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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-02-23

That was a queer coincidence occurring
in Big Timber a few nights ago, says the
Pioneer, and the people are wondering
how it happened. 1t seems that a local
wood dealer became suspicious and load
ed some of the choice sticks in the pile
with powder. A night or two after, a
stove situated not more than one hundred
miles distant from the aforesaid wood
pile, blew up and made quite a scatter
ing. Now there is a puzzle for you. Did
the loaded stick have anything to do
with the explosive stove, and if so, how
did they get together?
The ladies of the M. E. church are ever
active in the affairs of that religious
body, and just now have invented a
scheme which will not fail to interest
everyone. With def fingers they have
made a beautiful autograph quilt which
they propose to sell in the following
manner: For twenty-five cents each and
every person may have his name stamped
in the blocks of the quilt, at the same
time securing one chance at drawing the
quilt. 1t will indeed be a handsome
and valuable prize to any one, as it will
contain the names of everybody in camp,
and must be looked upon as a treasure
to the fortunate winner. Everybody
should take a chance and enroll his
name and that of his girl in this historic
quilt.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-02-23

Stationery and school supplies at the
Beehive.
The finest stock of glass even received
in the city is now at the Beehive.
Jonathan NcAssey was in town from
Great Falls last Friday and Saturday.
He intends returning next month to
Neihart to live.
Corbett, Leslie and Hays are still
working the Yankee Girl, in the Run
ming Wolf district. They are taking out
ore and expect to make a shipment in
the near future.
The enterprising hardware firm of
Lowry & Shaw have laid in a stock of
select queensware, and are prepared to
furnish full sets of dishes or any other
article needed in that line.
DR.. Carskaddon dentist of Great Falls
is now in Neihart and has his office with
DR.. Vidal. The doctor is recommended
very highly by some of our citizens who
have had their dental work done by him
for the past seven years.
new line of ladies' and mems shoes,
as well as ladies', mems and misses rub
bers of all styles and sizes are now in
stock at Sweeney Bros, at rock bottom
prices. Examine their stock and figures
before buying elsewhere.
DIR. Carskaddon is giving special prices
this trip. Those needing dental work
had better take advantage of it as former
prices will be asked when he returns
again. The Doctor informs us that he
will make regular visit every two
months so the people of Neihart will
know when to expect him. He will be
here again on the goth of April next.
The 'ss was visited by the HERALD
man this week who found Stevens and
McFarlane at work on their new lease.
Their ore body is from one to eight in
ches in width, extending for a distance
of 100 feet in the tunnel. 1t assays 1870
to 45O ounces of silver and one to two
and a one-half ounces in gold to the ton.
They have six men working for them,
and are sinking a Wine in the tunnel
about 1900 feet from its mouth. It is
the calculation at present to sink so feet
on this ore before they drift. A finer
prospect for making money is not found
in every tunnel.
A long suffering public will be glad
to know that the huge theater hat must
go. Societies are being formed in the
large cities of the east, called "the
society for the suppression of the big
success, where is he who has sat behind
one of the big overgrown hats, who
would not aid such a cause and bless
the one who started it. In many places
fashion has ruled out the big hat, and
the swell evening bonnets are made Of
small bits of velvet and lace that seem
but an apology for a hat. The move is
all right and it can't strike the west m
too quick, for one might as well be out
of the world as out of fashion.-Ex
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-02-23
CAMP NOTES.

Didn't the ladies look fine last night?
Best make sewing machines $4,000 at
F. H. MEYERS.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-02-23
An Irish Letter.
The old grandmother writes to her
loving nephew:

