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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-08-24
A Dowry on Approval.

A curious custom prevails among
Roumanian peasants. When a Rou.
manian girl is of a marriageable age,
all her %trousseau, which has been
carefully woven, spun and embroid.
cred by her mother and herself, is
placed in a painted wooden box.
When a young man thinks of asking
to be allowed to pay his attentions to
the girl, he is at liberty first to open
the box, which is always placed con.
%veniently at hand, and examine the
~trousseau. If the sutton is satisfied
with the quantity and quality of the
dowry, he makes a formal applica-
ton for the girls hand, but if, on
the contrary, the t~rousseau does not
please him, he is quite at liberty to
retire, London Woman.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-08-24
OVERRIDING 1t.

A country editor who has just ar
rived in town is introduced to q
prominent politician, who, upon
shaking hands, says:
"Ah, the editor of The footing
Tooter?"
Yes, sir"
Il am indeed glad to meet you,
sir. The Tooter is one of the best
known and most extensively quoted
papers in the country. Often, sir,
while meditating upon its wise and
profound u%tterances have l felt q
strong desire to meet its able editor.
Are you in town on business, sir?"
Yes. You see, l am just about
ready to bring out No. l of The loot
er and have come down to get pa
per for the first issue. New York
DiSpatch.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-08-24
The Religion of Japan.

1t would be hard to say just what
the present religion of the Japanese
is. There are all kinds of sects, Bud
dhism perhaps predominating. Since
the mikado renowned his infallible
and sacred character considerable
looseness in religious thought or ST.
perstition prevails, leaving of course
all the moro room for the advance of
Christianity. The temples are very
simple structures, the chief internal
feature in many of them being a
looking glass, supposed to be en-
blematic of the souls purity. Nearit
is a fount containing water. In this
the worshiper washes, then proceeds
to the looking glass and prays for
what he wants, and after leaving a
few coppers in a box near by rings
a bell at the door thrice as he goes
out. -Engineering Magazine.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-08-24

The old keeper of the morgue in
this city, who has seen hundreds of
unknown bodies exhibited for idcn-
~tification, has arrived at some inter
esting conclusions. If the face of the
dead person is perfectly composed
and natural, of course intimate
friends and relatives recognize HIM
Immediately. But, he says, if the
face is distorted through pain or dis
figured by injuries a casual acquaint-
ance can identify the body much
easier than the closest relation, He
explains this by saying that people
who have known a person well for a
long time lose sight of the features
and sec rather the personality re-
fected in the lines of the face. A
casual acquaintance notes the fca-
lures and can recognize them when
seen again, vel if considerably dis
torted. -Philadelphia Record.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-08-24
Shooting a Bull,

Sir Andrew Agnew was "a Draw
soldier" AS commander of the Scots
Fusiliers he did gallant service
against the %pretender in 1745 and
subsequently against the French in
Flanders. He used to boast that,
though he had been in many battles,
he had never eel the English de-
feated. But he himself once came
near losing his life in a personal en-
counter.
Sir Andrew, as laird of a large es-
tate, took great interest in his live
stock. One day, while visiting a herd
of cattle, he was attacked by a dam
gerous bull.
Not accustomed to run away, Sir
Andrew made such a bad double that
he narrowly escaped ending his Ca
reer then and there. AS it was he
clambered over the wall just in time
to avoid the blow of the gathering
ram.
Sir Andrew went to the house, u.s.
ing strong language, and soon reap.
peared, gun in hand. Re~-entering
the field, he grunted out, "Ye had
me at a disadvantage, We Tory, but
I'll fight ye fairly now"
The servants, following at a safe
distance, begged him not to enter the
paddock, where the mad bull was
roaring Justify.
"Hoot! I'll fight the loon fairly.
The mair noise the less fear. But stay
ye there if ye please, "dryly answer
ed Sir Andrew.
The bull made a rush. Sir Andrew
coolly aimed the gun. The bullet did
its duty, and the bull fell dead. As
the servants crowded round the
harmless brute, Sir Andrew improv-
ed the occasion by saying, THE loon
that brags over mickle is never a
good fighter. "-Youth's Companion
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-08-24

