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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-06-03
Helena, Montana, Thursday, June 3, 1886
Brain Work and Bad Habits.
MRS. Hickman in the Cleveland CO., Leader

MRS. Hickman in the Cleveland co., Le9der.I
bad habits, impure air, unhealthful food
neglect of exercise, the use of tobacco anC
whiskey, have killed thousands of students,
where hard study has killed one. More
people die, l think, from want of sufficient
bran-work than from too much of it. When
schoolgirls die from tight corsets, heavy
skirts, heating chigions and other unnatural
infections, it is very kind in gentlemen to say,
| Killed by hard STUDY but women know
better. Some years since had a hired girl
who suffered almost constantly from head
ache, but she wore continually heavly CHI
gion, supported by wire pins in her hair. Her
headache was not caused by hard study. This
same girl often spent forty minutes at night
putting up her hair, and as many minutes in
the morning taking it down again. But the
worse of it was after all her care, she was
sick, and consequently ugly. Young ladies
can't safely study during school hours and
recreation in the exhausting labor of altering
old dresses in the latest fashion, or even in
embroidery or stitching rutfles They can
scarcely afford an hour day for the crimp-
ing and frizzing of their hair 1t is rather
curious study to notice how women, in all
times and countries, have been bent in chang
ing themselves from what God made them.
In some countries they .blacken their teeth,
and bandage the feet; in others they f1atten
the head and paint the face, friz the hair and
variously deform the form divine Now, if
all this were necessary to make women beau-
lifui, it would be labor and care we'll spent,
for every woman should make herself at
tractive, if possible. But is it not true that
the highest beauty, as we'll as art, is to be
Were not our grandmothers in their
youth, though in plain attire, admired and
loved quite as sincerely as the present gen.
Grafton of girls are? Good health, good |
disposition and intelligence are the best beau
tifers. have sometimes thought collection
Of the various styles of chignons, stays, hoop
skirts, and other denominations of woman's
apparel, would make valuable and instruc-
i've addition to some of our museums"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-06-03

NJ. Jules Ferry has lately made report on
the progress of primary education in France
during the last 40 years, in which he shows
that while in 1887 the school attendance was
only 712 per 10000 inhabitants, in 1877 it was
1881. The number of schools in that period
has increased 36 per cent, that of the public
schools rs per cent, and that of the girls
schools has almost quadrupled. In 1887,
there were 5,667 parishes which had no
school, in 1879 only $685. In 1897 only 49 per
cent. of the conscripts could read, in 1877, S5
per cent. During the six years from 1872 to
1878, the number Of schools was increased
5000, and the number of scholars 2G0, ,000
The state grants for education have risen
from eight and half million francs in 1871
to nearly twenty millions in 1880, and M.
Ferry urges continued efforts to eradicate the
remaining proportion of illiteracy.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-06-03
How 10 make q Work Basket.

A very pretty and useful article is made in
the form of an adjustable basket to carry in
the trunk. 1t is made of two layers of silk
SILICA or satin, with pieces of cardboard
stitched between. The bottom card board is
in the shape of hexagon. This is laid be-
tween and in the center of the two
pieces of cloth, which are exactly circular,
and is held in place by stitching around it.
The side cards are six in number, and four
sided with broader tops than bottoms. These
are each stitched in between the cloths. The
article is thus far fat circle. By sewing
little brass rings, however, on each end of
the tops of the side cards, and running sat-
in ribbon through them, it may be drawn up
into the form of perfect little basket. Pock-
cts NAV then be added, and needle books and
thimble cases etc., and the basket is complete.
It's merits are that it can be packed without
waste of room, and may be Strengthened out
and busted through.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-06-03
WhOOping Cough.

The following remedy is said on good au-
thority to geatly alleviate whooping cough,
ify itso that the patient will suffer no more
than from an ordinary cough. Evapcrate
slowly over the gas of a spirit lamp weak
solution of carh1lic acid in the room (closed)
where the child who already has the cough,
or who may have been exposed to it, is at
play or asleep, for half an hour, twice day.
while any symptoms of whooping remain.
This cough is supposed to be caused by fun
gus and weak solutions of carbolio acid pro-
duce conditions unfavorabl to the formation
and development of the lower organisms.
whether vegetable or animal
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-06-03
Art I'm Congress.

