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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-01-29
She Broke the speli-and tho Hat,


She Broke the spell-and the Hat.
mo, TN not superstitious," said a
citizen In conversation, ''but my wife
Il. She went out yesterday and forgot
her parasol, * she came back and laid
down her pocketbook to get her para
col, then went out and forgot hel
pocketbook; 20 back she came the sec.
ond time and sat down.
".Aren't you going outF l asked.
"sYes, but II I went out the second
time without sitting down to break the
spell l would have bad luck
'tShe got up and went out. and l saw
that she had sat down on a brand new
silk hat that cost me eight dollars and
had ruined It. That wa not very good
)nck foe me ."-Detroit Free Pres.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-01-29
tablished in 1883.

tablished in 1888.
1t offers facilities and advantages
equal to those of eastern colleges.
1t has five distinct departments.
viz: The preparatory department.
the college, the school of mines, the
conservatory of music and art, ano
the departments of stenography and
typewriting.
1t has thirteen professors ant
teachers.
About l2O students in attendance
The cost for board and tuition Il
1925 per year.
Any information in regard to thu
college, may be had by addressing
JAMES REID, President,
1-tf Deer Lodge, Mont.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-01-29
Notice of Application to Cut i'h'"'r'

In accordance with the provisions .. h"nnynhle
Secretary Of the Interior May 5th, loHu, in :, of
undersigned give notice that at the eMPn", ~ mis-
twenty-One days from the first publita.,om % - the
notice, l viii make written application 70 III .n =
honorable Secretary of the Interior for aa;m m,hars
to cut and remove ali merchantaole mah'a ~ am the
saw logs and cordwcod of pine ana hr' I" '"'
following described land to wit: r.,;,u,os,
Beginning at a point where the Tilllmgnns.
creek Township Is north of Range east cro mi,e
the Cascade county line; thence weSt 4 az,
north 3 miles; thence west i mile to the place OF
beginning; containing 16 square miles aMu M na' tani
thereon as near as can be estimated, 5'ouv,"T ad
much mining timbers Of pine and fir. All OF
said land being as near as can be estimateu III mt
surveyed Township 10 north Of Range =. saSi
cultural purposes, located in the county O
Meagher, State of Montana.
Gig JAMES Z BLANMN"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-01-29
The College Of Montana.

The College of Montana was es'
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01
IN A FIELD or FLAME.
A Mustang Saves tho I.tfe OF IA Settle,
During n Forest Fire.

Mustang Saves tho Ltfe OF Settler
During n Forest Fire.
An exciting race for life is reported
from the mountains back of Santa
Monica, says Los Angeles correspond
ent, where q brush fire got under way
and had been burning fiercely for n
couple of days. young settler named
Wilson, who had built himself n cabin
in the mountains, was asleep when the
flames reached his house, and was not
awakened until the fire almost roasted
him.
When he reached the door he thought
his last day had come, for the flames
and dense smoke shot up on all sides for
several hundred feet, and he could see
no outlet.
He had Il tough little mustang. lie
placed Il wet blanket over the animals
head and body, and the bronco dashed
into the flames, and for n quarter of
mile Wilson, more dead than alive, en-
pected his horse to drop dead every
step. But the mustang kept his pace,
and dashed into the clear space ahead
of the cracking flames Wilson thought
he was safe. and attempted to slow the
mustang up, but the horse understood
the situation better than his master,
and, in spite of Wilson's efforts. dashed
on.
1t was we'll that he did, for in few
minutes the fire bounded across the
cleared spot aud was close on the heels
of the horse. Wilson was terribly
burned about the head and face. The
mustang was also badly burned
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01
RUSSIA AND INDIA.
Tho Eastern Situation as Illustrated by n
Homcly Old Anecdotc.

