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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-09-17
SUMMER RESORTS FOR PETS.
A vexed Question In Domestic Economy
Dog Doctoring.
New York Tribune.

New York Tribune
"Ah, that's just the place that I've been
looking for" exclaimed perspiring citizen
as his eye fell on the sign Birds boarded
while he was working his way downtown q
day or two ago. "Now won't have 10 cart
that confounded canary Of Maria's round &c
half dozen summer resorts this year. and
he heaved a sigh of relief as he disappeared
around the corner.
The question Of the proper care of pets
during the summer is one of the most vexed
of all in the domestic economy. The aver
age summer resort host will not allow them
on the premises, they can't be left behind
shut up in the town house, and some costly
middle course has To be adopted Nearly
all the retail bird dealers will take birds for
the season at - cents a week mt the owners
risk. Business is dull with them during the
summer. aud they have plenty of vacant
space. In the dark, musty rooms which
these dealers seem 10 prefer, the canaries,
parrots, and mocking birds whistle and
chatter tine hot days away.
With dogs and eats the problem becomes
"A still more difficult one. Some dealer will
take few dogs for the summer. bur the
candidate has 10 confirm closely to
certain requirement. as to size and con-
dition. The charge is s3 week. In the
words of one Of the dealers: ave take our
pick. II the dog is small and sound. We'll
take ii IL we amt full already. But we
don't want any watch-dogs or high-bred set
ters on our hands We can't take many be.
cause then we create a nuisance, the neigh.
bors complain OF US, and we have to shut ur
or get out
Cats find no welcome anywhere, and the
only way is TO get some ancient dame K
take them to her heart and home at so much
per week, and the charge is rarely a small
one. In view Of the great demand for ac-
commoda tions Of this kind, it would be q
good investment for some enterprising fan.
cier to hire a spacious place in the suburbs,
fit it up for a canine summer resort, and &c
into the business wholesale. A little adver.
tising would probably bring a large trade,
and the introduction of a proper system
ought to leave good margin for profit.
The amount of money that people are
willing TO spend on their dogs is shown in
the doctors bills which many Of them run
up. Fashionable physicians charging S. a
visit are often employed to cure ugly little
pugs Of their attack of stomach ache OF ma
laria, and there is man in upper Broad
way who makes business OF dog doctor.
ing. He Is a graduate Of Hamilton college,
and values his services as physician and sur
geon 70 ali dogdom at So visi. His office
is crammed with bottles OF patent medicine
OF his own decoction, warranted to cure all
the ills TO which dog flesh is heir, and he
claims to number the leading members OF
canine society among his patients, including
such high-toned doggies as those Of the
Astors, LCrillards and Vanderbilts. His
professional income often reaches 500 a
week
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-09-17

Chicago Rambler
Put away the little cnal-hod tlat our darling
wants 70 paint,
For she fain would decorate il with devices
queer and quaint
Hide the dishpan and the wash tubs, and
likewise the garden hose,
Or Matilda will adorn them with the lily and
the rose.
When our Bridget in the morning gets the
wooden chopping bowl.
To concoct the morning clrned beef hash, it
vexes Of her soul
To uphold a wreath of pansies where she
most must cut and slash,
So she scrapes il off because the paint might
permeate the hash.
On the household rolling-pin is tied a pretty
yellow bow,
And its lilies Of the valley oft commingle
with the dough-
While the new potato-masher and the kitchen
pans aud pots
Are magnificent with butterflies and sweet
forget me-nots.
All our articles OF furniture, the ancient and
the new,
Are resplendent quite with drapery and
bows OF brightest hue.
In the house we look about with mingled
sorrow and amaZa,
For Matilda is afflicted with the decorative
Graz.
No rnot In the End Of the Thread.
lHarper's Bazarl
or all the vexations and worries
The small ones, / mean, that life brings
To woman-just half OF them coming
From impish. inanimate things,
Such as, presto! away flies button,
Or of goes an only pins head,
think that the worst is the finding
No knot m the end u the thread.
Still, there's a way 70 get rid Of this bother,
A way that is pleasant and light.
And twill serve as "a rule for your life
work
BE sure when you start 10 start right
And then, as you 90 on, you'll find that
Bright smiles will await you instead
OF the frownings and frettings that come
with
No knot on the end Of the thread.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-09-17

