Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1879-09-04
ALL SORTS.

The blind goddess the judge is often only q
piece of court plaster.
DENNIS KEARNEY has sent 800 to the
striking spinners of Fall River
The report in the case of Fitz John Porter,
making three large volumes, is published.
THE new telescope of Sir Henry Bessemer
is an immense instrument, and cost $500, 900.
| When the woodman shoulders his axe and
starts for the woods, he goes for fell pur-
pose.
| Be it ever so humble, there's no place like
your best girls house when the old folks are
away.
| THOMAS CARLYLE is in bad state of
health, and his condition gives his friends
great uneasiness.
THE New York Herald points to Wash
| burn as the Republican ''dark horse in the
| Presidential race.
The greatest orator in England is the man
| who talks on the platform as he talks at his
| own dinner table-JOhn Bright.
THE Catholic inhabitants of Cologne an
| ticipate visit from the Pope next year if the
church conflict be settled in the meantime.
THE harvest in Italy has been disastrously
affected by drought and parching heat The
| prospects of the vintage are more reassuring.
THE national debt of Russia bearing inter-
| est is becoming enormous; 1882, 1852, 1875
roubles in paper money are now in circula-
| ton.
The income of Osman Pasha is $108,50O
per year, besides costly presents. His house
paid by the Sultan.
A TRACT of wild West Virginia land, sup
posed to be worthless, for which Horace
n hoo
worth $4,000 to his estate.
All the axes and bucksaws found in the
runs of Pompeli are of light make, as if con-
structed for womans use. Those old an
clients knew their little business.
WIN. Fl. VANDERBILT has just given $780,
| 600 for gymnasium and the erection of
civil engineering and scientific hall on the
grounds of the Vanderbilt University.
Down in Georgia, says the Louisville
Courier Journal, they are in favor of remov-
ing the tax on qrinine and putting it on dogs.
| Changing the duty on bark, as it were.
Mr. VIM. AsToR's yacht Ambassadress has
been taken to Newport, where it is much ad-
mired by people of nautical taste. 1t is said
to be the largest yacht ever in Newport Har-
Dor.
The United Sercsce Gazette believes Lord
OAC1u1SlO4u WILL NC COuuIuCU Ill luC Iduh VI
Lieut.. General which was temporarily con-
ferred upon him while serving in South Af-
| RIGA.
The German traveller, Otto Schult, ad-
dressing the Lisbon Geographical Society,
says he has made pretty exact survey of
the region between Quango and Cassai rivers,
Africa.
Never hurry for anything or anybody.
What if it prevents you from getting rich?
What's the good of being rich if it keeps
man at fever pitch all the time? Better be
poor and cool.
ONE tribe of Zulus who have not yet felt
the brunt Of the war are massing towards
Sclobane A detachment of the corps of
British troops under orders to return home is
being hurried against them.
Il would box your ears" said young
lady of Belfast to her stupid and tiresome
admirer, eff" IF what? he anxiously
asked. eff" she repeated, II could get
box large enough for the purpose.
An Indiana lady writes :-t'No true and
devoted husband will feel it degrading to
help his wife prepare meal, rock the baby
or wipe the dishes, and also throw in few
loving words of encouragement between
times. Korrect!
THE Postmaster at Richmond, Va, who
receives a salary of $4,000 and is furnished
with clerk hire, lights and fuel by the gov
eminent, recently made requistion on the
department in red tape form for twenty five
cents to repair letter box. The department
refused the application.
A person who has tried it says that hand
full of tobacco stems placed in the box in
which the dog sleeps will entirely rid him of
fees, and that leaf or two of the same
weed put in q setting hens nest keeps YER
min at respectful distance. These are two
more things tobacco is good for.
Collect some SCOT from q chimney or
where wood is used as fuel, put into an old
picture and pour hot water upon it. When
cool use it to water your plants every few
days. The effect upon plants is wonderful
in producing rapid growth OF thrifty
shoots, with large, thick leaves and a number
of richly tinted blossoms.
THE Vicksburg Herald is apparently the
only paper in Mississippi with sense enough
to see the bearings of the Yszoo outrage on
the welfare of the State and on public opinion
at the North, and with courage enough to
denounce the affair. 1t deserves credit for
it's manliness. In an intolerant community
like Mississippi it requires great deal of
nerve and independence to take the course
the Herald is pursuing.
FINANCIALLY Spain is in bad way. Her
public debt is more than $2,565, 600, 900, and
no accounts are ever laid before the nation.
There is slight prospect that the debt will
ever be paid. For years the interest has not
been paid on many of the bonds. The pres
ent revenue of the country is estimated at
$155, 900, 600, and the expenditures at $685.
OOO, 600. Lack of individual and Government
enterprise and the cost Of alarge army, togeth-
or with unwise disbursements for other pur-