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<æ: Volume xx. Helena, Montana, Thursday, September 30, 1886. No. 45 <fl|.c illcehln ^(jcralil. R. E. FISK D. W. FISK. A. J. FISK, Publisher» and Proprutors. Largest Circulation of any Paper in Montana -o Ratos of Subscription. WEEKLY HERALD: One Year. (In atlvano**).............................S3 00 Hi* Months, (in advance)............................... 1 75 Three Months, (in advance)......................... .. 1 00 When not paid for in advance the rate will be Four Dollars peryeari .Postage, in all cases. Prepaid. DAILY HERALD: City Subscribers,delivered by carrier Jl.UOa month One Year, by mail, (in advance).................. JO 00 Six Months, by mail, (in advance)............... 5 00 Three Months, by mail, (in advance)........... 250 «xTAll communications should be addressed to FISK BROS,, Publisher!), Helena, Montana. THE INFIDEL. Me walks the rounded earth with cold disdain. Nor craves the love of heaven, nor dreads the pain Ot dark perdition—proud, self-righteous, vain, He owns no lord, nor human, nor divine, And dwells contented on this lower line. Raises his impious voice in unbelief. Proclaims himself of all mankind the chief, V perfect model, knowing nought of grief, hike tiie dumb brute he lives beneath the sky, And, like the dumb bru'e, at last, expects to die And crumble in the grave, without a hope That fairer seen, s than these will for him ope When on his couch he draws his latest breath. And earthly joys are swallowed up by death. 0, foolish mortal 1 Boasting, wilful man 1 Ages before thy little life began. Men greater far than thee did here exist. Who could not nature's tiled decree resist : They felt their littleness, and humbly trod This rolling sphere, and to Jehovah bowed. Thou'rt but a speck in this great universe. And on thy head now rests a burning curse That, soon or late, will drag thee to despair. Unless thou kneelest in contrition where The humblest creature of thy lallen race Forgiveness u-ks and seeks his Maker s lace. There'll come a time—the great day of the !,ord— And of its coming thou canst not aflord To he in ignorance—when thou shall see That sublunary things shall cease to be : The stars shall fall, the lower heavens dissolve, And on its axis the earth cease to revolve. The sun be dark the moon become as blood. And tire descend, a quick devouring flood, hike the unwinding of a mighty scroll: t 'reatetl matter far away shall roll. With awful s]>eed, and with terrific roar, Back to eternity, and be no more ; The elements shall melt with fervent heat— Then where, O. where ! will he thy safe retreat ? Thou'll call upon the mountains to conceal Thy paltry self, and tremulously feel God's sore displeasure, ask the lashing sea To hide thee from the wrath of Deity, And, as thou shun'st the great Ureatoi s face. Kind nowhere for thy soul a resting place. Down! quickly down upon repentant knees, 1 . est thou drink (iod's anger to the lees : Bend in submission to the King of Heaven. And lieg tiiat thy high sins may be forgiven ! O, let me point thee to the Lamb of God. He who, alone, the ruddy wine press trod : Upon the cruel cross he freely bled, Took all thy sins on bis devoted liea.1 ; And now lie offers tliee his pardoning love. True joy on earth, unfading bliss above. Where thou inay'st join the song of glorious tone Around the blessed Everlasting Throne. A *10,000,00« Tooth Carpenter. From the Cleveland Leader. J 1 met yesterday a Philadelphian who has been residing in Paris for many years. He tells me that Dr. Evans, the American den tist there, is worth at least $10,000,000 and that he lives like a prince. Evans said one day that he supposed that lie was the only mau in the world who had pulled the noses and hurt the jaws of every king upon a European throne. Evans went to France in the time of Louis Napoleon, and went in w ith an American named Brewster, who was dentist to the Emperor. Young Evans was a pretty good tooth-puller, and under stood how to polish his manners as well as the gold which he put into teeth, and he became so popular with Louis Napoleon that he succeeded in freezing out Brewster and taking his place. I have heard some stories of Eugenie meeting Napoleon at Dr. Evans' office dur ing the courtship of the two, and that, in fact, Louis Napoleon first saw her in Evans' dental chair. At any rate, he soon got in with the Empress, and he carried himself so well that he was popular with the whole family. Evans was a natty little fellow with large features and a good talker. Among his presents were diamond-stud ded snuff-boxes, fine rings, diamond pins and furs, which were almost worth their weight in gold. His house in Paris is tilled with beautiful souvenirs, and he has pres ents from all the kings, from the Czar of Russia dow n to the prince of some petty dukedom. A Temple of Serpents. [St. James Gazette. 