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Year: 1879

The BENEFIT OF LAUGHrNe.-Dr. Green,
in his "Problem Of. Health" says sthat there is
not the remotest corner or inlet Of the minute
blood vessels of the human body that does
not feel some waver from the convulsion occa-
stoned by good hearty laughter. The life
principle, or the inward man, is shaken to its
innermost depths, sending new tides of life
and strength to the surface, thus materially
tending to insure good health to persons who
moderately indulge therein. The blood moves
more rapidly and conveys different impressions
to all the organs Of the body, as it visits them
on that particular journey, when the man is
laughing, from what it does at other times.
For this reason every good hearty laugh in
which person indulges, tends to lengthen his
life, conveying, as it does,1 new and distinct
stimulus to the vital forces. Doubtless, the
time will come, when the physicians, conce-
ding more Importance than they do now to
the influence of the mind upon the vital forces
of the body, will make their prescriptions more
with reference to the condition Of the mind,
and partially discard drugs for the body /; and
in so doing will find the best and most effi-
cient methods of producing the required effect
upon the patient.
Year: 1879

haS A thoughtful housewife in New Lon.
don, Conn, started fish hook on strange
route of adventure not long age, and brought,
some people into curious juxtapositions as a
result of her plans. Finding the hook among
her husbands papers, she thought best to de-
stroy it, fearing that it might wend its way
into bis fingers: Accordingly she threw it
into the fire. The following morning her
good husband, while patiently taking out
from the stove CRATE pieces Of stone and partly
burned coal that had accumulated there, sud.
denly found a fish hook in the feshy part of
his thumb He called surgeon, and when
the hook had been removed, he put it in his
waistcoat pocket, thinking to- show it to his
friends and neighbors. After breakfast he
went out, and while on the street met color.
ed woman, who passed him with high head
and rapid pace. The two people suddenly
came to an embarrassing halt The hook
had found its way through the side of the
genteman's pocket, and its point found itself
in the wrist of the jaunty maiden: This at
forded great delight for the small boys who
gathered to the spot from all directions. Re-
leasing himself from the hook, the gentleman
saw his whilom captive dash away from him
and pass down the street. A policeman at
tempted to stop her, but before he had sue,
ceeded in inducing her to return, he found
the fsh-hook had lodged itself in the hollow
of his hand. At this point, the strange event
full history of a. fish hook draws to close.
The policeman found surgeon to extract it
from his bleeding hand, and then deposited it
in the station-house to show to the public.
Year: 1879

HONOR Your BUSINESS. 1t is good sign
when man is proud Of his work or his call
ing. Yet nothing is more common than to
hear men finding fault constantly with their
particular business, deeming themselves un.
fortunate because fastened to it by the neces-
sity of gaining livelihood. In this way men
fret and laboriously destroy all their comforts
in the work; or they change their business,
and go on miserably, shifting from one thing
to another, till the grave or the poor house
gives them fast grasp. But while occasion.
ally man fails in life because he is not in the
place fitted for his peculiar talent, it happens
ten times oftener, that failure results from
neglect, and even contempt, of an honest busi.
ness. A man should put his heart into every
thing that he does. There is no profession,
no business or pursuit, that has not its. pecu-
liar cares and vexations. No man will escape
annoyances by changing his business. No
mechanical business is altogether agreeable.
Commerce, in its endless varieties, is affected,
like all other pursuits, with trials, unwelcome
duties, and spirittrying necessities. 1t is the
very wantonness cf folly for man to search
out the frets and burdens of his calling, and
give his mind every day to q consideration Of
them. They are inevitable. Brooding over
them only gives them strength. On the other
hand, man has power given to him to shed
beauty and pleasure on the homeliest toll, if
he is wise. Let man adopt his business and
identify it with pleasant associations, for
Heaven has given US Imagination, not alone
to make us poets, but to enable all men to
beautify homely things. Heartrvarnish will
cover up innumerable evils and defects.


