.

Nor Venus chsrus. nor Hebe's bloom,
Topour the cup or light the home
Nor gifts. nor grace, nor joys of sense,
Avail without intelligence;
But fail and fade soon as possessed,
And leave no trace in the breast.
The chiseled marble we behold
Is not more empty. void and cold
There i no warmth, no tone, no glow
'Tis but statue carved in snow
And Beauty but treacEerous snare
II heart and soul are wanting there.
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After they have made their grand tour
tbev are ready to settle down for good.
These young fellows carry a staff In one
hand and have knapsacks upon their backs.
Ralph KeeIer, noted correspondent OF the
mast disguised as one Of them, made the tour
Of Europe for sls1 in currency. He pro-
nonnced this class of travellers the Jolliest he
met anywhere and find them very intelh.
cont AS we walked together we chatted OF
.ta differences Of America and Germany.
Thsv were amused at my description OF
American fences, and thought the wages re-
ceiyed by American laborers were fortunes
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-12-16
THE PRUSSIAN VENDS.
THE COUNTRY AND CUSTOMS OF A
CURIOUS PEOPLE,.
Three Days in the Spreewald-A Minia-
ture Holland in Germany-A Vendist
Dinner-A Bare-Legged Venus, Queer
Canal Life Scenes, Etc.
Especial Correspondence.1

Especial Correspondence1
NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-In the heart of Ger
many, about sixty miles south of Berlin, lives
one OF the most curious people of Europe.
Subject to the German government, dealing
entirely with Germans in all their business
relations, they are widely different from
them in manners, customs and dress. Their
country is out of the line of tourist travel.
1t is accessible only by the country road and
canal Few travellers know of it, and it came
to my knowledge through one of my German
lady acquaintance. Frau Won Shack, a
cultured lady, who comes of the best families
of Germany, directed me to it. We were
strolling by the shops of Inter Den Linden
in the direction of Der Thier- garten and had
Just passed Wilhelm StTasse, where Bismarck
lives, when we saw tall, strapping, good
looking nurse girl, wearing one of the most
curious costumes had ever seen. Her skirts
were short, her arms were bare. Sh had
gayly decorated shawl thrown about her
shoulders, and her hair was covered with
shawl or large handkerchief SO tied that the
ends stuck out Oh each side of her head like
horns As | turned to look at her Frau Won
Shack said: ''She is q Vend. They make the
best nurses in the world, and we have no
better servants in Germany than they are"
"Who are they!' asked l.
"The Vends," replied the madam, "are
branch of the Russian family of races They
are one Of the old races of Europe, and they
once owned great part of Germany. Dur
ing the Fifth century they were as far ad-
vanced as the Saxons, and for long time
they were one Of the great Peoples of early
Germany. They got along well enough with
the Saxons as long as both were heathens.
But as soon as the Saxons became converted
to Christianity religious war began. The
Vends stuck to their own heathen religion,
but inch by inch Christianity conquered and
they became swallowed up in the German
people. One part, however, has little changed,
and this part lies within railroad ride OF
two hours from Berlin. The country is known
as the Spreewald, or the forest of the Spree
river The land was originally marshy. The
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-12-16
Miniature Engines.

