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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-08-18
Skull Measurements.

y. Professor Flower, the well-hnown Eng
,sn anatomist, has published some further
tesuits Of his researches with reference to the
human skull. He states that the largest
norlial skull he has ever measured was as
nuch as 2075 cubic centimeters; the
smallest 960 ccntimeters, this belonging to
Ca' C%e Of those peculiar people in the center OF
LYON who are now nearly extinct. The
I6algest 6n average capacity of any human head
a.. a. mas measured is that of race of long
la%esi;neaded ae.; people on the west coast OF
tha1' hhslc1' The Laplanders and Esquimaux,
sIuIg IIuGgh very small people, have very large
null nmulIs the latter giving an average measure
o. enI Oh $40 the English skull, of the low
N NJ Grades shows / 542; the japanese, 1,4s6
"'0dern Italian, ,475. ~ b1 5'7's &
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-08-18
A Cure for Diphtheria.

Dr. Gauthier of st Paul Mimi, tells in the
Chicago Medical Rerie,c of his success in an
epidemic of diphtheria, by the use OF iodine.
He has treated 200 cases with but two
deaths, while before adopting this method
he lost one-third of all his cases. The treat
ment is as follows: The patient is ordered
tincture of iodine in ten to twelve drop doses
every hour, well dilute with water, SO long
as the fever lasts, subsequently reducing to
ten drops every two hours, and finally every
three hours. Local applications are made
nse of at the same time. These latter should
he made by the physician at least twice Q
dav. For. internal use, the decolorized
tincture is used. Bread and starchy articles
of diet are used in abundance, + y fsaas.r.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-08-18
Looking Down the Chimney.

1t is said that man who looked down his
neighbor's chimney to see what he was cook
ing for supper, not only did not find out but
was nearly blinded by the smoke. When
you hear men say, "Ive watched those who
profess so much religion, and don't see that
they are any better than those who do not
make such high profession" depend upon
it they have got smoke in their eyes, and
those whose eyes are full of smoke cannot
see very clearly. Denominational smoke is
about the most binding smoke we know of,
and prevents the gospel from taking hold of
the masses more than any other agency.
Were we to sit down by our neighbor's fire
occasionally, instead of looking down the
chimney, we would see many good points in
his character that smoke will surely obscure
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-08-18
CandOr.

There is nothing that sheds so fine light
upon the human mind as candOr. 1t was called
"whiteness" by the ancients, for it's purity,
and it has always won the esteem due to the
most admirable of the virtues. However
little sought for or practiced, all do it the
homage of their praise, and all feel the power
and charm of its influence. The man whose
opinion makes the deepest mark upon his
fellow men, whose influence is the most last
ing and efficient, whose friendship is instine-
lively sought where all others have proved
faithless, is not the man of brilliant parts, or
flattering tongue, or splendid genius, or COM
manding power, but he whose lucid candor
and ingenious truth transmit the hearts real
feelings pure and without refraction There
are other qualities which are more snowy,
and other traits that have a higher place in
the worlds code of honor; but none wear
better, or gather less tarnish by use, or claim
deeper homage in that silent reverence
which the mind must pay to virtue.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-08-18
1928 81 Alb ely 1O1 II

"Now," says she, "if two of you gentlemen
will go into No. bedroom and wait few
minutes, I'll find spare room for you as
soon as I have shown the others to their
rooms" Well, now, having thus bestowed
two gentlemen in No. /, she put the third In
the sixth in No. 5, the seventh in No. 6, the
eighth in No. Z, the ninth in No. 8, the tenth
i'm No. 9, the eleventh in No. 10. She then
came back to No. /, where you will remem-
ber she left the twelfth gentleman alone
with the first, and said: 1--WE accommodate
ed all the rest and have still room to spare,
so if one of you will please step into NO. III
you will find it empty" Thus the t"elltn
1,,an oot his hedroom. OF course there is q
hole in the saucepan somewhere, but we
leave the reader to determine exactly where
the fallacy is, with just warming to think
twice before declaring as to which II any OF
the travellers was the "odd man out 'es..,oe-
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-08-18

