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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-09-13

| Duke of Medina Sidonia, supported by the
ablest staff of naval officers Spain pos
| sessed. 1t consisted of 1872 vessels and
was provided with $500 cannons, 5000
seamen and 10000 soldiers. The English
fleet which met the Spaniards in the chan
mel consisted of eighty-two vessels, was
commanded by Lord Howard, the cele-
brated Sir Francis Drake and the ex-
plorer, Frobisher The ships were small,
but in excellent trim and manned by
5000 good and hardy sailors.
1t had been anticipated by Philip that
the Roman Catholics would rise and assist
the invaders, but the Lords Of Cumber-
land, Oxford and Northumberland, who
had been counted on by Philip, as soon as
| the Armada appeared in the channel
brought their ships alongside those of
Howard and Drake and Frobisher The
loyalty of the Catholics was death blow
to Philips plan. AS the Armada sailed
past Plymouth Lord Howard's vessels
sailed out and hung in their rear. The
lightness of the English ships proved of
great advantage. Most of them were no
bigger than modern yachts. The largest
English ships did not equal in size the
smallest Spanish galleons.
x*x
The English won the advantage of po-
sition, and advancing and drawing away
at will, firing four shots to the Spaniards'
one, they harassed the fleet as it moved
along the channel. One after another the
Spanish ships were boarded, or sunk, or
driven ashore, and all the while the Span
ish admiral failed to bring on a general
engagement. A week passed in this war
fare and the Armada came to an anchor in
Calais roads. x*x
With view to preventing junction
with another Spanish force under the
Duke of Parma, about to sail from the
Netherlands, Howard, though short Of
food and ammunition, resolved to force an
engagement. Lighting eight fire ships he
sent them sailing down on the tide toward
the Spanish fleet. The galleons cut their
cables in panic and stood out to sea.
Drake resolved to prevent their return,
and on July 20 the English ships closed
in upon them. Huddled together by the
wind and under the English fire in de-
maralized and dilapidated condition, a, 900
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-09-13
Human Labor for Others.

Maj. Powell, the able anthropologist,
says in his recent lecture on Evolution
that ''all honest men are working for
other men. If man works exclusively
for himself he is counterfeiter or q
forger, or sneak thief OF highwayman.
All love of industry, all love of integrity,
all love of country and of humanity is
expressed in labor for others. One man
is trying to make better houses for his
neighbors; another man is trying to make
better laws for his neighbors, and another
man is trying to make better books for
his neighbors. Every man is thus for
ever dwelling upon the welfare of his
neighhbors and making his best endeavor
for their good. So the habit grows from
generation to generation, until at last
some men forget there is private or per.
sonal reward, and labor for their fellow
men because of their love for their fellow
men. Globe Democrat.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-09-13
BASEBALL IN NEW ENGLAND.

Manager spence Gives Reasons Ior Its
Decadance.
Manager Spence, of the Indianapolis cIup,
was for several seasons actively connected
with baseball in New England and therefore
qualified in a manner to give an intelligent
opinion ON the status of the game in that
section. He says: "The financial failure Of
the clubs, as a whole, in the New Eng
land league, is the natural sequence of
high salaries. They were by no means
small when l was in Portland, but
now understand they are larger than ever.
They are too high. With salary lists of from
5000 to $1,000 per month, circuit of cities
close together, evenly matched and well
managed clubs, think league could be
easily made a success. In the west clubs are
run on a more liberal scale. They will run
clubs out there at loss and spend 81 more
quickly than they spend 10 cents in the east
The attendances are better, too. Then some
years are better than others, and the fever
fuctuates among the cities. There is no
limit, however. l never saw a city yet where
the people would go down into their pockets
year after year"
''How do you account for the falling off in
attendance in the New England citiess"
''It is hard to account for it, 1t may be
the changes in the League, which always af-
fects the interest. 1t may be a safety of
baseball. Lowell has got a championship
team, and thinks it has done its duty by it,
and reads the papers, instead of bestowing
generous support We had on each of four
occasions last season 5000 people to sec our
games in Lowell l don't know how we
would have lived but for Lowell"
"Then you do not think the interest is gone
in New England league gamesY'
"By no means. There is no reason why
the League should not live on and success
fully, but it can only be by careful study
Of the causes that have operated against sue
cess heretofore. ."-Sporting Life
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-09-13