The smallest oscillating engine IN the
world has been made by John K. Hare, oi
Baltimore. 1t is about half as big as a
collar button, and is hidden completely
beneath child's thimble. Its bore is one
sixteenth of an inch, and the stroke one
eighth. The wheel, shaft and crank welgh
eight grains, the cylinder tive' and the
stand and pillar twelve grains, making the
whole weight one pennyweight, one gram
Run by compressed air, itmakes 5000 revo.
lutious a minute. Mr.. Hare has also made
an engine which is covered with an Englsh
walnut shell.
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wind were so inflated that the girls looked
much like ballet dancers.
The wife and mother of my guide were at
tired much the same as the daughter save
that the cOlors were not so bright. The head
of the old lady was fearfully and wonder
fully gotten up, and the handkerchief which
covered it was as stiff as starch could make
it and had two ends which stood out like the
extravagant collar of an end man at the
minstrels.
The dinner was nearly ready when l came
in and moment later was upon the table.
Although l had just had my dinner did not
refuse my hosts invitation and sat down
with the family at the table. There were no
plates, knives or forks, the only eatables
were pot of corn meal mush AMI dish of
lettuce. The mush was put on the table in
the same pot in which it was boiled and we
ate it with iron tablespoons, each person
helping himself and dipping into the pot at
every mouthful The salad was eaten in the
same way. 1t was first a spoonful of mush
and then spoonful of salad and so on; and
when we were done both pots were clean
NV host made no apology for the scantiness
of the meal 1t was probably his best meal
of the day and he doubtless thought it good
enough for any one.
The dinner over we took the kahn and
began our journey. laid myself on the hay
Ny guide lighted his pipe and took the push
ing pole in his hands and for several days we
lazily moved about through the narrow
canals of the Spreewald. Aglorious journey
it was. Now we would go through luxuriant
meadows, on which the young men and
women were cutting the grass and loading it
on boats and pushing it along the canal with
their bare arms The women work here in
the field with the men, and as rule they
have the hardest part of the work. With the
green fields as background with the fresh
skin OF out of door life and their picturesque
costumes they made sight l never tired
looking at. And then nature during the
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-12-16
WHO; Z;

Who made stump speeches not few,
All the long autumn canvass through,
And was pernicious, active, too?
Benton (Dem.)
Who seldom to the stump assembled.
But found himself for aye suspended,
soon as his second speech was ended
Stone (Rep.)
Who found the way to pardon PLAIN,
Who was the man that not in VAIN,
His reinstatement sought to gain?
Benton (Dem.)
Who when forgiveness he would win,
Was told, "Oh, no. you can't come m
Yours is the never pardoned sin"
Stone (Rep)
Who is it. we must all agree,
The difference can distinctly see,
TwiXt twccdle-dum and tweedle-dee?
Cleveland
Who turns aside to wipe tear,
Who whispers sharp in Growers ear,
You've put your foot in it, It's clear?
The white-winged
Angel of Reform.
- NelD York Tribune
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the Knights of Labor left him no time
K attend to it. Then the Knights
voted him a salary sufficient for a living,
and he left his trade and worked for the
cause of organized labor One of the first Of
the local assemblies of the Knights of Labor,
No. 90, was started in Philadelphia 10y Mr..
Turner among his fellow goldbeaters. He is
holding his Office of secretary-treasurer of the
Knights for the third term. He is a gradu-
ate of the Philadelphia public high school.
Education always tells.
The knights show their raitb by their
works, in putting men from among them
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appearS. lie was

born in Cohoes, N. Y, in 1852. He is younger
even than Secretary Turner. Young men fct
action, old men for couneel' the ancient
classic proverb says. But the knights have
young men for action and for council TOO
That is one reason why they have accomp-
lished so much in so few years, perhaps.
One of the first things Mr.. Barry began to
do was to "agitate" When he was only 8
years old he began to work in knitting mill
from 5 in the morning till $50 at night. 1t
was enough to make anybody grow up to be
an agitator
John w. Hayes was born in Philadelphia,
where the Knights of Labor took their ris,
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phrases Of what he
calls 1.-The United
States language. "
Munkacsy is a Hun
garian, and his sue
cess is a good ex-
ample Of what per-
severance, backed
up by talent, will
do for a poor boy.
His parents died
when he was very
young-his mother
of a famine and
his father in prison
and the lad was
thrown on his own
resources very early
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-12-16

The Portland Ad-
vertiser in the Har-
rison campaign,
and was selected
to take the elec-
toral vote to W ash
ington. For a num-
ber of years he was
a correspondent of
New York and Bos-
ton journ ais a t
Washington, a nd
he represented The
Express there for
seventeen success
sive sessions. In
1874 he married the
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terests of the working people.
The need of organizing labor to defend IT.
self against the aggressions of monopoly has
been apparent in America for some time. IL
is all very well to say that this IS free
country and that man should be allowed TO
work for what wages he pleased. But the
same argument might be used for permitting
him to be slave. The injury Of one men,
Der of the human race is the injury OF the
whole To prevent the degradation OF the
whole by cheap foreign labor is, when one
comes to think of it, praiseworthy object.
This is one of the matters the Knights look
after.
Frederick Turner has been called the dude
of the executive board. He is a young man
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organization has been among the coal miners.
1t has been the boast of us Americans that no
women worked in coal mines on this conti-
nent. Well, summer before last Master
Workman Powderly made some lnvestiga-
tions i'm the Connellsville coke regions. At 6
O'Clock in the morning he found Hungarian
woman, "clad only in a short, coarse chemise
and a pair of cowhide boots,' drawing coke
out of a hot oven Another, half naked, was
handling coke in a freight car. Her babe lay
upon the ground in front of the car.
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comparatively hav-
ing been born in
England in 1916.
He came to this
cOun try youn g
enough not to be
sp OF led d for an
American. He was
a bright public
school boy in Phila-
delphia. He learned
the goldb e a t e RS
trade, and worked
at it for m a n y
years. He stuck
m II in fact till hiS
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Enough is as Good as a Feast.

