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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-10-18
No. 47
A Medicine Dog Feast.

In company with friend l visited an
encampmcnt of Indians at the Pipestone
quarries, Minnesota, and witnessed one
of the national feasts of the Sioux. The
Indians belonged to the Yankton tribe,
a-.d numbered about sixteen lodges, or
eighty people, including in their number
bucks, squaws, papooses, boys, girls, old
and feeble warriors, not counting the
large number of dogs. To many the In
dian cur would appear worthless piece
of property but at the feast in question
the most gaunt and hungry looking dog
of all played an important part. A
trench about three feet in length and one
foot in depth had been dug and into this
the lean old>dog was placed and covered
over with sticks, on which dirt was piled,
leaving the head only protrude. Two
days was he confined in this artificial
oven. At the expiration of the two days
the master of ceremonies, or medicine
man, pronounced all mystical rites prop
erly observed and that it was time to
carry out the completing act. This was
done by removing the dirt and piling on
more sticks, covering the animal COM
pletely. Fire is now applied to this heap
of brushwood and the once respectable
cur made roast dog.
Upon our arrival the roasting had Just
been finished and the whole camp were
crowding around the smoldering embers
to get a portion of the much priced
Medicine dog" which, when eaten, is
supposed to prolong life and to instill into
the ordinary savage the qualifications for
a warrior. While we were not altogether
welcome guests, courtesy seemed to forbid
the savage from ignoring US, which many
would have preferred to the dainty piece
of roast dog, offered first to me and then
nv friend.
The medicine dog feast seems to be Of
both medical and religious character, an
ancient custom to which the Indian clings
with tenacity.-C. j. Crandell in Detroit
Free Press.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-10-18
Helena Montana. Thursday, October IS, 1888.
Whirl and High Pressure.

The children of this world having
within the last fifty years found some
new toys-to wit: eteam, electricity,
telegraphs. telephones, tickers and other
rapid transit apparatus for mind and
body-are playing too hard with them.
There is species of mental intoxication
evolved out of all this rushing things"
which is even more subtle and deadly
than that coming of alcohol In this
whirl and high pressure of business there
are those who, in mind as well as body,
are on, the run from morning till night,
and every act of theirs, every epistle they
write, every letter they shape with the
pen is in the doing pushed and hurried in
mind by the thought of the next, of many
other pressing things which must be done
in a given time.
There is no repose, no rest for the mind
from morning till night, no time or incli-
nation to dismiss thought or care if for
ever so few minutes, and at last there is
no capacity for SO doing. This habit of
mind grows into a fixed one. 1t leads
away from precision. It leads away. from
exactness. 1t leads away from order or
method. 1t does lead even brilliant intel
lects into sort of,helter skelter way Of
doing everything. 1t leads to forgetful-
ness, for the memory cannot make
clean record when so much is forced on it.
This habit of mind goes with its owner
everywhere. 1t goes home with him.. 1t
goes to bed with him. It keeps away
sleep. 1t gives only an unhealthy, fever
ish sleep at best to the body. 1t leads,
and has led, to the insane asylum.
But if you owned the whole state of
New YOrk-land. lots. houses. rivers and
all, and next the whole United States
land, rocks, rivers, mountains and all,
and last both continents, and, finally, you
held.a bill of sale for the whole earth in
your trousers pocket, and the. effort and
strain and excitement in gaining it caused
softening Of the brain, what an aggravat-
ing thing it would be for you to be inn
prisoned in an insane asylum you owned
yourself and guarded by your own hired
keepers!-Prentice Mulford in New York
Star
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-10-18
WHO ABE THEM!

Mother, who made the s.ars which light
The beautiful sky?
Who made the moon so clear and bright,
That rises up so high?
Twas God my child, the glorious One
He formed tnem by His power;
He made alike the brilliant sun,
Ana every leaf and flower.
He made your little feet to walk,
Your sparkling eyes to see,
Eour busy, prattling tongue to talk,
Your limbs so light and free.
He paints each fragrant flower that 81 l1ws
With loveliness and bloom,
He gives the violet and the rose
Their beauty and perfume.
Our various wants His hands supply,
And guard US every hour;
We're kept beneath His wathful eye,
And guided by His power.
Then let your little heart, my love,
Its grateful homage pay.
To this kind Friend, who from above
so gently guides our way
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-10-18
Trouble with the Conpsexion.