Look at the good things. Accept your lot
as man does piece of rugged ground, and
begin to get out the rocks and roots, to deep
en- and mellow the soil, to enrich and plant it.
There is something in the most forbidding av'
ocation around which man may twine pleas,
ant fancies, out of which he may develop
honest pride.
Year: 1879

The SENATE SNUFF Box.-There is GU.
rious old custom kept up in the United States
Senate Chamber. On each side Of the Vice
Presidents seat are fastened two snuff boxes.
They are the result of custom inaugurated
almost at the foundation of the government,
when snuff:taking was universal habit.
Thurman is the only Senator who makes q
habit of using snuff, but sometimes Senator
will stop and take an occasional pinch, while
the many visitors to the chamber take little
out of curiosity At first the box was kept
on the ce-President's desk, but in those days
so many Senators used the article, and so fire.
quently forgot to bring their boxes with them,
that it was resolved to place two public recep.
tacles for it, and in the annual expenses Of the
Senate is always found the item Of snuff.
Year: 1879

The PRIME OF LIFE.-Between the ages
of forty-fve and sixty, a man who has proper
ly regulated himself may be considered in
the prime of life His matured strength of
constitution renders him almost .impervious
to an attack Of disease, and experience has
given soundness to his judgment. His mind
is resolute, firm and equal; all his functions
are in the highest order he assumes mastery
over his business; builds up competence on
the foundation he has laid in early manhood,
and passes through period Of life attended
by many qualifications. Having gone over q
year or two over sixty he arrives at stand
still. But athwart is the viaduct called the
turn of life, which if crossed in safety, leads
to the valley of "old age" round which the
river winds, and then beyond, without boat or
causeway, to effect his passage. The bridge
is, however, constructed of fragile material,
and it depends how it is trodden whether it
bend or break. Gout and appoplexy are
also in the vicinity to waylay the traveller,
and thrust him from the pass but let him
gird up his loins and provide himself with q
filter staff, and he may trudge on in safety
and with perfect composure; To quiet met
aphor, "the turn of life" is a turn either into
a prolonged walk or into the grave. The
system and powers having reached the ut
most expansion, now begin either to close like
a flower at sunset or break down at once.
One injudicious stimulant, a single fatal ex.
element, may force it beyond its strength,
while careful supply Of props and the with.
drawal of all that tends to force plant, will
sustain it in beauty and vigor until night has
entirely set in.
Year: 1879

VENTILATION OF BEDROOMS Lon
don Lancet has some comments on this topic
which may be read with as much profit in this
country as in London. 1t says: IF a man
were to deliberately shut himself for some six
or eight hours daily, in a stufy room, with
closed doors and windows, (the doors not being
open even to change the air, during the period
Of incarceration, and we're then to complain
of headache and debility, he would be justly
told that his own want of intelligent foresight
was the cause of his suffering. Nevertheless,
this is what the great mass Of people do every
night of their lives with no thought of their
imprudence. There are few bedrooms in
which it is perfectly safe to pass the night,
without something more than ordinary pre-
cautions, to secure an inflow of fresh air.
Every sleeping apartment should, of course,
have fire place with an open chimney, and
in cold weather, it is we'll if the CRATE contains
small fire, at least enough to create an up.
cast current and carry off the vitiated air of
the room. In all such cases, however, when
fire is used, it is necessary to see that the air
drawn into the room comes from the outside Of
the house. By an easy mistake, it is possible
to place the occupant Of bedroom with q
fire in closed house, in direct current Of
foul air drawn from all parts of the establish
ment. Summer or Winter, with or without
the use of fires, it is we'll to have free ingress
of pure air. This should be the ventillator' .
first concern. Foul air will find an exit if
pure air is admitted in sufficient quantity, but
it is not certain that pure air will be drawn in
if the impure air is drawn away. So far as
sleeping rooms are concerned, it is wise to let
in air from without. The aim must be to
accomplish the object without causing great
fall in the temperature or of draught The
windows may be drawn down an inch or two
at the top, with advantage, and fold of mus.
lin will form 'ventillator' to take off the feel
ing of draught This, with an open fireplace,
will generally suffice, and produce no unpleas-
ant consequences, even when the weather is
cold. 1t is, however, essential that the air
outside should be pure. Little is likely to be
gained by letting in fog or even a town
mist
Year: 1879

