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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-05
An Eye on the Faithful.

The life of brakeman on the elevated
roads is an exempGfcation of the persis-
tent regard that should be paid to what
many consider little things if one has am
bition to rise in life It is noticed that
men who were brakemen ten years ago
are still employed as such. and that men
who started ten years ago are now con-
ducters, with q pleasant and dignifed
responsibility and higher pay to their
credit. The new men rose by persistently
paying attention to their duties. the chief
one being to call out all stations correctly
and distinctly. OF course this has to be
done hundreds of times each day. bu. the
advanced ones have not tired
tbs wrong supposition TO think that
these men are apparently lost among
the hundreds Of thousands who ride on
the road Tho eyes Of The management
are constantly on them. The slovenly
and inattentive ones gsumble at the ad-
vancement of new men, seemingly un-
aware of the cause. They continue the
haphazard way Of doing things. and see
the persistently attentive ones rise. and
are apparently unaware that they are the
arbiters Of their own fate.-New York
SIM
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-05

The ladies of the stage. perhaps even
more than their professional sisters,
are careful Of the preservation of their
charms. Like most of that sex commonly
known as "the sex" they make corporal
application of "baby powder" ETC.. after
the bath, and are not innocent of various
powders and cosmetics on other occasions.
Probably many of them 60 in for less in.
nocuous dryers. softeners and beautifers
after ablution than the ''baby powder
Let them beware. for they may suddenly
have to sacrifice to Venus on the other
side of the Styx.
Here is tale for their ears Frau
Frohn, a German actress of excellent
reputation, died few days ago in Berlin
in somewhat extraordinary manner. On
leaving her bath she powdered herself
with some sort Of veloutine. Then she
cleaned her nails with the point Of q pair
Of scissors. She stuck herself on finger,
and the perfumed powder got into the
slight wound Instantly the finger be-
gan to swell. and the doctors who were
called in were unable to stop the poison
GUS progress Of the veloutine. The
finger was amputated, and then the hand.
but nothing was Of any use, and the un-
fortunate woman died in the most hor.
Yible spasms.-New York Herald.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-05

Reporters differ in many ways. Some
are purely descriptive, in some bump of
humor is magniicently developed, some
permeate story, short or long, with in
dices of personality. Others are cast iron
in recital. and make their stories as
piquant as an algebraical problem. A
good reporter, gifted with natural spirits
and health. is thing of beauty and joy
forever in any well regulated newspaper
Office. Every door is open to him, and the
field of life is spread before him with its
sunshine and it's shadow. In the course
of an evening he talks with presidents
and walks with princes. He sits with the
sorrowful and mourns with the humble.
No place is too sacred, none too lowly; no
man is too high. too rich, too great for
him to approach, none too poor, too hum
BILE for him to serve He is as much at
home in the palace of millionaire as in a
hospital ward of prison He writes with
squal readiness the glib utterances of
befrilled bishop and the narrowing confess
sion of poor devil in the Tombs.
A good reporter must be discreet. How
much he hears that he cannot tell; how
much he knows that it would not be fair
for him to reveal. He sees the best and
worst types of society, and has his hand
more constantly upon the pulse of affairs
than any minister, lawyer, doctor or
merchant. Joe Howard in New York
Graphic.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-05
THE ONE WHO STAYS AT HOME.

The wheels of the world go round and round,
In the press of a busy throng.
Morn with its matin melody
And night with its vesper song:
The tides are out and the tides are In,
Like the sea In its ebb and flow,
For there's always one to stay at homo
Where there Is one to go.
Abroad on the highways noisy track
There Is rush Of hurrying feet.
The sparks fly out from the wheels Of time
To brighten the bitter and sweet:
But apart from the beaten road and path,
Where the pulse Of earth runs slow.
There rs always one to stay at home
Where there Is one to go.
Over and over good-bys are said.
In tests that die with the day,
When eyes are wet that cannot forget,
And smiles have faded away; -
Smiles that are worn as over q grave
Flowers viii blossom and blow;
For there's always one to stay at homo
Where there is one to 60.
Always one for the little tasks
or a day that Is never done;
Always one to sit down at night
And watch with the stars alone.
And be who fights on the worlds broad field,
With banner and blast and drum,
Little dreams OF a battle gained
By the one who stayed at home.
-Burneston Lane in Detroit Free Press
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-05
The Ages Educational Foliy.

