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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-03-07

Granite Street, Neihart, Montana.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-24
Queer Customs a Century Ago.

thought that I knew most of the
manners and customs of the eight
centh century, but I indtwo or three
with which { was uuacquainted. SO
that very likely there are a great
many more still undiscovered.
In the year 1892, for instance, visit
ing was managed by sending round an
empty chair attended by footmen-
that is to say, tire chairman carried
the chair, and behind it walked. two
footmen, who carried the cards, and
with grave faces asked at each door
whether Lady A. was at home. She
never was at home.
Again-but only ii one was a very
great lady-it was common to invite
ones friends to a rout, and when the
street was blocked with the coaches,
and the rooms with the company as.
sembled, the hostess would call her
own coach ard go off to somebody
else's rout.
Also, for another pretty trait. there
were ladies, but not great Ladies mo
gave frequent card parties, 0 "a found
their hospitality profitabl@.,5h account
of the 'scard money" taxi that time
every player was supposed to slip
something under scar mslestick. When
the company derarteG the servants
collected the money forYthenselves.
In the Ease Of this prudent house
wife she lifted the candlesticks herself,
and kept the coin. -London Queen.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-24
NEW YCRK's FOOD SUPPLY.
Enough Always on Hand to WIthstanda
-Four Months Siege,

Ii the city Of New York and the
ne:9lhoring district" writes John Gil
mer Speed in July Ladies' Home Jour-
nal. were to be bcSieged or in some
other way entirely cut off from the out
side world. and therefore deprived of
the food supplies which in normal times
come in daily in great quantities, how
long would it be before he pinch OF
hunger would he felt? That is a
very hard question to answer, for the
reason that there are such inequalities
of purchasing capacity in New York
society that some 60 hungry in times
OF greatest prosperity from lack OF
means, while the great majority eat
more than is good for them. Undoubt-
go hungry would be increased after two
or three days of a siege, and thea day
by day this number would increase I'M
til the public authorities would feel
compelled to take possession OF the
food supplies and distribute them
among the people. With the exception
of milk and some other things the sup
ply of meat, poultry, hardy vegetables
and fruits would last for two months at
the present rate OF consumption. If
all the supplies were taken charge of
at the beginning Of the %siege-and this
could easily be done-the food within
New York could be made to last for
four months at least. The siege Of
Paris lasted only four months. Before
two months had passed, high and low,
rich and poor had learned what hunger
was. And. as is we'll known, the
French are the most thrifty and eco
nomical people in the world. In the
arrangement and disposition of food
the Parisians are specially distin-
guished. But the food supply in New
York could be made to last as long as
the Paris siege lasted, and the people
would still be comfortable"
The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-24
HOW cuNPOWDER is MADE.
The Part That Each of the Three IngFedi'
ents Play.

Gunpowder then steadily developed
as mechanic skill constructed better
and better weapons in which to use II,
Hntil to-day it has reached a perfection
Of manufacture for various purposes
which allows its effects to be toretold
in any weapon. eve to the time II
takes a grain to burn, and to the dis
lance it Will drive a shot.
Roger Bacon'> gunpowder was made
Of saltpetcr. sulphur, and charcoal.
Saltreter is chemically called inter, and
is a natural product found beddGd IN
the earth in different parts of the
world, chiefly in India and China.
Sulphur, too, is found in a natural
state in many volcanic countries, like
Sicily while, as is well known, char
coal is made from wood or woody
substances by heating them almost to
4 burning heat in an alright vessel,
thus driving Off everything in them but
carbon.
Saltpeter. sulphur. and charcoal are
still the only ingredients of the gun
powder i'll common use, although a
new suIrowder made Of different ma
terials is undergoing successful expert
mert. A mixture of saltpeter and
charcoal alone would form an eXplO-
sive and sulphur is added chiefly to
make it plastic. or capable OF being
pressed into cakes and shapes. All
these ingredients have TO be purified
by the most careful chemical skill be
fore they are combined. ,h"E an eN'
act proportion Of each has to be meas
ured out according to 1l!I ki:tG OF pow
der to be made.
For the gunpowder generally used
YOU would find in every hundred
pounds. if you could separate the in
gradients. seventy-tiye pounds of salt
peter, fifteen pounds OF charcoal. and
ten pounds of &%uiphur:hut it would be
almost Impossible to separate the in
gradients. for they are not merely
mixed together as YOU might mix pep
! Der and salt. but they are ground and
rolled and stirred and pressed together
hv special machines until they are al
most sufficiently united to form a single
new substance.
This mixing process is called TIL
turation," and the powder is thus made
into the form OF big fiat cakes. called
prcss-cake. and then broken up, ana
screened into grains of special sizes.
or ground to the fine powder used for
shot guns and ~-evolvers. The large
grained powders are still further STIR
red together until the grains become
highly glazed. and these are called can
non powders. y lighted match may
be held to a grain of cannon powder
and it will be found impossible to set
it on fire. but nee ignited it flashes OF
very suddenly and violently-St. Nich'
oi3s.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-24
New Use for Glass.