This is likely to pass into history as the art
session of Congress Here is the exhibit for
the session: bill to provide for the erection
of monument to Zachary Taylor to erect a
monument to General De kalb; to erect a
monument to General Herkimer; to erect a
monument at Schuylersville, New York; to
erect a monument at Bemis Hights, New
York; to aid monument at Bennington, Ver-
mont; to erect monument at Yorktown.
costing 500, 900. to furnish base and pedes-
tai for monument to Admiral Dupont; to
finish the monument to Washington to order
another statue to Custer; to erect bronze
statue of General Morgan, and to buy an
equestrian portrait of Winfield Scott.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-06-03
Legal Hours OF m marriage I'm England.

The legal hours for marriage in England
are from o'clock a. m. to 12 m. Unless by
special license it is illegal to perform the
ceremony at any other time in the day: Rev.
Mr.. Bickersteth is trying to get Parliament
to extend the number of hours, so that from
o'clock a. m. until 6 p. m. persons about
to marry can be married. He wants to make
it more convenient for laboring and profess
ional men to attending weddings. The pre-
sent restriction has its origin in desire to
prevent Englishmen from entering the con-
nubial state while in a state of drunkenness.
1t was thought that such person is most
likely to be sober between the hours OF 9.
m. and 10 M, according to the Jewish doc
trine that they who are drunken are drunken
in the night.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-06-03
One Thousand Dollar Prize Offered for
the solution of a Scientific Problem.
from the Philadelphia Recordl


The treasurer of the Franklin Institute has
in his charge the sum of $1,000 which has
been deposited by Uriah A. Boyden. ESQ.,, of
Boston, to be awarded as premium to any
resident of North America cr of the West
India Islands who shall determine by expert
ment whether all rays of light and other ply
sical rays are, or are not, transmitted with the
same velocity. Each competitor will be re-
quired to transmit to the secretary of the in-
stitute before the first day of January next a
memoir describing in detail the apparatus,
mode of experimenting and the results. These
memoirs will be submitted 10 three judges, to
be appointed by the board of managers of
the institute, and who are to be citizens OF the
United States of competent scientific ability.
Should the judges think proper they may re-
quire the experiments described in any of the
memoirs to be repeated in their presence.
Every memoir must be anonymous, but must
contain some motto or sign by which it can
be recognized or designated, and must also be
accompanied by sealed envelope, indorsed
on the outside with the same motto or sign,
and to contain the name and address Of the
author of the memoir.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-06-03
The Game OF Fifteen VS.. Twenty.
Detroit Free Press.)

t4tIOAt cEeS rIess.J
"What is tbs puzzle of fifteen they are all
talking aboGt p asked Mrs. Melrose, as her
husband dropped into his easy chair the other
evening.
"Wet, III explain the principle of it." he
replied. Suppose, now, you asked me for
$15,to buy bonnet"
Yes, that would buy common bonnet.
II give you the money"
"Oh, yes very much you do. Id like to
see myself get $15 out of you for any such
thing. You'd have about thousand excuses,
keep me waiting month and then give me
about 81 to buy bonnet and ton of coal to-
gether."
GAS was saying, give you the $15,' he
went on, shade of sadness crossing his
face.
Yes, in your mind"
Nov, the game is to make that SO get
fifteen deterrent articles instead of one
You could buy me three white shirts, five
collars, pair of socks, silk handkerchief
and new pipe, making eleven of the articles.
Your bonnet would make twelve. and the
other three articles could be shoes for the
children. Thousands of loving wives are
playing the game"
They are, eh! Well, let 'em play! When
get my hands on $15 of your money III
march down town and play the game OF
twenty"
What's that, dear?"
why. III pay out all I've got and run you
in debt s. more"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-06-03
The Spot ON the Sun.
Providence Journal

