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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-07-08
The Road Movement In Rhode Island.

This agitation for good roads has now
become national. There is no state in
the Union in IA better condition to meet
this problem and to solve it in a practi-
cal, businesslike manner The cost of
good roads will be smaller in Rhode Is.
land than in any other state because our
population is more concentrated, and the
burden of cost will be lighter because
we are almost the wealthiest state in the
Union. In less than two years our old
state debt will be wiped out, and we
shall be comparatively the richest and
most populous state in the country, free
from all membranes. with a total val
uation of not less than $500, 900 900, or
about 81, 100 per capita. 1t is a fair es-
timation that it will take from 81 800, 900
to $4,000, 600 to put our main roads in
thorough condition.
The benefits arising from good roads
would considerably lessen the burden of
expense. We shall find relief in an in.
creased valuation of the land. The com.
missioner of industrial statistics has been
inquiring into the number of abandoned
farms in this state. Here are some of
the figures he has collected: In Burrill.
vile he finds that there are 50 abandoned
farms, representing $3.50, 100; in Coventry,
81 farms. representing $50, 4S0; in West
Greenwich, So farms, representing $751;
700: in Scituate, As farms, representing
SIG, 900, and in Gloucester. 80 farms, rep.
resenting $4,000.
| do not pretend to say that better
Ill %.,.-. &11rN a1,a,ol n1rnc
into fertile fields and rich p%asturage. but
bad roads are to some extent responsible
for their present condition, and it is fail
to presume that there are a number Of
them which would be taken up and
worked at a profit if easier and cheaper
means of bringing the produce to mar
ket were provided. Many Of them would
be quickly taken up as country residence
if they We're made easy of approach by
good roads,
Popular as Rhode Island Is as u sum
mer resort, improved highways woult
double the number Of visitors that focl
to her shores. | believe the increased
value of land and reduced cost of trans
portation will make the perceptible in
crease of the tax "a very small burden
In fact, an expenditure for that purpos
may be regarded as "a judicious and III
%crative investment rather than a burden
The governor pointed out that Their
was a chance for Rhode Island to achiev
the distinction of being the first state t
have a complete system of well cor
structed main roads. -Governor Brown
Address.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-07-08
Sour Milk and Thunder.

Science has disproved the rural
belief that thunder sours milk. 1t is
now known that the souring results
from a fungous growth and that this
fungus is peculiarly fatal to nursing
children. The old time rural belief
was that the conclusion from thun-
der acted mechanically upon the
milk and first soured and then solidi-
fed it. The theory is a plausible
one, easily derived from observing
n set of facts without knowing
about the existence of others more
important to the situation. 1t hap
pens that milk does sour during or
Just after thunderstorms because the
atmospheric conditions then prevail
ing are usually of a kind favorable
to the rapid development of the fun
gous growth that sours milk.-New
York Sun.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-07-08
The Visiting Barber.

Jerome K. johnson, who lives in a
fashionable fat in Olive street, st.
Louis, is perhaps the best known Wis
iting barber in the United States.
IN tell you all about my business
with pleasure" said he, although
there is nothing much to tell. |
worked in the shops down town for
several years. | sometimes made
SIS a week, and sometimes l didn't.
| scarcely ever had a Sunday to my
self and but little time to spend with
my wife, and l determined to give
the business up and go at something
else. One morning one of my Gus
toners came in and told me that if |
would come to his house every day
and shave him he would pay me lib
orally for my trouble. That sug
gested the idea to me of becoming a
visiting barber
Il soon secured contracts from
others. Now l shave about 20 per
sons each day at their homes and re-
ceive So a week from each one. My
customers are wealthy men who
arise late in the morning. Two OF
them are bankers. They want to be
shaved between z and 8 o'clock.
Five others + physicians, who dc
not usually leave their homes before
10 o'clock. Then l have a capitalis1
who wants my services at half pas
10 o'clock, and the others are young
gentlemen of leisure who lie in bee
until | come. 1t was hard work a.
first to make the hours suit.
MY salary amounts to $40 pei
week. That seems like a good deal
but it is cheap when you understand
it. "-National Barber.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-07-08
CnIy u Little Thing.

