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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-11-01
Some Facts About Confectionerv.

"The confectioners' art has reached it's
highest state of development, remarked
confectioner to tho writer the other day,
''and the kind OF candies most in demand
at the present are gum drops, lozenges of
various favors, and the delicious and ever
popular marshmallow drops. The latter
are made chiefly of gum arabic, fine sugar
and other ingredients, which are boiled
Gin large quantities) in mammoth copper
kettles, made to evolve on pivot by the
employment Of steam power. These rap
idly turning kettles are used for mixing
the compounds. In the case of the marsh.
mallows, they are allowed to cool after
coming from the mixing kettle, after
which the mixture is poured into molds
previously prepared for it's reception by
dusting with powdered starch. Gum
drops are composed principally of pure
glucose and sugar, mixed and boiled with
other materials in the usual manner.
"Lozenges, further explained the pro-
prietor, ''are first made in a paste, which
is rolled out in fiat sheet and cut by
stamping machine to the desired shape
and size. The most steadily popular con-
fection is the caramel They are made
chiefly of the inevitable boiled sugar and
glucose, made into syrup and favored
with the essences Of lemon, orange,
vanilla, etc. This syrup is allowed to
cool and harden, and is then cut into little
cubes, which are deftly enveloped in small
squares of perfumed parafine paper ty
expert young girls.
1.-The uses of the pulling hook and the
process of pulling or kneading certain
kinds of candy is too well known to need
any description. The familiar stick
candy is made by first being pulled What
is known as old fashioned nolasses taffy'
is=also made in this fashion Thin, trans
parent candy is not subjected to the pull
ing process. New York Evening Sun.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-11-01
Method Of Pressing Flowers.

Many years ago l met with Mile.
dAngeville, the first woman to ascend
Mont Blanc. Shepossesses the largest and
best preserved collection of Alpine flowers
! haye ever seen, and she assured me- she
never used anything but cotton wool in
her press, changing it, of course, fire.
quently. Her gentians, pedicularias and
other delicate plants were perfect in color;
and having tried her plan myself, al
though with less care, and therefore with
less success, still have Alpine flowers
which have retained their color for twenty
years.-A. w. Buckland in Nature.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-11-01
The Effects Of Novel Reading.

The mischief of voracious novel read
fng is really much moro like the mischief
Of dram drinking than appears at first
sight. 1t tends to make all other literary
nourishment intolerable, just as dram
drinking tends to make all true food in
tolerable, and TO supersede food by drink.
The voracious novel reader of today. as
We have said, rejects Scott. because Scott 8
novels contain so much good food that 1t
Is not mere story telling. The genuine
novel reader detests what he calls tame
stories, stories In which the interest Is
not exaggerated and piled up ten times as
high as the interests of ordinary life. He
wants always to be feeling q thrill Of ex-
element running through his nerves. al
ways to be living In imagination through
the concentrated essence of the perils Of a
hundred adventurous lives. instead Of
Goiling calmly through the ordinary hopes
and fears Of one.
No state of mind can DO moro unwhole-
some, because mono Is more calculated to
divert the energies from the sort OF quiet
tasks TO which they should be habitually
applied, and to keep them stretched on
She tenter hooks of expectation, waiting
Cor sort Of strain which Is never likely
TO occur. and if it did occur. would GER
SSainly not find mans energies any the
better prepared for it for having been
worn out previously with long series Of
imaginary excitements. Tho habit Of
Dram drinking it is said. leads TO fatty
degeneration of the heart. l. G.. excessive
1attening round tho heart. and weak
action Of the heart In consequence
30, too, the habit Of exciting novel
reading leads to fatty degenera-
tlon Of the literary mind, t. e.. TO an
unhealthy and spas1nodic action Of the
~ imagination, and a general weakening Of
the power Of entering thoroughly into tho
sold interests of real life. So far as we
snow the only effective cure for this
na nanit OF literary dram drinking--a cure
noo Always forthconlng-is O moral shock
VI some kind which exposes the hollow
Hess OF all these unreal interests. and
makes them appear as artificial and melo-
dramatic as they actually ere. That,
.ioweVer, is a cure which Is an extremely |
ipdthIuI one, almost cruel In It's disillusion.
u'ng power.-London Spectator.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-11-01
The Youngest War Veteran,

