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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-09-28
The Preston Grocery.
usn OF REGULAR 'a,ces.

Fourteen pounds granulated sugar. ISL 90
strictly fresh Case Eggs, per dozen...... 20
hlpuckles co1fee, per pound. .......... 25
ham, per Is
breakfast bacon, per pound .,........ Is
Uoih' per can. Is
Tomatoes, three cans 70
Mocha Il Java coffee 40
Corn starch, per pound. ............ 10
Gloss !" {" g ~
twenty-five pounds rolled oats. 1 90
DRIED fruits, three pounds. so
Seal of N. c. smoking tobaccoe per p'nd, 70
Eight cans Economy milk. ...... 90
Six " Highland " IN
- "iN' per can go
N'S P"w"er, Twelve OF. can. ....... 40
creamery butter, per two pound roll.... go
! "' nut vinegar, per gallon ........ 40
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17

steam engines, no telephones or bicycles.
and their knowledge of chemistry was
Of the most rudimentary character. This
Is hown as much by what they ate for
dinner as by the rude and W gro
tesque attempts they made to decoct
liquids and mix various Kinds of drinks.
But when modern chemistry, with its
long list of great Names its glorious
achievements in the past. it's marvellous
demonstrations Of truth and skill. falls
down on such a simple thing as air
what are people to think? A old spirit
has already arisen in the chemical world
to say that science. in fact, o MOTH
Ing at all about the air, and that so
terry. This gentleman goes on to ask, il
such original elements as these are an
unknown ground to science, what can
be believed about all the other things
speaking SO au~thoritatively? That, how
ever, may be an extreme view of the
subject.
One thing is thus far known, viz, that
q cubic inch of argon would cost 500, 900.
1t Is thus not within the reach of all
save in its original shape. when, it is
believed, If we were deprived of it we
would instantly die. In the air, where
1t belongs, argon is within the reach of
the poorest, and the beggar can use as
much of it as the millionaire, but to Sc
cure a small piece of il in the concen-
trated form in which it was shown at
the meeting of the Royal Society of Eng
land would cost much money here.
That, however. as explained by Prof.
Ogden Doremus yesterday, is only be-
cause the machinery necessary to liquefy
arEOn Is very expensive. Professor
Doremus said hat a machine to thus
condense argon would cost some 500, 900.
and that as there vas no such machine
Ia America the substance in its concern
trated form had not yet been seen here.
Such a machine could go on concen-
trating argon at a slight cost, and. hav-
ing once been concentrated. 1t could be
put up in small packages or in boxes
which could be carried in the pocket.
With the other constituents of air SIM
ilaTly condensed no man need fear be-
ing deprived of air, as he could bite off
pieces of oxygen and hydrogen n
polish off the whole with a nibble of
argon. In color it is white, and it's con-
sistency is not unlike that of cheese,
white it is not disagreeable to the taste.
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sure sign. Fail Sometimes.


There is a young couple in this city who
can never go away from home together
without being taken for a newly-married
pair, SO they decided TO ask the waiter at
a hotel where they stopped what the signs
were. The gentleman began the conversa~
ton.
would you think we were just married.
John?" he asked, on the second day after
their arrival.
ten year in dis hotel, an dere can't no.
Now, john, said the supposed bride
groom. as he slipped a fee into the walters
palm. lust tell me. what the symptoms
are"
.Dere,s a heap of 'em. sah." answered
John. II heahs you ask yoh lady at break
fus If she liked Drilled oysters. an you tell
her she mus learn to drink her tea straight
cause 1t was bettah, an you ask her whar
tain suah. sah."
But said the young matron. don't old
husbands talk in the same wayg'
NC. indeedy. miss-scuse me-. ma'am,
1hsnd you de mornin' papah, 'sted OF read
IN. of IL himself. An dere amt no gettin'
aroun' the lovin looks he been castin' on
you. miss and John smiled with an air or
superior wisdom.
Now tell us how the old married men
conduct themselves" said the lady.
'neys mighty short. miss, mostly, an
read the papah jes like dey was alone"
And the lady. what does she dor
.Jes waits, miss. Kind of looks tired. an
waits, an looks at the res of the foIkses
in the dining room. You see, miss. It's a
heap of difference, an faint all In the close
dey wears. either, dat makes the honey
They did not unaeceive John, and he
signs had failed him.
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The word .Obey.,

