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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-05-08

New York city, Washington burst into
a fury of passion. care. these the men
with whom [ am to defend American"
he shouted. At some he snapped his
pistols, threatened others with his
sword, wholly regardless of the fact
that the British were already close upon
him and that his own life was in immi-
nent danger. 1t was only when an aid
de-camp seized his horses bride and
hurried him away that he consented 60
Withdraw.
(Which way is the Hessian pickett"
he asked of a man he found chopping
wood by the roadside that eventual
morning of the attack on Princeton.
Don't know" said the man, with a
surly snarl.
"Sir," said an aid, "this is General
Washington.
The mans aspect suddenly changed.
"God bless General Washington he
cried, drawing himself erect. 1.-THE
picket is in that house, and the sentry
stands near that tree"
At the siege of Yorktown. while
Washington was experimenting the
erection of a redoubt, a solid shot struck
near him, throwing up a cloud of dust.
An army chaplain, standing at his side,
was greatly alarmed. Taking off his
hat, which was covered with the dust,
he exclaimed. holding it out, "See here.
general"
"Mr. Evans, " said Washington. smil.
ing gravely, you had better carry that
home and show it to your wife and
children
While Watching the attack through
an embrasure, a musket ball struck the
cannon against which he was leaning
and fell at his feet.
my dear general, :" cried Knox, seiz-
ing his arm, "come away! We can't
spare you yet"
"Oh, no harm was DONE" answered
Washington calmly. sit was a spent
ball"
Soon after, when the enemy's works
had been carried, he drew a long breath
and said ''The work is done, and we'll
done. William, bring me my horse"
"What do you seek here?" inquired
the commander in chief of young Kos
ciusko, who had brought a letter from
Benjamin Franklin.
"To fight with you for American in
dependence"
"What can you do?"
"Try me-" What he did all lovers
Of freedom know.
81 cannot promise you the Injuries Of
court, " said Washington to the youth.
full and ardent Lafayette, "but as you
have become an American soldier you
will doubtless accommodate yourself tC
the fare of the American army"
That was the beginning of q friend.
ship that lasted until death divided
them.
"Put on your hat, parson, and l will
shake hands with you," Washington
said to the minister of Ipswich, as hi
was presented.
81 cannot wear it in your presence
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PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON.
two men to place it in the camp wagon.
Washington would lift it with one hand
End throw it in the wagon as easily as
if it were a pair of s~addlebags. He
could hold a musket with one hand and
shoot with precision as easily as other
men did with a horse pistol.
His lungs were his weak point, and
his voice was never strong, y = y
His finger joints were SO large as to be
genuine %ouriosities. y = = He was
an enormous eater, but was content
with bread and meat, if he had plenty
of it. But hunger seemed to put him in
a rage.
sit was his custom to take a drink
of rum or whisky ON awakening in the
morning. Of course all this was changed
when he grew old. l saw him at Alex
andria the year before he died. His hair
was very gray and his form was slight
ly bent. His chest was very thin. He
had false teeth. which did not fit and
pushed his under lip outward.
Such was the campfire portrait limned
by an old soldier, roughly drawn, but
vigorous and probably true to life.
A more pleasing and equally faithful
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-05-08

Insomnia is caused by a surplus
of blood in the brain, and the only
way to cur it is to remove the
cause" says a very wise doctor.
Long continued mental labor
should, of course, be avoided. 1t
keeps the blood vessels of the brain
constantly filled, and when it is over
they cannot contract. Tight cloth
ing tends to throw the blood to the
brain, and it should be avoided. The
feet should be kept warm, since cold
eXtremities interfere with circula-
ton. Unless the malady results
from moral causes, a little care and
common sense are all that are nee
essary to cure it."
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Another Matter.

An Irish priest had labored hard with
one of his flock to induce him to give
up the habit Of drinking, but the man
was obdurate.
"I tell you, Michael, :" said the priest,
whisky is your worst enemy, and you
should keep as far away from it as you
cam"
my enemy, is it, father?" responded
Michael. "And it was your riverence's
silf that was tellin us in the pulpit only
last Sunday to love our inimiesl"
$50 / was, Michael" rejoined the
priest, 'but was I anywhere telling you
to swallow 'em?"-Youth's Companion
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Continued from last issue.

