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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-01-16
PERSONALITIES.

The German emperor is fond of light
and bright colors and has a particular
dislike to see the empress in black.
The late Colonel Walter Raleigh Gill
bert, chief constable of Cornwall, Eng
land, vas a descendant Of Sir Humphrey
Gilbert.
Edward Box, the editor of The Ladies'
Home Journal, was recently married to
Miss Louise Curtis, daughter Of Cyrus
Curtis, who owns the publication.
1t is said that Mr.. and Mrs. James p.
Kernochan will take a house in London
for the next season and will pass the
winter of 1897 and 1893 in France and
Italy.
Emile lola spends money with a Law
ish hand. His house, at Milan, cost
1000, 900 francs. and the objects of art
which it contains are worth 9, 900, 900
more. One table in his drawing room
cost 50, 200.
Acting under the authority granted
by the South Carolina legislature, Gen
eral Hugh L. Farley is collecting and
will publish in permanent form the rolls
of all the companies raised in that state
for service in the Confederate army.
Baron and Baroness Halkett have
occupied the Hotel Gueda, in Paris,
since the early autumn, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Arson Phelps Stokes will be their
guests early in December. Later the en-
tire family will visit different parts Of
southern Europe.
Princess Beatrice is the greatest pho
tograph collector in England. She has
800 photographs placed about her vari-
u rooms, while she has thousands
safely stored away. She has been an as
siduous collector of photographs ever
since she was a little child.
Mr.. Swithin Fleming, a close friend
of Daniel O'Connell and the Oldest So
licitor in Ireland, died recently at Mid
dleton, England, aged 100 years. A day
or two before Mr.. W. Browning, who
had been a Wesleyan local preacher for
70 years, died at Lancaster at the age Of
90 years.
General and Mrs. Nelson Miles will
soon occupy their handsome new home
on Rhode Island avenue, Washington,
and many elaborate entertainments will
be given there this winter. Justice
White, Mrs. Sheridan and the secretary
Of state are thu nearest neighbors Of the
army chief and his wife.
The Rev. Miles Grant of Boston is a
strict vegetarian and never uses meat,
pies, cakes, tea, coffee, sugar, salt or
spices. His daily food is u%nleavened
graham bread, vegetables, cheese and
milk, and he says that he lives we'll at a
cost of 81 cents a week, the result being
that he is healthy and strong.
The sultan Of Turkey is declared to
be a domestic man, intensely fond Of
his children, for whom he has a tiny
theater, wherein they play small parts
for the delectation of their papa. The
principal bette noire Of his majesty the
sultan is the bicycle, which he declares
Is immoral and dangerous to the state.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-01-16

only for present needs, thus we find
it necessary from time to time to ad-
just these laws as conditions demand.
A nation that fails or neglects in
these, is but inviting anarchy and
socialism to complete national de-
struction.
Protection, as understood to apply
to international trade and commerce
is often misinterpreted and applied
locally to aid some selfish object
without regard to its national effect,
There is no nation without protec-
ton, let it be natural or artificial, nc
nation can exist as the world is now
constituted without protection, all
must have it, and not only have it,
but must ever guard it with Jealous
care ~,
We have tried high tariff and low
tariff for only, zone seems to
help, the evil still exists; therefore
bimetallism, national or international
is one of the remedies that must be
applied.
The efforts on behalf of the in
coming administration looking to
international bimetallism, coupled
with a wise adjustment of our tariff,
meets with u hearty support. 1t
is timely and carries with it an ele-
ment of good faith that promises
uccess There is nothing of the
perfunctory style of the present adj
ministration iii dealing with the sub
iect. 1t is commenced at the pro-
per time and in a businesslike man
ner, some of the leaders going so far
as to indicate hat at least a part of
foreign bonds would be paid in de-
preciated dollars if international BIZ
metallism was refused. The people
are awake to our condition and are
Judging correctly as to the kind of
protection needed. England has a
high protection; the world is paying
her tribute; she is, by her gold
standard policy debating the mar
ket prices of the world. 1t is unfair.
Let us meet her with n equally as
high until she is made to see the
business of our demands and accedes
to them.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-01-16

