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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-10-11
A17'iUed.

Per schooner Transit 81 head of
fine young mules, Is head of large
French Norman and American brood
mares, also two span of carriage horses,
and one very fine black jack, all to be
sold at very reasonable prices. Parties
desiring TO purchase will do well to have
a look at this stock.
Apply to
DRUMMOND IL BURNETTE.
4t7-u Pantheon Stables, Honolulu.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-09-01

Galen f. Edison, a veritable repre-
sentative of Yankeedom. who is also one
of the best known travelling men, was one
Of the guests who narrowly escaped from
the burning hotel in Toledo recently.
MIR. Edison said that when aroused from
sleep he found his retreat cut off. He
tied several sheets together and was
about to lower himself from the third
story window, when the fire chief told
him that if he attempted to come down
in that condition the hose would be
turned on him. Mr.. Edison, who weighs
over 200 pounds and is of average height,
took IL hasty inventory of his clothing
which he had donned in haste. First he
threw his valise and umbrella from the
window. His silk hat was cooked on
the back of his head. He wore no trou.
sers, that garment being about his neck,
and his limbs We're covered by rel fan.
mel. He had on his light overcoat and
wore his shoes in his pocket. But he
didn't care. Despite the threat Of the
chief he backed down the long ladder
thus costumed, while the crowd yelled
and cheered frantically, crying: $50 it,
Fatty! You're all rightr-Cincinnati
Times-Star.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-09-01
BRlC-A-BRAC NOVELTIES.

Little footstools in delf have been
made.
Dresden china trays are in use for the
toilet, the bathroom, the library and the
table.
Vienna clocks are dainty panels of en-
amel set in temples of brass. Vatican
scenes are chosen.
A suggestive bit of furniture is a
standard Of brass with a wreathed oval
tied with a bowknot, from which a bird
cage is suspended.
Fin de steele heads of women in terra
cotta-life size-are colored pink and
blue in solid tints. It is a queer taste,
but it appeals to some women.
For a long time collectors of bric-a-
brac were in doubt as what to do with
sedan chairs. They are now used as
cabinets for smaller objects of art and
FOR newspapers and music.
Partisan knickknacks are covered with
old brocade. Hearth brushes are swathed
In gimp and brocade with gold fringe
at the bottom as long as the bristles.
Boxes of every size and shape, letter
racks and blotters and screens have old
Observation-Disclosures Circular.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-09-01
Hard Work Getting Into Prison.

Most men who are sentenced to the
penitentiary endeavor to escape their
punishment, ard the officers of the law
are vigilant to defeat this purpose. In
the case of JOIN A. Denton, who was re-
ceived at the Maryland p~enitentiary the
other day to serve a term of three years
for embezz] ement from the county com
m%issioners of Howard county, the usual
order of things was reversed.
1t is stated that on "Wednesday night a
fine looking young man inquired at the
peniter tiary for Warden Weyler. The
warden happened to be out, and the man
explained to the doorkeeper that he was
John a. Denton of Howard county, and
that he had been sentenced to serve a
term i'll the ~penitentiary. The doorkeep-
er detained his visitor until Warden
Weyler returned. Denton told the same
story to the warden. Mr.. Weyler, it is
stated, declined to receive his visitor,
not having the right to imprison him
without a commitment or other identif-
cation. The man seemed c%restfallen and
disappointed and walked slowly away.
The next afternoon he returned with q
sheriff of Howard county and the proper
commitment. Denton will probably be
given clerical duties to perform during
his imprisonment. He was at large on
bond for some time pending the hearing
of the appeal in his case before the court
of appealsa at Annapolis. Baltimore Sun.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-09-01
Had Enough of 1t.

"This is where you answer questions?"
he said inquiringly as he looked in on the
thin, little, solemn looking fellow.
ut is" replied the thin man. write out
your question. Write only ON one side of
the paper and then send it in to me-"
but Pm in a hurry"
Cant help it."
"It's an easy one"
"Well, go ahead"
"All right. Now, suppose a woman is in
a big hall and she wants to get out"
"Without walkingY"
mo, she's willing to walk"
"All right. Go on"
"Well, Well say that there are a lot of
other people in that hall who want to leave
at the same time"
"Yes."
"And they come trooping along behind
this woman, several hundred strong, all
making for the same door,"
YES
"And the door is quite d narrow one"
Eyes. Go on"
well, what will the woman do when
she gets fairly and squarely in the door
way?"
''Stop." '''
'Quite right. But why2"
The thin, solemn looking man got up ald
kicked the stranger out of the room and
slammed the door after him.
"Ill teach 'em to come around trying to
lure me into answering easy questions
that no one his side of paradise or the
other place can answer" he muttered as he
sat down again. ''There is one point where
all human investigation stops. We cannot
go beyond it."-Chicago Post.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-09-01
Lovers of Cold.

