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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-08-25

a Detrolter who came east from the
Pacific slope via the Union Pacific road
this spring fell i'll with an old chap in
Wyoming n day and started converse
ton by observing:
''Some portions of this country seem
to be excellent farming lands:"
"Mebbe they ar, was the inditfer-
ent reply.
Seems to be plenty of timber for all
uses:''
"Mebbe thar is"
Going to be IA great country some
day.
''Mebbe it ar"
81 suppose" said the Detroiter, de-
termincd to break down the others re-
serve, Il suppose there is lots of game
out here?'
"Mobbe thar is" was the monoto-
nous reply.
81 had an idea you lived in Wyo-
ming?"
"Mebbe l do"
Excuse me if l have annoyed you.
Perhaps you don't feel well:'
"l'm feelin all right, but wa kinder
busy thinkin."
Then l won't interrupt you. Being
a stranger, | was naturally interested
in the country, you know"
Eyes, | know. Go ahead and ask
anything you want to-"
But you are thinking"
eve got through. 1t wasn't much
to think about, arter all. l live at Lar
annie. Ole Jim Doty, who lives up at
Benton, sent word to me t'other day
that was a liar. I'm on my way up to
see him about it. was thinkin whether
l orter pop him from the car winder
when we git thar, or jump off and gin
him IA show to take it back. I've settled
1t i'll my mind that III pop him, and SC
I'm ready to answer any questions as
fur as l kin. Detroit Free Press.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-08-25
And She Thankcd Him.

A man whose facial expression in
dlcated that he was at war with all
mankind, himself probably included,
boarded a State street motor car in
which there was a seat for only one
more. This he took. Shortly after
ward ayoung woman entered. There
was no seat left for her. Seven men
stared intently at their toes, and three
others became interested in thought.
The man with the warlike face rose
and offered his seat. The young
woman smiled pleasantly and said
"Thank you"
Then the man who had given up
his seat went out, slammed the door
after him and got off the car in such
a hurry that he turned several back
somersaults before he stopped. He
was a humorist who had often writ
ten paragraphs about women who do
not thank men who give up their
seats in street ars.-Albany Express.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-08-25
An Old Fashioned AdOnis,

The Duke of Rutland is the Adonis
of his party, the dandy Of his house.
During his SO years of political life
he has eve been anything other
than a dandy, though he is now so
isolated an example of the old nobil-
ity as to find his counterpart only in
some runic patrician upon the stage.
His grace bustles through life a mod
el of venerable gallantry. His blue
frock coat, white vest, satin scarf,
gray trousers, vanished boots, dim
ity CATERS, lustrous hat rakishly
cooked upon his soft white silky hair,
the puckered lineaments focused into
a critical stare by the large gold eye
glass, compose a figure which is not
to be met with every day.-New
York Telegram.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-08-25
Nhnna.

Few know that mama is a species
of gum which eXudes from the ash.
The true mamma ash is the Fraxinus
ornus. 1t is a beautiful tree and has
much handsomer flowers than any
other ash. In some parts of Sicily
trees + planted especially for these
substances which they yield, just as
In some parts of our country the sug-
ar maple is planted for it's sugar.
The ash trees are tapped when about
10 years old. A transverse cut is
made about one-third of the circum-
ference of the tree, a number of
these transverse cuts being made one
above the other. AS many as AZ cuts
are frequently made in one large
trunk.
In some countries where mamma is
collected it is done by inserting tubes,
just as is the case of collecting the
maple sugar, but where these cuts
are made the gum runs down the
trunk and hardens. The following
season cuts are made just above those
of the previous year. After this has
been three years in progress the
stems are cut down and the new crop
Of shoots left to get matured. Some
times, however, the stems are left
standing four years before being
finally cut away Cincinnati En-
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-08-25
He WAS A GRATEFUL MAN.

