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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-29
%" DIDN'T THINK"

If all the troubles in the world
Were traced back to their start.
We'd find not one in ten begun
From want of willing heart.
But there's a sly woo working elf
Who turks about youths brink;
And sure dismay he brings alway-
The elf 81 didn't think"
He seems so sorry when he's caught
His mien is all contrite:
He so regrets the woe he's wrought
And wants to make things right.
But wishes do not heal a wound
Or weld a broken link.
The heart aches on-the link Is gone
All through 81 didn't think"
l half believe that ugly sprite.
Bold, wicked 4 don't care"
In life's long run less harm has lone
Because he is so rare.
And one can be so stern with him
Can make the monster shrink.
But lackaday! What can we say
To whining "Didn't think?"
This most unpleasant imp of strife
Pursues us everywhere:
There's scarcely one whole day Of life
He does not cause us care.
Small woes and great he brings the world,
Strong ships are forced to sink.
And trains from iron tracks are hurled
BY stupid "Didn't think."
When brain is comrade to the heart,
And heart from soul draws grace,
"I didn't think" will quick depart
For lack of resting place.
If from that great unselfish stream,
The golden rule, we drink,
We'll keep Gods laws and have no cause
To say 81 didn't think"
Ella Wheeler Wilcox in Youths Companion.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-29
Mrs. Ella Knowles Haskel!'s re

Mrs. Ella Knowles Haskel!'s re-
markable rise to national prominence
suggests to down-trodden men the
fear for Mr.. Ella X. Haskell, and the
awful depths of unknownness to
which a fellow gentleman may fall.
He will have to issue legal opinions
about ten times as fast as the present
rate in order to attract a degree Of
attention anywhere near that which
the emancipated woman is today re-
ceiving.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-29

Big Timber Pioneer: Col. Sanders
now seeks to e%njoin all Bryan repub-
licans from voting in the republican
primaries throughout the state. Whe-
Their it is a bluff or not, time will tell.
In antagonizing one element Of the
party, it is evident the state organi-
cation will suffer. 1t would be bet
ter to harmonic on state and county
affairs, no matter what honest differ
ences may exist among voters re-
garding national policies.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-29

Cut this out and you will know all
about Uncle Sans coinage:
The gold eagle weighs 27O grains.
The So gold piece weighs 1875 gr.
The trade dollar weighs 40 or.
The $50 gold piece weighs 516 or.
The 10 cent piece weighs 41.6 or.
The 20 cent piece weighs 77.16 or.
The gold dollar weighs 25.S or.
The nickel cent weighed ~ or.
The silver quarter weighs l04 or.
The daddy" dollar weighs 4l6
Or.
The standard dollar weighs 1928
Or.
The nickel 3 cent piece weighed
30 or.
The bronze cent piece weighs
As or.
The bronze 2 cent piece weighs
90 or.
The copper half cent weighed
1872 or.
The silver 8 cent piece weighs
2O.S or.
The gold quarter eagle weighed
67.5 gr.
The nickel ) cent piece weighs
77.16 or.
The silver B cent piece weighed
1875 or.
The old fashioned copper cent
weighed 264 or.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-29

Meagher Co, News: Roswell G.
Horr is travelling through Nebraska
making gold standard speeches and
in consequence the silver craze in
Nebraska has been by eastern papers
declared dead. They forget that af.
ter Horr's debate with Harvey the
same statement was made, aud vet
silver bobbed up smiling as before.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-29
Republican County Convention.

\ Republican county convention is
hereby called to meet at 10 O'Clock, "a.
M, ut the town of White Sulphur
Springs, on Monday September !. 1896.
The purpose of said convention is to
nominate II delegates and 10 alternate
delegates to attend the State Republican
convention to be holden at Helena. on
September 8, 1896: to nominate candi-
dates for the Legislature and county off
ces, and to transact such other business
as may properly come before Il county
convention.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-29

