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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-02-07
No. 1 I
The BillbOardS' Decline.

Theatrical managers have lately been
discussing the question of the most
profitable manner of advertising their
shows. A few years ago the billboard
was the only recognized method of COM
munication between the manager and
his patrons Spaces upon every fence
and corner were eagerly bought up by
the enterprising advance agent; saloon
windows were utilized to hold the litho-
graphs, and free pass accompanied
each picture displayed. What was the
result? After the agent had gone his
rounds and papered the town the ticket
scalper also began his pilgrimage. He
bought up the free passes at small cost
and sold them afterward at good profit
to himself and filled the house at direct
loss to the original management. The
scheme was q complete failure.
Later another plan was adopted and
with similar results. Season tickets, ad-
mitting the holder to four performances
a month and not transferable, were
issued, and on each performance the
door keeper was obliged to punch out
one of the dates, as in railroad ticket.
The result was that the holders of these
passes held off until they had accumu-
lated dozen or SO of admissions to their
SltulU, ttllu lIltll oWOOpGu uON IL IIl6
theatre in their might and owned the
house. In Buffalo last season one man.
ager was forced to give away 1,700 free
admissions in one week, and only saved
himself from ruin by getting the differ
ences in the prices of those of his pa
irons who wished to obtain better seats
than their passes admitted them to.
1t is generally conceded among ad-
vanced theatrical managers that the
newspaper is at once the cheapest and
the best way of reaching the great
theatre going public. Such is the condi-
ton of Philadelphia at present that upon
the principal streets there are no places
for the billboard and the lithograph.
They must be exiled to the suburbs,
where the theatrical patron never ven
lures, and the small boy who cannot
read unites with the equally illiterate
goat for their speedy destruction. An
afternoons shower will erase the work
of days, batter down the signs, blur the
colors, and generally destroy the most
ambitious bill posted. The newspaper
is, in truth, the only reliable means of
theatrical as it is of other advertisement.
1t is cheaper, further reaching and ap-
peals to better clientele, and the con-
stant increase in the space occupied by
the theatre advertisements in the leading
papers shows that this fact is understood.
philadelphia Times.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-02-07

L. c. Brinkman, clerk in the supply
department of the Burlington and Mis-
souri, in this city, while hunting shot a
large eagle. The shot broke the birds
wing, but left it otherwise unharmed,
and when he went to capture his prize it
made a spring at his face, and had he
not warded it off with his arm his eyes
would have been put out by the savage
bird. As it was it gripped his arm, and
despite his efforts to free himself he
could not shake the eagle off. Calling
to his friends, short distance away,
they came and killed the bird and then
pried its claws out of the flesh of his fore
arm and leg, which were badly lacerated.
He was helped home by his friends and
medical assistance summoned His arm
was badly swollen. The eagle measured
eight feet from tip to tip.-Des Moines
Register.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-02-07
Boracic Acid as a Preservative.

Boracic acid only acts when present in
large quantity. 1t prevents the growth
and multiplication of germs, but does not
kill them even in l per cent. solution
Experiments with milk gave very unsat-
isiactory results, as an addition of per
cent. boracic acid only preserved the
milk for four days. Horseflesh may be
preserved for six weeks by the use of 3
per cent. of the acid. Boracic acid is
supposed to be harmless, but recent in
vestigators, including the author, prove
it to be dangerous, as it strongly acts
upon the mucous membrane of the large
intestine. A dose Of four grammes killed
a large rabbit, two grammes made a dog
very sick.
The acid is much used in Sweden for
preserving fish and milk, but cases Of
poisoning have already occurred in that
country. Long continued use of the acid
is not favorable to good health, anC at
all events its addition to milk should be
prohibited. Chem. Zeitung,
No. 76; L. De K, The Analyst.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-02-07
Rates of Subscription.
HOPE.

