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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-12-15

A Fine Assortment Of Chs Glass Cesssss Dsu1n.
Ladies' kussia LEATHER Wosk Boxss,
cuiiuioid Drsssing Csss sses. h LssGhse.
Plush, Hand-Paintsd satia 81
Plats Glass Cases.
Collar and CuH ssss,
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-12-15

Mr.. Razey, OF Delano township, informs us
he has just added to his herd Of Poland Chi
m hogs choice young boar Of the "Lady
Green Family" by the great prize-winner,
'sBlack Joe,v from the pens OF d. F. Dorsey
& Sons, Perry, Illinois. Has also q few
choice young boars and sows for sale yet,
and an 18-months old boar " d. M. McGee's
breeding, Of Ohio, which has proved himself
to be an excellent breeder, that he will sell
reasonable, after Christmas. Residence six
miles west Of Wichita.
Miss sommer is selling clocks cheaper than
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-12-15

Allison, of the Wslliagsonis., is evidently
agiu Wiltsie.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-12-15

Gold spectacles and eye glasses At Miss
ommer's, 100 Douglas Avenue. 36-tf
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-12-15

In Hand. Stand. Folding .aa rssA.s sssss.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-12-15

Miss sommer is selling clocks cheaper than
ever. 36-tf
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-30
Forgetting Friendship.

There are men and women in public life
whose pathway is marked by the remains"
of whilom friends whom they have squeezed
dry and dropped like so many sucked oranges.
In politics it is said of such man that he
is kicked down the ladder by which he
climbed. In literary and other walks the
human sponge often swells up with the
thought that he has "Outgrown" his humble
friends of other days In private life the
soul contents itself with be-
coming more and more the center of it's little
taking none within it's orbit
who will not consent to revolve around it
and emit light and warmth for it's enjoy
ment. There have been many and noble
definitions of what a friend is. People of
real individuality, strength and sensitiveness
doubtless have fewer real friends than they
are apt to think, unless they have been cher
ishing, unconsciously, low ideals. But what
ever friend may not be, certainly that sweet
and noble term is not unmerited by one who
however generous he may be in other direc-
tons, is selfish as himself
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-30
Helena, Montana, Thursday, June 3o 1881.
Study Astronomy.

Ihe most glowing description our language
can command is inadequate to convey to the
mlnd Just idea OF the grandeur of the truths
OF astronomy. They furnish an infinite
amount OF food for reflection The mind is
lost In attempts to realize even tn. simplest
facts IN astronomy, and the loftiest flights of
the imagination fall far short of comprehend
ing the wonderful extent and grandeur of
the starry heavens Even if the universe
comprised nothing more than the star sys-
tenn, how well worthy our most careful study
it would be. The wisdom with which the
bodies comprising the solar system are ar
ranged, the majestic movements and relative
sizes Of the sun and planets, the moons and
belts of Jupiter, the phases of Venus, and
the rings OF Saturn, are some of the subjects
we find for study in the star system. When
we consider that the earth, which to us seems
SO large and of so much importance, is 300
times smaller than Jupiter, and q million
times greater than the Sun; that the orbit of
Neptune is 5,000,000,OO0 of miles in diameter.
and that comets move millions of miles past
this orbit without passing the boundary of
the space allotted to the solar system. and
that this space is to the whole heavens as
drop of water to the waters of the ocean:
and that astronomers have beheld contiagra-
tlons so distant that the light of the fire
travelling at nearly 100000 miles second
was scores Of years reaching our earth, our
thoughts are lost in wonder and awe
The sky is the only object we can behold
which belongs not to earth, and every fact
concerning it is exceedingly interesting.
Such thoughts are awakened in our minds
as, how far does space or the starry heavens
extend? or, is it boundless? What part of
this wonderful creation does our earth
occupy? Where, in the intinity of space, is
heaven located? Have we not some very
good reasons for believing that we are COM
paratively near to that invisible locality
How far do angels or spirits have to go to
reach the earth? and how long are they on
the way?
Bat Notwithstanding astronomy is a sub
ject so grand, and knowledge of it is so
easily attained, how many there are who
know nothing at all about it, and who view
the starry heavens with no more thought and
with as much indifference as they do the
leaves on the trees. If people would read
more, think more write and talk more, on
these lofty, soul-inspiring themes how much
better it would be than to spend their time |
and fill their memories with the trashy lite
rature which floods our markets.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-30
The Pre- ssure of Wind.

