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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-01-19
THE eLAss-EAr,Nc FEAT.


uew the Performance Of the Trick De-
esises Credssous Public.
Several gentlemen were discussing
the other evening ut an uptown cafe
the peculiar appetites that museum
freaks have lately displayed for glass
They were wondering if the sharp par
ticles were digested. and one of the
party said the whole thing was .
fake"
Why" said the knowing one. 'rhe
trick is ancient I've seen it done
hundreds of times. and can do it nv
self You don't believe it. Ell? Well.
to satisfy those who doub. my veracity.
I'll do the trick"
A very thin glass. of the kind in
which seltz r is generally served. was
brought and the amateur freak called
for glass filled with wafer While
the audience. which had increased in
size. was wondering what was to
come next, the gentleman coolly
picked up the thin glass and deliber-
ately bit off piece. which he chewcd
with the utmost complacency. When
it was reduced 10 the proper fineness
the performer picked up the glass Of
water and. to all appearances. washed
down the rather unpleasan: dish with
apparently as much satisfaction as if
the particles of glass were slclicate
bis Of TURKEY and the clear beverage
champagne. 1t was noticed. however.
that he did not drain the glass.
Every body looked ut him in perfect
establishment and some of his friends.
thinking it was an act of bravadO
which might prove fatal. wanted to
send for physician.
Never mind calling DOCTOR" said
the trickster. laughing heartily ~ the
mys,ifiea expressions on their faces
changed to looks of abject terror;
I'm all right now. and now I'll ex-
pose the trick. OF course none of you
believe I swallowed the glass. but the
question is what became of it,"
He then took up the glass from
which he drank. and putting hand
kerchlef over another tumble poured
its contents into the empty receptacle.
When the straining was finished. the
handkerchief held hundreds of fine
particles of glass.
':Now. you fellows want to know
how the small pieces of glass got into
the tumbler. don't you?
I'm the first place there is little dam
ger in chewing the glass if one is care
full. but it requires COOL deal of prac-
tice to eject it without being detected.
II you watched me closely you saw
that when put the water to my lips
my upper lip was laid over the rim.
and before Idrank drop all the pie ces
which were under that upper lip were
almost at the bottom of the water: To
be sure one must be careful not to swal-
low any of the pieces with the water.
but that can be done by closing the
teeth. The finer the glass used the
less fear there is of its being detected
in the bottom of the tumblcr''
Several of the audience tried to do
The trick. but gave up in despair when
their tongues and gums were cut by
the particles of glass. 1t is. however.
becoming very popular for blooded
young men to bite pieces out of their
glasses. and the time may come when
- piece of glass for chewing purposes
may be included in the bill for refresh
ments. y Telegram.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-01-19

"A little five-year-old who had been
to Sunday for the first time como
home pulled out with importance over
what he had learned. Mamma, -
said he. do you know about Lots
wife?" "A little. she said. ..but tell
me what you know" So the little
fellow told his story very earnestly.
becoming positively dramatic whom he
reached the climax and said. ':And the
angel Of the Lord said unto Lots wife.
skate Tor your lie and don't you look
hack, but she did look hack and turned
. somersault. "-Hupr's Basars
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-01-19
The Germs Of Consumption.

DR.. Brown-Sequard. who has been
preaching that bad ventilation Of
sleeping rooms and poor and monot-
onous food are the great causes of
phthisis. treated of that disease at the
last meeting of the Academy of Sci
ences in P arts, taking many Of his ex-
amples from England Wherever pop
ulation is dense. and sleeping rooms
ill-aired or overcrOwded. consumption
prevails. DR.. Bailey reported that in
Millbank prison there were, out Of one
hundred deaths, forty-five from this
disease. Accordingly to the illustrious
French doctor, a room in which q con.
sumptive person sleeps is reeking with
contagious germs. if the air he exhales
is not carried OF But how can we get
rid of it in ill-built houses. or very cold
weather. when it is as dangerous to
open windows as to keep them shut?
To meet this difficulty DR.. Brown
Sequard showed the academy an APP
paratus of his invention. A reversed
funnel the shape of u lamp shade. Is
placed ut the end of q tube. 50 ar
ranged lin its curves and angles that
when it Is placed beside bed the re-
versed funnel will be above the
sleeper. and draw up the air he
breathes. The other end runs into the
chimney of the room. II there is
none it is taken through heating ap-
paratus tn an air hole. The heat Is
great enough to burn the disease
germs London STANDARD.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-01-19

I'VE sad L eoo 900 barrels q aP'
llss svsgy pear to lsesiGa aatieaA
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-04-26
Not Afraid Of (,irard.

