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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-02-04
NO MlLDER CLINE.

Too much can not be said in praise
of the mild and invigorating climate
of Montana. The annual exodus of
fools and prodigals to the Pacific
states TO pass the winter would tend
to convey the impression on the out
side that Montana has severe and rig
orous winter months. On the con-
trary, however, the weather through
our toughest winter is not the least
inclement but rather Is noted for it's
balm and healthfulness, while places
farther east are pinched and punished
with the cold. 1t would be
by no means impracticable to hold
picnics or camp-meetings in the Sc
questered groves and quiet woods
around u charming village, during
such weather as we have had the
past month, and if there is one duty
above another the newspapers OF
Montana are ~neglecting just now, il
is that of properly describing the
soft and gentle zephyrs of winter as
they watt their burden of perfume.
'ladened odors across the delightful
landscapes and green prairies o
balmy Montana.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-02-04
Transformation of a Worm,

In China there is a kind of worm
that regularly falls a prey to a spe-
cies of parasitic fungus. In the
course of time this fungus pervades
the poor worms entire anatomical
structure, converting him into a
woody fiber, in which state he is es-
teemed as being a valuable medicine.
st. Louis Republic.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-02-04

THE editor of the Meagher County
News has a way of saying things not
the most pleasant to all, but he
strikes hard at the truth and if he
keeps it up his enemies will at least
admire him for his frankness.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-02-04

THE ground hog saw his SHADOW
Thursday if he looked at the right
time. Therefore we will either have
six weeks more of winter or an early
spring as the case may be. The rule
never fails.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-02-04

CoLp weather is unpleasant while
it lasts, but it is nevertheless for the
general good. Our citizens will no.
tice that no bacteria, microbes, or
cholera germs have been seen on our
streets the past week. What we are
diving for O is weather cold e.
nough to prevent the termination OF
the common dude.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-02-04
Plenty Of Rest IL Necessary.

The best work, however hard. is
always methodical enough to permit
OF timely rest and OF regular nutri-
ton, and the full recognition of this
fact is a mere question of public util
ity which we hope to 9 more and
more widely admitted into practices.
London Lancet.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-02-04
Well Named.

A story is told of the little daugh-
ter of a friend of Lord Tennyson who
had a small pet pig. She was asked
one day why she called the pig Maud.
'Oh," was hereby, because it will
run into the garden, and then ! get
scolded."-New York Times.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-02-04
BEFORE rhE TOY SHOP WINDOW

| knows it's mighty weak in me to CRY
N blubber like e baby. sir, but
KANT help them tears.
I'm old enough, ! s'pose, to put away
Sech childis things. I've known the light o
Some sixty years.
It's this way, sir: Bout thirty years ago
I had a little baby home named Joe
Named after me
For Joe's mamma aforc she came to die
Asst me to name him that ar way. and
Just did, you see.
day.
When she-she-kind O. sighed n passed away,
N me and Joe
Was left to help each other on for me
To keep the little fellow goin; he
To soothe my woe.
He did it, too. Joe did-he did a heap.
Twas mighty comfortin to watch him sleep
N COO and smile.
| seemed to sec her smile when Joe looked glad.
N then | kind O. didn't feel so sad
A little while.
| N then Joe wentl-l had to 90 to town
N Joe while l was gone crept off = to drown
Fell in a dam.
N down In tow I'd bought a little toy,
To bring it home, v know, to give the boy
A wOolly lamb.
N when l got back home some Teller said,
Al kindly as he could, that Joe was dead
My little Joe.
N then we put him by his mammals side.
N with him was that woolly lamb that I'd
Brought home, " know.
N now today's the first I've cried since then -
Cried like a baby in the sight o. men,
But faint no whim.
Why, in the winder o. that shop there sat
A little woolly lamb, sir, just like that
got for him!
N for a minute my old heart felt glad.
! sorter thought to see the little lad
Still at my side. D.
N then remembrance caine-that ne'er agaiI
Id see him smile n hear his laugh n them
Why. then, | cried!
". K. Bangs in Ladies' Home Journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-02-04

AN EXCHANGE objects to the adj
mission of the Sandwich Islands,
prefering rather that our government
simply admit sandwiches free Of
duty.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-02-04

WE EXTEND thanks to Hon. N. &.
Benson of the House of Representa-
tives for a bound copy of Gov. Rick
ards address.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-02-04

A Steamship spoutins Like = Whale.
MI. William CunaId. the head OF
the company that bears his name,
referred the other day to the pioneer
ing period of transatlantic steamin9
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-02-04

BROApwATER COUNTY Suffering
Moses! Call it Sheep-herder Coun-
ty or call it off
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-02-04

From pamphlet received this
week we learn the following reasons
why the state schools should be di-
vided:
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-02-04

3. . ++++.+s-s Ii e. S.
These arguments are stubborn and
undeniable, as seen on the face of
the proposition. We promise to fur
nish even more convincing one next
week.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-02-04

There is nothing better than the
hair pillow. Further, the pillow is
for the head, not for the shoulders.
To rest the shoulders on the pillow
defeats the very end for which it il
used.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-02-04
A Columbian Ode.