was four deep and at times extended over
a mile in isngth. Shrewd Spectators
turned a dishonest penny by smuggling
people up through the basement doors III
city hall
"Wel,n says one scaly-looking customer
with a sigh Of satisfaction, ''biz amt been
bad today
He didn't know a newspaper man heard
him.
II stood in with the police" id be, land
gave written orders TO have people passed
up ahead Of the line. j charged them dol
lar apiece. ! let a few through for fifty
cents"
And how many did you passf'
Ninety seven. But / had to whack up
with two CT three policemen, and so l only
got $40 for my days work"
Each midnight the police went along the
upper end of the line dispensing the throng,
telling them it was no use, that they could
not get within squares of the city hall be-
fore / o'clock And every morning, when
the gates were opened at g. the vast line was
already formed and waiting. The motliest
crowd, too. IL was that was gathered
Every degree met every other here in the
dead presence of Americas greatest and
best Little Italian gammins from the
slums, with their bristling BLACK heads, tat
tered shirts and pantaloons hanging by one
suspender, jostled the dainty, perfumed
dude. There were the aged, the crippled,
and women with babies in their arms
Grand Army veterans were shot past with
the rest, with not even a glance at the face
of their dead commander, and moved down
the steps ani outside, wiping the tears from
their cheeks. The people entered by the
south, or front door, and passed straight
through the hall and out at the north door
The death OF the beloved, lamented sol
der vii De one more link that draws to-
gether in amity and kindliness the northern
and southern sections OF this Union They
were not all hypocritical, those demonstra-
tons OF regret and sympathy in the south.
from Texas 10 Georgia. You know that by
the names of the high minded, brave men
who sent their condolences from the south
to Mrs. Grant. You know it by those who
vera pail .arers at Gen. Grants funeral.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-09-17


West Point was perhaps the spot Of the
world the general loved most in his life
time A curious incident happened here.
As the train bearing his dead Lody came in
sight OF the well known hill a straight bolt
of lightning shot down to the earth out of
the dark cloud in the background, and
seemed 10 plunge into the tOpmost point Of
a dim hill in the distance. The train had
now Stacked up 10 pace Of not more than
three or four miles an hour. All ewes were
turned upon the spot Gen Grant loved 50
well, and ON which he had so recently
looked for the last time. The white dresses
Of groups Of ladies could be seen through
the dark foliage OF the academy grounds,
and a moving to and fro which indicated an
unusual stir, but no sound or hint OF gun
was heard. Suddenly, when the train bad
got within its own length of Garrisons
station. puff OF white smoke came from
the landing at the foot of the read leading
up to the grounds, and in two or three
seconds there came the heavy boom Of
gun. followed quickly by another and
another, until in all the Federal salute OF
thirteen bad been fred. Long before this
was over, however, the train had reached
the station. and there, drawn up I'm line
that was straight to a hairs breadth, stood
the corps of cadets in their gray coats and
white trousers, holding their guns at pre-
sent, their eyes looking straight before them.
and their erect, athletic forms as motionless
as the ground on which they stood. In the
center of their line the color-bearer stood
with the colcrs drooped and wrapped In
Grape At their left, drawn up IN another
line, stood all the officers of the pos IN full
Uniform The last OF the thirteen guns sent
a PARTING echo after the train a il rounded
q curve out Of sight, and then almost IN
stantly the storm that had been apparently
following the train on all It's journey down
broke with such fury as to shut out q. once
from sight the opposite shore " the river.
The train came over the New York Central
read. 1t was consequently ON the opposite
siG- of the Hudson river from West Point,
which is on the west bank. Alta rural point
above Poughkeepsie simple touching PIE
ture presented itself. A grizz e ,eartie man
was working alone in field lie lcoSed
ike an old soldier. Not a creature IVES IN
sight except a great blsck Newfoundland
dog that lay on the grass beside HIM. ~
the train passed the old soldier lnelr "a one
knee. holding his hat reveteatv aboNs MS
head. and in this position he remained mo
tionless as a statue until the train rounded a
curve
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-09-17
Lynchings for Six Months