A man who had just set up in the hard
ware business and who had been clerk
where the eccentric millionaire, Stephen Gil
rard, had been in the habit of trading, applied
to him for share of his patronage. Girard
bought of him, but when the bill was sent in
he found fault and marked down the prices.
"Cask of nails" he growled, (which was
offered for so and So You have charged SO
and So and you must take it off,
81 cannot do it," said the young merchant.
"But you must do it" roared Girard.
81 cannot and will not," was the final re-
ply.
Girard bolted out, apparently in rage,
but soon after sent check for the whole
bill. The young man began to relent and
say to himself: "Perhaps he was offered them
at that price, but it is all over now. am
sorry l did not reduce the bill and get it out
of him on something else. His trade would
have been worth good deal to me-"
By and by, Girard came again and gave
him another order. The young man was
very courteous and said he was almost sorry
he did not reduce the former bill.
"Reduce bill" exclaimed Girard; chad
you done it would never trade with you
again. / merely meant to see if you had
cheated me- Detroit Free Press.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-04-26
Helena, Montana, Thursday, April 26, 1888
Uses of the Lemon.

Boston Irdreler: Lemonade from Juice
of the lemon is one of the best aud safest
drinks for any person, whether in health
or not. It is suitable for all stomach dis
eases, gravel, liver complaint, infiamma-
tion of the bowels and fever. 1t is a spe-
cific against worms and skin complaints.
Lemon juice is the best antiscorbutic rem
edy known. 1t not only cures this disease
but prevents it. Sailors make daily use of
it for this purpose. 1 advise everyone to
rub their gums with lemon juice to keep
them in good condition. The hands and
nails are nept clean, white, soft, and sup
pie by the daily use of lemon instead of
soap. 1t also prevents chiiblains.
Lemon is used in intermittent fever
mixed with strong. hot, black coffee, with
out sugar. Neuralgia may be cured by
rubbing the part affected with cut lemon.
1t is valuable also to cure warts and to de-
stroy dandruff on the head by rubbing the
roots of the hair with it. 1t will alleviate
and finally cure coughs and cold, and heal
diseased lungs if taken hot on going to
bed at night. Its uses are manifold, and
the more we employ it externally the bet
ter we shall find ourselves Lemon Juice
is useful in removing tartar from the teeth,
anti-febrile, etc. A doctor in Rome is try
ing it experimentally in malarial fever
with great success, and thinks it will in
time supercede quinine.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-04-26
Curing Consumption.
chambers Journal. |

So many reputed methods for curing
consumption have at different times been
published. raising false hopes in the minds
of the victims of that distressing malady,
that we feel some hesitation in giving pub
lication to another. But, according to an
American scientific paper, the method Of
M. Garcin has been proved to be of real
benefit to sufferers. Observations had pre-
viOusly been made at certain glass works
that the use of hydroduoric acid-which
we may remind our readers is used for
etching glass-had very favorable effect
upon these workmen who were
suffering from pulmonary tuberculo
sis. From this circumstance M.
Garcin was induced to try the experiment
of submitting his patients to an atmos-
phere containing this acid. His method is
to inclose the sufferers for an hour every
day in small chamber charged with air
mixed with the vapor from the acid, the
strength of the charge being regulated &C
cording to whether they are but
slightly attacked or whether they
are seriously affected with the disease.
The effect of this treatment is said to be
most satisfactory, the effects of coughing
diminishing in frequency, the appetite i'm
proving and the terrible night sweats dis
appearing altogether. 1t is to be hoped
that further experiments will demonstrate
the value of this new remedy.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-04-26
Sewer Gas Destroyer.
London Times.