= This is the time of year when recipes
for sunburn meet one at every turn.
Here is the best prescription that can be
made: Burn yourself little more and the
red will turn to brown, the most whole.
some and becoming color in summer time.
The same rule applies to freckles equally
well. Freckle yourself thoroughly that it
may be evident at a glance that you are
taking course in natures university. If
the face smarts after day out of doors
hot water viii take out the sting. Cos.
metics are especially injurious, because
the smart means irritation, and lotions
and balms, oftener than not, are poisonous
to an irritated skin. Complexion troubles
are doctored by frequent bathing Of the
person where any application to the face
will only make them in the end worse
Perfect cleanliness as o rule means good
skin. If does not, then the general
health is at fault, and the only remedy
lies in giving a better tone to the system.
A clean face is charm which many giris
do not seem to appreciate.-Chicago
Herald.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-10-18
For Recording an Earthquake.

The model of an earthquake is unique
piece of apparatus that has been con-
structed by a Toxic seismologist. Pa
tiently and laboriously following out the
graph. Professor Sekiya has succeeded in
shaping long coil of copper wire SO Us
to represent. with the utmost precision,
the intricate path described by shaken
spot of the earth's surface. The model
magni6es fifty times the grounds alb
solute motion during seventy-two Sec
onds. and resembles ball of twine un-
wound and thrown down in a confused
heap Numbered tags show the progress
Of the shock for each second of time
New Orleans Picayune.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-10-18
contariousness Of Diseases.

Scarlet fever is a specific poison which
emanates from the person of the patient
and can be caused by no other means.
Diphtheria is contagious, but may arise
from fermerting filth, etc. Iyphold
fever and Asiatic cholera are not directly
communicable from person to person, but
are spread by the dejecta of their victims
which contaminate the water supply
Frank Leslie's.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-10-18

There is no secret about the process
The only thing is to have a proper sized
furnace and to get up sufficient heat
The business has developed of hate, but
manufacturers say the margin of profit is
small 1t costs mere to melt the scraps
than common iron. Chips ready for the
furnace cost 81 ton The sash weights
produced are of superior quality The
business is. like the case of old rubber, an
illustration of the use of waste material.
The tin can companies and other manu-
facturers Of tin goods formerly dumped
hundreds of tons into space, but now
these scraps are utilized. and the irrespon-
sible small boy works the ash fields to his
profit in companionship with the blithe-
some goat. Commercial Bulletin
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-10-18
a Very Remarkable Cow.

Jenkyns-That cow of yours, neighbor,
has lovely voice. but it lacks cultiva-
ton. The beast keeps me awake all night.
Wlkyns-Sorry, old man, but that cow
is remarkable one. She reminds me,
every time hear her, of one of Shake
speare's characters.
Jenkyns-You're joking.
Wilkyns-Pm not. That cow is q
second Othello; she's such terrible
Moo-er. .-Pittsburg Bulletin.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-10-18

MISS hural watching the promenaders)
Who is that curious little manzalmost
a dwarf?
Mrs. Metropole (shocked) why, my
dear, that's Hubert Highlife. :. He's the
very upper crust.
Miss Rural-He is? Then they put In a
great deal too much shortening
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-10-18
The Discourteous Person.

Courteous men and women undoubtedly
keep society in healthy condition. They
bear sunshine with them, and smiles
greet them. And how revolutionary in
its effects upon society is the discourteous
one!-Rev. William Eeacock.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-10-18

When laid away for any length Of time,
linen should be washed, rough dried without
blueing, and laid in loose folds without much
weight on it.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-10-18
Everything Else

,,,5 low does the new girl strike you?"
Sases SSea q citizen at dinner lately. "She
moni.i I sIf1ek me yet" answered his wife,
lbira lbiAy; y put she has done almost every.
'N'ng else'"-Westfeld (Nass. } Times.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-10-18

Growing isn't waiting for the sunshine.
It is real reaching after it.
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-05-10
Queer Weather kilograms.