Tut His Profuse Expressions of Thanks
Were Not Well Received.
Il suppose you don't remember
me, do your" he asked of the cashier
Of a Jefferson avenue restaurant the
other evening while business was a
little slack.
Cant say that 1 do, was the COM
placent reply.
Il was here three years ago to-
night"
Eyes"
Il had just got off a train and was
ragged, hungry and penniless."
Il see lots of such"
mo doubt you do, and if you are
as kind to them as you were to me
heaven will surely reward you.
came in here from the depot. l was
dying for something to eat, but not
n blessed penny had 1 in my pock-
ets."
Yes, 1 know"
II stated my case to a waiter, and
he ordered me out. I went out. but
returned. Your kind and fatherly
face attracted my attention, and with
my heart beating tumultuously l
stepped forward and stated my cir
cumstances. You told me to sitdown
and eat my fill. Aye, with your own
hands you filled my plate again and
again with the very choicest of your
viands. The bill was 70 cents. You
told me to pay it when 1 could, and
when I went out you gave me your
hand and wished me godspeed."
Yes, know" growled the cashier.
II went away vowing that l would
pay that debt if I lived and thereby
prove to you that all human hearts
had not lost the feeling of gratitude.
l am here. l have come from Mon
tana on purpose to pay the debt and
give vent to my feelings. Sir, p
"That will do" said the cashier as
he raised his finger.
"What do you mean?"
"No more talk, but skip right out"
but l want to discharge my debt
of gratitude"
DAoClVi 50 1iolL1liS, 4ou LdtC
made a mistake. l remember you
now. l am the nan who booted you
clear across the street, while you
filled up at a restaurant above. The
man failed next day and has been
dead a year"
But, Sir, I cannot
"Oh, yes, you can. If you don't
skip, I'll crack your cocoanut with
this club"
After the grateful man had depart
ed l asked the cashier why he had
been so brusque with him.
"Why, that game is 10 years DID,"
he laughed. ''The fellow had a bogus
bank check for me to cash, and he
figured on making $40 OF SIS. After
being stuck three or four times you'll
get right on to the 'fatherly kindness
and human gratitude business. Cost
me about 500 to learn all the tricks,
but I've got 'em On the toe of my boot
now. Pish! That fellow didn't do
half as well as some others who have
been in here this week."-Detroit
Free Press.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-08-25
A Slight Mistake.

The manager of a well known
brewery in the Midland counties, re-
markable for his severity and love of
showing his authority to the en-
ployees of the firm, noticed one day
while going his usual rounds in the
brewery yard a big fellow lounging
about on one of the railway sidings.
Approaching him, he inquired what
he vas earning a week, and on being
told 90 shillings the manager gave
him a sovereign, at the same time
telling him to clear out, as they could
not afford to pay for idleness. Next
day the manager saw the fellow
again in the same place. Very an
grily he said to him, II thought I
dismissed you yesterday" You can
imagine the managers chagrin and
surprise when the fellow told him
that he was employed by the Mid
land Railway company.-Uttoxeter
(EnglandD Advertiser.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-08-25
WANTED TO BE KICKED
He Was on the Make, but He Got Caugl
All the Same,

He Was on the Make, but He Got Caught
All the Same.
1t was evident that something had
gone wrong with an oldish man who
came in on a Lake Shore train from To-
ledo yesterday. He looked all around the
depot until he found a policeman and
then began TO unburden himself by say
ing:
Il want you to look at this Canadian
$40 bill"
Eyes, sir, :" replied the officer as he
reached for it. 81 don't see much Cana
dian money, but l shouldn't care to take
this bill for a good one. Have you asked
any II about it,"
1.-The conductor said it was bad"
Lets see the ticket agent"
They walked owe to the window, to
be told that it was not wen a good coun-
~terfeit, and the officer asked of the
stranger:
"Did you take it for good money!"
"Say! How easy it is for a man to
make a fool of himself!' exclaimed the
other. Il thought 1 knew enough to fall
off "a fence when the top rail broke, but
/ don't. | haven't got the sense of a
barn door. l ought to be sent to an idiot
asylum for a term of five years"
"How did it ~happen:' queried the Of
ficer.
"a chap came into my car and asked
me if l could give him change for a SIS
bill. That is the bill. He had on Cog
giles and seemed to have sore eyes, and I
took it that he thought the 10 was a s."
"Chance to make SOL" laughed the
officer.
"Of course. I'm an honest man, but
l couldn't let that chance slip. | count
ed him out five ones in g~reenbacks and
put this in my pocket. After he got off
at Wyandotte l began to be suspicious
and showed the bill to the conductor.
Ever hear of the trick before":
"About a hundred times"
"And I've bin takin a daily paper for
10 years and am accounted the sharpest
man Oh fakes i'll our town. Went right
at it and beat myself with my eyes wide
open. Say, have you got a machine
around here?'
What sort of a machine?'
"a kicking machine-one that runs
by steam - Z, 200 horsepower - kicks
1000 times a minute-lifts a blamed
fool 20 feet high at every kick!'
The officer had to tell him that no
such machine had yet been invented,
though inquired for almost every day,
and the man went off up Jefferson ave
nue. to see if he couldn't find a beer
wagon to run over him. Detroit Free
Press.
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A CASE OF NECESSITY.
1t Wouldn't Do to Offend william, So the
Strange Gracefully Yielded,