In a paper before the American Society
of Civil Engineers, Mr.. C. Shaffer Smith
gives the results of many years observations
of wind pressure and it's effects. He has per-
sonally visited the tracks of destructive
storms as soon as possible after their occur
renee, for the purpose Of determining the
maXium force and the width of the path of
the storm in every instance The most vio-
lent storm in Mr.. Smiths records was at
East St. Louis, in 1871, when the wind over
turned a locomotive, the maxium force de-
veloped in so doing being no less than SO tb.
per square foot. At St. Charles in 1877,
jail was destroyed, the wind force required
being 84.6 1b. per square foot. At Marshfield
(Mo)., in 1880 a brick mansion was leveled,
the force required being So ID. per square
foot. Below these extraordinary pressures
there were sundry cases of trains blown off
rails and bridges etc, blown down by gales
of wind OF from "A ib. to 81 ID. per square
foot Mr.. Smith observes that in all his eX-
amples he has taken the minium force re-
quired to do the observed damage, and has
considered this as the maximum force of the
wind, although, of course, it may have been
much higher. Some of the hurricanes were
very destructive, the one at Marshfield having
cut down everything along path 46 miles
IoIlS aHu 1,oUO leeU Wlut, Killing ~OO people,
Mr.. Smith has formed the conclusion that
notwithstanding these examples, so lbs. per
square foot is sufficient wind pressure to
allow for in working specification. AS
reasons for this conclusion, Mr.. Smith ex-
presses doubts as to whether direct wind
or gale ever exceeds this pressure. Whirl-
winds may exceed it, but the width of the
pathway of maximum effort in these is
usually very narrow. Mr.. Smith has only
found one example, already quoted, wherein
the path of pressures over 80 lbs. per square
foot exceeded so feet wide. This pressure is
in itself very unusual, and, referring
more particularly to railway bridges, it is
stated that loaded passenger train will
leave the rails at this pressure of wind, and
consequently not much could be gained by
making the bridge strong enough to resist a
storm which would blow train off it.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-30
Drink Lemonade.
Boston Journal of Commerce.

Boston Journal of Commerce.
DR.. Langfelt has made recent experiments
with a number of substances, as directed to
the purpose of destroying microscopic life in
drinking water. The addition of citric acid
in the proportion of one two-thOusandth part
causes cessation of life in from one-half to
one and One-half minutes in these micros-
copic animals; and about minute after
their death the animalcules settle to the bot
tom of the vessel and can be found in abun-
dance. There is another class of animalcules
which is not destroyed by by this dilute
citric acid. They are, however largely in
the minority. The majority are dispatched
with this solution Parties who wish to try
this experiment must bear in mind that
solution of citric acid is of no use unless it
be freshly made
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-30
A CurIOuS Dream.

Lord Desart tells a very curious dream in
connection with the two thousand guineas
which quite puts in the shade Lord Vivian's
vision Of seven years ago. A member of the
ST. Leonard Club who knows nothing about
racing, dreampt that he was in stable with
groom, who pointed out horse to him and
said THAT is Peregrine, the winner of the
two thousand guineas and the Derby" The
The gentleman in question told his dream to
a friend the next day, and the friend, who
knew little more about racing, said "Why,
there is no such horse entered" They re-
ferred to the calendar and found that there
was such horse, though at that time he had
no place in the betting. The curious part in
regard to this dream is, that the dreamer had
not been harping upon the race or thinking
Of the horses engaged in it, and that he
dreampt of horse whose name he had never
heard.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-30
Is II PARADISE