The educational folly of the age consists
in the assumption that any large proper
tion of our population desire much in
struction in schools. Rev. John Harvard,
who saved a few hundred pounds from
his scanty salary that he might endow q
college, stated that he made the sacrifice
because ''the young people about him were
possessed of an absolute passion for &C.
quiring knowledge" Had he lived in our
time he would have discovered that the
young people had q passion for almost
anything else. He would have used his
money in obtaining the pleasures of vaca-
tions. Girls 60 to high schools now, not
for the love of learning, pure and simple,
but in order to get chance to teach. AID
the sons of rich men attend college chiely
because it is fashionable Chicago Times
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-05
A Tooth Worth a Million.

A charming road of seventy-four miles
carries the traveller to Handy. the ancient
Singalese capital of the country. This is
picturesque place. with some beautiful
views, residence Of the governor and a
Buddhist temple, where. in wonderfully
rich shrine. one of Gautama's teeth Is
kept. This is one of the treasures Of the
Light of Asia. for which, it is said, the
king of Siam offered 1000, 900 rupees not
long since, but in vain. The priests hav-
Ing it in their care are said to be among
the most intelligent and learned Of the
eastern craft, and possess much Budd-
histic lore of great antiquity and value.
One Of the attendants informed me with
much pride that Edwin Arnol6 worshiped
at the shrine when last in Ceylon. cam
not say that Edwin is Buddhist. but his
writings show him quite as deeply i'm
pued with reverence Tor Gautana as for
MN we of the west claim to be the Lord.
one cannot talk with the intelligent peo-
PIE at this temple without being impressed
with the fact that their creed rests with
them upon enlightened faith, and not
upon blind superstition. The priests. too.
wear an expression of calm dignity ut
.eriy at variance with bigotry or fanatic
'sm'-Carter Harrison's Ceylon Letter.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-05

It is strange. by the way, how easily
the sympathies of the majority of man.
kind can be excited in certain directions,
while in others they are absolutely ire
sponsive. People are so hard. 50 unsym-
pathetic, with those who are brought into
daily contact with them-so full of pity
for those of whom they know nothing; so
mean, so cruel often, to their own fami-
lies, their servants and their work people
so ready to lavish mischievous charity
upon strangers of whom they have heard
some tale of woel In one of the last
numbers of The Charity Organization Re-
view the story was told of London bust
ness man who turned away two Of his
clerks because times were so hard and i'm
mediately sent ESQ to the fund for the
unemployed, to whose ranks he had con-
tributed those two.-AtlantaC Constitution.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-05
A Joker Comes to Grief

They are laughing In one coterie about
a young fellow who has come to disaster
through being at once joker with the
boys and masher with the girls. In the
former capacity he is ingenious and ex-
pert in playing tricks upon his fellows at
the club His latest device was what he
called the goblin squirt. 1t consisted
of a scarf pin, the form Of which was
comic face, calculated to make the OBJ
server look close at it, and this was at
tached to water filed rubber bulb hidden
under his shirt bosom. The practical
working of this invention was to press on
the little tank at the instant when some
curious friend had his face close to the
pin and thus eject a tiny stream of water
upon him Possibly there was no great
wit in this joke. but the chap enjoyed it
ve-y much The mistake that he made
was in not putting aside the apparatus
when he went out in his capacity Of
masher
One wealthy maiden was understood to
be his serious choice for q wife, and ne
was in the early stages of earnest en-
deavor to win her He called on her, and
sat alongside her on q not too capacious
sofa They were in some sentimental con-
versation at close range. Her face was
far enough away from the scarf pin to
satisfy the demands Of propriety. and yet
it was near by when he placed his hand
with passionate gesture on his heart.
But between the palm and the heart lay
the little rubber bag. A squirt of water
few into the eyes Of tho maiden. It was
dash Of cold water on the romantic
hopes of the poor fellow. How is it known
that it ended his courtship2 Why, be-
cause the girl told tha story merrily to all
her acquaintances. She wouldn't have
ridiculed love scene If she hadn't re-
garded it as terminal.-New York Sun.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-05
Why the Numbers are Changed.

