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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01
He Rnilf "A Dam.

All kinds of animals do wonderful
things without ever being taught.
Each in its own line inherits an edu-
cation which in common language
goes by the name of instinct. The
Woman's Journal gives this story of
a beaver:
A college professor in Maine tells
how he convinced a friend who did
not believe that beavers could build
a dam. He bought a baby beaver
of a hunter and sent it to his skeptic
al friend.
The creature became a great pet in
the house, but showed no signs of
wanting to build a dam until one
Monday morning a leaky pail full of
water was put on the floor of the
hack kitchen. The beaver was there.
He was only a baby, to be sure, but
the moment he saw the water oozing
out of a crack in the pail he scam
pered into the yard, brought in q chip
and began his work.
His owner was called and watched
the little fellow, very much aston
ished at what he saw. He gave Or
ders to have the pail left where it
was, and the industrious beaver
kept at his work four weeks, when
he had built a solid dam all around
the pail.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01
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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01
Dean Holes Information,

Dean Holes book giving his inn
pressions of this country contains
some curious inaccuracies. He SAYS,
for instance. that in prohibition
towns liquor is generally dispensed
in teapots and tells about q guest in
q hotel who, upon calling for some
thing to drink, was told by the land
lord, You will find a little tap near
your dressing table in your room
which will put you in communioa-
ton with tho old rye, and you can
take what you please for yourself
and your friends, as there is a me-
ter on the other side of the wall"
It cannot be supposed that this was
a personal experience of tho good
dean, and it looks, therefore, as if
some wag had been "stufing' him.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01
She Knew It.

Fogg-Did you hear about young
Snodgrass? He has only been mar
ried a year, you know, and they tell
me he is out nearly all night every
night in the week.
Mrs. Fogg-There! Didn't l al
ways tell you that
Fogg-I suppose I ought to men-
ton in palliation of Snodgrass' con-
duct that he works on IA morning
newspaper.
Mrs. Foeg-I suppose you think
you're funny, but l don't care. I
haven't any doubt that it would be
the same way if he didn't have to
work nights. Do you know, l have
an idea it is to have an excuse to be
away nights that induces men to
work on morning papers; at any
rate, ] can't think of any other rea-
son why a sensible man should do
it.-Boston Transcript.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01
CATS AND DOGS.
fds Moods. Tempers and Natures Of the
CANNES and Eeliues.

tds Moods. Tempers and Natures Of ths
CANNES and Eelines.
Cats do not take punishment as
dogs do. Their tempers rise, and if
struck they are apt to strike back,
but beyond a gentle cuff to a kitten
now and then I find a scolding or an
exclamation of rebuke enough. They
are also less intelligent and forgiv.
ing than a dog if enthusiastically
kicked or trodden on. There is no
moro beautiful expression in a dogs
face than the look he turns to the
friend who has involuntarily hurt
him before there is time to explain.
His whole demeanor expresses the
highest magnanimity, not only the
foregone pardon, but the eager de-
sire that the offender shall think no
more of the matter.
In many respects cats are more
like mon and women than dogs are.
They have moods, and their nature
is complex. a dog is very much Of
a piece. He is a good dog or a bad
dog, brave or cowardly, honest or a
sneak. Tho canine intelligence ia
much higher than the feline, but the
disposition is simpler.
Cats are exceedingly irritable by
temperament. sensitive to changes
OF the weather, to frost. to thunder.
They arc excitable and naturally
disposed to bite and scratch when
at play. There is a curious tendency
in them, as in i'll balanced or over
strung human beings, to lose their
heads whom in high spirits, and the
self command most of them show
when full grown in resisting these
impulses is a striking proof of con-
scious responsibility. A full grown
pet cat scarcely ever scratches a
young child, nc matter how much
mauled by it. Besides being irrita-
BILE they are moody and subject to
depression, probably a physical re-
action from the former condition.
Princess, though not a sullen cat,
would sometimes forsake the hearth
or veranda and pass days by herself
on a garden wall or under a bush,
not i'll or out of temper, but out of
spirits, morbid and wishing for soil
tude instead of the sympathy which
she always sought in her real all
ments and bereavements.
Her p~eculiarities. both Of race and
individuality, were remarkably de-
fined, ever when she held them in
restraint; but, with one exception,
all the cats I have known are cap
tious. Their instinct when i'll or sad
is to be alone, but this is entirely
neutralized by petting. They be-
come as dependent on caresses and
sympathy as children and much
wiser than children when they are
i'll or injured, as they apply for re-
lief with the most u~nmistakable
suggestions, sometimes indicating
plainly where they are in pain and
presenting the suffering member for
treatment. They are not so patient
as dogs in taking medicine Or sub
mitting to surgical care, but show
their recognition of its benefit by
coming back for it under similar
circumstances Temple Bar.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01
Enough.

