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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-03-21
The New Stiniulant.

+ An exchange says that chloral drinking, ac-
cording to tho physicians, is superceding alb
sinthe, Opium and alchoholic stipulants
among the better classes An insidious seda-
tive, its use grows more dangerously on tile
tippler than moreactively intoxicating drinks
The manufacture of this drug is the best evil
dence of the extent of its use In Europe its
production has become one of the leading
chemical industries, and it is sold by the tom
Baron Leibig affirms that one German chem
ist manufactures and sells half a ton week.
The London Spectator says: Taking chloral
among women, and is doing as much harm as
alchohol. The drug is kept in thousands of
dressing cases, and those who begin Its use
often grow SO addicted to it that they pass their
lives in a sort of contented stupefaction.
Chloral drunkards will soon be an admitted
variety of the species" =. ,.s.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-03-21
ne Dldn;s Keep h nls Promise.

b The iWoonsocket Patysot says: "A short
time ago the relatives and friends of John
Eddy assembled at his dwelling house to at
tend The last sad rites to his mortal remains,
and 10 somewhat astonished to find Mr..
Edo not only alive but WE'LL and he in turn
W. Iery much surprised to learn that he was
to be buried that day. A hearse, and also q
hack from Woonsocket, were in attendance,
ordered by some one by letter. Upon in
quiry into the facts of the case, and the
probable cause, it was ascertained that Mr..
Eddy was owing small debt, and upon be-
ing pressed for payment said, IF God spares
my life, viii pay that bill by Thursday
next, and as the bill remained unpaid on
Friday morning, some one supposed that MIR.
Eddy had {" gone to that bourne from whence
no traveller returns, and therefore appointed
his funeral, notified his friends, and engaged
the hack and hearse as before stated. Madam
Rumor says that the author of this mischief
has been discovered, and that the gentleman
that furnished the hack and hearse will
probably be paid for his services. 81 h2a
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-03-21
A story Of stories.

Some ingenious admirer of Dickens pro-
duces the following, which seems to contain
the names of all the works of the great novel
ist.3i3a aa1 *ssafl Ensyi qFf - f,., a., a.
''Oliver Twist, had some very stHard
Times" in the t'Battle of Life" and having
been saved from the ''Wreck of the Golden
Mary, nby our Mutual Friend" sNicholas
Nickleby, had just finished reading f.A Tale
of Two Cities to Martin Chuzzlewit, I" during
which time the Cricket on the Hearth" had
been chirping quite inerrily, while s'The
Chimes" from the djacent churches were
heard, when i'Sevn Poor Travellers" COM
nenced singing a Christmas Carol" Bar
naby Rudge' then arrived from the s'Old
Curiosity Shop" with some "Pictures from
Italy" and s'Sketches by Boz" to show s.Iit- {
tie Dorrit, 7 who was busy with ''Pickwick
Papers, when David Copperfeld, who had
been taking American Notes" entered and
informed the company that the 'Great Ex-
peetationsH of Dombey g. Son" regarding
Mrs tirripers Legacy" had not been reali-
zed and that he had seen stBoots at the Holly
Street Inn" taking Somebody's Luggage to
'Lirriper's Lodgings, I" in a Street that had
mo Thoroughfare, opposite ''Bleak House,
where the Haunted Man" who had lust
given one of '"'Dr. Marigold's Prescriptions
to an "Uncommercial Traveller" was brood
ing over the 1EMystery of Edwin brood. y" '34'
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-03-21
A story for the Tlnaes.