1 , The small town of Werda, in the king dom of Dahomey, is celebrated for its Temple of Serpents, a long building in which the priests keep upward of a thou sand serpents of all sizes, which they feed with the birds and frogs brought to them as offerings by the natives. These ser pents, many of them of enormous size, may be seen banging from the l»eams across the ceiling, with their heads hang ing downwards, and in all sorts of strange contortions. The priests make the small serpents go through various evolutions by lightly touching them with a rod, but they do not venture to touch the larger ones, some of which are big enough to enfold a bullock in their coils. It often happens that some of these serpents make their way out of the temple into the town, and the priests have the greatest difficulty in coaxing them back. To kill a serpent in tentionally is a crime punishable with death ; and if an European were to kill one the authority of the king would scarcely suffice to save his life. Any one killing a serpent unintentionally must in form the priest of what has occurred, and go through the course of purification which takes place once a year. (Jonke)» Were Always Fond of Thistle». The latest fashiouable freak in floriculture is tho cultivation of the Scotch thistle. A Newport florist has a parterre of this pictur estjuo plant w hich is greatly admireiL The other day a New York dude at New port took a Boston dudo to see this parterre of thistles, und the two stood for a while in on attitude of gcmiiue admiration. Finally tbo Boston Jude said: "Aw, there's something »0 cheerful ûud— aw—fwagwant, about tbeso thistles; some thing—aw—quite appetizing ubout them, don't, yon know." "W'eally, so there is," said the New York Unde, "and, bah Jove, bow cleverly you ex près» it I"—Boston Record. mTTTQr.\KE EOTOES. events weird, comic and tragic, FOLLOWING ITS WAKE. New spapers Call it Hie Ouake—Colored People Hold Revivals— A Wife Heater Takes it as a Warning—Damage Done. Charleston Must Be Rebuilt. When the American people had sufficiently recovered their lialance to speak of the calamity at Charleston as ' the quake'' that was a sign they believed the worst was over. It took live days for them to do this. The Sunday iiaixns next following tlint terrible Tuesday night syoke jocosely of "the quake." They went further than this. They even thanked their stars that the earthquake had for the time quite shut up the prohibition row in Atlanta. The night of the first shock, immediately after it was felt, a Pro hibition citizen of that place rushed wildly into the street without much clothing on, bid ding his wife and little ones follow him, vow ing the bloody whisky men were blowing up his house with dynamite. He quite believed it. Hut from that evening no word referring to the whisky war was heard in Atlanta for a week. That, at least, was something. _ S'* I ! "A. NEGRO REVIVALS. Both in Atlanta and in Charleston wildly thrilling scenes were witnessed at the re ligious revivals which immediately broke loose among the colored population. They believed beyond doubting that the day of judgment had come, and they Logged for mercy hi a frenzy of fear. A weird spectacle it was to j .ass through their camps sind hear the strange, more than half barbaric chants and flic wild prayers that rose from the throngs in the open squares and streets. They sang liyins like this. Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down; No man like Jesus. Sometimes I'm almost on de grouu', No man like Jesus. Their prayers were w ild and appealing be yond description: "Oh, my handsome God, dear sir, look dow n on us. We know what the little finger of the iw?. r ivift n\in -a w MASS IN THE OPEN SQUARE. Meantime, on Sunday, the white sheep of the great fold wciY gathered in a very differ ent scene. The white people's worship was conducted in a quiet, solemnly impressive manner, and in the square. Bishop Northrop, of the Charleston diocese, celebrated mass in the open air, in the presence of a vast throng. These religious services, in the midst of the earth tissures and the ruins, form a most striking scene, and were particij*ated in by the various denominations, each in their separate gathering. my on us. We know what the little finger of the Lord can do. Sometimes the world can kick up in thunder, but do take care of our brothers. Ain't the black lamb and the white lion done lie down together in pence? Move along my