Among a lot of fresh air fund
children sent to the seaside one
summer was one poor little waif
who did not join in the other chill
dren's games, but was found alone
down on the rocks surveying thu
ocean,. "Wouldn't you like to como
and play some games with the other
little girls?" she was asked. "Oh,
no. sir" said the waif, "I'd rather
look at the water!" "And what do
you find to interest you in the wa
ter?" ooh. there's such lots of it,,
said the waif enthusiastically. land
it's the only time in my life I ever
seed enough of anything!"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01
ON A BRASS SUkDiAl.
dated 151g.

kFhsN 1870
You have marked the passing hours
Upward Of three hundred Years,
But there is never a sign nor a trnce
OF all you have seen and known,
Never a glimpse in your face
Or the gladness. tine Joy and tho tears
That have past in three hundred years.
You have only to count the hours,
Not the SORROWS and woes OF men.
The hopes that were crushed and bliyhted.
The deeds that still live in story,
The lives that were love united.
For love, alike now as then,
Is the mightiest power among men.
Time, which destroys 80 much.
Whose servant and slave you are.
Who holds the world in his grasp
And h slayeth all men at last
For none may escape his clasp
On love leaves never a scar:
He Is powerless TO hurt and mar.
For time Is of this world only,
And. though he doth all things slay,
Yet for us remaineth n distant shore.
Where he shall be powerless TO harm us,
Where love is triumphant forevermore,
And doubt and distrust are passed away,
And that which was faithful will ever st,y.
-Academy.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01
bubbles, Outlets.

Outlets sounds singularly like a
lawyers attempted translation of n
word he could not understand.
Bailey says, "Quillets are quibblets,
from quidlibet~ (?lawyers), subtilties,
bubbles, chicanery," and Shakes.
peare, writing oontemporaneously
with the document quoted, uses
outlets as a legal word, outlets Of
law" etc. What Robert Child of
Oakford gave on the east side of the
bridge consisted of two pieces of fat
meadow land with no quillitts what.
ever belonging to them). 1t so hap.
pens that the local technical word is
perfectly well understood, while the
legal one intended to explain it has
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01
Why the Editor Was Ill,

IF anybody inquiries for me, -
said the editor feebly, you can say
/ have gone into the hospital"
After he had tottered out of the
office they looked on his desk and
saw that he had just opened a letter
from "Old Subscriber containing
these questions:
(which is correct, Tomorrow is
Friday or Tomorrow will be Fri.
day.
What were the causes that led to
the Franeo-Prussian war?
Twill you please give in as brief
outline as possible a history of gov.
eminent by cabinets up to the pres
ent date?'-Pearson's Weekly.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
There Wa. . Vast Difference Ia tho TIVE
Casss In Question.

There Wa . Vast Difference Ia the Tive
Casss In Question.
The other day at Montezuma
while two citizens were conversing
at the depot negro approached and
addressed one of them as follows:
"Kurnel, l h'ar yo' wants to git a
ma out on de plantashun."
Yes, ] want a man out there"
replied the colonel as he looked the
negro over "Seems to me I've een
you before"
Reckon not, sab. I'ze new roun
here"
But I'm sure I've seen you some
where. Let's see. I was over at
Perry the other day"
"Yes, sab, yo' wuz ober to Perry"
And while there / called at the
Jail"
"Yes, sab, yo' called at de Jail.
Dey has got a powerful nice Jail
ober to Perry"
And while at the Jail l saw a col
ored man who was serving a SON
tence for stealing a hog
No doubt of it, kurnel. Yes, yo'
dun saw a Guild pusson right in dat
Jail at Perry"
And you are the man" said the
colonel as he laid his hand on the
negro's shoulder.
"Jes' so, kurnel; jes' so. I was
right in dat Jail at Perry, an l dun
members of seein yo' pass along.
Curious what a mem'ry some white
folks has in DER heads
But you don't suppose | want a
man who has been in Jail for steal
ing, do your exclaimed the colonel.
No, sab; no, sab. OF co'se yo'
don't. OATS what I'ze here to dis
plain about. Yo' got it all wrong
bout dat hog, kurnel. De pusson
who dun stole de hog wuz asleep
when yo' called. I wuzn't in dat
Jail for stealth no hog. TIE no such
man as dat
"Then what we're you in for?:"
why, dey said dem two bags or
SotOoIlSOOt iiISti VIA uty lOul1tl LII
my cart wuz Token from do depo'."
"Oh, l see Well, what's tho diff.
ference?"
Whats de difference? Heaps
. difference, sab. On do one hand,
I'ze loadin up n bar'l o salt arter
dark, an dem bags jes' tumbled into
my cart while my back wuz turned.
On dc odder hand, a pusson goes out
by daylight an runs a hog aroun'
dc woods for ober two hours before
he cotches a hind leg. Scuse me,
kurnel, l did reckon Id like to
work on 20 plantashun, but if yo'
am de sort o man who can't see de
difference between a pusson Resin
in Jail to obleege de jury an bein
sent to Jail for stealth a hog l
couldn't trust my %reputashun in yo'
hands. Good mawnin, kurnel: good
mawnin. Atlanta Constitution.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01
BUSY VESUViUS
hewer 1T Lava Are Increasins ths Ns~~,
tain's Height.

