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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02
Four Feet of Snow In Eight Hours.


II have seen four feet of snowfall
in eight hours, said Conductor Cobb
of the Maine Central, land yet it
was so light that you could wade
through it just a. you can through
water.
"It was in the Sierra Nevada
mountains-a sort of frostlike snow
that falls in the night, burying ev-
erything. Twelve feet away from
another man you can just see him,
with a sort of halo around him, as
though somewhere the u was
shining through the storm. In these
storms it is impossible to tell direc-
ton or distance. One is simply lost
when only a short distance from
camp.
"In the morning we walked down
into town. One man went ahead,
breaking the snow, which came
nearly to his armpits as he moved
through it. He would tread until
tired, when he would drop to the
rear, and some one else would lead
the procession. AS we walked into
the valley it grew less, and down be.
low in the town there had been nc
snow, and all the time the sun OF
the stars had shone. Such a snow
goes like dew-disappears, evapo-
rates. Lewiston Journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02

Blanchard, in his book on Abys-
sinia. says that neither the Doreas
ror the Bennett gazelles We're ever
known to resort to the springs creeks
or rivers for the purpose of drinking
Throughout Africa the expression,
LAS dry as Sahara or ar old gazelle,
is very common. Darwin, in his
Voyage of Naturalist, says that
unless the wild llamas of Patagonia
drink salt water they must not
drink at all All writer's on natural
history subjects are agreed on the
point that tho largest and most in
teresting branch of the sloth family
never drink. Haynie says, They
are one branch of the peculiar ami
mails which never drink water" G..
B. Tartan, on page So, volume 8,
American Notes and Queries"
mentions a parrot which lived in the
London geological gardens SO years
without drinking so much as a drop
of water. Somers, Williams, Chris
tian and others doubt whether wild
rabbits ever drink, but Rev. j. g.
Wood questions the correctness of
their suggestions. Creatures which
never drink are thought to absorb
moisture from their own tissues or
from the surrounding atmosphere
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02
Beautiful Sight.

In "TransSiberian Savages" the
author gives a description of a beau
tiful and unique phenomenon which
he witnessed off the shore of Sakha-
lin island The bright blue water
was so clear that for a long distance
from tho shore he could see the bot
tom, and even the fishes, shoals of
which were moving gently hither
and thither.
Above the swimming fish was a
strange phenomenon. The surface of
the water was like dazzling snow
This brilliant white surface, which
extended over an area of nearly a
square mile, was not sea foam, for,
with the exception of the ocean
swell, the water was placid as a lake.
My friend, seeing my delight, mo-
toned me to nand him one of the
rifles. He took no aim, but simply
fired.
Instantly the air was full of skim.
ming snowdakes, scintillating in the
bright sunshine against the deep
bfue sky right across the horizon,
while the surface of the water ceased
to be white and became uniform in
its blueness.
This is the most beautiful sight
that this latitude has to offer, and
most fortunate was | in getting it.
just at that season millions upon
millions of exquisitely white birds
migrate to that spot. They + whittier
than the whitest of gulls, and thei1
plumage is much more brilliant, sc
as to be quite dazzling in the sun.
shine. What these birds are | hadn nc
opportunity of determining,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02
TIE ATHLETIC GIRL.
d IL Sweet Enough, but Some Of He
Ways Are Not.

