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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-03-27

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As early as 1850 the use of alcoholic bev-
erageS had been condemned by the best
medical authorities in Great Britain and
the United States, as not only needless but
positively injurious. Prior to that time
alcohol had been demonstrated to be poi
son in healthy body. Two thousand Of
the hest medical and surgical gentlemen in
Great Britain declared, over their sigma
lures, that "the most perfect health is COM
patibe with total abstinence from all intoX-
icating beverages" and that total and uni
versal abstinence from such beverages
would greatly contribute to the health,
prosperity and happiness of the human
race" One hundred and twenty-five of
the first physicians in New York united in
declaring that alcohol should be classed
with other powerful drugs, and when pre-
scribed incidentally it should be with con-
scientius caution and a grave sense of re-
sponsibility" Soon after the publication
of these views an article appeared in the
Westminster ReUielU advocating alcohol as
food. Some French Investigators, how
ever, of high rank, quickly exploded this
pernicious theory, and that paper magnani
mously retracted it. Ex-Governor An
drew, before a legislative committee of
MASSACHUSETTS,, Wltn q great array ol ledTH-
ing reasserted the theory that alcohol
is food, or at least an assimilatOr of food,
and the effect of it has been reac-
tion of sentiment in some circles of
society. But the battle has been fought
over again, and the demonstrations of the
ripest science are against alcohol at all as a
beverage, and also as medicine, except in
exceedingly rare cases. In the language of
the Sanitary" editor of the independent:
Every gain in sanitary knowledge and in
the study of the conditions of perfect
health tends to drive alcohol from use"
The employment of alcohol in medicine
is immeasurably reduced, in the practice of
the most scientific physicians; and, in the
London Temperance Hospital, after eight
years of thorough trial, it has been fully
demonstrated that it can be dispensed with
altogether in the treatment of all diseases
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-03-27
ONE BACHELOR MANY.


There one thing TO the ladies' pldlllN WISH
90 say;
I'm man oi no pretehceS ~ ~ III Il d I uaG
plain; -,-..:...-
But girls you heedl p'oI 'oI Iho al P'o''i"s
l. in vain.
, II III ,:.
witchery, .c.,..!., :. ,,,,,.i,o. ma
J. wasted alnNuIlitiOll - ~ an t - r 'll:e. e III
smiles ..,....,a.,, g.. Al. ,,.,,,,o,,.
rather thHk III ho' 'ii' man '04 '"' "o''''''
Wile-
.,;r -
can sew on my buttons, my stockings can
mend, . ,., ~ 80,
And woman hands around my room are ho'
what intend; 49,, .,;,,.o 40 .,,-oIi,,
want DO knitted, netted lhlhgs' no ra'einlg
bags no wraps ...., ~ ,,lo,,,o.,
Nosippers and no nOcomiorter7'Ho palhteu plaques'
caps.
,.,;oa n,
| buy the things that require oo' ia'i'7 i'"i
me say, 49,, ai,,,-
All such attentions spent vi i' "i0 '4''
thrown away, ,...,,,rcie,.h houi,dar
80 shake your curls ana give !o''' 3 sii'7'o" i"ei
all you can,
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-03-27
Car Wheels of the Future.

An official of the Boston and Albany, in
an article advocating steel-tired wheels
says: Gar wheels are now being subject
ted to greater strains and rOugher usage
and therefore not only require greater
hardness of the tread, but also greater
strength, toughness or tenacity of the
metal of which they are made. During
the past few years the average mileage OF
cast-irOn wheels has fallen from 56, $40 in
1880 to 29,O74 in 1882 on this road. This
fact indicates greater severity of service
and that the proper quality of material is
wanting in the cast-iron wheel. This is
confirmed by the fact that wheels in pass
enger service do not generally wear out,
but become defective from some other
cause. During the last nine months los
cast-iron wheels have been removed from a
certain line of cars; only 10 were worn
out of the remaining SO, Is had been
tread, Is were cracked, 56 fiat 4 seams and
four spotted. A few years ago when cars
were lighter, chilled wheels were probably
the most economical use, although many
disadvantages resulted from imperfections
in the tread. Chilled wheels have, how
ever, since proved unequal to the heavier
loads, higher speeds, and the use of con-
tinuOus breaks"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-03-27
Names of Our Colleges.