Since the lst % January the number OF
scoundrels lynche1 in various parts of the
country is %. Of whom 90 were males and 8
females, IS white and Al colored. The south
takes more than three-fourths of the lot,
having 75, against "a credited to the north
In detail the states are represented as fol-
lows: Alabama, 3; Arkansas L; Florida. 2;
Georgia, 2; Iowa. 5; Kansas, 3; Kentucky.
8; Maryland, l.; Mississippi. o; Missouri. 8;
North Carolina, 2; Nebraska, 9; Ohio. 8;
Oregon .: Tennessee. Z; Texas. 81; Vir-
ginia, 2; West Virginia, = In the terrific
ries: New Mexico, 2; Indian territory, q;
Dakota, ]; Montana, 3: Washington, !.
1t may also be of interest to know that Of
these % departed citizens, A were lynched
for murder, 81 for horse and other stealing
IA for rape, for incendiarism. 2 for traia
wrecking for murderous assault, . for un-
known reasons, and for burglary.
These returns, it will be observed, are for
six months, and their significance viii be
apparent when it is stated that the mum Der
of lynchings last year was 1875. which was an
increase Of nearly 100 over lss3 The num-
Der of lynchings thus far in this year has
steadily increased. month by month, so that
at this ratio the total for this year will con-
siderably exceed 250 Hanging does not
keep anything like an even pace with lynch
ing, though the volume of crime for the first
six months Of this year is far in excess Of
what it was last year during the same
period. Last year there were l33 criminals
hanged, but this year thus far there have
been but forty-two. At this ratio the num-
Der Of executions viii be much smaller than
in any year since 1875
Texas takes the lead in lynchings. as il
does in crime. Take it all around, il is ar
unhealthy year for criminals The legal
hangman may not keep pace with them.
owing TO the obstacles which stand in his
way. but Judge Lynch is doing well in his
efforts to keep up something like due re-
lation between crime and its punishment
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-09-17


Only three of the Old war governors are
left in the north now More than half the
generals on both sides are gone over TO the
majority. Jossph T. Johnston. the ex-Con-
federate general, is now nearly 81 years Of
age. He was born in 1907 be was an aide
ON the staff of Gen. Winfield Scott forty
years ago. he Is a native OF Virginia. tut
since the war he has lived at Savannah Ga.
Johnston surrendered to Sherman, and
they met ss pail bearers to Gen. Grant.
B.. there is q circumstance that is still
more remarkable in connection with this
funeral pageant. At Fort Donelson Gen
Simon Bolivar Buckner surrendered 70
Gen. Grant under the famous terms oi
unconditional Surrender" One OF the
ooral emblems worked in immortelles in
city hall bore this very motto. Now Grant
himself has surrendered to the last great
foe, and Cen. Buckner attends him to lis
la,t rest
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-09-17
THE BODY.

You have seen in the news dispatches re-
peated allusions to the ''naturalness" of the
dead generals appearance. DO not believe
it. Tue terrible wasting illness had re-
duced him 10 a skeleton. His face was
painfully pinchei and disco'orei. 1t was
livid. Something OF the piteous look it had
worn in those weary last days was still
upon IT, The CHASTITY look of decay was
rendered still more frightfully apparent by
the marble dust which from time To time
the undertaker sprinkled upon the face and
hands to destroy that very effect. To gaze
upon the dead face of the soldier beloved of
tine Union was a recollection which, with
some will perhaps last a century. But it
was painful sight.
The general was clad in plain black
civilians dress. Upon his breast be were
the G. A r. badge and the badge Of the
Loyal Legion Those were bis only dscora.
tions
THE CROWDS
Never ssioss nave such onnbsrs eesn
gathered in New York Nine o'clock
wednesday evening the gates were opened
TO the public ia city hall. They were
closed only from / o'clock in the morning
till six. from that time until the burial on
SATURDAY. Friday night at 10 they were
closed for the last time The purple plush
lined coffin lid was screwed down finally
theu over the dead facs. Unless his own
family request II, the coffin of Gen. Grant
will never be reopened. And from
Wednesday evening, Aug. ), till Satur-
day morning at lilo 251, 1000 persons
had viewed tie remains. AT least
they caught a glimpse of a blus vel
vet coffin 4 be police hustled tfem with
indecent hasts I.uppose it could not be
helped, but the throng simply whizzed past
on a dog-:rog II one paused while you
could draw breath, policeman seized his
arm and ordered him TO move On. This
rlay have been necessary, but there was no
satisfaction at all about it, Ths line that
waiie1, even passing at this lightning eI-
pres, rae, was almost unbelievable. IL
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-09-17
OUR POETS.