hope is an anxious, craving dream,
And fingers here until the beam
OF life shall fade away;
And in the shining sands that CLEAN
Along life's treacherous, bounding stream,
We trace her name today.
How oft upon life's sandy shore
Lbations sweet to Hope we pour,
Expecting much to gain;
They sink in sound, are seen no more,
Our moments dream of bliss is o'er,
Till charmed by hope again.
How lightly will Hopes morning dreams
Leave us when lifes MONDAY beams
Upon our heads shall fall;
'Tis her bright dream alone that deems
That future life with riches teens
And strives to grasp them all.
Though chilled by storms of changing life
And wounded by the darts of strife,
On lowly cot she lie;
Though tyrants rage and fate should mock,
She will recover from the shock,
And not entirely die.
Her star still guides the sailors eye
And sweetly soothes the maiden's sigh,
And binds them soul to soul;
A something in the human breast
That will not sleep, that cannot rest,
Nor yield to fate's control.
Upon life's path it is the light
That guides each traveller Alright,
To every soul It's given;
1t is the Christians light divine,
And on his path will ever shine
To guide him home to heaven
j. Waller Henry in New York Graphic.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-02-07
Looking Ahead.

A story is related of the late F. R. De-
lanO which is quite characteristic. When
the veteran railroad man was lying at
the point of death he made dying re-
quest. He said to the attendants at his
bedside that he wished them to see that
strips of oak be nailed to the bottom of
the pine box that would contain bis cof-
fin. II realize," remarked the dying
man, that Oakland cemetery will have
to be abandoned as a place of burial
some day, and all the bodies will be
taken up and moved away. Now, I
don't want my bones dropping out of the
box all over the city while they are
carrying them off to another cemetery,
and SO I'd like to have you make the
box strong enough to hold them" It is
understood that the somewhat odd re-
quest was complied with.-St. Paul
Pioneer Press
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-02-07
The Height of Ocean Waves.

A writer in The Liverpool Mercury--a
captain of the mercantile marine-has
taken great pains to take what are prob
ably the most careful observations as to
the height of ocean waves in gale which
have ever been recorded. He made them
during voyage round Cape Horn and
to do it he went up in the main rigging,
to get, if possible, the top of the wave
coming up astern in a line of sight from
the mast to the horizon at the back.
The reason he selected the main
mast was this, that as rule it is
nearly amidships and when the sea is
running the sea ahead and from aft lifts
the two ends, forming hollow amid
ships (the actual foot of the wave below
the mean draught equal to the sight ele-
vation) and the observer necessarily is
above the true height. 1t was difficult
operation, but the captain obtained some
good observations, making the height of
the waves on the mast. On measuring
the distance from these to the main
draught he found them to be as follows:
ga, 81, So and 65 feet respectively, vary
ing in length from $50 to 800 feet.-New
York Home Journal.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-02-07
High Priced Stray.

A resident of this city said today: 81
have bought apples of farmers that were
of the best class-good all the way to the
bottom of the barrel Today l found
that a barrel of apples purchased of a
farmer who is pillar in church con-
tains a foot of straw. 1t is not good
straw either. He actually sold me buck
wheat straw at the rate of $3.50 per bar
rel."-Kingston Freeman.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-02-07
g E..Sw :, - -

A citizen of Lynchburg, Va, has a
Newfoundland dog which is noted for
his intelligence. He saw youth gather
ing apples in his masters orchard, and.
thinking he was an intruder, took him
gently by the coat sleeve and led him to
his mistress, who told him that she had
hired the boy to gather the apples, where
upon the dog Immediately released his
captive.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-02-07
Poets Wives.

Wordsworth had most congenial and
loving wife, who was phantom of de-
bsa to ys hm who rb0%ss SessHed nadynss B
happiness upon the poet, and to whom
he wrote sonnet on her birthday every
year. Barry Cornwall had most con-
genial wife. 1t was said of him that he
was willing to shut out the whole world,
if he could have her beside him. Laman
Blanchards wife was SO necessary to his
happiness that he would not live with
out her, and killed himself. Both La
MARITIME and John Stuart Mill had wives
who were perfectly congenial. All of
these men were fortunate in their choice.
The Writer.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-02-07
Got His Measure.

A recent English testator bequeathed
his wife one farthing, which he directed
the executriz to forward to her by post
unpaid, because in his lifetime she was in
the habit of addressing him as 'Old Pig" "
Across 8, 1000 miles of ocean blue it looks
to US very much as if the poor lady had
sized up her late lamented with remarka-
bic acumen.--St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-02-07
The Dominion of Canada.