This little story will serve to illus
trate that it is a good thing to know
something of the little things, the
trifles that make up the sum of life's
profit and loss. A west side girl
made a trip down town n day re
Gently for the sole purpose of ex
changing a pattern that her mother
and the dressmaker were waiting for
to cut a new gown. The pattern had
never been opened and was wrapped
up carefully to be returned, but the
west side girl vas not quite satisfied
that it was all right and investigated
matters to make sure. She discov
cred a bent pin, and commenting on
her mothers carelessness in placing
it there removed the pin and threw
it away.
Arrived at the store the attendant
refused to accept the pattern since il
had been opened, and the west side
girl went away indignant and carried
the pattern and her woes to a FRIEND
she knew, related her experience ant
abuse and was brought to a knowl
edge of what she had done when thu
friend, wiser than she, observed tina
she had taken out the pin, and tina
one little act had caused all the trou
ble.-Buffalo News.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-07-08
Ireland Has the Best Roads.

The best roads in the world are those
to be found in Ireland. They are far su.
perior to those in England or in Ger
many Tourists from every country
pronounce them unrivaled. This splen-
did road system is directly in the hands
of the government, with a government
inspector for each county, who examines
the roads and gives a certificate for the
excellency of the work done before the
road contractors are paid by the govern
ment. And this government inspection
of the roads takes place every three
months. and the contractors are thus
always made to attend to the repairs OF
the roads. | hope the coming conven
ton will consider this system of public
roadmaking. All who have seen and
examined it pronounce it the very best
in eyistence.-St. Paul Globe.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-07-08

GoLD-BuG-IsM is characterized by
it's persistent efforts toward a con-
tracted currency. Bi-Metallists, on
the other hand, are fundamentally
opposed to this in laboring to expand
the volume of currency. Market
reports show that every product of
the soil today is astoundingly low IN
price. 1t is but natural for the
economist to look for a cause of this
condition and surely it can not be
explained by the principle of over
production. For it does not stand
to reason that overproduction would
affect all products alike at the same
time. MOI do we find that overpro-
duction is a fact in respect to every
article. Corn and cotton are not
too plentiful, and even yet we sec
their condition in market reports
characterized as dull, quiet ano
sluggish.
The most reasonable answer tC
all these apparent paradoXes is tina
of the Bi- Metalist. He has told u
years ago that such a state would b'
incident to a cramped currency. Lii
tells us that as money is less avail
able to do the money business, tn
less in price or money value viii
commodities be held. For if TIL
government finds that it has but :
in cash to do the business of 81,
must make the 81 90 twice as fal
1t is not that commodities are lowe
in value, but that money is hlghe.
The south and east are becomin
thoroughly awake to the above pla
of reasoning and a marked chang
in public opinion is becoming motto
able in those sections Of the coun,r'
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-07-08
HELP THE NEWSPAPERS.

In seasons of heavy business de-
preston the thoughtless merchant is
apt to withdraw his support from the
local paper. This withdrawal is sure
to be noticeable in the appearance Of
the paper published. The foreign
reader sees the deplete condition
of the news service, attributes it to
its real cause, and so revokes his de-
cision to visit or remove thither.
AS for desiring to see a good local
paper there is no stronger enthusiast
than the editor. But as more and
more he "takes on experience, he
is also impressed with the axiom that
it takes stuff to run a local paper.
The Inter Mountain tersely criticises
the matter in the following words:
"Now is the time for the people
of Butte to stand by the local press.
which is doing everything in its pow
err to aid in the protection of its vital
interests and which furnishes the on.
ly medium through which those int
erests can be presented to the world
In a case like this it is poor economy
to starve the soldiers that are defend
ing the garrison"
supplementary to this the lndep
endent sounds a note which, it seem
to us, approaches the ssence of thu
case:
"This is a time above all others
when the business men of Montan;
need a strong and sturdy press t.
maintain their rights before thu
world. They cannot afford to Grip
pie it's influence by giving it half
hearted support or no support at al
"There is not a newspaper in Mon
tana that is not in advance of it's com
munity-a better paper than it ca
afford to be. If every newspaper i
Montana were to suspend publica
ton to-day, and all of them nigh
SO far as getting any return on tn
money invested is concerned, til
people in every community woul
start them anew by popular subscriE
ton and keep them alive at publ
expense. A town without newsp;
pers might as we'll be blotted fro
the map"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-07-08
DaurerOus Admissions.