The HERALD wishes not to be un.
derstood as launching a boom for d
E. Folsom as governor. 1t rose on.
ly to second a motion which came
from another quarter. The HERALD
is not the spokesman of Mr.. Folsom
and cares not now to discuss his fin
ancial views, or whether he desires
to have his name brought to the
front in the gubernatorial race. But
we will add hat Mr.. Folsom is all
the HERALD said Of him, and we be.
lieve as to his silver ideas he is ss.John-
ny op the spot.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-08-24

a CERTAIN young mar in Neihart
has it bad. The mother of his hearts
idol won't have him about the house,
and he must content himself with fir.
ing epistles at her at long range
We have often received "a "thousand
kisses at the caudal extremity of a
letter, but it requires a painful
stretch of imagination to appreciate
such luscious sweetfulness.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-08-24
A Century Hence.

Don't" pleaded the weeping ia
Their, don't name her after your
candidate for president. Don't you
see that everybody will be able to
guess her age when she is grown?"
But the mother, blinded by un-
reasoning partisanship, refused to
consent.-Cincinnati Tribune.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-08-24
To Clean Glass Globes.

When the globes belonging to chan
deliers have become very dirty with
smoke, they should be soaked i'll
warm soda water. Then add to the
water a few drops of ammonia and
wash the globes with a well soaped
flannel. Rinse in clean cold water
aud dry with a soft linen glass cloth
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-08-24
AMONG THE DICTIONARIES.
4 Seeker After Geographical Learning Ha,
n B~ewiIdering Fifteen Minutes. p.

. Seeker After Geographical Learning Has
I'ewiIdering Fifteen Minutes.
Mrs. Jones desires to purchase a
new dictionary. l have no objection.
When n woman wants a new diction-
airy, l think her husband should foot
the bill withouta murmur But Mrs.
Jones and / are not entirely agreed
as to what lexicon in particular we
shall introduce to u library. She
prefers a certain work in more than
one volume. also have in view a
work in more than one volume, but
much less expensive, and Ihave ven
tured to hint, in a mild and tentative
way, that the cheaper dictionary con-
tains all the English we shall ever
require.
Last night happened to remember
that geographers use the word bifur-
cation in a special sense to designate
those natural water channels which
connect some river systems that are
otherwise entirely distinct. Now"
l said to myself, LII look up bifur.
cation in these two dictionaries. III
wager the peanuts that the book I'm
praising defines the word in its e
graphic sense. Then I'll take the
definitions to Mrs. Jones and con-
vince her that there is no use in buy
ing the larger work when we may do
just as swell for less than half the
money"
l straightway pitted those diction-
aries against one another, first on
sulting the larger work. It's treat
ment of bifurcation seemed volumi-
nous enough to cover all the ground,
but there is not the faintest sugges.
ton of the meaning of the word in
this special sense. German, English
and American geographers all use
the same word to express the idea.
1t is found in our works on physical
geography and even in some gram
mar school textbooks, but it does not
appear in the we'll of English here
referred to.
You may imagine with what ex-
ultant feelings l confidently turned
to the other book. 1 opened volume
one at B and diligently searched. !
wiped my glasses to remove any
dimness that might impede vision
and searched again. Neither the
word bifurcate 0 any of it's deriva-
tives is to be found in this work of
reference.
My i'll luck had not yet deserted
me. narrated the incident to a per
son who | thought was my friend,
and he Immediately ran off and told
Mrs. Jones, and that settles the
chances of the dictionary that does
not include %bifurcation in the Eng
fish language.
l started to look up the word in
another dictionary, when my eye
happened to fall on Amazon, mean
ing the Amazon river. The deriva-
ton of this name was given as a
native word meaning "boat destroy
er, > referring to the destructive bore
or tidal wave at the mouth of the
river. If the photographer had con
suited DR.. Egli's Geographical Nom
ina," he would have rejected this
alleged origin of the name as purely
fantastical, even without reading the
Hakluyt society's translations from
the narrative of the first Spanish
voyagers on the great river.
l have spent Is bewildering min-
utes among the dictionaries, and |
wonder if other seekers after truth
from the same sources often get as
much edification in a quarter of an
hour.-Timothy Jones in New York
Sun.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-08-24
Il. Z. PORTER, superintendent O

Il. 2. PORTER, superintendent of
the census bureau, 1890, and a very
voluminous bat understanding writ
er, publishes one volume of his late
work on the subject of "Death, Debt,
and Taxes" This book is especially
valuable as it treats of the only three
entities that exist in the realm of
sure things. In that game there are
no splits and the dealer always wins.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-08-24

