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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-29
Jamaica and Cote /.

But after all, judging from what
planter and several others told ma,
whatever crops are under discussion,
whether pimonto, logwo0d or In
nanas and oranges, coffee romaiustle
finest present product Of JaMaic9,
for the Blue mountain and tAr pea
berry kinds-tho latter boin the
finer of the two-have no equals,
perhaps even in Mocha. They ara
bought up year before grown tgr
the Liverpool market and arc here
supposed to be all intended fer
Russia.
The peaberry derives its name
from an apparent freak of nature,
one round pea instead Of twin seeds
being found within the coffee berp@
and containing a double flavor.
These single berries or peas arc hand
picked from out of the general mass.
Some of the best coffee planta lions
are said to be quito small, but stu.
ated in favored gullies III the hills
where the soil is extremely rich, he
ing an alluvial deposit brought down
by streams and winter torrents. As
with canes, SO with the coIaa,
Many of the latter grounds need re-
planting after Is years. But the
Blue mountain trees are famous FOR
being perhaps GO years OF age
| Cornhill Magazine.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-29
WHOLE NO. 274.
In Argentina.

In a country which Is equal -
the united area of Great DritGia,
France, Germany, Austria, Hnn-
gary, Italy, Spain, Portugal Bal-
GUM, Holland and Greece, and
whose population is made up of ma
tives from all these countries and ii
few moro, one finds every sort cG
life and many strange customs. TIE
city of BuenOs Ayres, the first in
South America, is a great capital
full of stirring life, 1t isnot leaCti-
full in itself or its surroundings. The
shops are good, and you can buy
anything you want if you caro- TO
pay heavy price. English people,
on the whole, seem to find the lilo
pleasant and sOcia bic. They cln en-
JOY good theaters, operas and balls
as well as any amount Of outdoor
amusemonts in delightful climate;
The smaller towns are moro or
less provincial and unattTactivo
with the exception of Cordoba, one
of tho few old cities in the south
ern hemisphere 1t has many fine
churches and cathedral worth 500
ing, fortified and showing traces u
Moorish art There old families
lived in great houses with innumcr-
able retainers, all tho luyurj95 Of
Europe being brought, at onoTmols
cost, in bullock carts over tao
leagues Of grassy plains that lio l5-
tween Cordoba and tho ports Of I.0-
sario and Buenos Ayros. There
were to be found the finest types OF
Argentina refinement and learning.
The city itself is beautiful, a green
oasis with background Of noble
hills. -Chambers' journal
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-29
Tried the Eject of a Title.

Among the neighbors- who an
noyed Carlyle none perhaps gave
him so much trouble as the boys
who played about near his house.
They made no secret of their dislike
of the philosopher and stood III
dread of his stick when he went
abroad. James Waylen,. who did
great part of the research for the
Cromwell, and who was at Car
lyle's house almost daily, was one
morning standing on the doorstep OF
the house in Cheyne row waiting TO
be let in when one of these young
urchins came up to him in defer
entail manner, and touching bis cap
said: "Please, sir, would you ask
Lord Carlyle to give me my top? It's
tumbled down his airey." During
the mornings work Carlyle and
Waylen chuokled together over tho
corciliatory title which the lad had
created for his enemy. -Westmin-
ster Gazette.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-29

The original "otobansk' has for
long remained sufficient for Cana
dian tobagganers, probably because
the pastime with them is hardly
more than the original means of To-
comotion it provided for the Indians,
and competition in speed was never
a successful possibility. The primi-
tive Swiss coaster was dest to a
far shorter supremacy when put to
the keen tests of the racing that de.
veloped it. Men soon got all that
was possible in the way of speed out
of sitting on wooden framework
balanced upon fat iron bars. And
Mr.. L. P. Child OF New York sup.
piled the want by producing in the
winter of 1887 an American "clippel
sled," which beat every rider in
Davos out of sight. whether native
or imported. He rode it lying head
first on his side, steering with one
moccasined foot swinging out be-
hind, after the method familiar or
the chutes of Montreal.
Owing to local prejudice and hab
it, this head first position had not
penetrated to Switzerland till long
after it had been well known else
where. But even the introduction o1
the new position was not so essen
tial an advance as vas the long
spring runner of Mr.. Child's ma
chine, by means of which steering
was made far more accurate ant
easy than with the old fat runner
of the "schlittli. Mr.. E. Cohen
another American, by winning the
best race at St. Moritz, sitting O,
one of the new clipper sleds, PROVED
conclusively the merits of the righ
machine, even when it was ridder
in the wrong way, and showed tha
OH hard ice as we'll as on the snow
of the postroads the new machines
and methods were a great advance
-Scribner
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-29
Hunors of War.