By a new process glass is made to
appear like wood with a very high
polish. 1t is used in windows, and
gives a peculiarly subdued and agree
able light. The glass is put through
what might be called a %veneering pro-
cess, being coated with a liquid that
represents the wood which it is de-
sired to initiate. The color, after dry
ing. is vanished over and slightly
heated. Sometimes %shadings are ap-
piled to bring u the tint, then the
glass is again vanished and thor
oughly dried. and is tit fD~dse.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-24
But there are over $500 men, women

But there are over $500 men, women
and children who can never leave town
for even q week in summer. Hundreds
of them have stayed here each sum-
mel for years, and have no more to
say about o few days with the temper
AZURE at 1O3 and 1OI degrees in the
shade than the Eastern people when
the mercury of their thermometers
rises up to eighty degrees or SO. No
N thinks of wearing any but the
thlnnest and loosest and scantiest
clothing. There is scarcely a "biled'
shirt to be seen in ell Yuma from May
to September, and a starched collar
would be an abominatioD. Hundreds
of men never wear coat. vest or sus-
penders for eight months in the year.
Only the broalest straw hats and cork
helmets are worn. Canvas shoes and
the thinnest cotton socks cover the
feet, and a belt about the waist is the
trousers supporter.
A large part Of the buildings are
built of adobe mud bricks. They have
walls from two to three feet thick, and
are one story high. At night every
one sleeps out Of doors. Many sleep
thus through ten months il the year.
In midsummer no n can we'll endure
the heat and closeness Of any apart
ment. The sight presented from a
two-story building or an eminence in
the place on an early morning in sum-
mer would be long remembered by
any one not accustomed TO Arizona
lie and cdstoms. Hundreds of men
and each stretched out on a
cot, NAV be seen on the roofs in the
enclosures at the back of their homes
or on piazzas. Many of them are
sleeping with their clothes on, others
have 4 simple sheet as q covering,
while little boys and girls are sleeping
the sleep of the just without the least
en~cumbrance of clothing or covering.
When 5 o'clock comes, and Old Sol has
risen so high that sleep is out Of the
question, even for the old timers,
there is a general movement on every
roof top and in every yard and piazza.
At the railroad hotel all the beds are
made up every day in summer on the
piazza.
The diet of the people in this land
| Of adobe and sunshine is very simple.
Melons, green corn and such fruit as
aDricots and peaches are very album
dant and cheap. They are eaten by
every one. Dried beef, venlson and
mutton brought down from the noun
tains are 10 every home, and there are
all manner of Mexican dishes and
soups that every one, even the most
recent arrival from New England, eats
with pleasure in these heated days.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-24
An Indiana Ice Cavern.

One Of the most remarkable natural
phenomena that have been discovered
in recent years has just been reported
in the southwest corner OF Brown
County, Indiana, near the village OF
Evansville. 1t is a cave and is on the
farm of Billy Moore.
At it's entrance which is completely
overlapped by the trees, cold mir is
plainly perceptible. The opening ap-
pears not unlike q mine shaft long
disused, but the steep, rocky descent
shows nothing OF an artificial con-
struction. The winding way leads to
a cavern which is fully fifty feet be-
low the surface. This is like a broad.
vaulted corridor, and is known to the
natives as the Devils Chamber. The
air in this apartment is near the freez-
ing point. From this point quite a
number of halls lead off in a contus-
ipg manner, but the L to the ice
vault is evident from the cold blast
which comes from it.
The descent in this natural corridor
is similar to the rocky decline at the
entrance of the cave, but not owe a
dozen yards within the ice is plainly
visible, and further on it ia thick on
all sides, like the crust that is formed
on the pipes OF an ice plant. A little
further on the descent entirely ceases,
and here the falls are frozen hard like
the ground IN the middle Of the winter.
Then the narrow way leads into a
mammoth chamber known as the ice
vault. This extends fully 100 feet.
The ice towers in o miniature noun
tain. It stands in a solid mass, ex-
tending downward to o depth which it
would be folly to conjecture.-Cln-
cinnati Enquirer.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-24
Tie EicvcIa in Sociaty.