sho IL Sweet Enough, but Some Of Her
Ways Are Not.
Who doesn't know the girl who
goes around whacking other girls on
the backs and pounding them in the
stomachs and pummeling them in
their chests, saying: why on earth
don't you stand up? Your as humpy
as a CAMEL"
Some folks say that this girl is all
right; that she fills her niche in the
worlds gallery of welldoers with
ability and unselfishness. This may
be true, but if you happen to be a
girl and wander into the way of this
welldoer you long to implore her to
adopt milder methods. 1t isn't pleas
ant when you r discussing the
latest wrinkle in ~hairdressing to
have somebody suddenly give you an
awful thump between the shoulders
and say: "Stand up, there, now! If
you bend over much more, you'll
stand on your head" Then you are
likely to double up as quickly as a
folding bed unsolicited doubles
down, and for a moment you may
imagine that you are in the hands of
a patented massage machine or
doundering in the whirring arms of
a windmill.
1t is this same girl that "does her
exercises" on the back porch every
morning, to the amusement and graf
ification of a huge audience station
ed at numerous windows. She first
plants her hands on her hips and
draws several long breaths. She puffs
her chest out pigeon fashion and
shorts like a feminine Sandow. Aft
er that she stretches her arms to-
ward a neighboring clothesline, and
by that time spectators, open mouth.
ed and interested, have assembled.
A man in the act of shaving puts
down his razor, deserts his mirror
and. brush and devotes himself en-.
tirely to gazing at the twisting,
stretching vision of athletic lowell
ness. A kitchen lady trots out of a
back door with a bucket Of potato
Feelings, but stops midway of her
journey to look. In every other WIN
dow along the entire row of houses
beams a face, and as the athletic
maiden becomes more and more
warmed up to her playful and invig-
Grating performance each face grows
into a group Of three, or ever more.
After a few mornings of this the
shaving gentlemen and the kitchen
lady defer their individual employ
ment until the vision on the back
porch starts up her Delsartean poses.
Sometimes when she is in a spe-
cially humorous mood she gives an
imitation of Lottie Collins cele-
brated rough and tumble dance, and
at such moments the audience mods
it's universal approval. Whatever her
actions, she's sure Of a crowd of on
lockers, and even if her audience
does increase daily she frets not, so
long as the faithful tape measure
tells her that her chest has widened
almost half an inch after only three
months of muscle developing tor
ture and exhibitions of graceful war
dances. Times.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02
GEORGE ELIOT.
Her Religion and Her Morals and Lessons
From Her Life,

From Her Life.
NJ. NJ. M%angasarian, in his le,-
ture on "Georoo @liot's Religion and
Morals, says:
George Eliot achieved true i'm
mortality--the victory over oblivion
through the power of genius and
goodness. She not only won the adj
miration of the generation in which,
she lived, but she also conquered the
future. George Eliot has more read.
ers today in England and America
than when she lived in the flesh and
was ocn walking about London.
The only thing that is eternally
young is genius. If she were living
TOW, few would hesitate to pronounce
her the greatest woman writer of
the day George Eliot is a moral
artist, an ethical teacher, in a sense
in which Sir Walter Scott or Dick
ems was not. She brings to her task
an uncOmpronising earnestness; ev.
cry pace of her writings is saturated
with an almost unrelaXing serious
ness. To demonstrate the eternal
laws of conduct which inclose and
environ mans existence is the bur
den of her books.
THE two marriages of George Ell
lot have elected much criticism,
friendly and unfriendly. l have
heard it said George Eliot herself re
gretted in after years the influence
her example eXerted upon others.
There was in this act of hers an aD.
parent disrespect and Indifference to
existing institutions. The question
of the relation of the sexes is steadi.
ly moving to the front. In Europe
and America there are writer's whq
think it is the crucial question of the
day. do not believe George Eliot
ever violated the spirit of her high
teaching on the subject of marriage.
George Eliot is a philosopher
novelist, teaching the meaning Of
life through the channels of fiction
There is in her, as there was il
Thomas Carlyle, a lurking sadness
u melancholia. While reading her
pages l have said to myself, She has
dipped her pen in tears The story
of her religious evolution proves
that to know the truth was her only
desire, to cling to error was her only
fear. At an earlyage she found her
self slipping from the dogmatic
Christianity of the day, but if she
stopped going to church she never
ceased TO be religious. The first
condition of human goodness i.
something to love, the second some
thing to reverence. Can there be 6
better definition of ethical religion:
Religion to her meant something
else besides doctrines and notions
1t meant the free and diligent eXer
ton of tho intellect, the hunger an(
the thirst after righteousness. Thi:
breach with the creed of her you'll
never created bitterness in her soul
for she says, 1t is possible, thanl
!, heaven, to have very the
cries and very sublime feelings
No other writer has uttered more
eloquently the supremacy of th'
deed over the creed. She is The mod
ern stole"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02