hold on the public mind that in 1871 the
United States congress created commission
of fisheries, with Professor Spencer F. Baird
at its head, and soon after fish culture be-
came a regular 'fad," with many curious
and some amusing results.
Whenever new fish were planted in any
stream the old fishermen along its banks be-
gan to look out for them, and the result was
that scores of peculiar creatures were sent
to the experts which proved to be merely old
habitues of the stream previously unnoticed.
In Utah the Mormons tried various plans to
utilize the streams flowing into Great Salt
lake. They planted oysters at the mouths Of
Jordan and Bear rivers; but when the wind
sent the lake waters up the stream the strong
brine killed the oysters. They next tried
planting eels in the Jordan; but the creatures
followed the current down into the lake and
were soon 'pickled." In one instance very
large eel was set adoat in hope that he would
work up stream; three months later he was
picked out of the shallow water on the east
shore by rancher, who broiled him and
found him delicious He had simply been
floating about for three months in strong
brine, and might have floated there for years
without ''spoiling",
In Colorado remarkable success has been
attain /, and all the valleys between Denver
and the mountains are dotted with lovely
fish ponds. In the mountains the original
trout have been killed by the "tailings' from
the quartz mills; but Colorado expects to
have from her artificial ponds a richer SUD-
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-09-13
THE OLD BOOKKEEPER.

II was an ancient book keeper,
And he was tall and slim;
Though his face was mid. he rarely smiled,
His clothes were dark and prim;
And everything about his desk
He kept exceeding trim.
He alwavs hung his hat and coat
Upon the self-same hooks,
And laid his ruler, pen and ink
In their respective hooks,
And the only exercise he had
Was footing up his books.
Each day upon the self-same hour,
He took his lofty seat,
And bent his body ana his mind
His labors to complete;
And blots were neither on his fame
Nor on his ledger sheet.
The music Of his pen were heard
From morn till eventide;
Up columns vast his eyes were cast,
Then down again with pride;
quite pleased WAS he, though he saw his work
Increased and multiplied.
The cash that o er his fingers came
Each day was something grand;
And yet no scht mes to bear 1t off
By him were ever planned
Although you saw with half an eye
hat he wrote a "sloping' hand.
He had no wife, he made no friends.
His joys and cares were few;
And his deare st hope from day to day
Was to ke5 p his balance true;
A good world this if everv man
The latter thing would do.
He never sighed when little ills
His way of life would cross
And FER the errors of his youth,
He showed no vain remorse,
But set down all that came along
To profit or to loss.
One day the Creator of all
Dropped in for his amount;
He found the old man at his post,
Though low ran Natures fount;
The book were closed and he was borne
upto his last account.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-09-13

MEMORIAL ON THE HOL. CoaSC, AHe TO
mainder returned
to Spain in most miserable plight. 1t
was in the town of Plymouth, near which
the Spanish feet sailed and where the en-
gagement began, that a movement was
started to celebrate the tricentennial OF
this great victory.
memorial is to be erected upon the Hol.
It will be figure of victory armed with
a shield of the three Crosses, banner and
trident in her left hand and in her right
a sword. In the panels will be placed
medallion portraits of noted Englishmen
who took part in the fight. The old fort
at Plymouth for three centuries has been
a consecrated place. Indeed the old town
is associated with many events in Engllsn
history. Plymouth is the central point OF
the celebration, and all England lends a
hand, while families of and descendants
of the participants of the fight will be in
attendance.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-09-13