Lady JcLne, Wife Of a great London
,awvcr. ard one of the leaders Of fash
ion in the British metropolis, has re-
Gently inarsur&teI the bicycle d~ejeunef
for ladies'. The guests ride to her
mansion on bicycles; store them in
charge Of tie " t and. after the
menu is enj oycd, ride off together.
headed by Lady Jcune, to show them
selves in Rotten Row, which has come
to he called Routine Row because Of
these bicycling displays. =
The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-24
H%air-splitt.ng on a legal t%echnicality

this time in Minnesota. The crime al
this time in Minnesota. The crime was
legged was forgery, and the Indictment
charged the defendant with having
fraudulently and feloniously uttered
ard disposed Of a forged instrument
then knowing the same to be forged.
That would appear to the lay mind to
&c sufficiently definite. But it happens
that the statute, in defining forgery.
makes the crime to be the ntiering of
8 forged document las tr+le.' The
words "as true were omitted from the
Indictment, end this. in the opinion Of
the Supreme Court, was & fatal detect
The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-24

II took three bottles OF Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, an
used two packages of Sanative Wash,
and I am now almost well. l am
~stouter and healthier thanL have ever
been in my life. My friends md neigh
bors and the doctors are SURPRISED at
my rapid improvement. I have told
them all what I have been taking"
MIS-. ANNETTA B1cKMEIER, Bellaire,
Belmont Co., 0.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-24

I~IECAUlIpV.
Briggs Doe, yolr wife laugh wien
you tell her Il funny story:
B:aEgs- Oh, yes. | always tell her
beforehand that it is funny.
A MODEST PHOTOGRAPH.
Mrs I}earborn-WlI my fec3 show:
Photographer-Oh, mercy no I'm not
going to make the picture as big as that!
TIE EXCEPTION TO TIE Rule.
II suppose Feds letter is about the
same silly thing as usual"
no, it isn't; he ditnt me..tion your
name once this time"
WA, DISAPPOINTED.
Wigwag-:;ow docs tie political stu
alton strike you:
liariuppe I've been looking for one
for tie past twenty years, and it hasn't
struck me yet.
WALTERS.
Mabel understand that there were
only square dances at Mrs. Flippits small
and early.
Maudc-1eS; there WeTcn / men enough
to go round.
A PROSPECT OF R~ETRIEUTIoN.
First Ball Player-They say this UNI
pirc's goin' to get married.
Second Ball Player-Is he: l hope
he'll know how it is himself not to be let
talk back.
HE ANTED TO GLIDE.
Odorous Oliyer-Oh, dear. | visit l
wuZ q snake.
Dingy Dick-Gosh! Whaffor?
sos | could move thou. hayin' to git
up"
not SAFE.
Miss Huggine-My father is very good
at reading faces.
Mr.. kissam-Tlel | hal better not
print any kisses there.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-24
New Gem.

Within the past twenty years a new
ard very beautiful stone has been in
troduced in jewelry. 1t is the green
garnet. sometimes called the "Uralian
emerald" being found in the Ural
Mountains. Mr.. George F. Kunz, the
gem expert, says Of it: sit varies in
color from yeilowish-green to an in
tense emerald color, and has such a
power of ~refracting light that it shows
q distinct fire like the diamond or zir-
con, and in the evening has almost
the appearance of a green diamond"
The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-24
Neyc. Once Failed.

'TEr7ER1sE cured me Of a very annoying
case OF itchln, piles in n few days. | have
sold a good many boxes for the cannon Itch,
anu it mas never once failed TO cure. 1T IS all
that is claimed for it, i. l.. BEDSOLE,
Tallshatta Springs, Ala.
1t cures al itohas.
! box BY mail for soc. in ann
J. I. SHUpTVISE, Savannah, Ga.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-24
Velocity of Insects Wings in Flight.