What is known as sewer ventilation or.
dinarily consists in allowing the poisonous
vapors to escape from the sewers either
through gratings in the roadway or
through shafts orpipes into the atmosphere.
1t need not be pointed out how dangerous
or detrimental to health this practice is.
Free ventilation should constantly take
place in sewers, but instead of
the atmosphere being polluted by
mephitic vapors, all organic par
ticles and deleterious gases should be
arrested on their way out, and so treated
that the products of such treatment should
be perfectly innocuous when delivered into
: the atmosphere. This is now rendered
quite possible by an ingenious sewer gas
exhauster and destroyer, which we recently
inspected at the offices of Mr.. Stephen Hol-
man. c. E., of Great George street, West
minister. 1t is the invention of Mr.. Keel
ing, and consists of ventilation column
resembling an ordinary lamp-post in
shape, but being more ornamental in
design. In the base of the column, which
communicates by pipe with the
sewer, is placed special air-gas burner
surrounded by cOnIcal iron casing and
surmounted by two cOnical iron chambers
a very high temperature is created within
the chamber and the cones by the burning
of the gas, the iron becoming exceedingly
hot. The heat causes an up draught, and
the current of vitiated air thus drawn from
the sewer is brought into contact with the
gas flame and with the ribbed surfaces of
the heated iron cones above it..
The cones are ingeniously ar
ranged so as to battle the draught
and cause ultimate contact between the
gases and the heated iron furnaces. By
this means all the vial particles I'M urious
to health are rendered perfectly innOcuOus
and pass up the column and harmlessly out
through openings near the top. The
opening is surmounted by an ornamental
gas lamp. That the fever germs are abso-
lutely destroyed may be inferred from the
fact that the first cone has temperature
of about $40 deg. Fab, or that necessary
to melt lead.
Several of these destroyers have been
under trial for some time past at Rich
mond, Ealing, Leicester and other places,
and have been satisfactorily reported upon
by local medical officers of health and
borough surveyors. Prof. Att6eld, F. r. S.,
and Dr. Russell, of st. Bartholomew's Hos
pital, have also tested Keeling's destroyer
independently and report strongly in its
favor
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-04-26
Dificulties Of Placer Mining.

It will not pay investors nowadays to go
into placer mining without looking long
way ahead 1t is only in countries where
there are no farms or arabic ground that
placers can be mined for any length Of time
without harassing and costly legislation.
The farmers whose lands are injured by the
refuse of the placers washed down the streams
are the ones that make the trouble, and
blackmailers use the cloak of the farmer to
extort money from the company. In Mon
tana there has been no trouble of this kind,
but in California placer mining has been
killed. and in Colorado the fight is just be-
ginning between the miners and the farmers.
In one county the farmers are now trying to
stop the running Of every ore mill in the
county, complaining Of the tailings carried
down by the streams, and if they succeed ths
Colorado placers might as well be given up
at once.-Mining Eagineer in Globe Demo
crat.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-04-26
Make Them Handy Andys.
From Gen. Gordon's Letter.

From Gen. Gordon s Letter.
If l had sons 1 certainly would teach
them a little of most trades, among others,
boot making. You have no idea how
feeble one feels not knowing these things
People in our position of life must see the
time has gone past for sinecure posts; that
their sons, or grandsOns at any rate, must
be prepared for the colonies. What a
number of useless boys there are, who can
not even write good hand (I can't,
know. had signal failure on my boots
to-day. A little carpentering, black. and
tinsmithing, sboemaking and tailoring
would be real gift to a young man; he
would be prorder of himself, feeling, Let
the worst come to the worst, am not use
less" l declare, feel for the poor little
chaps of the future if we give the A B
education we do now.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-04-26
King Milan's Escape.
From the New York Sun Cable.

