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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-06-02
Mamma,

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 n
other ash. In some parts of Sicily
trees r 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 As cuts
r frequently made in one large
trunk.
In some countries where mama is
collected it is done by inserting tubes,
just as is the case of collecting the
maple sugar, but where these cuts
r made the gum runs down the
trunk and hardens. The following
a 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-
Quirer.
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In one of the letters of the late DC,
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,
stroking its repulsive breast with her
delicate fingers and stretching out it's
wings. Then she opened it's 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.
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give us a servlce that is paid FOR, please.
n then you can stand up and sing in
church without shame.
A week ago l stood at the corner of
the Grand Pacific hotel, Chicago, scruti-
nizing the Board of Trade building, which
is, according to the architects, peeling off
in places and falling on a pardoned an
archist once in awhile. Then a voice
was seen approaching from a distance.
1t said: "Oh, sir, could you, for the love
OF heaven, give me a quarter? l am
starving. 1t has been over six weeks
since food has passed my lips"
l looked up suddenly to see how a man
looked after that kind of treatment. I
never went that long without food N.Y.
self, but l kept Lent by boarding at the
Phoenix hotel in Hopkinsville, XIV.
l was a little startled, for 1 at once
recognized the man.
1t was a cab driver who used to drive
from the Fort Wayne depot. With a
glad smile l seized his hand.
did you not at one time drive a cab
between the depot and hotels?" 1 asked.
eyes, from the Fort Wayne depot" he
cried eagerly, licking his chops.
"Well, l thought I knew your 1 ex-
claimed, reaching for my pocketbook
and writing a line for him on a blank
leaf. Here is a receipt in full for that
half dollar you chiseled out of me dur
ing the Worlds fair. 1t is not much.
but it will help"
With these words l went on down
town, happy in the thought that l had
done a good act and glad also that l have
a good memory for faces.
We got talking about mean men the
other evening as we foregathered in the
greenroom before the curtain rang up
on our "opry."
Hackett Of Auburn, Me-, was telling
of a man there, who had the same lame
as his father, who was in the same bust
ness in another town. He had to use a
weekly market report and used to open
the envelope by steaming it. Then, D
ing the report, he would put it back in
the envelope, stickit together, strike out
the old address excepting the name and
forward it to his father, saving the sum
of 2 cents each week, which was divided
between the two at the end of each
month.
Then Mr.. Smith told of a neighbor Of
his whose son died, and the grief stricken
father went to town to dicker for a mis-
tit coffin. He got n at half price that
had been returned some years ago to the
undertaken. 1t was rather short, but
the old man took it, hoping that he could
get his son into it before the body be-
came too rigid.
He was delayed, however, by muddy
roads, and when he got home he found
that it would be impossible to put his
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French "Bulls."

The number of phrases of the class
which we call Irish bulls" but
which are found in polite works not
written by Irishmen, is very large in.
deed. A novel which was recently
crowned by the French academy as
possessed of unusual merit contained
a sentence Of which the following is
a translation:
1T was midnight. A man who lay
in ambush listened to their CONVERSE
ton, but suddenly a dense, dark cloud
passed in front of the moon and pre-
vented him from hearing more"
Here is another phrase, written in
full earnest by a master of French
criticism, 1T was one Of those duels
in which n of the blades literally
buries itself in the heart of the other.
A criticism in a French journal up
on a dramatic performance lately
ended with these words, which are
worthy Of Sir Boyle Roche:
Mime Judic's talent is like the
froth on good champagne. Beware
of thrusting the scalpel into it, for if
you do there will remain naught but
a pinch of ashes at the bottom of the
alembic."
Another French journal in speak
ing Of the results of certain false re-
ports declared:
This is the handiwork of evil
tongues, manipulated by cruel
hands youths Companion.
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He Showed Them How,