Your every day toilet is part of your
character. A girl that looks like a fury" in
the morning is not to be trusted, however
fine she may look in the evening. No mat
ter how humble your room may be, there are
eight things it must contain, viz: mirror,
washstand, soap, towel, comb, hair, nail and
tooth brushes. These are just as essential as
your breakfast, before which you should
make good and free use of them. Parents
who fail to provide their children with such
appliances not only make a mistake, but
commit a sin of omission. Look tidy in the
morning, and after the dinner work is over
improve your toilet Make it rule of your
daily life to "dress up in the afternoon.
Your dress may be or may not be anything
better than calico, but with a ribbon or flow
er, or some bit of ornament, you can have an
air of self-respect and satisfaction that in
yariably comes of being well dressed.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-08-18
PoilCk's Family.

Most people were familiar twenty years
ago with Pollok's course of Tine" which,
though not poem of the first magnitude
possessed great popularity for a long period
1t seems that the unfortunate family of the
poet have suffered under the agricultural de-
preston like other people in Scotland, only
they suffered great deal more than their
neighbors. But not even any tenderness for
the merits of the man prevailed to keep out
the bailifs, who SO effectively did their work
that the very name of Pollok is said to be
erased out of the locality in which they
lived for more than two hundred years. and
Moorhouse Farm has been nnceremoniously
handed over to strangers .as, ~ee
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-08-18
A Woman's Ingenuity.

A Dublin chambermaid is said to have got
twelve commercial travellers into eleven bed
rooms, and yet to have given each a separate
bedroom. Here we have eleven separate
bedrooms
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-08-18
For the Herald!
THE ARTILLERYMAN TO HIS Gun.

BH C.AsSIUs c. CULLTS.
Connecticut western news., 1881-11-23
Ahead on the Home Stretch.

The Barnums give the people the worth of their money. The clothiers, Chatham Square, New York, do it as successfully as the snowman. The long experience of the Barnums has familiarized them with the wants of the public. They have twelve immense salesrooms. A perfect forest of Ready Made Clothing of the very best styles, designs, cut and pattern, to suit the smallest boy or the largest man. Their latest attraction is the great purchase of all the best patterns and fabrics of our own mills, beautifully made up in into stylish suits, and sell astonishingly cheap; also full assortment of cloth ing made of the finest foreign fabrics. Money saved, time saved, trouble saved, by going direct to Barnum's for winter outfits and good fits; the best and the cheapest and the largest assortment ip the United States. 194, 196, 19s and 200 Chatham Square, New York. Just at the central point of the Elevated Railroad, where passengers are trans- ferred from the Third to Second avenue cars.
Connecticut western news., 1881-11-23
A Lions Remarkable Memory.

MT. Charles K. Wood, of this village, who for forty years was manager in Van Amburg's and other menageries, has just returned from visit to the first named show, and relates circum- stance showing the wonderful memory of animals. MT. Wood was conversing with the snowman, when an 0ttache said: "Go over and speak to Nose; he hasn't taken his eyes off you since you came in, more than an hour ago." MT. Wood at once went to the cage and said: "Hello, Nose P whereupon the old lion turned 8 somersault, whirled around, rolled over and rubbed against the bars with all the delight of 8 pet kitten.
 Nose is 8 very large lion and sometimes very cross, but he was delighted and playful at seeing his old friend as pet house dog or cat could be, and allowed
 MT. Wood to handle and play with him without showing anything but the great est affection, although he had not seen him for several years. - Brattle6oro Phoe1eSc.
Connecticut western news., 1881-11-23
The Champion Tramp Printer.