From the New York Sun Cable
A story from Belgrave, not altogether re-
liable, makes the position of the King of
Servia appear rather uncomfortable one.
1t relates that after the harum-scarum
speech with which King Milan opened last
Skuptchina, glass of water was placed
before him by his prime minister, Ristics.
Thus far the story is known to be true,
and it is also true that few days after
ward Ristics had ceased to govern.
The doubtful part of the story declares
that the king seized the glass, looked sus-
piciously at the water for a second, put it
down untouched, and at the closing of the
sitting carried it away to a chemist, who
informed him that the contents of the
glass would have CO used a vacancy on the
Servian throne. Ristic's plan for getting
rid of the obnoxious monarch, if, indeed,
he had any such plan, would have been no
new thing in Servia, whose rulers have fire.
quently had their careers violently short
ened
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-04-26
VERY PROVOKING.

low they praised and they applauded
hid her every action lauded.
bid declared she I'd be rewarded
|, indeed, rewarded richly-in the land be-
| yond tine sky,
For" quoth they, "of the many
our family not any
Usefulness or patience can with her begin
to vie"
nen they turned them 10 their pleasures,
nd added to their treasures,
nd took all sorts of measures
cave her alone to battle with the troubles
and the cares,
br she seemed so well to bear them
at they felt no call to share them,
ugh, as oft as they remembered, she was
mentioned in their prayers.
I'D il caused some indignation,
ld no very slight vexation,
hen their overworked relation
ed her tired eyes upon the earth and softly
sighed "Good-bye.n
hd while a few tears giving
ore than eer they gave her living)
murmured, How provoking tits that she
should go and die.''
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-04-26
Dessert in CambOdia.
From Eew York Tribune.

The French governor general of Cochin
China and his wife were recently invited
to dine with the king of CambOdia. But
on entering the royal residence Nine. Con.
stans was struck with the sight of large
iron-barred cage in the courtyard in which
two young members of the royal family
loaded with chains were imprisoned. They
had been confined thus for two years. She
inquired the cause, and was informed that
one had been guilty of rebellion and the
other of adultery. Her pity being aroused
she demanded the pardon of at least one OF
them as royal favor. King Norodom
who piques himself occasionally on his
gallantry, promised to grant the request
During the dinner that followed an officer
entered and presented to Nine. COnstans
on gold plate, the forgiveness of one Ol
the prisoners, duly signed and sealed. A
few minutes later anOr her entered and in
the same way conveyed to her the pardon
of the second culprit.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-04-26
Silver Tableware.
philadelphia Press. !


Once upon time well-to-do people used
silver, or they used steel, or few CT them
had some yellowish-looking forks and
spoons of the same shape as silver, that de-
ceived no one for a moment. There are
people who allow nothing but solid silver
now, but they are few, and year by year
they become less and less strict; for, in the
first place, guests expect SO many forks and
spoons that the sums of money locked up
in silver plate for chance occasions might
become, for an ordinary income, uncom-
fortably large and then we travel so much
and 20 every year to the seaside, and
change our servants so often, that we have
to consider the load on our minds if we
leave a quantity of silver at home, or the
nuisance of sending it always to the
bankers. Even those whose prejudice
against electro plate will not allow them to
use it every day, yield to the extent of a
few dozen spoons and forks to fall back
upon under pressure.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-04-26
A Simple Invention Worth Millions.
From the Kansas City Star.

1t is wonderful how the discovery of
what is considered trifling matter will
bring wealth to the inventor. Take, for
illustration, the perforated substance used
for bottoming chairs and for other pur-
poses Its inventor ia now a millionaire
and is realizing a princely revenue from
it yearly. George Reaton, the inventor 1
refer to, was poor Yankee cane-seater in
Vermont. He first distinguished himself
by inventing machine for weaving cane,
but he made no money out of it, as some
one stole his idea and had the process
patented. After a number of years expert
menting, Yeat0n at last hit upon this in
vention, which consists of a number of thin
layers of boards of different degrees Of
hardness, glued together to give pliability.
Yeaton went through number Of bitterly
contested law suits before he got his in
vention patented. He was wise in not pay
ing others to manufacture his device. He
formed company, and to-day he has .
plant valued at half million dollars.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-04-26
A Practical Temperance Lecture.
From the Marion Qnd.) Chronicle

