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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-08-08
She Knew the Schem e.
detroit Free Press,


A girl with q bundle in her hand was
going up Park street yesterday when she
met girl with a bundle coming down.
They seemed to intuitively to divine each
others occupation, and the fact that each
was out of job.
when did you leave ?" queried the
first.
about an hour ago. When did you ?"
"Same time. What did you quit for?"
"Folks had too much company and I
worked like slave. What did you quit
for?"
"Folks had no company nor nothing to
do, and was getting too fat. Don't we
have hard times, though ?"
"Drefful If it isn't one thing it's an
other. / am now after place where the
lady is said to respect her servants feel
ings."
"How nice! That means every evening
out-all the beaus you want-breakfast at
half f-past eight and girl company every
afternoon. Oh! but it can't last. It's q
scheme to get you there and put double
wash on you for starter"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-08-08
The Newly Appointed Governor of
Alaska.

Lyman E. Knapp, the recently appointed
Governor of Alaska, is a native of Yer
mont, born in 1887, and is of the same age
as Senator Plumb, at present one of Hele-
mas distinguished guests. Mr.. Knapp
halls from Somerset and is graduate of
Middlebury College. He has soldier
record of three years in the Union army
and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel
He was wounded several times but not
seriously. Returning to civil life he edited
newspaper at Mddlebury. In 1872 he
was made clerk of the State House of Rep
resentatives, and 1876 was admitted to the
bar. The same year he was elected Rep
resentative to the Vermont Legislature.
From 1879 to the time of his new appoint
ment he was Judge of the local Probate
Court:
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-08-08
How the shah Keeps Accounts.

Nasr- ed Deem, like many other poten-
tates, is fond of money, and is supposed 10
possess colossal fortune. He pays small
salaries to his servants and dignitaries if
the money comes out of his own pocket
that is, out of the legitimate revenues OF
the country-but he pays at least promptly
and fairly what he agrees to pay. After
deducting what he he deems right for the
army, administration and household pnr-
poses, he puts the balance away every year
into his private treasury. Once the money
which must always be coin-has Deen
dumped into his vaults, no power on eartn
can induce the Shah to give the slightest
portion of it back again or to touch it for
any purpose whatsoever. When he is COM
PEELED to borrow money from the Ameri-
cans, he pays usurious interest sooner than
20 TO his strong box and take from its
illimitable treasures the smallest sum. ss=,
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-08-08
The New States.
salt Lake Tribune


All that will be needed in case Wash
ington, Montana ard the two Dakotas
adopt their cons itutions on the first of
October, will be a proclamation by the
President so that before the regular meeting
of Congress there will be four new States.
The Senate will have an increase of eight
members and the House of Representatives
an increase of five Speaking oft the East
ern papers, some of them we mean, by
covert sneers betray the fact that there is
a jealousy felt that the Far West shall
have any more representation IN Congress
1t is difficult to undertand this feeling.
The grown men in the Far West, as rule,
came from the Eastern States originally.
They split firewood and carried their din
ners to the country school; they know ex-
actly how people lived in the East, and in
what grooves their lives are lived; their
soiourn in the West has not dimmed
one memory of their childhood, or of
the people among whom they first
lived. If boys so raised have gone to the
mountains and the desert, and laid there
the foundations of States, it would seem
that the men of the East would exult In
their achievements and rejoice in their prog
ress. And when the character of the re-
gion they have subdued is understood, it
would seem that the admiration would in
crease Washington, by itself, in size, in
resources, in hopes of the future, makes a
New England on the west coast, except
that in native resources she is far superior
to the old New England, and she faces
softer ocean. Land-locked she has an in
ner sea where all the worlds fleets might
be fitted out, and her fishing grounds ex-
tend 10 Behring Sea- She has wealth of
lumber and agricultural lands that the
men of New England cannot comprehend.
She has mines of gold and silver and iron
that will keep engines hoisting and
hammers ringing to the worlds end.
Not less pretentious is Montana. She
leads the world in the production
of the precious metals, and what she pro-
duces has its effect upon values clear to
the Atlantic. She has an empire OF agrl-
cultural and grazing lands; she offers to
the young and brave such inducements as
almost no other land under the sun does.
The Dakotas are creations OF the last
twenty five years. What was waste Is
now a land of homes churches and school
houses New England's first race did not
begin their first settlement with any more
courage than did the men of Dakota, and
they lacked the locomotive for an evangel
and the gang plow and reaper for the mis-
sionaries. No States ever asked for admls-
SION with better right, no States, save CAL
ifornia alone, ever presented such claims as
will these. And they will not 20 as sup
plants, but as the peers of the very best,
peers in their acquired resources and
strength and in the brains and hearts OF
their neoDle
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-08-08
ROBERT ISAAC CHESTER.
The Oldest Living Mason in the United
States.