Our neighbor, The Tribune, remarks that,
whereas, before the ports of Japan were
opened to the Christian nations of the world
there were only eleven intoxicating drinks
known in the country; now there are more
than 200, which is, of course, deplorable.
And yet it should be noted that an ambitious
man, by adroitly combining eleven intoxi-
cants, could bring himself 20 a state where
lS9 additional beverages would not percep-
ibly affect him. In the matter of intoxi.
cants enough IS as good os-a teas:.vLse.
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His name is well
known in con-
nection with the
operations of the
executive board.
Mr.. Hayes got his
practical education
as a brakeman on
the Pennsylvania
railroad. In 1873,
while on duty on
the road, he was
thrown upon the
track and a train
passed over him
and took of his
left arm. No more
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-12-16

StlIILNt LAWN q -
general master
workman an q q
general executive
board of five MEM
bers. The portraits
Of the present board
appear in this arti-
Gle. The first is
t hat of Richard
Gri fiji t h S, twice
,elected & en- er a !
worthy foreman OF
the order. He is a
faithful member,
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Around the four sides of the library a
gallery containing many cases of rare books
is issupported from the main floor by Corinthian
pillars. Along the front of this gallery are
number of remarkably fine portraits of the
famous soldiers and statesmen who have fig
ured in the history of the state or country.
Especially deserving of mention is life size
canvas of Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock. The
entire interior is painted soft white color,
and is well lighted by skylights and windows,
and from these windows, while one reads at
the cozy little tables, view of the distant
hills and valleys may be obtained.
Several years ago, while rummaging through
the loft of the capitol, a number of old
parchment deeds were found by the work
men engaged in repairing the dome. They
were covered with dust and cobwebs, but
after little cleaning proved to be the origi
nal narcbment deeds whereby the lands bOr-
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FIVE WORTHY KNIGHTS.
PORTRAITS OF THE GENERAL EX-
ECUTlVE BOARD, X. OF L.

The knights of Labor are Wise Enough
to Elect the Controlling Officers from
WOrkingmen Like ThemseIvcs-Plucky
John Hayes.
1t seems as if the knights of Labor are
going to be the fashion. Congressmen, edi-
tors and literary men are joining their ranks.
Even large employers, with hundreds of men
in their pay, are glad to enroll themselves
among the Knights if the boys will let them.
The order is increasing by thousands every
month.
The highest officers in this vast body of or
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There are many opinions regarding the
"Christ Before Plate" 1t is with the head
and figure Of the Christ more than with the
picture as a whole that fault is found by
the critics. They say it is picture of an
ordinary man and not possessed at all of the
divine attributes that should be its chief
characteristics.
The clergy of this city and Brooklyn viewed
the picture the other day, and many of them
speak well of it. Dr. Talmage says it is
"worth thousand sermons" Everybody
thinks the figure and face Of Plate good.
The picture is 20 feet long by 12 feet high,
and contains two scores of figures, and so any
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braking after that. Manned, as he was, The
plucky young man learned new trade where
by to get living for himself and family. He
became telegrapher, and took part in the
telegraphers' strike of 1888. He was one who
was out of place after the collapse of that
strike, and like many another has found that
being out of place was the best thing that
could have-happened to him. He went into
business for himself, the grocery business,
and prospered. He lives in New Brunswick,
n. J. Mr. Hayesis now only 80 years old.
Mr. w. H. Bailey is the fifth member Of
the general executive board He is a Cana