Climate affects the inhabitants of
the sea just as it does those of the
land. AS arctic land plants cannot
flourish at the equator, SO in the
Arctic and Antarctic oceans marine
plants are found which are unable to
survive in warm water. Among the
most remarkable of these cold water
plants are the laminariaceR, a kind
of seaweeds which sometimes attain
a gigantic size, exceeding in length
the longest climbing plants of the
tropical forests and developing huge
stems like the trunks Of trees. Re-
cent Investigations have shown that
these plants flourish in the coolest
waters of the polar seas, and that
they never advance farther from
their frigid homes than to the limits
of summer temperature" in the
ocean. The genial warmth destroys
them, just as a polar blast shrivels
the flowers of a tropical garden
Youths Companion.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-09-01
said In run.

It is when coming golden sentiments that
a lady ought to purse her lips.-Yonkers
Statesman.
Are you sure Miss Oldtime keeps up the
study of ancient history" Madge-Oh, dear
me, yes! l saw her reading in her diary to
day.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
"De great trouble 'bout conversation"
remarked Uncle Eben, IAN lat hits onpos-
sible ter show ez much originality in talkin
bout de weddah ez yoh kin talkin bout
yoh neighbors."-Washington Star.
Dumble-What did Daddy say when he
heard that it was triplets? Tumble-He
said, This is too, too much. Spare Mo.
ments.
Farmer ION board a steamer, suffering a
good deal from the rolling of the vessel, to
friendSThis capt'n don't understand his
business. Why don't he keep in the fur
rows?-Tit-Bits.
The Irishman's view of it: ITS a great
shame, so it Is, that a man can't have a lit
tie Immortality before he doies. '-Yonkers
Gazette.
When some smart Yankee invents a
scheme that will make a shiny black dag
onal coat look as fresh and lusterless as it
did when it was new, he will simply roll in
wealth.-Somerville Journal.
My neighbor calls his cat Thereby" be-
cause from it hangs n tail.-Arkansaw
Traveller.
1t is no trouble to see that wealth is a
curse-as long as the other fellow has it,
Plain Dealer.
II see Mr.. Slimcash is going to move"
Mrs. Riley-Are the furniture vans there
now2 mo; the landlord and a couple of
officers. "-Chicago Inter Ocean.
"Where is the bearded Lady," asked the
manager. 'Is is time for the show to be-
gin" HE went out to vote" explained
the ossiied man.-Indianapolis Journal.
Extract from the visitors book" of a no
tel in Guernsey: ''The living here is good,
plain and substantial. So is the waitress. y
-TIt-Bits.
A boys idea of a hero is another boy who
runs off.-Atchison Globe.
The baseball umpire should be a good
judge of diaupOnds.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-09-01
FASHIONS FANClES.
Beautifully shaded crepons andgauzes
nre shown for evening toilets.

Beautifully shaded crepons and gauzes
nre shown for evening toilets.
Sleeves are enormous, but continue to
Troop from the shoulders in a huge bell
puff at theelbow.
Ladies' cloth in every weight and shade
ls shown as a "leader" in all the fashion
able dry goods houses.
Vert sperenza is the new name of a
fashionable emerald green that appears
among brocades, shot taffetas and fancy
evening silks.
Green, black and wine colored velvet
plateau hats for the theater are trimmed
with costly cream laces and erect airy
egrets, held by glittering tricolored, mock
jeweled buckles.
New fancy trimming braids are adorn-
ed with jet beads. Opaque and pearl
beads are also made up with jet and are
used with fine effect laid over black vel
vet ribbon on gowns of gray and black,
or black and white, striped or brocaded
satin and silk.
New mink capes of extra length have
fiat shoulders and are finished with Jokes
of sealskin. Theater coats of black or
dark green velvet have yokes, borders and
shoulder points of ermine. Some are in
semiloose sack shape from the yoke down,
front and back.-New York Post.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-09-01