There is fable among the Hindoos that
thief having been detected and condemned to
die, hit upon an expedient which gave him
hope of life. He sent for his jailor, and told
him that he had secret of great importance
to impart to the king, and when that had
been done he would prepare to die. On re-
ceivlng this piece of intelligence the king
! ordered the culprit to be conducted to his
presence, and demanded of him to know his
secret. The thief replied that he knew the
secret of causing trees to grow that would
bear fruit of pure gold. The experiment
might be easily tried, and his majesty would
not lose the opportunity; so, accompanied by
his prime minister, his courtlers and his
chief priests, he went with the thief to place
selected near the city wall where the latter
performed a series of solemn incantations.
This done, the condemned man produced a
piece of gold and declared that if It should be
planted 1t would produce tree, every branch
of which would bear gold. "But," he added,
this must be put in the ground by a hand
that has never been stained with dishonor-
able act. My hand is not clean, therefore /
pass it to your majesty" The king took the
piece of gold, but hesitated Finally he said,
filched money from my fathers treasury which
was not mine. have repented of the sin,
but yet hardly dare say that my hand is
clean. 1pass 1t, therefore to my Prime Min
ister. The latter, after brief considera-
ton, answered. 1T would be pity to break
the charm by a possible blunder. receive
taxes from the people; how can Ibe sure that
have remained perfectly honest? I must
give 1t to the Governor of the Citadal." ssNo
no, cried the Governor" drawing back, ire
member that have the serving out Of pay
and provisions to the soldiers. Let the High
Priest plant It. :" And the priest: 'EYou forget
that have the collecting of tithes and the
disbursement of sacrifices, AT length the
thief exclaimed, 'your. Majesty, think it is
better that all five Of us should be hanged,
since it appears that not an honest man can
be found among u.s. In spite of the lament,
able exposure, the king laughed; and so
pleased was he at the thief's cunning expedi-
ent, that he granted hinfa PARDON '''''''
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-03-21

A REMARKABLE machine is said to be the
invention of a Mr.. Adolphus Theadore Wag-
ner, and is called q '.poycograph," or appa-
the agency of nervous electricity" The ap-
paratus consists of . combination of rods or
pieces of wood with q tracer and a disk for
the operators hand; also glass slab or other
non-conductor, and an alphabet ''Upon
person possessing nervous. electricity placing
his hand on one of these disks, the instrument
will Immediately work, and the tracer win
spell upon the alphabet what is passing In
the operators mind" @HlfG = -'4liI ,Eis
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-03-21

g.. A PARTY of wits once stopped at tavern.
When the feast was over one of the number
called in the hostess. .tAngelllque," he said,
Il am going to give you lesson in astron-
omy. Have you not heard of the great Pla-
tonic year, when everything must return to.
its former condition? Know, then, that in
10000 years we shall be here again, ON the
same day and at the same hour. Win you
ever had her reply. ~ am perfectly willing"
she retorted, 'but It Is just II, 900 wears since
you were here before, and you left without
paying-settleup the old score and 4 will trust
you on the new. -. 70 - - -. -.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-03-21

THE ladies of the best society in an Iowa
town have gone through the superfuous form
of organizing themselves into q special asso-
citation, and binding themselves by the most
solemn vows to reveal, each to the others, all
the improper doings of their male acquaint.
ances which may reach their ears. In this
latitude, our yirtuous DANES and damsels re-
qnire no set compact to hold them to the full
fillment of such peculiarly feminine func-
tons, but perform them with sublime sense
of duty uniufiuenced by penalties or rewards.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-03-21
THE, CHICAGO 4 NORTHWESTERN
.'SaJ''~9 W. Rs R. EXTENSION. &iI''"tAt"r