.Originall
Why do YOU sing Of Grecian myths,
On, gifted, noble poats'
Cur land j. full OF earnest deeds
Ia war ar peace: of human nesis,
Df sunny kie,, OF verdant trees,
OF gardens like Hezperides.
A. fair as Pnryne are our fair;
cur men are brave rs Ajax are;
Naught TO Penelope is du,
More than our women, tried and true.
Antietam's blood as Troy's is rel:
Art, with great Phidias, is not dead;
And Plato's state may live again,
Portrayed by just as brilliant pen.
Dalv" not, great singers, in the past,
The present needs you; in these last
Great cycles OF Christian age
You have a royal heritage;
To teach that knowledge is for all,
The peasant IN the meanest stall
As for the king; that high, ,st place
is OPDn 10 the lowest racs
If il be worthy; speech he free,
And thought be boundless as the sea;
That force is british; peace and love
Shall in the future richly prove
Man 20 be G0dlike in his birth:
Labor be honored in the earth:
Who works with either hand or pen
Wins homage from his fellow men.
Pleasure in killing beast or bird
b counted savage, and unheard
In humble cot or princely hall,
Woman lie honored; equal all
Before the law, and God; that sin
Shall not set open door 10 win
Our loved ones; purity is best.
And pays its wage with interest.
Oh, gifted noble singers, write
For rs who are the living;
BE prophets, harbingers of light
Your highest talents giving,
To lead man 10 his best estate;
To study and aspire;
For be is poet truly great
Who helps his brother higher
SARAH k BOLTON.
,LryELANu July -
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-09-17
REST AT RIVERSIDE.
GEN. GRANTS MARCH TO "ETER-
NAL HEAOQUARTERs.n
fictures of the tUneral-Iyin- I'm State
at Sew horL-North and south
Clasp Hands Above
His Coffin.
Spe lal corresn6naencs.1

Spe 3al Correspondence
NEw YORK, Aug. s The mortal remains
Of Ulysses $. Grant rest at last in the spot
selected by his wife, Riverside PARK. ON tie
Hudson. Our readers have had this lovely
and picturesque place fully described The
funeral services, which have been proceedin.
step by step in solemn pageant Tor nearly a
week, enled today at Riverside.
Fully 1900 people viewed the generals
remains al Albany. A COMMITTEES Of 100
citizens Of New York met the body at the
capital city and escorted il to the metropo-
lis. Minute guns were fired all the morning
at Al bany, and continued while tie train
moved out through the suburbs. Bells tollcd
from u dozen church steeples This feature
of tOlling bells attended the progress Of the
funeral throughout At New York the
weird and mournful sound was heard at in-
tervalS from "Wednesday till Saturday,
TUE OLD BELL
One of the New York bells has a history
that is worth mentioning. The corporation
of the Collegiate Reformed Dutch church
has three places Of worship in the city. In
all these the bells were tolled az sunrise,
noon and sunset, daily while Grants body
lay in state at city hall, and while the
funeral pageant was passing 10 Riverside
One Of the churches is at the corner Of Fifth
avenue and Forty-eighth street. The bell in
its tower was cast in Amsterdam in 1881
aud presented 10 the church corporation by
Col Abraham De Peyster, for the use of the
Old Middle Dutch church. which stood at
Nassau and Cedar streets, on tho ground
row occupied by the Mutual Life In
surance company's building The bell
rang ON July 9, l776. when the Declaration
Of Independence was read al the head Of
each brigade of Washington's army then
stationed in this city, and on July A. l776,
the day of reopening of the church for divine
service after its desecration during the rev
olutionary war. IL was tollel nt Lincolns
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-09-17
Destruction of the kedwoods.

AloF. san tflrOnicltl
The redwood. unlike all other conifers,
propagates itself principally by sucker.
from the parent stem. When q patriarch
dies. a thousand young trees, SO to speak.
spring from his loins, the most vigorous sur
viving. Nearly every cluster of trees is
arranged in a circle, the diane ter being
sometimes as much rs forty feet, indicating
the former existence os much larger trees
than the present, perhaps equal to the se-
quota of the Sierra Nevada Ii will read
lily be perceived that this form Of propaga
ton is vastly slower than in the case of the
forests of the Sierra Nevada, where
millions of young pines succeeded the scat
tering trees destroyed by the miners
often numbering hundreds TO the square
rod.
If any care was exercised in the preserva-
ton Of the redwoods not large enough for
lumber, the present quantity of growing
timber might be maintained. but the lum-
bermen make it a point TO "work that class
out" cutting the timber all away in one sea-
son. as the skid road is usually destroyed by
the winter rains Fire il called upon TO tin
ish the destruction. the brush and small
timber ars much in the way OF the loggers,
and the ground is often left bare with only
the blasted and blackene1 stumps To indi-
cate the former sylvan growth.
The evils Of this destruction are many
among which are the wan, Of timber by
the future generations: the exposure Of the
unprotected soil to the wash of winter
rains. producing slides and gradual re-
moval Of the productive soil to the valleys
below; inability Of the naked soil 10 retain
the necessary moisture for the growth of
trees and the supply for perennial springs
and the consequent destruction TO farms on
the plains below by the sudden rise Of
streams. followed by a corresponding de-
crease in the summer flow, leaving dry
bed where once flowed a perennial brook,
and. finally, by causing that terrible and
destructive phenomenon. "cloud- burst"
unknown IN a we'll wooiad co,,ntrv
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-09-17
Trying to Improve the Watermelon.
The Cook !

