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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-26
Vocal Tricks on the Stage.

There are several fixed rules-we might
almost call them tricks-for the produc.
ton Of vocal sounds on the stage, the ac-
QUESTION of which is Invaluable to the
artist. The abrupt force, for instance, as
it is technically called, which distinguishes
Nine. Sara Bernhardt above all other
living actresses, and which consists of an
exceedingly rapid, yet distinct, utterance
Of the words Of her most passionate
speeches, beginning in a very low tone
with extraordinary swiftness, and ending
the phrase with loud and vibrating eli
max. which gives an impression of inten-
sity and power well calculated to startle
the audience and rouse the greatest en-
thusiasm, is only an acquired art-a trick
and simply the result of hard practice.
She herself has said that her quarrel
scene in "Frou Frou" took her many
months to learn. Her method is to first
read the speech as she would like to event.
ually speak it on the stage, but in an un-
dertone, as slowly as possible, pronounc-
ing each word with a long breath before
and after it. This exercise she by degrees
increases in rapidity until she has almost
insensibly the habit of pronouncing the
sentence with what appears to the spec
tator to be perfect whirlwind of inspired
passion.-Saturday Review.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-26
No. s.


It is tie middle class that gives the best
example of the average habits of the
nation And, judging by the standard, 1
should say that we Americans were the
most self indulgent people on the face of
the earth | wonder what the wife of q
well to do American shopkeeper in
small way-a grocer, a dealer in trim
mings. or petty retail dry goods mer-
chant-would say to the home of one of
her social equals in Paris. In the first
place, carpets are unknown in the little
home, except, perhaps, square rug in the
center of the drawing room. Bits of car
pet. or little cheap rugs at the sides of the
beds, are alone in use in the bedrooms.
Gas is not known outside of the kitchen,
and possibly the dining room.
In many households tablecloths are not
used except at dinner time, and knives
and forks are never changed during the
course of a meal. One very curious in
stance of economy that came under my
own observation was that practiced by
dressmaker of good standing. who, by
reason Of her exquisite taste and n,oder-
ate prices, had a large and excellent
American custom She was a woman of
education and of very gentle and refined
manners. Yet she never wore under
garments of linen or percale, because they
cost too much in the washing, having
every article of that kind made in dark
flannel. She never sat down to a regI-
larly served meal, but lived on surrepti-
tious snacks, eaten whenever and wher-
ever she could snatch moments S leisure.
She made fortune in few years, retired
from business and married a doctor. |
wonder if she keeps up her oddly eco-
nomical habits to the present day.-Lucy
Hooper's Paris Letter.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-26
As If Nothing Had Happened.

A few years after the war gentleman
had occasion to visit Richmond with his
family, and living at the time in the
county of Patrick, fifty miles from any
railroad station, very few of the darkies
in that county had ever seen a railroad
train. A nurse was a necessary part of
the family equipage, ana he had secured
the services of coal black specimen,
about Is years Of age. who was as quick
witted as usual, but was as veritable
Topsy as ever "growed." The party took
the train at the nearest station, and after
few hours run a broken rail threw the
train off the track. Some Of the cars
made a revolution down an embankment,
and some were lodged on it's incline at an
angle of forty-five degrees. Great con-
sternation, of course, ensued; the men
were shouting and the women and chill
dren screaming. After great difficulty
our party scrambled out Of the coach on
the steep incline Of the embankment.
Finding no bones broken with wife or lit
tie one, the writer, who was surprised at
the placid, undisturbed appearance Of the
nurse, who, holding the baby in her arms,
looked upon the scene as if nothing had
happened, said:
'.Milly, were you much frightened"
''No, sah," she said; II thought it had
to stop that way "-Harper's Magazine.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-26
Intellectual Hunger in Cuba,

A singular evidence of the aspiration
toward enlightenment under difficulties
in any land is in an odd class of folk I
have discovered here in Havana Books
in Cuba are few and costly. There are not
as much news and miscellany In any
single issue of a Havana newspaper as are
given in three columns of any American
daily. But the intellectual hunger must
be satisfied, and there have grown out of
these conditions large number of lectors
or readers. These go from one shop to
another, and often from house to house
among the lowly, and read and comment
upon the insignificant worlds news which
the ifeless papers occasionally print
They are well paid, for, as they must roar
like mad bulls in their readings, so that
the 500 or 1000 hands in a great cigar
factory can all catch the precious words,
they soon lose their voices altogether
Edgar L. Wakeman in New York Mail
and Express,
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-26
An Ancient Buried Forest.

