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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1896-06-27

One block finest limestone land adj
Mr.. VIM. E. Mckee on w. Va. avenue.
This block is very valuable and cheap.
1t is on the Water mains.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-12-26

IL was q RarOon, ana ! could hide
here till night and then get away.
But I'm blessed If I want TO stay in
this spookerisb, rotten cid place al
day!"
But why are you hiding. Ar
you in some sorapsl" ~
mo. I've just got out Of the big.
gest scrape ! was ever in--that L. ]
guess I've got out II you don't 90
and tell. I WON'T 20 back 70 that
abominable old hulk again II I die
for it! It's nothing hutsrind ali day
and half the night whether you're
sick or not!"
The boys thin oheeAs seemed b
show that his Sickness had ben no
sham.
Mother was set on having me In
the navy he went on. loot my
appointment all right, and I sntsrsd
in May. We had only . few weeks
of drill before starting On the sum.
mer's cruise, and We arst yess o.
diets are treated no better than com.
mon sailors. I've had q month Of Il.
and that's enough. ! can't resign
while I'm on a cruise, 90 I'll hide Oh
the island till the ship sails and
then put myself in the hands Of the
American CONSUL and get sent homo.
l guess mother'U be satisfied then
that I've no taste for the navyi"
Quite overcome by this startling
disclosure, Dorothy sank down on
her sketch stool and gazed at him In
open concern.
Aren't you afraid? 1t seems a
dreadful thing to do! Why. you
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-12-26
Nat Goodwin's Opinion,

Nat Good win, a long while ago,
was invited to a small entertain.
ment, on which occasion he was to
see himself initiated by q lesser
light.
AS a rule. limitations of Mr.. Good.
win are said to be spurious from the
label to the solder on the underside
of the can, and that the only original
package is put up by the Goodwin
firm. However, the comedian is al
ways looking for something novel.
So he went. ',
At an early hour the imitation oc.
CURED, after which Nat took his hat
and a friends umbrella and staeger.
cd out into the night,
Nearly a year had gone by, and
the incident Of the imitation was al.
most a memory, when one afternoon
Goodwin was introduced: to a tall.
distinguished and debonair gentle
man, in whose eyes shone the calm
light Of personal satisfaction.
"Ah!" exclaimed Goodwin, grasp.
ing the proffered hand. LET me see.
Hampton-Hampton. Yes, I seem to
recall the name. I have it. You are
the gentleman who gave an imita-
ton of me last summer"
lam the same. answered Hamp.
ton. IS ..
Nat shook his hand again, and.
leaning forward, said in an under.
tone, well, one of US must be rot.
ten. New York Journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-12-26
"Humphi You mean DAMP

"Humphl You mean Damp
eyes"
"Gone fur good?''
Gone to a better land, I hope. Wild
der Wharton. may heaven gin you
strength to bear up agin this awful
blow"
"Y-e-s-uml See them ;eritters over
by that haystack?"
We looked where she pointed and
saw five men sitting in the shade of a
haystack, each one with his face in his
hands and his elbows on his knees.
who's them?' asked the messenger.
Callers, she replied, "callers to nee
It l was a wilder and on the marry, and
at least five more will he along afore
dark. l guess heaven will gin me
strength to bear. it, and I'm much
obleeged to you, And now I must go in
and change my apron ahd put on my
shoes and git ready fur q rush. New
York Sunday Journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-12-26
SMILES M A

tn smiles that light some kindred fsco.
To cheer as when by sorrow bowed.
Are like the glory beams that chase
The darkness from the summer cloud.
Dear. radiant gleamings of the soul,
The sunshine Of affections sky,
They lift the heart from srief's control
And wipe the tear from sorrows ere,
The teardrops on some; kindred check.
When Joy Is mingled with despair,
Our spirits gloom can lift and break
And leave Joys light unclouded there
Can lift and thrill the trembling heart
And soothe us In 1ife's saddest hours
And sparkle OF the soul IS clear
As dsws that sleep on fainting flowers
Loves holy smile and PHYS tear.
Like angel footprints from the skiss,
They lift US Ger the mortal sphere
And give us CLEANS Of paradise.
Oh. smiles and tears. by these alone,
Had we no higher rapture given,
The heart might hope for elory's some
The soul might wing it's way to heaveni
New York Ledger
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-12-26