|
Showers Of Lava Are Increasing .hs Ns~>-
tain's Height.
Year after year and century after
century Vesuvius puffs away. The
first recorded eruption of Vesuvius
was In 70 A. D., when Pompeii and
Herculaneum were whelmed,
Between the first and sixth centuries
nine eruptions are recorded, and
since that epoch there have been 4s
great mes.
The last destructive eruption was
on April 26, 1872, when about so
sightseers were killed and more than
40, 900 people fed from Naples. OF
the present condition of the ominous
monster the Paris Herald says: We
suvius Is $50 feet higher than it was
nine months ago. The constant
showers of porous lava have filled in
one side of the old hollow crater
and have built up the new cone,
which, from its bold outlines, has
greatly changed the appearance of
the summit and is still changing it
slightly every day. Formerly the
volcano, as see from Naples, had a
rounded top, but now it comes to a
wedge point.
A year ago visitors looked into the
hollow of the old and somewhat
cooled off crater. Of late they have
gone inside the boundaries of the
old crater to get a good look at the
new cone, from the summit of
which, at intervals of a few minutes.
there Is a gust of steam, laden with
red hot ashes, which are sent into
the air 200 feet or more. Before the
steam has drifted away there is an
other rumble, a sound of watery ex-
plosion, and another shower of ashes.
Thus from a distance in the day
time there seems to be a constant
curl of white vapor from the sum-
init, but at night each separate
eruption throws up a vivid light,
which then fades away in a dull
glow.
The natives who live on the slope
Of the mountain say that after the
new cone has been built somewhat
higher it will fall in of it's own
weight and close the present breath
ing hole. Then the mountain will
be like n corked up bottle. A new
vent will have to be made, and in
the making of this vent there will
be a fierce eruption, an overflow of
lava and the formation of a new
crater.
There was, indeed, a general be-
lief that the renewed and growing
activity Of the volcano would lead
to some sort of eruption, but it was
hoped that it would be nothing more
serious than a flow of lava down
over the old and hardened beds. The
last outbreak and the flow toward
Resina, in the direction of the buried
city of Herculaneum, was, there
fore, not unexpected.
The large cone is simply n heap of
cinders dignified by size. The ride
to the foot of the cone consumes five
hours, but it requires only ten min
utes to reach the top of the funicular
railway. Then there is a walk of ten
minutes up the jagged edges of the
huge crater to the bowl, and in this
is the little cone thrown up by the
recent %eruptions. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01
TO THE AUTUMN POETS.

Sing to Us, poets of autumn;
Handle your harps with care;
Sing Of the jolly teamsters
Who crack their whips in the air.
Sing Of the smoking cabins
Where the tree s with the apples lean,
Where the beautiful country maidens
In dimplea ard dough are seen.
Sing OF the merry laughter
That sounds In the village street,
Then Of the old cane grindings
Where the Juice Is dripping sweet.
And wind a blast OH the hunters horn
Till the smoke to the music curls,
And then Jump into the Wagon
And ride away with the girls!
Frank l.. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01

Philosophers have done wisely
when they have told US to cultivate
our reason rather than our feelings,
for reason reconciles us to the daily
things of existence. Our feelings
teach us to yearn after the far, the
difficult, the unseen.-Bulwer.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01
Giving Him Hope.

The pretty girl vas lavishing a
wealth of affection on her mastiff,
and the very soft young man was
watching her.
II wish I were a dog he said
languishingly.
Don't you worry" she replied.
you'll grow. London Tit-Bits.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01
A Rare Disease,

Diphtheria of the skin, II very
rare disease, was cured by the use
Of antitoxin in a little "a year-old
Berlin girl recently. She had been
badly scalded with boiling water,
and as the skin was healing she was
kissed by her mother on the wound.
ed spot. The mother had diphtheria,
and thus communicated it to the
baby's skin. The throat was not af-
fected.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01

A ~tobacconist named Farr had the
following painted above his door,
1.-The best tobacco by Farr.' A rival
t~obacconist, at the other end of the
street, painted W, Far better to-
bacco than the best tobacco by
FAIR"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01

There is no real elevation of mind
in a contempt of little things. 1t is,
on the contrary, from the narrow
views that we consider those things
of little Importance which have, in
fact, such extensive consequences
Fenelon.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01

The average walker wears away
two inches of shoe leather in a year.
A pair of boots that would last a
lifetime would consequently have
to be provided with soles from eight
to nine feet thick.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01

mo, SIR he said Indignantly as
he turned from the electric light in
his room. II won't stop here. The
idee of the hotels putin gas in a
glass case, jest as eff I didn't know
enough not to blow it out!!"-Wash-
ington Star.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01
Cause and Effect.