The republican voters of the several
precincts of the county will meet in pri,
mary in each of the precincts at 8 p. m,
on Wednesday, Sept, ?, 1896, and pro
coed to the election of delegates and al
ternate delegates TO said county conven-
ton as above apportioned. The follow
ing rules have been adopted for the
governine' of the county convention.
First-Delegates and alternate dele
gates shall be elected in future to coun-
ty conventions, and in the event of Il
failure of a delegate to attend, the alter
nate delegate shall cast the vote of the
absentee.
Second-In the absence Of the dele
gate and his alternate, a majority of the
delegation from that precinct shall cast
the vote OF the absentee.
Third--In the absence of all delegates
and alternate delegates from any pre-
cinct, no vote shall he cast for such pre-
cinct.
Fourth-Delegates and alternate del.
egates must be republican residents of
the precinct which they represent.
BY order of the county central COM
mittee. FLETCHER MADDOX,
c. E. WIeHT, Chairman.
Secretary.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-29
The battle for the ofireS ~

The battle for the offices waxetb
warm, and several individuals are on
the lists complaining of the apiary
fever. AS usual the offices bearing
generous remuneration are eagerly
sought, whereas those equal in point
of public Importance, though holding
0 modest rewards, go begging
for want OF "A patron, or are filled
with ''markers" whom to call "men'
is giving men a shade the worst of it.
If we cannot fiji the Legislative ticket
witt, respectable timber, let us not
commit the accustomed error of fin
ishing off with lumber.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-29

Silverite: That SO cent dollar APP
pears still to be worth 100 cents, and
continues to do business at the same
old stand as the same old dollar.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-29
Free Coinage is Assured.
ne o"''ook 10 II White Metal Is Acknowledged to he BRIGHT
err Than Ever Before.

Those Iowa democrats are made
OF the proper material. They break
down the idols of all that trus, in
gold and build a glorious temple in
the cause of financial truth. The re-
publicans of Colorado are no less
Humorous for the humiliation of he
gold-bng hosts. For they have
turned down such able men as VOL
colt, Howbert and all who were not
SO staunch in their faith as Senator
Teller. From every hill and valley
comes the swelling chorus of those
who hoist the standard of independ-
ent bi-metallism. All the talk about
a fifty cent dollar gets the laugh
when the people learn that f. A.
Preston keeps everything in the line
OF staple groceries aud that he still
takes the so cent dollar at face val
ue in exchange for anything to be
found i'll the market. Goods at
reasonable prices.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-29
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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-29

Granite Street, Neihart, Montana.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-04-13
Poisonous Florida Fish.

The March number of Our Animal
Friends contains an interesting paper,
which may explain the mysterious cases
of poisoning sometimes reported, and
which contains warning for visitors to
Florida or the West Indies at this sea-
son. It is well known that the warmer
the water the brighter the colors of the
fish, but the less valuable they are for
food. Mr.. Vance tells us that not only
are the fish not so good, but so many are
poisonous that it is not safe to eat any
kind unfamiliar to you. He mentions
two, one of which may even be sold in
Brooklyn markets. This is the herring,
of which there are two varieties so pois-
onous that they should be let severely
alone, especially at this season, the time
for spawning. The roe of this fish is
considered most dangerous. 1t is hardly
likely that poisonous mackerel will be
sent to Brooklyn, but the caution is
given that they are so common in tropic-
al waters that in Havana there is a law
forbidding the sale of mackerel weighing
over 2 pounds, for the poisonous fish are
invariably large and heavy.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-04-13
YIELDS TO FRENCH INFLUENCE.

