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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-08-30
Helena, Montana, Thursday, August 80, 1877.
An Old Mans Warning.
rFrom the Detroit Free Press |

Soon after dinner yesterday an elderly man,
having the appearance of a suburbanite, has
tily entered Woodward avenue drug store
and excitedly called for the proprietor. When
that gentleman came forward the stranger
called out:
''say, don't you know that Paris green is
rank poison
"Of course de-" was the reply.
''And yet YOU leave dozen big cans of it
out here on tie sidewalk, where fatal results
may occur at any moment!"
''Oh, they are put out there every day as
signs that we have the poison for SALE"
''Take them right intake them in this
moment!' exclaimed the old man, waving
his hand as high as the chandelier. Suppose
boy comes along!"
"Yes."
sAnd 'spose he thinks that stuff is sugar
and eats y lot of it, Where will the law put
you?"
''Ob, don't get excited. No one can get at
the contents OF the cans"
Il will get excited, sir, when human life is
in danger! l call upon you to put those cans
down cellar at once!"
''And refuse"
:'You do, eh? Well, sir, let me warn'you.
Some day a poor, innocent child, barely able
to toddle around, will come along here and
see those cans. He will suppose them to con-
tain milk. He will get down on his hands
and knees, and lick, lick, lick at can with
his rosy tongue. In an hourhe will be dead
and the dark shadow of murder will fall
athwart your door. Men will hiss your name.
youth 60 to the wall, and at last, driven to
wild dispair, you'll"
"Have glass of soda?" interrupted the
druggist.
The old man looked at him keenly, glanced
towards the cool fountain, and in very soft
voice replied:
"Weli. l don't care if / do. Put IN sarsa-
parilla syrup and plenty of water.
When he had drained the glass he uttered
sigh of satisfaction, and passed out without
even glance at the cans.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-08-30

Bridegrooms should be careful. Mr.. La
bouchere of the Truth, a London newspaper,
SAYS he was present at the wedding OF an
eminent surgeon the other day, and had the
good fortune to be seated in the chancel IN
pretty close proximity to the communion rail.
Bride and bridegroom looked uncommonly
well, and from every point of view, save one
their dress was perfect. The failing point
did not show till they knelt down. when the
happy mans new boot soles were exposed 70
the view of the congregation, and ne read q
thereon, marked in plain figures, las. %:
The other portion of his attire, as far as ne
could see. were not marked. He intends to
ask him whether be obtained any discount of
his cheap bootmaker for cash.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-08-30
EtymOlogy Of Strikes.

The origin of the word ''strike," as ap-
piled in combinations of laboring men organ
ized for the purpose either of preventing q
reduction or of securing an advance in their
wages, began on the Thames docks. 1t bad
long been used on the docks in the sense in
which "knockin off is used by workmen in
this country. The dock laborers were said to
ssstrike" work when they went to their meals
1t had another and peculiar Specification,
too-the foreman asking, "Who struck these
cases p when he wished to learn what par
ticular men had received and lowered to the
wharf from the carts any particular package
of goods. Its use in this latter sense seems
to have been derived from the maritime
phrases of ''striking SAIL and ''striking the
f1ar"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-08-30
Great Men without Made Issue.

It is said there is not now living single
descendant in the male line of Chaucer,
Shakespeare, Spencer, Milton, Cowley, Butler,
DRYDEN, Pope, Cowper, Goldsmith, Scott,
Byron, Moore, Sir Philip Sidney, Sir Walter
Raleigh, Drake, Cromwell, Hampden, Monk,
Marlborough, Peterborough, Nelson, Straf-
ford, Ormond, Clarendon, Addison. Swift,
johnson, Walpole, Bolingbroke. Chatham,
Pitt, Fox, Burke. Grattan, Canning. Bacon,
Locke, Newton, Davy. Hume, Gibbon. Ma
cauley. Hoearth, Sir Joshua Reynolds, David
Garrick, or Edmund Kean.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-08-30
Diamond Wedding.
From the Troy tIll.) Bulletin.l