Tho Eastern Situation as Illustrated by n
Homcly Old Anecdotc.
Nothing in the catalogue of sensa-
tions will SO stir up the British nation
as an intimation or assertion that
Russia is moving on India, says the Chi
cago Inter Ocean. The accusation has
been made thousand times, and it al
ways stirs the English people to high
state of Indignation and irritation.
The humorous side of the question is
presented when Russia answers such
accusations. Her reply is like that of
the old darby who, when he was ac-
cused of stealing chickens, Indignantly
denied the charge, but added, aside: "if
he had said ducks he would have had
me-" Russia's answer to England's
charge of purpose to invade India is
always square denial with an aside
to the effect that if she had said some
other country on the border of India
the plea would have been guilty.
1t is necessary to keep the people of
GreatBritain in state of cXcitability
as to any restrictions of British rights
in central Asia. Their attitude has
been for half century one of sus-
picion; and it must be admitted that the
operations Of Russia have justified this
suspicion, if they have not justified
alarm as to her intentions and pur-
poses. 1t is probable that Russia does
not contemplate any invasion of India
now any more than she did twenty
years ago, but it suits her policy to
threaten the British frontier 1t is q
part of her policy, also, to convince the
tribes and people of central Asia that
she is the dominant power. This is all
the present scare amounts TO.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01
WOMEN WHO SMOKE.
They Number In Their Ranks Many of
Europe's Blue FLOODED Prlncesses.

They Number In Their Ranks Many OF
Europo's Blue-Biooded Processes.
Those who rave with unceasing Bit
terness against women who smoke and
who declare the habit to be ill-bred and
fast, have no idea of the women they
are condemning, says a Philadelphia
Telegraph's London letter. People with
such old-fashioned prejudices have
usually old-fashioned feelings on the
subject of the reverence due to crowned
heads, and would pause before uttcring
their scathing condemnations were they
aware that the ''pcrnicious and disgust
ing habit" was one in which the major
ity of queens in Europe indulge. The
cmpreSscS of Russia and Austria, the
queen of Italy and the queen regent
of Spain, as we'll as their majesties of
Portugal, Roumania and Scrvia and the
countess of Paris, are all ardent lovers
of tobacco, of which they are also
thoroughly good judges. Perhaps the
most invetcratc smoker among the
royal ladies is the empress of Austria,
who consumes from thirty to forty Gig
arettes day She keeps her tobacco
in an cSquisitely. chased silver box,
which, together with gold ash-tray,
Ia Always " NC Sccu on ncr WrltlnH
table. Her imperial majesty of Russia
and Queen Marguerite of Italy only
smoke in the privacy of their own bou-
doris. That of the empress of Russia is
most fascinating apartment, which
makes really ideal smolziug-room.
1t is fitted up in the style of one of
the loveliest rooms at the ALEXANDRIA,
palm trees giving it quite tropical ap-
pearance. while tempting lounges invite
that repose which is such n delightful
adjunct to the fragrant weed The
countess of Paris will look at no tobac-
co which has not grown in the sunny
climate of Havana, and while the queen
regent of Spain gives her vote in favor
of Egyptian cigarettes, and the queen
of Roumania declares in favor of Tur-
key, Queen Natalie, of Servia, has IL
store of tobacco from each country, of
which she is careful to get only the very
best. believe the cigarette cases car
ried by some of these ladies are verita-
bic dreams of beauty, being usually of
gold inlaid with precious stones Turn
ing to our own country, it would take
too long to mention, the names of the
well-llnown feminine votaries of the
weed, and it is not even necessary to
repeat that they arc some of the high
est in the land. A very large proper
ton of our ''blue" women smoke, and
many of them even smoke cigars as
strong as those affected by the sterner
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01
Japan's Icnperor.