The following information about our
colleges is given in an exchange: Har-
ward College was named after John Har-
ward, who, in 1888, left to the college e779
and library of over 300 books; Williams
college was named after Colonel Ephraim
Williams, soldier of the old French War
Dartmouth College was named after Lord
Dartmouth, who subscribed large amount
ana was President Of the first Board of
trustees; Brown University received its
name from Nicholas Brown, who was a
graduate OF the college, went into business,
became very wealthy and endowed the COL
lege very largely; Bowdoin College was
named after Governor Bowdoin of Maine [:
1ale College was named after Elihu Yale.
VINO made very liberal donations to the
college.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-03-27
A JAPANESE TEMPLE.
The NetempsychOsis Still Believed by
Many Sinners.

Toxic Correspondent London News
By slow degrees we reached the temple
step and stood under the shadow of its
overhanging roof. Before the temple is a
red wooden structure of two stories, de-
signed as an entrance gate. A number OF
large sandals were hung up before images
OF the two heavenly kings. these are
placed there by persons who desire to be-
come good walkers, and hereby avoid the
necessity of ordinary training. Close by
was a small altar erected to Ji-zo, the help
er of those in trouble-a large class in
Yeddo as elsewhere. Three prayer wheels,
attached to as many posts, were in momen-
tary use, men and women patiently await
ing for their turn. Some of the japanese
have the comfortable doctrine that any sin
which may beset them is due to actions
accomplished in former state of existence.
Wishing to be quit of this sin they come
and turn the wheel, praying to the little
bronze mOnstrOsity squatted above the
wheels, and even as the wheel revOlves this
evil influence may speedily run its course to
the end A heap of small pebbles were
disposed about the image | thought this
was the work of rival sect. who had been
stoning Ji-zo. But our learned guide in
formed us that these had been brought
here by the loving hands of childless moth
ers, yearning for the well-being of little
ones they had lost. 1t seems that In the
other world there is hag who haunts the
river So-dzu-kwa, and whenever little
child appears in sight rObs it of its clothes
and sets it to piling up stones on the river
bank. These pebbles are the mothers Of
feripg to tighten the child's task Present.
ly lit must be some tine in the dead of
night the good Ji-zo will move his in
adequate little legs beneath his great
paunch, get some expression into the in
anity of his smooth brazen face, and HE
him off with the load of pebbles to cheer
the little children.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-03-27
JOHN G. BRECKENRIDGE.
Ills Reluctance to Join With the
SecessiOnists.

Ben Perley Poore, in Boston Budget.
Breckenridge was remarkable man,
and he turned his back on the Union with
marked regret. Sunset Cox tells a capital
story of a supper party at Colonel Forneys,
at which Lawrence Keith Ia South Caro-
lima Congressman who urged Preston
Brooks to assault Sumner undertook to
portray the Kentucky horse-raiders.
Breckenridge stood it for awhile, but Keith
persisted in returning to the Bluegrass
region for a location of his stories, and
finally Breckenridge retorted. He de-
scribed 4 recent visit to South Carolina,
and his meeting there with several of the
original secessiOnists. One of them, who
was a militia officer in keith'S own dis
trict, had just returnd from muster, ar
rayed in faded regimentals of blue jean,
with dragoon's sword trailing at his side,
and a huge tore-and-aft chapeau, sur
mounted with long feather. He was full
of enthusiasm for the cause, and descanted
with particular elcquence upon what he
called the wrongs of the South.
81 tell you, sah,' said he, addressing me
(Breckinridge), we cannot stand it any
longer; we intend to fight; it is impossi-
bic, sab, that we should submit, sab not
for single hour, sah'
II asked him. said Breckenridge, what
are you suffering from 2" and he replied:
Why, sab, we are suffering under the
oppression of the Federal government
We have been suffering under it for
twenty-five years or more, and we viii
stand it no longer"
Breckinridge then turned to Keith and
said: Il advise my yong friend here from
South Carolina to visit some of his con-
stituents before undertaking to 90 to war
with the North, and advise them to go
through the Northern States, to teach
them what an almighty big country they
will have to whip before they get through"
Breckenridge was sincere in his remarks,
yet not many months elapsed before he
was forced into the secession by Keith,
Prior, Ruffin, and the other agitatOrs. He
did not, however, show much zeal in fight
ing, and it is related of him that after
peace had been restored he fOund himself
at railroad station at st. Paul with the
veterans of the 1st Minnesota, who were
celebrating their anniversary. They had
a hadsome silk flag, and as they unturled
it the band struck up the inspiring strains
Of Hail Columbia" General Breckin-
ridge, who sat in a corner with Ex-Governor
Beriah Magoffin and two or three other
friends, listened to the music, watched the
banner as its folds spread out in the breeze,
then reverently raised his hat from his
head, waved it before the stars and stripes,
and exclaimed, loud enough to be heard
by those near him: THAT is the flag, after
all thank God for it." A noble sentiment
from q noble heart
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-03-27
How a Pig Made a President.