H WOULDN'T do TO onend william, So the
Stranger Gracefully Yielded.
One afternoon as ! rode along up the
Clover fork of the Cumberland river l
came to very comfortable looking house
of three or four rooms. A was
hanging out clothes in the yard, and |
hailed her.
"Fm going OF up the river" said l,
"and I'll be back this way about 6
o'clock. Can l stay here all night"
81 reckon you might mebbe," she re-
piled, coming to the fence, ''but | amt
SO shore"
"Why not? | wouldn't trouble you,
but I'm in a hurry, and l want to get as
far on my way back tonight as l cam
said | persuasively.
"Well," she hesitated, 1--WE hain't but
the front o fer strangers, an that's
kinder bespoke fer tonight"
"Why can't l divide with the other
fellow | ventured.
faint hat. They amt nobody goin
ter sleep thar"
"Then let me have it," l urged.
The woman's hospitable soul was
troubled.
"Lookee here, mister" she said conf
dentially as she stretched her neck
across the fence so / could catch her
lowered tones, 'Ill leave it to you
whether you'll come er not. You see,
it's Bill Diggins' night to court my
darter Sary Angelina, and they allus sets
in that room. Pm hopin William an
Sary Angeline'll hitch purity soon, fer
William is the likeliest young man in
these parts. an | don't wanter throw
nothin in Their way. Eff you take that
room, William don't get it, an eff Will
liam don't get it he'll be goin off in a
huff an tear the linin outen all my
hopes
But why can't l take it after Mr..
Diggins has finished his call and gone
home:'
She shook her head doubtfully.
You might" she said a~nxiously, "but
you see, mister, Bill is powerful contin-
nerin in his way, an me an Sary Ange-
line humors him, an he don't giner'ly git
started tell about 2 0 9 o'clock in the
mornln, so eff you was waitin fer him
you'd have to set out in the entry an
sleep in a cheer, unless you'd ruther take
the haymow. Them's the circumstances,
mister" she concluded. Its a case NV
hltchin or hospitality, an you kin take
yer ch'ice."
OF course, 'them bein" the circum-
stances, | smiled my very best smile and
told her I'd render all the assistance in
my power toward the realization of her
hOpes.-Detroit Free Press.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-08-25
~EXASPERATLNG READERS.
A Glass of Persons TO Whom Everything
Always Appears to Be New.

"A Class of Persons to Whom Everythinf
Always Appears to Be New.
1t is not only true that there are per
sons who read only the newspapers
but read them very thoroughly. II
is perfectly amazing how long they
take over it, especially in clubs.
noticed the other day what I am sure
was a naturally benevolent old gen
tleman waiting for an evening paper,
which was lin hand" and going
through the whole gamut of human
passion from impotence to despair.
He was n of those persons who talk
to themselves, and under the circum.
stances unnecessarily loud.
At first he was almost placid. 81
suppose he will have done with il
presently" he muttered. Then,
why, the man must be reading the
advertisements" then, why, the
fellow must be learning it by heart
then, THE wretch must be doing ii
on purpose" and then, "At last!'
when it was put down, and he fell
upon it like a tiger.
am sorry to say this was not the
end of it, for finding, after all, that
it was an evening paper of the day
before, which, we may be sure, he
had read, he uttered a word begin
ming with a very big d that electri-
fed the reading room.
The other man probably did not
care about the date of his paper. He
only wanted to read something con
tinuOusly, as an insect devours a leaf
without heed to the details of it's con
s%truction. 1t is the same class of
person though he thinks himself
very SUPERIOR who boasts that he
reads Horace or Montague every year
right through. They have not the
faculty of attention, and therefore
each time it is new to them.
When | was a boy, / was not mis-
chievous like other boys, but benevo-
lent. One Of my little amusements
was to take out the bookmarker of
my uncle's favOrite volume and put
it back about so pages every day. BY
this means, instead of it's lasting him
only six months or so, l prolonged his
pleasure for perhaps a year and a
half.-James Pain in London Illus
trated News.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-08-25
Alias Summons.