The hotel clerk finds many curious
people. If at some time there has been q
suicide in one Of the rooms, the first duty
Of the clerk is to see to it that the news
paper reporter does not get the number of
the room. And if he should, the number
is changed at the hotel as quickly as pos
sible. The reason for this is that the
average arrival who is posted on the sui
eide invariably asks the clerk what room
it occurred in, and follows the inquiry
with the remark that he doesn't war.
that room" There is hardly first class
hotel in Chicago that hasn't had some sort
of tragedy. and the clerks are never sup
posed to know what room they occurred
tn.-Chicago Mail.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-05
What It Really Means.

Did you ever think what it really means
to be tramp No home, no friends,
no work, no chance, nobody in all the
wide world to care whether you live, or
die in the cutters like dog. No heaven
for such vags to inherit; no decent grave
to hide them out of sight; no opportunity
to be anything. and no hand stretched out
to give the greeting or the good-by Of
love. Nobody to feel an interest in you,
whether your bones ache from cold OF
your skin cracks with fever. No spot in
all the world to call your own, not even
the mud wherein your wandering foot
step leaves its feeting mark; no prospect
ahead, and no unbroken link to bind you
to the past. Aname like curse to blight
every hope Of manhood, and reputation.
like ball and chain on your leg, to him
der the way to any good accomplishment.
| tell you. when we sit right down to it,
and figure out what it really means to be
. tramp, guess we will not find it so
easy to withhold piece Of bread and .
cup Of coffee next time one calls at our
aoor.-"Amber" In Chicago Journal
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-05
Many Uses Of Castor Oil.

The average boy has an idea that castor
oil was got up for the torture of all kids
who have careful mothers to protect them
from the fell destroyer. He is mistaken,
like majority of grown people who only
regard castor oil as a medicine. Only q
very small proportion Of it is consumed in
that manner. Castor oil forms one Of the
best lubricators, and is used for greasing
wagons and other purposes where the
price does not prohibit it. Then it is
burned as an illuminator, not only by the
Jews for their Sabbath lamp, but else
where.
In India, where large quantities Of the
seed are raised. the oil is added to the ma
tive condiments to flavor them. It is also
made into an Illuminating gas in India
In this country castor oil is used to dress
Morocco leather. California. Kansas,
Iowa and Illinois are the principal sections
Of this country where the seed is raised,
and the castor oil presses at ,BelleviIle,
1ls., are among the most extensive in the
world.-pruggist iu Globe Democrat.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-05
Beaten 1T His Own Game.

"An eye for an eye and a tooth for q
tooth, said the ancient Hebrews. and q
Confederate soldier describes an incident
which occurred during the halt Of his
regiment at Fort Clifton:
It occurred to q man picketing the river
bank that it would be amusing to take
careful aim at the man on the other side
doing the same duty for the enemy, fire.
laugh to see the fellow jump and dodge.
and then try again. He fred. laughed.
dropped his musket to reload, and. while
smiling with satisfaction. heard the
''thud" of bullet and felt an agonizing
pain in his arm.
His musket fell to the ground, and he
walked back to camp with his arm swing
ing heavily at his side.
The surgeon soon relieved him OF 1t
altogether. The poor fellow learned q
lesson The "Yank" had beaten him 1T
his own game.-Youth's Companion.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-05
SONNET.

When comes the ending Of my mortal days
And my freed spirit scars to the unseen
Across the shadow waves that intervene
Between the visual realms of earth, where rayl
From clearer skies oft penetrate the haze
With colors crystalline and lazuline
Ere spirits roam beneath the palm trees green
By golden shores of arnethystine bays
Without a lingering dream of mortal fear.
Then let me search the waiting spirit bands
For some love laureled angel who has known
My listenings for some tone, harmonious. clear,
My longings for the clasp of kindred hands,
While wandering o'er Sahara sands-alone.
Julia Noyes Stickney in Boston Transcript
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-05
Protecting Iron from Cerrosion.

