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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-12-03

| qualities or conditions an individual
would like to possess. Obviously
this may or may not be discreditable
to him.
On the former case it is not worth
while to dwell; the boy who would
pass for a rake is both offensive and
silly, but he that would be mistaken
for a sportsmen, a child of poetry.
with insufficient qualifications, a con
noisseur in this OF that, a woman
hater, an aesthetic, makes himself
only ridiculous. So does the girl
who feigns to despise her own sex or
the other, to be devoted to mans
sports and occupations, or, contrari-
wise, to be too ethereal for this un
romantic age.
The point is that in each instance
the affected one is aiming at some
ideal which he or she would like to
achieve. and, as has been said, what
mortal, granted his share of the di-
inner part; is unconscious of such a
longing? If he have also his proper
share of common sense he will sup
press the show. But the fancy and
the impulse are there. National OBJ
sarvnr
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-12-03

An easterner going west for the first
time will find many Of his preeon
ceived notions of pronunciation upset.
Butte is not But" but is sounded like
the first five letters in beautiful
In California the people adhere very
closely to the original Spanish pro
nunciation of names derived from
that tongue. Thus San Jose is "San
Ho-zay." There is a San Jose in Hi
nois. I wonder how the people who
live there pronounce it. Again, Cali
fornia placer is sounded as though
written "plasser." Up in Oregon
the second syllable of Willamette is
strongly accented and the word
sounds like "Willam-et."
In San Francisco one day 1 asked a
chance acquaintance who hailed
from Arizona if be had ever been in
Tucson. l called it '"Tuck-son." He
said no, but he had frequently visit
ed "Too-son." Accent the second
syllable strongly, and the last ''o' as
in mot" Spokane is not ''Spocain,"
but "Spo-can," with the "a" sounded
as in "cat," and the accent on the
second syllable. Wichita is witch
ee-taw," first syllable accented. And
SO on ad infinitum New York
Tribune.
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SymptOms of Arsepical Poisoning.


Detection almost certainly awaits
the poisoner of today who uses ar
senic. Marsh's test for it, described
in all books on chemistry, will prove
the presence of incredibly small
amounts of it. In cases Of death
from poisoning the greater amounts
of the arsenic is found in the liver
and intestines. The prominentsymp
toms of acute arsenical poisoning
come on half an hour or 20 after the
substance is swallowed. Faintness
and a feeling of depression are fol
lowed by an intense burning pain in
the stomach. Nausea and vomiting
usually follow, but no relief comes
from the election of the contents of
the stomach. Purging follows next,
blood being frequently distinguish
able in the excavations.
The victim is thirsty, his pulse is
feeble and irregular, and his skin is
clammy and damp. Death usually
results in from eighteen to seventy
two hours. The treatment consists
in the use of the stomach pump.
the administration of emetics, large
amounts of magnesia emulsion an6
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-12-03
Helping the Culprit,

It often happened that the negro
head servant on the farm was a
sterner censor of public morals than
his master. Such an "Uncle Tom
once told his master that a key of
lard had been stolen, and named
the thief and hiding place.
Don't say a word about it." said
the master.
Next day he rode into the field
where the culprit was blowing, got
down from his horse and walked
along beside the man.
"What's't the matter, William9" he
asked, after a time. "You can't look
me in the face as usual"
Then William began TO cry and
confessed the theft.
Come tonight" said the master,
land I will arrange so that you can
put the lard back. Nobody shall
know that you took it,"
So, somewhat to the disapproval
of the jealous head servant the cul-
prit was shielded from punishment.
1.-THE Blue Grass Region"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-12-03
Effects of Injuries.