Customer-Your milk isn't SO rich
now as it used to be.
Milkman-Is that so? Pm sorry
to hear you say so. By the way,
Mr.. Sloper, here is a statement of
your account with me for the last
eight months. -Somerville Journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01

Every superintendent of a nation
al cemetery must be an honorably
discharged, disabled soldier or off.
e of the regular or volunteer army.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01
The Shortest.

The bard of the Visalia Delta says
the following is the shortest poem
i'll the English language:
Gladys
Sad IL.
To which we reply:
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01

In 1853 ~, ooo, 900 quilts were
shipped from Russia and Poland to
England, to say nothing of those
which were sent to other countries.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01
Perfectly Secure.

A country farmer once excused
himself for sleeping under the rec
tors sermons by observing, "Lor'.
sir, when you are in the pulpit, we
know it is all right!'-London
Standard.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01
No, He Wasn't Out.

He--And did you see Monte Carlo
while you We're at Nice:
She-No; papa called on him, !
believe, but from his disappointed
appearance when he returned to the
hotel I think Mr.. Carlo must have
been out. london Fun.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01

In 1880 the wages paid to cotton
mill hands aggregated $42, 600, 600.
Ten years later it had increased to
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01
What He Lacked.

kennard-I wish I were a rumor.
Lucie-Why sof
Kennard-So that I might gain curren
sy.-Truth.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01

Most OF the medieval manu-
scripts have the important initials
in red ink; hence arose the term
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01

The Old Woman Enough For Him.
"What do you think of the new WON.
Gnf" 81
II don't think Of her at all. Ny old
woman gives me all thinking to do that
I've time for."-New York Press.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01
Fermentation

my corns seem to know when IL 10 70
sas to RAIN"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01

Pullman Sleeping Cars,
Elegant Dining Cars,
Tourist Sleeping Cars.
TIME SCHEDULE.
IN EFFECT SUNDAY, JCNEs, 1895.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT HELENA.
No, l, Pacific Mail, west bound..... 8:25 An
no. .. Atiahtlc mail, east bound..... l1:O p. III
daily except Sunday ............. 0:S0a. III.
days; Thursdays and saturdays. $50 p. IL.
dation. daily except sundays :. 5:25 p. M.
NO. ol.Rlmlh1 mixed, Mondays, only $3.50 p. M.
TRAINS DEPART FROM HELENA
No. 1, Pacific Mail, west bound ....... s:35 q. m.
no. y Atlantic Mail east boGnd...... IL 80 p. III.
No. z, Marysville accommodation,
daily except Sundays.... ......... $3.50 D, m.
No. 10. Elkhorn accolnmod ton.
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays 7:15 a. m.
No. 10, Wickes, and Boulder accom-
mediation, daily, except sundays. T:15 a. m.
No. 1O2, Rinini mixed, Mondays. only 1O. 30 a. IN
For information. time cards, maps and tickets,
call on or write
a. ID. EDGAR,
GENERAL AGENT, HELENA, MONTANA.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-01
TIME CARD:

For Maps, Tickets and full information call
on or address
D.. s. WILLIAMS, Local Agent,
Neihart, Mont.
+. |. WHITNEY, G. p. & T. Agent.
st. Paul, Mimi.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-02-07
Another Wonderful Clock.

One OF the most wonderful clocks in
the world is being exhibited in St. Pc.
tersburg. 1t was originally maDufac.
tured for the late Duke Charles, OF
Brunswick, who bequeathed it to the
Swiss confederation. There are no
fewer than ninety-five faces to this co.
lossal timepiece. 1t indicates stimuli,
taneously the time of day at thirty
different spots of the earth's surface,
besides the movement of the earth
around the sun, the phases of the
moon, the signs of the zodiac, the
passage over the meridian OF more
than fifty stars of the northern hemi-
sphere, and the date according to the
Gregorian, Greek, Mussulman and He
brew calendars. SO complicated are
the works that it took two years to put
them together after the clock had been
sent in detached pieces from Switzer-
land to Russia. -Manufacturing jew
eler,