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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-11-07
LincOln's BOOtjack.
From the Chicago Times


Among the hundreds of historical relics
in the Libby Prison War Museum there
are few more interesting than Abraham
Lincoln's bootjack. 1t is interesting because
of the inscrutable mystery surrounding il.
The museum, it is true. is filled with old
bricks with jack Knife autographs on them,
and also teeth marks, where the prisoners
attempted to gnaw their way out. There
are also many old bullets and handouts
and things, and pieces of flooring with
checker boards carved on them, but they
fail to furnish the food for speculation that
is afforded by the bootjack.
1t is q common, hardwood, handmade
bootack, with a crosse cleat nailed on the
under side at the foot of the jaws, Just like
any other bootjack. 1t has small tuft of
short, brindled hair sticking to one of the
jaw points. When boy Mr.. Lincoln made
the bootjack and always usea it to pull off
his boots. 1t is now stained with age and
the nail heads are rusting in the wood. For
nearly twenty five years it has been rever-
emily kept in a glass case where it was
never once profaned by the touch of vandal
hands 1t is still in the case, and has never
been used for any purpose whatever since
the days of Lincoln. Therefore it would
interest the world at large to know just
when and where it was that Mr.. Lincoln
threw his bootiack at the brindle cat.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-11-07
The English Political and Social
RefOrmer.

Charles Bradaugh, who has just re-
covered from serious illness, is member
of the English House of Commons from
Northampton. "Iconoclast," as he is gen.
orally called, is a notable man, and his ad-
mirers are probably as numerous on this
side of the Atlantic as on the other. He
was here on a lecturing tour in 1873, when
he made decided impression wherever his
eloquent voice was heard.
Mr.. Bradlaugh is a native of Hoxton,
London, and is Sc years of age. His
parents were poor, and he had no schooling
after his eleventh year. In 1047 and the
next year he harangued crowds on the
streets, the political struggles of the leriod
the subject of his speeches. About the
same time he left home, where his skepti-
cal views were at wide variance with the
old fashioned churchliness of his father.
The sunshine in his career began with his
assumption of clerkship at lawyers
Office in London, giving him leisure for
literary work. He assumed the name
"Iconoclast," under which he has contrib
uted to various periodicals owned or partly
owned by himself. His views are those of
a republican in politics, an atheist In re-
lgion, and Malthusian in social economy.
In 1880 Bradlaugh was elected to Parlia-
ment from Northampton, when he refused
to take the oath of allegiance. The Com
mons would not let him affirm, inasmuch
as no provision is made in the Parliamen-
tary Oaths Act for affirmation by others
than Quakers and the like. Upon re-
election Mr.. Bradlaugh changed his ground
and offered to take the OATH but the House
refused to receive it. Insisting upon enter
ing the House and administering the oath
to himself, he was removed by the police.
Afterwards, on several occasions. similar
farce was gone through. Not until the
opening of the new Parliament in 1885 was
the controversy settled, by Bradlaugh quiet
Iy taking the oath with his fellow mem
bers. He has been an active and useful
Conmoner
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-11-07
JOHN V. l.. FINDLAY,
Chosen as an International Umpire.

Chosen as an International Umpire.
The Venezuelan Claims Commission
have gotten everything in working order
by the selection of John V. l.. Findlay, of
Baltimore, Mary land, as the arbitrator or
umpire selected by the two Commissioners,
on the part of the United States and
Venezuela respectively, as the third mem
ber of the Commission, one whose decisions
or opinions will be final in case of dis
agreement between the Venezuelan Com
missioner and the Commissioner on the part
of the United States
John V. L Findlay was born December
81, 1889 He received his education at
Princeton, New Jersey. Mr.. Findlay is a
lawyer by profession and in extensive
practice. He has been a State and City
Director of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Company; was member eff the State
Legislature of Maryland; Collector of In
ternal Revenue for one of the Baltimore
districts and City Solicitor for Baltimore
This useful man was elected to the Forty
eighth Congress, and was reelected to the
Forty ninth as a Democrat.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-11-07
RICHARD 5. STORRS,
Head of the American Board of For.
eign Missions.