"Rattletraps, pigs tails and porcu-
pines" was the telegraph river report
received by the signal office from Weston
this morning. Obviously, that means
that the Monongahela was rising there,
that there had been nearly a seven-foot
gain during the day, that the rainfall was
0.5S inch, and that the wind was from
the northwest. Goal scuttles, flour bins
and fire balloons was the message from
river, 5 feet 6 inches of a change, 035
inch of rainfall, and a northerly wind.
The signal service does all its reporting
in cipher. All river messages are re-
ceived in the above kind of language.
1t is laughable thing to have to call at
the Office at an early hour on business and
hear the jargOn that is being called out
from the kilograms. The oldest words in
the language seem to have been selected
to form the cipher. The use of a cipher
at all is characteristic of the difference in
the management of a government depart
nent and IL private concern. 1t is difficult
for an ordinary mind to see any need for
it. The only conceivable theory it can be
justified on is that the department was at
one time branch of the military service
and that therefore the fiction should be
kept up that some mysterious enemy was
in the country whom it was needful to
delude. Many people will be apt to think
that, with all due respect to the depart
ment, it could not delude an enemy worse
than by furnishing him with some of the
predictions that are daily furnished to the
innocent public.-Pittsburg Press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-05-10
Notice to DepoSitors.

A reorganization OF the long estab.
lished mortgage loan business OF the
Patterson & Scudder Investors COM
pany, under state charter In name OF
The Southern Mortgage Company, 1"
with q capital of $780, 900, will, in the
future, require that w. J, b. Patterson,
as president, and 8. D. Scudder, a. Sec
rotary, shall devote their time and at
tention exclusively to its management.
Therefore, we have this day concluded
to discontinue the banking department
Of our business at present conducted un-
der the style OF "Bexsr County Saw
ings Bank" Patterson, Scudder Il Co.,
proprietors, and depositors are hereby
notified that their balances will be paid
at our office on demand, during bank
hours, up to Tuesday, the 10th inst, and
on that date any balances unoalled for
will be placed to the credit Of such de.
positors at 1.-THE Lockwood National
Bank" In this city.
Dated at our Office, corner Soledad
and Houston streets, this 9th day OF
May, 1888.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-05-10
CITY NEWS.

-Cucumbers are ripe.
-Plums are on the market.
Only one drunk was tried this morn
ing by the recorder.
-Belknap Rifles drill at the base ball
park this afternoon.
"A pretty Sunny South rustler has
come to town.
The usual weekly prayer meetings
occurred last night.
Mrs. w. W. Walling killed taran-
tula In her house, No. "a Mill street, yes
terdsy.
Miss Bertha Goodloe was made Mrs.
W. B. Harris this morning at $50. At
$50 they left for Gonzales.
The wedding of Miss Vance and
Mr.. Winslow occurs tonight at $50 at
the Paine church.
The S. and S. c. club have chal-
base ball.
The Turner's and their ladies will in
dulge in bowling at their club rooms to-
night.
Justice Barnes, as coroner, on the
remains OF Ygnacio Vasquez, says he
died Of a bowel complaint.
The Belknaps Rifles will have the
prettiest uniforms at the Austin drill.
Just see If they don't.
After the Austin drill, the Colorado
Press association, will be here for a
visit.
Young Mems Benevolent associa-
ton have their picnic on the Salado,
May 20.
The fine lunches set out by the Two
Brothers, twice a day are killing of
some of the cheap restaurants.
Be sure anu secure seats for the
Grand Oratorio, at the opera house to-
morrow night.
The new stone crossings being put
down by the city have the appearance Of
durability.
The First Baptist church will very
soon establish mission chapel at the
Arkansas Pass depot. Then they will
have missions at each railway depot.
The "El Monitor" q tri-weekly
Spanish paper published by Geo. Glib
son, is the neatest Spanish paper In the
city.
Owing to the inclemency Of the
weather, the picnic arranged by the
Young Folks Society OF Christian En-
dsavor, of Travis Park Methodist
church, 10 postponed.
Next Sunday, May the 18th the
singing society Frohsinn will give q
picnic at the grove OF the City brewery.
Friends OF the society are invited.
Mr.. W. Hoffmeister and family, now
OF Kansas City. but formerly OF San An
tonic, are visiting their friends, the
Koerps'.
In the district court the McCabe
Jury disagreed and was discharged.
Mike McDermott old charge Of carrying
a pistol, dismissed on motion to quash
affidavit. Mike MoDermOtt, assault on
Mrs. MCGEE, jury out.
-Mdme. Dreyfus' millinery stock is
unexcelled Ia latest styles and va
riety, and her moderate prices places
them easily within your reach; 25S Ala
h ri
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-05-10
DESERTS OF AMERICA.
The Mud Plains of the West In Midsum'
mer-Uncomfortable Dust Columns.