During the late violent storms in the
English channel the sea washed through
shlgh and hard sandbank near St. Malo,
almost fonr meters thick. laying bare q
portion of an ancient forest, viii h was
already passing into the condition Of coal.
Ihe London Times says: This forest at
tae beginning of our era covered an ex-
'ensive tract of the coast, but with the
sinking Of the land it became submerged
shd covered up by the drifting sand Mont
SAINT Michel once stood in the middle Of
~. y. The forest had quite disappeared by
.ne middle of the Tenth century. Oc-
easlonally, at very low tides after storms.
remains Of it are disclosed, just as at
present. 1t Is believed that some cent
.ries ago the highest tides rose about
we've meters above the level Of the
lowest ebb. Now the high water level is
journal. ''"'''
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-26
VOICE OF The FAITHFUL HEART.

Say. what is the wild sea message
1t so eagerly bears 20 the land,
That SO fond!y it croons To ths pebbles.
As 1t dries It sad eyes on the strandr
DO the pebbles It dallies anc kisses,
And forsskes with a sob as they part,
Alone know the echo that fingers,
Like the voice of fond, faithful hearth
Is the pebble an exile wonder,
From some sea bedded cavern Of yore?
Are the waves but its couriers bearing
Sweet tidings from grotto to shores
Does IL harken and send back its greetingl
Is the kiss on the waves lips partf
As swift end as sure comes the answer,
From the voice Of fond, faithful heart
Does the surf change forever, or everi
Do these couriers pause in their chase?
Are the depths Of the sea ever broken
By the tempests that wrinkle its face!
Ah, mol And as strong and enduring,
Though ocean and continent part,
Are the whispers, heard but by the loved one
From the voice Of the fond, faithful heart
EDeep down meath tho bosom Of ocean,
Unsounded by plummet or line;
At peace from the storm and commotion,
That rage DER its pillows of brine,
There are secrets that time shall not fathom,
There are jewels unknown to earth's mart.
AZ deep, as true and precious
Is the voice OF the fond, faithful heart.
Jessie Bartlett Davis.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-26
Losses Through Shoplifting.

''All the way from $4,000 to $5O, 900 a
year" said the detective, "are lost to pro-
prietors of large stores through shop
lifting In some of the Sixth avenue
stores where no detectives are employed
three, four, and even five sealskin cloaks
are stolen in a day, and rarely do the
detectives in the stores where they are
employed search a person for stolen goods
that they do not find concealed about
them articles belonging in other stores
all along the avenue In some of these
stores a plumber is regularly employed
to keep the ladies' toilet in order, for into
the sinks are thrown pocketbooks from
which the money has been taken, small
parcels, when the shoplifter finds she is
being watched, cards and tags on goods,
and whole piece of lace or embroidery
is sometimes crowded down out of sight
to avoid detection. About 90 per cent.
of the pilferers are women In a store
where 47O prosecutions are recorded for
one year, only 43 of the culprits were
men. New York Sun.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-26
Nubia's Whistling Tree.

In Nubia there are groves of acacia ex-
tending over 100 miles square 1.-THE most
conspicuous species" says DR.. Schwein-
furth, ''is the acacia fstula It's Arabic
name is 'soffar,' meaning flute or pipe.
From the Larvae of insects, which have
worked their way into the inside, their
ivory white shoots are often distorted in
form and swollen cut at their base into a
globular, bladder like gall about one inch
in diameter. After the insect has emerged
from circular hole, this thorn like shoot
becomes a sort of musical instrument,
u|onlwhich the wind, as it plays, produces
the regular sound of flute On this
account the natives of the Soudan name
the acacia the whistling tree. The
Coronado
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-26
Talking at the Opera.

To large extent the stupid custom of
having music between the acts at theatres
is responsible for the talking at the opera
For between the acts everybody, Of course,
wants to talk; and since at the theatre
the orchestra merely furnishes sort of
background or support for the converse
tion, people naturally come to look upon
the overtures and interludes and introduc-
tions to the second and third acts of an
opera in similar light Even if entr'acte
music in theatres were much better than
it is commonly, this consideration alone
ought to suffice to Danish it from the
theatres. It degrades the art and spoils
the public. T. Finck in the Co.'S
mopolitan.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-26
Power of tho Human Eye.

They were at the Central park menag
erie.
''Do you know, Miss Maude," he said
that the human eye, when fixed upon the
eye of a brute, has marvellous effect?"
Does it," she asked.
Eyes: now watch me paralyze that
tiger"
Long and fxedly he gazed at the
monarch of the jungle, when suddenly the
frightened animal threw back it's head
and yawned, then licked it's paws enjoya.
bly,, and languidly closing its eyes,
dreamed of farther India and chasing
British noblemen over elephants backs.
Marvellous" exclaimed Miss Maude.-
New York Sun.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-26
Helena, Montana Thursday, July 26, 1888.
Railroad FLYERS In ENGLAND.