The Chicago and Northwestern II. r. Com.
pany have placed 1903 miles Of their road from
New Ulm, Mimi, westward to the Big Sioux
in Dakota, to be completed this year. From
that point the Northwestern is to be spashed
Northwestward to junction with the North.
ern Pacific about where 1t crosses the james
river. The Chicago Tribune referring to II
says: ." ' ..'''1 &"''t
The gap of something over ninety, miles
from the crossing of the Big Sioux to the line
of the Northern Pacific, where it crosses the
James river, win be built by the Northwest.
ern Company as soon as the Northern Pacific
has been extended any considerable distance
west of TINT point Il will be seen that this
line OF the Northwestern Company's roads
will be in effect, the Chicago bfahch of the
Northern Pacific. 2 The line of road through
Madison, Baraboo, Winona, st. Peter, New
UlmI and thence to the proposed junction
with the Northern Pacific at about Bone Hill
or at the crossing of the James river, will be
neatly an air line, and eighty miles shorter
than from Chicago to the same point on the
Northwestern Pacific osG: the st. Paul route.
As il was said that all roads led to Rome. so all
railroads in the Northwest are irresistably
drawn to Chicago. Of all the roads from
these central States to the Pacific, coast, the
Northern. Pacific win be more distinctly and
exclusively Chicago road than any other.
The line of seven hundred miles of road
which we designated as the Chicago and
Northwestern Company's ''N Northwestern line
of extension" to distinguish ii from their
Northern line toward Lake Superior, win
constitute nearly one-third of the entire route
from Chicago to Puget Sound, and If the
Northern Pacific Company's line is finished
in 1875, as is proposed. Chicago will expert
ence then more benefit from the construction
Of that road than any other city In the United
States. Gu'a 5sat H4s .EEr..e -t.'tltG
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-03-21

L A CURIOUS and rare genealogical fact is de-
yeloped in the following from the S,ciss
Times IAN infant boy has been recently
baptized at Glaurns who may possibly live to
boast of having received his Christian name
in extraordinary circumstances. This young
Glarronais is the son of father aged 10.
His two grandfathers are the one 80 and the
other II years of age. His three great-grand-
fathers are, respectively, 66, 70, and 7S, while
his great-great-grandfathe is not more than
SO years old. 5"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-03-21

A KANSAS billiard table is thus described :
First, in the middle Of the floor was an enor-
nous large box, on which was laid about a
wagon load of sandstone, covered with some
eight yards of blue jean. For pockets they
had old boots; for cues they used old broken
hoe7handles; boiled eggs for bslls, and to
on a clothes line, s4
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-03-21

GEN. BANKS is settling up his private bust.
ness preparatory to accepting foreign mis-
sion rendered him by the President. In this
connection 1t is rumored that Gen. Banks
will 60 to Paris and Minister Washburne will
return here to succeed Secretary Fish.-N
Y. Nail " "
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-03-21

THE natural position of woman with res
pect to man. as the softener, the cheerer, the
refiner of his experience-and her own natu-
raj constitution, as weak in frame, but pow
erful in moral infuence-make 1t appear
proper that man should approach her with
sentiments of Difference and respect.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-03-21

ROCKVILLE, Connecticut, boasts of man
who got married, became happy father,
buried both wife and child, married again,
eleven months. And yet he is not happy.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-03-21

SHOULD Senator Wilson be nominated with
President Grant, it will be seen that there is
nothing like leather. We shall have the tam
ner of Gslena for President, and the cobbler
of Natick for Vice. Chicago Post.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-03-21


! Meerschaum, German for sea foam, is the
name lame given to q hydrous silicate nagnesia,
on account of its fightness and whitish ap-
pearance, 1t is found In Spain Greece, Tunr
/ key, and other parts of Southern Europe, also
in Asia Minor, When first removed from
the beds II Is quite soft, and cuts like cheese.
1t IS Of varied specific gravity, the ,lightest
quality being too porous for pipes, and the
heaviest being rejected from suspicion of its
being an artificial product. The blocks or
finished pipes are soaked or boiled in milk or
wax, the fatty substances of which are alb
sorbed by the meerschaum, and are acted
upon by the nicotine of the tobacco and the
heat of smoking. Those which have been
soaked in milk become of rich creamy white;
those treated with wax assume the yellow and
brown colors which are so much admired.
The imitation meerschaum pipes are made
from the parings of the genuine material,
which, being reduced to powder, are boiled
in water, and moulded in blocks some times
with the addition of pipe clay. The imitation
does not color so well as the genuine, and is
liable to chip.
Connecticut western news., 1872-03-29
New York and Erie Railroad.