Ever thicker, evcr thicker,
Come the threats of many n kicker,
Come the oaths of many Il ticker,
'Gainst the big Columbian stickcr.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-07-29

is Secured before the globe is
sealed.
The principle here demonstrated is
applied to practical purposes by Hany
L. Tyler, of Corning, N. Y. in his in
vention, the lumistat. Thereby light
is made to close an electric circuit,
which gives a signal on an electric
bell. 1t may thus be used as a burglar
alarm, although it has several other
valuable applications. With a trifling
change of adjustment, darkness, pro-
duced by the extinction of a gas
burner, or by nightfall, can be made
to influence the lumistat, and thus
either give notice that something is
wrong, or operate the electric gas
lighter, which many people attach to
the burners in their houses. Lamps
and gas in dwellings, public halls, and
ven streets may thus be lit automatic
ally. Police departments could use it
to advantage. Possibly it might be OF
service to lighthouses by indicating
that the lamps require attention.
A cross-section of one form of the
lumistat is shown in Fig. 1. A round,
fiat box like a small clock about three
inches in diameter and nearly two
deep is set up against the wall in the
position indicated. It has a glass
front, A. At B is seen a diaphragm,
free to vibrate forward and back
ward, held upright by a del
icate spring, c, in the bottom of
the box. The diaphragm is round, an
inch or even less in diameter, and has
its upper edge perforated by a bit of
wire so adjusted that as the diaphragm
o~scillates it comes alternately in con-
tact with two other wire points con-
Meeting with the brass posts and bind
ing screws d and +. A very fine wire
from the post e is connected with the
piece inserted in the diaphragm. The
battery G and wires Fl and / leading
to an electric call-bell explain them
selves. If, with the connections made
as here described, the lumistat is
placed in a dark room, the spring will
throw the disc forward. The electric
circuit is now broken. But if a light
be introduced to the room its rays will
drive the disc backward, the circuit
will be closed and an alarm sounded.
If, however, it is desired to have the
extinction of a light already burning
give the signal, the battery wire here
held by the binding screw F should be
connected with the post D. The di-
aphragm will then be pressed back
ward until the light is extinguished,
and her the spring will throw it for
ward and close the circuit.
Mr.. Tyler in some of his instruments
uses a much smaller disc and mounts it
on a very slender lever, which in turn
is held in position by the spring c, as
shown in Fig. 2. Here the ~perforating
wire passes through the center of the
disc, which is scarcely larger than a
wafer and not over half an inch in di-
ameter. The diaphragm may be of
mica, paper or other light non-con-
ductor, and is covered with something
giving a good rejecting surface.-N.
Y. Tribune.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-07-29
THE VIKING SHIP.

twelve of his countrymen equal in
physique and daring to himself. In
this ship, which was open to the ele-
ments and rugged in the most primitive
fashion, these hardy mariners crossed
the raging main and after many hard
ships came safely to land, completing
one of the most notable voyages ever
made to this country. Here these
worthy descendants of the ancient
'creek-men" find many countrymen
to welcome them and join with them
in the general rejoicing over their safe
arrival.
immense temples dedicated to art, the
sciences and commerce will be despoiled
of their enhancing beauties, and the
buildings themselves will be sold to
some shrewd contractor, who will care
fully pull them apart board for board
and utilize the pile he accumulates in
constructing other buildings-not SO
handsome but more useful. The Swed-
ish building will not suffer this COM
mon fate. Though it will be taken
down it will again be reared in it's
present form. 1t will change its rest
ing place, but will still remain in Chi
cago.
1t has been bought by the Martin
Luther college of Chicago, and when
the grounds and airy bowers of Jack
son park are deserted, and the place
that was the center of the world for six
months is only a memory, the building
will be taken apart and removed to a
pretty site in Martin Luther college adj
dition in the northwestern part Of Chi
cago. seven miles from the courthouse.
The building is a unique one, inasmuch
as it IAN be taken apart and put to-
gether again as often as is desired with
out injury to the building. It was
made in Sweden, inspected by all who
cared to see it, gently taken to pieces,
each part marked and shipped to the
worlds fair, where in a few days it
stood forth as substantial a building as
any. 1t may appear that the structure
is something of an architectural toy,
but this is not the case.
It's dimensions are by no means small
and the main tower is something over
one hundred feet high.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-07-29

