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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-10-17
SMALL EATERS LIVE LONG.
How to Avoid the TerrOrs of Indiges-
ton. Some Valuable Hints.

With regard to food, we find from DR.
Humphrey g report that 80 per cent. of the
aged persons were either moderate or small
eaters, and such moderation is quite in &C.
cord with the teachings of physiology. In
old age the changes in the bodily tissues
gradually become less active, and less food
is required to make up for the daily waste.
The appetite and the power of digestion
are correspondiDgly diminished, and, al
though for the attainment of great age a
considerable amount of digestive power is
absolutely necessary, its perfection, when
exercised upon proper articles Of diet, is
the most important characteristic. Indulg
ence in the pleasures of the table is one of
the common errors of advanced life, and is
not infrG Gquent in persons who, up to that
period, were moderate or even small
eaters.
Luxuries in the way of food are apt to
be regarded as rewards that have been fully
earned by life of labor, and may, there
fore, be lawfully enjoyed. Hence arise
many of the evils and troubles of old age,
and notably insigesti0n and gout symp-
toms in various forms, beside mental dis
comfort. No hard and fast rules can be
laid down, but strict moderation should be
the guiding maxim. The diet suitable for
most aged persons is that which contains
much nutritive material in small bulk,
and its quantity should be in proportion to
the appetite and power of digestion. Ami
NAL food, well cooked, should be taken
sparingly and not oftener than twice day
except under special circumstances. DR..
Parkes advocates rice as partial substi-
tute for meat when the latter is found to
disagree with old persons. Its starch grains
are very digestible, and it supplies nitrogen
in moderate amount, well fitted to the
worn and slowly repaired tissues of the
aged.
Its bulk, however, is sometimes disad-
vantage; in small quantities it is valu-
able addition to milk and stewed fruits.
The amount of food taken should be di-
vided between three or four meals at fairly
regular intervals. A sense of fullness or
oppression after eating ought not to be dis
regarded. 1t indicates that the food taken
has either been too abundant or of i'm
proper quality. For many elderly people
the most suitable time for the principal
meal is between 1 and 2 p. m. As the day
advances the digestive powers become less,
and even a moderately substantial meal
taken in the evening may seriously over
task them. Undigested food is potent
cause of disturbed sleep, an evil often very
troublesome to old people, and one which
ought to be carefully guarded against
Boston Traveller.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-10-17
Biters Badly Bitten.

At D. met clever graduate OF
certain college in Boston. He told me OF
little Joke which be and his classmates
tried to play upon Father -, very dig
nified and learned Jesuite, writes a cores
pondent of the Lewiston Me.) Journal.
One morning the reverend gentleman,
finding it impossible to take his class IN
philosophy, had written upon the black
board for their enlightenment:
Father will not meet his classes
this morning"
As the boys were leaving the room, feel
ing rather elated, one wag moistened his
finger and erased the letter C" from the
word classes" thereby altering the pre-
ceptor's meaning quite materially.
When Father - reappeared IN the
class room he was on the point OF eraslpg
his N N.B. wholly, when his quick eye caught
sight of the alteration. He frowned some-
what, but the next moment he smiled ra
diantly as he in turn made slight ellsion
in the same word while he erased another.
When the boys next came 10 class every
eye eagerly sought the masters face, then
each glanced on the sly at the inscription
Lo! it read:
Father - will meet his asses this
morning"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-10-17
Rates of Subscription.
THE K.CK.UP AT O'FLAHERTY's