"Tully-M
Parish of Bally Garrett,
"Bally-o-luggathey,
"County of Kilkenney,
"Ireland,
"April LIST.
"MY DEAR NEPHEW: ! haven't
stint We a letther since the last time |
wrote to We becase we have moved
from our former place of ~live'n, and
didn't know where a letther would
find We, but now with pleasure take
up me pm to inform We of the death
of yer own liven' uncle Ned Fitz-
patrick. who died very suddenly a
few days ago after a lingerin' illness
of six wakes. The poor fellow was
in violent commissions the whole
time of his sickness, lying perfectly
quiet, and entirely speechless, all the
while talkin, incoherently and crying
for wather. had no opportunity of
informin' We of his death sooner, ex-
cept wrote to We by the last post,
which same whit off two days before
he died and thin We would have post
age to pay. ! am at a loss to tell
what his death was occasioned by,
but | fear it was by the last sickness,
for he Was niver we'll tin days to-
gether during his whole confinement,
and l behave his death was brought
about by his attn too much rabbit
stuffed with pals and gravy, or pals
and gravy stuffed with rabbit; but
be that as it may, whin he brathed
his last the dochters gave up all
hopes of his recovery.
81 needn't tell we anything about
his age for We we'll know that in June
next he would have been jist seventy
five years old lacking ten months,
and had he lived till that time would
have been jist six months dead"
His property TO- devolves on his
mkt of kin which all died some time
ago, so that | expect it will be d.
vided between us, and We know his
property which was very large was
sold to pay his debts and the remain
der he sold at a horse race, but it
was the opinion of everybody at that
time that he would have won the
race if the haste he ran against
hadn't bin too fast for him.
| niver saw a man IN all me life,
and the dochters all said so, that OBJ
served directions and took medicine
better thin he did. He said he
would as lave dhrink bitter as swate
if it had only the same taste, or ip-
peckackana as whisky punch if it
would only put him in the fghtin'
humor, but poor sowl he'll niver ate
nor drink any more, and We haven't
a Twin relation in the woruld except
me and yer two cousins who were
kilt in the last wor. | cannot dwill
on the mournful subject any longer,
and shall sale me letther with black
satin wax and put on it yer u%ncle's
coat of arums; so | beg ye not to
brake the sale whin We open this
letther and don't open until two or
three days after we "a it, and be
that time we will be well prepared
for the sorrowful tidings. Yer old
swateheart sinds her love unbe-
knownst to ye.
Whin Jerry Niece arrives in
America ak him for this letther, and
if he don't bring it from amongst the
rest tell him it's the one hat spakes
about yer u%ncle's death and soled in
black wax.
! remain yer affectionate auld
grandmother,
BRIDGET O'HooLEGuIN.
p. S.-Don't write till We recave
this.
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rection of building character for the
generation growing up. In Neihart the
Sunday school leader set early to work
and for nearly five years there have been
regular weekly meetings of these men
and women of tomorrow to study the life
and teachings of a wondrous, loving Sa-
vior.
METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL.
The Methodists were the first to or.
ganize a school at Neihart, which they
did in the spring of 80, having met with
good success. They first held their meet
ings in the old schoolhouse, but since
May of 1892, have occupied the auditor
ium of their own church. For nearly
three years F. A. Preston acted ably in
the capacity of superintendent, until the
first of the present year, when he was SUI
perceded by Geo. Cudmore. Their re-
port is officially given as follows:
Geo. Cudmore .Supt.
Mrs. Preston..
Mrs. Wyman. l........... Teachers.
F. A. Preston.
Mrs. Preston. Organist.
Liirolllnent..
Attendance 80.
Tins school has given numerous enter
tainments which were pronounced sue
cesses and largely %patronized by the cit
liens of the town.
CATHOLIC SUNDAY sCHOOI
The Catholic Sunday school was Or
gained in April of '93, hence is nearly
two years of age. Mrs. Richard Bennett
was the first superintendent, and has ever
since held the same position, which
doubtless accounts for the splendid de-
gree of success that organization has en-
joyed. Since its inception its growth has
been steady. Mrs. Bennett says that an
enumeration of children over 6 months
old was taken last Christmas and the
number was round to be SO. The officers
of this school are as follows:
Mrs. r. Bennett .Supt.
Mrs. P. Sweeney
Mrs. w. Tierney .......... Teachers.
Mrs. 7. Healey. \
MISS Ilerney .Organist.
Miss Murphy. Chorister.
Enrolment. so.
Attendance. 49,. 40.
They have always held their meetings
in Miners Union hall Sunday afternoons.
E~PIsCOPALIAN SUNDAY SCHOOL.
The Episcopalians also organized their
school in April of 1898, holding their
sessions in A. O. U. w. hall. They
have worked faithfully, and have suffer-
ed many reverses, owing to the removal
from town of some of their best helpers.
The report of their school stands at
present as follows:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-10-17
Restaurant Cranks.