Gen. Sickles, who was-the head and front of the attacking party on the Gould administration of Erie, tells how it was done as follows:' sbFI1 f- . J
 1T was first employed against the Erie managers in 1869, while at the bar. On the 1st of December, when I had occa- sion to return to the United States, met ;n Paris the principal representatives of the foreign stockholders, outside of the Heath and Raphael combination. I advised them as to what I thought they could do, but did not then undertake anything, not knowing how much time I should have, and not feeling at liberty to take such responsibility. On reach ing Washington laid the matter before the President, and suggested that it had public importance in it's relations to the national credit, and to all American en- terprises requiring capital from Europe; the development of the resources of our country. I told him the interest felt in the matter as New Yorker, and the modification every American Minister was compelled to feel at the reproaches constantly thrown in his face. I pre- sented all these considerations to the President, and asked him to let me stay here three months and see if could not upset this Erie Ring, and put the man. agement of the road in the hands of such men as woa1d inspire confidence among those whose confidence we sought. The President said, "Try it; you can have three months. " He also promised me all the help he could give me consistently, and he has given it, and without his aid I could not have succeeded. After tLis interview with the President, and not till then, undertook this matter. I asked for three months; and the work is accomplished, and have 12 days left. This statement shows how absurd is the story concerning the Atlantic and Great Western Road. have never mentioned this road to any one, and while I select ed every one of the pew directors, they will say that I have said nothing to them on the subject of the Atlantic and Great Western. have received letter from Mir. Nc Henry, who represents this road, in which he says he would not accept a consolidation with the Erie Road on any terms the latter would offer-that he has more faith in his own road than in the Erie. Which is right, the Erie people can judge for themselves; am not 6 railroad man. They are connecting roads, both having broad tracks, and naturally desire convenient running arrangements with each other. The trouble between tue two roads has been that the A. & G. W. people keep theil engagements, while the Erie people have made engagements and, kept them only when convenient. It is natural, there
 fore, that the managers of the former should cooperate with Erie stockholders in desiring change. do not believe they had any other motive. The in
 fuence of this change will be felt in botl continents. In England it will not only restore confidence in the credit of thi
 country, but will tend to create mor' friendly feeling toward us than has re gently existed" -.r ..
Connecticut western news., 1872-03-29

TRAVELLING STONES. of our readers have doubtless heard of the fa- nous travelling stone of Australia. Sim liar curiosities have recently been found in Nevada, which are described as almost perfectly round, the majority of them as large as walnut, and of an ironey na- ture. When distributed about the floor, table, or other level surface, within two or three feet of each other, they imme- diately began travelling toward common centre, and there hudle up in bunch like lot of eggs in nest. A single stone, removed to the distance of three and half feet, being released, at once started of, with wonderful and somewhat comical celerity to join it's fellows ta- ken away four or five feet, it remained motionless. They are found in region that is comparatively level, and is noth- ing but bare rock. Scattered over this barren region are little basins, from a foot to rod in diameter, and it is in the bottom of these that rolling stones are found. They are from the size of pea to five or six inches in diameter. The cause of these stones rolling together is doubtless to be found in the material of which they are composed, which appears to be loadstone or magnetic iron ore. Rolling stones gather no moss. ."-Sci- entLfc AnseTicou.
Connecticut western news., 1872-03-29

THE TICHBoRNE ESTATE. family seat of the Tichbornes, made so very famous by would. be heir, is in Hamp- shire, and there is 8 very curious story about custom of almsgiving which pre- vails there. When Lady Mabe,la, wife of Sir Roger de Mchborne, knight in the time of Henry II, was lying on her death bed, she besought her loving husband, as her last request, that he would grant her the means of leaving behind her 8 charitable bequest in dole of bread to be distributed to all who should apply for it annually on the Feast of the An nunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Sir Roger, her husband, readily acceded to her request by promising the produce of as much land as she could go over in vicinity of the park while certain brand or billet was burning; supposing that, from her long infrmity, (for she had been bedridden some years,J she would be able to go round small portion only of his property. The venerable dame, however, ordered her attendants to convey her to the corner of the park, where being de posted on the ground, she seemed to receive renovation of strength, and to the surprise of her anxious and admiriDe lord. who began to wonder where this pilgrimage might end, she crawled around several rich and goodly acres. The field which was the scene of Mabel la's extraordinary feat retains the name
 of "Crawls" to this day.
Connecticut western news., 1872-03-29