eign Missions.
The learned divine of whom we print a
fine likeness, the Rev. Richard S. Storrs,
d. d. L. L. D., of Brooklyn, New York, is
president of the body known in short as
the American Board, recently in session in
New York city. He is eminent as theo-
logian and pulpit orator, and for the ability
and dignity with which he has acquitted
himself on public occasions of national in
terest. Dr. Storrs was born in Braintree,
Mass, August 21, 1921. In 1889 he gradu-
ated at Amherst College, and from AndOver
Theological Seminary in 1845. He was
called to the pastorate of the Harvard
church, Brookline, the same year, and in
1916 assumed the pastorate of the Church
of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, which he still
fills. His church is fine specimen of
church architecture, and is often referred
to as a model of artistic elegance and taste.
DIR. Storrs' published works include THE
Constitution of the Human Soul, ,"" Report
on the English Revised Version of the b.
ble," and a great number of occasional eer-
mons, oratiOps and addresses.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-11-07
A REMARkAB CAVE.
The Most Wonderful Yet Found in
Europe is in Austria.
Chicago Herald.

IChicago Herald.l
A Vienna letter describes a wonderful
cave which has been discovered and opened
to the public at not quite twenty minutes
distance from the famous cavern Of stalac-
tites at Adelsberg, in Carniola. This
province of Austria is very rich in grottOes
and caves, but the one just discovered
seams to be superior 10 all the others, and
is likely to be more renowned than the
Adelsberg caves, the largest and most mag
nifcent hitherto known in Europe. The
grOttO is, in the first place, better connected
than the old one Cave follows cave, with
out passages or corridors in which the
visitors can see nothing; and walk
through it occupies rather more than two
hours.
A series of lofty domes are passed through
until space, known as the ball room, is
reached. Here the roof seems to be adorned
with hundreds of flags. The walls are
formed of myriads of diamonds, and if the
ball room" is lighted, variety of colors
from alabaster white to deep red, seem to
shine from the flags, or streamers, or cur
tains. The most remarkable cave is the
last one. Its roof is vaulted; it's furthest
wall is formed by a snow white rock of
limestone, which divides the grotto from
the mountain river, which rushes be
hind it, and the two side walls are covered
with indentations, mostly formed of single
drops.
The visitor may imagine himself to be in
a toy shop so various are the little figures
which prOtrude from these walls, but his
attention is drawn to a number of enor-
nous trees in the center of the cave, some
rising to height of forty or fifty feet each
with numerous branches strewn with drops
instead of leaves in wonderful regularity of
form
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-11-07
A WOMAN'S TRIUMPH.
Miss Garrett's Successful Management
of Big Estate.
[Philadelpbia ENQUIRER

Philadelphia Enquirer,
Robert Garrett's recovery of mental and
physical health is the first gleam of sun
shine that has come to the Garrett family
for more than five years. No household
with millions in its POSSESSION has ever
been so afflicted as the Carrots Within
halt a decade Mrs. John W. Garrett has
been thrown from her carriage and died of
her injuries; her husband soon afterward
succumbed to malady that was aggra-
waited by the death Of his wife then
their eldest son, Robert Garrett lost his
mind, and while his physicians were TAX
ing him on a tour of the world, in the
hope that this would restore his
mental powers his brother, Harrison Gar
rett, was drowned by the collision Of his
yacht with a steamer in Chesapeake Bay
But the friends of Robert Garrett have
never ceased to predict that he would one
day be himself again and re-enter the rail-
road and finance field with vigor and wis
dom. The prophecy may soon be realized.
The increase CT the Garrett capital during
the illness of Robert Garrett is an accepted
fact in financial circles, Notwithstanding
that the family holdings of Baltimore &
Ohio railroad stock have drawn no divi-
dends for three years. This increase is due
altogether to the sound business sense of
Miss Mary Garrett, the only daughter of
John w. Garrett and sister of Robert
IA seems incredible, but it is the truth
said Baltimore lawyer to a Philadelphia
friend recently, "that this young lady has
virtually hnndled the Garrett railroad and
banking interests ever since one of her
brothers was attacked with disease and the
other lost his life. She is not yet thirty
years of age rnd is handsome woman Of
the bloude type. She obtained her busi-
ness training from her father, to whom she
was a constant companion in his later
years, and see turned it to good account
wheu the Garrett family was actually
deprived of a male head. No woman
has ever had such responsibility
of this kind placed upon her as
that which Miss Garrett voluntarily shoul-
dered, and if the whole story of her work
could be told it would be a narrative of
the most extraordinary business qualifica-
tions that any woman has ever shown.
The millions of the family have been add
ed to during her stewardship. She pos
sesses some three millions in her own name
and she has made Robert Garrett
wealthier man than when he inherited his
fathers seat as president Of the Baltimore
& Ohio roilrOad y
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-11-07
A POET TO HIS PEN.

