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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-07-25
STORIES OE HATS.


Icy " -
Person to BE Mistaken.
Speaking of hats" said a Brook.
line gentleman the other day, 81
went into a Boston barber shop one
Saturday afternoon last summer to
get a shave. When the knight of the
z had finished with me, I found
that some one had gone off with my
hat, but be had made a poor trade,
as the one he left was brand new, so
/ did not mourn. All I could do was
to put on the fresh tile, which fitted
me quito well, and await develop-
ments.
Monday afternoon the man who
had unintentionally walked off with
my properly on his head called upon
me. He vas calm, but it was the
calm which follows a storm. The
storm took place at his hatter's. He
thought he had been imposed upon.
Said he: 4 bought a new hat Satur-
day afternoon, or thought I did, and
wure it home. But Sunday morning
when l sat down in a chair on the
piazza and laid my hat in another, I
thought it did not appear bright and
clean like one should that was Just
from the store. An examination dis
closed the fact that it was not new,
and l jumped to the conclusion that
the halter had palmed off a second
hand article upon me. I was mad,
but I said nothing. I saved my
wind till the next day.
"'Then l called at the hat store and
exploded. The dealer answered me
that he had supplied me a perfectly
new hat, the one I had picked out;
that there had been no trick played
upon me, and that I must have
changed hats somewhere after I left
his place. l declared that had gone
straight home and gone home
"straight.' 1t was no use for US to
talk. We could not agree, and I
came away about as wrathy as I was
when I went there. After I had left
the hat store it occurred to me that
l had not gone directly home, but
had stopped at the barber's. To the
barber shop I now went again, and
there I was told that you had lost
your hat. Is this it?'
"A look at the hat showed me it
was mine, and I said Yes
We'll, said the chagrined man,
please kick me, and then I will re-
turn to the hatter's and let him re-
peat the job while I apologize And
with for troubling me he
bid me goodby.
II am very particular about my
hats and the way they ft, contin-
ued the Brookline gentleman, but
must acknowledge one joke on me.
I went into the Boston tavern to
play a game of billiards not long
since. At the end Of the match,
when I took my hat from a hook and
put it on, it did not seem to fit, and
this was not due to any increase in
the size Of my head on account Of
having been victorious. A moments
inspection showed that I had the
hat of my brother-in-law from Penn
sylvania, who had been here on a
visit, but had gone home three days
before, and I had been wearing his
hat ever since without discovering it
during that time. boston Herald
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-07-25
CamphOr,

The camphor laurel, from which
the greater part of the camphor of
commerce is produced, is a native of
China, Japan, Formosa and Cochin
China. 1t is a hardy, long lived tree
and sometimes grows to a great size.
1t has evergreen leaves. yellowish
white flowers in panicles and is a
very ornamental tree, the trunk
running up to a height of 20 or 80
feet before branching. The fruit is
very much like a black currant.
In the extraction of camphor the
wood is first cut into small chips,
and the chips are put into water in
a still and steamed. The head of the
still is filled with straw, and as the
steam carries off the camphor in
vapor it is deposited in little grains
around the straw.
The crude camphor is then heated
in a vessel, from which the steam is
allowed to escape through a small
aperture. The oamphor sublimes in
a semitransparent cake. In the man.
ufacture of camphor the tree is nee.
essarily destroyed, but by a rigid
law of the lands in which the tree
grows another is planted in the place
of every one that is cut down. The
wood is highly valued for carpenters
work.
Camphor was unknown to the
Greeks and Romans and was first
brought to Europe by the Arabs
Philadelphia Times.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-07-25
Bank Note PaDer.