HATCHING ROOM AT COLD SPRING HARBoR
by Mr.. E. G. Blacbford of New York, were
sent to South America, carried over the
mountains on the backs of Indian peans and
planted in the lakes near Quito, right on the
equator, but 10000 feet above the sea; and
the young fish are doing well there. SINH
larly eggs have been sent to Bogota and to
many other parts of the world and native
species received in turn; and it is believed
that in few years every nation will have in
its waters every valuable fish found any
where that is suitable for the environment.
1t would require many columns to simply
mention the American streams and lakes
stocked with new fish, the boats employed in
the service, the "ways" constructed to enable
fish once more to ascend their old favorite
streams, whence they had been cut off by
dams, the interesting reports and other work
of the commission.
The Matching room at Cold Spring Harbor,
L. l., is a good specimen of the class, and as
sociated with it are two steamers built for
the purpose. In these the visitor may watch
almost the entire process from squeezing"
the ''ripe male" and mingling the discharge
with the eggs of the female, down to the
time when the eggs are developed sufficiently
for the eyes to appear, in which condition
they are often shipped, or when the young
fish emerges as an individual. The advan-
tage of this place is that salt and fresh water
fishes are hf-ched side by side, the tanks
being supplied by the needed element. This
belongs to the state of New York, as also
does that at Caledonia, which was made ia
nous by Seth Green.
1t is too soon to estimate the full value of
all this work, but it is known that it will be
immense. The popular interest in the sub
ject was shown at the noted fisheries exhibi-
tion at Berlin in 1880, where all the leading
nations except France made handsome dis
plays of their progress. 1t is also manifest
in the fact of an enlightened public opinion
all over the country; where but few years
ago the destruction of the fish in stream
was but a trife it is now regarded as q
crime So many streams and lakes have
been stocked and with such success that we
may safely anticipate a vast increase in
mans food supply.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-09-13
A Child in the Country.

The child in the country grows up a
healthy animal. Fresh air blowing over
soil covered with grass, and not with
flags and houses, it breathes. It can
play on the sward around it's home. It's
hours of romp and play are spent under
the most favorable circumstances It's
appetite is keen and it can digest its food;
it sleeps and grows leisurely into stall
wart adult The balance of nutrition is
well maintained and there is no dispro-
portion. 1t is developing thews and sim
ews. and a stable nervous system. Back
ward, as compared with the acute young
town dweller, the country child possesses
greater potentialities. Slow to develop,
its ultimate development is grander and
more complete than that of the town
dweller. In the battle of life the coun-
tryman in time overtakes the city man
and ultimately leaves him far behind in
the race.-Good Housekeeping.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-09-13
The Amende Honorable.

WHAT Kittie going to marry that old
man Jones just for his money! What will
poor "ed do, after having squandered his
salary In taking her driving all SUMMER"
On, that's all right, the livery man
nasnt m been paid yet, and Jones promised
Ae1 last night to settle the bill himself" +"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-09-13
Labeled as French Brandy.

AS the annual local consumption In
France of brandy is 100000 gallons,
and the yearly product only $4,000, 900
gallons, American lovers of eau de vie are
wondering what the stuff is which comes
across the Atlantic labeled as French
brandy. Scientific experts say that most
Of it is cheap German spirits, favored
with cunningly devised extracts and cor.
dials.-Chicago Herald.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-09-13
No. A.

prolific, thus creating new species. In many
Instances, however, no reproduction has been
discovered. 1t has also been discovered that
the eggs of some species are adapted to hatch
in still water, others in a current and stin
others in an eddy; the eggs of the shad fol-
low the current, gliding around distractions,
while those OF the smelt, herring, carp and
others have q glutinous coating, which makes
them adhere to twigs, stones, ETC. And these
are the eggs which the Chinese caught as
above described.
The carp ponds at Washington presentla
scene OIL rare interest, ana Professor Dalro
has sent thence to many parts Of the world
the eggs of the carp. In one instance carp
and trout eggs, ingeniously packed in cans
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-09-13
HEAVEN AND EARTH.