About this time, says the Boston Gl0be,
in knots about the sunny corners and
around the depOts and hotels, when politi-
cal stories are in order, you will OCCASION
ally hear some old Stager remark that "a
pig once made Andrew Jackson President"
It was never my fortune to meet one who
could remember how it came about, but in
a copy of the 4merican Trdceler for Decem
ber Is, 1929, being volume ". No 90 |
find all the particulars, which | copy for
benefit Of the Society for the Perpetuation
of Old Stories. 1t appears that away back
in the early part of the Nineteenth century
in the town of CIanston, r. L., Mr.. Some
body's pig rooted through fence and de-
moralized aneighbor's cabbage garden. The
garden owner sued the pigs proprietor.
James Burrill was the prosecuting attor
ney. The prosecuting attorney was can
didate for the United States Senate. The
Senator was chosen by the State Legisla
ture In that body there was tie, occa
stoned by the absence of one of Burrills
party, who stayed away on account of the
lawsuit aforesaid. The said tie was un-
raveled by the casting vote of the Speaker
in favor of Burrills opponent, jeremiah B.
Howell. jeremiah voted for the war,
which James would not have done The
war was made by majority of one in the
National Senate. That war made General
Jackson popular, That popularity gave
Jackson the Presidency.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-03-27
Social Side of the President.

lIIlODe-DelnOCrat correspondence
Although rather dutiful member of the
Episcopal Church, the President makes no
more ado about Lent than any of his
Presbyterian or Methodist friends, and
keeps ON the tenor of his way undisturbed
by the rector's sermons and severe in unc-
tions each Sunday morning. He will keep
up his State dinners until he has dined
every member of the present Congress, and
this unwonted social activity on the part
of the President is taken as one of the
surest indications of his political ambi-
tions. Heretofore the Representatives
have felt that they weighed for very little
in the social scale at Washington un-
less they kept house and entertained
handsomely. The last Congress left
here indignant at what they claimed
were social Sights put upon them by
the President, in his neglecting to give the
regulation state dinners to the Legislators,
and in other ways. This year no such
complaint can be made, as the President is
doing his whole duty and Congressman
are getting all the attention their wives
could require. The New York Congress
men especially are being accorded all def
erence, and the more doubtful their stall
wartism the more frequently are they and
their families included in the White House
entertainments. The presence of Mrs. Nc
Elroy has had great deal to do with fur
thering the Presidents popularity this
year, and this devoted sister has straight
ened out his extravagant household, re-
ceived, presided and gone 10 entertain
ments without respite since her arrival
here the last of January.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-03-27
Gossip About a Wisconsin Senator.

Senator PhiletuS Sawyer, of Wisconsin, is
a short, thick-set man having the appear
ance of successful grocer He always
stands with his hands in his pockets and
head cooked ON one side like rooster
deliberating which worm he shall eat.
Senator Sawyer is, however, one of the best
hearted men in the Senate The Detroit
Times tells this story as illustrating his
generosity: He is successful lumber
merchant, and many good stories are told
of his youthful experiences. He was
raised" in st. Lawrence county, New York,
bought his time" of his father and started
out for himself whens seventeen years old.
He had in his belt 1000 and 500 to pay
his expenses on his way West He wanted
another dollar and borrowed it OF his
brother. In few years he began to ac-
cumulate. He made lucky speculations in
timber lands and his wealth increased
Recently he returned to his old home in
st. Lawrence county, New York, where he
found his brother in straitened circum-
stances. Debt had got the best Of him, and
to satisfy mortgage his home was about
to be sold. What is the amount said
Philetus Twelve hundred dollars, an
swered Philemon with face as long as
signal officers report. "Oh, brace up"
said the Wisconsin statesman, "Tll pay you
what | owe you, which with the interest
will be enough to straighten this matter
out" But" said the former, you don't
owe me anything" "Yes | do" replied
Shorty. "You remember lending me 81
when | first went West? Well, here it is
with returns" and he counted out 81 800.
Every dollar l took away swith me has
brought me 81 500 in return. If you ever
get hard up let me know and III help you
ont AGAIN
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-03-27
Everyday DrOllery.

