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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-30

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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-30
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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02
Ciark's Story of KileOre.

After the unprecedented slaughter of
1894 Mr.. Cleveland could take care of
only a few Of his wounded friends, but
he managed to provide handsomely for
Colonel Constantine Buckley Kilgore of
Texas, who has just been confirmed in
his judgeship in the Indian Territory.
Kilgore is a great joker, and this same
faculty OF joking sometimes caused the
judges intellect to be moderated, as
the following incident will show:
In April, 1898, Colonel Richard Dali
ton was i'll Washington trying to secure
the office which he now holds. I was in
Producing him around to all ''the big
ones we came across. Among others I
introduced him to Kilgore as "the man
who kicked the door down." I always
introduced Kilgore that way, because
he appeared to like it. He exchanged
several yarns with the statesman from
Rails. After awhile Dalton and I stroll
ed down Pennsylvania avenue. Sudden
ly Dalton stopped, began scratching his
head. and with a merry twinkle in the
corner of his eye said, "Clark, the colo
mel made a blamed sight more reputa-
tion with his foot than he ever will
make with his head. ''-Champ Clark in
st. Louis Republic.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02
HE FOUND A PURSE.
But Hereafter He Will Play Good samar-
itan In q Different Manner,

But Hereafter He Will Play Good Samar-
itan In a Different Manner.
A prominent physician Of this city
will hand the next pocketbook he finds
to the police. He picked up a purse in
the street a few days ago. 1t contained
some recipes for making cake and pre-.
serving fruit, some samples of dress
goods and 81. % in money. He advertis-
ed the find, and it was remarkable how
many people there We're who had lost
pocketbooks. Each tried to obtain some
idea of what the one found was like in
order to notify their friends, but the doc
tor was not easily beguiled.
Finally a lady came in and said:
care you the man who found a pocket
book?'
Eyes, ma'am."
"Well, it's mine"
"What kind of a pocketbook did you
Jose, and where did you lose it?" asked
the doctor.
"It was a leather pocketbook, and Of
course l dom know where l lost it. If l
did I'd have gone back and found it.
But l want my pocketbook."
Il only wante'i to see If it was the
Il you lost" pleaded the doctor.
Didn't tell you SO? Do you think
I'm lying about it? If you don t give it
to me now Til have the police get it for
me-"
MADAM, if it's yours, l want you to
have it. Now, what did the one you lost
contain?"
"Let me see. There was some money
and some recipes for making cake and
ohe of my mothers for putting up to-
matoes. But it is none of your business
anyway. You had no right to open my
p~ocketbook and read the papers, even if
you did find it,"
The doctor was convinced that the
woman owned the pocketbook and show
ed it to her.
"Is that yours?"
"Of course it's mine. How many
times do you want me to tell you sop
Then she opened it and counted the
money.
"There ought to be a dollar more,"
she said. IL had a S. bill changed and
only bought some little things. l don't
remember what, but it didn't come to
over $1.75. Well, l suppose one can't
expect a man to be honest, and you can
keep the dollar. I hope it will do you
more good than i'll gotten gains usually
And she left the office with a look
of scorn at the mar who had found the
purse. PHILADELPHIA Times.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02
His Investment,

Mister" said the man with the
suspicious side glance, "can you tell
me where the nearest trolley rail
road is?:"
Certainly, was the reply.
For $3.50 I ought to be able
to ride about three dozen times,
oughtn't I?'
Yes"
We'll, I guess that'll do. Some.
thing is bound to happen within
that space of time"
What do you mean?"
You look like a kind hearted
man, and III take you into my con-.
idence. All I've got is an accident
insurance policy and this dollar and
a half. My n chance is to cash that
policy, and, as there hasn't been a
smash up of any kind for several
days, I feel purity sure that I'm due
to draw a dividend. "-Washington
Star.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02
DR.. DOVER, ~BUCCANEER.
He Discovered Selkirk. Sacked Guayaaui,
and Invented Dover's Powder.

He Discovered Selkirk. Sacked Guayaauil
and Invented Dover's Powder.
Not many persons who have taken
a Dover's powder have any idea of
the romantic are of the man who
gave his name to the preparation.
Professor Osler of Johns Hopkins
university, in a paper published in
The Lancet, tells his story.
Thomas Dover was born in War
wickshire about 1860, and after
studying at Cambridge and with the
famous DR.. Sydenham settled down
az Bristol, for centuries the home
port for Adventures, privateers and
slave traders. He was nearly 80
when he joined in a commercial and
piratical venture with a number of
Bristol merchants. Two ships, the
Duke and the Duchess, were fitted
out for a voyage to the south seas,
from which William Dampier, tho
circumnavigator of the world, had
brought wonderful tales of Spanish
riches. Dampier, who had come to
grief in his last expedition to those
regions, was taken along as pilot,
while Dover went as third in COM
mand to Captain Rogers and appears
in his narrative as Captain Dover.
The expedition was memorable for
two events. On Feb. 1. 1900, the ships
arrived off the island of Juan Fer.
nandez. and Captain Dover, who was
sent ashore in the pinnace, brought
back with him to the ship a couple
of days later a man, clad in goat
skins, who had been left on the is.
land four years and a half before.
This was Alexander Selkirk, the orig.
inal Robinson Crusoe.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02
Sometimes Cautious In Investing,


