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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-04-12
New Idea.
New Yolk World.

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A correspondent of the World makes what
is at least very striking and curious sug-
gestion-that wire gauze, if incorporated in
the floors, ceilings and partition walls of
buildings, will render them impervious to
fame, and so very greatly diminish the dan
ger of fires. A slow burning building is prac-
tically as safe, so far as regards the risk of
life to it's inmates, as fire-proof building,
in other words, a building that is combusti-
BILE need not, therefore, be iniammable. The
principle involved is the same which Sir
Humphry Davy applied in the safety lamp
by which a light may be carried without
danger through gases which an unprotected
light would at once explode. There seems
no theoretical reason why this expedient
should not prove to be of great value, and
it has the practical advantage of being very
cheaply and easily applied. 1t is to be hoped
that experiments may be made which will
thoroughly test the value and the applica-
bility of this device. .Tsa
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-04-12
THE YARN OF THE MANAGER BOLD.

Twas near the town they call Detroit,
In the State of Michigan,
saw Oh the rocks with a property-bOx,
gloomy theatrical man.
His starboard heel was quite worn off
And weary and sore was he,
And saw this fake give himself shake,
Then growl in cultural key:
oh am star and a manager bold
A heavy and Juvenile man,
And comedy pet and pert soubrette
And the boss of the box-sheet PLAN
And he wiped his eyes with a three-sheet cut,
Twas lettered in blue and red)
And he cursed the fates and the open dates,
So spoke to him and said
oh, its little / know of mimic show
SO you'll please explain to me,
For ] II eat my vest, if can digest,
How possibly you can, be
AT once star and manager bold,
heavy and juvenile man,
And a comedy pet and pert soubrette
And the boss Of the boX-sheet plan.'
Well, he ran his hands thro' his dusty hair
And pulled down his brunette cuff
Taen on the rocks, by the prOperty-box,
He told this story tough:
Twas in the fall of eighty -one,
party of six and me
Took to The road, in play that's knowd
As musical comedy.
II writ the play it knocked 'em cold
1t made 'em shrek and roar,
Till we struck reef and came to grief
Near the west of the Michigan shore.
Each night it showed. or rained, or blowed
And if the weather was clear,
They'd say its sad, that your house is bad,
But wait till YOU come next year!
I'VE struggled on from day to day.
tryin' TO change our luck,
With nothing to taste, but billboard paste
And a property canvas duck,
TIL we struck the town of kankakee
All travel stained and sore,
When our star got mad and shook us bad
For job in dry goods store.
And then the leading heavy man
Informed me with a frown
He was going away, the very next day,
With a circus then in town.
And the juvenile man and the pert soubrette
Engaged as cook and waiter,
And are doing well in a small hotel
Near the Kankakee theater.
Then only the comic and me was left,
For to leave he hadn't the heart,
Each laugh was drop of blood 70 him
And he loved that comedy part.
We'll, we played that night to right goo,
Eight dollars and half,)
When, to my ill-luck, in my part stuck,
And queered the comedians laugh.
"IIe fell down dead with bitter cry,
And the Coroner old and sage.
Said his brain had cracked with a bad attack,
OF the cenier of the stage.
And played that play al by myself
For "a week in Kankakee,
Then with that box on rails and rocks,
I've travelled to where be,
And never say an actors good,
And always damn play,
And sit and croak, and single joke
/ have-which is to say:
oh am a star and manager bold
And heavy and juvenile man,
And comedy pet and a pert soubrette
And the boss of the box-sheet plan"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-04-12
ASOCIABLE AT THE PARSONS.

laey carried pie to the parsons house,
And scattered the floor with crumbs,
And marked the leaves of the choicest books
With the prints of their greasy thumbs.
They piled his dishes high and thick
WV with a lot of unhealthy cake,
While they gobbled the buttered toast and rolls.
Which the pastorls wife did make.
lhey hung around Clytie's classic neck
Their apple parngs for sport,
ana every one laughed when a clumsy lout
split his tea in the pianoforte.
Next day the parson went down on his knees,
n, Wlth his wife, but to pray;
on, no, twas to scrape the grease and dirt
from the carpet and stairs away!
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-04-12
OUT OF PROPER NOUNS.

an! maiden fair, with golden hair,
,r, cannot tell the love bear thee.
my chiseled arms, thy countless charms.
u rrompt me with Venus to compare thee
H, 1ut that's sentiment II chose
"hen flirting with your cousin Rose
Your eyes so bright! your teeth 30 white!
our cheeks like core Of ruddy melon!
cur queenly style! your matchiess smile
suggest 70 me the Trojan Helen
us r tnen your sister Kate would say AA4i40ht
Saio the same of her to-day. .aEe
'Sur winning face! your dainty grace: d
nour glance coquettish, arch and tricky!
IuI M voice SO sweet! your fairy feet!
d.. IN; what are these but limbs Of Psyche?
Tvs' nless you, that same proper noun
VIC tossed at every girl in town.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-04-12
Electricity VS.. Gas.