1t is dangerous to make 3 confess
sion unless one really means it, and
we may add that it is sometimes
dangerous to take a confession as
honestly meant. A husband and
wife, between whom a little unpleas-
ant passage had occurred, had made
the matter up, and the wife said as
if to clear her conscience:
''Oh, well, / suppose that ! have
my faults"
Eyes, my dear" said the husband.
"What9"
II simply said yes"
THAT l have my faults!" ex'
claimed the wife Indignantly. What
are they, / should like to knows"
"Well to begin with
mo. Idon't want to ear."-Lon'
don Tit-Bits.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-07-08
MR.. YALE'S COSTLY CANE.
A Remarkable Walking Stick Which Con
tains Many Rare Bits of Wood.

tains Many Rare Bits of Wood.
William z. Yale, a wealthy bache-
lor, who has had several winters in
southern California, has come again
from Brooklyn to spend a few weeks
in this region. He is a remarkable
traveller, and his delight is historical
study. He has a cane that he carries
with him which is undoubtedly the
most costly and unique of anything
of the kind in the world. The stick
contains about 100 pieces Of wood.
Each piece is cut in a curious and ar
tistic shape, so that the cane with the
various colored and shaped woods
has a strange appearance.
Mr.. Yale planned and made the
cane, and work upon it consumed
weeks of labor at different times in
the course of several years. Sixty of
the LOO pieces of wood I of great
value to relic hunters. The head of
the cane is made from a post in the
house of Sh~akespeare's birthplace at
Stratford. Set in the head is a small
lock of white hair from Martha
Washington's head, the lock having
been given Mr.. Yale 30 years ago by
Robert E. Lee, a descendant of Mrs
Washington.
There is a piece of wood from the
birthplace of Napoleon on the island
of Corsica and one from Napoleon's
writing desk at st. Helena. Other
pieces of the zane came from the
Charter oak, from the home of Johr
Adams. from a chair of Oliver Crom
well, from the home of John Han
cock, from the Mayfower, Rogel
Williams pew, from a desk of Abra
ham Lincoln, from a penholder o
Gladstone, from a ruler that Garfield
used at school, from a penholder O
Longfellow, from a trunk that Lafay
cite used during the Revolutionar.
war, from the bed upon which Johl
Wesley died and from the guillotin'
upon which Louis XVI and Mari
Antoinette were beheaded.
Mr.. Yale spent years and much car
in collecting the relics. He has BEEF
offered 81, 900 for the cane, which i
truly a wonder. He will leave it t.
the historical department of Cornell
university when he dies. -Pomon
(Cal.) Progress.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-07-08
Railroads Responsible For Bad Roads.

1t is plain that if there had been no
railroads in our country for the last SO
years the people would have been driven
to give more attention to the wag-
on roads, and by this time the whole
country would have been covered with
a network of we'll constructed stone and
gravel roads leading in every direction.
The railroads have absorbed the atten-
ton and the capital. The multiplying
of all manner of vehicles has continued,
and millions of money and tens of thou.
sands of people are engaged in construc.
ton, but out of the cities and with the
exception of a few hundred miles OF
m~acadamized roads the vehicles of all
sorts must travel over roads that quickly
ruin them and are not worthy of the civ
ilization of any people in any land. =
Wilmington Messenger.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-07-08

If the Butte Bystander blames
any newspaper, white or black, for
censuring the attitude of the present
administration toward silver, it must
become at once IN adherent of the
spurious doctrinarians of Mono-Met'
allism. We believe if the present
administration could realize its mon.
etary hopes the west and its great in
dustrial enterprises would strike tents
for a more congenial cline.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-07-08
The Use of Old Gold.

Old gold is very rich, not only in
monetary value, but in strange and
interesting suggestions. Most of it
is in the shape of dilapidated jewel
ry. A worn band of gold comes in.
It was once a wedding ring and must
have been held precious beyond all
price by the bride who wore it dur
ing her honeymoon. In after years,
as it was worn and worn till it was
almost worn away, it must have fuc.
tuated many times in value.
The ring does not say whether its
owner was happy or not. The link
of gold may have bound together a
loving husband and wife, or it may
have connected a widow with heaven,
or with the GOODNESS Of steel it may
have held her like a galley slave
chained to a companion that she
hated.
The ring tells none of these things.
It is old fashioned and worn, anG
that shows that it has seen long serv
ice. Perhaps it was worn by stran
gers, being superseded by another
wedding ring, or perhaps it was ;
precious family heirloom handed
down from generation to generation
The purchaser rubs it on a smootl
stone until it leaves a yellow mark
A drop Of nitric or compound acic
discOlors this mark so that the eXper
assayer can tell the purity of tn
gold. Then it is carefully weighed
and paid for at the rate perhaps of
or a cents a carat. -Boston Herald.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-07-08
LITERARY WOMEN.
The "Biusstocking" of the Past and Fair
Scribblers of Today.