The Mud Plains of the West In Mldsum-
mer-Uncomfortable Dust Columns.
A desert is generally considered as a
barren waste of sand; probably on ac-
count of our familiarity with descriptions
of the sandy deserts of Egypt. The
American deserts, however, are fiat mud
plains, the beds of ancient lakes, and are
but seldom covered with drifting sand.
During the dry season, when not drop
of rain falls on their surfaces for four,
five or even six months at time, they be-
come dry and hard, and broken in every
direction by intersecting shrinkage cracks.
At such times they bear striking resem-
blance to some of the old Roman pave
ments made of small blocks of cream
colored marble.
When in this condition one may ride
over them without leaving more than a
faint impression of the horses hoofs on
their smooth, glossy surfaces. In the
stiffness of highland no one can appre-
ciate the stiffness of a desert until he has
slept alone with only the boundless plain
about him-the hoof beats of a galloping
horse ring out as on the pavements of
city. As the summers sun dries the
desert mud, the salts that the waters
bring to the surface in solution are left
behind, and gradually accumulate until
they are several inches thick, and make
the deserts appear as if covered with
snow. This illusion is especially marked
when one traverses the deserts by moon
light.
During the long, hot days of sum-
mer, when the dome of blue is above
the deserts without a cloud, the strange
delusive mirage transforms the land
scape beyond all recognition, and makes
it appear tenfold more strange and
weird than it is in reality. At such times
bright clear lakes, with ripping surfaces
and willow fringed banks, allure the I'M
wary traveller and would lead him to de-
struction should he believe them real.
The mountains around the desert are also
deformed by the mirage and made to as
sumo the most extravaganza and fantastic
shapes.
During hot summer days the monotony
of the desert is varied by dust columns,
formed by small whirlwinds, which some
times reach such magnitudes as to be
decidedly uncomfortable to the traveller
who chances to be in their path. Many
times these columns are 1000 or
5000 feet in height, and have an
approximate diameter of from thirty to
fifty feet. The fact that they are hollow,
whirling columns of dust is indicated, even
from distance, by their spiral appearance
and by light line in the center of each.
These bending and swaying columns NOV
ing here and there across the desert land
scape, impart a novel feature to the plain,
and call to mind the geni of Arabian tales.
Such in brief are the deserts of the far
west during the arid season. In winter
they change and become impossible mud
plains.-Israel c. Russell in Overland
Monthly
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-05-10
]. MAROUART.
Crescent City Boot and Shoe Fac
tory.

Crescent City Boot and Shoe sFac-
tory.
Has the largest and most complete stock in
the city, and de1es competition with all COM
petitors. The following IS a partial list:
Gents calf boots from 81 upward; boys
boots and shoes of all descriptions, IN calf.
grain, button and lace.
full line of heavy boots, the best in the
market: price $500. Come and examine them.
/ II Ms $3.50 and $500 shoes, in button, lace
and gaiter, are the best in the state; every
pair guaranteed. ~ =,
A Complete stock of gents fine button, lace
and gaiter shoes. They are the finest in the
In addition to my stock of boots and shoes,
carry all kinds of shoe polish for ladies and
children's shoes, aud the celebrated ~. NJ.
blacking. i'll
Orders for any styles Of boots and shoes will
De promptly executed. A nice fit and general
satisfaction guaranteed.
Repairing of gents and ladies' SHOES and
boots a speciality, and attended to with dis
patch and care.
HIS sPECIALTIES.
English lace hunting boots.
The riding boot.
The brewers boot.
The stockmau's boot.
The boys boot.
And also slippers of every descriptionl
Gail and see him, at No. II Soledad street,
opposite the courthouse.
l1-l3tf SAN ANTONIO. IE8As.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-05-10
MY LADYE'S HEART.

