Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-04-12
Helena, Montana, Thursday, April II, 1883

peared and paused for breath on the steep bluff
above and overlooking the river. They were
soon within pistol-shot, sheltered behind trees
scattered about the brow of the hill. But they
knew too much to follow us into the thicket
No; they preferred to pick us off at their leis
ure as we attempted to swim the river, now
suddenly swollen by melting SHOWS. But swim
that river, swift and strong and cold as death
could not So they rolled light dry log into
the water, as we lay close under the bank and
hidden from the Indians above, waiting to see
us plunge into the stream before us, and | lay
on this log and pulled myself cautiously down
the brushy bank till out of rifle range. Then
they came into the water with me. They
pushed the log down the river under the steep
bank, and then both clung to it as we pushed
out, and the swift current bore us away. This
was our escape! Before the Indians on the
bluff suspected it we were mile away down
the river and climbing the bank on the other
side. They did not follow us farther. The
two brave fellows left me and went on for help
when certain we were not followed. And SO
finally reached camp, hardly alive and with nc
sign of summer or sweet flower in my feeble
hand. JOAQUIN MILLER.
The Value of Boiled Water.
In an article in Knowledge on scientific
cookery, w. Mattieu Williams called atten-
ton to the danger of using drinking water
full of organic impurities. Such water, he
says, supplies nutriment to those micro
scopic denominations, the microeoeci, baciHi
bacteria, etc, which are now shown to be con-
nected with blood-poisoning-possibly do
the whole of the poisoning business. These
little pests are harmless and probably nutri-
tious, when cooked, but in their raw and
wriggling state are horribly prolific in the
blood of people who are in certain states of
what is called "receptiyity." They (the
bacteria, etc. J, appear to be poisoned or some
how killed off by the digestive secretions
of the blood of some people, and nourished
luxuriantly in the blood of others. AS no.
body can be quite sure to which class he be-
longs, or may presently belong, or whether
the water supplied to his household is free
from blood-poisoning organisms, cooked
water Is safer beverage than raw water
"Refecting on this subject" Mr.. Williams,
II have been struck with curious fact that
has hitherto escaped notice, viz, that in the
country which over all others combines a
very large population with very small al
l0wance of cleanliness, the ordinary drink of
the people is boiled water favored by an in
fusion of leaves. These people (the Chinesef
seem, in fact, to have been the inventors Of
boiled water beverages. Judging from trav-
elers' accounts of the state of the rivers riv-
ulets, and general drainage and irrigation ar
of China, its population could
scarcely have reached its. present density if
Cinnamon were drinkers of raw instead of
cooked water"
The Lawyer and the Irish Witness.
Irish witnesses are not usually as tract
able, no small amount of skill and patience
being required to extract definite answer to
the simplest of questions. Nothing pleases
your fun-loving Irishman better than to
bother lawyer, and the Irish Courts have
many dialogue like this:
"You are Roman Catholic?"
"Am 2"
Are you not?''
"You say am"
Come. sir what's your religion p"
"The true religion"
What religions that?"
"My religion"
and what is your religion?" ...
my mothers religion"
what was your mothers religion ?'
"She TUX whisky in her tay."
you bless yourself, don't you?"
when I'm done with you will"
what place of worship do you 60 to-"
"The most convaynient"
"Of what persuasion are you 2"
"My persuasion is that you won't find
out ?'
What is your belief?'
THAT you are puzzled"
"Do you confess ?"
"Not to you"
"Who would you write to if You were
likely to die?"
1.-THE DOCTOR
II insist upon your answering me, Sir Are
you Roman Catholic?"
IT am" ..s... ~.
"And why didn't you say so at once ?"
"You never axed me- You said I was
great many things, but you never axed me
you were drivin' cross word and cracked
questions at me, and thought it was man
ners to cut me behavior on your own pat
thern."
He'll Get Even.
IA son of toll from one of the wooded
counties of Texas entered village jewelry
seven miles, and said to the proprietor:
ing for the last three months about eight
lay clocks, and now I've dropped in to have
you settle the matter"
"Well 2" .--
"The old woman says an eight-day clock
s a clock which runs eight days if you for
get to wind it up every night, while I say
t's clock which it takes you eight days to
Wind mp" a hht
sYour old woman is right |
us she 2"
sSbe is. She's got the best of you in this
,ase"
sWaal, I'll be shot But she needn't do
my growing over it I've just heard that
ler brother was dead, and being she's ahead
m the clock I'll keep the news to myself to
ret even with her. asE8
The Highest Mountain Peak.
For many years Mount Everest, in Nepaul,