Shrewd fishermen do not always
know what kind of pole is best. This
thought is suggested by tho remark
of the late Peleg Washburn, the man
who gave soldiers monuments to
Abbot and Toxcroft. A Dexter bank
official approached Washburn, who
was well known to be a man of
means, with a suggestion that it
would be q good thing for him to
put some of his money into western
mortgages, which bore a high rate
of interest. The old man scratched
his pate for a moment and then
blurted ont, II don't like to fish
with such a long pole" The force
of the metaphor ind of the incident
is heightened w.len it is remembered
that Washburn was one of the easy
victims Of Judge Halo of Foxcroft
and loaned him $40, 900 on his
"town" notes. Perhaps in that case
tho fish pole was too short for safe.
ty,-Lowiston Journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02
He GOT = DRINK.
After a Search In Three States the Thirsty
Man Was Treated.

AFTER a ofaTon III InrLe states the Thirsty
Man Was Treated.
A mineral expert from this city was
called into north Georgia to report upon
a supposed gold find. He had got wet
through and through, and when seated
before a rousing fire in the old fashion
ed fireplace he asked his host, SIS it
possible to get anything warm to drink?''
II dunno of any being made in this
pat of Geo'gy. sab. Some over on Sand
mounting. reckon. 30 mile from hyar."
The expert thought rightly that the
man was afraid he was an informer and
succeeded in convincing him to the con-
trary.
"Waal, mister" said the host, II tole
yo' the truth. DON know of none in
this pat Of Geo'gy. I'll sen my boy to
Tennessee arter some. Sam Ito the boy),
so to Tennessee an git some licker."
The boy soon returned.
Thar amt zone thar, pap"
Go to Alabamy, them" In about ten
minutes the boy returned with a pitcher
filled with brandy.
Upon investigation it was learned that
the house was in the corner of three
states, with a separate cellar in each.-
Philadelphia Times.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02
Sweet Simplicity.

Doctors have many curious oxre-
riences, but the following produc-
ton, which the London Lancet has
received from Il medical man, to
whom ii was sent by a child, and
which is printed as it was written,
emitting only the nameand address,
would be hard to beat:
DEAR DIR. - would be very pleased if YOU
would let me have q Baby for one guinea. We
want it on the 18th of Fchry for Mothers birth.
day. We would like it fat and Bonny, with blue
eyes and fair hair. We Children are going to
give it to her ourselves please answer at once,
Yours sincerely, ARCHIE -.
p. S.-Which would be the cheaper a Boy or
a Girl:
The "P. s. especially is delight.
full and shows how wonderful the
ramifications of the commercial
spirit L among us.-Westminster
Gazette.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02

isn't II wonderful when you think
How the creeping grasses grow

Isn't II wonderful when you think
How the creeping grasses grow
High on the mountains rocky brink
In the valleys down belowf
A common thing is a grass blade small,
Crushed by the feet that pass,
But all the dwarfs and giants tall,
Working till doomsday shadows fall,
Can't make a blade of grass.
Isn't it wonderful when you think
How q little seed asleep
Out of the earth new life will drink
And carefully upward creep?
A seed, we say, is a simple thing,
The germ of a flower or weed,
But all earth's workmen, laboring,
With all the help that wealth could bring,
Never could make a seed.
Ism it wonderful when you think
How the wild bird sings his song,
Weaving melodies, ink by link,
The Whole sweet summer long?
Commonplace is a bird Away,
Everywhere seen and heard
But all the engines Of earth, | say,
Working on till the Judgment day,
Never could make IL bird.
Isn't it wonderful when you think
How a little baby grows
From his big, round eyes, that wink and
blink,
Down to his tiny toes?
Common thing is a baby, though,
All play the baby's part,
But all the whirling wheels that go
Flying round while the ages flow
Can't make baby's hecrt.
Julian S. Cutler,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02
Force of Habit.

Amateur photographers find no little
amusement in the ways of professionals
when they invade the fields which the
amateur assumes to possess for his own
that of landscape photography, for
instance.
An amateur pretends that he saw a
professional engaged in taking a picture
OF the equestrian statue of Washington
in the Boston Public garden. The pho
tographer had got the object properly
focused and was about to remove the
cap from his lens. ,
Then he looked up toward the statue
with an engaging smile and said:
Dom move, now, please, and look
pleasant. '-Youth's Companion.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02
ReDartee.