S@ A 70 year old maid, who was quite i'll
in Savannah, told the doctor she had never
been hugged by man in her life, and asked
for one kiss. The gallant door complied
with this request, of course, and she got we'll.
When the doctor got home and told the
story to his wife he got-well, he is balder
than he was.
Year: 1879

h6r The law of Connecticut makes the hus-
band responsible for his wife's debts contracted
before marriage. Recently, Hartford man
engaged to wed widow whom he knew to be
in debt, and bought up all claims against her at
twenty cents on the dollar before he applied
for license to marry. Most people would
rather have widow without mortgage on
her, r
Year: 1879

s6e When man enters church during the
singing of a hymn, and sits down to hear the
sermon, only to see the contribution box
passed and find the services are just over, his
feelings are only equaled by the man who
falls asleep in his pew, and in a dreamy state
calls to the minister to "set 'em up again"
Year: 1879

The ice harvest is not far off, and now is
the time to make preparation for its storage.
Ice is the cheapest of luxuries. The earth
yields no crop with less outlay. 1t requires
no seed, no planting, no cultivation. One
does not need even rod of land on which to
grow this crop. 1t is produced on the public
domain of our lakes and rivers, in quantity
immensely beyond demand. All that is re-
qured of the consumer is that he will harvest
and store it. There are niggardly men in the
world, but we have never known one so mean
as to act the part of the dog in the manger,
and not allow the public to help themselves
to all the ice they pleased from the lake or
river contiguous to his estate.


For farmer who has no vacant shed in
which to store ice, or much money to waste
on this luxury, I recommend that he build a
rude structure, in some convenient but not
prominent place, twelve feet square on the
ground, with posts ten feet high, double board
ing it, and filling in between the boards with
sawdust. The roof may be boarded or shin
gled as he pleases. If the former, the cracks
should be battened. The ground should be
covered also with sawdust, to the depth of six
inches, to prevent the heat Of the earth from
melting the ice. Such structure will hold
little over thirty tons of ice-more than
enough for an ordinary family, and giving a
good margin for the accommodation of your
neighbors.


One of the great secrets of keeping ice is to
pack it we'll. The cakes should be cut of uni
form size-two feet long by fifteen inches wide
is convenient size for handling-and in
packing, care should be taken to fill up all the
interstices with broken ice and "to break
joints" as the masons say. This prevents the
circulation of air through the mass. Each
layer should he kept level, and if between
each layer there is little pounded ice, the
cakes will come out all the better when need
ed for use. Of course, over the top layer
there should be a covering Of saw dust six
inches deep. If ice packed in this manner
does not keep as long as it is wanted, it will
probably be in consequence Of wasteful con-
sumption in the house.-ALEx. HYDE, in the
Country Gentleman.
Year: 1879

p8- 1t is said that atno period since the flush
times Of the war, has there been so much in
diligence in stock speculation in Washington
as at present. Indeed, some authorities put
the mania higher now than then. While this
activity may be regarded in one sense as an
evidence of business prosperity, it is not
healthy sign. Where stocks are bought and
paid for, as an investment, and held for the
interest they pay or for a rise in price, it
is we'll enough but speculating "on a margin"
is too much like buying lottery tickets or
gambling with cards, to commend itself as q
safe or proper proceeding.
Year: 1879

p@ Georgia has awakened to the fact that if
she wishes to enjoy rapid increase Of wealth
and prosperity, she must encourage immigra.
ton. The last General Assembly passed an
immigration act; but is it not as liberal In its
provisions as it ought to be. However, the
Governor is determined to make the most of
it, and has therefore appointed an agent in
New York to represent the interests OF Geor-
gia in that city. An effort will be made to
induce fair share of the immigrants landing
at Castle Garden to locate in Georgia. While
the Northwest is rapidly filling up, and the
great valleys and plains of that region are
being dotted with splendid farms and beauti-
full villages, the South, with her rich soil and
genial climate, is passed almost unnoticed.
Texas alone, Of all the Southern States, is
reaping any benefit from the thousands Of
immigrants who annually leave Europe in
search of homes in this country, If the
Southern States want Immigrants, they must
seek them as Texas and the States of the
West seek them. Immigrants will not go to
section ofwhich they know nothing, and about
which no effort is made to elighten them
Neu Orleans Times.