The portrait is of the oldest living ma
son, and was taken recently at Hot Springs,
Arkars sas, where its venerable subject was
visiting. Mr.. Chester, who was born in
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, July 81, 1898, is
great great grandfather. He was taken to
East Tennessee, in December, 1896, and is
unquestionably the oldest inhabitant of
the State. In July, 1916, ne removed to
Middle Tennessee, and in May, 1923, to
West Tennessee, where he now resides, at
Jackson, Madison County. Mr.. Chester
Joined the Masonic order in 1914, when he
was twenty -one years of age. He is still
an enthusiastic member. The interesting
old man served in the war of 1872 In
1884 he carried the Presidential vote of
Tennessee to the President of the Senate at
Washington. He is six feet high and
weighs from 10 to $50 pounds. Still
erect in person, healthy and of vigor ous
understanding the oldest Mason in the
world will probably live to be more than
century old.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-08-08
A Serious Warning.

The most serious warning that has re-
Gently been made against the influence of
unassimilated foreigners on our social and
political life, is given by Bishop A. Cleve-
land Coke, of Northern New York, who
doubts the perpetuity of our institutions if
present tendencies continue. He regards q
capable race-foundation, fixed system OF
public morals, and fidelity to national ira
ditions as essential to our national perpetu-
ity, and he finds reason to believe that all
these are undermined by aliens.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-08-08
N. DEROULEDE.
One of the AgitatOrs who Disturbs
the Peace of France.

the feaCe OF france.
While General BOulanger continues in
London his followers are working out a
mischievOus scheme in Paris. They seem to
aim at creating the greatest possible disor-
der, and disturbing the Government all
they can by stirring up discomfort. The
ringleader in these performances is M. De-
lourede, a member of the Chamber of
Deputies. Only two days after making a
scandalous disturbance in the Chamber of
Commerce, he undertook to create a riot in
the streets. A crowd had assembled be-
fore the statue of Sirasburg to hear him
and several other members of the Chamber
of Deputies, when the police forbade De-
roulede TO speak. He protested, and while
affixing floral wre eaths to the ratings around
the statute led the crowd in shouts of
"Vive BOulangelw An officer who made
the attempt, failed to arrest him. DelOu-
rede then jumped into a cab and was driven
to a newspaper Office where noisy demon.
strations were renewed.
Boulangerism is a rallying point for the
disaffected. AS such, and only as such, it
is dangerous. The French government is
alive to the possible mischieve it may work,
and students of contemp porary history re-
gard the law relating to plural candidates.,
recently passed by the Chamber, as aimed
at Boulanger himself. According 20 the
reading of this bill no one person is allowed
to offer himself as candidate in more than
one electoral district, and every candidate
is required to name the place for which he
stands before the date is fixed for the elec-
tion. 1t will be remembered that Boulan-
gers greatest triumphs have been due to
the absence of such law as this. More
over, the commission of the High Court of
Justice has delivered a final decision
which will send M. Boulanger before the
High Court of Justice for trial on charges
of high treason and embezzlement
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-08-08
She Knew Where to Place Him.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free PreSS.I
Do you know" asked woman at the
Woodbridge street station the other day,
whether small man with lop shoulder
and cataract in his eyes has been fshcd
cut of the river within the last two days ?n
mo such case, ma'am"
HAS such man been sent up?"
"Yes, we had him here for drunkenness
answered the sergeant, after consulting the
records.
"Just a. thought He told me he was
going to suicide, but he's the contraIiest
man in the world, and 1 figured that he
would be in the work house instead of the
bottom of the river. never make no mis-
axes on JIM
Arizona silver belt., 1889-05-11
Jay Gculd's Daughter Nellie.