Plenty Of cranks haunt the table.
d'hotes. One who is conspicuous in.
the Tenderloin centers owns white.
rabbit that he always carries with,
him, and for which he orders a large.
portion of lettuce while he solemnly
consumes his own meal. Bunny is at,
tached to his masters coat collar by
q large silver chain and roams in and
out Of the capacious pockets at will.
Another habitue of the same establish
ment absorbs two complete dinners,
from hors d'oeuvres to coffee, one
after the other. At another restaurant
net far away a forl ooking, middle
aged woman also orders two dinners,
but one Of them Is served on the OPP
posite side of the table and the
courses are carried away untouched
when she has finished her own Posi-
bly, a romance is concealed in the I'M
touched courses. She alone can tell.
New York Letter.
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hold Is treacherous, and the ant-lion
begins q perfect cannonade by flick
Ing fine sand ut the ant each time 1t
tries to climb up the side. At last the
ant, thoroughly exhausted, falls back
to the bottom Of the pit, and the ant
lion seizes It with his powerful man
dibles and there is one ant less III the
world.
The ant-lion seldom grows to be
more than a quarter Of an inch in
length. and is exactly the color Of the
ground in which it lives. When grown
to maturity he Weayes a round cocoon
about twice the size of a pea, and
/ matches out in long bodied fly, with
!, four gallzy wings not unlike a small
Edragontiy. AS a fly he is fierce
enemy Of lice and blight, and, take
him all in all, the ant-lion is q useful
i little fellow. IA 3 5S HT
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mother used to be. Look here, Fable
you skid you'd give up her collAoany.
for mine, Do 1T, n 3s
l.sI didn't know you meant her. Hen
Ii, Holy heaven, and YOU We got ll9e
In your blood, too!
s8is YES, but Il d never marry her. ia be,
at Montreal | found out all a bout her
She was as bad d,
That's nothing to me, Henri, said
Fabian, .but something else Is. Here
you are now I'll stick to my bar
gain. His face showed pale in the
moonlight. IF you'll drink with me,
do as / do, go where / 60, play the dey-
Ill, when play it, and never squeaal,
never hang back, I III give her up But
I've got to have You, got to have YOU
I;all the time, eyeryw here. hunting.
drinking, or letting alone. You II see
me out. for you're strong er, and less
of it. I'm for the little low bye-yyealllr,
". Stop the horses. Il &.
Henri stopped them and they got
out. They were just opposite the lime
kiln, and they had to go few hun
4 bred yards before they came to tht
bridge to cross the river to their home
The light of the fire shOne in thell
i faces as Fabian handed the flask t.
4 Henri, and said Lets drink to il
4 Henri. You half of that and mi
4 half He was deadly pale. 3S
Henri drank to the finger mark set
and then Fabian lifted the flask to shi'
4 lips.
'Good-by, Nell,' he said. Here
i to the good times we've had!'' FL
q enlptied the flask, and threw 1t owe
the bank into the burning lime, an
4 the old -lime-burner, being half asleep
& did not see or hear.
The next day they went on a lonI
hunting expedition, and the mex
month Nell Barraway left for Mon
q treal, pale and hollow-eyed d
& Henri; kept to his compact, drink 70
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-10-17
electric Freak In a Tunnel.

North Adams continues to be puz-
sled over a queer crankism Of electri-
city in its vicinity. Although when
the great four and one-half mile
Hoosac Tunnel was built no ores, mag
5netic or otherwise, were encountered,
there was q general expectation that
rich ore pockets would be found; yet,
for an unexplained reason, not an cleo
trician has been discovered who can
send Geographic message on a wire,
running from portal to portal of that
tunnel, be such wire run inside OF an
ocean cable through the huge cavern
or out OF it. Therefore, such messages
have to be sent on wires strung on
poles over the top of the mountains,
fully nine miles, and that is the way
ln-going and outgoing passenger and
freight trains are heralded to the keep
ers of the two tunnel approaches. -
Boston Journal Of Commerce.
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9E4
drink, sport for sport. One year the
crops We're sold before they were reap
ed, horse and cattle went little by lit
tie, then came mortgage, and still Hen
ri never Wavered, never weakened in
spite of the cure and all others. The
brothers We're always together, and
never from first to last did Henri dose
his temper, OF openly lament that ruin
was coming surely on them. What
money Fabian wanted he got. The
cures admonitions availed nothing,
for Fabian would go his gait The
end came on the very spot where the
compact had been made, for, passing
the lime-kiln one dark night, as he
and Henri rode home together, his
horse SHE'D, the bank Of / the river gave
way, and with a startled Henri
Fabian and his horse were gone into
the river below ~
Next month the farm and all were
sold, Henri succeeded the old lime:
burner at his post, drank no more
ever, and lived his life in sight of the
old honest. Louis Globe-D
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-10-17
what a Mans Tailor Knows