The man who claims to be the youngest
war veteran in the country is Charles L.
Stone, of Philadelphia. He was IA years
OF age when he carried a gun at the battle
OF Gettysburg. At that battle he was
wounded in the left arm by rifle ball.
Part ct the funny bone" had to be cut
away, and he says that his appreciation Of
q Joke is not as vivid as it should be.
But he still has the humerus of his-ight
arm. That ought to help him good deal
In keeping up with American wit.-New
York World.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-11-01
Binding the Cantor.

While Mr. Anderson was leisure1y trav-
cling through South Africa, in a wagon
drawn by sixteen oxen, he heard from the
Bushmen many stories of their remarkable
escapes from lions. One Bushman, having
been seized by the arm by lion, had the
presence of mind to use his free arm to
take up handful of sand and throw it in
the lions eyes. The beast, roaring with
pain and blinded, let go the man, who ran
away before the lion could recover his
sight. Mr.. Anderson saw the man and
the marks of the lions teeth on his arm.
That lion was not as cool as a sergeant
IN the United States army, who was sta
toned at one of the forts on the western
plains. A soldier, having deserted, was
captured by the sergeant in a mining
camp fifty miles from the fort.
While returning they were passing q
saloon and the prisoner begged the privi-
lege Of going in and getting drink"
The sergeant consented, and they went in
together and stood before the bar, on
which was pepper box filed with cay
enne pepper.
The soldier took the box up, unscrewed
the perforated lid, threw handful of red
pepper into the sergeant's eyes, and
started for the door. The blinded man,
though suffering intensely, retained his
self possession. He drew his revolver,
fired in the direction of the retreating.
footsteps, and shot the deserter through
the heart.-Youths Companion.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-11-01
A Sisters Right.

She-George, dear, don't quite Like the
way you go on with Ethel White. And
she is as familiar as sister would be.
He-Yes, darling, that relationship was
established last June at Saratoga.
York Sun.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-11-01

A Vermont horse fancier's daughter,
Betsy by name, having reached mar
riageable age, her father wrote fani1iarly
to an old friend, "Bets offered, but no
takers as yet."-Burlington Free Press
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-11-01
a Mistake Often Made,

Men often conceive that they have sur
mounted an obstacle or overcome an evil
when in fact they have merely got used
OF accustomed to it. "How are you now
adaysT asked a retired physician of a
friend who had been suffering from an
orrinous complaint. "Oh, am betterl"
was the answer, unless it is that l am
only getting used to this one thing -
Philadelphia Sunday School Times
A Case of Necessity.
Visitor ito convict What are. you in
for friend? =
.Convict-Tm an ex-policeman, sir; I'm
in Tor stealing.
Visitor-That's bad. Can do anything
for;you?
Convict-H you could send me IN apfnt
ofpeanuts, sir, you would. savesmy life.
I was on the force so long, ! can't I've
without 'em-The Enocln~
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-11-01

W. A. Rhodes, the well known profes-
sional bicycle rider, is recovering from a
long and severe illness.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-11-01

The League Of American. .Wheelmen now
has total membership of II, ,442
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-11-01

Flies don't bother the busy man.
Philadelphia Call.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-11-01

There are 100000 cattle of all kinds
in this country, and but 100000 of the
pure breed.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-11-01

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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-10
EQUAL SUFFRAGE soRApprse MATCH.