The champion tramp printer has re- turned to his old resting place in Troy, N. Y. McGinty is his name, and, &C., cording to paper of that city, his career has been remarkable one. Not only was he in many of the principal battles of the late war, but he has set type in scores of towns and cities in America, and on every leading news paper printed in the Engtish-speaking countries. "He has made pilgrimage of the Holy Land, braved the dangers of the wilds of Africa, picked up dia- monds in Australia, hobnobbed with lords and ladies in Russia, drank beer with the natives of Germany, and wine with the inhabitants of sunny France.
 He has listened to the singing of the dark-eyed senoritas of Mexico, and played draw-poker with the sports of the far West. In facthe has been every where and seen everybody. He carries a scrap book containing newspaper men, tions of his wanderiugs, and if printed in book form they would make an inter esting history" ..-.-. ... '-- --t...-
Connecticut western news., 1881-11-23
Taking Charge of 8 Female.

Just before the noon train for Buffalo pulled out of the Central depot the other day 8 man entered the depot in company with an old decrepit woman who was being sent to St. Thomas, Ont. Leaving her for 8 moment he boarded the train, passed slowly along until he came to the right man, and then asked:
 ''Are you going through ?"
 'Yes."
 'tAre you alone ?"
 ssYes."
 s'Would you have any objection to taking charge of lady friend of mine ?"
 ''Oh, none in the least"
 "Won't it be any bother ?"
 sssOhl no, mol I shall esteem it a privilege"
 '"Thank you. I shall be thousand times obliged. She is very innocent and childish, and am lucky to fall in with such gentleman as you. I will bring her in."
 He returned for the old woman and helped her aboard, and those who were there say that the man who was going through and would esteem it privilege dropped off the rear platform with his satchel as the train started.-Detroit Free Press.
Connecticut western news., 1881-11-23
Selecting the Jury.
WHAT A WASHINGTON JUDGE HAS TO SAY
 ON THE SUBJECT,

The ruling of Justice Cox, in the Gui- teau case, upon the eligibility of jurors is good omen of common-sense, eff cient conduct of the trial. He is reported as saying that tin these days of news papers and railroads man who knows nothing about great public case is not the best juror," and that juror other wise qualified could act eff he can rem der an impartial verdict upon the evil dence." Hence the travesty of justice sometimes witnessed in court rooms when intelligent men, fair-minded and qualified to judge cause, have been set aside because they had read some what of the case in the papers of the day, and were frank enough to admit that what they read had had some slight influence on their minds, in favor of dozen of the most ignorant and obtuse men obtainable, was not witnessed Tues day. Five jurors eligible under Judge Cox's sensible definition of the rule were easily obtained, and it seems prob able that obtaining the other seven will not outlast the second day.
 There is probably no subject upon which views of judges kaye so widely varied as upon this. Constitutional con- alterations have embarrassed the ques- tion in some States, for when rigid rule incorporated perhaps half century ago has explicitly protected jnry trial, judges have said: " We must administer trial by jury as it was used and under stood when the Constitution was framed; we cannot change it; we are not at liberty even to improve 1t.
 But the "Djstrict" is not embarrassed by local constitution. Some iurists have attached great importance to the question whether the juror has expressed his opinion. They have been willing to regard whatever sentiment the man had kept to himself ss unlikely to em- barrass his verdict, but have excluded him if he had committed himself. , Some judges have thought it of more moment to ask whether the opinion confessed by the juryman was fixed, settled one, or only vague impression, an evanescsnt result of reading an &C., count. Some have said an opinion, even though it may have been expressed, ought not to disqualify unless it implies ill-will toward the accused. Some have said: 'Let us not count jurors opinion against him if he holds it only provided the account he has read is true ;vfor an opinion of that nature will yield at. once when the actual facts are proved, and any error in the printed &C., l count is disclosed" During the past few years the courts have been strongly pressed by actual necessity, to exercise some iberality toward admission of jurors who have read about the case; and the tendency js strong toward general rule that a juror will be accepted, notwithstanding he has reed newspaper accounts and has formed an impression, if he declares it i will not resist evidence nor prevent his
 rendering an impartial verdict Justice
 Cox's ruling, in so salient trial as tie
 present., ought to fix this general view
 in the jurisprudence of the whole .country.-Neso Yorjs Tribune.
Connecticut western news., 1881-11-23
A Vicious Horse.
Not long ago vicious horse standing