Landusky Prospector: We are
glad to see the citizens of Neihart so
tenacious and persevering in the
fight which they are making against
the tyrannical course pursued by
the management of the Broadwater
mines in attempting to dictate where
employees should board and trade. 1t
is to be hoped that the Broadwatcr
company may meet with a most de-
clsive and humiliating defeat, as
should it succeed in carrying out its
arbitrary and un-American schemes
a most dangerous and vicious prece-
dent would be established.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-08-24

At Tissington, an English town,
the wells and springs are decorated
ON Ascension day in memory of Il
rain that fell ON that date nearly 400
years ago after a drought that
threatened a famine.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-08-24

Mrs. Turnbull-It's too bad your
husband cut off his flowing beard,
Mrs. Crimple-Yes, he had to do
it. l gave him a diamond scarfpin
for a birthday present. --Arkansaw
Traveller.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-08-24
Evolution.

A New York monkey slipped his
tether and went on a gorgeous jam
boree among the saloons. All the
accounts agree that he made a hui
man being of himself. Boston Her
aid.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-08-24
PRESS OPINIONS.

Avant Courier: The NEIHARr
HERALD has a good word in favor of
state senator Folsom, of Meagher
county, as the next republican can.
dldate for governor. The HERALD
cant say too many nice things about
'honest and true" David E. Folsom
his record will justify them all.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-08-24

Cobble-I understand Bilger is going to
close up his business.
~Stone-That SO: How is he going to
do it?
Cobble - Stop advertising. Clothier
and Furnisher.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-08-24

The Russian thistle seem to be
the only thing that thrives under the
present administration.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-08-24
The Preston Grocery.
,xs1 oF REGULAR pa,cs,

rour'ecn pounds granulated sugar. ISL 90
."''iy fresh Ease Eggs, per dozen...... 20
nipuchles c"1iec' per pound. .......... 25
n "" t"i IS
breakfast bacon, per pound Is
~ "' " '"h IS
tomatoes, three cans 5O
Mocha u Java coffee. 40
Norh starch, per pound. 10
Gloss :" I" g.
twenty-five pounds rolled oats... 90
Dried fruits, three pounds. 10
Seal OF N. G. smoking tobaccoe per p'nd. 70
Eight cans Economy milk ....... 90
Six Hiuhlond g. w
r.. "is"iaho ............. l 90
p"So ""H' per can 20
BAKING POWDER, twelve OF. can. 40
Creamery butter, per two pound roll. GO
Pure cider vinegar, per gallon 40
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-08-24

Granite Street, Neihart, Montana.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-28
FOSTERING REBELLION.
Charge the Spanish Newspapers
Make Against the American
Press.

Madrid, March 22.-The Epoca and the
Nacional persist in saying that the COVER
nor-general of Cuba, Gen. Calleja, has
asked for rein fOrcements. The govern
ment officials. however, deny the report.
The Liberal accuses the American press
of fostering rebellion and hostility to
Spain and Of partiality to the rebel cause.
1t also declares that large quantity of
arms and ammunition was landed in
Cuba previous to the outbreak by Ameri-
can fishermen and urges upon Spain to
impress America with the advisablity of
Tot favoring filibusterers and to require
a more friendly attitude upon the part of
the American consul at Havana.
Government officials who have been in
teryiewed here by a representative of the
Associated Press say that they do not be-
lieve that an American schooner has been
sunk by a Spanish warship.
Proceedings against certain provincial
newspapers which have been attacking the
army are being taken. The proprietors
and editors of some of these papers are
to be tried before courts martial. At
Reus, province of Tara coma, three news
paper men have been arrested by order of
a military judge.
Washington. d. c., March Oft is
stated by officials here that the prose-
cutons of civilian publishers before court
martial indicate that the charge will be
high treason. as the constitution OF Spain
provides against trial by court-martial
except when martial law is proclaimed OF
in case of high treason.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-28
R0BINSONS ARE GUILTY.
Clarence Sentenced to Life Ir,pris-
r. Onment and Sadie to
Twenty Years.