Some stories told in the history Of
Eastport, Me-, show that The Eng
lish officers of tho garrison, after tina
town was taken in tho war Of 1872,
were ready TO see falr play.
Tho provincial marshal was sen.
from Halifax at this time 10 arr,
citizens of Eastport who were bonds
men for the custom house oGici.1
The men thus threatened had l.io-
among the British officers, who j.l,
tho injustice Of the steps to DO taG.u
and gave them timely hint Of th,rr
danger.
The officer who had charge Of tue
duty of fitting up apartments fer
their accommodation significantly
asked tho marshal, who busted him
self with forming plans TO insure
success, whether he had "ovcr laar,.
how the Yankees cook n dolphin.
"No.
"Well, then, I'll tell you Tho
always catch him first, and so e.
you catch these fellows before | turn
everything topsy turvy to mako .
place to keep EN-
After the return Of tho marshal o.
Halifax ono of the refugees returned
openly and in fact was known. .1y
the British officers to occupy his
house. Ho was not disturbed in iis
pursuits, though an officer. would
sometimes say as he passed hIa
dwelling:
"Well, Wheeler, | think / mu@t
come after you tonight. You'Il hs
at home, l suppose:'-Youths $
Companion
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-29
Why the Editor Was Ill.

"If anybody inquiries for me, "
said the editor feebly, ''you can say
I have gone into the hospital.
After he had tottered out of the
office they looked on his desk and
saw that he had just opened a letter
from "Old Subscriber" containing
these questions:
(which is correct, Tomorrow is
Friday" or Tomorrow will be Fri.
day?'
What were the causes that led to
the Franco -Prussian war?
will you please give in as brief
outline as possible history of gov.
ernment by cabinets up to the pres
ent date?"-Pearson' s Weekly.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-29

A tobacconist named Farr had the
following painted above his door.
1.-THE best tobacco by Farr.' A rival
tobacconist, at the other end of the
street, painted ur, Far better to-
bacco than the best tobacco by
Farr."
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-29
Resented 1t.

mo, SIR he said Indignantly as
he turned from the electric light in
his room. II won't stop here. The
idee of the hotels putin gas in a
glass case, jest as ef I didn't know
enough not to blow it out" Wash
ington Star.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-29
Cause and Effect.

Customer-Your milk ism t so rich
now as it used to be.
Milkman-Is that so? I'm sorry
to hear you say so. By the way,
Mr.. Sloper, here is a statement of
your account with me for the last
eight months. .-Somerville Journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-29
The Fool Who Knew Latin.

1t was medieval saying that a
fool is never complete fool unless
he knows Latin. This may also be
said of the pedant, the man who is
educated beyond his capacity, and
hence the knowledge that he cannot
assimilate is an incumbrance, in at
tempting to use which he only
makes himself ridiculous. Notes
and Queries.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-29

The average walker wears away
two inches of shoe leather in a year.
A pair of boots that would last a
lifetime" would consequently have
to be provided with soles from eight
to nine feet thick.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-29
A Rare Disease,

Diphtheria of the skin, a very
rare disease, was cured by the use
of antitoxin in little 21a year-old
Berlin girl recently. She had been
badly scalded with boiling water,
and as the skin was healing she was
kissed by her mother on the wound.
ed spot. The mother had diphtheria,
and thus communicated it to the
baby's skin. The throat was not af.
fected.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-29
The Shortest,

The bard of the Visalia Delta says
the following is the shortest poem
in the English language:
Gladys
Sad Is.
To which we reply.
Oh,
NJ.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-29

Philosophers have done wisely
when they have told US to cultivate
our reason rather than our feelings,
for reason reconciles US to the daily
things of existence. Our feelings
teach US to yearn after the far, the
difficult, the unseen.-Bulwer.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-29

There is no real elevation of mind
in q contempt of little things. 1t is,
on the contrary, from the narrow
views that we consider those things
of little importance which have, in
fact, such extensive consequences
Fenelon
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-29

Most of the medieval manu-
scripts have the important initials
in red ink; hence arose the term
rubrics from rubrica-red.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-29
What He Lacked.