A delicate woman will sometimes
survive injuries that would lay out
your six footer. A large number of
those people who live to a ripe old
age have one foot in the grave from
their very infancy, while others who
TT perfect paragons of health and
strength IRE swept away by the first
breath of disease. l was sitting in
my Office one day when a laborer
walked in, swinging one arm with
the hand Of the other. It had been
cut off by an engine, and he picked
it up and walked unassisted to my
Office for repairs.
That same day l was sent for to
attend a man who had a %fingernail
crushed off and was lying in a dead
faint. I was once called on by a no
tel porter who had a hole as large as
a half dollar crushed in his skull by
a slungshot. l dressed the wound,
and he went to a dance that night
and thrashed the fellow who had
slugged him. The wound, which
scarce disconnected him, would have
proved fatal to nineteen men out of
twenty.-Interview in St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-12-03
Bison In

Concerning the extinction of our
bison, the general belief is that our
continent was the only one that had
an animal of this distinct species.
This is in a measure true, but few
know hat the European bison, or
zubr Olson bonassus), bears the
closest resemblance to our own bison.
AS Mr.. Lucas describes him-and
reference is made to a specimen in
the United States National museum,
there being a capital photograph Of
the animal in a Smithsonian report
bison bonassus looks so much like
Americans that it would take more
than an ordinary observer to note
the distinction.
The European bison, first cousin to
u own, is taller, not so heavy as
to his fore quarters, nor is his head
so big. At present the zubr is re-
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Some Misfit Names.

Two of the queerest looking babies
1 ever saw were sitting in front Of a
Chinese laundry. The little fellows,
who appeared to be three and five
years old, were a combination of
Irish and Chinese. The lower part
of the face was Enthusiastically Irish,
while the eyes, forehead and hair
belonged to Chinaland. Upon in
quiry | found that the mother of the
children was a young Irish girl who
had married a Chinese laundryman.
The names of the children were Pat
rick and Denis Masatoki Ikeda. The
family appeared to be Il very happy
one. Hartford Post.
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One Way to Find q Body.

We n told that in the search for
the body of the boy drowned at
Springfield Saturday the searchers
adopted a plan proposed by one of
the party, which was to tie up a loaf
of rye bread in the lost zones shirt
and set it adrift in the water above
the place where the lad was drowned,
the theory being that the loaf would
float until in the vicinity of the body.
The plan was tried and a hundred OF
more people, says our informant,
watched the package float down the
stream until at a certain point it be-
gan circling around, and their eyes
watched it intently for five minutes
or more, when suddenly it sank out
of sight. And now comes the inter
esting part of the experiment-the
body was afterward found within a
few feet of the spot.-Sleepy Eye
Dispatch.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-12-03

There are dozens (some say scoresl
Of islands of greater or lesser dimen-
sions known as Little Dogs, Dog
islands, Big Dogs, etc. An island in
the Thames. now a part of London,
is called the Isle of Dogs. Carlyle
alludes to it when he says, Tell us
first whether his voyage has been
around the globe n only from Rams
gate to the Isle of Dogs" Three lofty
and rocky islands near St. Thomas
Virgin islands, r. known as the
Great Dog, George Dog and the
West Dog.
There are Dog islands in the May
layan archipelago, on the coast of
Maine, off the coast of Franklin
county, Fla, and another in the Sc
rawati group.-Exchange.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-12-03
PATHWAYS THROUGH LIFE.

You say that your life is a failure,
Your future holds naught that is sweet,
That the troublous years bring little but tears,
And always, always defeat.
Mistakes-aye, sins you call them
May cover your past like a pail,
But the soul that is strong to outlive its wrong
Is the bravest soul of all.
You long to go forth in the battle,
But your feet are fettered quite;
Remember. who serve in the corps of reserve
May be able as those who fight.
You chafe to enter the races
For pleasure and gold and fame;
Yet many who win mid the plaudits' din
Find the prize but an empty name.
The toll tina is yours seems fruitless.
Your days are dreary and long;
But the lowliest duty may glow with beauty
When wrought with a cheerful song.
The worlds best sweets are denied you.
You have tasted earth's cup of woe;
But who suffers to give that others may live
Has the noblest life, I trow.
Oh, let us, my friend, do bravely
The work that to us is given,
And smile in belief that what causes us grief
May keep us the closer to heaven.
The pathways we traverse are many,
And some are by barrenest strand;
But with vision grown wide we shall wonder
we sighed.
For they led to the Beautiful Land. q.
Emma G. Dowd in Ladies' Home Journal.
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The Ltrhtest Metal.