The "Biuestocking'' of the Past and Fair
Scribblers of Today.
A hundred years ago a woman who
wrote for the press was looked upon
as a remarkable individual. Popular
opinion painted her as a sour, stern
oddity, with blue spectacles owe alb
sentminded eyes and dancing cork
screw curls about a face as wrinkled
as an English walnut. There was
nothing lovable in her whole make
up. No touch of feminine tenderness
leavened the hard. stiff mass of in
tellectuality; no soft breath from
loves passing wing lifted a curl on
the stern forehead. At least there
are no traces of such frailties in the
types handed down by a dead gen
GRAFTON.
OF course she was a bad house
keeper. Any woman who did such an
unmannerly thing Is to appear in
print couldn't know anything of a
wife's or mothers domestic virtues.
Then her hands were supposed to be
perpetually covered with ink stains,
for the reign of the festive type
writer had not yet begun. And she
wore a pink dress, a blue hood and a
green shawl to keep up her charac-
ter. Of course she couldn't have any
feminine taste in dress.
Whether these pictures of literary
women in the past were in a preju-
diced vein and exaggerated or not, it
can be truthfully stated that many
of the present stars in the literary
armament are as well known for
their domestic talents and charming
personages as they + for their
graceful and bewitching writings.
Examine closely, and you will find
most of them fine housekeepers-
cooks as well. They dress as well if
not better than any other class of
women. They keep abreast of the
times, 7 pleasant in conversation,
and not a few are famed for their
) personal beauty.
, Blue spectacles and corkscrew curls
have vanished in the shadows, and
we see instead a dainty form in a tea
: gown of soft, shimmering silk whose
l clinging folds show the pretty figure
2 to professionalism form of one whose
pen commands attention from thou
sands, whose home is the well KEEP
shrine of happiness and love.
t Because q WOman can write 'OQes
e to Spring" is no reason she is going
to neglect to curl her bangs or tt
make the dressmaker fit the basque
u right in the back. One can easily
describe a hero dying in his sweet
O hearts arms and then descend to SCI
if the cook has mixed the buckwhea
batter for morning-at least with
S little practice. There is no reason
why the science of a well kept tabl
should not trip hand in hand wit
1.-THE Descent of Man orSt. Thoma
| Aquinas' philosophy. Younever fin
re a man so absorbed in Kant that h
forgets to grumble if his steak
,o tough or his soup cold. Mind an
matter are married by law that rec
u ognizes no divorce.
it In the women writers of today on
r. finds that admirable blending whic
gives tenderness to a strong intelle'
tuality and smooths the sharp co
T. ners Of study into the soft curves {
g homely duties. New York Adve
IN tiSer.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-07-08
A Clerk and a Salesman.

IA clerk should be something more
than a mere displayer of goods and a
price encyclopedia" said the wife of
a prominent business man to The
Man About Town. ''Whys" was
asked. well, I'll give you an ex-
ample that will demonstrate my
proposition and will firmly convince
you that all clerks must be much
more if they are good mes than
mere statesmen. A few days ago
wanted to buy a golden wedding
present. My means wer limited,
and / did not know exactly what
could be obtained that would be APP.
propriate. So | concluded to ask the
advice of the clerk. | went to a
large jewelry store and told a clerk
the circumstances. Don't you know
what you want2" he asked. l re
piled that l did not and asked him tC
suggest something. He seemed sur
prised and arched his eyebrows as
he replied that if l didn't know what
I wanted he vas sure he didn'
know. | left the store with some
disgust, but did not give up my idea
l then went to another jewelry store
Again l told my story, and the clerl
said: Certainly, just step this way
Now, how will this suit? All, to-
much? Well, here is something, etc
In 10 minutes l had through his ali
secured what l wanted, and he hal
made a good sale."-St. Louis Re
public.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-07-08
TIME SCHEDULE.