"You don't know what fast travelling
means in this country"
An Englishman, who had recently made
a trip throughout the New England states
and the west. was discussing our railroad
system with friend at cafe
Now listen and I'll give you some
news. In England third class passengers
ride from forty to forty-fve miles an
hour and nobody pays extra fare on ac-
count of the speed. From New York to
Albany it is 142 miles by splendid track.
There are ten express trains daily between
these cities, and their average speed is
twenty nine miles an hour. Between
London and Sheffield, 162 miles, the
Great Northern runs nine trains daily.
with an average speed of forty-fve miles
an hour. Between New York and Bos-
ton the average speed is thirty
miles an hour, and the fastest, a
train composed exclusively of sleeping
cars, makes thirty-nine miles an hour.
Between London and Manchester, 203
miles, there are twenty trains daily, with
an average speed of forty-one miles an
tween London and Glasgow, 440 miles,
there are thirteen daily expresses, and
their average speed is almost forty miles
an hour, one train being much faster
than this"
eyes, but that is only on favored
lines"
"Not at all All over England and
Scotland express trains, composed of first,
second and third class carriages, make
from thirty-fve to fifty miles an hour,
while in America thirty five mile train
is called stroke of lightning. The fast
est regular train in America, so am told,
is on the Baltimore and Ohio, which
makes the forty miles between Washing
ton and Baltimore in fifty minutes. There
are three or four fast trains between New
York and Philadelphia covering forty-six
miles an hour. Between Liverpool and
Manchester there are ffty-two trains
daily. none of them slower than forty-fv
miles an hour and four of them making
ffty-one and third miles an hour
New York Mail and Express.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-26
Paganini's Favorite Instrument

Paganini purchased many other violins,
particularly several Stradavari, and was
continually buying and selling fine instru-
ments, but nothing could induce him to
part with his Joseph del Jesu" He kept
it constantly with him, and watched it as
father might watch a delicate child.
Once it was sick, appearing suddenly to
lose all its quality, and he took it to
Vuillame, known as the most famous re-
pairer of iddles in Europe. The expert
said that it must be taken apart. Paga-
mini insisted that it must not 60 out Of
his sight, and compelled the work to be
done in his own apartments. Vuillame
told afterward that Paganini watched him
as he put in the knife and pried the deli
cate wood apart, and started at every
fresh thrust as though the knife were go
ing into his own body. Afterward Vuil-
lame had to take it to his shop to put it
together. When the work was done
Paganini gave him gold box set with
precious stones. which Paganini said was
exactly the same as one he had to give to
his physician and that the doctor Of his
body and the doctor Of his violin were en-
titled to equal consideration The box
was worth several hundred dollars, prob
ably ten times as much as the original
maker received for the violin when it was
new.
While the violin was in his shop Vuil-
lame made measurements of its exact di-
mensions down to the very unevennesses
of the varnish, and from these he subse-
quently made another violin that was the
exact duplicate Of Paganini's, but when
the latter heard of it he insisted that it
should be sold to him, and so no one ever
had violin like that of Paganini until,
dying, Paganini bequeathed the copy to
Camille Sivori, who has ever since played
upon it. The original violin Paganini left
to his native city. Genoa, to be kept for
ever in remembrance of him 1t is kept
with scrupulous care. and only the most
famous artists are or have ever been al
lowed to touch it. Once before the honor
has been accorded to Sivori. This time
Leandro Campanati, the director of the
Milanese quartet, shares the honor with
York Sun.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-26
MYSTERY.
Mystery mysteryf

Mystery mysteryi
All is mystery. ,gE
Mountain and valley, woodland and stream;
Mans troubled history,
Mans mortal destiny
Are but phase of the souls troubled dream.
Mystery! mystery!
All is a mystery!
Heart throbs of anguish and joys gentle dew,
Fall from fountain
Beyond the great mountain,
Whose SUBMITS forever are lost in the blue
Mystery! mystery!
All is mystery!
The sigh Of the night Winds the song of the waves;
The visions that borrow
Their brightness from sorrow,
The tales which flowers tell US, the voices Of
graves.
Iysteryl mystery!
All is a mysteryl
All, there is nothing we wholly see throughi
Weare all weary,
The nights long and dreary-
Without hope of morning o what would we do?
Alexander McLachlan.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-26
An Ancient Mariner.