The sun-spot cycle is in full action. The
huge blazing surface of the sun is dotted with
spots in all directions. They throng the solar
domain, sometimes appearing singly, then in
groups, and then in rows. A large spot sur.
rounded by smaller ones seems to be the fav-
orite form of manifestation. Some of them
are large enough to be seen with spyglass,
and some so small as to require telescope OF
high power to bring them into view. We can
form little idea of their immense size. The
whole territory of the United States is small.
er in dimensions than many OF the sun-spOts
now visible, and some of them are larger
than our whole globe. No astronomer has
ever discovered the mysterious law that con-
trolls their appearance, or the part they really
play in the affairs of the solar system. 1t is
well established, however, that they occur in
maximum force once in about eleven years
that they are connected with the meteorolo-
gical condition of the earth; that when they
begin to appear in great numbers, as at pres
ent, seasons of excessive heat follow in their
train, and then they are usually attended
with grand displays of northern lights. Pro-
fessor Piazzi Smytn announces the reappear-
ance of the aurora in Scottish skies after an
absence of several years, and predicts sea-
son of excessive heat before summer begins.
The cyclones and tornadoes in the West seem
to give proof of unusual elemental disturb
ence. Under these circumstances there is
nothing to do but to watch and wait. Ages
of observation may enable the astronomer of
the future to unravel the mystery that sur
rounds the solar spot cycle. but there is little
probability that the problem will be solved
for many generations to come. Intelligent
observers can take notes as we'll as trained
astronomers. There are three phenomena
to be especially anticipated occurrence
of severe storms, the approach of great
heat wave and flaming of aurora banners
in the northern skies.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-06-03
Scientific Scraps.

Aristotle. Davy, Dalton and Scheele were
| all druggists.
The spectroscope can be employed to meas
| ure temperatures hitherto incalculable.
During 1878 the number of applications
for letters patent for inventions in Great
Britain was only 5,343.
1t has become somewhat common in Paris
to make the frames for opera glasses and tel
escopes of aluminium.
In England portable gas is now sold and
delivered everywhere. Country residents re-
ceiye it from the city in copper cylinders.
If we blow fire it burns more fercely,
but if we blow candle it goes out. These
two facts taken together are familiar illus
tration of the influence of temperature upon
chemical affinity.
Some scientists regard II as highly probable
that the poles may have been, in ancient
times, very far from their present geograph-
ical position, and may have gradually shifted
through 10, 20, 80, 40, or more degrees.
A new style of barrel has been devised
which shall be capable of Transformation af-
ter the produce is delivered, 30 as to occupy
comparatively small space, and be returned
to the sender at the rates Of solid freight.
Prof. Liebe contends that il the second d.
luvial period the hills of southern Bohemia
and Moravia were the starting point from
which the virgin forests invaded the great
diluvial steppes Of central Europe to the
north of the Alpine chain.
A new substance, named "Virginia," " has
been extracted from the residues of petroleum
after distillation. by Prof. Sonnenschein. 1t
is fatty, and nearly transparent. When heat
ed it gives blue fuorescence. 1t melts at
AZ degrees Centig,ade, and is partially soluble
in ether.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-06-03
HEAVES ON EARTH.
A Colony that HarbOrs John the Baptist,
Abraham. Isaac and Jacob.
From the Weston (Oregon Leader

|
Nine miles from Walla Walla is situated {
colony of Davisite Mormons. They call thei
organization the Kingdom of Heaven or
Earth. They believe that spirits return anc
take upon themselves new bodies, and tha
the spirit of Jesus Christ, John the Revela
tor, John the Baptist, st. Peter and about
half the other old apostles, King David,
Moses the law-giver, Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob have returned, been born over again,
and that they now have those sacred children
In that colony, and are only waiting for them
to grow up, when they shall CONQUER the
whole world. They have sacred corral in
which those children usually play. which
none can enter without taking off their shoes.
Davis has daughter about nine wears of
age, who, it is claimed, is the great eternal
mother of spirits. She is the mother of her
fathers spirit-in fact of all spirits-and is
to be mated by her father to her brother in
the flesh, who is the great father of spirits.
Davis claims to have the power over life and
death that he and all who believe faithfully
in his doctrine may live as long as they
please. Nevertheless, his wife, the mother
of Jesus, died last spring, and Davis was
complaining of ill health when we saw him
last. The child Jesus is red-haired, and wears
1t long, and is slightly freckled in the face.
has long, aqualine nose, clear blue eve.
and pleasant expression. Members of this
colony never shave or cut their hair. and sell
dom ever comb it. The Gentiles have nick
named them 1.-THE barber er-killers." They hold
their property in common, but Davis holds
the deeds, titles, etc.
They do not believe in marriage. They
argue that Jesus was neither married nor
given in marriage, but was as the angels in
heaven, and that in the Lords prayer Jesus
prayed: Thy kingdom come, Thy will be
done on earth as it is in heaven" And
now that his kingdom has come, and
His will is done on earth as it is in heaven"
they are married no more, but mated by Da-
Wis to suit himself.
Davis claims to be the Holy Ghost, and a
true representative of the father of
spirits, the standard of Israel and COM
of heaven and earth. In
pamphlet published by him he saws: ''It is
Gods will that you do my will forever and
ever" Davis is Welshman, and the rem
sinder English, Irish, Scotch, Scandinavians
and few backwoods Americans When
gathered together for service they would
'emind one of Mark Twain's uupiejudiced
Jury. When we left the camp of Israel |
young Jesus and John the revelator, were try
ng to lassoo some young ducks. st. Peter |
md John the Baptist were riding around on |
heir stick horses, mocking the ducks with |
heir quack, quack, quack, while King Da-
d and Moses were making mud marbles. !!
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-06-03