brothers, move along! God gimme grace to move along, ain't I dim promise to bo baptize?" The excited throng took tip the words: "Promise to be baptized," and made a song of it, chanting the refrain with a roar liko a singing earthquake itself. They stopped to take breath, and the leader fell into another frenzied prayer. "The last chance is come to save old Charles ton! Oh, my Lord, don't touch my city any more! I pray God to hold the world. Hip, hip, hip! Ob, Lord, take me in Y'our charge to-night. Night before last I didn't expect to see Jesus. Oh, God, look at these dry bones in the valley. Didn't you hear Gabriel blow? Oh, Gabriel, turn that horn to the land of Egypt on the miserable sinners, and not on we. Oh, Lord! the birds have nest, but we are here to-night for mercy. < Hi, Lord, have mercy !" i=t MEDICAL COLLEGE. The medical college, of whFli Charleston was justly proud, is a ruin. At a colored church in Bartlesville a deacon was just praying fervently to close the meet ing. He was just saying, "Good Lord, come down an' Mess de Chilians. Bring on de time when Jesus am a-comin'. < rood Lord, come down an' take do Chilians home. Hasten de lime when You'll take us all trom cits xvoria ob sin and sorrow." At that instant the earth began to rise in billows and the church to \ rock to and fro. In wild affright the deacon and all his congregation sprang to their feet and fled out of the building. They thought ; the Lord was taking the deacon at Ills word. A characteristic freak of "the quake" is ! manifested In the case of »he old house in which Gen. Wade Hampton was lx.ru. lc is ■ built in colonial style, and is older than the revoTtltlbu. During fllat war a 34-pound British shot struck it. and is still imbedded in I the walL Through the fierce bombardment of the late war, through three great fires, and through the cyclone recently it has stood un injured. Strange to say, the earthquake spared it too. It stands untouched in the midst of ruins all about. It almost seems as ! if a charm had 1 »een put upon the old house. 7) A NEWS AND COURIER OFFICE. Looking at the remains of The Charleston News and Courier office, one is not surprised that the printers on the top floor declined to continue setting type up there. Every soul left the buihling the night of the first great shock, except the proprietor, Capt. Dawson. The earthquake left the edifice in such a for lorn condition thnt it will undoubtedly l»e pronounced unsafe bv the government en gineers and have to be pulled down. The paper has been uncommonly prosperous of recent years, and the proprietors had recently put in a fine new printing press. At Columbia, S. C., an old man had been a helpless rheumatic for years. He could scarcely walk, even w ith crutches. At the earthquake alarm he sprang from his couch like a deer and skipped into the street at three bounds. He has not used his crutches since. The earthquake was as effective as the mind cure. ßx HIBERNIAN HALL. The beautiful porch of Hibernian hall, with its large fluted pillars, is a total wreck. Only the lower parts of the two middle pillars are left standing. On falling the roof of tho piazza brought down with it the front pedi ment of tho hall. The large golden harp, with the date of construction, ISM), is still in tact. This hall is the property of t he Ancient Order of Hibernians, of which there is a large membership in the city. In great tragedies there are always comic incidents. The quake so thoroughly fright ened numbers of desperate sinners that for the time at least they lteoame the veriest sainis. One of these was an old tough in Cherokee county, Ga. In Cherokee county is a famous ground where tho Indians in their day used to play ball. The old tough in question habitually amused himself by beating bis w ife. He lived upon the an cient Indian ball ground. On the evening of tho earthquake lie administered to bis be loved companion the customary drubbing and stalked out doors to cool off. The earth began to tremble and heave, a sullen roar smote the ear. Suddenly the tough fancied he saw,«floating in the air all about him, weird specters, ghosts of tlic Cherokee In dians who used to gather then*. In no other way could he account for the shaking earth. He fell upon his knees then and there and implored the spooks with all his soul to spare his life and he would never whip l'eggy Ann again. v > ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH. The steeple of St. Michael's church ii eighteen inches out of plumb, and unless tho iiest engineering talent of the country can warp it back to its old position it must bo torn down. The massive portico of tho church covering, its entrance