Not long ago vicious horse standing before dwelling in London seized 8 boy by the overcoat with its teeth and flung him into the middle of the street, unceremoniously and inde- cently. The boy was badly bruised and his nervous system received @ severe shock. But the police magistrate be- fore whom the facts were laid declined to issue summons, on the ground that he had no power in the case. Had the assault been made by ferocious dog a summons could have been issued, but in the case of horse no such step could be taken. 1t was intimated, how ever, that the boy might find remedy in the County Court. ..r
Connecticut western news., 1881-11-23
MARKET NOTES.


 The wholesale New York market quotations show. .... k3 30@$3. 35 per bushel.
 BUTTER. York sold at 32c. @3Sc. fo, choice in pails, and s5c: @2sc: common to good Western sold ct 26c. @27c., and the common Western at 16c. .@17c.
 OHHEsE. sE.-Factory fancy, 121fc. @121Sc.; do. fair to good, 10c. .@11c.
 Eees.-Quotations ranged from 27c. for ordinary to 3sc. for New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. e5. .0O@$6. .00 extra New York, $5. .25@$5. 7s. Shipping, 65c. D75c.; clover, 65c. @ 85c.; salt, 65c.; straw, 40c. @S5c.
 HoPs. New York, 22c @3Oc. Eastern. S2c' @27c.; yearlings, 12c. @22c.; olds, 5c. @l6c' @6Xc. in bulk !; in barrels, 71sc.; naphtha, 1Oc; in shipping order, and 11Hc. @12Mc. in cases; Pon5; New mess. s17,5o@s1a.7S; dressed WI WanzT. ssi .%spring No. 8, s1 s5@s1:se; Min white, $1. 32@$1. AS.
 RYE.-state, s1 .01@1.03x.
 WooL.-Obio, Pennsylvania and Virginia, xxx, 43c. 0S46c.; xx, 42c. .@46c. X, 4Sc. @46c. No. 1, 45c @47c. No. 9, s8c. @4oc.; common 83c. O 35c.; New York and Western xx ana xi S9c. d141c.; No. 1, 44c. Gs45c.
 PHILADELPHIA MARKET.
 UR.-State family, $6. .75@S-; rye flour, $5. 621k@-; wheat, State, $1.51@1.52 amber, ,s1. 45; corn, yellow, 7Oc.; mixed State, 6716c. @69c.
 PETROLEUM Refined, 7Hc.; crude, exc.
 WooL.-State and Western xx, 46c. @50c. X, 47c. 14sc.; medium, soc. @51c.i coarse, 45c
 t BOSTON MARKET.
 FLouR.-From s4.750$5.2 25 for low and medium, to $6. .O0@$7.75 for choice Minne- sota. Corn, 75c076c. for mixed and yellow.
 BUTTER Common, 18c. @20c.; Vermont dairy, 24c. @32c. choice creamery, S3c. @35c.
 OHEEsE.-8c. @134c.
 BBANs.-$2. 50@$3. 40. HAY.-Uhoice, $23. .0O@$24. .00. CATTLE MARKETS. FAIlo.-Oattle, good quality, @6. 00@ e6. 40; hogs, fair to good, $5. 5.6O@$5. 90; best &6. .55.
 EAST LIBERTY, PENN.-Best cattle, $6. .25@ $6. .65; medium to good, $5.75@$6. %; common to fair, S4. .25@$4.75; Hogs, Workers, $5.90@ &6. 10: Philadelphias, $6. 40@$6. .60- Sheep 6. .0O@$4.90 90.
 WATERTowN, MASS. ss.-Oattle, choice, $S.5 @$9.5O; extra, $7.OO@$8. 00; first qualit. | S6. .OO@$6.50 second quality, 5.0O@$6 5l third quality, e4. .0O@$4. 30. Sheep and lambs wool sheep, a. 5O@&4. 50 extra, $5. .00d e5.76: spring lambs, S4.o905.75. veai calves e4.00@$s.00. ..... .a.. Ha -#"
Connecticut western news., 1881-11-23
the main body of the Arabs has not yet been attacked