British residents in Japan are subscrib-
ing for the repair of the grave of Will
Adams, British sailor, who was ship
wrecked in Japan in the reign of James /,
and who lived for many years at the Court
of Yedo, where he obtained extraordinary
influence. His grave was discovered some
wears ago on the summit of one of the
hills overlooking the government arsenal
at Yokosuka, near Yokohama.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-26
Early Marriages in China.

In China early marriages are the rule.
The match is arranged by the parents,
and is in the nature of commercial trans
action. The groom is expected to make
presents of money ard clothes to the
bride, who, however, brings no dowry or
anything in return. The calendars are
consulted solemnly for lucky days, and
the blessings of the tutelary gods sought
by various propitiatory measures. If the
signs fail to turn out auspiciously the
wedding is postponed again and again.
The ceremony of marriage consists in
drinking cup of samshoo together in the
nuptial chamber.-Thomas Stevens Let
Tor
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-26
A ParIO2u Echo.

P;ttsburg Wooer (ardently) Bright
angel Of my lifel You will be mine!
Sweet girl: star Of my ex-
Allegheny Maiden (dreamilySEggs-
yes. two eggs, one cup of -four, half a
peck of salt, pound Of cayenne pepper,
three pints of baking powder-(suddenly)
Oh! pardon me, Edward, l quite forgot
you. What were you sayingt
An hour later Edwards body is fshed
out Of Davis Island Dam.-Pittsburg
Bulletin
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-26
Rosa BOnheur.

Rosa Bonheur in the streets of Paris is
a large, elderly lady, rather plainly
dressed in black, her gray hair tucked
under a close bonpet. Years ago she
dressed as boy so as to attract less at
tention from the hangers on OF the
stables, cattle yards and menageries.
which were visited chiefly by men, and
she still wears male attire at nome "nen
at work
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-26
Fifteen Hundred Foot Seaweed.

Californian big trees will have to take a
second place as botanical giants now that
the ocean has undertaken to beat the land
in the size of it's products. Capt. John
Stone, of the ship Clever, picked up sea-
weed on the Atlantic near the equator
that was 1,5OO feet long. It was an alga,
and has been identified as a specimen
of macroceptis pyrifera- - Philadelphia
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-26
Very Nervous Indeed

When Mayor Hewitt was in Washing
ton he was continually annoyed by the
untimely barking of dogs at night. Brit
it seems that there is man now in WASH
ington even more nervous than the mayor.
He refuses to live in house with trees in
front of it because he says their bark dis
turbs him at 'night.-New York Tribune.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-26

By the old method the steel wire from
which watch springs are made was heated
to the proper temperature and immedi.
ately plunged into oil In the new process
the wire is immersed in the oil bath first
and is then brought. by means Of an
electric current, to the desired degree Of
heat.-Boston Budget
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-26
THOUGHTS.

Thoughts do not need the wings Of words"
To fy to any goal;
Like subtle lightning, not like birds,
They speak from soul to soul.
Hide in your heart bitter thought,
Still il has power 10 blight;
Think Love, and, tho you speak it not
1t gives the world more light.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox in Pittsburg Bulletin.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-26
Mailing Unmounted Photos

Unmounted photographs, ETC., can be
sent by mail without damage by rolling
them around the outside of light cylin-
drical piece of wood or bamboo, when q
pasteboard tube cannot be obtained.-''T.
p. D. g." in Writer.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-26
Ordering a Meal.

Young Man Gin loud tone of VOICE.
Aw-waiter, have you quail on toast?
Waiter-Yes, sir.
Young Man Gin low tone of voice)--
Bring me some of the toast.-Life
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-26

The largest tree in the country east Of
California is gnarled old sycamore that
stands in Upper Sandusky. in Ohio. It Is
forty feet in circumference.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-26
Eight Acres n Uay.

Ahe Dutch are taking Holland at the
,s ,aIe OF eight acres day. During the last
sw9 centuries, 1t is estimated, 1000 acres
" 1ano have been reclaimed from the sea.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-26

A Philadelphia lady now thirty-tnree yea!s 3
of age is widow for the second tiine' aia =
also grandmother.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-26

horse power would keep 27,000,000
watches going.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-26

Cincinnati boasts tho biggest pin pool
game in the country.
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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-09

rcsults OF agriculture. and 20 gather from every
sou,,e within or without her territory. for
COMPARISON and instruction, all the b-st and
most recent labor saving devices aud macnin-
cry for tillng her soil, rearing her harvests
and changing her crude products into useful
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For accomplishing these ends the Exposi-
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and all classes within her b riders. and
the exhibition of all articles. whether
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to de elop or improve them.
To exhbito this Exposition offers unusual
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during The Exposition. Extra rdinary attrac-
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the management. composed Of the best bust
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