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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-01-31
FRIENDS SUGAR FACTORY.

"'I am to be paid 500, 900 for the next
experiment, laughed the professor. q
am going to have great big machine
and l will make things hum, tell you.
You see we can make the box as big as
we want to- and they all laughed. They
talked on that way for an hour or two,
and learned Just how they refined the
sugar by electricity The professor had
little box of a machine in his room by
shich he purified refined sugar in small
quantities. This he put into his machine
and ground out, the company thinking
it was the raw sugar they had sent,
when Mrs. Friend had simply let that he
mashed through the sink. remember
the professor said:
"'Why, l don't care if they box me UP
and nail me into my machine and pile in
their raw sugar behind me. | have the
refined sugar in there, and all have to
do is to toss it out to them through the
tunnels"
There seems to have been some dissat-
isfaction after that with the dressmaker,
whom they invited to go elsewhere, and
Mrs. Baillie retorted that if they were
going to do any more sugar refining they
would better keep the register shut.
Now it transpires that stepfather How
ard who has carried on the scheme with
his daughter Miss Friend since the pro-
fesser's death, divided his time between
the refinery" and street preaching. On
week days he would devote himself to
the former, and on Sundays he would
sing psalms and preach in South
Brooklyn, or from the steps of the city
hall in New York. Meanwhile his
scientific son-in-law kept stable in New
York with twenty-seven horses in it.
Yet it is said that his coupe bills outside
the use of bis stables were usually
$3.50 per month. He regarded brandy
the only beverage for gentleman and a
scientist, and would only drink the best.
He died in stirring times; times fitting to
end the life of one who had lived at such
a rapid pace; the time of his death being
simultaneous with the great blizzard on
the Atlantic coast last spring.
And vet among the other mysteries
connected with this celebrated Electric
Sugar company, there's mystery about
this death Of the professor. A man who
used to go about with Friend in New
York declares that the death was very
sudden and surprising to him; that he
called several times during the illness,
but that he was told the professor was
too i'll to see him. He says that he saw
box carried away from Friends house on
a cheap rickety bob sleigh. On the front
seat were two men, while two others sat
on the box smoking. One of these men,
he says, was Howard This was Friends
funeral. Then the question arose in the
observers mind, "Was the professor dead
after all?"
After Friends death Mr.. Howard, who
had been meek and lowly, and dressed
in shabby apparel as he preached the
Gospel from the city hall steps, blazed out
in great style. The police were notified
that there were suspicious circumstances
connected with the funeral, and looked
into the matter, but nothing came of it.
Mrs. Friend went to Milan, Mich, the
horses and furniture In New York were
sold, and Mr.. and Mrs. Howard went to
live at the Madison Avenue hotel in New
York city. -
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-01-31
COLORED CATHOLIC CONVENTION.
Curious Relations of the Catholic Church
and Colored Americans.

Curious Relations of the Catholic Church
and Colored Americans.
The recent convention of colored Cath
olics at Washington may be noted as
quite an epoch in the progress both of
that race and that church in America
The convention did its work SO well
and gave publicity to facts of so much
interest and Importance that reading
Americans confess surprise at the
peculiar relations, both present and his
toric, of the negroes and the Catholic
church. There are in the United
States twenty distinct colored Catholic
churches, each with school attached,
though the church does not encourage
separate organization, and most of its
colored communicates attend white
churches. The colored Catholics also
have siXty-five schools, eight orphan
asylums and three reformatOries; seven
educated colOred men are now prepar-
ing for the priesthood, and there are
$50 colored women in the various sister
hoods. The schools now include 5000
colored children. x*x
1t is not generally known that the
first movement towards general emanci-
patton began in the Catholic church,
that more than one pope has made it an
object Of special address, and that the
confessor of Charles V of Spain was the
first to inaugurate a crusade against
African slavery and the slave trade.
AS to the abolition of white slavery in
England, Macaulay, despite his strong
anti-Catholic feeling, gives this testi-
mony:
"The church of Rome creates an
aristocracy altogether Independent of
race, inverts the relation between the
oppressor and the oppressed, and COM
pels the hereditary master to kneel be-
fore the tribunal of the hereditary bonds
man. To this day 1S4S) in some countries
where negro slavery exists, popery ap-
pears in advantageous contrast to other
forms of Christianity; it is notorious that
the antipathy between the two races is
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-01-31