II was at O'Flaherty's house that we met,
And we thought it was time that they brought
IN the wet.
Which they did and the best dhrop that liver
seen;
II had never paid duty to King or to ueen.
II was like a bull calf, 1t powerful and
Until every mans teeth got mixed up with his
The speakers made speeches. the best liver read,
Though the divil one could make out what
they said.
They were all full of glory and whisky and talk
They'd stand up for anything If they could
walk;
And some got the hiccups, and thought for a
They'd lay down like corpses all over the fiure.
II they were for sleeping, O'Flaherty said
They'd beth er go sleep in the rooms overhead;
SO they started, Nick Joyce at tie head OF
affairs,
But Ley got repulse at the sight Of the stairs.
They shouted, The staircase is moving to-
But Joyce, full of courage, advanced to the fight,
And the very first step that he happened TO thry
It got up and altered the shape APT A Of his eye; e.
Shouts out, Were surrounded by threscherous
foesp
"But" says he, with their ming I'll answer
60 he went on his stomach to lead the attack.
Ned Dunno, with the shank of glass to his eye
Shouts, Take open order, because obsnrve
They've drawn up the bannisters as a resarve."
While he u ade flank movement their tactics
to check.
A great big glass bottle got stuck In his neck.
So he rowled on the fiure and he called for
repairs,
He was shattered through fighting OFlaherty' rs
stairs.
But Pat, on his stomach, still kept the COM
mand, :,
And, spread out like a worm, faith! he fought
hand to hand,
TIL he let ont his leg for some help from the
sonth,
When his foot got a grip in Miss Doherty's
Her sweetheart, Tim Dooan, shouts Faith,
you will feel
The resoult of concesling her teeth In your
heel"
And with talk which had no resemblance to
pray ers,
They rowled In bunch on O'Flaherty's stairs.
Oh, the Irish are brave and they axed for no
And they never would run, for their legs were
no use;
But they conquered the stairs, where the fight
had begun
And they slept on the spot where the battle was
won.
The dc ctor next day he walked sadly about
He'd no sticking plaster, his stock was sould
out,
For he'd never seen men so in want of repairs
AS the heroes who fought with OFlaherty
stairs
l-Ballyhooly In New York Mercury.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-10-17
MORGAN DIX,
Who Presides Over the Episcopal
House of Deputies.

The Rev. Morgan Dix, who was presiding
officer at the Episcopal Convention of three
years ago, fills the chair the second time.
No clergy man of the Protestant Episcopal
Church is better known to the public than
the rector of Trinity Church, New York.
He was born in that city in 1927, the son
of John A. Dix, remem bered as governor Of
the Empire State After his graduation at
Columbia College in 1848, he studied theo-
loey at the General Theological Seminary,
and, in 1852, received his diploma from
that institution. He was ordained deacon
about the same time, and began his life as
q clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, at st. Johns Chapel, New York.
In 1854 he was ordained priest and became
assistant to the Rev. DR.. Wilmer of Phila
delphia. He returned to New York in the
fl flowing year as assistant minister in
Trinity parish. Three years later he was
made assistant rector, and rector in 1862.
DIR. Dix is distinguished as scholar,
preacher and author.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-10-17
Democratic Candidate for Secretary
of state of New York.
Governor Anne

The Democratic nominee for Secretary
of State of New York is Frank Rice, who
was born at Seneca, n. Y, January 10,
1S45. He received preparatory education
in the common schools of Ontario county
and in Canandaigua academy. Mr.. Rice
graduated from Hamilton college with high
honors in 1868, and in April, 1869, began
the study of law He was admitted to the
bar in June, 1870, and at once took high
rank in the profession. In 1875 he was
nominated for District Attorney on the
Democratic ticket and was successful. He
was reelected in 1878. In 1882 he accepted
the nomination for member of Assembly
and was elected.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-10-17
A TUNEFUL TRAGEDY.

Silvery noted,
lily throated,
Starry eyed and golden haired,
Charming Anna,
The soprano,
All the singers hearts ensnared.
Long the tenor
Sought to win her,
Sought to win her for his bride,
And the basso,
With loves lasso,
Oft 10 snare the maiden tried.
The demeanor
OF the tenor
To the basso frigii grew,
And the basso.
AS he was SO
Much In love, grew frigld too
Anna smiled on
Both, which piled on
To the mutual hatred fuel,
So to win her
Bass and tenor
Swore they'd fight vocal duel.
Shrieked the tenor,
Like Vennor
Cyclone bowling Ger the plain;
sang 80 nlgn II
To outvie the
Bass, he split his head in twain.
Crowded the basso
Till he was SO
Low to hear him was treat,
Lower still he
Went until he
Split the soles of both his feet.
Charming Anna,
The soprano,
Mourned a week for both her IeiioWs'
Then she wed the
Man who fed the
Wind into the organ bellows.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-10-17
How Baby "Opens its Mental Eyes