STATE OF MONTANA.
COUNTY OF MEAGHER. InS'
IN the justice court of Belt township, before
). NJ. Gray, justice of the peace.
Kyle & Schmidt. plaintiffs,
versus
JOHN KENNEDY. defendent.
The state of Montana sends greeting:
lon are hereby summoned to appear before
me, at my Office in Neihart in said county on
tue ith day of September, A. D.. 1894. at 10
o CLOCK u. H.. to answer to the complaint of the
above named plaintiff, Kyle & Schmidt. IN a
civil action to recover the sum of thirty-tive
dollars for goods, wares and merchandise sold
and delivered to yon at your instance and re-
quest between the 23d day OF October. 1899 and
the 18th day of February, 1893.
And you are hereby notified that if you fail to
appear and answer said complaint as above re-
quired, said plaintiff will take judgement against
you for the sum of thirty-tive dollars with in
terest from and since the 25th day of July, A.
d., 1924. at the rate of 10 per cent per annun,
and the costs of this action.
Given under my hand this 25th day of July
a. d., 1894.
j. M. GRAY.
Justice of the peace Meagher county, Mon
'ana. 1899
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-08-25
Ouilt. "A Ta,sI.

He-How could you, base, deceiv-
ing girl, when every one knows we
were engaged, act as you have3 You
asked that odious Jack Harkins to
call on you, went to the theater with
him, accepted a ring from him and
allowed your engagement with him
to be published. Then you send for
me and tell me that you loved me all
the time, even after you did all those
things.
She-Then you don't love me if
you talk that way.
"What''-
II only did those things to test
your love. Boston Traveller.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-08-25
Bounty.

bounty
He had come from afar to WOO the ma
tive princess.
But he had got left at that.
His tawny locks and pink and white
complexion contrasted strangely with
her ebon hue as he stood and hoped
against hope after she had told him it
was impossible.
But" he protested, II cannot live
without YOU"
A sad, sweet smile curved her lips,
and a softer light shone from her lus-
trous orbs.
"You are mistaken, sir" she said.
He started, and his face flushed.
"Doubtest my word?' he demanded.
She shook her head.
mo, mon Cher
She had picked up a few words of
French from a couple of bunko s~teerers
who had visited her father, the king.
tit is because you do not under
stand. You can live without Inc. Bread
grows wild here"
She clapped her hands, and slaves came
and carried him out.-Detroit Tribune.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-08-25
Eugene and the Bat,

In one of the letters of the late Oc-
tave Feuillet to his wife, recently
published in Paris, there is an inter
esting anecdote of the Empress Eu-
genie. At Fontainebleau one even
ing, while the empress was serving
tea to a party of which the author
was one, a bat flew in at the window.
and a gentleman promptly knocked
it down with a cane. At Eugenie's
request the stunned creature was
brought to her and laid on her desk.
The empress began to fondle the bat
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-08-25
No. 34i9.
Application for Patent.
U. s. Land Office, Helena, Mont.
lima Z 1904

June % lS14.
Notice is hereby given that Harry b. Till of
Great Fails, Montana has this day filed appli-
cation for a patent under the mining laws of
Congress for ti 3 linear feet of the EQUATOR
Lode with surface ground designated as Sur
vey number 1913 situated in Barker [unorgan-
lied mining district. Meagher county, Montana,
in unsurveyed township 10 north range 8 east,
which claim is recorded in the Office of the re-
corder of Meagler county at White Sulphur
Springs, Montana, and described as follows:
Said Survey number 33l3 beginning ut corner
number l from which the Barker Initial Point
for mineral survers. bears south 10 degrees L.
minutes east 1921 feet: thence north 81 degrees
% minutes east 239 feet thence north ID degrees
10 minutes west 81 feet thence north G5 degrees
10 minutes west 604. 5 it: thence south 10 degrees
10 minutes east 33S feet; thence south 48 degrees
80 minutes east 40 feet TO conner number l, the
place of beginning. embracing liz acres. upon
which q notice of saiu application was posted
the 4h day of April. 1894.
The adjoining claims to these premises are
Surveys number 95 and 9S5 of the Barker and
Edwards Lode claims on the south.
293S W. L. COX.
Register.
Date of first publication June l6. 1894.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-08-25
The Great Seal of State.