The paper used in American ma
tional bank notes and %greenbacks is
of a superior quality, and by a secret
process minute threads of red and
blue silk are distributed over the
surface, the incorporation of these
with the fabric being An additional
safeguard against counterfeiting.
Counterfeiters have been able to imi-
tate almost every other peculiar
feature of the bank note, but have
never succeeded with the threads.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-07-25

"Pshaw !" petulently calculated Mrs.
Dubby, looking up from little Iohnny's
geography. II can't find it!''
Cant find what?" grunted Mr.. Dub
BY, with his 8 buried in his newspa-
per.
"Efasy."
"Eh?"
"Efigy, I tell you'll I have looked all
over the map Of Oklahoma and cannot
find it. I was certain it,
Here, now!' exclaimed Mr.. Dubby,
emerging from his abstraction. whats
that You are looking for?"
"They're always hanging people in
Efigy and I want to know where it ia.
I supposed. Of course, that it was in
Oklahoma, but perhaps I ought to look
at the map Of Texas. New York
World.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-07-25
n WINS Even.

When the woman in the ecru cape
got on a Fifty-fifth street cable car,
she stared in cold scorn at a little
lady in a tailor made suit who essay
ed to speak to her, but was given
the cut direct. The lady with the
cape was obliged to stand and she
gazed out the window over the head
of the confused oma who had
been snubbed. Just as the car turn
ed the curve on to Cottage Grove
avenue, the naughty woman gave a
mighty sneeze. loosened her hold on
the strap, whirled, then sat down
hard OIL the little person in the tail
or made gown. Furious with indig-
nation and humiliation, she strug
gled to regain her feet.
The tailor made lady regarded her
with an angelic smile. Never mind,
Laurelia," she said soothingly. "It
isn't your fault that you are so awk-
ward. dear. Chicago News.
Some Questions.
The Philadelphia Record tells Of
some ridiculous questions which the
pupils in an elementary school were
recently asked to answer. For in
stance: Where have you ever seer
the surface Of the earth?" Harry
had eight apples in a basket. How
many apples would it take to fill six
baskets?" with no reference to the
size of the apples or the capacity of
the baskets. One of the examina-
ton questions, fraught with deep
meaning, read, Compare a slate
pencil and a lead pencil" The puz.
zled pupil. with a sudden CLEAN of
intelligence, had written: Posi-
tive, slate pencil; comparative.
nor slate pencil; superlative, most
slate pencil. Ditto lead pencil"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-07-25
Qualified.

Adolphus-When a fellow gets on
to his bicS Gle, he has to think of
nothing at all, or, first thing he
knows, over he goes.
Kate-Dolly, I suspect you are
one of the best riders there ever
was.-Boston Transcript.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-07-25
The Ghosts.

The Villa Garin de Coconato, at
Cimiez, in the gardens of which the
queen is so fond Of walking and
driving, formerly had the reputa-
ton of being haunted. AS a matter
of fact. early in the century it was
occupied by some false coiners, who.
to divert the curiosity of the peas.
ants. used to dress up as ghosts and
go solemnly round the ruined tenn
Pile of Apollo in the garden at mid
night. singing the "De Profundis. y
They were eventually captured, and
a genuine "De Profundis" was then
sung for two Of their number. who
were hanged. London Chronicle.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-07-25

TIME SCHEDULE.
Northern Pacific time card in effect Monday,
June Is.
ARRIVE AT HELENA.
No. 5, Pacific Express, west bound $40 a. m.
No. Q. Atlantic Express. east bound, 200 a. m.
No. 8 Livingston and Missoula local,
daily except Sunday .............., II 90 a. m.
No 4, Missoula and Livingston local.
daily except Sunday 200 p. m.
Sunday. ..... . .......... ...... $50 a. m.
ly except Sunday: runs from Basin
days, from Elkhorn on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays. .......... $40 p. m.
No. l02, Rimini mixed. Tuesdays only $50 p. m.
DEPART FROM HELENA.
No. 5, Pacific Express, weetbound, 3:45 a. nj.
No. Q, Atlantic Express, eastbound, 2:O5 a. M.
No. 8, Livingston and Missoula local
No. 1. Missoula and Livingston local
daily except Sunday .....::....... 2:lop. m.
Sunday s:SOp. M.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays,
to Elkhorn Tuesdays, Thursdays
No. ioi' Rimini mixed tuesdays only 10 $50 a. M.
Through tickets to Japan and China, via Ia
coma and Northern Pacific Steamship Co.
For information, time cards, maps and tickets.
call on or write
ID. EDGAR.
GENERAL AGENT, HELENA, MONTANA.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-07-25
A False Statement Nailed.