Hiss Nellie Gould, inc great fnan- cpn's eldest daughter, probably has ore independent property than any other unmarried woman in Amerlea. She is her father favorite, and every year bs gives her presents of stecks and bonds which amount up into tue hundred thousands. Ho takes great pains with her investments also, with the result that her fortune grows ap.ee every year. Added to this, her mother, who had fortune of several millions, left the greater part of her property to Nellie: so that she is esti- mated to be worth over six mllllon dollars. Her lie has been passed in the Quietest way, and though she is but twenty years of age her mode Of existence is as quiet and humdrum as though she were forty. The big Gould mansion rarely sees any fesliYi. iy, aud an awning up in front eftheir door would throw the neighborhood into panic excitement Her moth' CTS failing health Las been partly the cause of this, for Miss Gould was not only her devoted attendant and cem- panion, but was also the head of the 
 household ana bore ifs whole respon- sib,ity. They have box al the opera, but they are not very regular attend- ants, and the enly place in winch she is frequently seen is he PresbyierIan Church, of which she is a member
 She interests herself in charities also, and in half dozen summer homes for sick babies and poer women. N Y. letter.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-05-11
Progress Of n Century.


 We stand to-day upon the dividing line between the first and second cen tury of Constitutional Government. There are no clouds overhead and no convulsions under our feet. We rev srently return thanks to Almighty God for the past, and with confident and hopeful promise march upon sure ground toward the future. The sim pie facts of these hundred years par. alyzs the imagination, and We con template the vast aecumulations of the century with awe and pride. Our population has grown from 100000 to 100000 Its center moving west ward 800 miles since 1889, is eloquent with the founding of cities and the birth of States. New settlements, clearing the forests and sutduing the praireS, and adding 4,000000 to the few thousands of farms, winch were tue support of Washington 5 Republic, create ons of the great granarics of the world, and open eShaustless rsser- yoirs of national wealth.
 The infant industries, which tue first act of our first Administration sought to encourage, now give ramu- neratiye employment 10 more people than inhabited the rspubhc at the be- ginning of Wasbingtons presidency. The grand total ef their annual out put of seven thousand millions of dol lars in value places the United States first ameng tke manufacturing coun- tries of the earth. One half the total mileage of all the railroads, and ene- quarter of all the telegraph lines of the world within our border, testify to tue volume, variety and value of an internal commerce which makes these States, if need bo. independent and sslf.supperting These hundred years of development under favorable polit' icsl conditions have brought the sum of our national wealth to figure which has passed the results of | thousand years for the aiotber-land herself. otherwise the richest of med ern empires.-Fro%l Chauncey Nj. De pew's Centennial eration.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-05-11
Tkc Canals or Mars.

As 10 the nature of the canals, it is still more difficult 10 suggest any sat isfactory explanation. Several hype- theses have been presented, none of which appears entirely to meet the case. have already remarked that there has net been lacking the sugges- tien that these curious streaks repre- sent the lines of actual artificial wa ter-courses on Mars. The straight and undeviatlng course which they pursue might be regarded as leading some degree of probability to such a view, but the enormous scale on which they exist seems to compel the rejec. ton of the hypothesis. ltis true thai, if we consider only the influence of the fierce of gravity en Mars, giants could dwell upon that planet whose mechanical achievements might vastly surpass the greatest performances ei cur engineers; for body weighing a ton on tho earth would weigh only seven hundred and sixty pounds on Mars, and, on the other hand, man on Mars possessing relatively the same activity as one of us might be fifteen feet tall and strong in proportion. But, even granting the existence of such race of Goliaths on our neigh DOT world, it is net conceivable that they could have constructed a system of tremendous canals over half the surface of their planet, or that they would have done it if they could. The canals of Mars are enormously dispre- por;ioned ia magnitude to the most l gigantic inhabitants that.a due regard for the law of grayita,ion would suffer us to imagine there-Garrett P. Ser yiss, in the Pepnlar Sclencs Monthly l for May.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-05-11
Murder nt Morcnci.