Canada is composed of seven provinces
and number of vast territorial districts,
which correspond to the territories of
the United States. The provinces bear
relation to the individual states. They
are unequal in size, British Columbia
having 800, ,344 square miles of area, and
little Prince Edward Island containing
only 2,133 square miles. Quebec has
193.355 square miles, Ontario has 107, ,7S0,
Nova Scotia 21,731, New Brunswick 27,-
322, and Manitoba possesses 1861. The
enormous Northwestern territory, which
has been subdivided into Alberta, Sas-
katchewan and Arthabaska, comprises
1,919,502 square miles, Meewaytin $685.
306, the Arctic islands 1,700, and
the islands of Hudson's bay 23,400.
Here is an area in the aggregate of
3,406,542 square miles of Gods earth
under the 3gis of Great Britain. Poly-
glot is the population thinly scattered
over the land. There are 1.200, 900
Frenchmen, the Emerald isle has con-
tributed 925,6 and the Land O Cakes
has 300, 600 representatives. Three hun
dred thousand persons trace their near
decent to Germany; there are 10000 rela-
tives Of Taffy the Welshman, and the so
called Scandinavians number about H.
600 souls. Ontario, the most thoroughly
English province, has a population of
100000 in round numbers; Quebec con-
tains 100000, of whom 100000 are
French. Nova Scotia contains 100000,
New Brunswick nearly 100000, Prince
Edward Island 10000, British Columbia
10000, and Manitoba approximately
ITO, OOO.-Exchange.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-02-07

Oilcloths should never be washed ip
hot soapsuds; they should first be washed
clean with cold water, then rubbed dry
with a cloth wet In milk. The same
treatment applies to a stone or slate
hearth.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-02-07

A unique card receiver represents a eilvea
saucer with futed border, beautified by deli
cately etched wreaths Of roses surrounding
figure Of Cupid.
Combination silver book marks. paper cut
ters and pencils ornamented with bold
etchings of crests and coats of arms, arc
pretty and useful novelties.
The latest match box is Of oxidized silver,
decorated on one side with foils and boxing
gloves and the engraved inscription: "You
will find match in me-;
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-02-07

ANY man would much rather be Q
fool than look like ne.-TId Bits.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-04-11

Enron HERALp:-Tke approaching
constitutional convention Il one from .
. farmers stand point Of great i'm
portance 10 the people. We believe aside
srOm the usual bill d rights Of man, no
other clause engTafted in that instrument
will be Of more interest TO the people,
than, that fixing the Legislative power 10
control corporations. Every northwest
ern state has learned BY sad experience
the results Of . weak or ineffective con-
Stitutional law, which has resulted in
endless litigation and . final discussion
BY the supreme court.
The creation and labsFs Of our inter
state commission IL evidence Of this fact.
Nothing but absolute power TO tx the
rate Of transportation will protect the peo-
pie. This may seem . trifle strong, but h
hasbeen the experience Of Illinois, Iowa,
Wisconsin and Minnesota. And when
we are reminded that these corporations
are given power to take private property
for their use, the public certainly are en-.
titled to something to say about what
they are TO receive In return for these
rights. FARNER. /.
PrUsser, ". T., April 4, 1889.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-04-11
THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