1t is a common statement that silver
is now legal tender to any amount.
This is not true. The Bland-Allison act
of 1878, that restored to silver its legal
tender quality, had a proviso. Except
where otherwise provided in the con-
tract" This gave the creditor the option
as to which money he would receive
when he could dictate the terms in
which a note 81 bond was payable.
Since then these creditors have tied up
the people, municipalities and corpora
tons in billions of dollars of notes,
bonds and mortgages, both new and re-
funded, payable in gold. The act of
1878 demonetized silver for us, and the
act of 1878 drove a knife through the
corpse of bimetallism. 1t authorized
contracts that destroyed the vital prin-
ciple in bimetallism. w. H. Harvey.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-07-25

Cleverness is a sort Of genius for
instrumentality. 1t is the brain of
the hand. In literature %cleverness
is more frequently accompanied by
wit, genius and sense than by hui
mor.-Coleridge.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-07-25

Colorado has always been called
the centennial State" from the
fact of its admission into the Union
in the centennial year of our ma
tional history.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-07-25

In the United States q driver of
horses sits on the right and turns
his team in that direction. In Eng
land the national custom is the re-
verse
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-07-25

Those edges soonest turn that are
most keen. A sober moderation
stands u r No violent extremes en-
dure.-Aleyn.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-07-25
A Kansas Ruling.

A Kansas court has ruled that "a
man who calls upon q woman regu-
larly and lakes her to entertain.
ments occasionally is legally en-.
gagged to marry her. "-Detroit Free
Press.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-07-25

Unskilled laborers in the Swiss
iron works consider themselves for
tunate if they make so cents a day.
Skilled workmen receive from so
cents to 81, according to dexterity
and length of employment.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-07-25
I'm.
Tribune.

Stranger-What's up?
Vigilante - Horse thief. - Detroit
Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02
Free Silver in Mexico.

Our bimetallic friends are contin-
ually holding up Mexico, which is run
on free silver basis, as model of
prosperity. A representative of the
Michigan Press Association, who was
with the party, that recently re-
turned from three weeks tour
through that country, saws he tried
to get at the heart of things, and
found diversity Of opinion, some
claiming that free silver coinage had
much to do with the apparent pros
perity, while others claimed it was
owing to President Diaz's policy OF
making it easy for the investment Of
foreign capital. Foreigners took in
money and received $3.50 to Sl.9O
Mexican money for every dollar.
Those not in the employ of Americans
or Englishmen complained that sal
aries were small, even when rated on
the Mexican Financial basis. We
would particularly call the attention
Of those who depend on wages for
days labor for living to the follow
ing extract from the statement as
published:
"lf the wages earned by labor are
an indication OF what financial
system will do for the masses. then
free silver coinage in Mexico is the
worst that could fall to the lot Of
people Ordinary peon day laborers
are paid from 10 to Is cents Il day,
up ID the best skilled labor, such as
carpenters. blacksm this, and similar
artisans, who get as high as so cents
day. From these wages they sup
port thems Ives. i saw trackmen
Iaying new steel rails on the noun
tain grades of the MexiJan Central
railroad, who the trainmaster said
were paid 20 cents day. Beggars
abound, and men and woman, who
appear to have nothing to do, hang
around every station and idle in the
plazas."
How would our common laborers
like to work for from Is cents to 20
cents per day? How would our ar
tisans, Of best skilled labor, "such as
carp enters, blacksmiths" &c like to
work for so cents a day?
Here Is the description Of how the
wage earners live in that prosper Gus"
country under free silver coinage:
"a hut of four adobe walls is the
common house. Few clothes are re-
CURED for either comfort or decency.
Beans and cornmeal are very cheap;
little is eaten: a charcoal fire in a
little pot all that is needed for cook
ing purposes; the absolute necessities
and the Mexican laborers are SIM
ple-may be obtained for a very few
cents day."-Cheboygan Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02
Specimen Cases.

