Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-10-07
No. 47
ALL SOPTS.

| 1t seems to be generally admitted that the
rebel flag publication was "a mistake"
Hygienic principles for children's dress are
summed up in freedom, warmth and comfort
What is the difference between fixed stal
and a meteor? One is q sun, the other q
darter.
There were two hundred couples married
in Sacramento, California, during the month
of August.
Did the Arkansas editor make any mistake
| during the war as to which flag he was fight
ing under?
1t is announced that Mark Twain's latest
work is not for sale 1t is a girl-an innO-
cent at home.
A son of Oakes Ames who bears his fathers
name is talked of for nomination to Con-
gress in Massachusetts.
1t is said that Schuyler Colfax has made
about $4,000 during the last year by the
rise of Northern Pacific bonds
1t is one of the curiosities of natural his
tory that the horse enjoys his food most
when he hasn't bit in his mouth.
The American Humane Association has
deposited $1,000 at Boston to be awarded to
the inventor of an improved cattle car.
The peach is said to be native of Persia,
but it is one of the immigrants the United
States would now be least willing to lose
Mr. Fawcett, the Postmaster General of
England, is great smoker. So are John
Bright, Sir William Harcourt and Sir R. A.
Cross.
A return issued by the Postmaster General
of Germany, shows the number of postal
cards used in Europe in 1873 to have been
342,OOO,OOO.
A Wisconsin theorist says that hay will
satisfy hunger. There may be something in
this, for a couple of straws will frequently
satisfy thirst
M. Gambetta speaks very fast in public.
Most men pronounce but about 18O words a
minute but M. Gambetta talks at the rate of
225 minute.
The popular vote in the Canton of Geneva,
Switzerland, on the law for the separation of
Church and State has resulted in the rejec-
tiOn of the measure.
A girl in Rockford Me-, had her corset torn
from her by a stroke of lightning, but re-
ceived no injury herself: The young man,
however, was killed.
The veterans of Decatur, Ill., are congratu-
lating themselves that Gen. Grant has given
his word that he will attend their reunion
October 9th and 7th.
NJ. E. Chittenden, always Democrat, and
one of the ablest and most extensively known
business men Of Adrian, Mich, has announ-
ced himself for Garfield.
President Hayes was presented with a
handsome ore specimen from the Consoli-
dated Virginia (Nevada) mine in it's palmy
days, weighing about ten pounds, assay value
$32, 600 to the ton.
Love not thy children too unequall;I-; of II
thou dost, show it not, least thou make the
one proud, the other envious, and both fools.
If Nature hath made a difference, it is the
part of the parent to help the weakest. The
trial is unfair where the affection is the Judge.
The Philadelphia Times DEM, alluding
to Gen. Hancock's reply to some recent con-
gratulatory dispatches, says: Gen. Hancock
graphing him anything they please, but he
cannot afford to 60 on telegraphing to them"
young lady in Covington, Georgia, who
is worth $4,000, broke an engagement with
a young man because he paid 81 for horse
and buggy to give her a ride. She argued
that man who would be so foolish as to pay
that much for few hours pleasure was not
the kind she wanted for husband.
Ye mighty Pubs, both young and old,
A wondrous sight ye shall behold;
Look to the East the 4th of March
And in the sky you'll see arch;
On it by the breaking day revealed
You'll see the name of Jim Garfield,
Where the sun is rising beneath still farther
You'll see the name of Chester A. Arthur.
modern prophet this has said;
He knows you are right, SO go ahead.
Spinster Landlady: "Then you and your
mamma want the same rooms you had last
year," "Yes, Miss Spriggins, only it isn't
who is with me, but my husband
have got married since last year, Spinster
Landlady Lor', now, have you? Pm glad
to hear it. Yet, after ALL l don't know why
should be glad; you never did me any harm,
poor dear"
A gentleman in New Jersey heard the
Democratic cheers over Maine, and tele-
graphed Plaisted, late Fusion candidate for
governor, inquiring if he was a Democrat.
Plaisted's reply was II have never voted
the Democratic ticket, and, please God, /
never will. have heretofore voted for every
Republican candidate, but this year, for the
good of the country, l shall cast my ballot
for Weaver and Chambers"
Sing song a shot gun
A pocket full of knives;
-Four and twenty black men
A running for their lives.
When the polls are open,
Shut the nigger's mouth;
Isn't that a bully way
To make solid South
Northern sympathizers
Making speeches chaffy;
Major General Hancock
Eating rebel taffy.
English in a quand'ry,
How to save his dollars;
Along comes a solid South,
And fits them all with collars