What are those opalescent fires
OF evcr-varying hue and form
That flicker round the Northern Pole,
And make the very ice seem warm?
Now like a mighty rainbow, bent
From east to west their wings are spread !:
Now break ranks, in files they march,
Like ghosts of armies long since dead.
Anon, Il ruddy beam unleaps,
And shoots its crimson high and higher,
Foretokening that fateful day
When all that is shall reck in fire.
What if beyond the walls of ice
tropic land may glow and burn
land where men by thousands come,
Bat whence no man can e'er return?
Brave ships have left the marts of trade,
And rich the human freight they bore;
lhey sailed away mid glad farewells,
Ana no man ever saw them more.
what # those ships, all rent by storms,
- Naught IN the ocean stream, were hurled
beyond the icy chain. and sailed
Ahe mud seas of this unknown world?
"hat II our friends, in heavens care,
. mere live and die in happy homes,
secure IN all that life can give,
ana ready when the summons comes?
nat If this be the Eden where
wv Vur parents sinned, and met their fate?
"nat II this North light be the sword
Inc angel waves before the gate?
we cannot tell. But still the brain
- It's fancy keeps; and still the hand
DE science armed-is striving hard
40 reach that strange, mysterious land.
ana never are the Northern fires
seen dancing round the greater Bear,
hnt remind me of the lost,
ana wonder if they're living there.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-30
Cultivate the Taste.
American Diaryman.1

There can be no doubt about the ability
Of any man to cultivate his senses Hunters
learn to see with accuracy great distances j;
SO do sailors; and musicians bring the sense
OF hearing up to the finest degree of perfet-
ION. Blind men often become so proficient
that they can tell the color of garment by
simply feeling of it, while men employed in
the buying and selling ofgreat varities and
makes OF butter, learn not only to grade and
tell the name of the maker of each lot, but
In some instances they can tell to q day the
exact age of each lot This is very simple
and efficiently done by cultivating the sense
OF taste. We once heard of an instance
where VINE faster, a man who was very
proficient III this art, being called in to pass
judgement on hogshead of wine, decided
there was slight, very slight. taste of iron
In the wine. This was not believed by the
owner OF the wine until the cask was emptied
when he found small iron key in the bot
tom of it. We do not expect every butter
maker to reach this height of perfection in
the art of tasting, but there is one thing he
should do, and that is study the subject. To
do this, let him taste all the fine butter he
can get hold OF, and not with a set notion
in his head that his make is finer, but to
find wherein this lot differs from his own
make. Has it stronger butter taste, or has
it, us it probably has to him, a more insipid
taste-a little to fine perhaps for his tobacco
tongue? If so he should get his wife to do
the tasting When you hear of a man taking
premium at q fair or diary convention this
winter, ride over if it be ten miles away,
and examine his butter. Taste it over and
over again, until you catch its peculiarities
Take some home, if you can get it for love
or money, and taste and talk it over with the
members of your family. Some of them will
be able to point out correctly the essence of
merit in it, and ten to one you will be able
to catch the hang of the thing and can do it
yourself
In cultivating the taste for testing butter,
one thing must be borne in mind. Do not
choose as the best article that which is most
liked by your own. They may have their
peculiar notions. What You want to do is
to study the tastes of your customers, and
make your butter come up te their require
ments, no matter what opinion you may have !
Of their judgement on the subject. 1t is far
easier to adapt yourself to them than to force
customers to take your butter against their
will. They will not do it.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-30
OverwOrking the Undeveloped Brain.
TLOndOn Lancet