1t requires an order from the pres
ident of the United States to procure
an impression of the great seal Of
state. Collectors of seals and auto
graphs frequently write to the secre-
tary of state for copies of the seal of
state. The same formal reply is sent
to all of them-that under the law
no impressions of the seal can go out
of the department unless they are
affixed to official papers. The presi-
dent of the United States could give
authority to a collector to obtain an
impression of the seal, but no presi-
dent has ever done so.-Chicago Her
aid.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-08-25
THE
Neihart Water Company
:a!&aH!@JlYa&5!asg;; $685.: ~; s. a rs; IS $3.50

Has one of the finest water plants
in the United States.
The water is pure, limpid noun
tain spring water, and its supply is
inexhaustible at all seasons of the
year.
The reservoir is located on O'Brien
creek and covers an area of three
acres. 1t contains water to a depth
of fifteen feet, firmly held by a
powerful dam sixteen feet high.
The mains are all of cast iron,
twelve inch, and ninety pounds to
foot.
The pressure in the town of Nei-
hart is l40 pounds to the square inch.
Use its water in your houses. 1t
is cheap, convenient and healthful.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-08-25

Jimson-Is Mr.. Noodles in?
Boy-Not yet, but l expect him every
minute.
ITS 10 O'Clock, isn't it,"
Most. The clock will strike in half
a minute, if not sooner. There she goes!''
"All right. l promised to be here at
10 O'Clock and pay him some money.
Tell him l called, and he wasn't in"
brushes off).-New York Weekly.
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euruniug Ius repuIslve breast with her
delicate fingers and stretching out it's
wings. Then she opened its mouth,
thrust a straw in and blew into it's
lungs to reanimate it. "But the love-
lest mouth in the world blew in
vain" says Feuillet, and courtier
that he was he seized the opportuni-
ty to say that "the bat, to be insensi-
BILE to such an honor, must be dead
indeed New York World.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-08-25
On High OlymUus.

What are you baking so glum
about, old man. askedJupiter.
Mars frowned. "A little German
tailor has invented a bullet proof suit
that is likely to interfere with my bust
ness, said he.
They are getting a little the best of
you, - chimed in Cupid, but it will be
a cold day before they ever get an armor
that Is proof against my darts. LII
%dianapolis journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-08-25
A Musical Club.

One of the toasts at the Young
Mems club of Rollstone church,
Fitchburg, was, THE music of the
church, and what the club can do to
improve it" We should think a club
properly used might be very benefi-
cial in some church choirs.-Boston
Bulletin.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-08-25
Long Wait.

Say, are you the boy | sent with a
letter about three weeks ago?'
Boy-Yes, sir.
well, why in the mischief didn't
You bring the answer back"
Boy-You told me to wait for a re-
ply, and the man won't be home until
next spring. -Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-08-25
Noble Revenge.

Yesterday l told the members Of
the Stimmritze that their vocal So
ciety consisted of aset of buffers, and
today they have unanimously elected
me an honorary member.-Deutsche
Warte.
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A Familiar Game.

Little Dot-Let us play keep house.
Little Ethel-All wight. You pre-
tend you are IA lady, and l am calm
Oh you.
Little Dot-That'll be fun. Now sit
down and ask me how l like my new
girl.-Good News.
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Ruling Passion.

Dying Woman Ito Indian who has
just scalped her)-For heavens sake
DO not leave me until you have an
swered one question!
Indian-Ugh. What want2
Dying Woman (faintly)-Is-is my
wound on straight?-Hallo.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-08-25
He Was

Congratulate me-" said the younp
author.
Whats the matter?'' said his friend.
HAS your book attained success?"
mo. But it's on the road to it. l
have just been accused of plagiarism"
Washington Star.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-08-25
Merely a Guess.

The Specialized Girl-Have you
read "Ships That Pass In the Night?"
The Auburn Haired Girl-No.
What kind are they? Courtshipsl-
INDIANAPOLIS Journal.
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The Connecting Link.

Mrs. Van Veneering-Do you know the
Richleys we'll?
Mrs. Jere Mandering-Like a book,
We employ the same dressmaker.-Life.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-08-25

Mr. Pop-Our youngest child talks
all the time.
Nh. Chumppe-Is it a boy or a girl?
Mr.. Pop-Didn't l say it talked all
the time?-Detroit Free Press.