Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-08-19
No. 40
ALL SORTS.


Captain Eads now says that his proposed
railway across the Isthmus can be completed
in four years.
Among the Californians who are "well off,
are Mr. Charles Crocker and Mr. Leland
Stanford, each of whom possesses over 1884,
100000.
A petition was recently presented to Par
lament from the British Medical Associa-
ton, signed by 1000 medical men, against
vaccination.
A Cuban family at one of the Saratoga
hotels has weekly board bill of $3.50. This
is for six adults, three children, two maids,
coachman and valet.
According to present estimates under the
new census the Southern States will lose
thirteen Representatives in Congress, and may
possibly gain three-two in Texas and one in
Missouri.
1t is estimated that there are 1000, 900, 900
bees in this country, and as it is we'll known
that one bee can break up prayer meeting,
is not this country in danger if the bees adopt
the unit rule?
In the matter of going to the Legislature
and making laws, the farmers demand that
men of their pursuit be elected every time
but when they want an address at an agricul-
tural Fair, they call on lawyer every time.
The manufacture of paper bricks is said to
be carried on extensively in the West. The
quality of the bricks render them we'll adap-
ted for building purposes. The Chinese
make the soles of their shoes of paper simi-
lary prepared.
Mrs. Martin, widow with $2,00O,000, is
about to marry at the request of her dying
husband, who was banker in Milwaukee,
Mr. F. G. Tbbets, Philadelphia banker,
who was her first lover, and who is now a
bachelor of 70.
1t would never do to elect women to all
Offices. If female sheriff should visit the
residence of handsome man and explain to
the jealous wife that she had an attachment
for him, there would be vacancy in that
Office in about two minutes.
How to get q seat at a theatre matinee
Gentleman 10 LADY,: II fear there will be
rush and we shan't get in.' 'Not get in !!
What do you mean? There are very few
matinees where have failed TO get in, with
perseverance and-this big shawl PIN"
The latest gush-Conversation on plaza,
West End Hotel, Long Branch Fashionable
young man to another young man not fash
ionable: "Is this chair taken ?" Ordinary
young man: ''No, you can have it." F. Y.
VI.
"You're dreadfully welcome"
A correspondent of Vick's Monthly says
that one spoonful of coarse powdered salt
petre to a pail Of water will destroy potato
bugs, squash bugs, and other insects. For
roses it is unsurpassed. For maggots that
work at the root of squash vines, pour about
pint of the liquid on the root of each vine
as soon. as the pests indicate themselves.
IS ~,
answers query as to the remedy for worms
in horse, which he says has never failed of
cure, by simply taking half cup of pure
hard wood ashes, finely sifted, and mixed dry
with the mash or food. If one dose should
not prove sufficient, repeat it after day or
two.
NJ. We'll writes to the Reno Gazette from
Leadville that q stampede is imminent. He
says: Business is demoralized. The streets
are deserted. Rents have come down, sew
eral dance houses and theatres have closed,
mines are looking poor and great many
people are leaving. Hundreds of lots are
being sold for taxes People would rather
abandon them than pay taxes l think this
camp will have general come down, as
canot see what will keep it up'
We are informed, says the Winnemuca
Silyer State, that Humbolt lake, or 'Sink of
Humbolt," as it is frequently called, is dry.
An era of about thirty square miles, which
few years ago was covered with water, is now
as dry as the desert. This change has been
caused by diverting the waters of the Hum
bolt river to the lands along the stream for
irrigating purposes. Those who thought that
the lake had subterranean outlet can now
walk dry-shod over what was formerly the bed
of the lake and see that there are no holes in
the ground. Before the water was diverted
from its natural channel the lake was reduced
by evaporation, not by leakage in the bottom.
A consumptive-lookin man, lame and
feeble, and carrying q pint bottle fuh of
something, halted pedestrian and said: u
found this bottle on the corner back there.
and wish you'd tell me what'in it." The
other took it, removed the cork, and snuffed
in full breath. The next instant he stag
gered against wall, clawing the air and
choking and gasping, and it was full minute
before be blurted ont: "Why, you internal
idiot, that's hart'shorn! "Well, I'm per-
fectly willing to take your word for it with
out extra insults, observed the invalid, in an
injured voice, and he took his bottle and
walked off like man who had been abused
without the least excuse.
The campaign banner and torch-making
business has commenced in dead earnest in
New York, where several firms are engaged
in the work. Says one manufacturer II
can only tell you approximately what we did
four years ago. We sold then about $4,000
suits, between 5000 and 5000 small flags,
and about $4,000 small badges. You can
Judge, however, TO what an extent this busi-
ness is carried when tell you that there are
ten or twelve different kinds of torches pat
ented. and that the inventor of one of these
hoo hoon made rich hv h;a rovaltv There