Some people seem to think that
aluminium is the lightest metal in
the world said a gentleman who
deals in all the fancy articles now
made of that commodity, but that
is a mistake. The specific weight of
magnesium is only one-third of that
of aluminium, and is even more hard
and durable. 1t is not as useful.
however, as it catches fire very east
ly, even at the open hearth. 1t is
not destined to crowd the popularity
of aluminium, although up to a short
time ago it was even the cheaper of
the wo."-Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette.
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The Hat Was Too Small.

In a mems furnishing goods store,
where there were quite a number of
shoppers, a middle aged man entered
and asked to see some nice straw hats.
He was a man of means and always
dressed in the latest fashion. He
tried on one hat that was too large,
and not having the next size smaller
the clerk pulled down one two sizes
smaller.
The customer tried it on. It was
too tight, and hurriedly attempting
to take it off his head took with it
his wig, disclosing a head as free
from hair as an egg. Every one
who witnessed this scene laughed,
and poor Mr.. R., mortified and en-
barrassed, grabbed his wig and old
hat and rushed out Of the store
Cor. New York Recorder.
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New Boarder-You must give me
another room.
Hotel Clerk-What's the matter
with the room you've got?
my rooms all right, but in the
next room there is somebody who
snores so loud that the walls shake"
lis that SOL"
Yes, it is "a great deal worse than
that. Can't you give me a room
near that divine creature with golden
locks and a startled fawn expression
who sat opposite me at dinner yes
terdays"
"Why, man alive! her room is next
to yours. She does the snoring you
T kicking about."-Texas Siftings,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-12-03
The Size of Families.

The decrease in the size Of families
is a subject which causes some alarm.
Taking the United States as q whole,
it is found by the census figures that
in 1850 the average family consisted
Of 5.55 persons. There has been a
gradual decrease, it being in 1860
5.2S, in 1870 500, in 1880 5.04 and in
1890 4.94. Looking at the different
geographical divisions, it is found
that this rule holds true except in
the western division, where the aver
age size of the family has risen from
4.1S in 1850 to ASS in 1890, the in
crease having been steady through
the intermediate decades.
This result would have been ex-
pected, Of course, on account of the
settlement of the west in the last
few years, the population having in
creased rapidly and being more and
more brought to the family basis in
stead of that of single individuals Or
young families settling in western
territories. The small average size
of the family in Oklahoma shows
the influence of new settlements
upon the size of the family.
In Oklahoma the size of the fam
lily will increase until population be-
comes fairly dense, when it will fol
low the rule of older communities
and decrease. When population be-
comes more or less urban in charac-
ter the maximum is reached, and
after that a constantly receding av-
erage will probably be shown at
each succeeding census.-Carroll D.
Wright in Popular Science Monthly.
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Cardinal Richelieu as a Dancer.

Both Sully and Cardinal Richelier
were expert dancers. Think of the
august cardinal paying his court tt
Anne of Austria by performing t
saraband before her in TESTERS dres.
OF green velvet, with bells on his feet
and %castanets in his hands Lee ]
Vance in Popular Science Monthly
The last words of Lord Bacon were:
THY creatures, o Lord! have been
my books, but thy Holy Scriptures
much more. I have sought thee in
the courts, fields and gardens, but ]
found thee, o God! in thy sanctu
ary-thy temple"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-12-03
Where the Idea of Canning Came From

NneTe tHt luea OI canning SI1ne tfOns
Few people + aware that we are
indebted to the people of old Pom
pei, who were all smothered in the
First century of the Christian era,
for one of the most important indus
tries of our time-the canning bust
ness. Years ago, when the first ex-
cavations were made in that buried
city, an American came upon sew
eral Jars of figs. When they were
opened the contents were found to
be as fresh and palatable as when
they were put up eighteen centuries
before.
Investigations instituted on the
spot proved that the fruit had been
put into jars in a highly heated
state, and that an aperture for the
escape of steam had been left in the
lid. which, when it had served it's
purpose, was sealed over with wax.
Yankee ingenuity caught the idea at
once, and the next year canning
factories were erected all over the
United States. Chicago Herald.
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A GentIem Ghost.

have known a touching instance
Of gentlemanly behavior in a ghost.
A country house was full, for some
festivity, and n of the guests, a
nervous young lady, was sheltered
by neighbors who inhabited a prodi-
giously old castle. She was put in
the haunted room, but was not dis
turbed. The next guest was a leap
tain or colonel or knight-at-arms,"
accompanied by his wife. They
were frightened out of the place by
the ghost. Probably he said, "a SOL
der, and afraid" and exhibited in
his best manner, but he was scorned
to scare a nervous spinster. London
Illustrated News.
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A Shoe Polishing Machine.