S. II. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis.
was troubled with Neuralgia and
rheumatism, his Stomach was disor-
dered, his Liver was affected to an
alarming degree, appetite fell away,
and he was terribly reduced in flesh
and strength. Three bottles of Elec-
trio Bitters cured him.
Edward Sheppard, Harrisburg, ILL.,,
had running sore on his leg OF eight
years standing. Used three bottles
of Electric Bitters and seven boxes Of
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and his leg
is sound and well John Speaker,
Catawba. O., had five large Fever
sores on his leg; doctors said he was
incurable. One bottle Electric Bit
tiers and one box Bucklen's Arnica
Salve cured him entirely. Sold by L.
Fourier at the Drug Store. 3
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02

The enormous circulation of such
a magazine as the Ladies' Home.J our
nal, can, Ia a sense, be uuderstO ID,
when it is said that during the last
six months Of 1895 there were print
ed, sold and circulated over four mill.
ion copies, in exact figures 4,U5S, S9l.
Figures such as these give one some
idea Of the influence which may be
exerted by even single one OF the
modern magazines. Subscribe for it,.
Address the Curtis Publishing Co. 4,
Philadelphia, Pa. Only 81 a year.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02
A Household Treasure.

ID. w. Fuller OF Cana oharie, N. Y.
says that he always keeps DR.. King s
New Discovery in the house, and his
family has always found the very
best results follow its use; that he
would not be without 1t, IL procura-
bic. G. A. Dykeman. drupgi.t, cats
kill, n. Y, says that Dr. Kings New
Discovery is un oubtedly the best
Cough remedy; that he has U.S. IL in
his family for eight years and it has
never failed to do all that is ella m ed
for it, Why not try remedy SO
long tried and tested? Trial bottle
free az l.. Fonrnier's Drug Store.
Large size soc. and 81. 3
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02
Mr.. r. Cole, the engraver, has prof.

Mr.. T. Cole, the engraver, has prob
ably never produced more beautiful
example Of the wood -engrayers art
than the rontispece Of the GENTRY
MAGAZINE for April. The subject is
Mr.. George DE Forest Bruh's Moth
er and Child" owned by Mr.. Mont.
geometry Sears of Bostoa. In the
swash Of badly reproduced and badly
printed "drt" with which the public
is being deluged, it is satisfaction
to see such a beautiful example OF the
engraver's skill, with its exceptional
qualities of texture and color.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02

THE bright boys and girls who read
ST. NICHOLAS will find pleasant
talk set for them in the April mum
Der. Tudor Just tells all about Ely
ing Machines" and in his article are
diagrams Of number of simple fly
ing toys that clever children can
make themselves. A little story of
wartime adventere. Lieutenant
Harry is told by Thomas Edwin
Turner. The hero is thirteen-year.
old boy who is put in command of a
scouting partyin Mo. by his father, a
Federal office. Stories for girls are
hard to find, and yet there are two of
them in this number. One is "Mar-
dies Experience" by Kate Dickinson
Sweeter, the account of gifted New
England lass who wanted to be a
writer but could not see the wealth
Of literary material that was about
her in her quiet home village The
other is "a Dare" by Antoinette
Golay, quaint story, the keynote Of
which is given by the title. Teddy
and Carrots" the serial story by
James Otis of two brave little
street merchants in New York city,
whose adventures have been followed
with interest by the readers Of the
magazines brought to an end in this
number. There are many poems and
verses by favorite writer's, and the
usual number Of attractive pictures.
If Pingree is Republican and is
ready to pledge himself to stand by
the ticket that may be nominated, it
is quite proper that cluts OF Repub-
licans should be organized to promote
his candidacy.
But is the Mayor of Detroit Re.
publican? He does not advocate Re-
publican principles, but Pingree prin-
ciples, and he has peristently refused
to pledge his support to the candi-
dates who may be nominated on the
Republican ticket, and especially to
the candidate for governor. At the
present time the Free Press is Pin
gree's Detroit organ, and his support
among Democrats is larger and more
outspoken than among the Republi.
cans. The facts and circu instances
regarding Mr.. Pingree's political dec
larations and career do not warrant
the claim, IL such a claim is made,
that he is Republican, or that a
4Pingree Club" is Republican club.
1t is true that many Republicans ad-
vocate the nomination of Detroit's
mayor hut they do it because he is
Pingree, and not because he is an adj
vocate and exponent of Republican
principles. Let the situation be clearly
understood. A "Pingree Club is what
its name implies, and nothing more.
1t can have no claim upon the Re-
publirans, and IT cannot properly rep
resent them. Port Huron Times.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Award.