Good bye, old friend we've been together
Thro' sun and storm this many year,
And which Is dearer-tell me whether
The smile you gave me or the tear.
We smiled sometimes, the world unknowing
How much it missed in many a jest,
Twixt you and me, the laughter showing
Made life take on an added zest.
And If sometimes our tears were blended
Der Justice wronged or love laid low,
We knew bt fore the story ended
The sogrowing heart with hope would glow.
We pictured life in varying fashion,
We painted beauty's roseate cheek,
We captured ever master passion,
And tried to make the captive speak.
We loved with love in fond pursuing ~ ID
We trilled beneath the lovers kiss,
And this, perchance, was our unduing,
60 10th were we a JOY to miss.
The field of fact was sharpened stubble,
To cut and bruise our unused feet;
We liked to shun the paths of trouble;
And feel the pulse of pleasure beat.
But ah with faith the tireless master,
We drank full oft the draught OF pain,
And oft o'erwhelmed In fresh dlsaster,
We sighed for peace, but sighed In Valn'
We felt our souls grow sore and languish,
Reneath the blast of sorrow 5 breath,
And PROSTATE lay In utter anguish,
Before the feet Of frowning death.
Aad thus the scenes were ever shffting,
we lived them all old friend and true,
But felt the shadows round us lifting
When you and could dream and GO.
We looked upon the height, believing
We might obtain its veInal crown,
But Won and l. oldIfriend, are grlevlng,
Compelled to lay that sweet hope down.
halt "a called. there's no unheeding,
The hand that clasps you nerveiess grows;
When shall we meet? All, cease your plead1n
That time alas God only knows.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-11-07
CARLOS T..

Carlos 1. was born September %, 1868,
the son of Luis 1. and Queen Pia, young
est daughter of King Vittorio Emanuele,
of Italy. Accordingly, the present King
of Italy is his uncle. Moreover, by the
marriage of his royal grandmother, Queen
Maria H., to Prince Ferdinand, of SAKE
Coburg, he is member of the family of
German sovereigns. He is unlike his
father. physically, being light in COM
plexion. whereas Luis 1. had swsrthy
skin. The late King had quiet. scholarly
tastes Carlos is ambitious and is anxious
to become prominent in European politics.
He is said to resemble his mother more
than his father. On May %, 1887, he was
married to Marie Amalie, daughter of
Philippe, Due d'Oreans Comte de Paris. !
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-11-07

General Raum was born in Golconda,
Pope county, Illinois, December 3, 1927.
He received common school education,
studied law and in 1853 was admitted to
the bar. In 1856 ne removed with his
family to Kansas. He returned the follow
ing year to Illinois and settled in Harris
burg. At the beginning of the war he en-
tered the army as major of an Illinois regi-
ment and was made lieutenant. colonel,
then colonel, and then brevet brigadier
general. He was made brigadier general
of volunteers February Is, 1865, which
commission he resigned May 5. Raum
served under General Rosecrans in the
Mississippi campaign of 1862. At the bat
tie of Corinth he ordered and led the charge
that broke the Confederate left and cap
tured battery. He was with General
Grant at Vicksburg, and was wounded at
the battle of Missionary Ridge in Novem-
Der. 1863. During the Atlanta campaign
he held the line of communication from
Dalton to Acworth, and from Kingston to
Rome, Georgia. In 1886 he obtained
charter for the Cairo and Vincennes Rail-
road Company, aided in its construction
and became its first president. He was
elected to Congress and served from March
4, 1867, to March 3, 1869. In 1876 he was
president of the Illinois Republican con-
vention, and In the same year he was
delegate to the national convention of that
party in Cincinnati. He was appointed
Commissioner of Internal revenue August
2, 1876, and retained the office until May
81, 1888. During this period he collected
$850,0OO,OO0 and disbursed thirty million
dollars without loss. He wrote reports of
his bureau for seven successive years.
General Raum is author of "The Existing
Conflict Between Republican Government
and Southern Oigarchy." He has prac-
tised law in Washington, D c.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-11-07
Honor to Women.