did you hear about Mrs. de Billingsf"
asked the wife significantly as the husband
settled himself comfortably in his arm
chair.
No. What about Ler?'' he asked sus-
piciously.
"Well, there's a little gossip going
around the neighborhood that may mean
something. You know how fond of gay
ETY. she ist"
"Oh, yes"
And how Mr. de Billings hates so.
oietyg''
Yes"
And how as a result she got in the
habit of going out with other men,
Yes"
well, l heard him say last night that
he was tired of that sort of thing"
Il dom blame him"
And that he proposed to stop it."
He ought to-"
''In fact, his exact words were that he
proposed to lead her "a merry dance"
Its time be did"
do you really mean that" she asked
%anxiously.
"Of course l do. T. Then he stopped
and looked at his wife sharply. Look
here, Jane" he said, what are you driv-
ing at2"
well, he ended by explaining that he
meant he would take her to the charity
ball, and if you really think that it's
time
IN take you" he interrupted quickly.
you've earned it, but l want it distinct
~ understood that l will never listen to
neighborhood gossip again"
Then he settled back in his chair and
growled all the rest of the evening.-Chi,
cago Post.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02
HAD ENOUGH.
lie Didn't Care For II Woman With So Much
of n Past,

lie Didn't Care For II Woman With So Much
of n Past.
She had adm red the mon, and though
the years had Come and gone and she was
still Miss Brown her admiration had not
abated. On the contrary, it had increas-
ed. She was of tho modern woman school
also, or at least wanted people to think
so, and as for herself she thought she was
intensely interesting. To young Mr.. Jones
she had been lately addressing herself,
and young Mr. Jones usually fed when
she appeared, but on this occasion she had
taken him W and was now hold
ing him in her thrall in a pretty alcove in
the conservatory. Just beyond them sat
a pretty girl to whom young Mr. was
devoted, and he longed to get over to her
and GUST the yapid youth who, young Mr..
Jones was sure, was making desperate love
to her. But Miss Brown held on like a
turtle.
do you know, Mr.. JONES'" she was
saying in her most intense fashion, that
the modern woman IS an ideal to mef'
mo, really, 1 didn't KNOW" confessed
Mr.. Jones much against his will.
But it is true" she continued, land,
oh, Mr.. Jones, some of the women VIZ
read of in books, see or the stage and hear
Of in daily life appeal SO strongly to mel"
"Yes?" said Mr.. Jones, with a rising
infection.
Indeed, yes" she responded. Then
with deep earnestness she turned to him:
Did you know, Mr.. Jones" she wits,
pored almost tragioally, that l am a
woman with a past?"
Young Mr.. Jones was absorbed in watch
ing the pretty girl and the aforesaid
youth.
We'll" he replied in an absentminded
sort of a way, most women who have
lived 40 years weren't born yesterday,
don't you know"
Later in the evening young Mr.. Jones
told the pretty girl how it happened that
Miss Brown would forever thereafter be
to him only a stranger detroit Free
Press.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02

One of those good women who arc al
ways willing to tell people they are losing
their sidecombs or hairpins or other be-
longings sat behind IA young lady who
had a large velvet bow attached to the
back of her neck. 1t had become loose,
but in no danger Of falling, but the good
dame could not resist the opportunity:
You're losing your bow, miss she
whispered in her ear.
The girl grabbed the arm of the young
man next her and instantly retorted:
Not much l amt. I've kept steady
company with him for a year now, and if
that Susie Holmes thinks she's going to
get him away by making eyes at him ]
lose my guess. Thank you all the same,
ma'am." And she took another reef in
the young mans arm.-Detroit Free Press.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02

MINNESOTA, the DAKOTAS,
MONTANA, IDAHO,
WASHINGTON, OREGON and
CALIFORNIA.
Steamer Connections for ALASKA,
HAWAII JAPAN and CHINA.

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Slcepers and high back seated day
coaches especially adapted for long dis
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Meals served on "pay for what you
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Through the grandest scenery in Amer
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Reaches fine hunting, fishing, pleasure
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Round trip excursion tickets to points
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and choice of return route. Baggage
checked to destination.
Connects in season of navigation with
the magnificent steamships North West
and North Land running between Du-
luth and Buffalo.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02
A Barrier.