b9r Travelling stones are no longer peculiar
to Australia, similar curiosities having recent
ly been found in Nevada, which are described
as almost perfectly round, and the majority
of them as large as walnut, and of an iron
nature. When distributed about upon the
floor, table or other level surface, within two
or three feet of each other, they Immediately
begin travelling toward a common centre, and
there lie huddled in bunch like q lot Of eggs
in nest. A single stone, removed to dis
lance of three and half feet, upon being re-
leased, at once started off with wonderful and
somewhat comical celebrity to join its fellows;
taken away four or FIVE feet, it remained mo-
tionless. They are found in region that Is
comparatively level, and is nothing but bare
rock. Scattered over this bare region are
little basins, from a few feet to q rod or two
in diameter, and it is in the bottom Of these
that the rolling stones are found. They are
from the size Of a pea to FIVE or six inches in
diameter. The cause Of these stones rolling
together is doubtless to be found in the mate.
rial of which they are composed, which ap-
pears to be lodestone or magnetic iron ore.
Year: 1879

The following quaint advice from the Bur-
lington Hapkeye man has the "pith of truth"
in it:


"Remember, son, that the world is older
than you are, by several years; that for thou
sands of years IL has been SO full of smarter
and better young men than yourself that their
feet stuck out of the dormer windows that
when they died the old globe went whirling
on, and not one man in ten million went to
the funeral or even heard of the death.


Be as smart as you can, of course. Know
as much as you can, without blowing the
packing out of your cylinder-heads shed the
light of your wisdom abroad in the world,
but don't dazzle people with it, and don't i'm
aslne thing is so, simply because you say it
is. Don't be too sorry for your father be-
cause he knows SO much less than you do;
remember the reply of DR.. Wayland to the
student of Brown University who said it was
an easy enough thing to make proverbs such
as Solomon wrote. Make few" tersely
replied the old man. And We never heard
that the young man made any. Not more
than two or three, anyhow. The world has
great need of young men, but no greater need
lhan young men have of it, Your clothes tit
you better than your fathers fit him; they
cost more money, they are more stylish, your
mustache is neater, the cut of your hair is
better, and you are prettier, oh, far prettier
than spa" But, young man, the old gentle
man gets the biggest salary, and his homely
scrambling signature on the business end of
check will drain more money out of the bank
in five minutes than you could get out with
a ream of paper and copperplate signature
in six months.


Young men are useful, and they are Orna-
mental, and We all love them, and we couldn't
engineer picnic successfully without them.
But they novelties (lh IN moth
ing of the kind. They have been here be-
fore. Do not be SO modest as to shut Your
self clear out; but don't be so fresh you will
have to be put away to keep spelling. Don't
be afraid that your merit will not be discoy-
cred. People all over the world are hunting
for you, and il you are worth finding, they
will find you. A diamond isn't so easily
found as a quartz pebble, but somehow
people search for il all the more irtently.
Year: 1879

for it should prove true From New
Mexico to the British line there arer
thousands Of square miles too far
away from the mountains to be sue
cessfully irrigated, and yet-thus far
at least-too far beyond the line Of
reliable rainfall to be used for any 9th
er purpose than pasturage. And now
comes this African plant apparently
adapted to furnish both. food and fuel
for this vast country. II it should
fulfill the promise thus far given, its
value to the country and humanity
must be told .in thousands Of dollars.
Hollister thinks the seed was brought
to this country from Southern Russia
by the Msnnonites; but beyond this
he knows nothing of its history. I
can find no account of it in the Ency-
|clopedias, unless it be species Of
millet to the description of which it
appears to bear some resemblance.