WHEN the shrewd, small boy is left alone
in the house during the evening makes such
mess of his raid on the pie closet that it is
bound to be noticed when his parents return,
hies him to his room, puts pillow in the bed
to represent himself, cxtinguishes the gas
and gets under the bed. And when the old
man comes up stairs, madder than wet CAT,
and without stopping to light the gas, lathers
that pillow with q trunk strap, the boy yells
as though he was getting it. and the old man
goes off satisfied, That's the sort OF boy
who will grow up to run ward caucases and
be Senator.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-06-03
A LEGEND OF ARIZONA.

In the region OF chartless land that lies
Far off in q dream of Hesperian skies:
by the rivers, that drifting golden lees,
Bear beauty ind song 10 the Mexic seas
lave sa; III the miners bivOuac
WneR Rd night with Its stars like psalm u1roled,
= miner discourse OF the Mount OF Gold.
And the howl of the wolf was faint and fr,
AS the mOon like ship, from star to star
sailed on-and the plain, with eealike sweep,
Lay silent and wide in it's mystic sleep;
Aud the river below in an undertone
Sang sweetly and Ginning its cymbals sang
OF sOrrowtul land and the wolf alone
Where oceans have marched and the old wars rang.
And the gloriiied peaks stood high and white,
like klngs that were called to rhe Court Of Night:
and voices OF mystery seemed TO swell
ON the wind in the pines as il rose and fell:
FOR thus mid the audiblc throbs of earth
The tale OK the miner was 1ty told
With never & sDeer or sound of mirth
For those VINO had battled and toiled for gold.
But the Mountain of Gold was said to stand
away in the depths OF a solemn land
Which the rivers explore as they bend afar
On the gimmering track of the evening star;
Aud ever, like dust of the unhallowed dead,
The sands of the desert do rise in clouds,
And gather and sweep with ghostly tread
around it, and rustic like drearY shrouds.
And a skeleton guard OF mountains bleak,
Where the brown vulture dozes and whets his beaS,
Defend it and hoard in their grizzly arms
Inc daHzIe OF fpen!Or and virgin charms
That 10 one has seen but those priests OF tie Sun,
Who fed from the sword OF the Spanish Knight,
And whose shadows still when the day is done,
hGcel there Oh the steps OF their altar bright!
Twas sought-but the rider and horse were lost,
Their bones white STILL and their ashes tossed
With the sands as they drift in eternal unrest,
Where their spirits rise in the hopeless quest;
But glamour of mystery strangely shines
Where the dead have been strewn and the living stray
And the gorges are rich with exhaustless mines-
Untouched as our hearts and our hopes decay.
And the 1obbef Apache hovers far
On tie Numbering chase or the trai! OF war,
And the shark of the desert, gsunt and gray
Slips by Ike shade to distant prey;
And yet and for aye, on the yellow breast
OF the dead and desolate was G, the prize
Of that Mountain OF Gold is said to rest
Like star that has dropped from the dreaming skies
Perhaps it ia only a miners theme
The CLINT of some wandering Aztec's dream;
Az clouds in the magical sun ct shine
Like l=lands of silver in seas of wine
But may he not think when the placer fails,
And poverty turks on the golden trails,
That treasure barbaric and joy untold
Are shining be yond IN Mountain of Gold
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-06-03
INVENTIONS.
An Interesting Chapter or Early fnven.
tiOns and when they were lutro-
duced.