From the Marion (Ind.) Chronicle
A grocery man in Kirksville, Mo-, where
groceries are higher than they are here,
makes the following offer:
ANY man who drinks two drains of
whisky day for year, and pays 10 cents
a drink for it, can have at our store thirty
sacks of flour, 22O pounds of granulated
sugar, and ~ pounds of green coffee for
the same money and get So so premium
for making the change in his expendi-
tures'
This is temperance lecture in itself
The saving can be illustrated in another
way. The mOny spent in year for two
daily drinks will amount to $73. This will
keep alive six shares Of building associa-
tion stock of 5000 each. In two or three
years it will borrow enough money out of
the association to build one a comfortable
home and stop further expense of So or
$40 month now paid for rent.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-04-26
He Put a Handle TO 1t,

The cadets at West Point are expected to
address one another with ceremonious polite
ness, and the latest arrivals are promptly
drilled in all social duties toward their fell
lows. One day number of cadets accosted
a new conner. and the following conversation
ensued: "Well, mister, what's your nameg'
"John Walden" "SirP' yelled his inter-
locutor, Mortified at such an unceremonious
answer. "John Walden" innocently re-
peated the culprit. "Well, sir, want you
to put a sir on it." ''Sir John Walden"
was the calm rejoinder. The error was such
a natural one, and was perpetrated in SO
solemn a manner, that the cadets turned
away with roars of laughter, and the new
man was ever afterward known in the corps
as Sir John.-The Argonaut.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-04-26
A Cafe in a Tub.

A restaurant proprietor of Montmartre,
FraLce, recently opened curious cafe. The
interior is in the form of an immense tub,
the illusion of which is carried out by the
circular shape of the doors and windows.
The signboard is inscribed with the word
'sDiogenes," whom the untutored folk Of
Montmartre imagine to be some fellow coun-
tryman of theirs who had distinguished him.
self as q cooper.-New York Sun.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-04-26
Natural,

Fanny-You know my husband is very
rich, and yet am not happy with him. His
way of eating is so disagreeable, showing
that his early education must have been neg
lected. I wish / could improve his table
manners.
Laura-His stable manners you mean,
dear.
And now they do not speak as they pass
by.-New York Graphic.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-04-26
Capturing the Beaus' Heads.

zone of the funniest fads' of some of the
girls of today" remarked a halter, ''is the
desire for the shape of the heads of their ia
vorite young men on paper. Every young
man who buys hat now wants the conform
ator used on his head. This, as you know,
shows the bumps with the greatest accuracy
and within the space Of few inches. The
girl pastes these in a scrap book, and when q
good selection has been secured they make an
interesting study."-Philadelph Call.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-04-26
The Worst Trust of All.
| Boston Journal. |

While the iniquity of trusts" is being
exposed it should not be forgotten that,
taken all in all, about the most dangerous
form of our modern combination is the
Democratic trust" 1t is made up mainly
of the solid South, the saloon influence, the
floating or purchasable vote, backed by the
great importing interest of New York and
10000 federal officeholders, more or less.
Its motto is that political power and public
patronage is a public trust--for Demo
cratic benefit. 1t is one of the largest
combines in this country, and its chief
work just now is to break down the Amer
ican policy of home markets. This trust, y
howeyer, is likely to come to grief, with
all the rest, early in November.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-04-26
A Cooks Blunder.

Omaha Dame-Jane, our guest, Mr.. De
Hunter, complains that you chopped up his
decoy ducks for Endling
New Cook-It wasn't for kindling, mum.
thought they was pair of chickens your
husband sent home, an was tryin' to cut
them, mum.
"Of all thingsl Where was it you said you
worked before you came herea"
"At Mrs. De Styles boarding house, num-"
Omaha World.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-04-26
Refreshing Her Memory

II am SO glad you came In, Mr.. Wabash"
said Miss Breezy, brightly; mamma and I
were trying to recall a certain poets name.
Perhaps you can kindly come to our assist
ance. His first name is Walter"
'Scott" suggested Mr.. Wabash.
''No, not Scott; it begins with 'W."
whitman, possibly; Walter Whitman7'
"Oh, yes, that is it, Walter Whitman.
Thanks, awfully. The Epoch.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-04-26
A Hard Dav'a WOrk-FOr Clerks.

A Hard Days Work-For Clerks.
Omaha Dame-Oh, dear! I'm tired to
death.
Husband-What doingi
81 have been shopping all day; did not
even stop for lunch"
"What did you buys"
"Nothing. Omaha World.