Captain j. R. Kenly, in his "Mem-
oirs of a Maryland Volunteer" de-
scribes with evident satisfaction a
little scene in the city of Jalapa dur
ing the Mexican a The United
States troops were in garrison in the
town. Everything was quiet, and
the inhabitants and the soldiers were
on very good terms. One day the
captain noticed a soldier looking with
great interest at some native masons
laying brick. They were at work
upon a platform elevated perhaps a
dozen feet from the ground, up to
which a man was carrying mortar
upon his head on a square board in
stead of a bod.
The masons stood Immediately in
front of the wall they were construct
ing, placed each brick separately on
it's bed, used a plumb line, square,
etc., to e that each brick was cor
rectly aligned and occupied as much
time in laying half a dozen bricks as
an American mechanic would use in
laying a hundred.
Captain" said the soldier, ''may ]
go up and show those men how to
work?"
Certainly, if you are a bricklayer."
He mounted the platform, one of
the Mexicans gave him his trowel,
and he went to work, the Mexicans
looking on with the greatest interest
and admiration. No doubt they prof
tied by the lesson.
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Notice to ~Co-OWners.

John W. Tattan, A. Fl. Bell or Aaron IL. Bell,
George 81. Maddox, Henry c. Tillinghast and
Charles F. Grey, assignee for Henry c. Tilling-
mast and l W. II. Emery, composing the firm of
H.. z. Illlinghast and company.
You and each of your heirs, representatives
ana assigns are hereby s%everally notified that l
Harry b. Hill, your o-owne whose postotiice
address is Great Falls, Montana, and my grant
ors, have in accordance with the provisions of
section No. 1924 of the revised statutes of the
United States expended in work and improve
ments upon the Queen of the Hills lode mining
claim, which is located in Barker CunorganizedJ
mining district, Meagher county, Montana, one
hundred QOO) dollars, annual representation in
each OF the years, 1881, 1882, 1888, 1884, 1885, 1856,
1887, 1883, 1889, 1890, 1891 and 1892, for the pur-
pose of holding said claim according to law, and
you are hereby notified that unless you and each
OF YOU. your heirs or assigns, contribute your
proportion of such expenditures for each of
above years, together with the interest and costs,
within ninety days after the complete service OF
this notice by publication. all Your right, title
and interest, estate, claim and demand in and to
the above named mining claim will become the
property of the undersigned, your co-owner,
who has performed the work and made The re-
CURED expenditures.
2I33 HARRY B HILL.
Date of first publication April 81. 1894.
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AW
~
Decided to Pom.

A DetrOlter who came east from the
Pacific slope via the Union Pacific road
this spring fell in 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 arr" was the indiffer-
ent reply.
Seems to be plenty of timber for all
uses?'
"Mebbe thar is"
"Going to be a great country some
day."
"Mebbe it ar"
Il suppose" said the Detroiter, de-
termined to break down the others re-.
serve, II suppose there is lots of game
out here?'
"Mebbe 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 was kinder
busy thinkin."
"Then 1 won't interrupt you. Being
a stranger, l was naturally interested
in the country, you know"
eyes, | know. Go ahead and ask
anything you want to-"
"But you are thinking"
"I've got through. 1t wasn't much
to think about, arter all. live at Lar
annie. Ole Jim Doty, who lives up at
Benton, sent word to me t'other day
that l 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, II jump off and gin
him a show to take it back. I've settled
it in my mind that I'll pop him, and so
I'm ready to answer any questions as
fur as l kin. "-Detroit Free Press.
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A Man of Nerve.