The sacred books of India contain the
following praisew6rthy maxims:
He who despises women despises his own
mother.
Who is cursed by women is cursed by
God.
The tears of women call down the fire of
heaven on those who make them flow.
Evil to him who laughs at woman's
sufferings. God shall laugh at his pray
1t was at the prayer of woman that the
Creator pardoned man. Cursed be he who
forgets it.
There is no crime more odious than to
persecute woman.
When women are honored the divinities
are content; but when they are not hon
ored all undertakings fail.
The households cursed by women to
whom they have not rendered the homage
due to them, find themselves weighed
down with ruin and destroyed as if they
had been struck by some secret power.
1t it is time to appreciate all things at
their true value.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-11-07
Are There ThunderbOIts!

William Ahrens in indianapolis News.
In the Neaos of last Saturday, under the
caption Some Popular Fallacies." there is
mentioned as such that thunderbolts are
tangible realities that can be handled and
preserved as curiosities"
As in fact 1 have handled such Curl
osity, will give you herewith the facts,
which you may publish for the benefit OF
some doubters, if you see fit.
It was found on farm near Charleston,
Ind, under the following circumstances:
The farmer and his son we're working in
field when thunderstorm came up. AS
they stood under shelter in the djoining
woods they saw the lightning strike tree
that stood singly in the field, upon which
the son said: "Now we will find out
whether there are thunderbolts, indeed"
AS soon as the rain ceased they went to the
tree, found on its trunk the mark of the
stroke from the top down to big root
which had fresh split, in which the bolt
stuck tight, and was then worked out.
The farmer was member of the Charles
ton German Methodist Mission, and he
gave it to the missionary, in whose posses
sion l saw and handled it about the year
1847. 1t had been found not long before.
1t was much like the size and shape of b
mans thumb, of slate color and very
hard, but soft to the touch on account OF
its smooth and polished surface.
No doubt lightning is but rarely charged
with bolt, but the fact that it sometimes
is, gives reason to believe that it happens
oftener than is found out. In Germany l
often heard talk about thunder bolts being
kept as family relics under the superstition
that lightning would never strike house
where it was kept
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-11-07

Who is Now Queen of Portugal.
King Carlos was the Duke of Bragapz "a,
when on May %, 1887, he was married, at
Lisbon, to Marie Amalie, daughter of Phil
lippe Due d'Orleans, Comte de Paris. Pre-
vious to her marriage Amalie's life was
quiet and uneventful. She was then about
twenty years of age. The public had
known nothing of her when she was an
nounced to be the bride prospective of the
heir to the throne of Portugal. Her beau
ty is extraordinary; she is tall, slender and
graceful, with delicate features and lovely
brown eyes. After the downfall of the
French empire, before her removal to Lis
bon. her home was chiefly in France, from
which her family was banished during the
reign of Napoleon III. Previously she had
lived in England, where both she and her
royal spouse are known and highly es-
teemed. 1t is interesting to recall the fact
that her father is recognized by both the
Bourbon and Orleanit parties as heir to
the throne of France.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-11-07
SWEET FRIENDSHIP.

Who Is it makes himself bore,
By asking questions DER and DER,
Uutil you wish he was no more?
friend
Who always tells and is elate,
That you are both from the same State,
Who hang to you like grim old fate?
friend"
Who spoils your quiet Sunday rest,
And tells stale jokes with fearful zest,
And is offensive at his best?
friend"
Who borrows your last cent Of cash,
And-then goes off and cuts dash,
While you economize on hash?
A friend"
Who Is it takes the most delight,
If e'er you feel misfortune's plight,
Who is the first to give slight?
A friend"
Who into your affairs will pry,
Presuming to ask how and why,
And for whose presence you ne'er sigh?
"frieud,"
Who wonders II you can afford,
To dress 80 well and pay such board
And if tits of your own accord?
A friend"
Who snubs you If you wear old clothes,
But when your new ones you expose,
Who quickly his acquaintance shows?
A friend"
Who is 1t dafes to criticIse,
And tell you what he would advise,
And whom you heartily despise?
A friend"
Who tells a secret just to you,
Then goes and tells the neighbors, too
Because tits scandal sweet and new?
A friend"
Who fatters you with well laid plan,
And does you favor If he can,
Who talks about it quicker than
A "friend?"
Who says the meanest things of yol,
And tells long tales that are not true,
Who gives your faults the blackest hue?
A 'friend?"
Who is II that all this offends?
The one for whom this prayer ascends,
o, Lord, deliver me from friends
Like these.
But none of this is meant for you,
Unless your foot will fit the shoe,
If so, you must admit tits true
OF friends
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-11-07
TOMMY'S MISHAP.