Chicago Post.
Why make a woman promise to obey her
husbands when every one knows that she
will not do it? That is what Police Justice
Grady, of New York, wants to know. The
subject has been discussed before, but little
resulted until Mr.. Grady focused his intel
lect upon it. The new woman has objected
to it at times. but she was able to accom-
plish practically nothing. she did not take
the right view of it. She. held that it was
unjust, and based her plea upon that. Mr..
Grady, however, makes no such claim. He
simply says it is absurd, and has abolished
it in the marriage service, when he Off
ciates, upon that ground solely. In nine
cases out of ten, he asserts, a woman will
have her own way, no matter what the
service may stipulate. Why, then, waste
time over a useless word. Mr.. Grady will
not do so. He wants only words that mean
something. If he were marrying some of
the high-born people, who occasionally take
each other for better or for worse" he
might, with equal propriety and for the
same reason leave out the word love"
also. AgA. - 3
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AMONG THE BICYCLIsTs.
New Suits for the Cycling Woman Be-
ing Planned.

1t is altogether probable that while the
National Council of Women is discussing
the dress reform movement, business wom-
ems dress, comfortable dress and the other
kinds, which they take under their own
special supervision. the popularity of the
bicycle and the necessity for a dress in
which to ride will settle the question.
While the bicycle suit is being planned the
rainy day dress will come in to share the
honor and convenience with the bicycle suit.
A Brooklyn woman. Mrs. Sittag, has in
vented a dress, which she has named the
nupiea, no ia 1ha II s Sem con 20 ny skirt
and trousers. The skirt is shoe-.op length.
The trousers. are half full. loose articles.
knee or just cover the knee. The special
feature is that both skirt and trousers are
faSaens the e belt iae to sa jnst y over w the hlp seae Tss
outside seam OF the trousers and the skirt
are fastened together, When the foot is
them and there liz no danger of wind blown
skirts or of their catching anywhere.
w Tas skirt 81 am may ki ne 9 of = w Isahet . s Rleste q
suit is fine for the gymnasium and for a
rainy day. 1t is long enough for modesty
wet of the streets. Any one can wear the
leggings to catch the suit; With all the
for mountain climbing and wear.
AT a joint meeting of the New Jersey d.
vision or the L. A. w. and the Athletic
Association and Asbury Park Wheelmen,
held in Asbury Park. last Wednesday,, a
permanent organization was effected for the
purpose of caring for the national meet of
the l.. A. w. to be held in Asbury Park
July 4 to s. Chief Consul Gentle. of New
Jersey, was made chairman of the commit
tee, which consists of the executive commit
tee OF the New Jersey division of the l..
A. w. and the chairmen OF such subcom-
mittees as the Asbury Park wheelmen may
appoint. Requests have been sent by many
Western clubs asking that the meet be post
poned two or three weeks, but the condi-
tons at the park will not permit il. AT
the time set there are comparatively few
guests In the hotels and they can easily
care for the visitors, but could not we'll do
so later in the season.
France has advanced a step In the matter
of It's views on bicycle riding. According
to the Paris Figaro. a proposition has re-
Gently been submitted for the approval OF
the authorities which has q good chance to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17
ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE

Where is the marshal of the host,
From Limerick so fair?
Sure the procession cannot move
Until that man is there!
But see the marshal comes in haste!
He rides a royal steed;
A sash of green around his waist
He smokes a fragrant weed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17
Artist aud P%urchaser.

Art Amateur.
In handing a painting, just finished, to an
old lady, the other day, the artist noticed
that he had omitted to sign it. Taking up
to it. What" she exclaimed. put your
name to my picture? No, indeed. If any
name goes upon that picture 1t will be my
name.' The little episode illustrates pretty
well the state of mind Of a certain class
of picture buyers who, presumably. are
more intelligent than this worthy old lady.
They pay their hundreds of dollars, or their
thousands, as the case may be. for a GER
tain picture, and it becomes their picture to
such an extent that any unfavorable criti-
cism of it is resented as a personal matter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17

Cooks Imperial, Worlds Fair. Highest
award, excellent Champagne; good efer-
Eescence, agreeable bouquet and delicious
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When They May Be Married.