GOVERNMENT BUILDING, WILMINGTON, N. c..
ment and 60 feet deep through tower by
120 feet in length, to be built of Wades-
boro, N. c., brown stone with brick
backing, the basement walls being rock
faced.
The style of architecture employed is
Italian Romanesque-the design of a
bold and pleasing character, sufficiently
enriched With carvings to give it rank
among the best class Of public buildings.
The first story is assigned to postoffice
uses and to railway mail service; the
second story to United States courts and
the various offices belonging thereto, to
internal revenue, chief engineer of land
Office, etc., while the third story contains
land offices, jury rooms and signal service
Offices with station for observations.
The basement is assigned to customs,
heating apparatus, closets and general
sanitary arrangements. The structure
generally will be fire proof The cost
of site is S39, 5000, while the total ap-
preparation is 100000.
The new government building in pro-
cess Of erection at San Antonio, Tex, is
OF Romanesque style Of architecture,
with general dimensions of 80 feet by
134 feet 6 inches, exclusive of one story
bay projections to increase the area Of
first floor.
The structure will be of stone with
brick backing, three stories high above
basement, with a square tower 95 feet
high above ground Line.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-01-31
Rivers Which Fish Desert,

Close observers have ascertained that
rivers running through treeless tracts OF
country are nearly, if not quite, destitute
Of fish, and that fish will desert stream
from which timber has been removed,
although they previously swarmed there
in. In the propagation of fish it is not
enough to place the fry in water; they
must be provided with food, and the best
means to do this is to preserve the bor-
der trees and insure steady supply of
water and food by preserving the forests
whence the supply of food is derived. If
new forests are cultivated on the barren
ranges, many stream now nearly empty
during the dry seasons will be reflled
with fish and food for the many.-The
Timberman.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-01-31
THE BIG SUGAR FRAUD.
<TORIES OF FRIEND, THE MAN WITH
THE SHAM PROCESS.

Tales Told by Dressmaker-view of tho
Building Wherein the Victims Sunk
Their Money, and in Which the Alleged
New Way of Making Sugar was Carried On.
The old saying that capital is timid has
met with noted disprover in the recent
developments of the great Electric Sugar
Refining swindle at New York. So
adroit were the swindlers, or so gullible
| the capitalists, that the stock of the
bogus Company was selling in London at
| 500 per cent. Professor Friend, the
| holder of the remarkable secret, is sup
posed to have gone to his last sleep long
before the dehouement came, and fin
ished his career with brandy; so he is not
here to participate in the crash. His
wife, who inherited the secret, survives
him. ~
One of the most interesting features of
the case is the report of Mrs. Ell. NJ.
Baillie, a Brooklyn dressmaker, who four
years ago lived in the same house with the
Friends. She has givcn her observations
to reporter for The New York World.
One day it was reported to her that there
was to be an experiment. The professor
received eight barrels of unrefined sugar
for refining, for which he was to get
$4,000 from the company if he executed
the work successfully. Mrs. Baillie was
sitting in her room one day, just over the
room occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Howard,
Mrs. Friends father and mother. The
register was open, and Mrs. Baillie heard
voices in the apartment below. The pro-
essor was talking to his wife. This is
Mrs. Baillies account of the converse
ton:
"'Well, Ollie, that was a good days
work, wasn't itY said he, and l could
hear him chuckling to himself.
Yes, she answered Grossly; and l
am pretty tired, tell you. There amt
many women would do what have done
for you, nor there amt many would have
the nerve
"Then came the deep voice of old
Howard. You had to lift out all that
sugar with your hands, didn't you,
OllieY Yes, she answered.; and then l
had to put it in the sink and let it run
away. My hands are sore from it,
''They all began to laugh together and
talk of how easy it would be to make
money. They were all in high spirits,
and never thought of being overheard.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-01-31
Exchanged Wives for Better or Worse.

In Washington county two married
couples were living only short distance
apart, and by neighborly intercourse
each man became enanored of the
others wife, while the ladies soon
learned to love the others husband, and
thus became estranged from their first
love. When matters took this shape it
came to be noticeable by all concerned,
and many evenings passed while each
husband was at the others house pour
ing out his tale of love and fidelity into
the willing ears Of the listeners. Finally
one of the husbands, a little bolder than
the other, proposed an exchange. This
was met with gladness by all the parties
interested, and the proposing party con-
sented to the trade on condition that the
other would allow him S. in cash and
seven bushels of Quaker peas. This was
readily consented to, and the trade was
made, each wife going to the others
home, carrying with her the children,
and are now living in the sweetest do
mestic felicity. They will try to have
the courts make the trade legal.-At-
lanta Chronicle.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-01-31
The Way to Wash Windows.