The thistle does not sting if it be
FIRMLY grasped. The ghost runs away
when one walks straight up to it.
When Louis Napoleon was president
Of the French republic, the command
or at Lyons was General Castellane,
an old soldier, whose stern rule kept
in check the Red Republicans of that
~disorderly city. 1t was a time when
courage on the part of the people
might have spared the French nation
from the long humiliation of the c
ond empire. Unfortunately for them,
the nerve was enlisted on the side of
the man who afterward became en-
peror, and the Republicans could
boast much, but do little.
Oneof the most radical and bolster
Gus of the Republicans of Lyons was
a barber, who openly boosted that he
only waited for the opportunity of
Kidding the city of it's stern com
mander. The general heard of the
threat. and one afternoon ordered his
coachman to drive to the BARRIERS
shop. Leaving his carriage, the gen
eral, unattended, entered the shop,
took a seat in a vacant chair and de-
sired the barber to shave him. The
astonished braggart performed the
operation as well as his nervousness
would permit. When he had finished,
the general, while paying him, quiet
ly said:
Monsieur, since you have not
availed yourself of the opportunity
to cut my throat which I have given
you, would it not be well for you to
refrain from uttering threats that
you have not the courage to carry
out?"-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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The case hung fire, however. n was
thrown out of court on the suggestion
of the county surveyor.
"How a we make change, your hon
or" asked the surveyor one day, sin case
of a verdict, for Hampstead, soul. body
and bedquilt, is only worth the fraction
of a cent? How can we make change
and pay him for his foot?'
The case was then abandoned.
Let me say in justice to Mr.. Hump
stead that n report regarding him is
false and wicked. l do not wish to see
him wronged by an unthinking public
or sensational press. He did not as re-
ported use his mothers coffin lid to slide
down hill on last winter.
There wasn't snow enough last winter
for that purpose where he lived anyway,
and his mother is still living.
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But you had a diSpute?n

But you had a diSpute?''
mo, slr-never dispute. If a mar
don't believe as I do, 1 let him be
lleve as he wants to-"
Maybe you called him a liar?'
persisted the butcher as he cut at the
meat.
mo, sir-never called a man a lia1
in my life. Better make that two
pounds. You see, 1 was down to the
depot to see about trains, and 1 met
a man with yaller eyes. Ever e a
man with yaller eyes, same as a
cat's2"
II don't think l ever did"
"Nor I cipher. Struck me as rath-
er curious. l spoke to a Teller about
it, and he said it also struck him as
rather curious. A Teller with cats
eyes ought to be able to see in the
dark, hadn't heg"
II should think So"
$50 should I. 1 spoke to another
Teller about it, and he said he should
think sc too. If you could see in the
VAIN, yOu NOuluA Sot uldu dDOuC IL,
would your
"Of course not"
Neither would l. 1 spoke to an
other Teller about it, and he said he
wouldn't either. If you'd bin there,
would you have asked the yaller eyed
man if he could see in the darka"
"Why, yes, I think So"
THANK you. I thought 1 was the
only fool in Michigan, and it consoles
me to find a partnerl I put the ques-
ton to him, and the depot, and a
wheat elevator, and a warehouse all
hit me in the eye at once, and wen l
recovered consciousness yaller eyes
had departed on the train. Better
make that 10 pounds, for I can feel
my whole head swelling, and I'll
beef it clear down to the chin DE
troit Free Press.
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Didn't Tanple Him.

The satisfaction that every one must
feel at the triumph of the boy is due to
the same feeling which prompts a big
hearted man to take the part of the 'sun-
der dog"
Walter was the important witness.
and II Of the lawyers, after cross ques-
tioning him severely, said:
Your father has been talking to you
and telling you how to testify, hasn't
he?"
eyes," said the boy.
Now" said the lawyer, "just tell
us how your father told you to testify"
"Well," said the boy modestly, ''fa-
Their told me that the lawyers would try
to tangle me, but if I would just be
careful and tell the truth l could tell
the same thing every time"
The lawyers didn't try to tangle up
that boy any more. - Massachusetts
Ploughman.
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HE WANTED INFORMATION.
And the Butcher Heard His Story and Sup
piled His Needs.