As rule the republican papers Of the
territory are apportioning of the Offices
Of the new state without an apparent
thought that the democrats may. assert .
claim, and q lively one too, when the
date for polling swings around. In this
they may meet with sore disappointment,
and are counting without q host II they
think the democrats are going 10 lie dorm
ant and not make vigorous struggle for
possession Of the state government
OF the recent city elections the one at
Spokane Falls was the only one where
party lines were drawn with any degree
Of eloseness. The RsView, the republican
organ Of that section had no hesitancy in
asserting that the republican ticket would
sweep the field, and . prominent republi-
can of the Falls city openly boosted that
they could elect ''any stick" they chose
tosnominaie. The result.was surprise,
at least to the republicans, for only one OF
their number was successful In securing
o1ice.
It Is true that at the last general cleo
ton the republicans Of this territory were
carried along 10 sueceslon the great re-
publican tidal wave which swept through
out the country, but conditions are con-
tinually changing. Previous to NOvem-
Der, for several years, they had been out
Of power and out Of ofice. They had
seen the democratic standard bearer
elected a two Successive elections on &C
count Of their inharmony and afAliation
with colporate and mOnled rule. They
recognized that something must be done
The lash was brought 10 bear upon al
disRrunilsd factions. A temporary peace
was patched up, thorough organization
effected, md all worked for q common
object and were successful. Dissensior
commenced again with victory. The old
iactional jealouses have broken out afresh
The haekneyed politicians whose business
IL ofice seeking are again In the felt
more ravenous than ever on account Of
few years Of eniorced quietude and tn
outcome Il difficult TO- ioreteIl. The ap
pointment Of n. G. Moore as goyernol
was anything but master stroke, and
judging from the portentious growing
win possibly have . euFtailing elfec
on the aspirations Of Delegate Allen.
Viii the number Of republicans in th
field booking towards the four main Office
many wiz necessarily be disappointed
and with the feeling which seems TO pre-
vail among the republicans that a nom
nation b equivalent to an election th
meansoi acquiring the nominations vii
Of course be Of such determined and IN
compromising character rs 10 Great
breaches through which the demOcrati
who are . unit in favor Of centering o
and supporting the best men, hope !
march TO victory.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-04-11
A PROGAALnOH.


The following proclamation has been
issued by the president Of the United
States Of America;
zone hundred years have passed since
the government which our forefathers
founded was formally Organised at noon
on the 18th day Of April, 1850, in the city
Of New York, and in the presence Of an
assemblage Of choice men, whose pa
triotic devotion had led the colonies to
victory and independence, George WASH,
ington took the oath Of Office as chief
magistrate Of the new born republic.
This impressive act was preceded at Q
O'Clock on that morning, in all the
churches Of the city by prayer for Gods
blessing on the government and Its first
president The centennial Of this illus
trious event in cur history has been de-
elared general holiday by act Of con-
gress to the end that the people Of the
whole country may Join in commemora-
tive exercises appropriate to the day In
order that the joy Of the occasion may be
associated with deep thanksgiving in the
minds Of the people for all blessings in
the past and devout duplication to God
for their gracious continuance in the fu-
ture. Representatives Of religious creeds
both Christian and Hebrew have memor-
allied the government to designate an
hour for prayer and thanksgiving on that
day.
Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison,
president Of the United States Of America,
In response to this pious and reasonable
request, do recommend that on Tuesday,
April 80, at the hour Of O'Clock in the
morning people Of the entire country re-
pair TO their respective places Of divine
worship to implore the favor Of God that
the blessings Of liberty, prosperity, and
peace may abide with rs as q people, and
that his hand may lead rs in the path d
righteousness and good deeds.
In witness whereof, have Get my name
and caused the seal Of the United States
Of America to be affixed. Done in the
city Of Washington the 4th day Of April
in the year Of our Lord, 1889. and Of the
Independence Of the United States 18th.
BEuklnS HARnIsoN, President,
By JANIS @. BLAME, sect,y Of State.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-04-11
HARRIzoE AND ART.

The moral Of Miss Mary Anderson's
breakdown, according 70 the New York
Sun, Is ''that eslibacy and the pursuit Of
IN srduous, Intellectual, beain-ezhaust-
ing profession do not 90 well together"
We suppose from this that our cOntem-
poFary Is inclined 10 recommend marriage
q . restorative 10 Miss Anderson. Mar
Iiaes in = reasonable degree might be Of
advantage IN the case, and no one who
knows the purity Of this lady would ex-
pet anything else in the wat Of marriage
from her. The trouble with many
addresses, however, Is that they oveFdO
this matter Of marriage. It Is not un-
common 70 End women among them with
several husbands, all living, and more in
prospect. Whether this Is an adm the
pursuit Of an arduOus, intellectual, brain.
exhausting Profession, Is questionable
II IL clearly not an aid to reputation in
other respects.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-04-11