Kennard-I wish were rumor.
Lucie-Why SO?
kennard-So that I might gain curren.
cy.-Truth.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-29
PrOgnOsticatiop.

my corns seem to know when It u 60
ing to rain.''
"Wiss aan- - Il weFA "--petrole
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-29

The Old Woman Enough For Him.
"What do you think OF the new wonI
am"
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 Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-01
HOUSEHOLD RREWTIEs.

Cream CT tartar should always be
mixed with flour, soda with milk.
An ounce of good gelatin is always
sufficient to quart of liquid for any
dessert.
A pinch of salt added to the white OF
eggs will make them beat up quicker
and lighter.
Three ounces of sugar are sufficient
to every quart of milk for custards of
any kind.
White meated game should be very
we'll cooked, while dark meats should be
served rare.
Never use too much favoring of any
kind in baking, especially cinnamon or
almond extract.
Keep the soup kettle always tightly
covered lest the aroma of the soup
escape with the steam.
All fresh fruit should be mixed with
sugar before filling in pies. A little but
ter increases the delicacy.
A good Smyrna rug will stand bard
wear for ten years-longer than the
best carpet will present a respectable
appearance.
Bread, rolls or biscuits, if washed
with butter Immediately after baking,
will shine nicely and will be softer
than if not washed.
Woodwork and floors are now stained
with a color called forest green. It
harmonizes with draperies and cover
ings of almost any color.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-01
INDIGESTION.
AZ a Result of 1t, There Were
Many Disorders.
The Disease VIII Create the Symptoms
5f Heart Disease; Kidney Dis
ease; Etc:

From thc Standard Union, Brooklyn, N r.
Few women have had a more miserable
existence and lived to tell the tale than Mrs.
Anna l.. Smith of 3I1 Pulaski Avenue,
Brooklyn. With all the comforts that money
affords. with all the happiness that many
loving friends cali give; the joy of Mrs:
Smiths life was blasted for years by the
terribl5 raVages 81 Sickness. The story Is
most Interesting as told To b rcpdrter
II was an invalid for years; suffering first
with one complaint and then with another
My case was truly that of a complication of
diseases due to an accident which received
some years ago. The thing which caused me
the most discomfort and made me offensive
TO my family was the worst case of indiges-
ton imaginable. / made all around me
miserable by my sufferings, and was most
miserable mysslf had tlfs best rhyslcian
we could find, and occasionally his pre-
srrlptlons relieved me temporarily. But
the pains and misery would all soon return
again. became desperate, and started in
to try remedies of which / read Among
them were the Pink Pills. Their appear.
ance captivated me instantly, for l am a
great believer in the beautiful. took the
pills and followed out the objections 10 the
letter; and before many days began to feel
like different woman. For six weeks
took the pills regularly, and can truthfully
add after that was as well as any one in
the family. This change for the better in my
condition has caused my relatives and
friends to take the pills We buy them all
from the drug store of John Duryea, at the
corner of De Kalb and Summer Avenues
81 assure you it was impossible for me to
oversee my household for three years. Now
1 visit my kitchen every day, do my OWE
marketing and shopping; in a word, look
after everything connected with my home
and family.
"Oh, yes, I. still keep. taking the pitts, I
take one daily after dinner. Prevention,
you know is better al d cheaper than cJire
l verify believe enc half of the women
who are suffering from the ills which our
sex are heir to would be up and well IL they
could be induced to give the Pink Pills a
fair trial. / certainly recommend them
heartily and feel grateful to the physician
who put them on the market"
Mrs. Smith is a woman of some means
and standing in the community and, there
fore, her testimony will be accepted with
Out question by all thoughtful people.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
contain all the elements necessary to give
new life and richness to the blood and re-
store shattered nerves. They may be had
of all druggists or direct by mail from the
DR.. Williams Medicine Company, Schenec-
tady, n. Y, at SOC. per box, or six boxes for
$50, and are never sold in bulk or by the
dozen OF hundred.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-01