The best hand to hold in the game of
life is that of your best girl.
A no pun letter-One containing merely
the terrible words, please remit"
Patience on monument: Waiting for
money to put up the Bartholdi statue
The pen may be mightier than the
sword, but at killing time the pig always
leaves the pen for the knife.
A West Point dude wanted a cannon
placed on high hill so it could be said
that the hill had bang on its brow.
An Illinois widow became so crazed by
religious excitement that she insisted that
the minister should marry her. As there
was no fee in it he refused
A Connecticut man is so mean that he
has made his wife save up her wedding
cake for seven years, in case they should
ever have company to supper.
Antrim \. H., has twenty-one oldest in
habitants," all over four score. When they
get together they can make up weather
lie that will put even red sunset to blush.
No, Adela, book agents have not what is
known as second wind Prize-fghters
have; but book agents have not. They do
not need it. They never lose their first
wind.
"Oh, dearw exclaimed Miss Flight,
'how dizzy | am-my head spins round
like a topw "A very happy simile," re-
marked Fogg, for eyerybody's head, you
know, is atop"
"Td like to have yon give me good
send-otf;," said man to the city editor the
other day. We'll, as soon as my boots
come back from the cobbler's I'll do it,
was the effective reply.
A Vermont man has hen 80 years old.
The other day hawk stole it, but after an
hour came back with broken bill and
three claws gone, put down the hen and
took an old rubber boot in place of it.
Murat Halstead wrote three editorials
opposing the rise of the Ohio river, and it
kept rising. Then Mclean, of the Enquirer,
urged it to rise higher, and it began to fall
This shows the power of the Cincinnati
press.
A citizen of Wisconsin who was hung in
etfigy few weeks ago says he was COM
pletely cured of liver complaint inside of
three days. Don't throw away your money
on doctors when a dollar will hire some
one to hang up your old clothes.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-03-27
Good Scheme.

At Ell Paso, Mexican dollars are worth
85 cents in American coin. At PasO del
Norte, just across the river, American dol
lars are worth S5 cents in Mexican coin
One morning a car-driver started from the
American side with Mexican dollar. On
his arrival at the Mexican town he took q
drink of whiskey, which was Is cents, and
received an American dollar in change for
his Mexican On his return to the Ameri-
can side he took another drink of equally
band liquor and received a Mexican dollar
for his American, repeating the drinks at
intervals during the day, and at night he
closed up business with the Mexican dollar
he started with in the morning.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-03-27
John Brown, the AbOIitiOnist.

John Brown was born at Torrington,
Connecticut, May 9, 1900. He was de-
scended in the sixth generation from Peter
Brown, an English carpenter, who signed
the compact in the cabin of the MaytiOwer,
and died in 1858. When five years Old
John Brown was taken to Ohio. His youth
was uneventful and obscure At the age
of eighteen he went to Massachusetts, with
the design of obtaining collegiate educa
tion and entering the ministry but, being
attacked with disorder of the eyes, was
compelled to abandon this purpose and re-
turn to Ohio. In early manhood he was
surveyor, and traversed the forests of
Pennsylvania and Virginia. Later, he was
for ten years engaged in business in
Pennsylvania and subsequently in Ohio as
a tanner, a cattle dealer, and speculatOr In
real estate. In 1916 he removed with his
family to Springfield, Mass, and dealt in
wool as a commission merchant, without
success. In 1S49 he went to North Elba,
New York, where he toiled upon sterile,
rocky farm among the Adirondacks, and
where his body now lies moldering in the
grave. As early as 1889 he had formed the
great life purpose, which he never relin-
quished, for the destruction of African
slavery. Thenceforward there was no di-
vergence in his career He was not dis
tracted by ambition, nor wealth, nor ease,
nor fame. He never hesitated. Delay did
not battle nor discorcert him, nor discom-
future render him despondent. His tenacity
of purpose was inexorable. Those relations,
possessions, and pursuits which to most
men are the chief objects of existence
home, friends, fortune, estate, power-to
him were the most insignificant incidents.
He regarded them as trivial, unimportant,
and wholly subsidiary to the accomplish
ment of the great mission for which he had
been sent upon earth. His love of justice
was an irresistible passion, and slavery the
accident that summoned all his powers into
dauntless and strenuous activity.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-03-27
The Next Step in Cheap Postage.
| New York Sun.