A well known fashionable Chestnut
street tailor declares, as the result of
many years observation, that but one
man in 100 has square shoulders; that
is, shoulders of an equal height When
Buffalo Bill, whose magnificent ply
sique has been the admiration of two
hemispheres, was last in this city he
was measured for suit Of clothing in
this sartorial establishment, and when
the many mysterious figures had been
called off, the craftsman cried out to
the clerk: "Low left shoulder Col.
Cody Indignantly exclaimed: whats
that? There's nothing the matter with
my shout ders." And it required con-
siderable argument to convince him
that his right shoulder was very con-
sidera bly, higher than the left, the ex-
PLANTATION being found in the fact that
in shooting his right shoulder is lifted
much higher than it's fellow. Travel
| ing statesmen are noticeably lower in
the right shoulder, by reason of the
| fact that they are almost continually
carrying heavy packages with the
right hand. In fact, nearly all men
are lower in the right shoulder, but a
small minority, especially newspaper
writer's and bookkeepers, are lower in
the left shoulder, as result of the
position which they assume in writing,
the support of the right elbow on the
desk throwing the right shoulder up
ward This is not visible in many peo-
pie when walking the streets, because
careful merchant tailors remedy the
defect by little extra padding in the
shoulder which is lowest. Philadel-
phia Times.
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among few In Pontiac that Nell was
victorious, How it had crept up from
Montreal no one knew, and when II
did come her name was very intimate
ly associated with Fabian's. NO one
could say that she was not the most
perfect of servants, and also no one
could say that her life in Pontiac had
not been exemplary. Yet wise. people
had made up their minds that she was
determined to marry Fabian, and the
wisest declared that she would IN spite
Of everything religion (she was a
Protestant, character, race. She was.
clever, as the young seigneur found,
as the little adyocat was forced to adj.
nit, as the cure ayowed with q sigh,
and she had no airs of badness at all.
and very little of usual coquetry. Fa-
bian was enamored, sand it was clear.
! that he intended to bring the woman
to the manor one way or another
Henri admitted the fascination Of
! the woman, felt it, despaired, went to
Montreal, got proof of her career.
came back, and made his final and
/ only effort to turn his brother from the
girl.
He had waited an hour outside the,
hotel and when Fabian got in he
drove on without word. After awhile
Fabian, who was in high spirits, said:
"Open your mouth, Henri. Come
along, sleepy head
Straighway he began to sing roll
licking song, and Henri Joined in with
him heartily, for the spirit of Fabians
humor was contagious.
There was little man,
1 =, I : y J.
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THE CARS CORONATION.
Next Springs Cerem onies Will Cos
Over $5,OOO,OOO.