A dinner giver iias -~rstered courage
to write to the newspapers t. complain
Of the people who are always late TO.
that hospitable meal. "Whatever time
we fix it, and though we give them a
quarter of an hours law-putting 7:45
for 8, for example, on Il invitations
they do not make their appearance till
long afterward. The dinner is spoiled,
our other guests are naturally annoyed,
and yet there seems no remedy"
The remedy, Is James Payn points
out, is of the simplest and yet most eff
cacious kind. Never wait. If the fail
ure in the arrival of these belated guests
is due to accident, they will of course be
pleased that you did not put back the
dinner for an indefinite period. So far
from being rude, you are giving them
credit for the politest feelings. If they
intended to be late-which is the only
way some people have of impressing
others with a sense of their importance
they will, ON the other hand, be very
possibly offended at having been de-
prived of the opportunity of putting
their fellow creatures to inconvenience,
and the result is still more satisfactory
for they will never come again.-San
Francisco Argonaut.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-09-01
LOST In TEXAS SWAMPS.
The Experience of IA Ratified Hunter Who
Was Loaded Down With Game.

The Experience of "a Ratified Hunter Who
Was Loaded Down With Game.
Fully 40 men started out from this
place Saturday afternoon to shoot ducks,
and in ope party was Charley Aims
worth, a married man, who has resided
here for a year and u half. Ainsworth
got separated from the rest of the party,
but the game vas SC plentiful that by a
o'clock he had bagged twelve ducks and
n brant, and thinking he had as many
birds as he needed, concluded he would
return home. He was probably less
than three miles from home at that
time, but the rushes were SO high that
he could not see the tall smokestacks at
the mills, and before the sun went down
he lost his reckoning. Not returning
home at night, his wife became alarmed,
and at daylight Sunday morning a party
of IL took a boat and pulled down the
river and up Conway's bayou, where
they found Ainsworth's boat pulled up
on the shore. Twelve men started into
the marshes to find the lost man, but
met with no success.
Between 4 and 8 o'clock Sunday after
noon AinswOrth walked into town quite
exhausted, having wandered all Satur-
day afternoon, all that night and the
wholeof Sunday in Waterfront 6 inches to
2 feet deep, where the rushes We're 10 feet
high and SO thick he could not see three
feet before him, with the rattle of count
less focks of ducks passing overhead,
the doleful music of the lonely bullfrogs
and the hoarse, dull, deep bass roar of
the hundreds of alligators that abound
in the dark and muddy wallows. All
through these low marshes he wandered,
knowing that he had a sick wife at home,
whose anxiety would increase with ev-
cry hour that he was delayed, and with
the weight of the game he had killed
added to his gun and cartridges. He had
nothing to eat since Saturday at dinner.
He had no idea of the course he was GO
ing or what direction he was from home.
He wandered, by the merest accident, to
the river bank, which he followed for
several hours, and finally crossed over
on the timber and booms to the Texas
side, nine miles above town, and came
down home without knowing positively
whether he was going to or from Orange.
As soon as he got to the bank of the
river he threw his ducks away, thus re-
lieving himself of so pounds of burden
that he had forgotten he was incumber-
ed with.
Those who went in search of the lost
hunter returned Sunday in response to
o signal announcing Ainsworth's return.
Orange (TeX.) Letter.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-09-01
A Silver Library.

There sin the royal library Of Koe-
nigsBerg a silver library, consisting
of q collection of 20 books, mostly
theological, bound in pure silver and
having a rich, symbolical ornamen-
tation partly in gold. The library has
been in possession of this treasure
since 1911. These books were made by
order of Albert, the first duke of Prus-
STA, in the latter half of the sixteenth
century. 1t is supposed that they
were made at Nuremberg, where Al
bert was stationed for three years.
Through the efforts of Ostander, and
afterward Luther, Duke Albert be.
came a friend of the reformation.
Copies of the silver library are made
accessible to students by taking hello.
graphic copies Of the same.-Berlin
Letter.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-09-01
An Unexpected Wedding Present,

A curious thing has just happened
in south London. About 10 years
since a young girl, daughter Of well
to do tradespeople, lost nearly ego,
which she had saved out of a very
liberal allowance. The money was
taken from a drawer in her bedroom,
and the thief was never detected. A
short time ago the girl was married.
On her wedding morning she re-
ceived an anonymous letter, stating
that the writer was the person who
stole her money when she was yet
in her teens and inclosing bank notes
representing as nearly as possible the
amount stolen, with compound inter-
est added. OF course the bride was
delighted, and no effort has been
made to trace the anonymous writer.
London Answers.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-09-01
The Kick OF.