There are no shadows where there is no sun;
There is no beauty where there is no shade:
And all things in two lines of glory run,
Darkness and light, ebon and gold inlaid.
God comes among us through the shrouds Of air;
And his dim track is like the silvery wake
Left by yon pinnace on the mountain lake
Fading and reappearing here and there.
The lamps and wells through heav'n and earth
that move,
Go in and out, as jealous Of their light,
Like sailing stars upon misty night
Death is the shade of coming night; and love
Yearns for her dear ones in the holy tomb,
Because bright things are better seen in gloom!
F. w. Faber.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-09-13

Green. By impreg-
mating the eggs Of
one species with
the milt of another
they have inter
bred the trout or
salmon Of one coast
with those Of an
other and produced
hybrids as far re-
moved from either
parent as is the
mule; but, unlike
that animal, sew
eral of these hy-
brids have proved
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-09-13

men gone to Davy
Jones locker, the
S pa n i a r d S lost
heart. All save
one of their COM
manders support
ed the admiral in
q determination to
retreat to Spain
by the only route
left open, a circuit
around the Ork-
neys. There the
S t or m S OF the
n ort b ern seas
broke upon them;
some were sunk
and some were
dashed to pieces
against the Irish
coast. The re-
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-09-13
Delicately Technical.

Customer seen to give you great
deal of trouble in measuring, Snipkins.
Tailor-Well, you are rather difficult
customer. sir. You see (confdentially)
when a gentleman is slim he may be
humpbacked, or have one shoulder six
inches higher than the other, but he may
be placed; but when gentlemans forty
nine inches round the waist, you can't
put him away!-Onee Week.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-09-13
a Helmet FOR r1remen.

A new helmet for f1emen has been in
vented in Bremen. It consists principally
of copper mask. which Is very light.
The wearer's nose, mouth, and eyes re-
ceive through an india rubber tube con-
slant stream Of pure air, which leaves the
helmet by an opening opposite the eyes
and prevents the entrance of smoke, The
helmet has been practically tested and is
to be used by the Berlin firemen, it is said.
New York Sun
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-09-13
Workmen's Tenement Houses.

Paris proposes to have workmen's ten.
ement houses after the Peabody plan, and
the tlrst stone of the first house was re-
Gently laid. The building will have seven
stories, and be divided into homes Of two
rooms and kitchen, and the yearly rent
9f suite on any floor will be $50.-New
York Sun.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-09-13
PIEDMONT CHAUTAUQUA.
The New and Elegant ntTSummer School
Near Atlanta.

The south, especially Georgia, is taking
deep interest in all the newest methods
of popular education, and very naturally
adopts most easily those which can be
employed in the open air. Such is the
Chautauqua of Georgia, located near Salt
Springs famous watering place, sixteen
miles west of Atlanta. They are unique
in design and elaborate Ia finish. The
grounds are laid out in Iromenades, pic
mic lawns, artificial lakes and beautiful
flower mounds, an especially interesting
feature being rose mound seventy feet
high, and covered entirely with rose
shrubs
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-09-13

politics, the objectors protested that the
Piedmont Chautauqua was organized for
totally different purposes. An invitation
to Hon. James G. Blaine was also sug-
gested, and, after heated discussion
in the state press, the managers finally
declared that lecture from either of the
gentlemen named would be purely lit
erary and non political.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-09-13
a lucKv :J&~..

Customer-Waiter. find hair In the
soup. ;. ,,
WaiterLYes, sab? specs it belongs
to vanderbilts $4,000 chef. -.
Customer-Is that sol Bring me ois
of paper, It's worth preserving.-The
Epoch.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-09-13


France; in 1887 John
Shaw, of England, be-
gan the regular hatch
ing of salmon, and some
twenty years later Setl.
Green began to instruct
Americans. The Mas
sachusetts legisla ture
in 1858 appointed three
fish commissioners, and
the subject took such a
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-09-13
FISH HATCHING.
How It First Came About in
This Country.
AND HOW 1T HAS SPREAD.