From the Troy (Ill.) Bulletin.]
Jesse Reufro was born in the State of Ken
lucky, September 22d, 1896. Lefty West
was born in North Carolina, June 18th, 1900.
They were married in Madison County, Illi-
nois, September 4th. 1917, where the aged
couple have resided up to the present date.
They have had born unto them thirteen chill
dren, forty-fve grandchildren and forty-three
great-grandchildren. Total offspring, 1O1,
OF whom five children, twenty-six grandchil-
dren and twenty-nine great -grandchild-en are
Still living. Now, therefore, they take this
opportunity to say to all their living off
spring that should they live until the 4th day
OF September, 1877, that will be their ''dia-
mond wedding" and they would be pleased
10 have them all at the old homestead at 10
O'Clock M of said day to nine with them and
receive their blessing.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-08-30
ADJOINING NATURE UNADORNED.
The Abominable Expedition That il to
Set Forth to the West.
from the New York VI ord, August ed

tFro1h the New York VI orld, August 2d.}
The New York Advertising Sign Company
is preparing transcontinental sign board
painting expedition to traverse the country
from this city to California, by way OF the
Rocky Mountains, for the purpose OF erect
ing and painting signs on the plains, noun
tains. fences and railroad tracks on the route.
The party will number ten men, under the
charge OF Mr.. Nissan, all practical painters,
and will leave New York on Monday, to be
absent six months They will take with
them all the material requisit for their work
and contracts for proclaiming the merits OF
patent medicines, tobacc0s and dry goods
from hilltop and dale, from every farm,
ranch and stage station in the far West to
the very gates of the Pacific. They expect
to come in contact with local advertising
agents in many places, but, armed with their
contracts and powerful in numbers, they pro-
fess to have no fear of the result. AS to the
Indians, Mr. Allen says that if they come
across any they hope to make them valuable
allies in carrying their advertising war into
mountain fastnesses Lever yet penetrated by
white men.
This is the first expedition of the kind ever
started, and, if it proves successful, it is pro-
posed to have an annual sign board advertis-
ing tour throughout the country. AS one of
the company said, there is no law against de-
facing natural scenery outside of New York
State, so 1.-The whole boundless continent is
ours, and there is millions in it." Besides
guide and designing artist, who are to 60
on ahead, there will be two patent brass can
vassers, and all will be armed to secure them
selves from violence. In some places, where
they are required by the contracts to visit,
there are no railroads or stages, and it will be
necessary to do great deal of travelling on
foot and on horseback to reach them.
The expedition will 60 out on one route
and return on another, so as to cover the
greatest possible space. and by winter it is
expected that there will not be an eligible
mountain peak or prairie lot from Maine to
the Pacific that will not proclaim the virtues
of some nostrum or the value of some mer'
cantile article.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-08-30
WHAT OF THAT?

Tired! Well, what of that?
Didst fancy life was spent on beds OF ease,
Futtering the leaves scattered by 1he preeze!
Come, rouse thee work while it is called to-day!
Coward, arise go forth upon thy way!
Lonely! And what of that?
Some must be lonely! tits not given to all ...
To feel a heart responsive rise and fall,
To blend another life into its own,
Work may be done in loneliness. Work on.
Dark! Well, and what of that?
Didst fondly dream the sun would never setY
Dost fear to lose thy way? Take courage yet!
Learn thou to walk by faith and not by sight;
Thy steps will guided be, and guided right
Hard! Well what of that?
Didst fancy life one summer holiday,
With lessons none to learn, and naught but play7
Go, get thee to thy task! Conquer or die!
1t must be learned! Learn it. then, patiently.
No help! Nay. tits not 60!
Though human help be far, thy God is nigh,
Who feeds the ravens, hears His childrens cry.
He's near thee, wheresoer thy footsteps roam;
And He viii guide thec light thee. help thee home.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-08-30

THERE is an old California epitaph that has
excited good deal of interest, both from the
character it describes and the question it asks.
The epitaph is as follows:
Here lies old Thirty-fvc per cent!
The more he had the more he lent;
The more he got the more he craved;
The more he made the more he shaved
Good God! can such q soul be saved?"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-08-30
THE MAPLE TREES.