One of the products Of American
skill and ingenuity is a machine for
cleaning and polishing boots and
shoes. It consists of a platform with
two openings in which the shoes are
placed, the customer standing.
After the feet are in place shields
are applied protecting the uppers.
Four brushes are arranged vertically
and two horizontally, so as to reach
all parts of the shoe. These brushes
are worked by steam.
First the shoes are brushed clean,
then the backing taken from NOV
able boxes by an automatic device,
is applied, and then the shoe is pol
ished.-N. Y. News.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-12-03

We all hate a~ffectation. The truth
is that people use the word in a mar
row sense; they r thinking Of a
silly or an offensive habit. But this
is the outward sign assumed by per-
sons of i'll balanced judgment Of
some fancy which perhaps is harm
less or even honorable. The term
means something put ont is sim
ply the Latin translation of that Eng
lish phrase, and we keep the original
in our putting on" side. Thus it
implies an ideal-the assumption Of
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-12-03

In 1890 the cut from the state of
Washington amounted to 1900, OOO,-
600 feet, valued at SIS, O0O, 900. OF
this quantity of the manufactured
product there ereexported liz, 1885,
1858 feet of large lumber and timber
and IL, 1873, 900 feet of pickets, shin
giles and laths, making a total ok
portation of 124, 374: 35S feet. The
United Kingdom, China, Australia
and Hawaii received the greater por-
ton of this supply.-Port Crescent
eader
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-12-03
RURAL CRITICISM.
Is It Possible the Monster EN- porium
Have Initiated Cnuntru Storas9

Is 1t Possible the Monster En- poriums'
Have Initiated Country Stores?
Uncle Comfort Pettingill was a
man whose opinions were considered
well worth listening to by the people
of Bushby, and when he returned
from a months visit to his married
daughter, who lived ''daown blow"
in Boston, everybody was anxious to
hear what he had to say about the
city. Il want t know, Comfort"
said Mr.. Augustus Fawcett, a near
neighbor, who dropped in" the
night after Uncle Comfort returned,
II want t know eff we passed inter
Gimp & Hardtack's shop while ye
was daown blow"
"Suttin, suttin-a number O
times" replied Mr.. Pettingill.
Well" said Mr.. Fawcett, Il sh'd
like t know eff they didn't set up fer
a dry goods store ten years or so
back? Or hevI got tn wrong name?"
They called themselves a dry
goods firm, an do naOw," said Uncle
Comfort.
"Well, we'll" remarked MI. Faw-
cett, ''haow docs it happen they're
advertiser farmin tools fer sale? Hes
some r'lation died an left 'em a lot
on hand 1 see their circ'lar in tn
Farmers Guide when it come las
night. l was poorly sure tibet was tn
place where niece Idyllygot m wife's
dress pattern, but invite, she said
there must be a mistake somewhere"
''Ther amt any mistake l cal'late,
Gus" replied the returned traveller.
I'VE see, times hev changed sence
you was t Boston twenty-five years
ago. Gimp & Hardtack keeps
everythin' We ken think up, fr'mrub-
Der boots t painted furnitoor sets.
It's 'nough t make a man crazy t.
step foot inter their place; an it's full
as big as Square Toilets pasture
piece"
II want ter knowr calculated Mr..
Fawcett.
Eyes, full as big" reiterated Uncle
Comfort.
There was a moments pause, and
then Mr.. Pettingill from his seat in
front of the fire reached forward,
took up the tongs, and turned the
fore stick over, giving it a whack
which started up a bright blaze.
1T amt but q few years" he said,
turning to his guest with the tongs
still in his hands, 'sence tn city folks
was pokin fun at tn kentry stores on
account O their keepin all kinds O
merchandise"
Mr.. Fawcett nodded sagely, in ac-
quiescent silence.
Il may be all off'h tn track" re-
marked Uncle Comfort, in a tone
that belied his modest sentiments,
''but it appears tine as eff Gimp &
Hardtack was kinder copyin after tn
kentry stores naowadays!"
And with that he replaced the
tongs, and turned the conversation
to the present state Of the Bushby
crops.-Youth's Companion.
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A Bachelors Invention.