highly probable that the destruction of
the supplies stored in it will occasion
much inconvenience and some loss in
various quarters.
There is in this calamity a sugges-
ton which the fair authorities will
doubtless heed, and that is the urgent
need of fire escapes on the large build
ing throughout the grounds and
especially those which have elevators
for carrying people to the roofs and
higher stories. 1t is hardly probable
that such another catastrophe will be
visited upon the fair, in fact no such
other dangerous building exists, but
outside means of descent are quite as
necessary on worlds fair buildings as
on any others in which human beings
are carried to great heights.
Dividing the public interest with
the foregoing calamity is the late
arrival of the Columbus feet and the
Viking ship. A few days ago the Santa
anchor in the basin before the White
city. and following quickly in their
wake came the Gokstab-find with her
crew of hardy Norsemen. Such naval
pomp and ceremony as was witnessed
upon their reception was I've before
seen in Chicago, and possibly never be-
fore in the new world. The bosom of
old Lake Michigan has been heaving
considerably of late, and it might well
heave with pride at such gorgeous dis
plays as have been made upon it since
the great fair was opened.
From the time of their landing at
New York these strange vessels, which
have been produced in the likenesses
of the historic craft of Erickson and
Columbus, have been accorded the
warmest receptions and have been
feted and honored, and now that they
have found safe harbor after their
p~erilous voyages in the waters of
Jackson park they will be held as
| precious mementoes of the great navi-
| gators who dared the anger of the
elements to found a new civilization
upon the shores of an unexplored world.
The history of the caravels has been
published broadcast during the last
few months and has become familiar
to all. The history of the modern
Viking ship is of more recent date and
| will prove somewhat more interesting
reading at this time. The ship Gokstab-
find was built about six months ago
after the design of the original ship
which was unearthed some time pre-
vious from a Norwegian mound. 1t
sailed some six Or seven weeks ago
from Christiania under the command of
Magnus Anderson, a splendid specimen
of Morse manhood, who had a crew of
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-07-29
III WORLDS FAIR CITY.
Notes on Current Events at the
Columbian Exposition.
The Horrible Cold Storage Fire-Arrival
of the CaraveLs and the Viking Ship
The Swedish Building and
Its Future Purpose.
Especial Chicago Correspondence

All Chicago, including guests and
worlds fair visitors, is yet in the throes
of horror produced by the lamentable
fate of the victims of the recent fire at
the cold storage building at jackson
park, and subscriptions are still pour
ing in for the benefit of the families
and dependents of the poor souls who
met with such an awful death. The
exact number of lives lost in the flames
has not as yet been ascertained, but
according to the latest information
twenty-three charred and d~ismembered
bodies were found in the ruins of the
Inflated building. The u~nfortunates
were nearly all firemen, and the sad
fate of their comrades has caused the
deepest sorrow among the members of
the department throughout the city.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-07-29

III w EOAc
the natural heat of summer were
to be shown, including the direct ex-
pansion, the brine circulation and the
indirect circulation, where the air is
cooled on the top floor and then dis
tributed by mean of fans. 1t required
fifty thousand pounds of ammonia to
operate the system, this product being
used over and bver again, and at the
close of the exposition the fifty thou
sand pounds would have been without
loss in bulk.
Great expectations had been based
on the popularity of the skating rink.
1t was in the room next the roof. The
ice was to be five inches thick, frozen
by pipes of circulating brine placed
close together. Balconies about the
sides were erected for spectators and a
band. The Hercules Iron company built
all the labyrinth of pipes and tanks, and
a German firm put in the boilers, said
to consume the smoke, thus being
capable of burning the very poorest
coal.
The loss of this building will be
severely felt by the concessionaires at
the fair who depended upon it for sup
plies during the heated term, and it i
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-07-29
CoIored People to Visit the Fair.

August IS will be colored peoples day
at the worlds fair. 1t is expected that
two hundred and fifty thousand Afro
Americans will pass through the gates
during the four days of the ave
ton Philosophical Chicago men and
women of the colored race are prepar-
ing for their reception. For over two
months the committee has been work
ing on a scheme to enable colored peo-
pie from all over the country to visit
the fair. The details of the plan will
soon be made public.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-07-29
An Ancient Superstition Verified.