Morenci was the scene of a murder last Sunday morning. From the par tlculars learned it seems that baile was in progress, and about 5 clock in the morning Jose Maria Rascon ap- preached Carmen Calderon and asked her to go hame with him. to which the woman replied, "Eo, l will not go home with you any more. Rascen who was in an intoxicated condition then pulled his pistol and fired, the ball entering the back of the left side of the woman's hsad and coming cut underneath hsr right eye. After in- flicting the fatal wound the murderer escaped, and although parties were sent in pursuit he was net captured until yesterday morning early, when he was caught at the Longfellow.
 His examination was held the same day before Justice Cast, whe beund the man over to appear before the grand jury without bail, and he is now confined in the Clifton jail.--Clarion.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-05-11
4 saruseripi Copy of .Ae Gaspeis.

A naanuscript espy of the gospels, for which the price of S25, ,000 has been refused, IS about 10 come under The hammer in iondeu, says writer in Books and Bookmaksrs. It is the splendid "Eyangeliarium, written in letters of geld on purple vsllum, which was produced by an Anglo.Saxen scribe fer Archbishop Wilfrld eff York about the year 670.
 According to enc account, this most interesting volume was presented ts King Henry VIII by Pope Lee X on the occasion of confsrring the title of Defender of ibe Faith and even the German Professor WatteE bach, while disputias the accuracy of this story, agrees that the gift was made to the See of Yerk by Cardinal Wolsey, King Henry trusted Chancellor and Arch bishop oi York for the tipe heinz. Six years ago it formed part of the famous collection of manuscripts at Hamilton Palace. and when the pres ent Duke disposed sf these treasures t was purchased, along with many other valuable papers, fer the Prus- siap Government, and deposited ln the Berlin Museum.
 It was the Prussian Government which refused tc part with the York gospels, eyeu for S25, 900, to an English bookseller who was anxious to possess himself of ths prize. The value of the book is, of course, greatly enhanced bq the circumstance that there are only three or four manuscripts of the same kind now in existence.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-05-11
simuiat,ns Eseash.
ll,rom Lhe pittsbnrg Dispateh.l ]

iFrom the pittsbuFg Dispatoh.)
 Dr. Tam CT, who some years ags created a sensation by his forty days fast, now asserts that the eutwarl signs of denth, as accepted and de- pended upon by physicians, are ali de- csptlve, save onc--and that alone is infallible. He says: q have 50 disci- plinea my miad and body that l can take upon myself, at volitlon, trance state, and while in that condition ] propose to be buried, just as B dead person is ordinarily buried, la s sc- cure, regularly made coffin, placed in a grave , feet deep, which will be filled up and the earth cempaetly put in and mounded over. l shall remain there four weeks, then be disinterrea, resuscitated andsfulIy restored to the full vigor and strength of my normal condition. This is not impossible; it is no new thing Dr. Tanner expects to have all his arrangements perfected by May 18th, which is the day lie men tions for tho carrying out of hls stated intention.
 It is well known that the fakirs of India have the power of suspending animation, and the Journal de Medi- cine, Paris. ot February z, 1889, gives very interesting account Of the prep. arations which the fakirs make before "hibernating, and it proceeds to de- scribe cases so well authenticated ss to be beyond question where iakirs have been buried for periods varying from six weeks to four months. Sim liar cases have been reported from tune to time, and it is impossible to doubt their genuineness. If we can not explain those cases, we can find a host of analogous facts in the lower animal life, as for instance, the hiber- nation of dornice and other animals, the revivification of fish and frogs af- ter winter passed in ice; the vital resistance of toads and other living be- ings lnclosed without neurlshment fer many years Tn small, hollow places etc.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-05-11
Tie Basis Of Representation,
IGlol,e- Dsinoerat.l