MI. Lear, went to Philadelphia to be
treated for rheum stism in his feet,
Washington wrote requesting the doctor
to attend to his und Outstanding.
When at a dinner after the surrender
Of CORVALLIS the latter timidly sug-
gested as a toast, "The King" WASH
ington added-"of England. Confine
him there, I'll drink him a full bump
er,"
And it was with a sly humor that he
gave, as a letter of recommendation to
a Frenchman whom he by no means
desired to indorse:
c. volney needs no recommendation from
GEO. WASHINGTON.
Another instance of his indulging in
uncontrolled laughter was one day when
he unexpectedly came across two friends
who were OF their way to visit him as
he was riding through his CROWDS. 1t
was a hot day, and just before % house
was reached they dismounted i'll the
shade and their servant opened their
portmanteau, while they Invested them
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WASHINGTON.
The Boy, the Lover, the Soldier and the States
man..

opposing armies, he dashed down a hill,
leaped his blooded roa over a wall.
gave the view halloo and enthusiasticai-
Jy shouted to his aids, ''This is a perfect
fox chaser' This is but one instance
among many scores of his dash and Wig
or, his perfect indifference to danger.
By marriage to the Widow Gusts he
became one Of the richest men in his
province, and besides stocks and bonds,
slaves and personal properties Of other
sorts, he owned some 5000 acres Of real
ty under cultivation. At his death, in
1893, his property was valued at over
half a million dollars, including some
50, 600 acres of wild and cultivated
lands.
Hospitable and generous, his table
was always well supplied with the best
obtainable, including the many choice
dainties afforded by the adjacent Poto-
mac, as fish and wild fowl, and was
always laid with extra covers for chance
guests. Washington was abstemious in a
degree, but possessed an excellent appe-
tite, as might be expected of one given
to outdoor life. He liked a we'll cooked
anu WOlt cOINCu AiCtiy anu, SOntl6uidH
that he was, liked to linger over the
nuts and the wine.
His generous nature made him prone
to indulge in generous liquors-not to
excess perhaps, but as concomitants of
meals and on festive occasions. One Of
the first of his purchases after settling
at Mount Vernon was a "pipe of the
best old Madeira, T" and his favorite bev-
erages, aside from this same wine, were
cider, flip, small beer and porter. 1t
cannot be claimed that he believed in
total or even partial abstinence, for at
his second proposal for election to the
Virginia legislature, in 1853, his friend
who managed it rendered all account for
"a hogshead of punch and a barrel of
rum, 30 gallons strong beer, about 40
gallons wine and brandy, with ''syder
royl," etc., ad libitum. About 400 vot-
ers were treated, who averaged "per
head" 3 shillings for food and 81 shil-
lings for liquors, each with a developed
capacity of about three quarts at a sit
ting.
Washington was elected over his op-
ponent simply by drowning him out,
yet he wrote his agent that he was sur
prised at their moderation and feared he
had hot been liberal enough. He did not
object to drink, but to the effects of it,
yet he hired a gardener with the express
stipulation that as part compensation
the man should have '$4 at Christmas
with which he may he drunk four days
and four nights; So at Easter to effect
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-05-08
TRUE HAPPINESS.