Queen RanavalOna's Resignation to Her
Fate Charms Gen. Duchesne.
Gen. Duchesne says the Queen of
Madagascar has accepted the French
suzerainty as she might have done the
mastery of a second husband and prime
minister. She seems rather interested
in the complete transfer of power from
the ex-prime minister to the French, and
showed herself deeply sensible to the
many courteous attentions of the victors.
Gen. Duchesne thinks her open-hearted,
open-minded and in her way charming
woman. Another general tells me that
she is extremely fond of dress and longs
to visit Paris. She can never hear
enough about the shops and theaters and
the Elysee balls. One of her dreams is
to be able to choose herself several COM
plete toilettes at the Bon Marche.
No great faith is expressed by Gen.
Madagascar. The road built by the
French military engineers from NAHUM
ga to Andriba was'' (said the general in
conversation with our Paris correspond
ent) "child's play compared with the
difficulties of the country through which
the French had to go at an almost run
ming pace | had taken with me officers
of the engineers to survey the country
for military railway, but when they
saw the difficulties they gave it up. 1t
looks very easy on a map to go up the
valleys, but Madagascar valleys are not
like those Of other countries. They
shrink into gorges, and are cut up by
mountain ranges. The whole country is
a maze, and yet the west road is com
paratiyely easy when compared with the
east one from .Antananarivo to Tama.
tave. The latter defies description. I
was taken down to Tamatave in litter
by native porters. | cannot make out
how we came to our journeys end. Your
tumble down sheer cliffs, and push
through tangled forests. They cling to
the boughs Of trees like monkeys, and
balance themselves on rocks. / am
bound to agree with travellers good opin-
ion of the climate, once you are through
the fever zone. / never felt better than
on the nlateau "-TlOndOn Standard
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-04-13
ASTOR'S ELECTRIC YACHT.

Largest of It's Kind in Existence-To be
Used on the Hudson.
John Jacob Aston is having an electric
launch built at Nyack, which will be
the largest vessel in existence having
electricity as it's motive power.
The dimensions are as follows: Y
feet over all, II feet beam and 3 feet s
inches draught.
1t will have two 25-horse power electric
motors, being twin-screw boat.
There will be storage batteries for gen
Grating purposes. They will have from
400 to 500 cells. The boat will have u
cockpit fore and aft.
There will be saloon, staterooms and
cabin. two toilet rooms and gallery.
1t will be planked with mahogany, with
copper fastenings. The staterooms and
cabin will be finished in mahogany, and
the cockpits in CHARTERED oak. The
decks will also be of mahogany. There
will be auxiliary sailing power, the boat
to have two masts. There will also be
two Tobin bronze centerboards.
Mosher, the designer, expects the boat
to have a speed of sixteen miles an
hour. Col. Astor will use her on the
Hudson between his residence and Rhine
beck and New York city. He will also
have her at Newport when he is there.
She will be finished June g..
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-04-13
Mrs. Craigie on Americans.

"Even a stranger could not be long in
America" said the authoress, without
noting the deep religious feeling which
underlies the national life of the coun-
try. It is not aggressive; it is not paraded
to the view in any obtrusive way; it has
no suggestion of hypocrisy. Simply you
have sincere religious sentiment, a
Christian attitude, an absolute integrity,
as the basis of the community. This
does not exist only among what are
called the church-going classes, but in
fuences the sections also which perhaps
are not religious in the strict sense. 1t
has permeated everywhere, and is so
strong that | believe those who fall be-
low its principles would hardly, be ttoler..
ated by public opinion. The fact itself
is no doubt attributable in the main to
Puritan traditions, and the large adj
mixture of Roman Catholics-the Irish,
for instance-amo the population
''The next American characteristic you
would select"
Perhaps that of honorable ambition,
the desire to succeed on individual
worth Self-effort, il dependence of
character, the Unborn wish to rise, to be
better, to live better-all that is what |
mean. Americans are rich and when
they have made their money, proud Of it,
but they are very far from being mer
cenary. That, or the degeneration into
selfishness, is no part Of the American
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-04-13
GIuing Belts