marched, their rolling gait assumed
II not yet acquired, chattsrins
with delight ct being ashore and
bufstins into a hearty cheer q sight
Of the stars and stripes abovs the
oonsul's ofies.
Here and there we're strsgslers
deep In the delights Of home letters
just reosived. Some had invaded the
tiny shops in search OF Fayal baskets
or linen for home friends, and others
were bargaining for fruit and donkey
rides. Dorothy. almost torn asunder
In ths conflict between her desire to
greet each countrymsn and her ct.
forts tc preserve proper maidenly
decorum. FASTENED 10 the hotel snd
burst into the breakfast room. But
here . still greater surprise awaited
her. She shyly drew back a. she b.
held her mother seated at the head
OF . long table. on her gentle face q
little 6ush Of excitement while lin.
Ing the table we're TIVE yews Of Jolly
sailor lads.
Pointing 10 a-seat left vacant for
Dorothy. Mrs. Scott soon put them
all at case. They fell to with q will,
and shore food vanished st an
rate. e After the d.st shy.
ness wore of ana tongues were
Mrs. Scott drew from one
and another bits Of their history,
home life and plans, and her kindly
interest in their boyish condolences
staid with them longer than she
guessed. for ever sailors manly
yearn now and then for a
mother talk. and these who lsvs
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-12-26

His name vas John Ditto, and il
got him into all sorts of entanele.
ments. When his name was written
or printed in a list of other names,
it was often interpreted as meaning
"the same as" the name Immediate
~ before it. The first time he went
to st. Louis he singed his name on
the hotel register John Ditto" un.
der the name of a mar named Hin.
kleschneider, and the clerk, presum.
ing that he had written Ditto"
merely to save time and ink, called
him Mr.. Hinklesohneider, and as
John Hinkleschneider, a prominent
citizen of Somerville, Tex" he was
announced in the daily papers as
among the arrivals at the Laolede
hotel. News of this preceded him
when he went back to Texas, and
afterward he vas as often called by
the name Hinkleschneider as he was
by his right name.
His name got him his wife, they
said. At a country fair he was invit-
ed to join a friend and some young
ladies in a refreshment tent. When
the party was asked each to name
his and her preference in the way of
beverage, John said he would take
lemonade, and the strange young
lady next to him said she would
take "ditto." This mild joke was
cultivated, as such jokes are in ru-
raj neighborloods, until the young
lady was talked into really taking
Ditto as her husband.
He escaped for a time being draft
cd during the war because his name,
ss copied off the original list, was
given on the copy not as Ditto, but
the same surname as that of the man
whose name preceded his.-Scran-
ton Truth.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-12-26
why There Are So Many Smiths.


At the time of the adoption of sur
names every artisan whose work re-
Quired the striking of blows Cd met
al was known as a smiter or smith,
and the community therefore had its
blacksmith, ~whitesmith, goldsmith.
silversmith. arrowsmith and several
others Of tho same character. The
number Of Smiths Of the present
day may therefore be readily &C.
counted for when we remember
that each of the different kinds of
smiths was rs much entitled to the
use Of his trade name for a cogno-
men as any other artisan. John the
blaoksmith and John the copper
smith ere both known as John
the smith, an appellation which nat
urally resolved itself into the family
name of John Smith. Clifford
Howard in Ladies' Home Journal.
Crime In Country Towns.
The criminal records Of this state the
past few months. would seem to furnish
q particularly interesting bit of food
for thought. 1t is that the greater pro-
portion Of homicides have been commit
ted in the rural districts. To recall
some OF the best remembered of those
in this part Of the state. there was the
murder Of Aborn at Crystal Lake, of
Louise Treble in Manchester, of Par
malice in Cobalt. Of Mrs. Murphy in
Durham and the double tragedy in Leb-
anon. Better police protection in CEN
ters OF population cannot be advanced
in explanation, since q person with MUIR
der in his mind seldom stops to think Of
the c~onstabulary. Neither is it a proper
deduction that there is more of soci-
ety's dangerous element in the country
than in the city. In truth, about all
that can be said is that it happened 80.
And it is interesting to note further
that in every instance here cited, except
where the man made away with him.
self, the murderer has been apprehend-
ed.-Hartford Courant.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-12-26