DOQleQ the FORMER owner 8 1dea Oh
TRUE HAPPINESS.
These are the things which once possessed
Will make a life that's truly bless'd:
A good estate on healthy Soil,
Got not by Vice nor yet by Toll;
Round a warm Fire q pleasant Toxic,
With Chimney ever free from Smoke;
A Strength entire. a sparkling Bowl,
A quiet Wife, a quiet Soul:
A Mind, as well as Body, whole,
Prudent Simplicity, Constant Friends,
A Diet which no Art commends;
A merry Night without much Drinking,
A happy Thought without much Thinking,
Each Night by quiet Sleeps made short;
A Will to be but what thou art;
Possessed Of these, all else defy
And neither wish nor fear to Die.
These are the things which, once possessed.
Will make a Life that's truly blessed.
Above the happy household lowered
white winged peace. On-the horizon no
war clouds yet were visible. Having
abandoned the sword and pistol for the
pillow and pruning hook, this American
C~incinnatus gave himself to his agricul-
tural employments heart and soul. There
was work enough for many men to do,
but so Systematically was the vast en-
tate conducted that the owner always
found time in plenty for recreation.
With stables full of thoroughbreds and
kennels full of hounds Washington now
INDUCED in hunting, in the season, at
least two or three times a week. Says
one who went %a-hunting with him:
"The general is a very excellent and
bold horseman, leaping the highest
fences and going extremely quick, with
out standing on his stirrups, bearing on
his bride or letting his horse run wild. -
His bold riding occasionally brought
him to grief. but no serious accident
ever befell him and no mischance de-
tered him from his favorite sport. Scat
tered throughout the pages of his diary
lin which he religiously entered every
detail of his daily doings-are many en-
tries like the following:
event a-hunting with Jacky Custis
and catched q Fox, after three hours
chase found it in the Creek. y y 4 Mr..
Bryan, Fairfax, Nj. Grayson and Phil
Alexander came home by sunrise. Hunt.
ed and catched a Fox with these, Lord
Fairfax. his brother, and Colo. Fairfax,
all of whom, with MI. Fairfax and
Mr.. Wilson of England, dined here"
And they probably made a week of
it," for two days later is the entry,
"Hunted again with the same COM
pany." In his journal for January and
February, 1888. is recorded that he
went hunting five consecutive days and
followed the hounds 10 days, which is a
pretty fair record for a single month.
He INDUCED himself in this manly
sport until within a few years of his
death. and it was with great sorrow
that he finally confessed that his hunt
ing days were over.
At the battle of Princeton, it is said.
finding himself caught between the two
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WASHINGTON A

time of his marriage to the Leriod of
rupture between England and the colo
MES. During nearly 10 years he was al
lowed to pursue this enviable mode of
life, that of a wealthy planter, lord over
a wide domain and a multitude of serv-
itors. Besides the home estate of Mount
Vernon. with its 9, 900 acres, h. owned
other plantations and other thousands of
acres unsurveyed. Nearly ]. 900 persons.
mainly slaves, were employed in various
Continued next week.
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Nothing In 1t.

"As a Lenten penance," said the
spiritual director, 81 recommend that
you scrub the steps of the church edi-
fioe."
"How lovelyl'' said to herself the
frivolous lady of high social standing.
SAT the same time, it is essential
that not a newspaper shall be notified.
The light of high resolve faded from
the beautiful brow, leaving the lady in
a drear, gray mood.-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-05-08
by F. a. Ober.
nan

portrait was that given by an English
actor who CHANGED Mount Vernon way
in 1898, the year before Washington
passed away from earth. As he was rid
ing along the Potomac below Alexan-
dria he came upon an overturned chaise
containing a man and a woman. As he
rode up another horseman came upon
the scene, galloping from the opposite
direction. Together they set the horse
upon his legs, but ''the vehicle was still
PROSTATE, heavy in its frame and laden
with half a ton of luggage. Ny fellow
helper set mi an example of activity in
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-05-08
Cause For Cuts,

what exactly was your reason
for helping in the assassination of
Cesar2" asked Boswell of Brutus.
well, it was this way: The con-
dition of the body polite was pref
ty bad, and we felt that nothing
short of a surgical operation could
brace it up. So we used our knives,
that was ALL" explained Brutus.-
Harper's Bazaar.
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The Real Thing.

$50 you were bound and gagged by
bandits while in Italy, were your" ask
ed the g~arrulous person. Regularly
comic opera bandits, eh?"
mo, sir" said the traveller. There
was nothing Of the comic opera style
about them. The gags they used were,
al new. Cincinnati Enquirer.
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RI PTER XIII

GREAT LANDED PROPRIETOR.
II ever a mans life was full and
rounded, even suroharged with bless
ings, it was Washington's during his
residence at Mount Vernon, from the
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WAsHINGToN's HEADQUARTERS AT RI
TOwN-THEF FORD MANSION.
selves Of their outside garments. To
their surprise the portmanteau was
found to contains soaps and essences,
having been one taken by mistake from
a peddler. Their predioament was so
ludicrous and also their appearance that
Washington is said to have laughed
himself off his feet and rolled ON the
ground in a paroxysm of mirth.
There are more anecdotes on record
relating to Washington's bravery than
to his mirth or social accomplishments.
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XII.
HOME N HAPPINESS.

In n of the ancient books purchased
from ~Washington's estate by the govern
ment of the United States may be found
a copy of a poem which, doubtless, en-
bodied the former owners idea Of
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Idea Y! \ ~ ::$ 81 : ls!ss

Protect your ideas; they may bring you wealth.
Write JOHN WEDDEkBURN & CO., Patent Attor.
neys, Washington. d. c.. for their $3.50 prize offer
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CHAPTER X.
BRAVE TIC RASHNESS.
When his command broke and fled,
at Kipps Landing, after the retreat from
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-16
Branching Out.