B. M. Gunston of Oswego, N. z, con-
tributes the following to the Scientific
Americans:
In the Scientific American Of February
1, 1896, is an article on "Glue joints
in Belts" I heartily agree with your
correspondent in regard to rivets being
nuisance and of no use whatever in
properly glued belt. / have glued q great
many belts for the last thirteen years,
and, to my mind, it is the only proper
way to join belt. In the room that /
have charge of there are eighteen ma
seven years there has not been bought
or used a single hide of string leather
and but few papers of belt hooks.
We keep three or four belts of differ
ent widths to hook on, if a belt breaks
on a machine that cannot be spared long
enough for glue to dry, and then about
night glue on the belt that belongs on
and let it dry over night, and it is ready
to use in the morning. If we wish to
take up or tighten belt, we do it just
before night and let it dry over night.
A good quality of common glue is just
as good as any cement you can make,
and, if properly done, will last for
can hardly be got apart to tighten.
have used them on tenoning machines
where hooks or string lacing would not
last but a few days. but the glue joint
would wear several months.
Our modus operandi is this: Allow
about eight inches for lap. smooth with a
plane each end, or scarf off with a scrap
er until the lap would be the same thick
ness as the rest of belt and then roughen
the surface with an old saw. or some
similar tool, so the glue will take hold
of the fiber or grain of the leather; then
take piece of board two feet long with
straight edge, and nail each end of belt
to board nails near the end of board, SO
that lap comes about the middle and
edge Of belt or straight edge of board,
to keep the belt straight. Put piece
of paper between board and belt to keep
belt from sticking to board by surplus
glue. Apply thin hot glue (well cooked
to both surfaces that come together and
be quick about it, so glue won't get cold,
rubbing and pounding out all surplus glue
until we'll stuck down, and let stand un-
til morning. Then take it off board and
trim, and it is ready for use.
If belt is greasy, take ammonia wa
ter and rub lap with that and let it dry
before gluing. A belt put together this
way will run smooth and draw steady
and does not pound out the Babbitt
boxes as lacing and hooking does, and,
under all ordinary usage, will last longer
than any other joint | know of.
Your paper is a welcome weekly visit
or at my house. / have taken it for
about twenty wears,
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-04-13
Marrying for Money.

Among the unnecessary hard judg-
ments pronounced upon human actions
may be classed the universal scorn eX-
pressed toward the girl who marries for
hesitate to draw the most odious COM
PARSONS between such girl and others
of her sex.
Making of love, so called, a sort of
fetish, the world defes what is, after
all, but an instinct, as though it were a
grander, finer thing than courage or
probity or self-denial, or any other really
insanity committed in the name of love,
provided, always, that the conventions
are observed. Love that leads to the
degraded life of the tenements, to alli-
ances with the diseased or morally weak,
that throws away years of training in an
art or a science, that breaks the hearts
of parents-all of these things, and many
as monstrous, are excused if only '1ove"
is offered as a reason for their doing.
In a world like this, where, in spite
of countless public and private charities
for the alienation of their sufferings and
the permanent lettering of their condi-.
tons, thousands of helpless little ones
eXpiate by cruel suffering and acute want
their parents scorn of money considera
lions in matrimonial alliances, it can
not surely be wholly reprehensible to
look with favor on moneyed alliances.
Sentiment is, indeed, to be preferred
to sordidness; but the girl who decides
for the decencies as well as the luxuries
of life, for herself and any children
that may be born to her, by choosing
wealth instead of poverty, is not neces-
sarily sordid; and, beautiful though sen
timent may be, when to cherish it means
inevitably life in small, unwhoIesome
quarters, the hot, stuffy second summer
(since the little home cannot spare the.
services of it's mistress-nor is there any
money, to spare for the seasons needed
outing) when-as is usually the case
sentiment means all this frightful in
justice to little, helpless beings, the price
is too high, and it ceases to be virtue.
Vogue.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-04-13
A FoUR-LEGGED PICKPoCKET.
Abstracts Watch from Vest Pocket
and Swallows 1t.

Peter Nelson, an Everett butcher.
killed calf few days ago and found
a gold watch in it's stomach, says Ta-
coma correspondent of the San Francis
co Examiner. The name of w. M. Sin
was engraved on the inside of the case
of the watch, and Butcher Nelson began
at once to look for the owner. He bought
the calf of J. w. Sill of Stanwood,
small station on the Great Northern rail-
road, and notified him of the curious
find.
In the meantime he noted that the
watch was in good repair and on winding
it the watch went ahead, ticking off
time accurately. In short time the
watch became the chief attraction about
Nelson's place and many people called to
examine it. Among those who examined
it was a watch repairer, who said that
the watch was uninjured The time
piece proved to be the property of the
man whose name was engraved upon
the case. He is a brother of j. w. Sill.
The day before Nelson bought the calf
w. NJ. Sill hung his vest, containing the
watch, on the fence near where the calf
was feeding and went away for short
time. When he returned he found his
vest badly torn and his watch and part
of the garment missing. Mr.. Sill be-
lieved it had been stolen. A thorough
search was made for it, but it could not
he fOund
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-04-13