I'M. HalsteAd's New York Letter.
One Of the things most remarkable in the
outdoor appearance Of New York at this
time is the glowing splendor of the illumina-
tion of the streets and public squares by the
electric light. Gas seems to have no show
anywhere except in the houses and on the
side streets, and, while it is pretty good as
gas it has paid and sickly style when i'm
mediately confronted by its dazzling COM
petor. There are miles on Broadway and
Fifth avenue, where there is not gas-light
to be seen. 1t is the style to illuminate the
fronts of the great popular stores with the
electric light It is used in several of the news
paper Offices. The Tribune type is set by the
United States Arc Light The Herald has
the Edison system, and the only testimony
that it is an experiment is that the gas fix
lures have not been taken down. There are
$50 Edison lights in the Herald establish
ment Our friends who have invested in
gas stock may rely upon it that electricity,
as an illuminant, is making progress. Its
inroads upon gas are at least as rapid and
certain as those of the telephone upon the /
telegraph, or the typewriter upon phonog-
raphy. It is not that the electrict light is |
cheap. It costs about as much as gas. It's |
merits are its Incompatible brilliancy and
absence of heat. The fact that gaslight is 50
hot will be the salvation of gas companies
some day.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-04-12
A Love Letter.

DEAREST AMELIA:-My love is stronger
than the smell of coffee, patent butter or the
kick of a young cow. Sensations of exquisite
joy 60 through me like cohorts of ants
through an army cracker and caper over my
heart like young goats on stable ROOF I
could lift myself by my boot straps to, the
height of .. church steeple, or like an old
stage-horse in q green pasture. As the mean
pup bankers after sweet milk, so do / banker
after your presence. And as the, gos]ing
swimmeth in the mud puddle, SO do swim
in q sea of delightfulness when you are near
me. My heart fops mp and down like q
churn dasher, and my eyes stand open like
cellar doors in . country town; and if my
love is not reciprocated, win pine away and
die like poisoned bed bug, and can come
come and catch cold on my grave
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-04-12
Eat Your Breakfast First.

Dr. Hall is authority for the following
thoughts upon breakfasting before much ex-
ercise in the open air, particularly in dis
tricts where fever and ague are abundant.
Breakfast should be eaten in the morning
before leaving the house for exercise or la
Dor of any description; those who do it will
be able to perform more work with greater
alacrity than those who work an hour or two
before breakfast. Besides this, the average
duration of life of those who work will be
number of years greater than those who do
otherwise. Most persons begin to feel weak
after having been engaged five or six weeks
in their ordinary avocations.
A good meal revigOrates; but from the
last meal of the day until the next morning
there is an interval of some twelve hours ;
hence the body is in sense weak, and in
proportion cannot resist deleteriOus agencies
whether of the fierce cold of midwinter or of
the poisonous miasm which rests upon the
surface of the earth wherever the sun
shines upon a blade of vegetation or heap
of offal The miasm is more solid,
more concentrated, and hence more
malignant about sunrise and sunset than
any other hour of the twenty -four, because
the cold of the night condenses it and it is
on the first few inches above the soil in its
most SOllQ form Out, as the sun rises IL
warns and expands and ascends to point
high enough to be breathed, and being taken
into the lungs and swallowed with the saliva
into the stomach, all weak and empty as it
is, it is greedily drunk in, thrown immedi-
ately into circulation of the blood, and
carried to every part of the body. depositing
its poisonous influence at the very fountain
head Of life. If early breakfasts were taken
in regions where chills and fever and ague
prevail, and if, in addition, brisk fire were
kindled in the family room for an hour, in
Guiding sunrise and sunset, these trouble
some maladies would diminish in any one
year not ten-fold, but thousand fold, be-
cause the heat of the fire would rarity the
miasmatic air instantly and send it above
the breathing point. But it is trouble
some" to be building fires night and morn
ing all summer; it being no trouble" re-
quiring no effort, to shiver and shake by the
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1883-05-26
DON'T GIVE Ur.