A quiet little country town
And. from the nOrthward leading down
Unto the center, runs street;
The weeds across the pathway meet,
While by the roadside there il room
For daises undlsturbed TO bloom.
And Just before the straight lines swerve
Into gently-rOunding curve,
A house the eye delighted sees.
Half-hidden by the maple trees.
A house not old nor new, but when
"rwas built it matters not, since then
Men aad not yet begun to ral.e
The mushroom buildings OF these days.
It might tor generations last,
The wallis are yellOW-brlck, ana cast
In full relief the lilacs green.
And from the distance plainly seen
With it's bright color well agrees
The dark mass OF the maple trees.
In front of the cool piazza yields
A vie " across the level fields,
While Tar away range OF mus
The long horizon outline fills.
A ring of spruces closely drawn
COnCea.s and hides a strip ut lawn
Whence often, at TIE close OF day,
One hears the clicking OF crOQuet,
And ming ed voices on The breeze
That rusIles through the mape trees.
That is enough, perhaps, to give
The scene, though not to make 1t i've;
But, on! no words OF mine Can tell
What charms within this circle dwell,
Or fairly picture her whose tace
Lends bloom and sunshine to the place;
Or paint the cloudless heaven that lies
In the Gear depths of her sweet eyes;
But richer than Hcsperldes
Her presence makes the maple trees.
How often at her feet sat,
While in her lap the favored cat
Purred sof' ly, pink ribbon tied
Around its neck, and at her side
The dog upon her breast lay curled!
What happier group in all the world
How swift those blissful mOmsnts fled!
Sometimes we talked; sometimes read
A gentle tale, her ears to pie sc;
Sometimes we watched the maple trees.
Such is the web that memory weaves!
For |, between my Bible leaves,
Have fOund-and this IL nll l see
A few small flowers she gave To me.
And would you have the list In brlef,
A single crushed geranium leaf
A heliOtrope-and in those days
wrote some verses in its praise;
Three little eprays of mignOnette
That almost keep their fragrance yet;
No more. But fancy plainly eees
The house behind the maple trees!
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-08-30

NEW YORK Sum-: The kind of verses that
are read in Kentucky school exhibition:
Go. my son, and shut the shutter
Ihs heard mother utter.
shutters Shut the boy did mutter.
i can't shut it any shutter"
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-11-01
Mothers.

That wasting form; that CLASSY. x
pressionless eyel That fitful startled
sleep. That picking of the nose with
the thin fingers; all tell in palmer Ian
guage than pen can describe that worms
are killing your child, whom you can
ave by the timely use Of Van Deusen's
White Worm CONNECTIONS. and for
which We give you FIVE good reasons for
using:
/. Children eat them as they do candy.
2. They drive out worms thoroughly
without pain.
3. Cleanse the stomach completely.
4. Cure bowel aBd teething complaints.
5. Restore health and vig0r-Nva lus
tire to the eye and cheerfullness to the
spirits.
NEVER give your childred CoLoRED
wOrmcanGy.
If the merchants in your place have
not Van Deusen's Worm CONNECTIONS,
insist upon their sending to us or where
they purchase their medicines AMI get
them. as they will save the lives Of your
darling children. VAN DEUsEN BROTH.
Frs. Kingston, Ulster Co, n. Y. Price,
% cts. a box. Sold every where. Mer-
chants d get them at wholesale drug
stores.
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-11-01
A Mistake Often Made.

Boys and young men sometimes start
out in life with the idea that ones sue
cess depends OR sharpness and chicane-
~. They imagine if a man is able al
ways to get the best of a bargain no
matter by what deceit and meanness he
carries his point, that his prosperity is
assured.
This is a great mistake. Enduring
prosperity cannot be founded on cum
ming and dishonesty. The tricky and
deceitful man is sure TO fall a victim,
sooner or later, to the influences which
are forever working against him. His
house is built upon the sand, and its
foundation will be certain to give way.
Young people cannot give these truths
too much weight. The future of that
young man is safe who eschews every
phase of double-dealing, and lay the
foundation of his caleer in the enduring
principles of everlasting truth.
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-11-01
HeImboId's Hut hu

Helmbold's Buchu has long been known a.
one OF the most valuable medicines a;tainshle
In certain classes Of diseases, such a. dysIep
STA, chronic rheumatism, dropsy, cutaneous
affections, and especially affections Of the uri-
nary organs As a diuretic, il Is superior 20
almost any other medicine in use, and the
great care with which il is prepared, the ah>o-
lutte purity Of the preparation, and the dill
gence used in the selection 81 the crude ma
terial, have made II known far and vide a. a
reliable and effective preparation, and one that
can always be used with safety and benefit
The great success OF Helmbold's Buchu has
led 70 the production OF many spurious prepar-
tions, which are made chesply and placed up
on the market 10 be sold on the reputation ac-
Quired by Helmbold's original preparation.
Parties who desire q really good medicine
should be careful and use Helmtold's only.
None genuine unless In ~steel-engraved white
wrappers and nv prOprietary stamp at Xed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-11-01
l was now sailing rapidly towards the