with sweet, though misty recollection
of their personal relationship to us. The
poignant grief at their loss is gone, time
has dulled it-a blessed provision of nat
ure, for were it not SO we never could go
on working out our plan of life deadened
by weight of woe that only those who
have lost dear ones can know.
AS bitter as is the grief experienced
when those we love are snatched away
by death, it is nothing to the torment
that many woman has to endure who
lives to see the love she has given to
another pail on the recipient and he or
she who once responded to her caresses
grown cold and careless. That is the
sort of pain that lives in women's hearts.
A love that dies in life is a sorrow that
many have to battle with. Memory
and time do not soften the blow. Self
pride, clinging, unquestioning devotion,
happiness that finds root in a smile, a
word, all dashed to the ground through
the Indifference of one who once cared,
or pretended to SO skillfully that the arti-
fetal and the real seemed one. The
waning of human affection is the blow
that stings always. Death, stern mas
ter though he is, has not the. power, to
touch the heart that centers in his hui
man brother, Indifference. Let those
who have suffered from the scourge of
both be the judges and see if they do
not agree that deaths dealings are kind
in comparison with the hourly, daily
pangs melted out by his more cruel con-
Philadelphia Times.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-04-13
WickIess Petroleum Lamp.

Attention has been directed by the
Paris Temps to new and wickless pc
troleum lamp, the oil for which, as repre-
scented, costs only one third of centime
per carcel per hour-the carcel being
the French standard for luminosity,
equal, that is, to nine and a fraction,
or ten, standard candles. This improved
kind of lamp is due to the ingenuity of
M. SECULAR, inventor of regenerative
gas burner adopted by the Companies
Parisiennes du GaZ, and consumes petro-
leum; the latter passes through filter,
falling drop by drop on to a highly-heat-
ed surface, and becomes Immediately
transformed into gas; it is subjected to
perfect combustion, the absence OF
smoke being due to the interposition of
a filter-the absence of wick, the slow
and progressive feeding of petroleum,
and to strong draught. In the mechan-
ism by which this result is accomplished
there are four parts, namely, an Oil res
ervoir and filter-a chamber with tubes
for volatilization and Justification, con-
nected with the reservoir by a special
tube also a regulating cock leading to an
annular burner with two series of holes
AN alcohol burner within glass globe,
which closes by a spring-also a central
chamber in connection with the chimney,
for taking off the products of combus-
ton
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-04-13
RENoUNCEs A FORTUNE.
Charles A1vord Says His Brothers. Wild
owand Children MAY Have His Share.

owand Children May Have His Share.
The will of Mrs. J. D. Alvord,
now being probated at Bridgeport,
Conn.,, divides an estate of probably
100000 equally between her son,
Charles Alvord and her daughter-in-
law, Mrs. w. /. Alvord of New York,
Orange Merwin, banker, is named as
executor.
A strange feature of the case is the
behavior of Charles Alyord. Of late
years he has been living on Long Island.
After the reading of the will and he had
learned that he was heir to many thou
sands of dollars he announced that he
would never accept it. Next morning he
called on Orange Merwin and repeated
this statement. He refused to give Mr..
Merwin his future address. 70 a New
York World reporter Mr.. Alvord said:
when my brother William was alive
we had an agreemnt between us to the
effect that in case [ should outlive him
I should look out for his children. He
made a like promise to me. / do not
want the money, and will not take it. /
have instructed Mr.. Merwin to divide it
up pro rata between my brothers. widow
and her children.
II did not leave my address, because /
do not want to hear anything from the
estate. | may be on the shore of Africa,
or in the middle of the ocean, cr in my
grave. In any case they will never find
me or my grave.
Mr. Alvord rushed for train and left
this city, waving his hat in adieu.
For some years Charles Alvord has
been of rowing disposition, but for the
past year he has lived at Port Jefferson.
Alvord's father was one of the original
Wheeler & Wilson sewing machine cons
tractors, leaving a large fortune.