"OverwOrk," properly so-called, can only
occur when the organ upon which the stress
| OF the labor falls is as yet immature and,
therefore, in process Of development. When
an organ has reached the maturity of it's
growth it can only work up to the level OF
its capacity or faculty for work! Fatigue
may produce exhaustion, but that eXhaus-
tion will come soon enough to save the organ.
Repeated efforts may, under abnormal
conditions, follow each other too rapidly to
allow of recuperation in the intervals of
actual exertion, and as the starting point
will, in each successive instance, be lower
than the previous state, there may be a
gradual abasement; but even this process
should not in jure a healthy and we'll devel-
Oped organ. In short, q great deal of non
sense has been said and written about the
! 'overwork" of mature brains, and there are
grounds for believing that an excuse has
been sought for idleness, or indulgence in
valetudinarian habit, in the popular outcry
on this subject, which awhile ago attracted
much attention. Nevertheless there can be
no room to question the extreme peril of
'overwork' to growing children and youths
with undeveloped brains.
The excessive use of an immature organ
arrests its development by diverting the
energy which should be appropriated to its
growth, and consuming it in work. What
happens to horses which are allowed to run
races too early happens to boys and girls who
are overworked at school. The competitive
system as applied to youths has produced
most ruinous effect on the mental constitu-
tiOn which this generation has to hand down
to the next, and particularly the next but
one ensuing School work should be purely
and exclusively directed to development
"Cramming" the young for examination pur-
poses [college students at this time of year
take heed.-ED. is like compelling an infant
in arms to sit up before the muscles of it's
back are strong enough to support it in the
upright position OF to sustain the weight of
its body on its legs by standing while as yet
the limbs are unable to bear the burden inl-
posed on them. 4 crooked spine or weak or
contorted legs is the inevitable penalty of
such folly. Another blunder is committed
when one of the organs of the body-to wit,
the brain-is worked at the expense of other
parts of the organism, in face of the fact that
the measure of general health is proportioned
to the integrity of development, and the
functional activity of the body as whole in
the harmony of its component systems. No
one organ can be developed at the expense of
the rest without corresponding weaking of
the whole.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-30
Water Level i'm Boilers.
From the New York Sun.

BY means of an electric indicator, recently
invented abroad, the water level in any
boiler may be ascertained at any distance
from the boiler. This useful apparatus con-
sists of an indicating tablet constructed in
such manner that it may be placed in any
part of the establishment and connected
with the electric indicator, which is fixed at
the top of vertical tube above the boiler.
Wires and platinum plates are SO arranged
that when the water in the boiler sinks to a
certain point an electric current is estab-
lished which rings signal, while at the
same time the sign "low water" appears on
the indicating tablet-thus conveniently in
suring against danger.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-30
What Would Follow q Pacific Cable.

While many people are looking forward to
great disasters and q possible destruction Of
the human race during the period from 1881
to 1885, it may not be out Of place to men
tion one source OF danger not thus far recog-
nlZed. We would not offer it as embOdying
all modern wisdom, nor as crystallizing the
mOdus of prophecy. Yet as a curiosity in
theories it will take rank. We all suppose
that polarity depends upon current OF cleo
tricity passing at right angles to the direction
of the poles The polarity of the earth is
said to depend upon the electric or heat cur
rents of the sun; and it is highly probable
that the earth's inclination to the ecliptic is
governed by its polarity. If, therefore, there
were instantly established sufficiently electri-
cal connections by wires around the earth,
with the earth itself, to instantly equalize
the current and produce a complete reduc-
tion Of all the electrical excitement, what
would be the etfecty on the polarity, and
second, and the inclination to the ecliptic?
May there not be sudden change of polarisies
the Arctic region becoming equatorial, and
tropics suddenly changed to polar tempera-
ture? The sudden MEETINGS of the vast
fields would produce another glacial flood
the present race would disappear, and man
of the quartenary would begin life over again
at the antipodes All this is to be accom-
pllshed by the continuation OF complete cir
cults for telegraphing around the globe. Of
course tremendous earthquakes would follow,
as the polar diameter is twenty-six miles too
short and the equatorial twenty-six miles
too lOng-COsmOs
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-30
How Success is Achieved.

When Prof Agassiz was asked to become
a member Of a firm, with the assurance that
he could make "any amount of money" he
replied II have no time to make money" !"
The principle of this doctrine is the secret of
success in life. If man could multiply
himself in many copies and each copy apply
itself to some business, he would, if he were
a capable man, like Agassiz succeed in all
But each man can apply himself only to his
own business, and there he must use his en-
ergy if he would succeed. This is the secret
concentration upon one business. Agassiz
had no time to make money, to make love,
to be statesman, lawyer, mechanic anything
but what he was, scientist, whose speciality
was ichthyology. All his energy was devot-
ed to his purpose, and he succeeded. The
was intense and long contnu-
ed, and not even the great Cuvier was his
equal.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-30
Worse than Whisky.