on Meeting stivet is wrenched and torn and toppling. As sad as anything in this sad story is tho natural discouragement of tho people of Charleston. Heavy rains finished what tho earthquake had left. Soaked to tho skin, wandering in tho streets, without food, over them the agonizing terror of eurthquako shocks almost every day for weeks, their j »light w as sorrowful enough. Added to this, disease broke out among them. The accumu lated garbage of all that time was left unre moved upon the streets. But beautiful, hapless Charleston must take heart again. As with Chicago after the fire, money will pour into her from her generous sister cities all over the Union, and Charleston will be rebuilt, greater, more prosperous and more beautiful than ever. Why it Didn't Com# Off. "Wy how yer do, Nancy?" said old Hester, addressing old Sanderson's daughter. "Didn't ycr git married last Sarlday night!" "No; the weddin' «lat come off didn't take place." ••Whafo' duln't it, gal!" "Well case der warnt but thirteen present" "All foolishness. Y'ou oughtenter b'lebe in no sich foolish 'spicion ez dat. I Vlar ter goodness, yer makes mo ershamed o' yer, puttin' offer weddin' jes' bekase der want but thirteen dar. Wy n't yer sen' out an' inguc» de fo'teenf pusson ter come!" "Well, daddy did go out an' bog him ter ccme?" "Well, w*y n't yer go ahead an' let him erlone?" v. . "CouMn't." .' * ' • -W'yP * ' "'Case de fo'teenf man waz «le pusson w hat had promised ter marry me. I tells yer, Aunt Cari*y, thirteen is bad luck. "—Ex chamm. j Tilt SWIMMING BATH. HOW WOMEN LEARN TO SWIM IN SALT WATER. One of New York'» Summer Attractions. Natatorial Recreation at the Battery. Some Reflections on the Cause of Old Age—Gray-Haired Swimmers. [Special Correspondence.] New York, Sept. G.—New York city is not wholly without attractions in the summer. Among them are tho swimming baths. If these were only to accommodate men, they would l»e lacking in interest, for men can swim in any sort of a poml, sheltered or un sheltered-even in the "dirty [>ool of politics." But sw imming is a comparatively new art for women, and, as yet, needs various helps and comforts to make it alluring. The sw imming bath which I patronize is down on the Battery, just below Castle Gar den. Tho w ay thither is not beguiling, al though the fresh air from the sea meets one, and Battery pnrk.is fine in its summer foliage. Tho numerous ^migrant is the unpleasant feature of the trip. He is there in all Lis native filth, smoking pipes with odors .strong enough to take the breath from a hackman. His children are there, vilely dirty and scan tily clothed. His wife is there, very dirty, also, and somewhat hungry-looking. Tho park's benches are always full of these new candidates for fortune in the land of the free. They are not inspiring objects to look upon, and a sensitive person feels their atmosphere of dejection and misery. A little bridge leads across to the bath, a long, boat like house in tho water, which is evenly divided into a swimming bath for men and one for women. Hot salt water baths are also a feature of this very useful institution. This boat-like house on the waters arrives at the 1 latter)' on the 1st of June, and, securing its summer's privileges there by [lay ing a rousing rent to the authorities, it opens its doors to the public at 25 cents a bath, ten cents extra for a bathing suit, and a hot bath for 40 cents. During the month of June it isn't very well patronized, but through July and August everybody bathes, and bathes often The baths are open from G o'clock in the morning until 10 at night, electric light helping on the glorious work after dark. The women's bath is conducted by women, office work and all. Tho bath is about thirty feet wide and forty long. On three sides it has a double row of dressing rooms, for it is a two-storied struc ture. Little galleries run all around it, from which steps lend down into the w ater. Hori zontal and perpefidicular ropes are hero and there ready to bo grabbed, and cross pieces on the corners make little pens for the timid to splash around in and feel safe. In the center of the pool is a little round platform reaehed by stefis going up out of the water. Thereon the b<»ldest of the fair climb and then drop recklessly into the water again, coining down with a great splash, exciting the admi ration of tho less daring and coming up twenty feet away with red faces and blowing like porpoises, "quite like men," as a little gil l said. IL ÆLL w ithin; TnE swimming bath. The picture Just given represents a nymph making a leajwrom tho platform in tho cen ter, another 1144ng head first from tho steps, and a third taking a