There is right and wrong way to
wash windows, and as this operation IS
usually dreaded, the following method
will doubtless be appreciated, as it saves
both time and labor: Choose dull day,
OF at least a time when the SUN is not
shining on the window, for when the
sun shines on the window it causes it to be
dry streaked, no matter how much it is
rubbed. Take painters brush and dust
them inside and out, washing all the
wood work inside before touching the
glass. The latter must be washed SIM
ply in warm water diluted with ammo
nia-do not use soap. Use small cloth
with pointed stick to get the dust out
of the corners; wipe dry with a soft
piece of cotton cloth-do not use linen,
as it makes the glass inty when dry.
Polish with tissue paper or old news
paper. You will find this can be done
in half the time taken where soap is
used, and the result will be brighter
windows.-Pittsburg Reporter.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-01-31
Scenes in q Spanish City.

The antiquities of Toledo are not the
only interesting things. The sights from
day to day on the streets and in the family
circle are peculiar. The very children
have queer sports. One of their favorite
pastimes is to parade in dark hall with
slow step and drone chant in imitation
of a church festival service Boys are
also fond of playing bull fights, the
bull part being taken by some lad not
distressed by rough handling. Owing to
the narrow streets, everything seems
mixed up together-wine shops, vege-
tables. children. citizens. cadets. loafers
and beggars minghng in one mass.
The people generally are simple and
good natured. The chief street is shaded
by awni Rgs, and every public doorway is
screened@by striped curtain. Foreigners
visiting the town are dubbed the
strangers, and so referred to on every
occasion when designation is necessary.
The leading place of amusement is called
the Grand Summer theatre" 1t is with
In the ragged walls Of once grand build
ing, now half torn down. 1t is quite
common thing in the evening to hear
guitar duets in the narrow dark streets,
being given as serenades to ladies in the
house before which the playing is done.
The skill displayed by some of the
players is marvellous. and the music is de-
ightful. The treble is carried on a small
instrument called "mandura" that
makes most pleasing combination with
the guitar. Often professional play ers are
hired to go and play before house, and
will thrum out native airs for several
hours, smoking cigarettes assiduously ell
the while.-Globe- Democrat.
Where He Got 1t.
Magistrate-You say your name is Ma
poleon Bonaparte Pancko? Witness
Yes. sab Magistrate-Where did you
get that name? Witness-I wuz named
arter my poo ole fadder. His name was
de same as mine. Napoleon Bonaparte,
specs, sab, am family name.-Utica OBJ
server.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-01-31
A Successful Man.

If were asked to define the meaning
of a successful man, should say a man
who has made a happy home for his wife
and children. No matter what he has
not done in the way of achieving wealth
or honors, if he has done that he is a,
grand success. If he has not done that,
and it is his own fault, though he be the
highest in the land, he is most pitiable
failure. Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-01-31

Doctor (passing stonecutters yard)-
Good morning, Mr.. Jones. Hard at
work, see. | suppose you finish your
gravestones as far as ''In Memory off,
and then wait for some one to die, eh?
Stonecutter-Why, yes; unless some
body's sick and you're doctoring 'em;
then l keep right on.-Boston Gazette.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-01-31

by no means so
strong at Rio
Janeiro a s a t
w a sh in ct on:
y How great
a part the Cath
olic ecclesiastics
had in the aboli-
ton of villenage,
we learn from
unexceptiona.bl e
testimony. When
the dying slave
holder asked for
the last sacra~
ments, his spirit
u al attendants
ror1,lorIv n Il
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-01-31
Where He Got 1t.
With Their Shoes On.

Five Kansas young ladies were recently
caught in the middle of long railroad
bridge by passenger train and forced to
Jump twenty feet into the water to save
themselves. 1t would also be correct to
state that it was Jump of ten feet.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-01-31

A tame crow belonging to a farmer
near Ridgeway, Ont, has been taught to
distinguish colors, and will pick out from
pile of articles of various colors one of
any color asked for. .:.---
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-01-31

money order office, ETC.; while the
second story will be for United States
courts and the several officials connected
Herewith
The cost of building will be about
$3.50 600
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-01-31
Helena Montana. Thursday, January 81, 1882

-..,s.vu VI SEVERAL uayS and call upon
President Cleveland the convention ad-
journed Jan. to meet year later at
Richmond, Va.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-01-31

To mount ferns use a glue with three parts
white sugar, two parts starch, and a very
little water. Boil until white.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-01-31
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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-10-12
Cattle hievt 8 Captured .