Buffalo, N. Y, March 21.---Clarcnce
Robinson has been found guilty of muir
der in the second degree and his wife,
Sadie Robinson, of manslaughter. for
the killing of Montgomery Gibbs. The
verdict of the jury was rendered immedi-
ately on the opening of court today the
twelve men having been out since 2
O'Clock yesterday morning.
So intense was the interest in the out
come Of the trial that the city hall cor
ridors were crowded long before the hour
of opening of the court Sheriffs depu-
ties struggled with the throng to keep
them from bursting in the courtroom
doors. 1t was with difficulty that a pas
sage was cleared for the entrance of the
handcuffed prisoners and judge. When
the jury were in their places, the intense
straining of attention to hear their YER
dict made the courtroom as silent as a
tomb.
The jury reported that it found Clar
ence Robinson guilty of murder in the
second degree and Sadie Robinson Of
manslaughter.
Clarence Robinson was sentenced to
life imprisonment and Sadie to twenty
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-28
Mrs. Gladstone in Politics.

Who shall say that the influence of
a woman is not q factor in politics? |
have the best possible reason for know
inc that Mrs. Gladstone and Mrs.
Harry Drew have exerted themselves
to the utmost to get the aged Premier
to reIinquish office, and that while at
Biarritz their efforts were vigorously
renewed. This fact gives added color
to the announcement Of the Pail Mall
Gazette. Not that Mr.. Gladstone is a
man to be dictated to by his family, or
even influenced, but feminine pecsls-
teney can ever overcome q naa OF Mir.
Giadstone's force OF character. Il
these ladies were at liberty to express
themselves, it would be IL grateful
terms to the editor of the Pail Mall
Gazette for his plucky pronounees2e t5,
which was likely to bring about th5
consummation they Sc deyou5iy &c
sired. and if there was Y. c. L
journalism they would have to glTe |,
to hin.-The GeatlsWomao.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-28
PARDON IN SIGHT.
President Dole Hints that Political
Prisoners May be Released
in Time.

New York, March ola special from
Honolulu says: The court martials are
ended and more than 800 political prison
ers have been sentenced to terms of im>
prisonment in the penitentiary and fully
100 others have either been banished or
released on parole. There will be no capt.
tai executions. Seward, the gray and
bent old veteran of the Grand Army Of
the Republic, will be a little more than
100 years old when he has served out his
time, if he lives until then. This Ameri>
can prisoner, Seward, after having re-
ceiyed his thirty-tiye years sentence to
the penitentiary. made Il piteous appeal
to President Dole.
Upon behalf of Maj. Seward, and at his
request, Joaquin Miller undertook to ears
ry to President Dole message asking for
mercy Its substance was an entreaty
by Maj. Seward to be taken out and
shot rather than be kept in prison. When
this message was delivered to President
Dole he was startled some. After be-,
ing told and re-tod that Seward insisted
upon being shot, the President made this
statement: 1 don't think there is Il man
in that prison who was adjudged guilty
of political crime who will have to
serve out his sentence if he does what is
right. We have done what we considered
hest for Them"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-28
MINERS ENTOMBED.
Terrible Explosion of Gas at
Red Canyon, Wyo.
Ten Men Killed on Surface and Eighty
Imprisoned.