TIE cHANCEs ARE ALL IN YOUR IA
vOR. Thousands Of cases Of Con.
samptiOn, Catarrh, Neuralgia,
rheumatism, Bronchitis, and other
chronic diseases-some Of a most
painful and desperate character
have been cured in the last thirteen
years by Compound Oxygen. Il
you are a sufferer from any disease
which your physician has failed Ia
relieve, don't despair. Write 10
Drs. Starkey & Palsn, 11O9 Girard
Street, Philadelphia, giving them q
clear statement OF your case, and
ask an opinion as TO your chances
Of recovery under their new Vital,
l2ing Treatment. IT WILL COST YoJ
NOTHING, AS THEY MAKE NO CHARGE
FOR CONSULTATIONS. Accompanying
their reply you will receive such
documentary evidence of their hon
cradle character as physicians, and
such direct and emphatic testimony
in regard TO what Compound Oxy
L4N M 400
gen has done and is doing 10
suffering humanity, that you viii
be axle 10 decide for yourself til,
question whether or not to put faith
in them and the new remedy whlcI
they are SO widely dispensing.
II, however, you do not wish tt
consult them at present, drop 8
postal-card ahd ask them to Sent
yon their treatise on Compound
Oxygen. From this yeW will gain
all the information required TO &c
an intelligent idea Of the nature
and action Of this new remedy fo
chronic diseases, and so be able Il
Judge for yourself whether or no
it will be beneficial in your owl
case as it has been in thousands Q
others.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1883-05-26
Songs Never sung.

AEoR does that verse rum Some
thing Like this, isn't il?
''fhere are who touch the magic string,
And hoisy fame is proudIto winthem;
Alasl for those who never sing,
But die with all their music In them
Eyes, that's beautiful, pathetic and.
true" said your representative. "The
poet alludes to people who are some
how suppressed, and never get their
full allowance 'ofjoy and air. Which
reminds me Of a letter shown me the
other day by H1scox & Co.. Of New
York; signed by Mr.. E. c. Williams, Of
Chapman, Snyder Co., Pa, Appointment
business man Of that place. Hs
writes!
II have suffered with asthma for over
forty years, and had a terrible attaeA
in December and January, 1852. |
hardly know what prompted me to
take PARkER's ToNIc. I did 50, and
the first day / took four doses. The
effect astonished me. That night |
slept as if nothing was the matter with
rue, and have ever since. | have had
colds since, but not asthma, My
b reathipg is now al perfect as i'll had
n eyer known that disease. II you
know Bfany one who 6as asthma tell
himin my name that PARKER's Tonic
will III eit-eyen after forty years.
There was a man who escaped the tate
ofthose whom the poet laments.
This preparation, which has been
heretofore known as PARKER's GIKGEI
Tone will hereafter be advertised and
sold under the name ofPARKER's Ton.
&c. lnaSmuch as Ginger is really al
unimportant Ingredient, and u%uprinci
pied dealers are constantly deceiving
their customers by substituting infe.
fjor preparations under the name o
ginger, we drop the misleading word
There Is no change, however, in thu
prepura. ton itself, and all bottles re
mainipg in the hands Of dealers, wrap
pei under the name OF PARKER's GIN.
GER Tonic Contain the genuine medi
cine il the facsimile signature of HIS
cox 4 Co.. is at the bottom Of the out
side wrapper.
May 10, 1883-12m.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1883-05-26
oG for Eurspa.

Col. FaIknsF and Miss Efie took
their departure Wednesday morn
ing for Europe, They will be gone
three or four months, and during
their absence will make an extern
slye teur ever "the old country"
A big trip for Ripley fOlks-bu'
Ripley has some enterprising peo'
pie within its borders, and when
they undertake . thing, they sci.
dom, if ever, know any such word
as stall" The tourists carry with
them the best wishes Of the ADvER.
TIsRR FOR . pleasant trip and safe
return.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1883-05-26
VALUABLE PROPERTY
FOR EAEzEzs
August &c, l882--8m.

l offer for sale the SrlGAF HoTEI
and adjoining lots some ~ ac'eS
more or less. House is two storiCs
high. with about IS rooms, including
Eve which arc conveniently located lor
renting as offices or to be used toI
hotel purposes. Good frame st4blesi
corn cribs, well and extern, two good
gardens, clover, potato nad corn patch-
es and grass lot.
Twill also sell or rent my farm adj
Joining, containing abcGt 200 acres, ~
acres GOOD bottom land farming tools,
mules. horses, COWS, hogs and house
hold and kitchen furniture. Wishing
to retire from public life, ! will 9iys
the cheapest and best bargain ever of'
Tered az this county. Invite earlY ap
~plieatIon. via sen my home and
farm for oas half cash and balance en-
ID months credit, with note and up
proved securitY, with TOPPER cent In
Lowest. SIMON r. SPiGHT
RipIeY, Jan 81, 1SSg-tf.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1883-05-26

The coronation and closing exer.
cises tot Miss Florence Hills school
" miles South east Of Ripley came
off last week. Sorry we couldn't
attend, but We have a good report
from those who did attend. The
Ripley UOrnet Band furnished ex-
.celleni music Tor the occasion, and
we learn "the entertainment was a
grand success in syery particular"
Miss Florence is a deserving young
lady, has a flushed education, OBJ
tanned chiefly by her own unaided
.exertions, and the good people o.
the aeighbcrhood have cause to b
proud Of her as a teacher.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1883-05-26
naIes of Cotton shipped.