The name OF milsado is now an entire
ly obsolete imperial title, the Japanese
using the title Of lsotei in japanese,
and emperor when speaking to foreign
ers or in u foreign tongue. European
countries frequently. however, still
make use Of the title miliado, which is
breach Of etiquette in Japanese esti-
nation. Russia, for instance, still
speaks of the emperor of China as
bakudahan, and until q few years ago
persisted in speaking of the emperor of
Japan as the milsata, but during Wis
count Enomoto's residency in Russia as
Japanese minister he informed the Rus.
sian government of its error and
pointed out the historical reasons for
this title being no longer used, since
which time the Russian government
has conformed to the use of the Euro
pean title, emperor.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01

A puzzle to gcologists is the Lost
river of Idaho. 1t first appears in two
threads of stream north of the Yellow
stone park These streams come
together forty miles above Idaho Falls
City and, forming n rapid river, flow
along for two miles when the volume of
water disappears suddenly in sub
tcrranean passage. A theory very gen.
orally entertained is that the Lost river
comes to the surface again as part of
the Snake river, which supplies Idaho
Falls City with it's wonderful water
power. The Snake river has it's origin
in little lake in Yellowstone park
that does not hold enough water to be
the source of n great river Neverthe-
less the Snake is 1000 feet wide, short
distance east of the city, and in it's
limits pours vast volume of water
through a deeply-cut gorge. Here the
river is SO deep that plummct of near.
~ 400 feet has not touched bottom. AS
the Snake river is originally an insig.
nifcant stream the theory that the
waters OF the Lost river unite with IL
seems to be tenable, although geolo.
gists have been unable to demonstrate
the fact
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01
RAILROADS
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RAILROADS
SCHEDULE IN EFFEor DEcEMBER 6, 1891

oohADuLE IN ERFKCT DECEMBER G, 1891.
wksTBouaD, LEAVE ROANOKE DAILY.
'~o nj IN; TOT Radford, Pulaski Bristol also fo1
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DIVISION and Louisville via Norton,
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EHah -, AM EasrBouND LEAVE ROANOKE DAILY,
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washington Via Shenandoah ,Junctjo,i and ~,
80 New fork via Harrisburg ~ ~
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sleeper to Norfolk and Lynchburg TO Rich Rich.
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01
A Curiona Clnc.s.

a novel clocl, is now being exhibited
by the Watchmaliers' union in London.
1t is of wood, beautifully carved, and
stands six feet in height. The case is a
perfect fort in miniature, and instead
of bell and striking hammer the
hours are announced by n bugler, who
energies from door at one side of tho
fort and blows the call to assemble and
march Almost instantly doors open
on all sides and regiment of auto
matte soldiers, six abreast, march out,
wheel to the left, stop few seconds to
mark time" and then march through
another part of the fortress to the bar
racks. These marches and counter
marches occur each hour. If they como
out to announce the hour OF one O'clock
one soldier fires his tiny gun, ut two
o'clock two soldiers fire their pieces.
increasing with the hour until the
twelve leaders fire their guns, the rear
ranks bowling their heads and pointing
with their bayoncts toward the dial of
THE clock
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01

nal was transferred to jefferson, where
they issued it.
at the age of 10 William Dean How
ellis became Columbus correspondent of
the Cincinnati Gazette; and at the age
journal Mt Columbus. 1t was during
this period that he began to
contribute to the Atlantic Month
ly, his first poem being entitled
"By the Dead" He contributed
some five or six poems during
that time to the Atlantic. In 1850, when
Lincoln was assassinated, he wrote his
life, and his share of the profits, one
hundred and sixty dollars, paid his eX-
penses on Il trip made to Montreal and
Boston. While at Tho Hub" he formed
the acquaintance of James Russell
Lowell, then the editor of the Atlantic,
and by him the young poet was intro
duced to Oliver Wendell Holmes. He
was appointed by President Lincoln as
United States consul to Venice, where
lie remained from 1861 to 1865. 1t was
during this period that he mastered the
italian language, read Italian litera-
lturc, and devoted himself to thorough
cultivation of polite letters. lie pub
lished Il series of letters on Venetian
Life" published in book form in Eng
land which gave him n pronounced
position in literary circles. 1t is said
that Venice was never so faithfully
photographed.
His first real story was that called
'Their Wedding Journey" which was
from the beginning Il success. This de-
termined his career us writer of fic-
ton. Since that time his works have
followed rapidly one after another. The
Century and IIarper's have been the
chief avenues for the preliminary pub
LEGATION of his works. In 1SS2-S3 Mr.
,Howells was again in Europe with his
family, and since his return home has
been in Boston. 1856 he become sal
aricd contributor TO iIarper's.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01
HUNGRY DOGS IN ALASKA.
Pathetic Scene In tho Camp of n Band of
Arctic Explorers.