''We have forever shook the sands OF
Panther creek from our unhallowed
feet, RUFF, and we arc now movin up TO
town." old man lobe come back at
me. II have sold out in the old set
Element, lock, stock and barrel. have
rented a fine house in town with green
bay windows and lightnin rods on it,
and henccforwards from now on Old
man Murray and his folks will keep
company with the highristocracy.
you must recollect, RUFF, that / am
the next high sheriff of the county,
old man TObc went on, waXin warm and
joyful as he went, "and 1 thought l
mought as well to move up to town and
sit ready for the busincss-git famil-
ious with the documents before 1 go up
agin the game, as il were.
"Of course the election amt come off
a. yet, RUFF, but lobe Murray amt no
body's natural-horn blame fool, and l
don't have to wait forever to see which
way the eat will jump. have done been
the rounds and counted the noses, ana
the people are most all for me. In all
the rounds / didn't meet up with but a
few scatterin votes that amt flat-footed
for lobe Murray for high sheriff. BY
Gollys, Rufe, / have got the thing in n
sack and gone with it. All have got
to do is to wait till the returns come i'm
and then proceed with the proceedins."
With that old man lobe laughed and
laughed till he laughed all over himself.
SO to speak, and then him and his folks
driv on towards town.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-01
WHY HE SHAVED.
Senator Bacon Did Not Want His WhisIr
ers Pulled.

Senator Bacon Did Not Want His Wl1isk
ers Pulled.
There WIS time when Senator Ba.
con, of Georgia, wore an ornate am,
lavish hlrsute ddornment like the ia
nous whiskers of Mr.. PETER, and pic.
lures taken at the time he was presi'
dent of the Georgia senate so repre-
sent him. Now he contents himself
with a simple mustache. How he hap
pened to shear his beard was told by
the senator himself recently.
at wns,' he began, when the roller
skating craze broke out and invaded
the best families in the south. It
struck Macon, and somehow it found u
victim in me. Every body was going to
the skating rink, and consequently
went. 1 soon acquired a remarkable
degree of grace in gliding dreamily
over the floor to the pulsation of exhil-
arating waltz strains and my company
was in great demand by ladies who
were still somewhat distrustful of
their own skill. l shall never forget.
l was acting as the guardian angel one
evening of lady whose main support
l was in her feeble efforts to prevent a
collision with the floor, and we were
rather TREMENDOUSLY gliding hither and
thither among the crowd, when All in
valid on skates approached us from the
opposite direction. l saw at glance
that the man had lost his compass, and
nothing but a blind reliance in Provi-
dence was deferring his fall. That
moment came when he crushed
against me. The collision disturbed
the center of gravity in my fair COM
panion, while at the same time it has
tened the downfall of the other. Be
fore / knew what was up the man, in
order to save himself, graspcd hold OF
one side of my whisllers, while the lady
fastened her grip on the other half, and
both held on for dear life while their
feet were describing geometrical fig
ures on the slippery floor. Considera-
tions of gallantry prevented me from
turning on the wretS,ed being who was
clinging to my beard like the proverb-
ial straw on one side and there l was
with two struggling fellow creatures
in the stress of despair dangling on
each side of my whiskers. That expert
ence determined me to sacrifice the
whiskers, and to circumscribe my in
diligence in that line to a modest, I'M
obtrusive mustache, which affords no
comfort to unslSilled skaters. Wash
ington Post.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-01
aFoEEy Up the Crock. -

Now then. The primary election come
to pass as usual one day last week. The
weather was clear as a bell on election
day, but as the returns came in and be-
fore the sun went down it was lool<in
tremendous foggy up the creek for old
man lobe. And when finally at last
they swung down under the wire it was
plain to a man on the grand stand that
the candidate from Panther Creek was
the hindmost horse in the race.
Old man lobe he got left. He likewise
also got foamin mad. But the other fell
low got the votes.
The very next day old man lobe lit
out for the Panther Creek settlement.
He wouldn't take a meal of victuals nor
hit n lick of sleep till he rued the trade
and got holt of his farm and farmin fix
ments oncst more. He is now ready to
give up his town house and return back
to the old lick log, where he belongs.
II am plum satisfied with the way in
which the democrats run, and l am more
than willin to quit the game as it now
stands" says old man lobe to me right
after the storm. but it really hurts
me- AhlEs " lCn AAliilh dbOul nON many
of my horny-handed fellow citizens are
silver-tongued liars. Dad blame 'em,
the woods are full of 'em!"
And that's what makes me say to my
self, says /:
Fool politics makes fool people.
Never count your chickens till the old
hen comes off.
The mainest thing Is the votes.
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Me and the Government.