running jump from an other step, w hile in the water may bo seen a wholo school of bathers. Observe tho cos tumo universally worn. It is sensible and beautiful, and destitute of that horrible ap pendage, a skirt, w hick hampers tho move ments and adds to the ugliness ot' women who bathe at seaside resorts. Hero the costume is a snug, sleeveless garment cut to fit tho body, and covering it only from the neck to the knees. Nor is it any more indecorous than a skirtcil costume, for it covers the form enough to preserve the decencies and even the delicacies, and allows perfect freedom of movement. Imagine a woman learning to switn in skirts. After several visits to tliis bath I made up my minil that clothes contribute largely not only to the apnearanco of ago, but to the feeling of age. Gray-haired and withered women looked like young girls in these bath ing costumes, and disported themselves w ith a grace and energy characteristic of youth. They forgot their years when tho garments that represented them were laid aside. What a pity they could not be permitted to wear such clothing as would enable them to forget it all the time! How persistently our cos tumes and customs enforce age upon women. A woman in her forties stepjxxi gayly out of her dressing reom in a blue flannel bath suit that made a child ot' her at once. "Why, I don't feel a bit more than 10 years old," she said, in a delighted tone, with a face all aglow at tho precious few moments of free dom from conventional clothes that was just then ahead of her. Sho didn't look more than 14, at most. She had a delicate and ex tremely girlish figure, with dainty, white, childlike arms, and a face that had something of the expression, as well as the roundness, of childhood in it still. By and by, when the bath was over, and sho was arrayed in her long skirt, bustle and bonnet, and the dig nity of her station, she looked her "40 odd" years to a day. Yes, I am sure that dress is the worst enemy women have to fight. It is the most uetive agent in making them old. We are suffering from too much civili zation. Many good swimmera are among tho bathers. They paddle about quite at their ease, cheering and encouraging tho timid. Anyone chats with her nearest neighbor if she feels like it, and the neighbor replies un hesitatingly. Here, too, the absence of the conventional garments has wrought a good result. It has removed the constraint which curses women when they are thrown together in an informal way. In tho costume of the bath they act quite like men, and indulge In no foolishness in the xvay of draw ing lines. Everybody Is tho equal of everybody else while in the water. After they are arrayed in their street clothes they become prim and rigid again, looking well to the "lines ' as drawn by tbo fiend Caste. Tho next picture represents the swimming teacher with a pupil in tow. Ordinarily the rope is held in front of the swimmer, and is the main agent, in the early stages of the art, of keeping her head out of the w ater. Only an advanced pupil has the rope fastened at her back. Then she is truly at son. for if she becomes j>anie stricken she has nothing to clutch at but the unsubstantial atmosphere anti the uncongenial water. The teacher, herself a natatorial adept, calls out: "Push out more to the sides with your feet; paddle slowly with your arms; feet down; down; keep your arms under water," and other mandatory instructions. The pupil struggles, claws at the water, gasps, but persists, and is frequently graduated with honors. One young girl who swam well told me that she taught herself this season by hanging about the steps, without a teacher. Finally she gained confidence, launched out, and found that she could swim as well as anyone. One «lay, while splashing around in the L.P a, 1 saw an elderly German woman, ar. ayed for the water, sitting disconsolately get up and offering to lead her down. Who was merely meditating, it seems, fur presently she took a regular frog's leap into the pool and swam like a trout. When she paddled around near me 1 congratulated her on her skill. "Oh, 1 shwiin «lese vourteen years," she said. "I vent to the shwimming school on Sixty seventh street, and everybody shwam so well I was 'shamed not to shwim; so I j i-t 1 K-guii an«l shwam like do rest." *** "J — ' * "J - --------- J on the steps, bu(j apparently fearing to get w et. I piiit «1 lier, and thought of going up I *2 A ■ ' N ' § . s. . </ THE SWIMMING TEACHER. One w oman swam for half an hour w it h ft baby boy of three years clinging to her ne«-k all the time. Another woman showed me a handsome ring on lier hand one day, and sai«l: "I lost this ring when in the water