In the last volume of the Education
Series" On "The Development of the Intel
lect," Fl. W. Brown has presented con-
spectus of the observations of Professor
PIeyer on the mind of tie child, which
shows chronOlogically the gradual develop.
ment OF the senses, intellect and will of
the growing child, and presents in con-
densed form the result of great number
of careful observations 1t is recorded that
sensibility to light, touch, temperature,
smell and taste are present on the first day
of infant life. Hearing, therefore, is the
only special sense which is not active at
this time. The child hears by the third or
fourth day. Taste and smell are senses at
first most active, but but they are not
differentiated. General organic sensations
OF well-being or discomfort are felt from
the first; but pain and pleasure, as mental
states, are not noted until at or near the
second month.
The first sign of speech in the shape of
Ctterance Of consonant sounds is heard in
the latter part of the second month, these
consonants being generally I'm, r." "g" or
Vt" All the movements of the eyes be.
come coordinate by the fourth month, an0
by this time the child begins to have the
feeling of self"-that is, he looks at his
own hands and looks at himself in the
mirror. The study of the childs mind
during the first year shows conclusively
that ideas develop and reasoning pro-
cesses occur before there is any knowledge
of words or of language; though it may be
assumed that the Child thinks in symbols
visual or auditory, which are clumsy equiv
alents for words. By the end of the year
the child begins to express itself by sounds
that liz, speech begins. The development
of this speech capacity is, according to
Preyer, IN accordance with the develop
ment of the intellectual powers By the
end of the second year the childs power of
speech is practically acquired.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-10-17
PUSSY AND THE POPPlES'

Poppies red, and pink and white,
In my grand mas garden beds,
'Gainst the green you look SO orignt
How you dance and nod your heaos.
Little kittie, ball of fuzz,
brightest eyes / ever sawD
IL you try to make him buzz
That old bee will sting your paw.
You're lazy pussy cat,
Watching poppies bow and sway;
Breezes make them bend ike that'
They don't do II for your play.
Only see how fast sewl
Grandma said to piece this squares
It's no time to play, yon know,
Till you've done your work all isir.
You should go and catch the mite
In my grandpa's corn and meal.
If you take my good advice,
Only think how proud you'll feel.
There's my grandma calling me!
Oh, whatever shall do?
For my seams not done, you see,
Here I've sat vnd scolded you.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-10-17
Equal to the Occasion.

San Francisco Chronicle: Mr. and Mrs
Grundy vent to little reception the other
night and MIR. Grundy met there good.
looking widow of an uncertain age. She
was not young enough to be merely fiirt,
nor old enough to make MIS- Grundy
jealous. Mr.. Grundy kept safe distance
from Mrs. Grundy as he said to the widow,
because she was short-sjghted. The widow
could not resist just little tantalizatiop,
and she went and sat down by Mrs Grun-
dy. Mrs. Giundy didn't like the widow.
any way, so she asked:
who was that homely old man you
were flirting witb?p
"Homely, my dear? Why that was your
husband
Mrs. Grundy was equal TO the occasion.
"My husband Go right back 10 him, rny
Gear You are the first whoman who has
paid him any attention for five years"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-10-17
VINCENTE G. QUESADA.
Minister From BuenOs Ayres to WASH
ingtOn.

Minister From BuenOs Ayres to WASH
ingtOn.
The name of Vincente G. Quesada is at
the head of those of the delegates appointed
by the Argentine Republic to represent
that government at the Congress of Nations
in Washington. He is the Minister from
Buenos Ayres 10 this country, but will re-
main home until November, when he will
come to Washington in time to attend the
adjourned session of the Congress of Amer
ican Nations. Quesada is q man of high
cultivation. He has been member of the
National Parliament several times and of
the provincial Legislature. Quesada has
represented the Argentine Republic as
Minister to Brazil Excelling as dipl0-
mat, scholar and an author, Queeada is q
man of mark among the distinguished
statesmen to convene in the city on the
banks of the Potomac
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-10-17
Pertinent Queries.

