Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-06-18

The growth of Philadelphia is said to be
like that of trcc-lnarkcd by the number OF
its rings.
An old wine-bibber says that an empty
champagne bottle is like All orphan, because
it has lost its pop
"A scarf of silk, tied with tiny bow
around the wrist. is shown on both plain and
elaborate costumes.
"A California poet has bought mule, and
a brother poet chronicles it has remarkable
instance of self-possession.
AN Iowa Judge lately began 4 charge to
the Jury with ''Gentemen OF the jury, you
must now quit eating peanuts.
THE young lady in Wisconsin who receiv-
ed $1,000 damages for Il kiss is reported as
spelling for some more damaging.
JAY GOULD is talked of rs president of the
Pennsylvania Central in place of ]. Edgar
Thompson, the president for so many years,
who has just died.
BRIGHAM YOrNG has begun to be made
grandfather-in-law, and geometrical prcgres-
sion is inadequate to estimate the infinite pos
sibilities of the future.
SCOTT county, Mimi, contains an exten-
sive Limburgcr cheese factory. The cheese
is declared to be ''ripe" when piece the size
of bean will drive dog out of a lanyard.
"A man in Boston, in his hurry to assist
fainting lady, got a bottle of mucilage in
stead of camphor and ba:hed her face with
it. She was good deal stuck up with his at
tenti0n.
-Says Minnesota exchange. "a wild cat,
slipped from Montana by General Custar,
got loose in the United States Express office
at St. Paul, and created great deal of ex-
citement and CONSERVATION before it could be
caught and Gagged"
Ina recent speech at Memphis, Andy John
son hoped that when dead and gone he would
still occupy place in the respect and affec-
ton and hearts of his countrymen. There can
be no doubt about it {; he will be remembered
as long as Nasby is read.
A bright and bewitching young "girl in
be Henry Wallace, of Brooklyn, but not till
q number of young men had fallen desper-
ately in love with him, when he left for an
other scene of operations.
A church journal believes that familiarity
with the theatre destroys the innocence Of
childhood, quenches the blush on the maid
ems cheek, and gives to the young man bold
and blaze air. The fresh bloom is irretriev-
ably brushed off the mind.
Mr.. C. MCGEAcnY is editor of the Danbury
Nrrs during the absence if Europe of Mr..
Bailey McGeachy maintains very satisfactorily
the energy and sprightliness of the editorial
columns. Heis aided in this by ''Max Adeler,
who is regular contributor.
A rich husband is like a wild buffalo, ex-
cessivcly difficult to catch. and excessively
dsagreeable when you haye caught him.
Leave ten million-dollar men to foolish girls
who don't know better; do you be satisfied
with one million-dollar man.
ELECTIONS in Ohio under the new Consti-
tuition will he held biennially, and will occur
on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday
in November, instead of on the second Tues
day of October, rs now provided. All the
State officers are to be elected at once.
Onions are said to be as good brain pro-
drcer as fish but as a pure sweet breath is
of infinite more value in these crusade times,
the question naturally suggests itself, what is
good for onions? A fortune awaits the lucky
individual who can nsolve this difficult problem.
AMONG the interesting scientific questions
which it is expected the forthcoming observa-
tons upon the transit of Venus will settle is
the true distance of the earth from the sun.
There is trifling dispute about the matter
now which involves only from one to ten
millions of miles.
Mr.. A. H. STEPHENS denies the authorship
of Latin hymn and an essay on cremation
attributed to him by the southern press. He
remarks substantially that he knows nothing
re-Latin to the hymn, though he can readily
see the connection between religious pOesy
and insinneratiOn.
Shoes still match the dress in color for
house wear; but for promenade black kid
boots, buttoned at the side, are popular. For
home wear, high black satin, with bars across
the instep and almost to the top, with colOred
silk stockings that match the dress, are the
handsomest articles to wear.
SAYS the st. Paul Pioneer Of may 9th:
"The Senate has appropriated - 1862 to cover
the expenses of Capt. James L. Fsks famous
overland expedition of 1862. This is richly
deserved, for that expedition was one of the
most daring adventures on record and pro-
dutive of important results"
CONGRESSMAN Bowen, it will be remember
ed, was convicted of the crime of bigamy,
and expelled from the House of Representa-
tives. The Mormon Delegate, Cannon, guilty
of polygamy-a bigsmist by another name
is now on trial for like crime in the eyes of
the law, and undoubtedly will be similarly
dealt with.
A CoRRRsPOSDEST of the american Ma
tsonal Record gives the following theories
upon the origin of the dollar mark: 1. 1t Is q
combination Of U. g., the initials of the Uni
ted States; 2. That it 10 = modification OF the
figure 8, the dollar formerly being called
piece of eight; 8. That it is . combination
of p and 8 from the spanish peso durs, sig:
nifying hard dollar; 4. That it is derived
from representation of tho ,''pillsrs of Her
cules." consisting of two pillars connected
WITH Q scroll g. That it is combination OF
b &, the mark of the Roman money unit