Pathetic Scene In tho Camp of n Band of
Arctic Explorers.
The night of February Is we campcd
on the Chulitna, between Lakes Jones
and Robinson, writes A. b. Schanz, of
the Franl; Leslie exploring expedition
in Alaska. 1t was the first evening that
our dogs were given no food at all. Tho
poor beasts could not understand what
it meant. They knew they had worked
all day with as much vigor as they
could command. and had earned their
piece of fish. Why was it not forth
coming2 When we halted to make
camp sat on my sled wrapped in
gloomy thoughts. My poor skeletons.
who had Il savage affection for their
master, came up one by one and sqlatted
in n circle about me, looking reproach-
fully into my face.
where is that meal you owe us?"
they would have said had they been
gifted with speech. For mo it was q
horrible torture, and had to hide my
self from the accusation of their clo-
quent eyes. After awhile they lost
their sorrowful manner. and the gnaw-
ing Of their vitals drove them to stink
to still their pangs of hunger had u
whip made of tarrcd rope laid up in SEN
net, and this dainty morscl was gorged
down by one of the, starving brutcs
Another saw one of the boys take n
package of tobacco from u sled and
snatched the bundle. In nm instant
there was fight of dozen dogs, and
the tobacco was gulpcd down before the
animals discovered what it was. Some
OF the dogs ate the cod-line lacing on
MIR. ClarlS's sled, the line being covered
thicllly with red lead.
During the night, however, there was
little rest in camp, for the teams snarled
about like pack Of coyotes At about
midnight one of the brutes managed to
get hold of pair of fishsllin boots in
the mems quarters. and pandcmonium
reigned while the whole pack was fight
ing for the delicacy.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01
A Pathetic story.

A very pathetic story is attached to
the death of seven-year-old Annie
Keefe, of Port Chester, N. Y. She was
playing follow the leader" her pet
dog being with her, and in scaling a
picket fence she fell forward on the
pavement, her curly head striking the
curbstone. A playmate ran to picl; the
little girl up. when she opened her eyes.
Seeing her pet dog beside her she raised
herself up. and putting her arms around
his neck. said: 20. Dick. good-by. Dicll
Good by. old fellow" Then the little
arms unclaspcd and the child fell back
dead Her skull had been fractured.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01
IA POPULAR WRITER.
The Literary Career Of William
Dean Howells.
Ills Early LILO n Bold Struggle for Exis-
tence-Famc and Honors Won Under
Adverse Conditions His
ls Later Triumphs.

ID William Dean Howells came of sturdy
stock. His ancestors on his fathers side
were Welsh Quakers. His grandfather
was born believer in free republican
government, and came to America with
those principles firmly implanted in him.
He became n pronounced Methodist,
but his son, the father of the nov
elist, was n believer in the doctrines
of Sweden borg, in which also William
Dean was educated. His father was
man of more than ordinary culture,
possessed an excellent library for his
day and generation, and the boy was
brought up in an atmosphere of books
and culture. He was led early to court
literature, and almost as soon as he
could read William Dean made verses
and put them in type in the office of his
father.
William was born ut Martins Ferry,
o., March I, 1887. When 8 years old his
father removed to Hamilton, O., where
lie bought the Intclligencer, weekly
newspaper, where the future novelist
learned to stick typo when he was
only IL years old. In 1910 the father
sold his paper because he could not con-
scientiously support q president who
believed in slavery, and he removed to
Dayton, where he bought the Tran
script, semi-weclSly, and made daily
of it, This failed however, at the end
of about two years. In 1851 the elder
Howells was clerk of the house at
the state capitol, and William Dean
worked as compositor for 81 Il week in
the office of the Ohio State Journal.
There he made the acquaintance of
John j. Piatt, which was very helpful
to him. The family removed soon
thereafter to Ashtabula, where they
worked on n newspaper. the Sentinel,
which the elder Howells purchased, and
on which the family worked; this jour
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01
Unearthcd n nIa..odon.