In Hungary man may marry at tho age of IS and the girl at 16. In Spain, Portugal and Greece the respective ages are only If for the man(?) and 12 for the prospective bride. In France he must be IS and she l5. In Russia the laws vary between Is and 20 for the men and 15 and 16 for the women. In Switzerland the various cantons have different laws, and the minimum ages for marrying are IS and 20 for the men and from 13 to F for girls. In Austria and Germany men seldom marry under 21, although the law allows it at IS. Girls may wed at t6 in these countries. In Egypt boys at IS are often married, and brides of 10 and 12 are not scarce by any means. But India carries off the palm. Here marriages are closed in infancy, and girl of ? is sometimes married to groom of or 5years,
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How Arc tho mighty Fallen.

In view of the fact that Egypt was once the center of civilization and learning, whence science. radiated to every corner of the globe, vestiges of Egyptian lore being found even in this hemisphere, it is somewhat painful to think that the only item which the land of the Pharaohs now contributes to the world is onions, which are being shipped in huge quantities to the United States. And to make, matters worse we are informed that the pop ular ''baeli, as the Egyptian onion is called, owes its fine flavor as well as its size to the fact that the fields in which it is grown are fertilized with the powdered mumnies of the sages who foursshed on the banks of the Nile three thousand and four thousand years ago.
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zette by his aged father. The personal description tallied in a measure with that of his long-lost son, and correspon- dence followed. But the clouded mind of the man contained no clear vision of Van Vert. He remembered wildly the home of his boyhood and wrote an exact description of it as he had last seen 1t, quarter of Q century before log house and stone chimney, the well with the long sweep to raise the buck. ct, the high-banked stream that ran through the farm-al still as he had left them, for changes are slow in the homes of plain people of our country. Then, with many doubts, and as many hopes, he made his way to Van Vert, in 1887, and was easily identified by his family and former comrades. He ap- piled for pension, and the certificate directing payment to him as the wound ed and missing Hugh Thompson, of Chickamauga, was forwarded in due course of time. This is the story as re- vealed by the official records of the pen sion office. It is wonderful story, and fiction pales before its facts.
 The story of Rip Van Wrinkle is thrill ing to an audience when the old man pulls from his leathern pouch the old contract which Diedrich Van Beekman wanted him to sign, twenty years be- fore. It is paralleled by part of the evidence of the Identification of Hugh Thompson. From the day of his wound and loss of memory, through all his wanderings he carried little Testa- ment given him by sister, with an in scription in rhyme, when he enlisted. The sister, still living, recognized it at once when he exhibited it upon his re- turn. He had kept the Testament his sister had given him; but he had for gotten the sister. When he saw her, however, he recognized her and with a glad cry rushed to her arms, and they sobbed and cried like children. It was a reunion the like of which was never depicted upon the mimic stage.
 SMITH D. FRY.
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of Alpine warfare and knowing the narrow defiles of the Italian Alps, the Julian and the Cottian, as well as their pockets.
 ln1SS9 France finally followed suit, paterning her corps of Alpine chasseur after the Italian, not only in the mat ter of equipment but also in the train ing and exercising of the men. Within the frontier departments occupied by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth French army corps, twelve battalions of this new special troop were formed, backed up by twelve Alpine batteries, in all comprising about 6,O00 men and 1,200 beasts of burden, notably mules and donkeys- This corps has been made up of recruits partly obtained'from Savoy, partly from the Pyrenees department and from the maritime Alps, and they have been steadily improved in efficien- cy until they equal, if not surpass, the members of the Italian corps who had served as their models.
 The winter just past has been a very severe one in that part of the world as well as elsewhere, and it has therefore served the French government to test,
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tory just beyond the Italian border. During 1894 not less than 127 Italians were stopped on French territory on the suspicion of playing the spy, and of these G1 were civilians and 66 mili- tary persons, while the Italian authori- ties have stopped s19 French men and women on the charge of espionage, of whom F were held and sentenced. These facts in themselves speak lan- guage which is plain enough, for they show how suspicious one of these two leading Latin nations is of her neigh bor and one-time ally, the other lead ing Latin nation. They show how both countries deen war as within the possibilities of the near future and how strained their relations have really come to be since the establishment of the triple alliance whose member Italy has remained for over ten years.
 It is owing to this regrettable state of things that France, as well as Italy, has made and is still making all the preparations for 8 war whose scene might be on the territory of either country. Now the Franco Italian bor- der is formed, fornearly the whole line, by chains of the Alps which, in their eastern and northern spurs, form also the dividing line between Switzerland and Germany, Switzerland and France