Good watermelons are now abundant and
cheap enough to be within the reach Of al
most everybody. To enjoy this delightful
fruit properly, select dark green, fat one
with a yellowish spot where it has hugged
mother earth. Put IT ON ice for twenty four
hours, cut a hole in one end Of it. and pour
a bottle of claret into the hole, plug il up.
and put il ON ice some more. Cut it in
longitudinal slices, bring il on the table sur
rounded by wild flowers and other fancy
fxings, and you have dish fit for the gods.
Some luxurious palates, happily accom-
panied by means enough TO crafty their
gustatory whims. find one or two bottles Of
champagne emptied into the almost frozen
melon in place Of claret, decided improve
ment. But the man who cannot like a good.
ripe, sweet watermelon. without wine, Is
deserving Of much pity.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-09-17

and the dainty National Guard alike stood
under the terrific aood of water as IL IL had
not been.
A line of mounted police cleared the way
down Fifth avenue Then, riding alone in
q hollow half-square. came the commander
of the military department of New York
Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock. the hand
soonest man in America. He was in mag
nitcent uniform, and mounted upon beau
oful horse. lnvoluntaruy QUE thought Of
his famous rils down ths lines at the battle
of Gettysburg.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-09-17

During the season CT 100 days last year
one Saratoga hotel paid a market bill OF
SIS, 600. Among the items were $1,000
pounds OF beef, 5000 pounds Of mutton,
$4,000 pounds Of lamb. 1000 pounds Of veal,
1850 pounds Of pork. 6o,000 pounds of
chicken. 5000 pounds Of game, 900 dozen
squads, $4,000 pounds OF fish, 6.0O0 pounds
of salmon, z?.0o0 pounds OF butter, 1000
dozen eggs, 5000 quarts OF milk and 10, 900
quarts of cream. OF Saratoga hotel guests
1t has long been said that eating occupies
the lions share OF their attention.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-09-17

vHe SECOND cHoUL-PRoor STEEL cAsEEr
Both were made at the Franklyn Iron
works Troy, N. Y. The new casset was
made of chilled steel. one-half inch thick,
from Danville, Pa, with warranted strength
10 resist strain of 90, 900 pounds.
THE PROCESSION.
From city hall to Riverside the procession
mar rched-line and n half miles. II was a
terribly wearisome march to the foctmen.
About 1900 had place. Undoubtedly it
was the most imposing funeral that ever
tnok niace an America
Many in the crowd were inqairing FOR
Gen. Sherman. Where il hes IL he not
on horseback people asked one another ia
whispers. Exactly this que ton was asked
OF general of tue army by friend day
or two before 'Ol horseback rstortei
the general, laughing, '.you don't know
Sherman. He il much more likely 10 put
ON linen duster and straw hat and SIT
punched up in hack So IL proved, or
almost so, ior the grim and Democratic old
fighter did r.1e in g carriage along with the
other pail bearers, though not in q linen
dlster Ee was ablaze with gold. and no
mans uniform was worn with more grace
or better effect than be wore his.
At intervals, after the procession started.
the men-of-war anchored along the Hudson
fired salutes Minute guns doomed over tie
waters
Governors of twelve states wcrs in the
orocsssiou
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-09-17

Que fact in Gen. BJckner's recent history
is not widely known. During G ants recent
financial disa ters hs ie.e.vel a letter IRON
Gen. Buc,:ner sendIug hiIG a loan oi $1,000
The money was SEN ia the most del! cate
manner, with an intimatiol that i need not
be returned except quite 1T tie generals 5
convenience, aud that ths matter was
wholly private. 1t Was not known till Cen
Grants death.
Last week we gave picture Of the steel
casket which was to protect the sacred re-
mains from body snatchers, with descrip-
ton of it, The description was accurate at
the time. But three days before the fu-
neral, for some reason, the casket already
nearly completed was suddenly cast aside
and another one started to be made, Fifty
men worked at it night and day to complete
IL IN time