New York Sun.
Now that twO-cent postage is an accom-
plished fact, it is time to cast around fOr
the next reform in the postal system. 1t
will be necessary, no doubt, before dimin-
ishing the postal revenues to find out how
they are affected by the great reduction OF
October 1st, 1883, and ascertain when the
postoffice department will recover from the
temporary lessening of receipts and again
show an annual surplus.
But the next accommodation for the
people should be an increase in the maxi
mum weight for the single letter from
its present standard of half an ounce
to a full ounce. 1t is true that the permis-
sion to carry an overweighted letter and to
collect from the receiver the surplus post
age due neutraliZes some of the objections
to the present system; but it does not re-
move them. There are two good reasons
for increasing the standard weight of the
single letter. One is the general policy of
cheap postage; second is the existing un-
certainty as to whether letters are fully
prepaid. People who would not grudge a
second stamp, yet dislike to waste it by
affixing it when it is not needed.
The weight allowed on Great Britain for
the single letteT is one OuuCc, VI uouuiC luc
present allowance for the United States.
As we have just followed that country in
the reduction of postage to two cents, the
equivalent of the English penny, so now
we may well adopt its standard OF letter
weight That standard has existed there
for years, and the annual surplus revenue
of the British postofice is nevertheless
over $13.OOO,OOO.
1t may be said that this increase of
weight would chiefly benefit business and
professional men. But that is hasty in
ference. AS fact, probably no cores
pondence is so terse as that of business, IN
which double letters are rare exceptions.
The great body Of city people who have
no weighing apparatus, and who mail their
letters in the street corner boxes, would be
specially benefited by the change. 1t is
letters of friendship or family information
that are apt to be the longest. Every
Office, however, that receives large mail
is made aware that even in other
than private correspondence many letters
come marked with postage due, when the
self-interest or pride of the writers would
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-03-27
Susan B. Anthony has been in Washing

Susan B. Anthony has been in Washing
ton some time canvassing among Congress
men in behalf of female suffarge. One day
from the far West, who, being introduced
to her, broke out in the following:
"Glad to make your acquaintance, Mrs.
Anthony. Saw your son in the Senate the
other day. Looks little broke down. Never
mind that. Ought to feel proud of him.
Sturdy old boy. Lots of life in him yet.
Guess he'll last as long as Rhode Island.
Good day."
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-03-27
No. 10

the waters, so that the entire globe would
form one shoreless ocean. The coral islands
would form no exception; for the coral
builders cannot live above water, nor
could their islands ever have reached the
surface except for subterranean upheavals
Thus the tendency of the worlds crust is
to become uniformly smooth and level and
to surround itself wit an envelope of water,
But within the earth enormous forces are
at work to counteract this tendency, forces
which manifest themselves in volcanic ac-
ton, and in sismic action and in other and
even more mysterious actions.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-03-27

This sweet poem possibly dates back to the
era of our first father in the garden of Eden, bu
there is not one person in thousand who evel
read or heard Of it; therefore a reprint may
prove interesting reading:
That man must lead a happy life
Who is directed by a wife.
Who's free from matrimonial chains
is sure TO suffer for his pains.
Adam could find no solid peace
Till he beheld u woman's face;
When Eve was given him for a mate,
Adam was in happy state.
In all the female race appear
Truth darling, of heart sincere;
Hypocrisy, deceit and pride,
IN woman never did reside.
What tongue Is able to unfold
The worth in woman we behold?
The failings that in womsn dwell
Are almost imperceptible.