While digging q ditch on a farm two
miles west of Onargn. H., one day re.
Gently workmcn unearthcd the teeth
and pieces of the skull of mastodon.
The teeth weighed ten pounds each. A
party of scientists made further search
and found tusls which measured six
feet six inches long. twelve inches in
diameter at the base and ten inches ut
the point where II was broken of.
These bones are thought 10 be the
largcs, OF tha kind ever found.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01
THE CRAZY BALL.
1t VIII Drive "a Kitten Mad and Charm
Baby.

-
Baby.
Street pcdtllers have n new catch
penny device on their trucks that is
quite an amusing thing for old as we'll
as young folks, says the New York
Herald. They call it the crazy ball."
and it is well named. For ten cents
you can buy one of these things, and
see the laws of gravity dcfictl 1t
looks like an ordinary wooden ball,
about the size of n tennis ball, but you
cant roll it in n straight line to save
you. OF course, the secret of tho things
queer actions lies in the fact that it is
loaded on one side. This makes every
movement of the ball eccentric It
will roll up hill of it's own accord, and
it will refuse to roll down hill If you
try to roll it from you it will perhaps
start ont all right and then turn around
and roll back, and maybe it will go off
sidewise and describe wobbly circle
around you. All its movements are
jerliy and spasmodic. Give it to kit
ten to play with, and the chances are
that the kitten will go mad. while the
baby will cry with veXation over it's &C.
centricitics. a grown person who is
not up in spherical geometry will as
sure you that it is wonderful. 1t is not.
1t is only some sharp fellows way of
gathering in the dimes. Nevertheless,
ere long the city will be flooded with
these crazy balls"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01
Chicago WAS First.

The 6rst steel rails made in this coun.
inv werc made at Chicago In May, 1885.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01

w. X. VA%pERpu.r likes Monte Carlo
and speEGs great deal Of time there.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-15
A PARTISAN SUPERSTITION.

The immediate post-election period this
year had rather less than usual of the
partisan superstitution that shows loyalty
to party by continuing to claim the victory
after the returns have shown q defeat.
Still, there was enough Of it to warrant
little comment Chairman Carter's claim
of 226 electoral votes for Harrison, pub
lished the morning after the election with
Col. Shepard's Endorsement of it, are cases
in point A more egregious illustration of
the same idiocy is the accusation which
one Republican organ of Philadelphia
brings against another of shaving been
the first to haul down the flag under which
a battle has been fought"
This app lied to giving the election news
is marked exhibition of the superstition
that it is party duty to refuse to recognize
existing facts. Every intelligent man who
saw the returns knew at half-past ten last
Tuesday night that Cleveland was elected.
When we are confronted with the propo-
sition that it was the duty of Republican
newspapers to ignore, conceal or evade
that fact for twenty-four hours it
shows a remarkably obsolete con-
ception of the functions of a
newspaper. Beyond that it provoked the
question, what possible party advantage
can be secured by delaying the recogni-
tion of defeat? The only conceivable re-
suit is that few would-be partisans might
be led to make some bets on the strength
of the refusal to concede the defeat; but
it is hard to see how party is to be bene-
fitted by aiding in the plucking of its bet
ting element.
The first function of the newspaper is
now generally understood, even by the
partisan organs, to be the giving of the
news, no matter which side it favors. But
there are few survivals of the old party
idea that it is fine thing to obstinately
refuse credit tothe evidence of the re-
turns until everyone else has given up.