Two Of the latest bits of slang cropped
out the other day in a dispute between
two newsboys i'll front of the postofice.
A young lady, with several of her bun.
dies, started to enter the building, but
halted before the swinging storm door
to arrange her packages and get one
hand free in order to open the door.
The two boys sprang to open it for
her, and the one who reached it first i'm
mediately became an object of contempt
to the other:
cav, yer t'ink yer Ell masher, don't
yer?"
"You act as dough yer hair wuz partit
in de middle" was the response.
"We1l, ! don't wear %perfoomry, see!'
Detroit News.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02
Packing Sugar.

The bag has displaced both the
hogshead and the barrel in the ship
ment OF refined and raw sugars.
There was a time, not so very long
ago, when such a thing as shipping
sugar in anything but a stave made
vessel was unheard of, but now it is
just the other way. The bag has be-
come popular because it is cheaper,
and continues to grow cheaper,
while the wooden reoeptacles ad-
vance in price at about the same
ratio. Even molasses has gone back
on the stave, and that sticky COM
modify is being carried in bulk
Philadelphia Record.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02
A Lost Rebuko.

George" said she in a tone of
bitter rebuke, las far as / can see
you T going to the dogs"
You're never contented, Maria!"
returned her erring husband. You
made me give up horses, and here
you are complaining about dogs. Do
l object to your cats and your cana
ries? No, madam! I would scorn to
interfere with your pets-and I beg
of you to respect my preference for
nobler animals New York Trib-
une.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02
Queen of Her Heart.


The little rag doll is queen,
Her realm is a maiden heart,
And there she will reign serene
And play her important part.
A bundle Of rags is she.
With collar of scraggiy fur:
She's only a doll to me,
But more than a doll to her.
A doll that I thought a prize
To Stock Up.
William" she said. "you need a
new hat"
do II"
Eyes. And a new o~vercoat."
Il have suspected that"
And your umbrella is shockinely
shabby"
II know it,
What are you going to do about it?''
II haven't any idea," be responded
gloomily. And then. with the ANNA.
tion which comes with a happy thought,
he added. "You might give a tea. -
Washington Star,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02
Her Part.


Her hair was golden hued,
A bit inclined to red,
While truant locks, like birds in f1ocks
Went circling round her head.
She passed him on the street,
Then disappeared from sight
Within a door that on it bore
"Stage way" in letters white.
She acted in a piece
Called swimming Wowan's Way"
And, having sent for seats. he went
That night to see her play.
He wondered if she'd dance,
Or play a comic role,
Or throw her art into a part
To harrow up ones soul.
And SO that night he went.
The play was awful rot.
He worried through acts one and two,
And yst she cameth not.
The last act she appeared.
Alas, ungracious fatesl
She bent her head and all she said,
"My lord, your carriage waits"
-Eootlighta
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02
Hard to Please.

MI. Snaggs was accosted on the
street the other day by a begsar
who was covered with a very re.
markable mass of patched and rag.
ged garments and who said:
mister, haven't you some old
clothes you could give a fellow?"
Snaggs surveyed the beggar from
head to foot and then asked:
"Are not the clothes you have on
old enough for you?"- Pittsburg
Chronicle. Telegraph.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02
CONNECTlCUT'S WILD ANIMALS.
One of Them, According to a Naturalist,
Was q Pretty Good Mermaid.