 and Switzerland and Italy. Only. on the French border those chains rise more abruptly and arc even harder to surmount. Forts and fortresses, fortf fled and crenelated Alpine passes, mar row ditches and crevaSses that may be- come tombs for myriads of soldiers some day, have been erected or strengthened on both sides of the frontier during the past decade, and on summits of isolated mountain peaks tho black mouths of Kruppor Creuzot guns are now frowning and threatening where formerly the goa. and chamois peaceably grazed. But one of the most characteristic innova- tions made in both armies was the or ganization, the drilling and the complete equipment of Alpine chasseur corps. The Italian army, as a matter of fact, had the nucleus of such a body even be- fore. Victor Emmanuel, father of the present king, was himself son of the mountains and an indefatigable climber and hunter of mufflon, chamois and Alpine bear, and to him, too, it was due that veritable elite corps, the best and hardest of his army, has existed for the past forty years, the Cdccsatora, men inured to the dreadful hardships
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for the first time, on a large scale, the future. availability of the Chasseurs des Apes; and the test has turned out quite satisfactorily. Hitherto the chain of observatory stations, of small camps and detached forts up on the mountain passes had been abandoned year after year, as the snow began to fly, as it had been supposed that to stay in those exposed posts during the dreadful winter weather was humanly not possi- ble, or at least fraught with great dan ger and probable loss of many mems lives or health.
 These posts had been left unprotect- ed from early in November until the snow on the peaks melted late in May or early in June, and all drilling and military marches and excursions had likewise ceased during that time. Last winter, however, series of camps were kept in full operation, with alto gether 1900 men and corresponding number of beasts, and frequent marches and other exercises have been indulged in, the total loss of life until March 10 numbering only 0. The largest of these hibernating camps have been main- tained near the Col al Tcnda and tho Col des Echelles, each about 1000 feet high. A company of chasseurs was quartered in each, with captain, two lieutenants and the requisite number of non-commissioned officers, each housed in separate barracks, to which must be added the stables (with mules, Alpine dogs and live goats, sheep and rabbits, the latter for food), the provision house, the cellars, the workshop, etc.
 : What these hardy Alpine soldiers had most to contend with was to maintain communication with the nearest val leys and villages, and this was a task especially difficult this past winter, as the snow fell frequently, and, for the three weeks following Christmas, al- most uninterruptedly. On the noun tain sides the snow lay, in the middle of February, about three feet high, since which time 1t has slowly dinin- ished day by day. To reestablish, after several days of violent snowstorrn, com munication with the nearest "base of operations" was often a horculcan piece of work, and the men from the Col des Echelles repeatedly were forced to dig tunnels through mounds and high walls of snow that impcded their progress downwards.
 The establishment of this French corps of Alpine chasseurs has spurred Spain to organize on her part sirni-
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forced to leave him, evidently dying from mortal wound. He never re- joined them. The regimental report of the adjutant for September, 1883, bears the note opposite his name: Wounded and missing in the battle of Chicka- mauga, September 10, 1s83." And so he disappeared from comrades and friends and home, one of the unknown dead, remembered only as an integer component of the myriads of soldier boys who gave their young lives for their country. His father, years after ward, applied for pension on account of his service, his mother having died prior to his enlistment. No doubt was raised as to his death in the army, but the claim was rejected on the legal ground that the father was not ode- pendent upon the services of his lost son.
 From September 10, 1863, the day of the battle, until some time in February, 1870, the history of Hugh Thompson is a blank. He recovered his identity but partially, as he was tramping through the snow on a country road near the village of Cleveland, Ill. He was a strong, able-bodied man, comfortably dressed in good working suit, with a pair of new boots on his feet and a coon-skin cap on his head. He carried an old-fashioned oil-cloth valise, and there on the lonely road, in the darken- ing twilight of that freezing February evening, Hugh Thompson, the wounded soldier of Chickamauga, ''came to him. self" as he expressed it. Itwas just as if at that moment he had awakened from a dreamless sleep of seven years and become conscious of existence, Who he was, or what he had done, or where he had been, he knew not. He knew that his name was Thompson, but called himself Henry instead of Hugh. What name he had formerly used he knew not. His mind was clouded, but the clouds were lifting. old scenes came before him as dreams. He knew he had been in the army. He knew he had been in battle and was lying on the ground while bullets were whizzing; but everybody told him the war had long been closed. How he came to be on that country road he never has known. It was long jump in time, from the field of Chickamauga in 1868, to the village of Cleveland in 1870.
 From Illinois he went to Kansas, and, sometime in 1880 or 1881, he became im- pressed with the belief that he had been soldier in an Ohio regiment. He was not sure that his name was Thompson, nor certain that he was an Ohio soldier boy. The newspapers of Kansas took up the matter, gave accurate descrip- tions of him, and the strange history of the Nameless Soldier, as he came to be known, travelled to Ohio and was read in the columns of the Van Vert Ga
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Immense Draught ot Fish.