His clothes were much the worse for
wear, and he had a hungry and especially
thirsty look in his eye as he approached "a
gentleman who was on the point of enter
ing his clubhouse.
Excuse me, sir" he said, but could
you help me to get something to eat? !
haven't had anything for three days"
do you live IN New York;"
Eyes, sir. l nave lived here ali my life. "
'Ah, poor mani. l don't see how l can
help you then. If you had been a non.
resident, l conld have asked you to dine
with me at the clu b."-Life.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02
How 1t Is Done.

The honest man puts the smallest
apples at the top of the barrel.-
Yonkers Gazette.
Then he turns the other end of the
barrel up and sends it to market--
Chicago Dispatch.
All Over.
Sandstone-You must have been calling
on some girl pretty regularly. l haven't
seen anything of you for weeks.
Trimberly-You will now.
Sandstone-How sor
Trimberly-I called on her father yes
tcrday.-New York World.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02
An Indian Summer Lay.

Oh, mellow sunshine streaming
On autumn's golden storel
(Im %shivcring, or I'm dreaming.
John, kindly close that door,
Oh, fields of grain so yellow
Sweet smiling to the skyl
Il wonder if Il fellow
Will have much coal to buy.)
Oh, days when winds are signing
All musical and low.
Il see that cold flag flying.
wonder If twill snow.)
Oh, dreamy Indian summer,
When airs from Eden float!
THAT wind outside's a hummer.
John, Where's my ~overcoat?)
Atlanta Constitution
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02
A Labor Saver.

Mrs. Minks-Have you filled the parlor
lamp?
Domestic--I guess it don't need film,
ma'am,
1.-The parlor was in use last evening un.
til nearly midnight"
Eyes, ma'am, but your daughters
young man was the only caller. New
York Weekly.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02
A Flood of Light.

Drug Clerk-What did you say is the
matter with your husband?
Observation-Disclosures.
Drug Clerk-Now l can read tho ma.
scription.-Harlem Life.
The famous De Saussay wrote a
folio volume composed of panegyrics
of persons whose name was Andrew,
because that was his own name.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02

The doors of the dime museum were
Just about to open for the afternoon per
formanCe.
Il don't suppose you know that our
poor mana2 has met with aheavy loss?'
remarked the wild man from Borneo
"No. Has hep sympathetically chorus.
cd all tho other freaks.
Yep" was the reply. 1.-The female
giant has cloped with that fat boy. Loss
couldn't be heavier"
And the joke made the india rubber
man so tired he went over in the corner
and stretched himself.-Buffalo Courier.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02
What He

The preacher was indulging in rhap
sodies over the glories Of the New Jerusa.
EN-. Little Johnny listened to him for
quite awhile. He then whispered to his
mother, Mamma, is he an advance
agent?''-Boston Transcript.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02

Tommy-When I'm q man, I'm going
to be a soldier.
Mother-What, and be killed by the en-.
envy?
~Tommy-Oh, well, then, | guess I'll he
the e~nemyI-Yale Record.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02
Her Plan.

He-How does it happen that none Of
you women have come forward with a new
currency plan9
She-Oh, we already have a perfect one
When We need currency, we just sit dowp
and cry for it.-Cincinnati Tribune.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02
Better Than Expected.

The late Rev. DIR. King of Glasgow was
not imposing i'll personal appearance. On
the birth of one of his children the little
stranger was brought to James, the bcadle,
who was making his daily call. James
looked for a little while and then said,
mae sac bad, considcrin Fit Bits.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02
As Titles Go.

Hobs-Who's this MAJ you alluded to
as "Old Teddy"
Nobs-Oh, he's Professor Teddy, who
teaches biology and ethnology in a big
university.
Hobs-And who is Professor Rioters
you just spoke of?
Nobs-He's the professional strong man
and prize ring trainer. Chicago Record.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02

show he afterward averred, that
women can't be trusted, even in
matters of jocular entertainment
Lieutenant F. H. Browne in Wash
ington Post.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02

AT the society play.
He-That woman does remarkably we'll
for an amateur.
Shc-Yes, but I'm sure she's "a profess
sional.
He-How's that?
She-Says somebody stole her diamond
bracelet the night before last.-Chicago
Record.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02
An Accommodating Art.