oI perIectlon, Tut a voInpeosnJ au.
thority on hair takes down and in.
ventories the & bids tr~esses, appoint
ments are sec ured at q we'll known
gymnasium, q nd finally the dress
maker is called upon.
This last is not a mere cutter and
Utter of garme nts, but a Partisan art
Ast, who deoi des whether the girl
should dress &c r picturesque or smart
effects, what colors she can and IAN.
not wear, VIVA t her waist line ought
to be, and WI ether wide, narrow,
high or low hats suit her face.
After this no hard worked ar
tisan who c rries a hod tolls for
longer hours q with more unremit-
ting vigor than the prospective de-
butante does under her mother 3 eye.
It her arms are discovered to be
thin, she is sent to drive, to fence,
swing dumbbells and even to sweep.
ing vigorously, that the wrists may
be strengthened and the forearms
rounded out. Once a day a masseuse
comes to knead her thin neck into
fullness and rub her chest with
sleeps wool fat to fill out the hol.
lows made by nsuficiently clad col
lar bones. 81,
LAS often al i've times a day she
eats a dry diet, with beef juice and
fruit. If she is overstout; and scalded
cream, with hundreds of slices of
brown bread and butter, if she is
thin. Just as many times her stays
are changed to keep her waist supple
and lengthen it. And besides swim.
ming and doing gymnastics for a
half hour daily she plays croquet
from her bicycle at her wheeling
club, takes a gallop through the park
on horseback and sleeps fiat on her
back on n hard, pillowless bed.
Though she may not have the least
voice or taste for music. she gets up
early in the morning for a singing
lesson.
This is to give her the proper
tone and pronunciation in speech
and laughter, or perhaps to correct a
tendency to deafness. To bring out a
fine suit of hair, her head possibly is
shaved clean as a baby's, and the
locks r scientifically treated as
they grow again. Very much fill
cd teeth are carefully cut off and
new ones screwed in as neatly as ma.
ture could do it. Violin instruction
is instituted merely to give gracious
gestioulation. One hour a day the
girl goes to bed, to get color in her
cheeks. At intervals during the
weeks she takes lessons in dancing,
embroidery, La emaking, painting
and golting.
"On Tuesdays she goes to or gives
O luncheon. On Saturdays she fills
her mothers opera, theater or con.
cert box with chosen young people
for the matinee. She is also obliged
to join several charitable societies,
attend church regularly, read an as
sortment of the latest very proper
French and English novels, look over
the magazines, get the names of new
authors by heart at least, adopt some
species of dog, practice note writing
md conversation under maternal
tutelage, and with a companion
speak French, and nothing but
French, the rest of the time.
"Of course you couldn't possibly
do it. exclusive of clothes, on less
than IS, 600 for the year of training"
Boston Globe.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-12-26
THE WlDDER WHARTON,
Her Dan Wa Gone, but There Seemed 4
~ be Others.

Her Dan Wa Gone, but There Seemed t.
70 he Others.
A couple Of miles west Of Prairie CITY
l was overtaken by q man on horseback
who informed nae that there had beet
al accident In the torTp hv ->',ich a MAJ
had peer killed, and that he was Their
on his way to break the sad news to the
widow. She occur. J 4 dugout about q
mile farther on, q = We reached the
place we found her sitting on an ole
box at the door and putting away at hel
pipe. She gave us a . Cd and q look oil
inquiry, and the man with the mourn.
ful news cleared his throat and blew his
nose and finally said:
"Mrs. Wharton, in the midst of life
we are in DEATH"
"What you, drivin att" asked the wo.
man as she gave him q sharp looking
over.
1--WE are here today and gone tomor.
rer," he continued. 1--WE cometh up as
q flower and are cut down." +.
who's goin tomorrer?' she de.
manded. "If you think l am, you've
made a mistake. What's the matter
ASSN~A
with you, s~tranger--got cramps or sun.
thini'
"Mrs. Wharton, I am the bearer Of
news"
"waal, what is itf"
sits bad news"
Let or come and don't be beatin all
around the bush. IL taxes ecin to he
higher," -
"No-not that"
"Got to give our lands back 10 the
1njuns?"
mo" i.
Judgment day comm purity soon:'
mo. Wilder Wharton, we know not
what a day may bring forth"
"Waal?' ~
I'VE are q wife in the moruin and a
wilder at night, and SIGH IL life"
WHO'S the widdar7"
"Mra. Wharton. our husbands 20
forth-go forth at the rising of the sun,
and-and"-
LOOK here. mister man," said the
woman a. she rose mp aud lifted q
handy club from the ground; "hev You
got anythin i'll pertickler to say to mea''
u lev, wldder. be answered. = :
Then spit 'er out and don't act like
fool! What's h~appeped:''
"Your husband il no more ch this
"Why amt bel"
"Causc he's dead. He fell agin the
up at the mill this mornin and was
ops in TIVE"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-12-26
Getting Matrimonially Planted.