Wagg-Then you don't think that Il
is bad luck to walk under a ladder?
Greyneck-Why, of curse not; such
q superstition is absolutely absurd.
Wagg-Well, absurd or not, / know
it's true. I've had it proved.
Greyneck-What proof, I'd like to
know?
Wagg-Well, I walked under =
ladder the other day. and a great COB
of mortar landed on my new tile
Boston Courier.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-07-29

Most of the bodies taken from the
ruins were so thoroughly incinerated
and disfgured that they were beyond
recognition, and the mourning rela-
tives and friends of those who were
known to have been lost in the flames
were more deeply plunged in grief by
their inability to identify their dead,
and the sad search among the black
ened and broken corpses for even the
faintest traces of husbands, fathers
and brothers was pitiful in the ex-
IRENE.
The building burned was not the
property of the fair, as was quite gen.
orally supposed, but belonged to the
Hercules Iron company of Aurora, Ill.
The loss occasioned by the fire was
nearly a quarter of a million dollars,
and has caused the company to make
an assignment. The building was put
up for the purpose of preserving per-
ishable supplies for the fair ducing the
summe season, and was well stored
with provisions for hungry and thirsty
visitors. 1t also contained an ice-man-
~ufacturing plant capable of freezing
hundred and twenty tons of ice per
day, and an ice skating rink one hun
dred and eighty feet long by eighty
feet wide. Can ice-so called from the
system employed in making twas to
be the principal production. Condensed
steam, thoroughly filtered, vas to be
used exclusively. making the ice posi-
lively pure. The plant was to supply
only ten tons daily by a series of sub
merged pipes filed with pure water. For
the safe keeping of eggs, butter and
meat used in the restaurants sixty
thousand cubic feet of space were used.
This was divided into a great many
sections, with ingenious ventilating de-
vices which were automatic and kept
the rooms each at the desired tempera.
ture. All the processes of overcoming
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-07-29
A Shrcwd LAWYER.

Judge-You admit the promise of
marriage. I understand, but claim that
the defendant was insane when tina
promise was made?
Defendants Lawyer-Yes, your HON
or, we enter a plea of insanity.
Upon what evidence do you de-
pend to sustain your claim Of aberra-
ton of mind?
d. I've intend, your honor, to read
the love letters that he wrote to her.
N. Y. Press.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-07-29
SHARKS AND
How the Big Fish Garry Around the
Little Fish on Their Backs.

ou AkaS
The sharks in the marine section of
the aquarium play every day and all
the day to big crowds. The sharks do
not seem to enjoy it much. There are
only two of them left now; there were
six at first, but the biggest one, a FIVE
footer, and three of the smaller ones
died. Chicago-made salt water does
not seem to agree with them at all
Some folks who look at these sharks
indulge themselves in the pleasing
fancy that they are looking at real
vicious man-eaters, regular monsters
of the deep that 20 around amusing
themselves by swapping legs off sailors.
These fellows are no man-eaters,
though: they are just common sand
sharks caught in pound nets off the Car
DINA coast. They are of a species that
seldom grows to be e five or six feet
long. They could not eat a man if
they tried, but they can make it lively
for the fish in sight when they get
hungry.
But whether these sharks are man
eaters or not they look exceedingly
sharky and wicked. They are long and
thin and clipper-like, and they fit
about their tanks like evil shadows.
They have curved mouths set away
back under their inquisitive shouts,
and the mouths have multitudes Of
needle-like white teeth. One of these
sharks, the larger one, has a
constant companion that causes a
good deal of comment and guessing
among visitors. 1t is q slender fish
kabout eight inches long that has at
tached itself, apparently by its teeth,
to the smooth skin of the sharks back.
1t sticks closer than a brother or a
leech. Some of the visitors think it is
a young shark. The guard will tell
you that it is a pilot fish, but that
shows that there are some things which
even a Columbian guard does not know.
The fish is what the Carolina fishermen
call a sucker fish, a remora. If you ask
Prof. Forbes of the fish commission he
will tell you that it is the e~ctieneis nau-
crates of lime.
That is a pretty imposing name for so
little a fish, but the creature itself is
one of the most interesting of swim
ming things. The remora has set in
the top of its fiat head an oval sucker
plate, whereby it has an easy time. The
remora attaches itself by this sucker
plate to the first big fish that comes
along and rides around just as lazily as
a fat oma in a roller chair. What
ever the big fish gets to eat the remora
has also its share; it catches the crumbs
and leavings. There is no fish hat has
more fun and an easier time than this
remora.
Some Of the West Indians make this
parasite work for living though. They
use him for an animated fshhook.
They tie a string to his tail and let him
into the water to swim around until he
falls afoul of a turtle. Then when he
has laid firm hold of the turtle the wise
West Indian bags the whole outfit and
sets his remora for another turtle.