It seems very strange, indeed, that no
traveller or foreign Consul has brought
its value before the public Had not
SO reliable gentleman as know
Deacon James Hollister to be. given
me the above facts, | should not have
dared to have given this account to
the public.
Year: 1879

We acknowledge the receipt of card of
invitation to grand ball to be given under
the auspices of the Helena Social Club, at
the assembly room of the Helena Graded
School, July 4th. Looking over the names
of those who constitute the committees, the
prediction is ventured that this ball will prove
one of the pleasantest of our anniversary
events. The floor managers will please make
room for an extra large sized pair of dancing
pumps. We propose to be there and help
lar the floor
Year: 1879

The Benton coach, due at noon Tuesday,
did not reach Helena until 12 o'clock to-day,
about twenty-four hours behind time. 1t is
stated by passengers that the road in the lake
region is very heavy, while in the Sun river
lane it is next to impossible. The recent
rains have soaked the ground to that extent
that wheeled vehicles sink to the box and
navigation is attended with every uncertainty
Just now mud scows would be preferable to
any other means of conveyance over the
roads east and north of Helena.
Year: 1879

The Fair Association announces in to days
paper that there will be three running races
on their track on the Fourth. Four hundred
dollars in purses constitute the money con-
sideration. A number of flyers are already
in training, and the admirers of fast horse
flesh may look for some rare sport
Year: 1879

This young lady gave another very sue
ccssful entertainment Saturday evening at
the Court House, to good audience. She
left this morning for Deer Lodge, and other
West side camps We predict for her sue
Ccssful tour in the Territory.
Year: 1879

A word unspoken, hand Impressed.
A look unseen, or thought unguessed:
And souls that were kindred may live apart,
Never to meet or TO know the truth,
Never to know how heart beat with heart
In the dim past days of wasted youth.
She shall not know how his pulses leapt
When over his temples her tresses swept;
As she leaned to give him the jasmine wreath
She felt his breath, and her face flushed red
With the passionate love that choked her breath.
And saddens her life now her youth liz dead.
faded woman who waits for death.
And murmurs name beneath her breath;
A cynical man who SCOTS aid jeers


At women and love in the open day,
And at night time kisses with bitter tears
A faded fragment of jasmine spray.


London S0cjety.
Year: 1879

WE are glad to be able to state thai our distrus: of the dispatch concern. ing "General Sherman" and wife which was published in Saturdays CIT HEN was well founded The General of the Army is neither dead nor sick, and it is believed that his good lady is in like healthful condition. The General Sherman whose wife died, and who was reported hopelessly ill, is Brevet Major Thomas W. Sherman, on the retired list of the Army, as we are informed. In the present unsettled condition of our little force of warriors, it would have been a calamity, indeed, if il had lost it's eminent head It was the little joke of some smart telegraph operator down east, to take in the innocent Pacific Coast editor.
Year: 1879

By the recent heavy importations ol

 goods into Tucson, there is a very

 noticeable increase in the stocks of

 agricultural implements, and especial

 ly of the first and most essential to

 good farming of all, well made blows

 We are glad to see these improvements

 in facilities for doing the work of the

 country. It is well known that under

 a very shiflless system of farming the scattered fields of Arizona and Sonora

 have answered bountifully to the de

 mand for cereal and other crops, year in and year out, for generations; and now that population Is growing, and the number of men and animals to be sustained will soon be many times greater than ever, the land must be resorted to for far greater supplies. h. crease of acreage will have its effect but unless better methods are adopted in every valley, and the annual yield made greater by giving the soil more farmer-like treatment, the supply will run short, and prices will be cores pondingly high. This alone might not embarrass cur farmers, but there is beyond to be looked to. The iron way is approaching us from east and west, from regions where millions of bushels ot grain are pro duced every year iu excess of the con and whence, with railway transportation, full supplies can be sent here, at far below the present rates. Kansas would rejoice to furnish us all the wheat we could use at a cent and a half, delivered, with other grains in proportion; and California would meet her half way IL Is easy 10 see what effect Ihe arrival of these foreign products would have upon Arizona farming al the present stageI of its development We therefore wei come every appearance of improve nent in machinery and methods which may assist the Territory to hold its own in this important particular.
Year: 1879

THERE IS a law now in force under which every person butchering cattle for public use is required to file a bond in 5000 with the county com mIssioners, conditioned that he will keep the hide and ears of every animal killed for the space of twenty days, for public inspection, and that he will keep a record of all cattle purchased by him, and of all brands and marks upon the same. A fine of from fifty to a hundred dollars is imposed for every day on which a butcher carries on business without having filed such a bond.