III tllt vi dHu SltCI IOllu - ult ~, lOJD'
TRAINS ARRIVE AT HELENA.
No. l. Pacific Mail, west bound ......... 1000 p. m
No. 2. Atlantic mail. east bound. $50. .10:45 p. m
No. .. Logan and Helena passenger,
Connecting at Logan with No. 3.
Pacific Express, west b0und) ........ 2:05 p, M
No. q. Garrison and Helena passenger.
Connecting at Garrison wife No. 4.
Atlantic Express. east bound) .......12:20 p. m
No. 8. Marysville passenger ...........1 II 30 a. M
No. 10 Marysville accommodation 800. 6:30 p. m
No. 9. Wlckes, Boulder and Elkhorn
passenger. 5:15 p. m
No. l02. Rimini mixed, Mondays, We'd
nesday's and Fridays. 500 p. m
TRAINS DEPART FROM HELENA.
No. l, Pacific Mail. west bound ....... .10:15 p. m
No. 2, Atlantic Mail. east bound 500. .10:15 p. m
No. 8, Helena and Logan passenger
connecting at Logan with No. 4,
Atlantic Express. east bOund) ....... 12:4O p. m
No. 5, Garrison and Helena passenger
connecting at Garrison with No. 3.
Pdcific Express. west bound. ........ 2:15 p. m
No. Z, Marysville passenger. 7:45 a. m
No. Q, Marysville accommodation .... 3:15 p, m
No. 10. Wick eS, Boulder and Elkhorn
passenger. 7:90 a. m
| No. 101, Rimini mixed, Mondays, We'd
nesdays and Fridays. $40 a. III
For Rates. Maps, Time Tables or Special In
formation apply to CHAs. S.. FEE General
Passenger and Ticket Agent. ST. Paul, Mimi, or
A. D. ED GAR,
/ General Agent of the Northern Pacific r. r.. at
HELENA. MONT,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-07-08

TINE tables have been in extreme
demand since the big jolt which the
silver market received. But we still
hope that silver camps have been
more scared than hurt.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-07-08
Wagon.

Binks-Grabber, the millionaire, is
a distant relative of yours, I believeG
Harduppe-Yes.
B.-Very distant9
H.-You would think so if you saw
the way he greets me when l accost
him,-New York Press.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-07-08
Tho Way of 1t.

"What boots itW demanded Regi-
Maid Ftz-Ashetub defiantly.
And sweet Alfredo De Hopsacking
lgazed proudly at the noble figure be-
tore her and softly whispered:
Papa detroit Tribune.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-07-08
What 1t Was.

whats that up there against the
wall?" asked the nervous subscriber.
Ordinarily" replied the editor,
lit is a shotgun, but in this instance
it is a bill collector. Shall I receipt
O in ull"-Atlanta Constitution.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-07-08
Belt Mountain Miners Union.

This order holds its regular meetings on
each Saturday evening at 30 in their hall over
\athan's store, Neihart. Montana.
NJ. +. BoLAND. A. BERNIER,
Financial Sec'y. President.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-07-08
THE TOURIST LINE.

The popular line to reach LAKES Pend d
Orielle, Occur d Alene, kootenai, Chelan, the
Hot Springs and Mountain Resorts oil the
NORTHWEST and to ALASKA.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-07-08
THE DINING CAR LINE.
Dining Cars on all Through Trains.
THE YELLOWSTONE PARK LINE.
This marvellous WONDERLAND reached
only by this line.
THE LINE.

The peoples highway from Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis, Duluth and West Superior to Win
nipeg, Helena, Butte, Missoula. Spokane, Taco
ma, Seattle, Portland and Puget Sound.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-07-08
M. G.. Railway.

S45 a. H.. Lv CT. Falls. Mo & FIR Ar Neihart
1:4J
$40 p. m. "Neihart, TIL & Sa ArGt Els 5:45
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Neihart LabOr Union.

This order, meets regularly at B. NJ. NJ. [. hall
Thursday evening of each week.
NJ. r. BoLAND,
President.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-07-08

Are sold at all coupon offices of the Northern Pa
cific Railroad to Points North, East South and
West, in the United States and Canada.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-07-08
Where to Worship.


Preaching every Sunday IL a. M, and I p. m.
Sunday-school at 2:N p. m. Prayer meeting
Thursday evening. Rev. j. FIGUs,
Pastor.
EPISCOPAL:
Service every Sunday evening in A. o. L. W.
hall; 7:30.