nj
Next Springs Cerc I'M onies Will Cost
Over S5,OOO,OOO.
The imperial coronation shortly to.
take place in Moscow will doubtless
be one Of the grandest state displays
ever witnessed in Europe. Russian
coronations are not numerous; an oc-
ZION Of this kind comes but once in
Il. lifetime, and the policy Of the Rus
sian imperial family has always been.
to dazzle the eyes Of their subjects by
magnificent court dramas, in which
the car is really car. TO this end
Russian eoronations have been made
as splendid as the resources of the en-
pire could permit. The coronation Of
the emperor who has just passed away
cost over $4,OO0,00O; that Of his pred
ecessor considerably over $5,0OO,0OO;;
but in case a show was provided for
the people Of Russia that was vividly
remembered until supplanted in the
popular mind by the splendors of the
next. The coronation is regarded as
much more than the simple act of
placing a bauble on the head Of the
first man in the state; it is series
Of gorgeous ceremonials, and the peo-
pie of every nation that forms part
Of the greatest empire on the earth,
are required, through their representa-
tiyes, to assist, while the spectacle isi
made still more brilliant by the pres
ence of the ambassadors of every
| power on the the globe, and of large
numbers Of princes Of the reigning.
houses, for royalty always assemblies
| on these occasions to congratulate the
| newly crowned monarch.
The preparations for a Russian cor
onation are very elaborate, and COM
prise, among other things, the laying
up Of great stores Of provisions in
Moscow, for the houses of that ven
cradle city are compelled, on corona
ton occasions, to entertain from $780,
600 to 100000 strangers who journey
to witness the ceremonies. Every
province in the empire sends depu-
tation; every tribe in the far-away
districts of Siberia, on the steppes Of
! Central Asia, from the Khivans to the
Esquimaux along the shores of Boring
strait, sends one or more representa-
tives to present the homage of the
/ tribe to the great White Gar. Poles,
Finlanders, Laplanders, Cossacks, Rus
SLAMS of dozen names, Circassians,.
Georgians, Bashkirs, Turks-for the
Russian empire contains millions of
Mohammedans, Tcherkesses, Abas-
slams, Calmucks, Tartars, Karapapaks,.
! Daghistanis, Armenians, Kurds, Chi
nese from the districts conquered by,
Russia from China, Mongols, deputies
from dozens of wandering nations in
the heart of Asia; for over fifty Lam
kguages and double that number of dia
4 lects are spoken in the Russian do
minions, and the people Of every Ian
guage must present their homage to
the car in their own tongue. The inn
4 perial coronatiOns always take place.
in the Cathedral Of the Assumption.
one Of the many in the Kremlin.-Bos-
! ton Transcript.
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In the center of the plate draw. if
you choose, a big blazing sun with the
yolks of the provided it be hard
and then moisten the edge, or fange,
Of the plate with water. Place a seq
ment of the egg shell on the plate, as
shown in the Illustration, and with a
gentle movement of the hand you may
make it not only revolves around the
track you have moistened, but also
spin on its axis as itsgoes.
The upper arrow marks the direction
in which it will spin on its axis, and
the lowers one the direction Of it;
course around the sun. If made with
care this experiment. never fails.
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Henri sighed. Chats the drink,
Fabian he said patiently. Give up
the company
you'd give up the company? p
.'Blest if 1 wouldn't, Henri. You're.
the best company in the world. :
"Give me your hand.
They shook hands. Fabian drew out
a flask and began to uncOrk it.
"IHl be better company for you than
that girl, Fabian"
"Girl? What the devil do you mean ~.
She, Nell Baraway was the COM
pany 1 meant, FABLE"
Nell Barraway-yOu meant her?
Bosh. I'm going to marry her, Henri"
.sYou must not, FABLE" said Henri
eagerly clutching Fabian sleeve
II must, and there's an end OF it..
She's the handsomest, cleverest girl
I ever saw; she's splendid. Never
lonely minute with her.
Beauty and cleyereness amt every
thing Fabe.''
isn't it though? Isn't it? You just
try It, l
'''They amt without goodness. .
Henrf's voice weakened.
That's rot. OF course it is, Henri,
my dear. If you love a woman, If she
gets hold Of you. gets into your blood,
loves you, SO that the touch of her fin
gers sets your pulses flying, you don't
care a damn whether she lis good or
not
You mean whether she was good or
not? r.
"No, don't. mean Is good or not.
| For IL she loves you she'll travel
straight for your sake. Pshaw! You
don't know anything about it. .
II know all about it,
Know all about it! You're in love
your" u.
Yes i@ Z. q
Fabian sat open-inouthed for a min
ute. dam" he said. It was his
lone English oath.
us she good company ~ he asked
after minute.
She's the same as you keep the
very same
"Yor mean Nell p asked IA
ban, In a dry choking voice.
i les, Nell. From the first time ]
saw her. But I'd cut my hand OF
first.
I'D think Of you; Of your people
that have been here for 200 years
OF the rooms In the old house where
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Presence Of Mind.

What is it to have presence of mind?
Why, to have, your wits about you
when they are most needed.
& A boy was passing an examination
in one of the public schools last week
and, although not very successful, the
teacher remarked: That boy has a
good mind. Iscouldn't confuse him."
In boy parlance, he didn't get 'rat-
tied. He had presence Of mind.
A few days ago, in attempting to
swing off a moving cable train, o boy
lost his hold and fell between two
tracks. Luckily he landed clear Of the
track of his own car, but both legs
stretched across the track opposite,
on which a car was rapidly approach
ing. No time for him to rise, and to
attempt it between two moving trains
was extremely dangerous. What did
the boy do? He had presence of mind,
and, shifting his legs from off the
track, Strengthened his body out and
+ lay Still, while the two trains whizzed
by him, each within a few feet of the
other 3.
b In one of the big apartment stores.
not long ago, a small leash" girl had
her hand imprisoned by the heavy lid
of. a box closing unexpected y. Under
the fright and pain the young girl
tainted. ;is
Get some water, quick! command
ed the floorwalker to one of the clerks.
And she ran quickly and turned out
the electric lights!'
That was want of presence of mind.