y been attacked.
 A Nihilist newspaper at St. Peters burg denounces the murder of Presi- dent Garfield and says nothing can ex- cuse resort to force in free country. Lieutenant Suhanoff, an alleged Nihilist- is said to have been secretly executed by the police. Ia
 Nine persons were killed by an ex- plosion, of dynamite it is believed, on the steamer Severn, bound from Bristol to Glasgow, on Wednesday.
 Three hundred persons died of cholera in Mecca on the 9th inst. The epidemic has broken out at Djiddah.
 A steamer was blown up at Kings town, Ireland, Wednesday night. Nine men were killed and many injured.
 -Reinforcements are leaving Mar seilles for the seat of war in Tuuis, and 5000 men will be sent to Algeria. Ali Bey has turned up unexpectedly at Tunis. .-...=,-
 In Germany, Bismarck, who is suf- fering from neuralgia and sleeplessness, will remain in office at the request of the Emperor. .-..*
 In Ireland suburban occupiers at Limerick have been admitted to the benefits of the Land act Papers se,ze l at the house of Tobin, the alleged Fepian, at Middlesborough, Eng, re- veal the existence of an org anization known as the !" Royal Irish Republican Society,"" -
 In Portugal new Ministry has been formed with Pereira de Mello as Premier.
 In Russia it is intended to give the peasants representation in the district councils and to reform the present sys- tenn of provincial administration.
 The police of Bradford, England, have se1zed number of revolvers and cartridges supposed to belong to the Fenians.
 There are 5000 cases before the Irish Land Commission, which sat un, til midnight on Saturday.
 In Italy forty persons have been killed in mine explosion at Gessolunzo.
Connecticut western news., 1881-11-23

A SLIGHT DHFEREN oE.-The beer making business will be represented on upper Fifth avenue, New York, by the ''palace" of prominent brewer, the walls of which are now nearly up. It is fifty feet by hundred and looks as though it would cost upward of $3OO, 900. We do not hear of ''palaces" go- ing up on Fifth avenue, or elsewhere, for the beer-drinkers, however. It is as much as they can do to contribute to the fortunes of the brewers.
Connecticut western news., 1881-11-23
Printers, Ink.

No better illustration of the advan- tages of judicious advertising can be found than in the case of Knox, the Halter, Broadway, corner Fulton street, and Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York. From small beginning, fifty years ago, he has grown to be the largest dealer in this country in fact we may say the natter of the world. One can scarcely pick up paper in which he is not talk ing to the public, and his goo Is are the recognized standard of fashion and ex- cellence everywhere. Truly, Horace Greeley was not far wrong when over thirty years since he named him "The Philosopher, for it takes a philosopher to build such world wide reputation.
 GENIUS FINDS new ideas, wit riducules them and oommon.senaa adonfs thon
Connecticut western news., 1881-11-23

AN OLD farmer said to his sons: "Boys, don't you ever speckelate or wait for something to turn up, you might just as well go and sit down on 8 stone in the middle of medder with pail be- twixt your legs and wait for a COW to back up to you to be milked."
Connecticut western news., 1881-11-23