The Adams Wilson Printing Co.,, is branching out for fall business, and when the scheduled prosperity arrives the Company will be ready for it.
 On yesterday Mr. C. E. Mitchell, of Texas, arrived to accept position as pressman with the Company. This ia the first time in the history of Pine Bluff printing establishments that employment has been given to pressman exclusively, and the ad- dition of pressman to the list of employees will greatly increase the Company's facilities for quick and artistic work.
 MT. W. E. Allen, one of the Com pany's trusted employees and an ar tistic and skilled job printer, has also returned from his vacation and resumed his position with the Com pany.
 The Adams Wilson Printing Co. is. therefore, iuHS fiePb VI w S''S prompt attention to all work. It's facilities are unsurpassed by any printing establishment in the South. It has all the late styles and faces of type, has four of the best and most modern job presses manufactured, is operated by steam power and is modern and up-to-date in every par ticular
 There is no need to send abroad for your printing. The Adams Wilson Printing Company can mint as neatly and cheaply anything that can be PRINTED as any other print ing establishment in the land. Pat ronize home industry.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-16
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Little Rock has quarantined against all infected yellow fever points.
 Governor Dan ". Jones will leave Little Rock for Nashville, Tenn, to- night, to view the great exposition. Streams in Saline county are dry ing mp and cattle are suffering for water.
 The Luetgert trial is nearing an end in Chicago. The defendant will be lucky if he gets off without life sentence.
 Ii is said that Senator Thurston Of Nebraska will vote in favor of the annexation of Hawaii to the United States. Great destitution is prevailing in Thessaly, on account of Turkish sol diers having appropriated all the grain.
 Texarkana has adopted a cerfew law, and no person under the age of l6 years will be allowed on the streets after 9 o'clock at night, Mason E. Mitchell, of the Conway Log Cabin, has disappeared, and it is believed that he was murdered and his body thrown into the Mis- sissippi river at Memphis. Business men of Little Rock have preferred charges against the Grcn 5 Mountain railroad for discrimina tion in freight charges. The ninth session of the A. l. U. ! law department will open in the #Suprema Court room at Little Rock on October l.
 The deputy sheritfs who murdered
 ten striking miners at Hazelton Pa
 few days ago, have not yet been 2 arrested. Warrants for their arrest
 Will not be served until the State Nalitia has been withdrawn. q The Louisville and Nashville road
 's no longer running passenger
 trains out of New Orleans and the
 Alssissippi Valley Road has also dis #eontued it's regular daily train #Seryice between that city and Mem $ phis.
 The people of Jackson, Miss, are
 completely demoralized It is said
 lhat over two thousand of the in
 naoltants have left their homes on @ account of fear of yellow fever,
 @nleh is raging at Edwards,
 twenty-five miles distant from
 ackson.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-16
RESTRAINING ORDER
Will Be Asked by the A. I. U. Board of Trustees in the Bond Ex-
 change Controversy.

Hon. J. c. Mitchell, county treas urer of Washington county, arrived in Little Rock this morning on busi- ness connected with the exchange of State for county bonds, as con- templated by the act of the recent Legislature, which has just been de- elared valid and constitutional by Attorney General Kings worth, says the Arkansas Democ1ut. State Treasurer Galley being absent at his home in Izard eounty,f the de maad for an exchange was made of Deputy Treasurer T. E. Little, who announced that he could give his answer at l o'clock this afternoon. At that hour he formally refused to make the exchange because of the fact that Treasurer Gulley had fixed September 2 as the date upon which it should be done, and he did not feel authorized to tranacend the ac- tion of his chief; furthermore, HoHs. J. B. MeDonaugh and c. c. Hamby, of the A. I. U. Board of Trustees, served notice upon him that they would bring action for restrain ing order enjoining the State Treas urer from making the exchange until the Supreme Court might pass upon the constitutionality of the act.
 Upon this announcement Mr. Mitchell and Judge s. R. CockrlIl, as his attorney. made the formal tender of the State bonds, to the amount of $84, ,O75, including interest, which were refused by the deputy treasurer. Further than the notification already mentioned Messrs. Hamby and McDonough de- cline to discuss their course. Mr. McDonough said that no action would be taken for several days, owing to the absence of Attorney General Trustworthy and State Treasurer Gulley.
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PRECIOUS BRUTE ;!
s4m CALDWELL A FIT SUBJECT
 FOR THE HANGMAN.
outrages & Young Negro Girl His Victim in 8 Dangerous
 Condition.