Van Dyke-How long does it take
you to paint a portrait?
Van Daub-Two sittings, if it's .
gruff old man; from 10 to so, if it's
a pretty young girl.-Exchange.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02

Miss Antique-My dear, the alarming
spread of microbic diseases has resulted in
the starting of an ~antikissing club. Will
you permit me to propose you as a men,
Der?
Miss Ioungthing-Really, I-Ihave no
time for clubs, but perhaps grandma will
join. New York Weekly.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02
Dots Penknife,

little Dick-That knife of yours Is no
good. l tried to sharpen a pencil with it.
Little Dot-Well, of course. 1t isn't a
pencil knife. It's a penknife. l use it to
scrape the rust off my pens.-Good News.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02
What He Lacked,

Kennard-I wish | were a rumor.
Lucie-Why so?
Kennard-So that l might gain curren.
cy.-Truth.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02
Splendid.

Wiggles-I know just what to take for
seasickness.
Waggles (eagerly)-Do youf What is IT.
Wiggles-An ocean steamer -SomA-
Vile Journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02

Mistress-You will remember, Mary,
that we have breakfast in the morning at s.
New Domostic-Ncry well, mum, but
If I'm not down in time don't wait for
me.-Truth.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02
Badly Wanted.

First Manufacturer of Sporting Goods
We'll, how's business?
Second Ditto-Splendid. I have just
received an order for 4, 200, 600 pairs o.
%sprinting shoes for the Chinese army
Pick Me Up.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02
His Request.

This is the way a Georgia darky handled
the queens English recently: 81 doan' in
ginerly buy on credit, but at dis particu-
tar conjunction | would like to git n little
rcsistcnco on 80 days return."- Elk
change.
His Color Was Against Him.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02
His Color Was Against Him.

81 understand that the angels have
left a baby~brother at your house" said
Uncle Charley.
81 dunno, replied little Ben doubt
fully. Hes red enough to have come
from the other place. "-BrooElyn Life.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02
Representation.
4 Possible Candidate.

MY corns seem to know when it is GO
inc to rain
Wise oo.-.-- - it were. "-Thatroit
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02
The Voice Of Experience.

1t is better to be alone in the world than
TO bring up a boy to play on the accoF
dion.-Texas Siftings.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02
The Old Woman Enough For Him.

What do you think of the new WON.
an?"
Il don't think of her at all. My old
woman gives me all thinking to do that
I've time for. New York Press,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02
Too Much.

The eldest of three little chaps was
sternly reproved by his mother for his bad
behavior. You are the Oldest, Cyrus"
she said, and you ought TO be an example
to Homer and Jack" We'll, I'll be an
example to Homer" said Cyrus, but !
won't be an example for both of 'em.
Homer's got to be it for Jack. boston
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02
Lines the New Woman.

Bouttown-This woman's emanci.
patton movement isn't such a bad
thing, after all. I've been keeping
company with Miss Stronghold late
~, and | rather like it.
Upton--ln what way particularly?
Bouttown--Well, for one thing, she
insists on paying her own expenses.
philadelphia Times.
For Sale.
A middle Georgia editor has a horse FOR
sale, and he advertises as follows:
1.-The editor of this paper has a horao for
sale. He (the horse) works we'll, is afraid
of nothing but an empty feed trough and
is getting used to that
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02

For Maps, Tickets and full information call
or address
ID. S. WILLIAMS, Local Agent,
Neihart, Mont.
F.. |. WHITNEY. G. p. & T. Agent.
st. Paul, MINI.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02
TIME CARD;

Arrive at Neihart. -. =" " 4" ..2:45 p. IN.
Leave Z" ....Tu. TIL. " SAB a, m,
Arrive at ct. Falls. A." BAD p. NJ.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-27

will evidence an appreciation that will be
lasting and gratifying. 1t is estimated by
conservative men that the quicksilver de-
posts cover enough territory in the heart
of fair Calistoga to give employment to
hundreds OF men. The price of quick
silver here ranges from 40 to 90 cents per
pound, so that one can readily see the
moneyed benefit the development of these
rich deposits would be to Calistoga.
Mr.. Chesebro has just finished his new
sulphur bathhouse, in the center of which
is large swimming tank capable of ac-
commodating scores of bathers at one
time. Nature supplies the hot water in