The manager of the Madison Square Theatre is particularly fortunate in catering to the theatre-going public. First was Hazel Kirke, " with it's unprecedented run, then "The Pro fessor," which crowded the house for months. and now " Esmeralda," :" which bids fair to out run the others. Standing room only is the nightly announcement.
 The run of 1" Les Cloches de Bonneville" at the Metropolitan Casino, is now fully assured. The performance is one of the best ever given by any comic opera company. Miss Kate Mum roe is especially ladies' favorite. Her dress in the last act is valued at $1 000 and she wears oyer S50 OQO worth of diamonds.
Connecticut western news., 1881-11-23

ONE of the greatest mistakes made by the public is in supposing that the scissors generally seen on editorial desks are employed by journalists in getting up the paper. That is only used for clipping coupons. X
Connecticut western news., 1881-11-23

CARrETs-Great reduction. The low prices of carpets are drawing crowds of purchasers to this mammoth establish ment, where the motto is small profits and large sales.
 SHEPPARD KNAPP, 189 and 191 Sixth avenue. GOT. 18th Street. New York.
Connecticut western news., 1881-11-23

THE MoTHER's yearning, that com pletest type of life in another life which is the essence of real human love, feels the presence of the cherished child even in the base, degraded man. George EEl0t.
Connecticut western news., 1881-11-23

HATcHER's STATION, Ga,. March 27. 1876
 R. V. PIERCE, M. D.: Dear Sir-My wife who had been ill for over two years, aud hac tried many other medicines, became sound anc we'll by using your "Favorite Prescription My niece was also cured by it's use, after severa physicians had failed to do her any good.
 Yours truly, THOMAS J. METHyIN
Connecticut western news., 1881-11-23

ROUND DEALING is the honor of mans nature, and mixture of falsehood is like alloy in gold and silver, which may make the metal work the better, but it it.-Lord Bacon.
Connecticut western news., 1881-11-23

DEVOTION TO friends is meted less by the esteem we have for them than the fuss they make over us. Whence comes it that we are so often deceived.
Connecticut western news., 1881-11-23

GOOD Baptist clergyman of Bergen, N. r., . strong temperance man, suffered with kidney trouble, neuralgia and dizziness almost to blind. ness, over two years after he was told that Hou Bitters would cure him, because he was afraid of and pEejudiced against "bitters." Since his cure he says none need fear but trust in Hop Bitters. .r-'
Connecticut western news., 1881-11-23

SICK and bilious headache, and all derange- nents of stomach and bowels, cured by Dr. 25 cents vial. No cheap boxes to allow waste of virtues. By druggists.
Connecticut western news., 1881-11-23

B. l.. LowEREE, Esq, cashier of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad, says the Cincinnati Enquirer, was cured by St. Jacobs Oil of stubborn case of rheu- matism, which wouldn't yield to physi. cians' treatment. nt.-Brooklyn EoQle.
Connecticut western news., 1881-11-23

WHEN the Chicago man saw Niagara he shed tears, "Durn it," said he, 'I ain't liar enough to describe it and make it out bigger than it is. I'm foored."
Connecticut western news., 1881-11-23

YouNG MEN, and mi Idle agod ones suffering from nervous debility and kindre weaknesses, send three stamps for Part VII of Dime Series Bo,lks. Address WORLD DIsPENsARY MEDI. CAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, NJ.
Connecticut western news., 1881-11-23

THE Albany (N. Y. Press and Kniek- er6ocker says: The largest following we know of to-day is that of St. Jacobs Oil; for where St. Jacobs Oil is, there rheumatism is not" a''.t .-
Connecticut western news., 1881-11-23

If any invalid or sick person has the least doubt of the power and efficacy of Hop Ditters to cure them, they can find cases exactly like their own, in their own neighborhood, with proof positive that they can be easily and per. manently cured, at 8 trifing cost-or ask youl druggist or physician.
 ! ae GREENWICH, Feb. Il, 1Ss0
 HoP BITTERs Co.-Sirs: was given up by the doctors to die of scrofula consumption Two bottles of your Bitters cured me.
 ... LEROY BREWER.