With bated breath the mother came.
What tidings," she faltered, ''of my
SOM"
They looked upon her with compass
sion.
HE lost his head" they gently an
swered, ''when we tried the fying
wedge"
Shrieking wildly, she sank to the
floor.
"They told me it was only an ARM"
she moaned. 'Childless, childless!"
They pitied her nor sought to stay her
progress when she rOse aid fled the
place. Truth.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-09-01
A E SUCCESS.
4 Breah of a Few Minutes and Then the
Dance Proceeded.

4 Breah Of a Few Minutes and Then the
Dance Proceeded.
The party was given at a farmhouse, and
ebout 30 couples We're present. / told the
farmer when l first arrived that / should
depend upon him to give me at least five
minutes notice before any shooting began,
and he replied:
"I1l do it. l shall be watchin out, and |
hin l can give yo' plenty of time to get
Out of range"
"There will be shooting of course?"
"Oh, certainly. The boys would feel that
they had slighted me if there wasn't a row."
What do the women folks do when the
shooting beginsS"
"Sit right down on the floor till it's all
over. Don't be a bit Uneasy. I'll give yo'
plenty of warnin."
There was only one fiddler, and he was
also the caller. His calls puzzled me at
first, but no one else appeared to mind it as
he drawled:
Fright and left on the head, and Bill
Taylor don't a to drop that revolver on
the foorl Balance four and half prom
enade, and Jim Henderson has a knife in
his boot leg! Ladies change, and Luke
Williams is aching to pick a furse with
Tom Bebee! All balance to pardners, and
when the shootin begins please remember
that the fiddler never takes sidesI'
We had been dancing about an hour, and
everybody seemed to be thoroughly good
natured and at peace with all mankind,
when the farmer beckoned to me and whis-
pered:
II said I'd give yo' five minutes warnin,
but Pm two minutes behind time! Break
fer the barn!'
I broke, but was not over 80 feet from
the door when the shooting began. 1t last
ed about five minutes, and l cautiously re-
turned to the house to hear the fiddler call
ing in the same old monotonous voice:
"Take partners for Virginia reel, and
don't make such a furse over three men
wounded! First lady aRl gent forward and
back, and Bill Taylor has gone after a doc
tori Forward again and sasha, and some
body attend to that gal in Mysteries! Swing
with the right-now with the left, and if
this isn't the most successful dance of the
season then o folks needn't pay me a
cent. "-Detroit Free Press.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-09-01
She Served Lemonade.

A certain New York clubman became
desperately enamored of a charming
country widow. She was not unmind-
full of his passion and invited him down
to dine at her place. He was something
of a gourmet, and as she was richly en-
dowed with the accuMulations of her
first husbands trade in some patent
medicines, the sutton anticipated a deli
cious little dinner which should make
him appear at his very best when it
came to putting the momentous ques-
ton. But when they were at the table,
and she served him only cold ham, jelly,
tea and lemonade, his heart fell. He had
! ever made love after a dinner like that,
and he could not rekindle the fame. It
was no go, and he gave it up. As he was
making his adieu the widow asked with
seeming simplicity, my dear Mr.. W,
how does n get into New York socie-
ty?" His opportunity had come. It was
a mean advantage, but he took it as he
replied, "By not serving lemonade at
dinner!" And he hurried to the station.
New York Recorder.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-09-01
Funeral Waxen Emgies.