Seth Green's Shad Matching Box, Trans
portatiOn Tanks and Other Devices-Re-
markable Experiments in Fish Culture.
Interesting Carp Ponds at Washington.
The recent death of Seth Green has awak-
ened popular interest in the great work he
did, and people who had not investigated it
are astonished to learn that there are thou
sands of private fish ponds in America, and
many public and private hatcheries. And
yet it is no new thing. The Chinese, centu-
ries ago, inaugurated system of planting
small bushes in streams, SO that glutinous
fish eggs would adhere to them; and to this
they added other simple methods of aiding
propagation. There they stopped. In that,
as in almost everything else, they soon
reached the limit of their inventive capacity,
and have never since improved their meth
DDS.
The German Jacoby discovered methods of
artificial Matching in 1741, and it was taken
I'D as mere amusement in England and
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-09-13

Georgia has silver throated mule II
Is case of veterinary tracheotomy.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-09-13

MEMORIAL ON THE HOL
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-01
EntTdpping q MGa-Edter

A famous man-eating tiger has just
been captured alive in Iadia. A nit
was dug for a trap aud bated with a.
live bullock. After two days the beast
came around, and promptly jumped into
it. To capture him a second pit was
dug near the first and of the same
depth. From this a tunnel was run to
the first Tit, thin wall of earth being
let between the end of the tunnel and
the pit. A strong bamboo cage was
pushed into this tunnel from a second
pit. A goat was placed in the cage,
and the wall of earth was broken down.
The tiger sprang upon the goat, the
entrance to the cage was quickly closed,
and the beast was fast, and stayed so
until he was safe in Calcutta. New
York Sun.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-01
The Corn,

While Walter goes to plant his corn,
Says Nina TO the fair May morn,
How tall and strong and bIithe is hel
. may the fertile grains Of gold
Yield him twice hundredfold,
For he is all the world to mew
The morning breeze is fresh and strong:
The corn-bird sings Lis planting song;
The robin answers from the hill
But not note does Nina hear
OF all the music far and near,
Save Walters whistle, sweet and shrill.
His prairie farm is new and wide,
But be has nsught on earth beside.
And in a tiny hut he dwelis;
And SO, except in smiles and sighs
And gentle deeds and wistful eyes
His love for her he nev-r tells.
But if the year should 60 Alright,
Nor drought nor hail the corn should blight,
What happy wonders then might be!
50 saith the maid, 90 grams of gold,
Yield him twice hundredfoli,
For he is all the world to mep
While Walter goes to husk his corn
He smiles upon the frosty morn,
For Nina, smiling, sits beside
Since first the st ,Iks in summer spread
Their rank green blades above her head
he claims precious promised bride.
The spot is chosen where shall stand
The cottage, oft and gravely planned
In summer moons and Sabbath ewes.
And trees are named to shade the dav.
And charm the twilight hours away
With mystic murmurs of their leaves.
Dear girl" he says, 'before we knew
What hail or drought or frost might do,
Our happy goal seemed far away;
But now, 50 blest our fields have been
That when the last great load comes in,
%, then should be our wedding day!'
And Nina answers soft and low;
She husks with him the first long row,
The sweet, sere blades above her head;
And if he stops her here and there,
The corn itself gives license fair,
For more than once the ear is red.
-LHarper's Weekly
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-01
PRICE S2,75O.
FARM NO. 3.

Two hurdred acres, two miles from
Scotland Neck. Eighty acres Fresh
Land. Good Dwelling, some out-houses
and orchard, and good water
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-01
Il French Legend Untrue.

a French journal published for the
purpose of giving curious information
has been investigating the story that
during the Reign of Terror Mile. de
Sombreuil was male to drink a glass
Of human blood as the price of her life,
and asserts that this honOred legend i:
untrue. All the foundation there could
be for it, the paper says, is that she
probably was asked to drink a glass of
wine to the health Of the Republic, and
;he hand of the man who gave it to her
might have been dripping with blood.