A company organized several years ago
for the production of hydrogen by means
of passing superheated steam over red hot
iron discovered that in this process the
surface of the iron is affected in such q
way as to successfully resist rusting.
Experimenting further, they claim to have
found q method for protecting iron and
steel from atmospheric and chemical corro-
sion.-Frank Leslie's.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-05
No. g.

AS for bromides and all that sort of thing.
if his physician finds he needs bromides
let him prescribe them; but if they are
needed it will not be because the man has
quit drinking entirely. but because liquor
has undermined his health and made
tonics necessary to pull nature through in
her efforts to restore what has been lost.
No man on the top of earth can say how
long it will take to make a man well
again. CHICAGO Mail.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-05
Savere Penalties in Slam.

In Siam, for stealing or killing an eie.
,hant. buffalo or bullock, the punishmens
Is death. HOUSEKEEPING Is also pun
ished with death. A person detected N
smoking opium is imprisoned for three
Years. The men of the lower orders OF
neonle are slaves and must be enrolled to
Come Chicago Herald.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-05

We are under obligation to state pa
pers for kindly interest manifested in the
state..of our health during our late illness,
which the comps who were running
The Muldoon at the time charitably an
nounced as pneumonia The attending
physician has since pronounced 1t plain
case Of election booze. But thanks, aw.
fully. Just the same.-Ouray Solid Null
doom.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-05
They Took Wine.

They Took Wine.
Waiter Gin uptown restaurant to country
groome eWill you have wine, sirf !.
Country CROMWELL, dunno; l
hadn't thought Of wine ITO bride] What
dye say to some wine, Mariar?
Country Bride lshylyeI don't mind.
John.
Country Groom-An right; It's q 60.
ITO waiterl Yes. mister; bring Us two
glasses elderberry.-Ife.
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-05-24
Worth Knowing.

That Allcock's Porous Plasters are
the highest result of medical science
and skill, and in ingredients and med.
ical science and skill and in ingred.
tents and method have never been
equaled.
That they are the original and gen.
uine porous plasters upon whose rep
utation imitators trade.
That Allcock's Porous Plasters ney.
er fail to perfom their remedial work
quickly and effectually.
That for Weak Back Rheumatism
Sciatica, Colds,l Lung Trouble, Kidney
Difficulties, Malaria, Dyspepsia, Liver
and Stomach Affections, Strains and
all Local Pains, they are invalua
BILE.
That when you buy Alcock's Porous
Plasters you obtain the best plasterl
made.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-05-24
Something About the s C'S.

on.last Saturday the town ui Union
werd a suh>Np'h.n Of thirty thousand
dollars 10 the 3 ca, the vote stood III
lur, " q against, Col. Ramseur in
charge of The corpse Of surveyors going
OYER this end Of the line has reached
Newberry, thus completing the New
berry Augusta end, and has staked, or
laid out the road bed for wide
guage, and made ready for the gra.
ders. Did you ask when the contrsc.
Tors would go to work, there you are
too hard fersua-unlike George Wash.
ington in the cherry tree business, we
can tell story, but we just wont do it.
---EdgejieldJ Advertiser.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-05-24