Tuesday Deputy Constable Cred Taylor arrested Sim Caldwell, ! n,,ero on warrant charging him vii wjtb outraging a negro girl under 9 xears of age. The crime was com mitted Sunday, near the Taylor s.lace. and the matter has been kept najet until the brute could be ea ught.
 Caldwell seems to be an all .rband criminal. He is now under |bbnd to await the action of the
 Brand Jury on the charge of cattle |xtealing and to add to and put the Finishing touches to his life of crime ke outrages a child, and so dread #plly abuses her that her life hangs sn the balance.
 Fortunately forGaldwell he select 'ed for his victim one of his own race or cr, this ha would have had to be securely aud heavily guarded by the the officers to keep the peo- ple from giving him summary pun ishment. The rapist is now in jail. The law has a clear case against him and his life will pay the penafty, by legal means, for his crime.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-16
ADVERTISING CITIZENS.
Pine Street Paved From Second to
 Fourth Avenues.

The paving of Pine street, from Second to Fourth avenue, has been completed. The finishing touches were put on the last block yester- day.
 The city of Pine Bluff is under ob- ligations to four enterprising and progressive citizens for the paying of Pine street from Third to Fourth avenues, viz: A. Brewster, ]. S. Ingram, the Ice and Coal Go. and the Southern Grocery Go.
 These gentlemen and firms own the property on the block, so, a few months ago, they decided to pave the street. Bids for the work were solicited; but the least bid re ceived was $2, 600.
 MT, Brewster began to figure on the matter and he found that by the four property owners employing the labor aud purchasing the necessary material, that the work could be done for much less, and better, than if let out by contract.
 Today the work is completed and paid for, and the cost was less than $1, 500.
 The street was first excavated to the desired depth and then filled in with a concrete gravel to the depth of about a foot. Over this was spread . thin layer of sand and on
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-16
PEACE NOW.
THE AMBASSADORS ALL RE. CEIvED THEIR INsTRUC-
 TONS.
Full Agreement on the Basis of Lord sslisbury's Proposals
 Pasha's Big Bluff.

LONDON Sept. 16.-The morning papers contain dispatches from Con- stantinople asserting that all the ambassadors are now in receipt Of instructions enabling them to come to q full agreement OH the basis of Lord Salisbnry's proposals for the constitution Df m international commission representing the six powers, tolassume control of the rev enues with which Greece will guar antee the payment of interest to the holder Of the old bonds as well as payment of the indemnity loan.
 TeWfik Pasha, the Turkish foreign minister, has renwed his protest on behalf of Turkey at the needless de- lay in arriving at a settlement. ]"
 According to authoritative reports, the treaty of peace may now be signed at any moment. 1t is under stood that q .000, ,000 Turkish will be paid to the Turkish Government through the Imperial Ottoman Bank as soon as the evacuation of Thes saly commences. One of the factors calculated to hasten the evacuation is contributed by the great suffering of the Turkish army in Thessaly. The troops are almost decimated by disease, a circumstance which the Turkish authorities sedulously en- deayor to conceal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-16

top of this was placed yitrifed Malvern brick, making a street which will last century,.
 These property owners issued no bonds on which to pay interest for twenty years. They went down in their pockets for the cash, had the work done, paid for it, and now our city has another block of paved street of which her people have cause to feel proud.
 Pine Bluff needs a few more citi- zens like the above.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-16
WILL APPLY FOR BAIL.
J. NJ. Muse Resorts to 8 Writ of Habeas Corpus to Secure
 Bail.

Friday, in this city, before Judge Elliott, J. M. Muse, who recently killed Dr. Beard, at Yorktown, in Lincoln County, will have hearing on writ of habeas corpus in the endeayor to secure bail.
 None of the testimony adduced at this hearing will be published, as the ease is to be tried before the Jefferson Circuit Court in Novem. Der, and the publishing of the testi- mony will have the tendency to dis. qualify many persons who might be selec ted as jurors on the case.