Toward the end of the fourteenth CEN
fury arose the practice of carrying a
waxen efigy of the deceased either on
or before the coffin in the funeral pro-
cession. The earliest instance of this
practice is in the case of King Henry V,
whose efigy formed the first of those fig
ures which are still preserved in West
minister abbey. This custom was only
observed in the case of royalty and per-
sons of high position. The expense of a
waxen representation of the deceased
would prevent poor people from follow
ing it. The axe effigy of Oliver Crom-
we'll lay in state while the body itself
was being embalmed, so that most prob
ably the actual corpse was never exposed
to public view. The practice appears to
have been discontinued shortly after the
Restoration Westminster Gazette.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-09-01
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

Lord Tennyson is busily engaged writ.
ing the life of his father.
Baron Albert Rothschild is one of the
best chess players in Vienna.
The Earl of M~ountcashell was lately
married to Miss Cornelius, daughter Of
q Queens county (Ireland) farmer. The
peer is 67, the peri 20.
There are two colored officers in the
regular army, Lieutenants J. H. Alex
ander and Charles Young Of the Ninth
cavalry, which is composed of colored
troops.
Senator Sherman's real estate holdings
at Washington are rated on this years
tax list at $400, 600. He is about the
heaviest individual taxpayer at the
capital.
Gorham ID. Abbott of Winsted, Conn.,,
who became deaf and dumb when a child
through an attack of scarlet fever, is
just now beginning to talk again after
being mute for over 80 years.
The first Canadian city to erect a mon
meut to the memory Of Sir John A. Mac
donald, the distinguished statesman, is
Hamilton, Ont. The statue is of bronze
and was made by George G. Wade. a
London sculptor.
The late Francis Parkman, the his
%torian, was a man who had always about
him ar air of distinction that made the
passerby turn to look at him. He was
tall, stately and courtly, with old school
dignity Of manner.
The Chinese brother is becoming ac-
climated. Young Knai, a Chinaman,
and a Yale graduate, who took an active
part in the recent parliament of relig-
ions, is engaged to marry Miss Mary
Burnham, a pretty girl of Springfield,
Mass.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-09-01
Our Craze For Bigness.

The craze for "bigness' evidences
itself in many ways in the United States.
Enormously high buildings are now be-
coming a dangerous mania. The Cham
Der of Commerce in New York is 200
feet high; but, great as that height
seems, it is only a comparatively lofty
structure. The Masonic temple is go
feet high and has no fewer than 20
stories. There are several that come
near to this, but the Manhattan Life
Assurance company's building will be
the highest in America, for though it is
to contain two stories less than are
found in the Masonic temple-only IS,
that is to say-it will be $50 feet from
roof to pave1aent.-Exchauge.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-09-01
FxnlaiupI.

Hostess-Of course the dinner is given
for Miss Purdy, but l can't let you take
her i'll because you never will take the
trouble TO be agreeable except for a pref
ty woman.
Reggy Westend-Whom do l take in
then?
Hostess-Mrs. Farris.
Reggy Westend-But she's uglier
than Miss Purdy.
Hostess-I know that, but she's mar
ried and used to being neglected. Life.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-09-01
He Was ~Considerate.

When the business MAI saw the tramp
approach him in his Office, he very nat
urally concluded that the time had con
to take up a collection, but the tramp
did not come at him that way.
excuse me, sir" he said, "are you
married?"
The business MAJ was slightly dis
concerted.
EYES," he replied, half in doubt.
"Wife living?"
eyes"
"How many children"
"Six."
"Any grown daughters?"
"Three."
Gown your own house?"
eyes"
"Got any horses and carriages?"
eyes"
"Got servants, I suppose?'
eyes; half Dozen"
1t wasn't any of the tramp's business
but the business man was humoring
him.
care you rich?"
Hardly that, I guess"
I'm very much Obliged for the In
formation. Good day." and the tramp
started out.
Here, hold on!' exclaimed the bust
ness man. What the deuce do you mean
by coming at me in that style? Are
you a census taker?"
Hardly that, sir, " smiled the tramp,
'but I make it a rule in my profession
never to strike a man in your fix for a
dime unless he is at least a millionaire.
I don't always get it from a millionaire,
and always do from your kind, and it
makes me feel like 1 was imposing on
good nature. Good morning, sir" and
again the tramp started off, and the
business man never said a word.
"Well," exclaimed the tramp after
he had got outside, and as he gazed into
his empty palm, with a comical grin,
81 wonder how his nibs got on to my
snap? I'm dead sure l never tried him
before. detroit Free Press.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-09-01
THE
Neihart Water Company
IS @&DaR&1!aa&5!aaagIaa&D!aR

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 Mel
hart is 14O pounds to the square inch.
Use its water in your houses. 1t
is cheap, convenient and healthful.