That women will purify politics can hardly
be doubted-to do so would be heresy after
the many assertions to that effect from high
sources-but it is much to be regretted that
their advent into the political field is attended
with features that cannot, by the widest
stretch of charity, be regarded as of purify
ing nature. When women received the
formal Endorsement of the Prohibition con-
venfion, and it was officially announced that
they ought. to have equal political rights, it
was thought by some that the millennium was
at hand. Reports from Wabash county, how
ever, indicate that this idea was incorrect, or
that if the millennium is coming it will arrive
by some other route. Certainly Miss Willard
and the rest hardly anticipated that the
Prohibition campaign would be opened with
a sparring match between two members Of
the elect sex. To call it sparring match is
to speak politely. What the Wabash women
really INDUCED in, If report is cor
rect, was knock-down fight in
which fists and clubs figured actively
and of which bloody noses, black eyes and
torn clothes were the result. 1t will scarcely
be maintained that there is anything of an
elevat:ng character about this. Manifesto
tons Of the same sort have always been com
mon in Democratic meetings, where the partici-
pants in the proceedings were all Of the mascu-
line gender; but these scrappipg matches have
not been held up as examples for the coming
voter to follow, especially if the coming voter
was TO be q woman. On the contrary, 1t was
urged by the ardent advocates of equal suf-
fraee that the entrance of women into the pub
lie arena would eliminate the ''shindy' and the
gument would give way to the soft and WOO
ing methods peculiar to the gentle beings
when they want their own way. To be sure.
the emotional demonstrations of the leaders
of the movement in the late Prohibition con-
vention, their gestures, their disheveled hair
and general disregard of appearances. did not
augur well for the heavenly calmness and
peace which was promised; but it was hoped
that as this gathering was exceptional. the
sweet feminine instinct would assert
itself in future meetings and that
all would be well. This hope Is dashed by
the reports from tho Wabash. The trnth
seems to be that close association with the
Dsmocraev has caused . deterioration Of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-10
mrs. jII.gvESAED.

Probably every, tiazsn. irrespective of poll
tics feels . friendly interest in Mrs. Cleve-
land for the reason that she is young. and
amiable, and pretty woman in conspicuous
and peculiarly trying position. The members
Of her husbands party however. regard her
with worshipful gratitude which has no
parallel in the history Of the country. The
source this feeling is less fattering to her
self than might be desired. Other men with
handsome, intelligent and equally amiable
wives have gone into the presidential race,
and have been elected and spent years in the
White House without one 1.-THE of the adula-
ton paid to these wives that Mrs. Cleveland
has received. The general public took the
same friendly interest in these ladies that il
now feels for her, but its sense of propr;sty
and dscsncy would have been shocked had
their names been as freely used as hers To
b ssrs, the former Presidents were men of
such character and personal popularity that
Il was not necessary to create
kindly ssntimsntin their behalf by dragging
In To tsmsle members of their families on all
e6sasions and calling attention to their at
&raetions There IL also reason to believe
ihat not one Of Mr.. Cleveland's predecessors
bat would have protested vigorously had
their own individual and political claims been
ignored while the politicians rehearsed the
praises Of his wife; and this resentment would
have been not on his own account but on
hsrA The excess of Democratic gratitude is,
psrhsps easy to Be accounted for. Other
men have married without exciting wonder or
altering. in any way, their attitude to the
public. In Mr.. Cleveland's case, however.
twenty-five years Of a LIE to which his friends
svoi1 reference, was blotted out
BY young woman's willingness
to overlook it. For this, and
his transformation into respectable family
man at her hands. they are eternally CRATE
sul They have right to be; but this does
not justify them in taking the liberties they
do with her name and her personality. They
have eushingly dubbed her the ''uucrowned
queen Of American womanhood," but Ameri-
can womanhood is not honored, but disgraced.
BY having the picture of its queen hawked
about on the streets, hung up in beer saloons
and worn as decorations by red-nosed bum
msrs. In behalf of Frances Cleveland
American women should protest. A political
party which cannot conduct campaign
without dragging its candidates wife through
cha mire should retire from business.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-10