Velocity OF IIsttts' WHY'S IN FHSH''
E. j. Marcy, Of the Science Record.
has been studying the fightof insects,
with the object in view OF ascertaining
the wing strokes per second in the diff
ferent species. Those upon which the
record is complete ere as follows:
Wing strokes per second in the house
fly. $50; drone bee. 24G; working bee,
1870; wasp, ITO; hawk moth. 70;
.1sasan fly, 2s,ana cabbage butterfly, 8.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-24

The most effective way to capture a whale
is to spear it with an electrical harpoon, when
it is at once shocked into Inconsistencies.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-24

"Fenny wise and pound foolish" are those
who think il econ6tny to use cheap SOFA anu
rosjn scars, instead Of tie good old D9tafs
Electric Soap; for sale by all groce' Since
lo55. Try it once. Be- sure, buy nue..
The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-24
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF I'oLLoo,l %.

IIIAN N9IJNII
franz j. CHENEY makes oath that he Is tbs
senior partner Of the firm Of +. J. CHENEY So
TO doing business in the C!tyOfToledo, County
aud State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum Of oSE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case OF ATARR that cannot be
cured by the use HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn TO before mo a.d subscribed in my
49, 'resence, this 6 Drday Of December,
SEAL a. D. 1873. A. :GtEAs9Si
Halls Catarrh Cure !s ta!pn internally. and
acts d recsl y on the blood a Il mucous surfaces
OF the system. Send for testimonials, free.
FL. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family .lJItiIuanta Ipest.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-24

It is said to be possible - draw platinum
yires SO fin" that two Of t. en- twisted could
re inserted in the hollow OF human hair.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-24
REAL E>TATE QUIET.

Eastern Man-"Anytn;ny stirring In
real estate out your way this sca;on:'
Western Nan fg!oomi'y not
ever a landslide"
The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-24

Several prominent citize JAMESTOWN,
ument should be ilI't r eas1ated with electricity.
F1Tsstopped free al ttissermansnt'yelge ed. No
fits after first days usloh SrakLIsIs GREAT
Use. Send TO Or. Kline, Gl Arch ST., Phlla., Pc.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. sofsens the gums. reduces infalnna-
ton, a.lays pain, cures wind collie. 25c. a bottle.
Icannot sneak too highly of Piso's Cure fos
Consumption.-Mrs. FRANK MoHRs, 25 N.2A
St.. New York. Oct. %. 1891
The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-24
Family EAtnuants best,

The births'ex:ae the ,~IeGNigs, throughout
the world by over l 800, 900 q yef an aver
age CT three a minute.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-24
GIddness Comes

With a better understanding of ths
w transient nature of the many phys
ica1 ills which vanish before proper ef-
fcrts-gentle eforts--pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge that SO many forms OF
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi-
ton Of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrupof Figs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions Of families, andis
everywhere esteemed SO highly by Ell
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it IS the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness, without facilitating the
organs on which it acts. It's therefore
all important, in order to get it's bene-
fetal effects, to note when you pur-
chaset4sthaty you have the genuine article,
whichhe. manufactured by the California
Fig syrEa Co. only, and sold by all rep
utable druggists.
If in the enjoyment Of good health,
and the system is regular, then laxar
tives or other remedies are not needed.
If afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended tothe most skilltul
physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
then one should have the best, and with
the well-informed everywhere, Syrupof
Figs stands highest and is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-24

Miss Huggine-My father is very good
at reading faces.
Mr.. kissam-Tlel | hal better not
print any kisses there.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-24
WOMEN WANT TO KNOW.
TO WHOM CAN THEY TELL THEIR
TROUBLES7

A Woman Answers ITO Me"-AnxiOus
Inquirers ] ntellisent!y Answered Thou
.or1r oF q -o%aful Eettars
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-19
MORE FALSE REASONING.