Last Saturday, says the Wallowa Chief
tain, five men arrived here from WASH
ington county Idaho, having warrants for
the arrest of three men, names unknown,
on the charge of stealing cattle from that
section. On Monday they arrested, on
the strength of their Idaho warrants, II.
S. Pierce, Charley Day and John Blevans,
all of Prairie creek.
Pierce claimed that he had purchased
the cattle, but he and his companions
were obliged to start with the officers for
Mt. Idaho.
When the party reached Wilson's place
at the mouth of Freeze Out" creek on
the Imnaha, about dusk Tuesday evening,
they proceeded to stake out their horses.
Pierce, taking advantage Of the opportu-
nifty, put spurs to bis horse and started
down the hill. Alex Warnock, who was
with Pierce at the time, siiOtt ut him at q
distance of about ten PAGES, whereupon
Pierce jumped from his horse and made
for the brush. Another shot was fired al
him, but it is thought he was not struck.
The next morning his hat was found on
the ground where he escaped. Day and
Blevans were told that Pierce had been
killed, and they showed great nervous
ness during The night. Bievans promised
that as soon as they reached Idaho city
he and Day would make statemement
of t. e whole affair, and said that he was
satisfied it would 60 much easier with
them if they would plead guilty.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-10-12
PICKED UP II OPEN SEA.
Proctor Knott.s story.

Sitting in the roturda of the Alexan-
der Hotel of louisville, Proctor Knctt
last night told this story:
''It was the most remarkable scene l
ever witnessed. 1t occurred during my
early manhood, when l was attorney
general of Missouri. Robert Stewart was
then govencr of that state One day
was In his private off ce when he par.
doned steamboat man for some crime.
What it was 1 have forgotten, but that
does not matter. The man had been
brought from the penitentiary to the gov
ernor's Office. He was large, powerful
fellow, with the rough manners of his
class.
"The governor looked at the steam
boatman and seemed strangely affected.
He scrutinized him closely. Finally he
signed the document that restored him to
liberty, but as he handed it to him said
You will commit some other crime and
be in the penitentiary again, 1 fear
The man solemDly promised that he
would not. The governor looked doubt
full mused a few moments and said:
You will go back on the rver and be
mate again, 1 supposed"
"The man replied that he would"
"Well, want you to promise me one
thing, resumed the governor. i want
you to pledge your word that when you
are mate again you will never take q
billet of wood in your hand and drive a
sick boy out of bunk to help you load
your boat on a stormy night.
''The steamboat man said that he
would not and he inquired what the
governor meant by asking him such a
question:
"The governor replied: Because some
day that boy may become governor and
you may want him TO pardon you for a
crime. One dark stormy night many
years ago You stopped your boat on the
Mississippi to take on load of wood.
There was a boy on board who was
working his passage from New Orleans
to St. Louis, but he was very sick of a
fever and was lying In bunk. You had
plenty of men to do the work, but you
went to that boy with a stick in your
hand and drove him, with blows and cur
ses, out into the wretched night and kept
him tolling Ike slave until The load
was completed. was that boy. Here
is your pardon. Meyer again be guilty
of such brutality. And the man cow
ering and hiding his face, went out.
AS never heard of him again l sup
pose he took care not to break the law"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-10-12
A Sad Occurrence.


The death of Thomas Willis, the young
lad who was kicked by horse Sunday
evening, about 6 o'clock, was singular one.
In the evening Mr.. Willis told his son, a
COY ii years of age, to catch horse, which
had always been gentle, and put it in the
stable. This the boy started to do and he
went few rods from the door and attempt
ed to catch the animal The horse started
to run but he succeeded in stopping it.
As he did so it whirled around and kicked
him IN the stomach, knocking him down.
He got up and started to meet his mother,
into the house by his brother. His father
asked him if he wanted doctor and ne
said he did not. He suffered considerably
mle, do you want doctor?" He again
answered that he did not, that he felt bet
ter, and got up. After awhile he said he
felt good and his father started to get some
wood for the fire when he heard him groan.
Mr.. Willis went to him and saw ne was
dying and sent for neighbor. The poor
boy grasped his mother by the hand and
said: ''this is mother, docking at her) and
this is father" He then turned his face
toward the neighbor that had arrived, and
called HIM by name. His mother asked
him if lie was prepared to die, and he an
swered, that if he died now, he would go to
heaven, and he passed off shortly without
much pain. He expressed his desire to die
when he was suffering the first night.
Little Tommle," as he was Familiarity
called, was bright boy and will be missed
by many friends and playmates,
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-10-12
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