was now sailing rapidly towards tn
Mississippi. The glimmer Of the water
was the only thing visible, and / found
the Amazon was likely to douse me il
the river. When / got within a few
hundred feet of the water. i found my
course to be on a line with the river
and / was right above it. / now threw
overheard large quantities of ballast
That raised me up 1000 feet, but the
cold air of night caused the balloon to
descend again; and, finding my course,
to avoid the water, l made a dart fol
the egrth, only to plunge into the tall
tree tops of some rough wood land. Now
came the most trying OF all my balloon
experience. / could not see a thing on
earth, and the Amazon made fearful
plunges through the woods, crashing
and cracking the limbs of the trees as it
went along. All of sudden, / was lift
ed up several hundred feet above the
tree tops, but only to plunge down more
suddenly between the tall trees, where
the balloon became hedged in, and /
partly made up my mind to have a
nights lodging in the tree top. In an
other moment ! heard human voices,
and / called out for help, to which came
the pleasant response of. where are
you?" l cried aloud, Up here in the
tree top. Help me down. if you please"
How shall l help yeu!' answered good
Mr.. Charles Sheva. l threw him a rope
and he pulled as hard as he could, but
could not get the balloon low enough
for me to step down and out. My Car
was now partly bottom up, and l could
plainly see Mr.. Sheva below when he
babe me slide down in his arms, at the
same time saying. II am large and
strong" l slid down head foremost into
Mr.. Sheva's arms, and thus reached the
earth unframed. l left the Amazon in
the woods all night, and staid till morn
ing at Mr.. Sheva's hOspitable house.
Next morning We went over to rescue
the balloon. Mr.. 5. cut down n OF
tie trees, and thus rescued the air ship.
very slightly damaged. The landing
was effected on Columbia Bottom, st.
Louis County, sixteen miles from the
place l started. MI. S. brought me back
with his team. / landed at 6 o'clock
and 20 minutes. The highest point at
tanned was 5000 feet. Temperature at
starting 90 degrees: at 5000 feet, 50 de
grees, This voyage, to me, was a unique
act in the drama of %ronautics, and l
would not have missed it for any
amount of every day pleasure, because
it was interesting. instructive and full
of romance, though l must confess to a
mental chill when the Amaz N showed
such a great Partially for kydrOststic
RrOnautics.-St Louis Globe Democrat.
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-11-01
Tn in q Balloon.

The Airy Adventures of Miss Lizzie Ihling
Wise--The Lady Tells Her Own story In
Terse Language.
Miss Lizzie Ihling Wise, a niece OF
the great aerOnaut, made an
in the balloon Amazon from Grand
Avenue Base Ball Park, between 3 and
6 o'clock on Sunday evening. and landed,
after going sDme sixteen miles. In Co.
lumbia bottom. Returning to the city
yesterday morning, she repaired to her
apartments in the Planters. A Globe
Democrat reporter saw her in the parlor
during the afternoon. please tell US
all about your trip" he suggested.
Very we'll" she graciOusly responded.
And, taking out his note book and Fa-
Der, the reporter wrote, at Miss Wlseis
dictation, the following narrative OF
her twentieth aerial voyage.
"As you are aware, l assembled from
| the base ball ground, on Grand avenue,
on the l4th inst. The ascension was
delayed in the hope that a later hour
would bring an atmosphere sufficiently
| calm TO Justify my exploding expert
ment, as announced. The squalls of
wind, however, continued till nightfall.
When my car was trimmed for the
flight, black and angry clouds were
looming up. At 3:4S o'clock l ordered
the ropes to be loOsed, and up ana off
went the Amazon. The approving
plaudits of my friends in the grounds
and the more vOciferous shouts of my
numerous friends outside the grounds,
sent me up and off in a happy mood
At an elevation of several hundred feet
the balloon made a plunge, and careened
SO much l thought she would bolt to the
earth. In another moment she resumed
a perpendicular shape. Close above me
stood An abyss of black clouds, rolling
along in pillows. and my airship made
several fearful plunges. The elements
were troubled and looked angry. Into
the black abyss the Amazon darted
wickedly. Here came a new experience
for me. Dark as pitch all around me,
and noises sufficiently tumultuous to
suit the occasion, it was fearfully, aw-
fully grand. Like the mocking birds
glee, improvising the notes of all other
binds, SO the dinful noises that reached
me in this darkness seemed like a com
bInation of all the noises the ear is cog.
INFANT of-howling, rumbling. chatter.
ing. piping. squeallng, bellowing-all
mixed up in tumultuous discord. Pan.
demonium seemed to be let loose. In
few moments / emerged from tn,
gloomy cloud cavern. Now came
charming cene. The earth was visibl,
in spots, and the lovely moon was play
ing hide and bo-peep.' Aladdin's lam
was realized in the view, and my mint
became 50 absorbed in this stupendou
"black-crook" scenery that it made m,
forget the car necessary to q night d.
scent
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-11-01
The Late Election