Why do we always talk of putting on a
coat and vest? No one puts on coat be-
fore vest. We also say putting on shoes
and stockings. But who puts on the shoes
before the stockings? We also put up signs
telling people to wipe their feet when we
mean their poots or shoes. And father
tells a boy he win warm his jocket when
he means to warm his pantaloons. We are
a little eccentric in our phases, amt we, at
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-10-17
Good to Beware Of.

Sitting at Darmstatter hall:
"Then it is settled, my poor Henry, you
are to be married soon ~
"Yes; and to duck of widow"
"Take care, dear boy, take care. The
hearts of widows resemble the apartments
where we always find in the cupboard some
some object forgotten by the former tenant.
-Iruth.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-10-17
Didn't Speak as She Passed fle'

She looked very sweet
In a tailor made dress,
And a hat that matched the gown.
We flirted a little
must confess,
Nor did she kill me by frown.
But that verv nigh
All sad to tell,
gave up my hope with a sign.
She was waiter girl
AT the big hotel
And she helped me to the pie.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-10-17
Bay State Republican Candidate for
Governor.

Governor.
John Quincy Adams Brackett is a native
of Bradford. New Hompshire. He was
born on June 8, 1872 was graduated from
Colby Academy in 1861, and from Harvard
Coll. ge in 1865 Mr.. Bracket studied law
in the Harvard Law School, and was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1868. His first public
Office was in the Boston Common Council
where he served from 1873 to 1876, the last
year az president. He was elected to the
lower branch of the Legislature, where he
sat for five successive terms. In 1884 he
returned to the House. The two years
succeeding he was chosen to the Speaker
ship. He was for two years Judge Advo-
cate, and was elected Lieutenant Governor
in 1886, serving during three terms with
Governor Ames.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-10-17
A Poser for st. Paul.
lCloveland Plain Dealer. |

While hurrying through binding rain
storm Cleveland young man saw an
inebriated individual clinging to lamp
post for dear life.
"What are you doing in the rain," he
said stopping a moment.
"I'z waiting fer M house to 60 by" an
swered the old soak.
The gentleman kindly took him by the
arm and escorted him home. Once inside
the door he turned round and said:
"Shav, misher, whaz yer name?'
"St. Paul"
'St. Paul; shas so. Shay misher St.
Paul, did " ever get an answer to shat
epistle you wrote to the Ephesians?"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-10-17
should 30 Business by Mail.

Mani believe you profess to tell from
persons handwriting what his charac-
ter is?
Professor Certainly.
Man Now, read these lines and give an
opinion.
Professor -Hm-hm. The man whD
wrote this is about thirty years of age,
somewhat opulent, writes very seldom,
dealer in cattle or lumber Inn has a very
passionate, irracible nature, and
Man (interruptingly)-And ? and
Professor is a very rough, rude,
coarse person.
Man-You develish liar falling upon and
kicking and beating HIM. Just clear out
of here or I'll break every bone in your
miserable body.-San Francisco Wasp.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-10-17

Miss Gushing are widOwer, ART
you not, Mr.. Newman?
Mr. Newman (of Salt Lake City, Only
partially, Miss Gushing Three OF my
wives are still living.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-08-13
NEWSPAPER HUMOR.

Boston Gazette The man who
mows his hay on Sunday is generally
cut by by his neighbors.
Washington Capital : A rising
joker-The boy vino bends pin and
inadvertently sits down on it himself.
San Francisco Alta: Boulanger,
for he is likely to be out of a job.
Syracuse Herald So far as
the Behring Sea is concerned,
Uncle Sam assumes to be Keeper OF
the Great Seals.
-Binghamton Republican : If a
big man in knee-pants feels as silly
as he looks it's a wonder he dosn't
giggle.
Baltimore American Our in
FAINT Navy displays fan inconvenient
though not unnatural Partially for
continually going on a rock.
Cape Cod Item: The Govern.
ment is building lighthouse tender.
This will be news TO those who think
that lighthouses must be built tough.
Boston Courier Popularity is
evanescent," SAYS a philosopher. 1t
is indeed. Just see how quickly the
popularity of popular subscription
dies out.
-Terre Haute Express Often
the criminal is like the man who
blows into the loaded gun. He meets
the charge so unexpectedly that be
loses bis head.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-08-13
SELECTING SEED CORN.
Some Valuable Suggestions by Prof. G. +
Morrow, of Illinois.