There is another thing, Rufe, for me
and you to shake hands over and be glad
about, says to myself. We are movin
along smooth and easy without l1icllin
up any big dust to speak of with the
general government. IL the shebang
amt agin us we are not agin the shebang.
All we want is an open field and fair
fight-then let the best man win.
Blessed be God, we are sprung from the
aristocracy of simple homes and honest
hearts and hard knuckles. and if we
can't swim without full set of govern
ment gourds around us, by jings we car
stay out of the water.
No doubts you have heard tell of the
big scheme some of the candidates are
hXin up so a man can borrow all the
money he wants by putin his farm
Producements in soak with the general
government. We will be agin that move
on general principles. They say Dunk
Strickland has got a little one-eyed,
siab-sided, wobbledy-legged, razor-bacls
steer, which he wants to put in soak
for $50. lie maintains if other people
can soak their lands and their crops he
can soak his steer, cause he amt go:
nothin else, and every man is free and
equal in this great country. That would
he big thing for Dunk, you under
stand, but if we start the soalxin bust
ness with the governmentnobody knows
for certain where it would stop. AS for
US, we couldn't soak our corn and cot
ton and seed potatoes if we had done
l'een and run heels over appetite in
debt, and so long as we don't owe moth
in we can keep the stuff here at home,
or sell it and put the money away in the
family chist.
Consequentially, says / to myself, if
it ever comes to that pass where we can't
make tongue and buckle meet without
soakin somethin with the government,
then 1 will move that we go and put our
blame fool head in soak.
RUFUS SANDERS.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-01

For the double purpose Of creating an
interest in this and other towns near,
and the editication of the people gener-
ally the second annual musical festival
will be given al the Auditorium in
Memphis on the evenings of May 10,
IA, IS, 1896. It viii include three ovens
Ing concerts, for each OF wHiCh s dis
tinetive and very strong feature is pro.
vided. every pfogtam being entirely
different, as follows: May Is, EaTdn's
mastery and delightful oratorio, THE
Creation;" MAJ IA, Symphonic and mis-
gellaneousi May Is, Handel's sublime
and immortal creation, THE Messiah. :"
The festival will be under direction ST
the brilliant conductor, Mr. Alfred
Ernst, who bfings for the occasion his
magnificent symphony orch6stra Of
fifty artists. Tho vocal artists engaged
for the festival have been selected with
the greatest care from the ranks of the
finest favorites the country affords, as
follows. Mime. Corinne Mcore-Lawson,
s6pFano; MF. b. I. Miller, tenorj Herr
Conrad Behfens; bass; Mile. Caroline
Eckert contralto; piano soloist, MFs
Mr. Georg Gerbig. Supplementing this
exceptionally strong array of artistic
talent, there will be local chorus of 200
voices, including the foremost local
singers; Ini-pfofessional and amateur,
who have been studying the festival
works for several weeks under the dis
rection of Prof Herman Schulze. Re-
served seats, 81. so; general admission,
S1.00. Out-of-town orders for seats adj
dressed to Benz. NJ. Stainback, secre-
tary. Memphis, Tenn, viii be given
caSeful attention.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-01
BITS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Susan B. Anthony is lecturing in
California.
Rev. Minot j. Savage was given a
dinner in Boston by a club named after
him.
Mr.. Kurino, the japanese minister in
Washington, expects to spend the sum-
mer in one of the resorts on the eastern
coast.
The late Congressman William H.
Grain, of Texas, was one of the best
classical scholars ever sent to congress.
Tt is said that he knew the 'Iliad' and
the Greek tragedies almost by heart.