SENATOR CuLLoM is said to have had wide
spread fame as corn husker in the pioneer days
of Illinois.
A WRITER in the st. Louis Globe thinks the
time is coming when the walls, ceilings and
floors of our dwellings will DO formed of mallea
BILE glass, and perfect cleanliness will be posi-
Die.
THE gum-ehewing mania IL still increasing
rapidly among the youthful bellies Of the arts
tocrscy. the proper and correct gift for . young
lady being now . box Of gun, decorated in
dainty fashion. and tied With pretty ribbon
The Emerson family has at last consented to
permit an anthology from Mr.. Emerson's works
The gathering OF these Emersonian flowers Of
thought will be intrusted to Rev. VIM. &. Gan.
net No doubt all lovers of Emerson will re-
joice that this work falls to hands so well fitted
to deal with It
DR THEODORE GAY. who attended ex-vice-
president Wheeler during his last illness. has
presented bill 1as Il bill to the estate Il
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-10
TIE CoUECILs And TIE CITY.

IfCity Councils could be brought to aclearer
understanding of their proper functions and
relations to the public, it would oftentimss
aid them in dealing with questions of munich
pal policy. The councilmanic mind nowadays
is apt to be confused and misled by side
issues, political, personal or other, which have
no Legitimate connection with the city gov
eminent. and which ought to be rigidly ex-
cluded from its councils. Ward politics are
largely responsible for this. 1t is very ques-
tionable whether the division of q city into
wards for political purposes is not productive
of more evil than good. AT all events, ward
politics have no business and should have no
place In City Council. Neither should any
local. personal or corporate interest save that
of the city at large and the people as a whole.
The point for Councils to bear in mind 10 that
the city 10 corporation, of which the people
are the stockholders and the Councils the di-
rectors Their duties TO the city and
the public are precisely analogous to
those of . board Of directors to
the stockholders of a corporation. They
arc trustees to manage the affairs of the
city for the benefit and in the interests Of
tho people. If they fail to do this it is
breach of trust. The law prescribes limita-
tons to the power of City Council, and with
in these limitations it is expected to act solely
and singly for the public welfare. regardless
of all side issues, political or otherwise. Any
thing more o. less than this is betrayal Of
duty, if not a violation Of Law. ACity Coun-
Gil is to look out for the interests of the city
it represents as against any and all other in
terests, first, last, and all the time A clear
conception of this idea and what it involves
may be found useful to the councilmanic
mind under variety of circumstances.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-10

a. one author said, other literary societies in
the city. but what be did not say nor apparent
ly realize was that they are Of an entirely diff
fsrent order from the Writers' Association.
The latter is composed of producers, those
who write for publication, of professional au-
thors. or amateurs with professional ambitions
The ordinary literary club il made up with
view to pursuing special courses Of study or
reading. and is meant only for the personal
improvement of its members They have
certain interests in common with the authors,
but not more than have clubless people of cul-
tivated tastes. A great many conventions as
semble in Indianapolis. Doctors meet and
discuss the newest discoveries in medical sci
ence, the preachers, in solemn conclave, read
just their creeds and wrangle over doctrines.
The public does not attend their gatherings;
il feels that it has no business there,
and is content to know that it will profit in
the one instance by having its ills cured after
the most approved methods and In the other
by having its soul saved according to the
latest-revised theological plan. By organic
ing, the writer's have classed themselves as .
profession apars, aud it is no Indication in
their case more than in the others that the
community lacks sympathy with them be-
cause IL does not flock to their hall. 1t knows
it win eventually reap the benefit IN the inn
proved literature which viii doubtless result.
OF course, il this theory of the associa-
tons being is incorrect, and, instead of q
gathering of bright men and women of SINH
lar pursuits for the purpose of making each
others acquaintance and profting thereby, it
is intended for the special entertainment Of
the world at large, there is nothing to be said,
save that the fact should have been distinctly
advertised in advance. However 1t may be.
the dissatisfied ones should quiet their per-
turbed spirits and rest secure in the knowl-
edge that indianapolis regards them with the
kindest feelings and hopes they will not hold
their sessions elsewhere. but will continue to
radiate sweetness and light from this central
and convenient point as heretofore.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-10
James rreem.n Clarke.