The biggest haul of fish ever made a, the Point Sauble grounds, near Green Bay, was taken few days ago. The single haul of the seine brought ur S,452 pounds of fish, for which the lucky fisherman received the sum ot s194.17. There were 5,s7o pounds oi perch, 1895 pounds of yellow pike, es' pounds of suckers and 77 pounds ot catfish. Although the ground at Poini Sauble has been seined for over thirty years, no catch equal to this has evel been made, and fishermen claim that it is conclusive proof that the waters are not being depopulated of theil fishy inhabitants, as is claimed by thu enemies of seine fishing.
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Our Popuiat,on i'm 1000.

The estimated population of the United States in 1900, according to the best authorities, will be 76,630, ,s54. This estimate is made by Carroll D. Wright, superintendent of the department of labor. It is based upon the estimates made by well-known statisticiaus, the known rates of increase and the vari, ous facts bearing upon the growth of population. The population on Jan. uary 1, 1894, was 67,8s0, TAO, and the estimated growth is therefore rather more than 131S per cent. in six years.
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An Arboresl Land ovn,r.

There is tree at Athens, Ga, which IS a property holder. In the early part of the century the land on whfck il stands was owned by Col. W. II. Jack. son, who took delight in watching it, growth. In his old age the tree had reached magnificent proportions, and the thought of its being destroyed was so repugnant that he recorded deed conveying to it all the land within radius of eight feet of its base
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His wife's PosItion.

"Now," said tho bridegroom to the bride when they returned from the honeymoon trip, ''let us have clear understanding before we settle down to married life. Are you the president or vice president of this society,""
 q want to be neither president ncr vice president" shes answered. T will be content with subordinate DO. sition."
 "What is that?"
 "Comptrollcr of the treasury" Texas Siftings.
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pro.ect,on That Protects.
ON THE SAFE SIDE.

Brownston-Yes, sir. My house has been robbed three times, and I live right in the middle of the city, too, with policeman at every corner. should think you'd be scared half to death living as you do, way off in the country.
 MT. Suburb-My house is never in. terfered with. There hasn't been a burglar in our section for years.
 "Eh! Have you policemen there?"
 "No. Nothing but guns. Y. Weekly
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Baby's sIasterpiece.

"Im sure that baby. is going to be 8 great artist" said the fond mother.
 ''Isnt he rather young to evince any talent?"
 That's just where he shows his genius left him where he could get some red ink on his fingers, and before I knew what he was doing he had decorated the library wall with one Of the loveliest magazine posters you ever saw."-Washington Star.