AND OETIcE AT NoKTH YAKIMA, W. TIL
March II 1880. (

LAND OETIcE AT NoKTH YAKIMA, W. TIL
March II, 1880.
NOTICE ls hereby given that the following
ton to make hnal proof IN support Of his claim,
and that laid proof will be made before the reg.
lister and receiver at north yakima, ". T., on
April -, 1850, via:
AUGUSTUS c. KEfcHUM,
Homestead No. SO, for the SCI sec 10, twp =, n
r - =, ". N. He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence upon and cul-
brown, B. ". Martin, wm. Fox, ali Of yakima
Co, wash. Tef Any person who desires to pro-
test against the allowance Of such proof, or who
knows Of any Substantial reason, under the law
why such proof should not be allowed, win Be
given an opportunity Of the above mentioned
time and place to efoes-examlne the witnesses
Of said claimant, and to offer evidence In rebuff
tai 81 that submitted BY claimant.
J.H. THOMAS, Register.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-04-11
NOTICE FOR PCBLIoATION.

LAND OvyIcE At NoRTH YAKIMA, W. TIL
April 2, 1889.
NOTICE Is hereby given that the fol.
IN lowing named settler has hied notice
of his intention 70 make final proof In support
Of his claim, and that said proof will be made
before the Register and Receiver at the U. 3.
Land once at North Yakima, ". T., on the NH
Of May. 1850, viz;
Homestead Application so, for the Nw1<. See.
10, two. !, north range % Z.
Re namos the following witnesses 70 prove bis
continuous residence upon and cultivation Of
eaid land, viz; b. ". Martin, John W. brown,
!. n. brown, A. C. Ketcham, all Of
brown, Yakima county. v. Any person
Who desires 70 protest against the El6vance o.
such proof, or who knows Of any substantial
rsaSOi, under the law and regulations OF the In.
terror Department, why such proof should not
Be allowed, VIII b Rivou an opportunity 81 the
above mentioned time and place 70 cross exam
Inc the witnesses Of such claimant, and 70 odeI
evidence In rebuttAl OF that submitted By
claimant IRA u. KRufz,
ReRialof,
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-04-11
NOTICE ron PUBLICATION.


LAND ovTcE At Norm YAEINA, W. TIL
March 9TH, 1853. \ 4.
NOTICE Is hereby given that the following
IN named settler has fled hia intention 70
make final proof before the Register and Re.
eeiyer at North Yakima, W. T., on April Gth,
lsse, viz:
Henry TAMKE,
Administrator Of clous Muller, decd, who made
homestead No. ~ for the Ewl< sec 4, twp 8. n X
D Q, W. m. He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence upon and eul.
tlvation Of said land, viz: John Donkers, Henry
Cfeason. Charles Mcclellan and 3. ". Weber,
all Of PTOsser, W. T. Any person who desires 70
protest against the allowance Of such proof, or
who knows any substantial reason, under the
law and regulations Of the Interior Department,
why such proof should not be allowed, will be
time and place 70 crosS-examine the WitneSSeS on
said claimant, and TO offer evidence In rebuttal
Of that submitted BY claimant
apl Is II. THOMAS, Register,
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-04-11
NOTICE ron PUBLICATION.

LAND 0EVIcE AT NORTH YAKIMA, W. TIL
March II, 1889.
NOTICE Il herby given. that the following
ton TO make Anal proof In support Of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before the reg
lister aud receiver ct north yakima, ". T., on
April a, 1Ss9, viz:
ANDREW .. THOMPSON,
homestead No. 2ts, for the nwl< sec y, twp =, n
r % Z, ". m He names the following witnesses
10 prove his continuous residence upon and cul-
tivntion OF said land, viz: A. q, Ketcham, b. y.
Martin, John w. Brown, William Fox. all OF
Brown P. o., Wash. Ter. Any person who de
sires TO protest against the allowance Of such
proof or who knows Of any substantial reason,
under the Law and regulations Of the Interior
department, why such proof should rot be al
lowed, will be given an opportunity a. the above
mentioned time and place 10 croaBexamin the
witnesses Of said claimant, and to offer evidence
In rebuttal II that submitted BY claimant.
J. n. THOMAS, Register