 The near approach of the time for taking the next pational census gives considerable interest 10 ths question of the ratio of representation to De based on that count. In the begin ming the States were given one Rep. resentatiye in he popular branch of Congress for eysry 30000 6f their pop ulatlou This was ihe proportion os- tablshad hy iho Constitution. After each ceBsGs sinco thah, with but sin gle exception. the basis has been in- creased. l. vas fixed at 33G00 inst after the count of lT90, ard no change WAS made at the time the matter was up for consideration iu Congress when ths results ef tie census of 1900 were tabulated. In 18l0, however. the ra- tho was raised again, and 1t has been increased at each succeeding count. The proportion based on the census of 1880, which, of course is that which still governs, is, approximately, one member for each 152 1000 inhabitants.
 If the basis of representation should remain the same as 1t is now, the pres ent States would have between 425 and 430 members in the House ten years hence. Counting the new States which come into the UnIcn this year and those which will undoubtedly ee admitted in tke next ten years, the House would, on this ratio, have about 450 mem bers in the closing years of the coming decade. The country, however, IS hardly prepared to sanc- ton such an increase at present. Therefore the basis will be enlarged. The popular branch of tive foreign na- tional Legislatures, 10 be surs, IS larg- CT than this, the French consisting of 5S5 members and the British of 670. The Aouss of Representatives would probably he unwieIdy and inefficient ! if as large as ,he Chamber of Deputies CT the House of Commons. For this reason the chances are that the ratio of representation will be advanced suf- ficiently to keep the number of mem. bers in the popular branch of Con. grsss in the next ten years below the ] 375 mark.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-05-11

Senator Teller, of Colorado, IS per fectlng one of the largest irrigatlen schemes on record. It is to be canal to head near Canon City, and when completed will be 70 miles long with an average width of 50 feat and an average depth of 9 feet. It will place ahout 2o0,o0o acres of land near Pusblo under ditch, which, if divided uto 160-aere farms, would supply oyer 200 families. Senator Teller IS very enthusiastic on the subject of ir- rigation. It is the intention to build reservoir covering 800 acres, about six milss northeast of Pueblo. and to conduct the water into the city. There IS :s fall of 300 feet between ihs reser. veir and the city, sufficient to bring the water through the city with a rush.-El Paso Tribune.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-05-11

N. Leen Esquille, Mexican, it is stated, has perfected marvellous in- vention Tn electricity and phetogra- phy. By speaking In q photophcne transmittar. which consists of a high ly polished diaphragm, reheeting a ray of light, this ray of light is set into Vi brations, and photograph IS made of it on travelling band of sensitizsd pa per. Now comes the wonderful part. If the image ofthls photographic tra- eing is projected by means of an elec- true arc or exyhyarogsn light upon solenium recover. the original speech is then heard. II is evident that tbere is no limit to the development of thif peculiar combination of methods
Arizona silver belt., 1889-05-11
aroh.s.tlon io wnnsas and EaNa

Kansas has had prohibition in oper- alton since 1882, and It Is conceded that the law is more rigorous and ef- feciive in that State than in any other; but the report of the internal revenue collector affords good deal of room for the captieus to get in thelr work. There has been a steady increase in the number of retail liquor stamps ever since tho law was adopted. The collector issued 1,787 in 1882 and 2.997 in 1887. Nc doubt the figures were largely above 5000 in 1888. but are not given. These paid the Gener- al Government $75,000. It IS not probable that all pay this tax, as many would eyade it, as they d. the State laws. Still, 5000 retail dealers in liquor afford a chance for the inquiry. Does prohibition prohibit ? The Gov ernment figures also shew in Des Molnes, the capital of Iowa, 27o retail dealers in liquor. The governor writes letters from that point showing that the law is as well enforced as any other laws in that State, and be doesn't smell a thlng about Des Meiaes.-st Paul Globe (Dem)
Arizona silver belt., 1889-05-11

Distance from Glob. to the railroad al Wilcox over Woods and Norton 6 Stewards lines (route for
 Eastern PasseBsers.) .....--.-.....-. .l23 miles. From Globa to csa GraRde, crossing the Devils Can. yon and touching at Pinsl and Florence go miles. From Globe to Casa Grande via Pioneer. 20 miles Elevation above sea level at Globe .5s0o feet. Latitude ss degrees % minutes, longitude no de-
 gre.s, 45 minutes
 Highest uiaNimum temperature, Jnly lith, TO deg Lowest minimum temperature, Jan. 10th, ld deg Mean temperature .....-........ 6 deg Prevailing direction Of wind, Southwest.
 An observation extcndi1g over several years, dis closes the remarkable Iact that there has moi been sdsy without IaCte CT less sunshine