SA~tA AAAO0AoAAy 110uteOs
IA largelpercentage Of what il ordi.
narily called love is about as safe a
guide in the choice Of a companion assa
frefy would be trustworthy illumina.
tion, in the i~ntricacies OF = deep forest
On a dark night" writes the Rev.
Charles II. Parkhurst, D. D., in The
LIadies' Home journal. 81 I'M we'll
aware that It ID much easier to reason
about these things In the abstract than
itii il 70 keep ones head cool and ones
temperature regulated in q season Of %.
we're exposure. but 90 much Of the suc.
cess or failure of. . young mans after
life depends on the way In which he
sets matrimonially planted that 1t
seems we'll worth while to pre-smpt the
ground with AZ much rational consider.
alton a. possible. II q mau has accus-
toned himself to canvas the ground
with some seriousness before the suscap-
tible moment arrives. there will be
more Likelihood Of his being able t. r,da
the storm when it breaks without the
loss OF ship, cargo and crew."
Ahigato, Fashien.
II like the looks Of the high standjna
collar" said Oholly. 1.-THE only obiec.
tion I've got against it 10 that when
you chew gumsyou have to hold yonr
jaw still and move the whole ton of
your head. you know. "-Chicago Trib-
NM.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-12-26
Did Not Keep 1t.

g. F.. D. writes to us from Kan.
sas City: Searching in st. Louis for
a de luxe copy Of "Trilby." ]
called at the largest and Oldest es-
tablishment in that city, and. on
asking if they had a copy, received
the answer: We have Du Maurier's
"Trilby, but do not keep Deluxe's.
This Is almost as bad as the inquiry
for an epidemic (academic) diction-
airy which startled a Kansas City
bookclerk Critic.
TILE AIRhrn AAA H-~
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-12-26

TIME SCHEDULE.
Northern Pacific time card in effect Monday
June. Is.
ARRIVE AT HELENA.
No. 5, Pacific Express; west bound $40 q. m
No. g. Atlantic EXPIRES. east bound, 900 a. m
No. Livingston and Missoula local,
daily except Sunday ...., II no. m
No 4; Missoula and Livingston local,
oaIiy except sunday. :.:.:."... 900 p. m,
No: =, Marysville mixed. daily except
n, " sunday: .-.;... 49,. $3.50 a, m.
~ except sunday. runs from Basin
on Mondays. Wednesdays and Fri
days. from ElkhOrn on TUESDAYS,
Ihursdays and Saturdays. SEQ D. M.
NO. luz, k1mini mixed. Tuesdays only ESQ D. m.
DEPART FROM HELENA.
No. 5, Pacific Express, westbound. 3.45 a m
No. g., Atlantic Express, eastbound. 2;O5 a. M.
No. 3, Livingston and Missoula local
daily except sunday. =. 80. IL :05 a. m.
daily except Sunday. ,.:..:...... 2:1O P. m.
No. 2. Marysville mixed, daily except
No. 10. Wickes and Boulder mixed. p'"
daily except Sunday, runs to Basin
Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays,
70 h!khorn Tuesdays. Thursdays
ana saturdays. .....,. $3.50. 7:15 a. m.
Through tickets to Japan and China, via Ia
and Northern Pacific Steamship Co.
For information, time cards, maps and tickets,
call on or write
d. EDGAR,
GENERAL AGENT, HELENA, MONTANA.
-OR--
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-12-26
$4,000 A YEAR DEBUTANTE,