VIM. Bross, of Chicago, says: "A general
reform in drinking ice water would confer a
benefit upon the public. It's constant and
immoderate use has become, one of the most
active causes of disease 1t produces our
national disease, dyspepsia in it's most aggra-
waited forms, and you can scarcely look over
the death list that you will not see notice
of some one dying Of diabetes, Bright's dis
ease, or other kidney complaint In most
cases ice water is the remote, if not the ac-
tive cause. If one should express the opin-
ion that ice water is the source of more dis
ease among business and public men than
whisky, wide induction of facts would
show him not so far from right. Sad ex-
perience as well as extensive observation and
inquiry have convinced me of the truth Ice
water came nearer costing me my own life
than any other cause within my memory.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-30
To Harden Finishing VarnIsh.

A newly vanished carriage is liable to
spot. To prevent this, some wash the car
rage two or three times in clean cold water,
applied with sponge instead of using a
hose; this will help harden the surface and
prevent it to some extent, from being injured
by the mud or water getting spiashed ON the
job. Never let mud dry on the surface, and
then wash Oft expecting to see no spots on
the varnish. You will certainly be disap-
pointed. and the only way to remedy the
evil Will be to have it revarnished Soft wa
ter is better than hard water for the washing
OF carriages, as the lime which is in the hard
water is very liable to injure the varnish.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-30
AT THE RESTAURANT.

" IS the pretty waiter girl,
one one among q score;
ana tls not that / love them less,
= But on, love her more,
poWn to the festive board l sit;
She stands behind my chair,
Ealch y;t the light suggestive cough
mat tells me she is there.
Wy pretty, pretty waiter girl.
a. She hath pleasant voice;
V, Ghops, and steaks, of fish and fowl,
: oAe blddeth me make choice.
ponder on my little Joke
~ nile lingering the menu:
ii,eh: IF were to order duck,
might, perhaps, get you"
iiIT eyes are on the tablecloth:
.n iIer glance, it is severe:
OT, ", should ask for yenison.
sbd dawereyou again, my dear
IS Vyl wears the lofty look of one
.p,do VINO searcheth the top shelf;
ray ray DO not ask for goose" says she 4:
TOY youmight get--yourself."
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-30
LATITUDE UNKNOWN.o

Withouf a ors sailorson a foreign sea,
nhelned ~, passand without chart
Souls driH ~ all thdr lore Of seamans art,
W Loves car,g LONG IN lhe vast mystery
A solitude esn,p,utIInioiship. 40 ,,tI There cannot be
No undsoo,., Pathies as a heart
From him u.L Ireu lsles lie so apart
Forever vaa, no seeks as lie the thoughts that we
The dear eves 20 70 readbehind dear eyes
an Well r., .nat welove, and love to kiss.
20 long as Io,o,e ohe thing matters to our bliss,
are clear: aII a. sun epes not down, all skies
on all; we sbam shores ar. friendly; treasure lies
hot one sweet harbor miss!
IH. H., Scribner for June
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-30

Women are more faithful than men--ten
times as faithful as men. / never saw man
pursue his wife into the very ditch and dust
of degradation and take her in his arms. /
never saw man stand on the shore where
she had been morally wrecked, and wait for
the waves to bring back even her corpse to
his arms; but have seen woman, with her
white arms, lift man from the mire of degra-
ton, and hold him to her bosom as though
he was an angel.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-30
Rhetoric.

The late Senator Carpenter was noted fol
the rhetoric of his speeches. The following
paragraph from one of his orations is fine
illustration of his skill:
"The loves and friendships of individuals
partaking of the frail character of human
life are brief and uncertain. The experience
of human life may be shortly summed up
A little loving and a good deal of sorrowing
some bright hopes and many disappoint-
ments some gorgeous Thursdays, when the
skies are bright and the heavens blue, when
Providence, bending over us in blessing, glads
the heart almost to madness; many dismal
Fridays, when the smoke of torment beclouds
the mind and undying sorrows gnaw upon the
heart; some high ambitions and many Water
loo defeats, until the heart becomes lik the
charnel house, filled with dead affections,
in holy but sorrowful memories !;
and then the cord is loosened, the golden
bowl is broken, the individual 1ife-a cloud,
a vapor-passeth away"