Already mp to Saturday, there
had been eight thousand, eight hun
bred and t~hirty.twe bales of cotton
shipped from Ripley since the sea.
son opened in September last-the
largest number Of bales ever ship
pod from this place in any one sea.
son. 1t is believed the number
viii reach at least nine thousand
bales before the close Of the present
season, If il does not exceed thai
number.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1883-05-26
scIENTIFIg INFORMATION.

In this age Of progress people
are constantly searcAing for some
thing new, whether it be in the do.
main Of domestic industry, or on
the wider feld.ot science. Twenty
learned scientists have experiment
.. long and carefully With a new
discovery called "5alicyllca," and
have deduced from their obssrva
ton that it stle greatest remedy
for rheumatism, CONT and neuralgia
ever known. Its success has been
certain in every case.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1883-05-26
WHY rhsr car Him aoId Man.u

AsYes, that's sadly so" said Jen-
kins, amy hair is turning gray and
failing out before Its time. Use
someEhinge Iwould, hHt most hair
restoreFs are dangerous" aIrue,
aRszeFed bis friend, shut Parker's
Hair Balsam IS as harmless as it Is
effective. I've tried III and know.
Give tbs Balsam show and The
boys will soon stop calling you
AOld Man Jenkins.' It never fails
to restore the original color to gray
or faded hair. Richly perfumed,
anelegsnt dressing.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1883-05-26
IRE sonthsrn caltrva,or for MAY.

This popular and sterling agricul-
tnral Journal is again on our table.
An examination otita contentsshow
il to be fully equal to previous
numbers. The proprieters have
purchased Tie Southern farmers
Monthly, and nv This act have Az
sorbsd the only remaiaiRg RIVAL III
their particular field.
The Southern Cultiyater stands
1.-THE very front rank Of gricultur,
IL papers, aud TOR The Sonth y Ger
.tainly unsqpalled by any. As us-
uaI, Thoughts for the Aontn and
he Inquiry department are full Of
standard advice 10 Southern far
mera, and if The CultivaEOE contain
ed only these itwould be we'll worth
the subscription pTice. But tO
these are added very many other
features Of interest and Importance,
embraolngth subjects Of Truck
Farming. Laws tor the Farmer,
Sheep HusbandfY Fertilizers, Let.
ters from the Field. Dicksons Lat
ters on Intensive Farming The Pat
H~0sbandrgs Jersey Cattle
Notes, The Poultry Yard, The
Household, Children's Department
Fashiont, etc. Price, per annum
$3.50. Address JAS HARKIsoN &
o., AtlaNsa, Ca.
The crop prospects q both core
and cotton &re COED.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1883-05-26

The June number of Ballou's
Magazine contains 4 liberal install.
ment Of that intensely interesting
story, "The Belle Of Australia, by
William Il. Themes, the author Of
trimming the Blockade" "a
WhaleSma ans Adventures, " and 9TH
er popular novels. In this iesue Of
the magazine, Mike, the irish Stock:
man, has q Imaginable encounter
with an Oldham kangaroo, in the
nighttime, while encamped in the
vicinity Ola spring on the road 10
the gold-mlneS Of Ballarat. A new
character is introduced, in the
shape of a Quaker, who IS q mystic
rious individual, and very particu
lar in his ihquigies astc the loca-
.sion of the mounted police. a
Dutch girl j also created, and she
is very tender ID her deportmea /
TO the young hero, who declines her
blandishmenta The story is grow.
ING IN interest IL possible Besides
I@The Belize thrre arc many nsta
Bile stories, engraEings, aud poems.
Send ten ceats for aspecimen copy.
and see how good Ballou's really is.
II is only $1.be per annum, post
paid. ADDRESS Themes q Talbot,
0S Hawley Street, Boston. For
sale at all the periodical dspots at
fifteen cents 4 copy.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1883-05-26
NOTICE.
commissioners Sale Of Land.
J. a. Welch, ct. al.,)
vs.