Some Valuable Suggestions by Prof. @. +.
Morrow, Of Illinois.
In selecting few bushels OF seed
corn with special reference to improve
ment of the crop. as well as to having
seed with strong vitality, should pre-
fer selecting i'm the field before the crop
is fully matured, because this will en-
able one to Judge OF the stalk as well
as the ear, and of the early maturing
Of both ear and stalk compared with
their surroundings.
In preserving this corn | should Sc
lect the most convenient method which
would allow the ears To become quite
thoroughly dried before severe cold
weather. and then keep them dry
perfectly free from marked variations
in temperature. Artificial heat in
moderate degrees is helpful, but not
often essential in this latitude with
fairly early maturing varieties.
do not attach much Importance to
any one method. The old plan OF
"brading up" the ears by their husks
by pairs and hanging over wires, ropes
or poles in "A warm, dry place, is, per-
haps, as effective as any. A patented
corkscrew-like wire to put in each ear
is excellent. Cutting off the tips of the
ears, making a hole through them
lengthwise, then stringing dozen or
twenty on a wire probably gives help
in the thorough crying of very large
ears. In all ordinary cases no trouble
will come il the ears are spread thinly
on the floor or in crates, il kept in q
warm, dry place.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-08-13
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

There is no duty on vegetables In
their natural state, whether that State
be Massachusetts or Texas.-TerGs
Sytings.
"A man died in Connecticut who
smoked over two thousand behring's q
day. Worse than the tobacco habit.
No wonder he died.-Burlington Free
Press.
"A Western village boasts of q
woman who "goes out and chops
wood with her husband" 1t is Gus
tomary to use an axe, but he may be
IN unusually sharp man.
Cavalry Colonel-"You saw the
Indians, you say?" Colored Boy
"Yes, Boss" Cavalry Colonel
Hostile, were theyP" Colored Boy
mo. Boss, dey was on foot"
Professor in Physics-"Now. Mr..
A., what was the first phenomenon
noted in connection with the force Of
gravity" (Mr. A. hesitates and .
Biblical student prompts . him):
Adam fell"
Jumping as a means of earning Q
living appears to be increasing. Some
Jump from balloons, others from
bridges, but the most successful are
the fellows who jump their board bills.
Hotel Gazette.
First Old Party (on hotel piazsa)
What has that young man got that
big sash around his wrist for?" SEQ
ond Old Party-''DunnO. unless he
has got pane in his stomach. Dos
ton Commercial Bulletin.
-Teacher-'Try to remember this:
Milton, the poet, was blind. Do you
think you can remember it?" Yes.
ma'am." Now, what was Millions
great misfortuue?" "He was a poet"
Kentucky State Journal.
-"Say. Jim, what's ratification"
said one boy to another. What's q
fortifcationr echoed the other, who
had just begun to learn arithmetic.
'.Well, l guess it's two twenty-fca-
tions. "-Harper's Young People.
-"Helloa, bubi Who are your"
Johnny Blake" "Old Bill Blake's
boy. Ell? Now, you don't look a bis
like your father. You take after your
mother. / SUPPOSED" mo, she's al
ways after me- That's her coming up
the lane now. with a stick"
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-08-13

buzz with such intelligence whenever
Mrs. Mckee gets tired, what may We
expect TO happen when Baby Mckee
gets a new TOOTH And when We
view with alarm the multitude of
Harrisons, scotts and McKees who
have suddenly become public person.
ages through the fundamentally Of
Quay, Dudley and Wanamaker, what
will be the fate of this long-suffering
people when the Deer Park jenkins
broadens his activities and admins
tiers to the reading public full da lily
dose of the comings and goings, pains,
aches and carvings On of all of them.