And the Butcher Heard His Story and Sup
piled His Needs.
"Is raw beef good for a black eyes"
he asked as he entered a butcher shop
on Michigan avenue
1T is accounted a good thing" re-
piled the butcher. Take off the
handkerchief and let me see. Phew
but you got a hard one, didn't you2"
II was unconscious for 10 minutes
after the Teller hit me. Gimme about
four pounds O. raw material"
you don't want over a pound at
once. A fellow hit you, eh?"
He did. He jest hauled off and
drew in his breath and jumped on
the blow. I thought I had been
struck by a thunderbolt. Cut the
meat purity thick"
II suppose you yer talking poll
ticsa" queried the butcher as he sharp
ened his knife.
mo. sir-never talk politics"
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son in the mark down coffin, so he sharp
ened up his old bucksaw and actually
sawed off his sons feet to make him fit
his bargain counter casket.
This is a historical fact.
Artemus Ward used to tell of two
brothers from his state who greeted each
other in the street one day after a sepa-
ration of two years and asked each other
the news.
"Waal, don't know of nawthin in par
tickler," said George, "only 1 sold the
old black boss"
mo" calculated Henry.
"Yiss," says George.
who did yesell him tew?' said Henry.
"Waal, guess"
81 never'd guess in the world" a v
Henry. He wasn't with a cuss, was
he?"
"No." .
"Balky and blind and 81 years old,
wasn't he?"
"Yiss."
How much did We git for him?"
Hundred and fifty dollahs."
"Waal, you must have picked up a
suckah. Who did we sell him tew?"
"Well, sir, by George Harry, l sold
him to mothah."
l lectured once under the management
of a man named Hampstead in Indiana.
He was too close to get tickets printed,
so he wrote them-about 800 of them-in
longhand and shorthand on same ticket,
so that they could not be counterfeited.
1t took him three days. Then he adver-
tised with a marking pot and brush on
the fences and had it announced in the
churches.
When 8 o'clock came, l started out for
the opera house, but when within a block
OF the door ran up against a procession
of people which extended to the box Of
flee. | walked around the crowd tickled
to death with the outlook for standing
room only.
After waiting till 9 O'Clock and getting
no word to begin l inquired of an usher
what we We're waiting for. He said that
early in the evening some one had rung
u a plugged quarter on Hampstead, ana
he was holding back the crowd till he
coald find who did it.
Hefed a horse on the straw he got from
a crockery firm and that had been used
for packing china and glassware until
last October, when the woods were gay
with happy nutters and the ripe corn
cleaned like gold in the rustling sheath
of gray shuck-
When the frost was on the punkin
And the fodder in the shock.
Then he gave a gentle moan and passed
away. (The horse, l mean.)
Mr.. Hampstead bought a pound of
crackers once and allowed the bill to run
till the grocer asked him for the price of
them. MI. H. said he would settle the
bill as soon as he could have a settle
ment with his mother. 1t seems that his
mother had used a part of the crackers,
and he was waiting till she settled fo1
her share.
These are facts.
Last year he slipped on bad sidewalk
and sprained his ankle and foot so badly
that he could not walk for some days
and appeared then with his foot done up
in a bedquilt artistically fastened with
tarred rope.
AS soon as he could get about he
brought suit for the value of the foot
ON the grounds of negligence on the part
of the town authorities
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Notice of Forfeiture,
Neihart, Meagher county. Monta

Neihart, Meagher county, Montana.
March 8. 1894
To p. Paulson, or whom it may concern:
You are hereby notified that l have expended
one hundred dollars (SlOO) in labor and improve
ments upon the Comet quartz lode, situated in
Judith mining district, Meagher county Mon
tana as will appear by certificate on file in the
Office of the Recorder of said county, in order to
hold said premise according to law, being the
amount required to hold the same for the year
ending A. D.. 1893. And if within ninety DAYS
after this notice by publication you fail or re-
fuse to contribute your proportion of such ex-
penditure as cO-owner with interest and costs of
publication, your interest in said claim will
become the property of the undersigned ac-
cOrding TO law.
1877 OLE GRENDAL.
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Notice of Forfeiture.
Neihart, Meagher county, Montana,