Rev. James Freeman Clarke, the eminent
Unitarian minister, who died 1t his homo in ia
maica Plain. Mass., on Friday. was one Of the
most distinguished men Of the country. He
was. born at Hanover. N. H., on April 4 1910.
He was On infant when his parents removed 20
Newton, Mass, and he was educated in Boston.
receiving his preparatory education from the
Rev. James Freeman and ct the Boston Latin
School. At sixteen years OF age he became .
student at Harvard. During the last year Of
bis collegiate course he formed valuable
friendship with Margaret Fuller. Countess
d'Ossoli This was continued in q daily
correspondence during the four years in
which Mr. Clarke studied % the Harvard Di.
vinity School. Her influence is said to have led
him to abandon Q preference for the law for
that of the Christian ministry. When he was
twenty three he accepted the call to pastorats
at Louisville. Ky. While living there. in 1886.
he founded. and for the following three years
edited, the magazine in which appeared Ralph
Waldo Emersonis earliest published poems
Oliver Wendell Holmes and DR.. Claiming were
also among the contributors to THE Western
Messenger which was valued, among other ex-
celsnt features. for its pictures Of content orary
Southern customs. In 1889 Mr.. Clarke was mar
ried He lelt Louisville in 1S40. and returned
to Boston. which has been the scene OF his al
most incessant tolls ever since. In lS4l he
founded the Church of the Disciples.
where the principle that ''pews shall
not be sold. rented or taxed" has
been maintained from the beginning. His
health broke down in 1850 from excessive sppli-
cation to literary and pulpit work, and he rest
ed the next three yes:s Five years before he
created some excitement ana . part Of his
church seeded on account Of his exchanging
pulpits with Theodore Parker. The creed Of
his own church. as explicitly stated By him, 10
faith in Jesus Christ a tescher and master;
i,s aim, the study and practice of Christianity"
DIR. Clarke encouraged the anti-sIavery crusade.
During his long career he has held various off,
cial positions, having been . member Of the
board OF education, trustee Of the public Ii
brary and member Of the board of overseers
of Harvard College, from which institution he
received his degree Of Doctor of Divinity. In
1888 In 1879 he was delegate to the Repub-
lean State convention. at Worcester. and he
was also delegate to the national Republican
convention which nominated Rutherford B.
Hayes for President
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-10
MINOR MENTION.

THE Council should not lose sight Of the fact
that the city wants electric lights. The people
have not lost sight of it We do not mean to say
that the Council should take hasty or premature
action in the premises, for the present stage of
electric science and electric lighting it is not ad
visabls to act without due elaboration. What
ever action is taken should bs such az will
stand the test OF time But with this quali6ca-
ton the Council should understand that the city
wants elsctris light and expects the Council to
take the necessary steps for securing it 1t is the
light of tie future, ana iss feasibility
is quite Sufficiently demonstrated to justify
its introduction here. The Council must take
no step backward In the matter. Indianapolis
is facing to the front, and must keep moving in
that direction.
THE New York law aooiishine hanging and
substituting electricity a. . meals Of in6ictine
the death penalty. makes other changes TO the
present code Of criminal procedure. Thus 1t
provides that prisoner sentsnced to death shall
be immediately conveyed by the sheriff to one Of
the State prisons. ard there kept in solitary
finemsnt until the day OF execution. to DO Wis
tied only by officers. by his relatives. physi-
elan, clergyman or counsel. The court imposing
the ssntsncs shall name merely the week within
which the execution 10 TO take place, the partie-