last Satur day, and to-day I went over in ttie comer where I had lost it, bunted for it with my feet, found it, and picked it tip with my toes. Wasn't that wonderful? It is iny wedding ring, too." Some very lovely girls are seen in this bath sometimes. I have noticed, too, that it takes an exceptionally handsome girl to look well in the water. The hair gets wet and stringy, ami faces, fair as water lilies at other times, get red and rather oily looking. But all tbeso drawbacks are atoned for by the fresh beauty of the bather after tho bath is over. Her eyes are bright as jewels, and her color fresh ami lovely, and for a few hours, at least, she feels as if she had been made over. When Oct. 1 arrives our swimming bath is hitched to a tug and pulled over to a boat hospital in Brooklyn, there to remain until the flowers bloom again in tho spring. Ellis Clarmel. (irots Furnishing Company. We are requested to print the follow-in;; circular, issued by the Arkansaw Male Fur nishing company: "Attention, young ladies and widows: There are several associations throughout this country and England which furnish wives, but until wo began business in this state no company has proposed to furnish husbands. We have just succetnled in ob taining several hundred respectable young men, who are willing to be matrimonially disposed of; so, upon receipt ot' twenty-five cents in stamps, we will forward [»holo graphs of subject, together with locks of hair. Below you will find several testimo nials: Arkansaw Male Furnishing f'o.—Gentle men: For many years I was an old maid 1 tried many remedies for procuring a sure and permanent husband, but failed. By chance I heard of your institution, and i must say that the husband which you have furnished me is satisfactory. I congratu late you upon the great good you are ac complishing. Y'ours, Mrs. Mary Sattleton. Mrs. Deter Fluker, of Mill Bayou, writes as follows: 'Tara perfectly «lelighted with the hus band you sent me. He arrived six weeks ago and I have not regretted applying to you. He is out now chopping wood. Yes terday morning ho cooked breakfast while I was doing up my hair. • I would not take anything for him." The following, from Mrs. Martha Whickle, comes unsoliciteti: "Gentlemen: For ten years I was a widow*, my husband having been killed by a wild hog. Not very long after his death gentlemen began to pay attentions to me, but somehow I was not successful. I sued one of them for breach of promise but I only su«'«-e>?dcd in getting a cow in the de cline of life and a horse tnat wouldn't pull a corn cob stopper out of a jug. Finally a friend showed mo your ad vertisement At first I pa:«l no attention to it, having seen so many swindles, but thinking perhaps there might be some truth in it I sent for full particu lars, and must say that I am delighted with the result. The husband which you wer« so kind as to forward me is somewhat younger tbun I am, but he is very hand some, and, above all, my first husband's clothes lit him. He milks tho cow, churns and only possesses a moderate appetite. I have made him change his religion to fit mine. If you do desire you may make use of these facts. If my husband should die i expect you to furnish me another one at half price."—Arkansaw Traveler. The Rat Catcher of the Treasnry. In the treasury at Washington is a rat catcher, a colored man, who has a record of C00 rats killed with his bare hands. He has the knack of grabbing the animal by the skin between the ear aud jaw, and by a sud den twist breaking its neck.—New York Sun. ____ _ W. D. Howells writes all his novels with a type-writer. __, GEROXIMO CAPTURED. PORTRAITS OF THE RENEGADE CHIEF AND THE GALLANT GEN. MILES. The Liai of tlu- Trou hit- With the Chlri i'ahua Apache*—History of the Trouble. Geroititiio J-.'n Route to Floriila—AYill lie be Ifaugetl? Geronimo and Land, tho terror of Arizona, New Mexico and Sonora, is once more cap turetl, an«l it is t«* be Imped he will now be plactxl xx here he «-an no longer harm others or where he himself will not fall a victim to re venge at tin- hands of friends of tho many he has murdered during these many years. Geronimo is the head chief of the Chiri cab ua A [»aches and first came into notice in 1S76, when a tavern keep e r named Rogers was killed by some drunken Apaches. It was then decided by the Indian agent to transfer the C'liiri cahuas to the San Carlos reservation, Geronimo, at that time a sub-chief, protested, saying he did not think it just to semi them all away for a murder one of tho number ha«l eom mitted, and whom they ha« l already put to death. But Geronimo' s p r o tests availed noth ing. and his people were ordered to