the leaders OF the Taylor forces-Ma!-
lory, of Madison-caught the situation
and seeing that his troops were all in
the trenches and not scalp taken,
with clear, ringing voice, sounding
the note Of defiance, brought every
Taylor man in the house to his feet,
and for half an hour the charge was
repulsed with carnage that will long
remain with those VINO witnessed it..
The ballot was announced and Taylor
had won.
Another similar scene was witness
ed when Benton McMillin was
brought on the track. But it was only
another Taylor victory.
1t is true the Memphis delegation
lost fifteen votes, but sixty.one votes
were always sure for Taylor. The
Irishman who always cast the vote
was u friend worth having, and Speak
er Clapp was of great service in the
discussion Of parliamentary questions
which arose. Washington County,
the home o. Taylor, under the lead Of
Gen. Jackson and Judge Kirkpatrick
did splendid work in having q sound
rule established by an appeal from the
decision of the Chair, that were dele.
gates were instructed, ard to vote as a
unit, majority controlled the vote.
Franklin County, under the lead Of
Jack Skidmore, always sang out,
eighteen votes for Robert L. Taylor.
Laps MCCord, of Giles; Mallory, OF
Madison; Deason, OF Gibson Smith
of Knox; Sparks, of Rutherford; In
gersoll, of Knox; Morrell, Of Madison,
were among the leaders who will long
be remembered by all who witnessed
the struggle.
But the commander has been Sc.
lected, and the indications point to a
most glorious victory.
From all quarters words of cheer and
harmony come, There is but single
note Of discorl The Knoxville Trib.
une, whose onemity passed all bound:
before the convention, says to the De
moeracy Of the State, we will 'toler
Late" Taylor for two years for the sake
of the party.
This is a stab in the back, and thC
paper should be treated as an oper
enemy. AS such it cannot hurt Tay
lor, but in the camp it may stab hin
every day. With this exception ther,
is not note of discord. The Demo
cratic papers with one accord reioic,
in the result, all agreeing that thu
! fight was most gallant one and tina
the victory was fairly won and justl,
deserved.
Such a contest as this was is calcu
lated to make Democrats respect eacl
! other. Indeed, it was battle tina
brings peace.-NdshpiHe American.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-05-24
Indian ReserratIon Opened.

The Montana Reservation Bill hav'
ing now become law opens for set
tlement four millions acres rich farm
ing lands in the well-known and long
coveted Milk River Valley, also large
areas OF excellent grazing country on
the surrounding uplands. This por-
ton Of Montana, besides its agricultu-
raj resources being rich in minerals
with an abundance of Goa, is attract
ing wide spread attention as is shown
10y the nnmher already settling there.
G, II. Warren, Gen, Pass, Agent, st.
Paul, MINI, has issued for Tree dis.
trihutian, AN excellent map, and n
pamphlet with other information re.
gardlng fl1iS county. Low rates are
nov being made tu Great Falls for
those desiring The explore this new
country.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-05-24

For ourselves we have to say that
the strength Gov. Taylor developed
and held and increased elicted our
admiration for him as a man and Of
ficial. There must be something in
the man that can command such adj
hesion of friends and compel such res
pect of enemies as he has in this crisis
Of his life. That the governor will be
reelected we have not a particle ol
doubt as matters are now shaped. He
is better as man and governor than
any candidate the republicans will
nominate, judging by the performance
in two congressional districts they
control in Tennessee. 1t is safe foI
good citizens to oppose party that
makes Leonidas Houk its big boss
Chattanooga Times.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-05-24

the start, was elected by a majority of
739 votes. Twice again was he nomi-
mated, but although he largely reduc-
ed the Republican margin, he was un-
successful in his second and third at
tempts to destroy it. He then es-
tablished the COMET in Johnson City,
which he edited for a year. In 1888
he was a Cleveland Elector, and made
a brilliant canvass OF the State with
Hon. s. w, Hawkins. When the bal
lots were counted it was found that
Taylor led his ticket. A few months
later he was appointed Pension Agent
at Knoxville, n lucrative office, which
he resigned III September, 1886, to
make the race for Governor, which
will stand out in the political annals of
the State as in many respects its most
remarkable he enthusiasm which
he aroused in the ranks of Democracy
resnlted iu demonstrations Of feaIty
which no State could excel. The stir
ring incidents of the recent contest
which resulted in his denomination
over some Of the ablest and most pop
ular Democrats in Tennessee, are but
a few hours old and no reference tC
the answering loyalty OF his admirers
is necessary. Brilliant as has been his
political advancement and successful
as he has always been on the hust,
ling it is no secret to his friends that
it is the dream of his life to make the
campaign upon which he has entered
the most memorable of his career and
to throw into it every element O.
strength in his being; make it, in 6
word, the climax OF his efforts on the
stump.