II the price of Minnesota wheat and
other farm produce were fixed in Min
nesOta, and governed by the amount
that Minnesota sends to market, then
the argument would have some force
in it. But those prices are deter
mined by the relation Of the worlds
demand, and are made in marke is
across the ocean. Such an addition as
might result from larger immigra-
tion, meaning only the transfer of
producers from less to more favorable
conditions, would not be felt by the
market. any more than the pouring of
a pail OF water into lake raises it's
measured level st. Paul Globe.
Very pretty but very false. We have
about l25,000 farmers in Minnesota.
Suppose the immigration movement
added anothe r. Ia, 900 farmers to the
wheat raisers Of the Northwet, and
they each took up 16O acres of prairie
land, and raised, the second or third
year, 100 acres Of wheat each, that
would be 2,5OO,OOO more acres in
wheat; and suppose they raised. on
an average, ten bushels to the acre,
that would be 125 100000 bushels of
wheat, equal to twice the average ex-
ports of the United States. Does the
fool Globe pretend that such flood
of wheat poured into Liverpool would
not break down the price of that
cereal? 1t would go to ten cents a
bushel!
And those who would come. under
the excitement of an immigration
furore, would not have previously
been wheat-raisers. How many of
our Scandinavian and German set
tiers in the Red River Valley raised
wheat, in large quantities, or at all,
before they come to this country?
When we say that the price of
wheat is fixed in the markets across
the sea we imply that the wheat pro-
duction of every country on earth en-
tiers into the estimates upon which
that price is based. If any country
doubles it's product down 60 prices, un-
less there is corresponding falling off
somewhere else.
That editor is a humbug.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-19
MOVING.

The Free-Silverites of North Da-
kota are organizing. The following
call has been put out:
CALL FOR SILVER CONVENTION IN
GRAND FORKS NORTH DAKOTA.
Inasmuch as Mr.. Horr,i the Joint
Debate" on page 152, has stated that
an agreement was made in Paris in
June and July 1867 to put us, and the
most of Europe, on the gold standard;
which agreement was cons animated
by the act of 1873, without any previous
knowledge or authority on our part,
and that standard is said to have
saved England, France, aud Germany
for the year ending June 3Oth, 1894, on
their exchange. or balance of trade
with the United States, by the half
price they paid for our products, tine
sum Of 1854, 421 OCT. (see pages 1881
OF Treasury Department document,
No. lib, Office of Bureau of Statis-
tics), in addition to their other profits
in mortgage and stock investments
held by them in this country; and this
standard makes every tax, mortgage.
bond, interest, stipend, and the prices
paid for coal, lumber, freight, car
fare, elevator facilities, and every
other drain from the people to the
monopoly Of double value to the mon
opoly, we do not look for any hope of
free coinage of silver to be restored. as
1T was in 1881 the concurrent act of
England: France, and Germany, and
all the monopoly interests Of this
country. Nor do we think this con-
currence necessary, but nevertheless
we believe it should at once be re-
stored. regardless OF their wish and
consent, by US acting independently
We, therefore severing all former
party relations. and following the ex-
ample of our fathers, who created the
Republican party in 1855 and the par
ty Of Independence in 1775, ask those
living in North Dakota, who enter
tain these views, to meet with us at
the city Of Grand Forks, n. OAK, on
February 22d, 1896, at 10 o'clock a. M,
at the court house, to perfect for this
state an organization on the call and
platform put out by the silver men at
Washington, D. c.. on January 22d,
1896, and that in the localities too re-
mote for the people to attend this
conference that this petition be
signed and the signerS meet and Sc
lect county and town committees for
this party and notify Gen. Standish,
of Grand Forks, N. OAK, of the names
of the persons thus selected prior to
said Grand Forks convention, and
that they send the names of those
who sign the call.
This, of course, is Populist paper,
but if there are any who are unwill-
ing to join the Peoples Party we hope
they will move lively in organizing a
Free Silver party, to meet US at st.
Louis. July %.
We mus: all strike together even if
we do not march under the same ban
ner.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-19
TO DELINQUENTS.
We have good authority for the
statement that.

TO DELINQUENTs.
We have good authority for the
statement that,
while other sinners have a show
Sometime to be forgiven,
OoHn9uentS on the printers books
VIII never enter heaven"
a good many Of those in arrears are
paying up nobly, but others are hold
ing back like balky horse. Get a
naoce on you. It is no small job to put
out IL. 600 copies, as we do this week.
The postage bill alone, for single is
sue, is nearly $20,-equal to twenty
annual subscribers at a dollar each:
and the postage is but an insight
lcant part Of the total cost. So be
1alr, friends. You want to see US
have 100000 subscribers. and 500, go
readers. We know you do. So take a
solemn oath, on the family bible, that
you will pay up all you owe us, and one
dollar in advance, before you are
twenty-four hours older! II you don't
this paper will cry out to you, every
week,-"see here, you darned old cuss!
Good men are struggling and suffer-
Ing for want of what you owe themw
And you will be ashamed to look it in
the face.
Don't go back on those who are
lighting the battle for you and your
children and chiidren's children.