In the United States patent records
for the year 1853 a curious error ex-
lists. A child's cradle was patented
in that year and placed in the records
under the head of agricultural i'm
plements." Evidently the examiner
was not a married man and supposed
that a cradle could only be used for
harvesting grain. New York News.
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BOUND TO GO ANYWAY.
Uncle Harry Could Not BE Dissuaded by
the Smallness of the Result.

Uncle Harry Could Not BE Dissuaded by
the smallness of the Result.
Uncle Harry had lived all his life
in an inland town of New England.
He was a farmer, his father and
grandfather before him had been
farmers, but there must have been a
strain of old Morse blood in his veins,
for he loved the sea, and ever since
his boyhood all his dreams had been
of adventures on it's mighty pillows.
More thananything else he longedfor
the excitements and perils of a whal-
ing voyage. At the country grocery
or at his own freside-when the sub
ject was not forbidden by Aunt Abb
gail-he delighted to give a minute
description of the great industry, at
that time in it's palmiest days.
AS he had never seen the sea Or a
ship his description probably lacked
what is known as local color. He
was the first to recognize this fact.
He often ended his most graphic and
stirring recital with a sigh. And
when the applause was heartiest-
this was not at his own fireside-he
felt constrained to offer an apology.
"Only secon han, you know. Never
see it myself"
There came a time when his desire
to see the great monster with his
own eyes could no longer be resisted,
and he nerved himself to breach the
matter to his wife.
That good woman, product of the
rock ribbed state Of Vermont, meas
ured her husband with her eyes,
then with her tongue:
"You ketch whales!"
Not being glib of speech, Uncle
Harry could think of nothing peril
nent to say, and the subject was
dropped. All day long Aunt Abb
gals keen face wore al ~unpromising
smile, and more than once as she
bent over her churning she might
have been heard to mutter, Whales"
At milking time Uncle Harry got
to the root of the matter:
what a man needs is 'ncourage-
ment."
This he repeated several times, at
first plaintively, then with emphasis
the barn was not near the house.
It is perhaps needless to say that the
necessary encouragement was not
forthcoming, but a determined con
viction is not to be ~repressed, and be-
fore long Uncle Harry was talking
whale again with added frmness @:
voice and manner.
Aunt Abigail pooh poohed, but he
was not to be turned from his pur
pose.
At length Aunt Abigail grasped
this fact; her husband was really go
in spite of everything she could
say. This, to use her own expression,
started" her, and she said, with the
conviction born of ample domestic
experience:
"You won't ketch any-mark my
words!"
"P'raps 1 sha'n't git a big ketch."
Harry admitted, but" here
he faced his wife squarely, I'm
baound to go eff Idon't ketch but tew
a day!"-Youth's Companion.
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sUI1cJed TO parts or Llthua1ila ana the
inaccessible regions of the Caucasus.
In Lithuania the animals are under
government protection. Up to the
year 1900 European bison were not
rare in Poland. In 1914, in Tran
sylvania, if old chronicles are to be
relied on, the zubr trampled down
the growing crops. There is fair
reason to believe that in the middle
OF the last century a Polish king
killed sixty bison in a day. In Lith-
uania, in 1880, there were 600 of these
bison on the imperial rapge.-New
York Times.
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Punishment for Prisoners.

In ancient Rome poisoning was
punished by crucifxion, no matter
what the rank of the criminal, al
though this penalty was usually re-
served for slaves. A Roman of re
spectacle station, having been con
victed of poisoning his ward, was
sentenced to be crucified, but pro
tested against the punishment as un-
fit for a gentleman. The emperor
thereupon ordered the cross to he
painted white and otherwise made
more presentable than those COM
monty used. Whether the convict
expressed himself as better satisfied
is not recorded. -Pittsburg Leader.