Salt Lake City, Utah, March 21.-A
specia! to the Tribune from Red Canyon
says that Il terrible explosion at Rocky
Mountain mine No ), situated at Canyon.
Wyo., is believed to have killed eighty
men, who are imprisoned in the mine. in
addition to ten who were in the power
house above ground or near the shaft
openings. The slopes and entrances tc
the lower workings are all bockaded by
Wreckage and it is thought at least three
days will be required for rescue parties
to reach the bodies in the mine
The horror occurred at 5:45 Yesterday
evening at No. ) Central Pacific mine,
Red Canyon. five miles north of Evans
ton The explosion in the mine shook the
whole country around, wrecked the power
pant, farmhouse and several other
buildings. entailing heavy loss. but the
death roll far overshadows other consid-
erations.
Those who were killed on the surface
We're:
EDWIN COX. outside carpenter.
JAMES BRUCE, outside boss
JAMES w. CLARK.
JAMES GERNLLY. an Austrian.
@: MALTBY, foreman.
JERRY CRAWFORD.
ANDREW MASON
JAMES LIMB.
FRED. MORGAN.
The four first named were killed in
stantly in the power house. Maltby,
Crawford and Mason were so badly in
lured that they lived less than an hour
The bodies of Morgan and Limb were
found down the slope. they having been
killed by flying timbers.
How many were in the mine at the
time of the explosion will take time to
tell, but the best information obtainab bic
places the number at over eighty. Near
ly all known to be killed leave large fam
Immediately after the explosion Supt
Bradbury telephoned to Evanston for all
the physicians. The Tribune correspond
ent went on the train and viewed the
scene of the disaster before darkness set
in. The relief corps. carrying lanterns,
got ready to descend in hopes of rescy1ing
alive some of the victims. The black
smith shop was turned into a deadhouse,
four bodies lying there, one with its head
blown off. Brave men tried to descend
some of the air shafts and slopes with
out success. Then 4 party went down
to shovel out the caves, after which the
searching party again entered.
The slope being down 1000 feet with
nine levels. each one and half miles
long, it will probably require several
days to reach all parts of the mine. A
few lives were saved because of the time
of the explosion. The miners quit work
them to be near the entrance and come
out just as the whistle blows. A number
of the $50 men in the mine had come out
and some had just left the entrance to
the mine slope when the explosion oc-
Cured, thus escaping death.
This is the third disastrous explosion
in this vicinity. In 1881 No. mine,
Rock Mountain, exploded, killing thir-
tysix Chinese and four white men. In
the spring of 1886 Union Pacific mine No.
t killed e;ghty-six men. Newell Bea-
man, manager, arrived from Salt Lake
tonight, FASTENED to the mine and is do
ing all he can for the injured and be-
reaved and to reach those in the mine.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-28
ANNEXATION CLUB.
Hawaiian Royalists Take a New
Tack-Monarchy Dead
for All Time.

Washington, D. c., March 21.-Late
press advices received here from Hawaii
state that Charles B. Wilson, confidential
adviser of the ex-Queen, John Colborn,
one Of her cabinet at the time she was de-
posed; Antonio Rosa, ex-attorney- general
under the King, and John Richardson,
formerly on the Queens staff, all of them
prominent Royalists, have taken part in
forming an annexation club among the ma.
tive Hawaiians. This is regarded as q
declaration among the chief Royalists
that the monarchy is dead for all time
At recent meeting in Honolulu these
prominent Royalists took part in forming
constitution and articles of belief.
These begin: 1--WE believe that the re-
publican form of government has come to
stay in these islands,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-28
CHICAGO POLICE WERE HEROES.
Chief Brennan Says Troops Precipitated
Last Summers Trouble.

Chief Brennan Says Troops Precipitated
Last Summers Trouble.
Chicago, Ill, March 22.-Chief Bren-
nan has issued his annual report of the
police department Hor 1894. 1t is an
interesting document, especially that part
of it which deals with the Debs strike.
Mr.. Brennan devotes eighteen pages to
this subject, though he might have dis
missed it with one, since from his stand
point it was an unimportant affair. In
fact, according to the view of the chief
of police after eight months consdera-
ton of the matter: 1.-The most annoy
ing element consisted of half-grown boys,
who seemed determined to make as much
mischief as possible"
Again, according to Mr.. Brennan,
these half-grown boys wouldn't have
caused the slightest trouble they did if it
had not been for the presence of troops,
for Mr.. Brennan conclusively says:
ut is notable fact there was no
trouble where there were DO troops. In
all cases where the police We're left to
themselves peace was preserved. property
was kept unnjured, and the interference
with non-union workmen was tritliEg."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-28
TOUCHED A LIVE WIRE.
California Electric Light President Meets
Tragic Death.

California Electric Light President Meets
a Tragic Death.
Petaluma Cal, March 22.-William S.
Pierce, manager and chief owner of the
Petaiuma Electric Light and Power
company, was instantly killed by contact
with live wire last night. 10 repair
wire a lineman climbed a pole in the
Main Street park, receiving shock
which so frightened him that he rapidly
descended. Pierce determined to climb
the pole, Needless of the assistants warn
ing On reaching the first cross piece
about forty feet from the ground he sat
on it with his legs astride of the big post.
He ran his right hand several times over
the wires when suddenly he touched one
from which the insula ton had been
burned. A sheet of flame shot forth and
Pierce dropped backward, dead, the
wires preventing him from falling to
the ground. A hook and ladder truck
had to be called before Pierce's black
ened remains could be taken down.