Envelopes were first used in 1889.
An8sthdsia was discovered in 1914.
The first steel pen was made in 1880.
The first air pump was made in 1854.
Coaches were first used in England in 1869.
The first balloon ascent was made in 1888
The first steamer piled the Hudson in 1907.
The first iron steamship was built in 1880
The first horse railroad was built in 1867.
The first lucitier match was made in 1929.
Ships were first "copper" bottomed" in
1783
The entire Hebrew Bible was printed in
194S.
Gold was first discovered in California in
1S48.
The first watches were made at Nuremburg
in 14T7.
Kerosene was first used for lighting pur-
| poses 1926.
The first newspaper advertisement appear
ed in 1852
The first copper cent was coined in New
Haven in 1857.
The first telescope was probably used in
England in 1908. .,.-
The first saw-makers anvil was brought to
America in 1870
The first use of locomotive in this coun-
try was in 1929.
The first almanac was printed by George
Van Purbach 1860.
The first chimney was introduced into
Rome from Padua in 1929.
Glass windows were first introduced into
England in the eighth century.
The first steam engine on this continent
was brought from England in 1852.
The first complete sewing machine was pa
tented by Elias Howe, jr., in 1S46.
The first society for the promotion of Chris
tian knowledge was organized in 1898.
The first attempt to manufacture pins in
this country was made soon after the war Of
1912.
Glass was early discovered. Glass beads
were found on mummies Ovel 5000 years
old.
Gas was first used as an Illuminating agent
in 1902. Its first use in New York was in
1928.
The first national bank in the United States
was incorporated by Congress December 81,
1881.
uG uISI RldsS AdCIOIy iu lAC OnltCU OtoI0o
of which we have definite knowledge was
built in 1880.
The first temperance society in this country
was organized in Saratoga county, N. T., in
March, 1903.
The first machine for carding, rowing and
spinning cotton made in the United States
was manufactured in 1886.
The first society for the exclusive purpose
of circulating the Bible was organized in 1893,
under the name of "British Foreign Bible
Society,""
The first telegraphic instrument was sue
cessfu]ly operated by 3. +. B. Morse, the in
ventor, in 1885, though its utility was not
demonstrated to the world until 1874.
The first Union flag was unturled on the
first of January, 1776, over the camp at Cam
bridge. 1t had thirteen stripes of white and
red, and retained the English cross in one
corner.
The first daily newspaper appeared in 1902.
The first newspaper published in the United
States was published in Boston, September
25, 1890 The first religious newspaper, the
Boston Record, was published in 1915.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-06-03

Courage is a wonderful agent in throwing
off disease. A walk of five miles would cure
many a patient of the lounge. Will-Power
will surpass pill. power in nine cases out OF
ten, if not every one. To hold bottis or
smelling-s salts in the hand on account OF
headache may be just the thing, but to ming
a pound of fruit cake out into the alley, ana
then walk furlon as reward Tor not eanng
the compound, is nearly always much oet-
ter thing.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-06-03

IAN Eastern exchange says that an In
dams hair never turns gray. This is mis-
take. There are few white-headed Shos-
homes in this vicinity, but lit must be scknowl-
edged that they are rather scarce. But then
it is because an Indian never has any wOrri-
ment, or trouble. His wife chops all the
wood, does the marketing and builds tne
fires An Indian, further, never has to WALK K
the floor at night with baby, nor stand on
the bill collector until next Monday. Nor ne
is not tormented by tramps nor printers
devils bowling for copy. Let him scratch
for local news in Eureka for one week, ana
his hair would turn gray before he had com,
passed column. The Shoshone is blessed
mortal if you look at in that light. "-h"reS0
LeG6er.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-06-03

The diameter of the earth multiplied by
10S gives the diameter of the snn; the di-
ameter of the sun multiplied by 1OS gives the
mean distance of the sun and the diameter
of the moon multiplied by 1OS gives the mean
distance of the moon from the earth.