Tommy felt so proud and happy,
When he started for his ride,
Mounted on his little donkey
With his dogg e at his eide, =,
And the whip that grandpa gave him
With a whistle at the end,
And a penny In his pocket,
At tile village shop to spend.
Now look at himl clinging tightly,
To his donkey iu such fright;
"A for me can't help thinking,
That II only serves him right,
Inst because his whi was new?
Till AT last poor Robbie's patience
Failed him, and he angry grew.
And he started at gsllop
To the nearest waters brink;
Tommy thought at first he only
Wanted just to get a drink.
But he sees now that he's angry
Fo he tries to throw him IN;
Tommy's trying to preFent nm
And / VOL der which Will VIII
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-11-07
Cotton Duck Flour Barrels.

A revolution in four-barrel making is
promised by patent granted in Atlanta,
Ga, for the making of barrels out of cotton
duck instead of wood. The new material
is impervious to water and resists fire for a
long time. 1t weighs to the barrel about
fifteen pounds less than wood, and can be
manufactured 10 per cent cheaper. The
cotton duck barrel can be rolled up into
small space and returned to the mills for
FREQUENT use The barrels can thus be re-
turned as solid goods, and thus save space.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-11-07
SIGNS OF A BOY.

A gun in the parlor, a kite In the hall ,ou
In the kitchen book and a pat anu Sa a finite
ON the sideboard ship, on the pook ,on,d dis.
And a hat for which ownership none wouia oi'
And out on the porch gallantly praneihs no'
A snir,ted hobby. horse paws at the air; a..
And a well.poiished pie-plate out there Oh 'ne
shelf, .;sob,apous elf
ET',.oJ as sly and as slick as a mouse,
NJ a. aasy To ace there's boy In the house.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-11-07
w. d. O'BRIEN.
Captain OF the Victorious Bride.
grOOms.

We give portrait of w. d. O'Brien, cap
tain of the Brooklyn team, which has won
the championship honors of the American
Association. This eminent player, who is
best known as Darby" is a western man.
He was born in Peoria. Ill, September l.,
1868. His boyhood was promising of
supremacy in base ball, and he was quite
young when he began his professional
career as member of the Peoria Reds,
with whom he played in 1882. He rested
the next season, but was the successful cap
tain of the Keokuk, Ia, club, in 1884.
The ensuing two years he played ball for
the Denver, Col, club, and was captain
both seasons. In 1887 he was engaged for
the Metropolitans of New York. Before
long he was one of the star players of the
American Association. When Brooklyn
bought the Metropolitans, O'Brien was
transferred to the purchasers. His clever
est work is in the left field, but he is also
fine batter and base runner.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-11-07
An Invaluable Cure for Ivy POisOnin,

When the patient first feels the smarting,
burning sensation that invariably precedes
the swelling, he should bathe the affected
parts freely about four times day with a
weak solution of sugar of lead. If this is
not obtainable the next best thing is to use
strong solution of common saleratus. A
light dose of Rochelle salts should be taken
before breakfast three mornings in success
sion. and the bathing treatment kept up
until all signs of the poisoning disappear,
which usually occurs in about four days.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-11-07
THE NATIONAL EMBLEM.

France has her lily,
And England her rose,
And everybody knows
Where the shamrock grows;
scotland has her thistle,
Flowering on the hill,
Rut the American emblem
Is the one dollar bill.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-11-07
Before the Modern williams Bar

New York Sun: First Bibulous Citizen
AS the divine William says, "a man may
smile and be villain still"
Second B. Civilian wouldn't have
said that if he were with us to day.
First B. C.-What would he have said?
Second B. CA man may smile aud
smile and be whisky still.
First B. C-Set 'em up again.