't&e NftttFSG0.
One of Them, According to a Naturalist,
Was a Pretty Good Mermaid.
The Wild Mammals of Connect.
cut was the title of an interesting
paper read by Judge Sherman ".
Adams before the Connecticut His.
torical society recently. Since pre-
historic periods the mammalia of the
state have included, in addition to the
land animals, seals, whales, walrus
and other water animals, making, as
had been supposed until 40 years
ago, 55 genera and 252 species, but
further investigation shows 65 gen
era. In prehistoric times proboscid-
cans Of large size inhabited the
state, and fossil remains of them
have been found in New Britain,
Cheshire and Stratford.
The animals that never were found
in Connecticut were the bear, prairie
dog and opossum. Of the three pc
cies of cats one or two are now
extinct, but II species still exists,
the wildcat, ~ having been killed
in Litchfield within few years that
weighed IS pounds and five having
been killed in Essex during the year
1895, In 1894, 30 shillings a head was
offered for panthers, which killed
sheep and otherwise disturbed the
fy,,,,o,., In 1fI- tI. r,z1r-Ne 1-,j1a1
cattle to such an extent that 10 shil-
lings per head was offered to aid in
their extinction. Many wolves were
killed in the state, and they were
hunted and killed in packs, Many
have been killed in the state since
the episode of Putnam's wolf den,
in some instances men having to
leave church to meet them in self de.
Tense.
Bears Lave been extinct in the
state for some so years, but one was
killed in the main street in Hartford
in 1776, the occasion being a regular
bear hunt, which was much enjoyed
by the people who watched it from
buildings, some of which are now
standing. The skunk still remains in
Hartford county, and is sometimes
called the "devil's child" Beavers
were so abundant in 1910 that their
skins were used for currency, and
in 174O wharf rats were so numerous
in Wethersfield that a reward was
offered for their destruction. Moose
We're i'll Connecticut early in it's set
Element and deer abounded.
Of aquatic animals there was a
great variety, the seals being plenti-
full, and the seal hunters who went
after fur seals in other parts of the
world learned tneir trade hunting
THO hair seal in our own waters. In
1647 whales and porpoises were
abundant, and a grant was given to
whalers to capture whales in the
sound. In recent years porpoises, the
social whale Or blackfish, the gram
pus, and possibly the narwhal have
been found in the sound. In 171Oa
party of fishermen reported having
seen an animal on the rocks off
Branford with head and breasts like
a woman, and with the lower nart
shaped like a mackerel with a forked
tail. "This very much rescnbled the
descriptions of the mermaid, said
Judge Adams.
Notwithstanding the great rarity
of wild animals, there was none in
the state that could be domesticated
with profit or convenience to the set
tier, and his domestic animals were
all of imported stock, -Hartford
Courant.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02
Probably.

Probably a woman would be a
bride to her husband longer it she
would continue making company of
him. Most women begin to save
their jam for visitors when they
have been married three MONTHS
Boston Post.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02
A Fable of the Time.

"This nest" observed the English
sparrow, proceeding to appropriate it,
sis just about my size."
"Ihat nest" spoke up the martin,
"belongs to my friend, the ~hluebird,
and it's covered by the Monroe doctrine.
You skip!' p.
And the avant courier Of the flying
squadron went back and reported that
re endorsements would be needed. Chi
cago Tribune.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02
He Finds Out.

what questions do the igno-
ramuses ask you the oftenest?" in
quired the lounger, putting his feet
up on the table of the answers to
queries man. THAT one," YEARLY
responded the information editor
Chicago Tribune.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02
As Usual.

"Here," exclaimed the captious critic.
"you are advertising a four legged girl.
Where's the other foot?'
"She's sitting Oh it, of course" re-
torted the lecturer scornfully.
1t was wonderful, the latter argued,
in that connection, how little some folks
know about womankind. Detroit Trib-
une,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02
On the Riviera.

She-I wonder what makes the Med
iterranean look go blue?
He-You'd look blue if you had to
wash the shores Of Italy. Punch.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02
In 1t, but Not of 1t.

Willie doesn't seem to have had as
good a time as the rest of you boys?'
"No'm.'
"Why is that?'
"Y' see, we had II fun with Williel'
Chicago Record.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02
Unmistakable announcement,

UhIhistakabIe ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
II am going to propose to Miss jim
kles.' said Whykins thoughtfully.
"Has she given you amy encourage
ment?''
II should say SO. Why, she is afraid I
am spending too much money for bou-
quets and matinee tickets. washing.
ton Star. -
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02
A CockneY Solution.

London Cockney Gust landed)-I
wonder what province of the bloomin
country the letters N. H. stand for?
His Pal-Oh, I ave it,; New Hor-
leans.-New York Tribune.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02
A Wise Child

"Dickie, what do you want for your
birthday PRESENT."
Oh, papa, get me a savings bank
that mamma can't get nickels ont Of
with a hairpin. Chicago Record.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02
Not tho Same.

Lady at the Door, believe in my
heart you are the same tramp I gave a
large piece of pie to a few days agoI
Tramp-No, ma'am. You're mistak.
en-. He's dead. -Yonkers Statesman.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02
BY No Means Perfect.

You're a bad man." she Kissed.
you're another, " he holly retorted.
And the new woman made no denial,
but argued that she was a better and
better man each season. Detroit Trib-
une.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02
The Worst.

"Let me know the worst he ex.
claimed in a voice Of thunder.
But the butcher kept silence. The
composition Of a sausage is q trade se.
cret.-Buffalo Express.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02
Some One Who Would.

Millie-If you kiss me again. I shall
call for my mother.
Leavitt-What will you do if I don'ti
Mile (demurely)-Call for somebody
else. New York World.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02
A Necessary Condition.

"Can a man keep a secret?' inquiries
a contemporary. 1t depends greatly upon
whether the man is married or not.
Rochester Union and Advertiser.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02
DeplOrable Industry.

The burgllr spends half of his time
studying how he can break in and the
other half studying how he can break
out.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02

u. EDGAR,
iENERAL AGENT, HELENA, MONTANA,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-02

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