move. Geronimo asked for leave to gather his family w Lieh w as scattered lie escaped with them. He was afterward captured in New Mexico und brought to 'lie iSan Carlos reservation with the rest of his tribe. Soon after this lie escaped again and was out until 1878. In 1S81 he made his third escape, and eluded the 'soltliers until DxM, when Gen. Crook brought him into camp. Un May 7, 1885, Geronimo led in the out break which has given Mexico and tho Uni teil States no end of hard-hips since. The chief difficulty in capturing him came from the rough nature of tho country, where the Apaches w ore perfectly at home. In fact, it is likely they would prefer a life of law less ness, w itli the privilege of roaming free over Hase mountains, to « life of luxury in cap tivity. • the GKKOMlfO. mountain* v; i j » . 'Æl i / AT* MARCHING GERONIMO INTO CAMP. Then Geronimo has been skipping across the Mexican border in such a way as to harrass the troops. The Mexicans will not allow the United States to establish a permanent camp on their side of the line, anil as tho Mexicans excited themselves but littlo toward his cap ture ho fell back ou Mexico as a place of refuge. Geronimo lias never considered the Mexican soldier worth bothering about any way, and boasts that ho never wasted any ammunition on Mexicans—he killed them with rocks. On the 11th of last January, it w ill be re membered that Cant. Emmet Crawford, while pursuing Geronmio, was shot down by a party of Mexican soldiers, who ha«l mis taken liis command for a body of hostile In dians, at least so it was said at the time. Since then reports and denials of Geroni mo's capture have followed one another thick and fast, until ho became like the Irishman's flea. This time it is hoped he is captured "for keeps," and to Gen. Miles is tho honor due. Gen. Mih*s w ill always Lo noted as a most successful Indian tighter. He it was who cap tured Chief Joseph and the Nez Perces in their flight through Montana JiJ 1 11 j , after they had sue- jWpSr* ' Ç cessfully fought ' and evaded other generals. He also captured the le »»tile j Cheyennes, who are now living in peace, as farmers, on the Rosebud, in Mon tana. All this was gen. miles. accomplished after mu« h tierco fighting. To him must bo given tho credit ot' having brought to end tho career of Sitting Bull and the final submission of his thousands of sav age followers. Gen. Miles is a Bostonian by birth, and in his 4Sth year. He began his career as a mer chant, but in 1801 ho entered tho army as captain of the Twenty-second Massachusetts infantry. He has not laid down bis arms since. Ho married a niece of Gen. and Senator BLemian. In answer to a request from Secretary En dicott, Gen. Miles furnished tho following reasons w hy tho Apaches should l»e removed from Arizona. The reply is worthy of tho man and of the occasion. Here is a portion of it: Y'ou ask me why I desire tho removal of the Apaches from the territory? I will tell yee in as few words as possible. I ask it in tho name of tho territory w hose prospects and progress have been blasted and retarded by tho fiendish cruelties of those Indians. I ask it in the name and on behalf of the widows and fatherless children whose lives have been wrecked anil whose future has been darkened l»y the murdering raids of these fiends. I ask it in the name of th«j thousands of lives that have been offered up as c. sacrifice to the reserva tion system. Finally, I ask it in the name of civilization, which can never advance iu this terri tory so long as the Indians are allowed periodically to terrorize the country. The I.aw of Compensation. Prospective purchaser—Tiiat horse seems tr be blind in both eyes. Hopeful Seller—Why, he's tiiat uiu 'h more worth the money, my dear man. He won*» be able to see how far he has traveled, so be ran't get tired—Don't you see'!"—Harper'» Bazar. AN AIR STEAMER. 1 1 j « J j , { j j j j j Tlit Steam Balloon Invented by William Fat tenon, San Francisco. Now comes Professor William Patterson, bridge builder, uctor, hunter, squatter, trap per, soldi'T anil Inventor, of Sat» Francisco, and solemnly avers that he has constructed a balloon which will float uoou the air like an ordinary ball«x»n on the one hand, an«i on the other will [»ermit itself to lie [»ro[X'l!e«l and steer ed l»y steam, like a boat upon the water. All must hope that Mr. Pat terson's faith will be : justified l.y the re : suits. His balloon ||may not yet lie tho £ particular inven tion which will solve the problem of william Patterson, air navigation, yet let no one doubt that the problem will l>e solved. If Professor Patterson does not ilo it, t hen somebody else w ill. This is