COMMISSIONERS Sale Of Land.
J. A. Welch, ct. ALL
vs.
H. B. Smith, Jet. al. y
In pursuance Of a decree "of the
Chaneery Court of Tippah County
State OF Mississippi, rendered at the
May term, 1888, in the above stated
cause, | via, on Saturday the 23rd
day Of june, 1883, at Falkner Station,
sen, to the highest bidder, for one half
cash and-the balance on q credit Of
twelve months, ID following described
land towit: The North East quarter
If Section I, Township 8, Range
East, and 40 acres in the North East
Corner OF the South East quarter of
Section I, in Township 8, Of Ranged,
Last.
Note and security viii be required
ot the purchaser, and the vendors
lien will be retained for the deferred
T. a. HUNT Comr.
talkner q Frederick,
Sops for Complts.
May rs. I88g-5l+w,
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1883-05-26

The Beaver Dam colored Acade
myclossd its spring sessieK on last
Friday. We were not present bu
are informed that the exercises
were we'll conducted, and that the
Students show great Improvement.
Great credit is due to the colored
people of that vicinity. fer their en-
terprise in establishing a permanent
high school. A game Of base ball
was played inthe evening in which
we are informed the New Albany,
colored base ball club was yictori,
GUS. This school is acredit to tbs
colsred people of Union and we
wish it permanent success.-Nev
Albany Democrat,
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1883-05-26

Tbs weather has been ~ODusually
cold during the past week, and
Wednesday, morning there wal
frost, butit did ne material damage
to anything 80 far as we know in
this regioa. In many localities IN
Ohio Illinois and other points
north aad in the n.rth.we heavy
snow storms prevailed.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1883-05-26

JrH Dempsey proposes to give
o lecture, at the court house in
Ripley, Saturday night, June Cd,
1888, 'on the march Of science in
all ages Of She world, the connect
ing link between mind and matter,
aud the grand Operations Of nature
that that science may involve, and
other points toy numerous te
mention here" He will also speak
on "the creation Of the world and
prove the existence Of q living God
and what God is, and the raw mate.
rial from which this globe had beer
created: Ladies and gentlemen are
welcome"
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1883-05-26

WCFkgfven out. On receipt ofyour
address we win makean offer by which
you can earn So TO 81 evenings, at
your home. Men, Women, Boys or
Girls a do it. II. @. WILKINSON
& CO., 1876 and 1877 Fulton Street, New
York.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1883-05-26

Mrs. James Kinney returned
from COrinth Thursday last, where
abe had been OH o visit to tho fam
lilies OF her sOns--George w. Y Dir,
W. q. Sanford.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1883-05-26

Diamonds, siIverwsTe, etcs The
finest aslia cola goods Of eve7 De.
scription 81 bottom prices.at n. B.
Thayer's, the live, popular and rell-
able isweler. Repairing Of fne
watches and jewelry 4 specially
'2Bb Main street. Memphis Tenn,
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1883-05-26

Mise Bette Stubbs, who has
been visiting friends and %relativ es
in the country, returned to the city
Monday.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1883-05-26
ANIMAL EXAMINATION.
BLUE MOUNTAIN, May %, 1888;

LFHFG fL
BLUE MOUNTAIN, May %, 1888.
MIR. FoRD;
Ibe Annual Examination
Of Blue Mountain AGA lemy be-
gins June 18th ats Am. Address
by |. Il. ABIDING II A. M. Picnic
Dinner, IL N. Examination Of
~classes25 R. M. Defamation, &c,
~ P. ~.
The friends Of education are in.
yited. VIM be glad to have you
with US.
Resply, I. B. WINSTON.
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Dr.. Jno. Y. hurry has Just had a
tive hundred and fifty dollar iron
roof, put on his dwelling. II AIDA
inueh to the appearance OF the build
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1883-05-26

Mr. IA. 8 Phyfsr IL having q new
addition put 70 his dwelling, and is
making other improvements on bis
place. When completed be win.
have i very desirable Feslaeaee.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1883-05-26

House Painters, Crainers, Gmitators Of Marbles, &c.
Buggy, Wagon q Ornamental Painters,
-1RIPLEY, MISsq~

/ make a specially Of ORNAMENTAL PAPER HANGING and
DECORATING OFpARLORS. Also pc fishing and vanishing Pianos
and an kinds Of Household FGrnitrG I also do kalsomng and white
washing the best style and ~ TIE most approved chemical process,
combining durability with beauty, ] also use chemically prepared fire
proof roof paint. which wflbe applied SO low as to justify any Onein
making their business houses douidy secure. @@H
Ny motto is fair dealing and priest to suit the quality fwotk desired.
April I, LS83-6m.