Neihart, Meagher county. Montana,
March o, 1884.
To P. Paulson, or whom it may concern: You
are hereby notified that l have expended one
hundred dollars (SlOO) in labor and improve
ments npon the Blackhawk quartz lode, stu
ated in Judith mining district. Meagher county,
Montana as will appear by certificate on file in
the Office of the Recorder of said county in
order to hold said premises according to law,
being the amount required TO hold the same for
the year Guiding A. ID 1892. And if within
ninety days after this notice by publication you
fa1l or refuse to contribute your proportion of
such expenditure as cO-Owner with interest and
costs OF publication. your interest IN said claim
VIII become the property OF the undersigned
according to law.
1917 OLE GRENDAL.
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THE
GREAT
THROUGH
SYSTEM.

Palace and Tourists SLEEPING
Cars Buffet Smoking Library Cars,
and Elegand Dining Cars.
Passengers Booked for Europe by
First Glass Lines.
For Further Information, Rates,
Maps, etc., Apply to E. S. Wyman,
Agent, or Write F. Il. Whitney,
General Ticket and Passenger Agent,
St. Paul.
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More Important.

First Drummer-Hang the luck!
The firm has sent me only one of my
two checks this week.
Second Drummer-Which one did
they forgeta Your salary7
First Drummer-No, c~onfound it!
They left out the check for my ex-
pense account Somerville Journal
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Notice of Forfeiture,
Neihart, Meagher county, Montana.

March 9. 1894.
To P. Paulson and Mrs. E C. Paske, or whom
it may concern: You are hereby notified that !
have expended one hundred dollars (Sl0O) in
labor and Improvements upon the Fair View
quartz lode. situated in Judith Mining district,
Meagher county Montana. as will appear by
certificate on file in the Office of the Recorder
OF said county in order to hold said premises
according to law, being the amount required to
hold the same for the year ending A.. d. 1898.
And if within ninety days after this notice by
publication you fail or refuse to contribute your
proportion of said expenditure as co-owner
with interest and costs of publication, Your in
terest in said claim will become the property OF
the undersigned according TO law.
1877 OLE GRENDAL.
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On High OlymOuS.

"What are you looking so glum
about, old MANI" asked Jupiter.
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. In
dianapolis Journal.
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He Was Happy.

Congratulate me-" said the young
author.
whats the natter" said his friend.
"Has your book attained SUGGEST"
"No. But it's on the road to it. l
have just been accused Of plagiarism"
Washington Star.
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Explained.

Hostess-Of course the dinner is given
for Miss Purdy, but l can't let you take
her in because you never will take the
trouble to be agreeable except for a pref
ty woman.
Reggy Westend-Whom do I 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.
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He Knew His business.

Proprietor (of the shoe store)-Before
take you into my employ as clerk let
me ask you one question, What do you
know about the No. 2 size of ladies'
shoes?
Applicant (promptlyeThere are II
sizes of No. 2 shoes.
Rec
ord
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SupererOgatiOn.

MI. Pop-Our youngest child talks
all the time.
MI. Chumppe-Is it a boy or a girl?
MI. Pop-Didn't I say it talked all
the time?-DetrOit Free Press.
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NYE IN PADUCAH.
HE WRITES ABOUT THE FIRST no.
TEL THAT WAS BUILT THERE,

And How 1t Has Been Succeeded Later by
One More Stylish-He Is introduced Into
Paducah Society-Meeting an Old Friend.
Some Mean Men.
copyright, 1894, by Edgar W. Nye.l
In KENTUCKY, Spring of '94.
Paducah is the second largest dark to-
bacco market in the world, Louisville
being the largest. But the fight is mar
rowing down to Clarkville, Tenn. and
Paducah, for they are in the heart of the
dark, heavy tobacco country. Mott of
this tobacco at present goes abroad after
being stemmed here. Large stemmeries
here reduce the weed to it's minimum
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Pleased,

Il hope my last book found favor in
your eyes, Miss Lovehome?'
Miss Lovehome-It certainly did. The
leaves were just the right width for the
pantry elf.-Chicago Inter Ocean.