One year ago the IOwA INVESTIGATION was
started at Iowa City without a subscriber
guaranteed. This week il completes its first
vC lune, and has the largest circulation OF any
paper in the Fifth district. During the late
campaign II sent out weekly 1900 copies. IL
is especially devoted 10 the interests of the
Temperance cause; is pure in its tone; out
spoken in It's opposition TO the liquor traffic;
has among its correspondents such a. Judge
Black Of Penn, Rev. T. l.. Cuyler, Brooklyn, y.
Y, Mrs. Matte Nee. Brown, Ohio, and many
Of the best writers in Iowa; and gives special
attention 10 the young Peoples Department
II you want 10 be posted ON the Prohibition
question, and have u first class family paper,
subscribe for the INVESTIGATOR.
Terms: One dollar d year, in advance three
months on trial, twenty-five cents. Specimen
copies sent upon application. Agents wanted,
Address, Iowa INVESTIGATOR, iowa City.
Iowa
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-11-01
Maurice Dinham had seen but little

Maurice Dinham had seen but little
of the sea; he had had no leisure for
that; so their present peril was enjoyed
by him with all the ardor OF a school
boy who has some fresh novelty. For
tunately for him, they were spared the
horrors which generally attend a ship
wreck; before the succeeding noon they
entered the port of a little fishing ham,
let, where they were Hospitality received
by the inhabitants, a poor, hard wcrk-
ing people, who seemed to vie with each
| other As to who should do the strangers
| tae most kindness. But their hearts
were larger than their purses, SO 1t be-
hooved the shlpwrecked party to en-
! deavor to help themselves. A few OF
them had money; they were able TO hire
boats and sail for the nearest port en-
tered by large vessels; others formed
themselves into parties and ~endeavored
to find civilization by travelling over
land; the remainder among whom
was Maurice Dinhaml- settled down
among the ii ,hermen, concluding 1t Was
safer to court fortune there than to risk
their lives in the almost inaccessible
mountains through which the overland
parties weuld have to travel.
Maurice Dinham had a few dollars IN
his pockets when he was 80 unceremO-
niously thrust upon the world; not
GU oh to reach home, to he sure, but
enough to buy a share in old Esak Cob
ber's fishing smack, with whom he Was
glad to enter into partnership. A great
fall, truly, for the millionaire who Anew
DAYS before would have scorned to shake
hands with the rough fisherman. But
Maurice Dlnham, in spite OF the high
position he had held, had plenty of COM
mon sense, and saw that the partnership
small as it was would be a great
blessing in his present condition. SO he
engaged a room in old Esak's hut, and
purchased a few simple pieces of furnl-
ture which he would need in his new
calling-amOng others there was an old
sea chest, wherein the package which
he had sacrificed SO much TO save was
concealed; tothis he made regular daily
visits, examined the Package, readjusted
the chamois, then replaced 1t In the
chest.
Five years passed by without bring
ing the sum necessary to defray his
expenses home; during this time he had
fsuno no opportunity of communicating
with his friends, saving, indeed. a few
letters sent by overland parties. but
which had probably been lost. s no
answer was ever received. During these
years he had grown considerably older
and his steps far less firm than ia the
days OF yOre.
At last, one morning, when old ESak
went to arouse him, the unfortunate old
merchant Was found to have given up
the contest, and departed to the sever
green shore" In his hand was found
the curiously carved casket, the lid half
open; evidently the old merchant had
been examining it when he dropped IN
to his last long sleep.
Gently-fOr old Esak had learned to
love the unfortunate stranger-the cas-
ket was removed. 1t seemed to be filled
with an assortment of odds and ends;
first to appear was a package of letters,
written in a feminine hand, addresses
to Dear Maurice" This was followed
by bits of ribbon. a faded necktie AMI a
tiny gold ring. An old fool, truly
WaSerlU MAGAZINE.