the age of wonder. Mr. Patterson has invented a number of articles in his time. Une of them is an auger which cuts a square hole. He is a «lisable«! soldier and wears a G. A. R. badge. For twenty years ho has been studying about this steam balloon. He thought by «lay and dreamed by night. At last his mingle«! dream anil thought have taken material form in the machine shown in tbo picture. It will Ije observed that this balloon, like the steamship and sail boat, takes the shape of a bird or fish, those creatures which travel av ease through air and water. This is a [»oint in its favor. Tho wholo inaebino is 180 feet long. In its widest part it is 48 feet. It has a lifting power of 17,000 pounds. A unique feature is its propelling power. This consists of 3 separate engines of 12 horse-power each, 30 hors« altogether. They work either to gether or separately. A parachute of 11,00C square feet is attached, to save the air trav elers in case of accident. It lies folded upon the siile of tho balloon, hut can bo unfurled almost instantly, tho inventor says. Great arms or rihs are shot out anil the covering straightens itself upon them. Tho parachute is opened and closed by tbo balloou's steam machinery. Tho car is 13 feet «leep. The balloon part alone is 34 feet high. The en tire height, bag, car and wheels and wheel shafts is 54 feet. The whole machine weighs 9,500 pounils and cost Ç 15,000. \rv _ PATTERSON'S STEAM BALLOON. The mail who had faith enough in this aii steamer to advance money to help build it was not one of the California millionaires, as one might expect. It was a person who wa* himself a practical aeronaut, Professor Carl Meyers, of New York. Tho fact that be, w ith his experience, put in his money to con struct the thing, scores a long mark in iU favor. The car [»art consists of hickory ®r whiti ash ribs, veneered w ith birch. It is flat-bot tomed. The balloon or inflated part is divined into three compartments by strong, white cotton sheeting. This prevents tho rush ol gas to one portion of tho balloon. The ba is itself made of the strong, white cotton cloth, of triple thickness at tho top. The danger ol bursting is thereby lessened. Tho bag is inclosed in a net of flat woven linen bands, with a throe-inch mesh. Th« netting is attached to the car by iron hooka, caught into eyelets in leather straps. Professor Patterson has expected for two years to mako the attempt to cross the conti nent from San Francisco to New Y oik, but cir cumstances have thus far prevented 1ns mak ing the attempt. Tiere is lack of money suf fieient to try the experiment, for one thing. This is liow it it at present with the bright idea that struck Billy Patterson. The pro pelling force of tho machine is placed imme diately at t Ho intersection of tho car and balloon, so that both can be controlled by it. The engine is thus elevated above the bottom of the car. The Herreshoff engine is employed. The w heels that appear below the etlge ol the car arc to catch it when it latuls ami to roll it upon land. They are attached to bumpers and worked with machinery, so they w ill not jolt and can bo turned about in any direction. The propeller screws that ap pear beneath tho car are made of hollow steel covered w ith green rawhide. Each screw if operated by one of the engines. No ballast is necessary. The balloon is elevated or «le pressed by means of the screws l>enenth. AI the stern appeal's the combined rudder and propeller. Living accommodations are provided with in the car. In tho bow of tho air boat is seen, in the illustration, the month of a pipe. Ibis supplies draft to the furnaces. Tho fuel em ployed has littlo bulk. Tho w hole machine is constructed to afford tho greatest strength with the least weight. Lincoln's Recipe for Happiness. An autograph letter that I woul«l like to own was shown mo a few days ago. "A. Lin coln" was boldly signed at tho end of it, and this wisdom was there, paragraphed in thà wise: "Do not worry. "Eat three square meals a day. "Say your prayers. "Think of your w ife. "Be courteous to your cretlitors. " "Keep your digestion good. "Steer clear of tho biliousness. "Exercise. "Go slow and go easy. "May l>o there aro other things that your especial case requires to make you happy, but, my friend, these, I reckon, will givo you a good lift."—HoLston in New' York Times. Stump«, the farmer, has married acitygiri w ho is trying to learn country ways. Bho has hear«l her husband say that he must buy a dog and responds: "Ob, yes, do, Chnwles. buy a setter dog. He can be a watch dog at night and »et on the eggs all day; for 1 can't make the hens set, though I've held 'em down to hour at a time."—Life.