JUST TAKEN HIS BrTTERs. heard a seedy- looking individual with an alarmingly red nose remark to brother soaker that he had "jGst had his bitters, but he did not mind taking another nip" His remark suggested train of reflection. How was it, we asked ourselves, that the word " bitters" had grown to be a synonym for gin, whisky, rum, and other alcoholic stimulants, to which it was applied indiscriminately. Bitters, we reason ed, suggested the idea of healthful tonic, not of poisonous stimulant; something invigo- rating to the system, not an alcoholic nritant, full of fusil oil, producing present intoxication and ultimate insanity, idiocy, or premature death. Moreover, our idea of bitters was to- tally irreconcilable with "gin cocktails, !" "rum punches" and "brandy smashes," /" which, we are informed, are sweetened with sugar, and rendered doubty injurious with essences colored by means of mineral poison. This was bitter sweet with g vengeance. We mentioned this problem to friend. He solved it by exciai1ning "Why. don't you know that most of these bitters advertised as remedies are only drams in disguise Topers know it, if you do not. must make one ex- ception, however," he added, "and that S DR. WALKERS CALIFORNIA BIrTERs there isn t a particle of alcohol or fermentsd liquor in it, and it is the best vegetable tonic and alternative in America, ,"-CoM
Connecticut western news., 1872-03-29

QUEER B1RDs.-They must have queer birds in Winfield, Iowa, according to one of our subscribers, who writes: One of our neighbors had an old gobbler that got on a nest and wanted to sit there. After he had been on the nest bout a week, MT. Lee, his owner, procured some eggs and set him, just to see the result. After the gobbler had set four weeks, and no turkeys appearing, MI. Lee broke an egg to see what was the matter. They were all spoiled, and so he broke MT. Gobbler's nest up and wouldn't let him go on it again. After few days he laid himself down and died. He had either set himself to death, or had died of broken heart, when he found his labor lost. Another neighbor had a hen that was setting near large family of little pigs. Her nest and eggs in some way getting destroyed, sbe turned her attention toward the little pigs, and would try to gather them un- der her wings, much to the annoyance of the pigs mother. When the pigs got so that they could run round, the old hen would run after them, and be per- fectly distressed because she couldn't keep up with them and keep them to gether.-BrSoht Side.
Connecticut western news., 1872-03-29

BURNING OF SCHOOL HOUSE. The Harvard school-house, in Charlestown, Mass, caught fire from defective fue, while some three hundred and twenty children were in the building, many of them in the upper rooms. There was a great panic and rush for the stairways, which were old-fashioned and narrow. But, ewing to the self-possession of the teachers, and the prompt presence of the police-who opened p lssage through the excited crowd outside-and broke out the windows of the lower story, thus af- fording additional means of exit. All the children escaped from the building. Sev- Peral were considerably injured in the rush, but none seriously and some of the teachers tainted after the excitement was over. The school-house was de- stroyed, with the exception of the walls. The loss to the city is $4O,o00.
Connecticut western news., 1872-03-29

MIXED STATE OF AFFAIRS. curi- ous dispute has arisen in Strasbourg. The question at issue is whether the language of the plays shall be spoken in French or German. Naturally enough the people wish the talk to be in French, the tongue they can all understand but the Governor thinks it due to the dignity of Prussia that the language heard on the state of Elsass should be German. A compromise has been suggested by the fact that French company is to act ia Metz. It is supposed that they come and play once week in Strasbourg. and that on other nights the pieces shall be performed in German. The people of Strasbourg are understood sullenly to as- sent to this arrangement, and to intend simply to leave the theatre empty when they cannot hear French in it. By way of conciliation, the Governor promises to give them an occasional Italian opera. But the back of the citizens of Strasbourg is up, and they demand that if opera is sung at all it shall be sung in French.