There is tuneful instrument
OF mellifuous concent,
The secret of whose harmony
Is understood alone by me.
My master, Love-'tis safe to say
That four and twenty hours a day
OF practice should the skill impart
OF playing on my ladye's heart.
Responsive to my lightest touch,
Our mutual accord is such
With equal ease make cry
Or sentimental symphony
A song Of love, a merry air,
A wall Of anguish or despair,
Such are my themes whene'er start
The music Of my ladye's heart,
HAPPY strike note Of woe
And find 1t sweet, too, for trow
The hand that stirred the mournful strain
Can turn It unto Joy again.
But liking well this power to WELD
Too often to its spell yield,
And twang, fear, with cruel art
The strings upon my ladye's heart.
ENVOY.
Yet, o my sweetheart chide me not!
TodAy's distress Is soon forgot.
Ny solaos and my Joy thou art,
Q sensitive, 0 tunefEI heart!
-cera Green
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-05-10
Mr.. Jess M. Bell, one OF our old land

Mr.. Jess Nj. Bell, one OF our old land
marks and one Of the original and Bell
Bros, has opened up an elegant jewelry
store on his own account, at 266 Com
meroe street, nearly opposite his former
place of business, where he will be glad
to meet his old customers and the pub
lie In general. Having been on deck
here since A. d. 1852, nothing that we
could say would add to his well earned
reputation. If you need anything In his
line 90 to see him. 6-9-3t
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-05-10
The Southern Mortgage Company

The Southern Mortgage Company.
As above stated, this company has
been organized with . capital OF $780,
600 to do strictly real estate mortgage
business. Parties desiring to invest
large or small sums OF money can do so
advantageously and with perfect seour-
ity, as all moneys will be secured by
first liens OF real estate.
Guaranteed coupon debentures, bear
ing 6 per cent interest per annum, Will
be issued by this company.
Besides being secured BY the COM
pany's capital and business, these de-
bentures or bonds will be certified to by
the Union Trust company, OF New York.
Capital and surplus, o,0OO9 who
will hold real estate mortgages in trust
as security for the prompt payment OF
same and interest thereon.
Those who cannot take whole BOND,
can make small deposits on account OF
the same, which deposits will bear In
terest from their respective dates.
Real estate mortgages Will also De
placed in the name OF any investor pre-
ferring same, guaranteed; or unguaran-
teed at q better rate OF interest.
For further information apply at the
office, corner Houston and Soledad
streets. Correspondence collected.
W. j. B. PATTERSON,
SD. SCUDDER, President.
Secretary. 5-10-3t
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-05-10

Parties who purchase pianos and
organs on the installment plan from the
reliable house of Thos. Goggan & Bros.
are not asked or compelled to sign notes
for their payments, as Thos. Goggan q
Bros. carry their own paper and have
no need of their patrons notes to place
in the bank or on the market for sale to
raise money. o-'-ot
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-05-10
Children, Nursing

Mothers, overworked men, and for all diseas-
es where the tissues are wasting away from
the inability to digest ordinary food, or from
overwork of the brain or body, all such
should take SCOTS Emulsion OF Pure
Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosph1tes use9
the Emulsion on a lady who was delicate, and
threatened with bronchitis. 1t put her in such
good health and flesh, that must say It IS the
best Emulsion ever used."-L. T. WADDELL,
NJ D., Hugh's Mills, S. G. 4-ooim
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-05-10
BuckIen's Arnica Salve.

The BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever
Sores letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblsins,
Corn, and all Skin Eruptions, positively cures
piles or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price Is cents per box. |nr sale oy
e.1v) A. DRHIss.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-05-10
Advice to Mothers.

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup should al
ways be used for children teethlng. Itsoothes
the child, softens the gums, allays all pain,
cures wind collie, and is the best remedy for
diarhoea. 25 cents a bottle. 7.9-ly