The Senate Committee on PENSIONS
has decided to report tavorably Sena-
tor Gallinser's bill providing that
when man was accepted and mus
tered into the service du ing the war
this must be accepted as proof Of his
soundness ia mind and body at the
time OF enlist nent. If this passes it
will be OF great importance to large
number OF claimants who have been
rejected upon charges Of disability
existing prior to enlistment. Nat.
Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02

The New York Sun has discovered
that "the gavel to be used at st.
Louis has gold plate on one end
and silver plate on the other" The
Sun should also have said, it will
make no difference which end strikes
the table; the Republican party owns
both ends OF the gavel, and always
has.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02

ha;'ots are taks' Ly The convention.
aid they are counting upon his stay
Ing powers to win. Gov Mckinley =
supporters g. press confidence that he
Will win inside OF three ballots, while
the friends OF each OF the other can
didates hope for q deadlock between
Reed and Mckinley to give their man
a chance to win. 1t is getting very
interesting.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02

To the Republican Electors of the
State OF Michigau:

To the Republican Electors of the
State of Michigan:
The State Convention Of the Re-
publicans of Michigan. Is hereby call
cd to meet at the Auditorium, De-
tro t. on
THURSDAY. MAY It'll, 1896.
at II o'clock, noon. for the purpose
of nominating fourteen electors OF
President and Vie President OF the
United states, and electing four del
egates at large, and four alternate
at large, to the Republican National
Convention, To be neld at st. Louis,
Mo-, June leth., 1896. Also for the
purpose of Getting a Chairman OF
the State Central Committee and two
members thereof from each Congress
ional District and the transaction OF
such other business as may properly
come before it.
Under the call OF the National Re.
publican Committee, each Congress
toual district is entitled to two dele
gates and two alternate dele
gates to the National Convention,
which delegates shall be chosen at
District Conventions, held with not
less than twenty days pnblic notice,
and not less than thirty days before
the meeting of the Nationa. Conven-
ton.
This committee requests that the
several counties select their County
Committees for the ensuing two
years, at the County Conventions
which elect delegates to the state
Convention hereby called, and that
the organ zatlon and membership Of
such County Committs es, together
with Post ONCE addresses, be at once
forwarded to the Secretary of the
State Cen raj Committee at Detroit,
in order that early and systematic
work may be begun and carried on
through the coming campo gn.
The District Caucuses will be held
as usual and the Convention govern
ed as heretofore.
Crawford County will be entitled to
two delegates,
Signed by the Republican State
Central Committee
JAMES MCMILLAN,
DENNIS e. ALwARD, CHAIRMAN,
Secretary.
Detroit, Mich. Feb. q, '96.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02

One :act Republicans can take
knowledge Of, and that is, it is not
the noisc aud buster Of the loud
takers that make the name of VIM.
Mckinley so dear to the American
people, but because his name is d.
rectly associated with the great lead
ing principle of the Republican party.
that Of protection to American la
Dor" All other questions are second
AIRY to that. Inter Ocean.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02
Republican County Convention.

The republican electors Of Crawford
County will meet ia convention by
delegates, at the Court House, ia
Grayling, Saturday, April 25th.. '96.
at clock, p. m, for the purpose OF
electing delegates to the State Con-
vention to he held at Detroit, May
It'll, and to attend to such other bus
iness as may properly come before it..
The several townships are entitled
to delegates, as follows:
Maple Forest, Crawling. II
Frederic, B Ball. 2
Grove, 2 South Branch, z
Blaine, 2 Center Plains, 2
Beav Creek, 2.
JOHN STALEY,
M. A. BATES, CHAIRMAN.
Secretary.