ATTRACTIVE
. What makes a successful debu.
tante? Scientific training, said the
shrewd, gray eyed woman at the far
end Of the luncheon table in answer
to this query.
"The thoroughly civilized debu.
tante blooms into fashionable life
such an Immediately groomed
young creature you couldn't possibly
call her ugly and so up to date on
her special fad she never could be
voted dull. She Is a butterfly, cap.
tivntins and pleasing, but often
nodded from tho oommonest clay.
Her mother perhaps only recently
herself has wriggled her way into
fashionable circles and is a little I'M.
certain al to how she ought to at
Edythe for the future.
up to the time of her seventeenth
birthday Edythe 10 allowed to stay
at school, and only her general health
and bills interest her mother. After
this she comes home to stay and is
put through a rigid examination.
A careful and impartial inventory il
taken, not only Of her. stock of
knowledge, but her accomplishments
md her capacities.
"Fhat of all shs il put into tho
carriage and driven around to the
family physician, who diagnoses the
II of her inferior complexion and
outlines a diet. Next in order is not
only q visit to both pedicure and
manicure and weekly engagements
agreed upon, in order that the hands
and feet can be massaged, polished
and bleasbsd ipts al possible stats
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1896-05-07

them any time they want to. The
country is not so good as they
thought it, and it will take ten years
Of hardship to get things into even
decent shape, and none realize it bet
ter than the colonists themselves. 1t
was foolish idea from the very first
to settle down in pine forest, when
there were so many other places of
older development that had much
more reasonable prices. Judging
from various reports, the health con
dition are none of the best, and this
summer and fall will determine more
aboutit. But 1t is a certain fact that
the Fitzgerald of to-day is living up
on It's boom and constant advertising
and not upon its merits
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1896-05-07

There is no one thing that would
enhance the value OF our farming
lands than good roads. This beng
fact, why don't wo go to work and
build them?- Tri- Co. Democrat.
Yes, and why don't we? 1t is all
on account of the penny wise and
pound foolish idea that has held
sway over the people for so long a
time. To work on a road has here
tofore been considered useless ex-
penditure of time and money, but
the agricultrahSt is now beginning
to see just who is losing the time
and money, aud it Is not the other
fellow.
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1896-05-07
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely de-
range the whole system when enter
ing it through the mucous eurfaces.
Such articles should never be used
except OH prescriptions from reput-
able physician, as the damage they
will 90 is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Halls
Catarrh Cure manufactured by #. j.
Cheney q Co., Toledo, o., contains
no mercury, and is taken internally,
acting directly OH the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. In buy
ing Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you
get the genuine. It is taken intern
ally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by
F, j. Cheney & Co, Testimonials
free.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c per
bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1896-05-07
PROTECTING LABOR.

A subcommittee Of the House
Committee on Labor has reported
favorably on representative South
wick's bill to protect free labor from
convict competition by combining the
sale Of goods manufactured to the
State or Territory where produced.
The author Of the bill is republican
from Albany, New York, and he
evidently realizes the great abuses
that are now arising from the use of
coAvict labor. The only real solu-
ton of the difficulty is to say that all
convicts shall be employed upon the
public roads. If such were the case,
it would no longer be necessary to
buy rock-crushers, and the the ma
chlnery necessary to run them, nor
heavy implements for grading and
matchmaking. Let it all be done
by the convict. At present no man
wants to work on the roads, and in
fact there is hardly any money be-
ing expended upon their improve
ment. Let the convict be the agent
to accomplish this, and in a few years
we will have highways that will be
beyond peer. Let every foot be
built to stay just where it is put up
on the most approved principles OF
modern road building, and the re-
sulting good will a thousand times
balance the cost of maintaining the
conyicts.
TO sell the product Of corwct la
Dor IS robbery of the masses, and ev-
cry state should remember that the
prosperity Of its people is It's own
welfare. Under present conditions,
how can Tennessee ever expect to
hold my position of Importance a.
mong the states of the Tnion? She
has deliberately trampled the inter.
ests of her people underfoot to graft
fy the greed of few office seekers
she has placed the convict i'll a posi-
ton where he can do more real harm
and cause more suffering through de
preciated wages and prices than i
he were turned loose upon the citl
zens to act as he pleases. If sucI
were the case and the convict wa
never arrested and imprisoned, tn,
people would find speedy remed,
for the difficulty for themselves, bu
as it is now, a kind State protect
the convict, and usurps under tn,
guise of Justice, the labors Of her law
abiding citizens.
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1896-05-07

THE Fitzgerald, Ga, colopists are
becoming dissatisfied, and are be-
ginning to realize that they did a
good thing when they did not burn
their bridges behind them. In an
ticipation of not liking the country,
the majority did not sell their farms
in the North but merely rented them
out, and they say now they can get
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1896-05-07

The News is under obligations to
Hon. Foster V. Brown for the Re-
port Of the Secretary of the Navy.
We find in it many interesting things
esvecially that part Of it relating to
experiments in modern warfare.