Nations like individuals are in
need of protection, not a narrow sell
fish or sectional protection, but
n that will tend to develope
and sustain the national OF
the country. If it was not for the
ambition and selfishness of man, nei-
Their personal or national protection
would be needed. Man is endowed
with certain natural rights sufficient
to enable him to follow the pursuits
of happiness and the enjoyment of
life. In this he is not content and
seeks to take advantage of his
neighbor when occasion occurs
What is true of mankind is also true
of nations. To protect man certain
laws are enacted upon the statute
books of each country, and in order
that each nation may not be deprived
of her national rights, there is an in
ternational law. Laws are enacted
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-01-16
DAINTY TRIPLES.

Dripless tea strainers are a boon to
careful housewives.
With the present fad for green in dec
grafton, Italian green marble pedestals
are to the fore.
Irregular edges and patterns in relief
are again revived not only in silver
dishes, but in china ones.
Water and wine glasses engraved with
gilt are in rocco style and have a space
left in the decoration for a monogram.
For cut flowers there are attractive
vases in Australian glass decorated with
colored floral designs outlined with
gold.
There is a demand for cut glass dishes
in small sizes and odd shapes. for hold
ing butter balls, olives, sailed almonds
and bonbons.
Among holiday goods are numbered
Dutch bottles, with indented sides.
These bottles are Of crystal and are set
in silver stands.
Complete writing table sets of tor
toise shell, mounted with perforated
gold or silver ornamentation, are num-
bered among acceptable wedding pres
ents. --Jewelers' Circular.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-01-16
A Georgia Campaign.

There were two candidates for a local
office in Georgia whose relations were
cordial. They never quarreled, and they
dined and slept together in true Chris
tian fashion. On the day of election one
Of the candidates was confined to his
room with a sprained ankle. When the
result was announced, his rival rushed
to his room and exclaimed:
John, dad burn it. I'm elected"
you're a liarl" cried John from the
bed.
And with that and his sprained ankle
he ''came FORTH" as it were, and they
clinched, and such a fight as they had
beat all the records in that town. The
room was two brief stories from the
ground, but the crippled and defeated
candidate succeeded in getting the elect.
ed to the window and pitched him head
long out of it.-Atianta Constitution.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-01-16
BILL NYE WAS ANNOYED.
How the Late Humorist Turned the Laugh
ON MAGICIAN Herrmann

How the Late Humorist Turned the Laugh
on Magician Hermann.
A few years ago the late Bill Nye
and Hermann, the magician, met for
the FIRST time in a small Ohio town.
Each knew the other very we'll both by
reputation and from personal character
istics, but they never had been intro
duced. By chance they stopped at the
same hotel on the occasion referred to
and were given seats at the same table
In the dining room They bowed polite
ly and began talking about the weather,
each believing that the other did not
recognize his vis-a-vis.
just as Nye raised his knife and fork
to cut a dish of lettuce salad Hermann
uttered a cry of protest and surprise.
Nye stopped in establishment.
Excuse me, sir, " remarked the wiz
ard, "but I thought I saw something
queer there In your lettuce"
The humorist carefully looked over
the salad, leaf by leaf, but found moth
ing, and again raised his knife to cut
1t. Again he vas stopped by a sharp
cry from Hermann, who added apollo
getically: 81 beg a thousand pardons,
but 1 surely could not have been mis-
taken that time. There is something
there. Excuse me, a" and he pointed to a
large lettuce leaf, raised it and disclosed
underneath a magnificent diamond clus-
ter ring worth several hundred dollars.
Nye slowly picked up the ring, and
without the slightest manifestation of
surprise drawled out. ''This sort of
thing has gone just far enough. I'm
continually shedding diamonds wher-
ever / 60. Day before yesterday I lost a
solitaire in a sugar bowl in Pittsburg,
and in Cleveland this morning the
chambermaid, in sweeping my room,
found three or four more. 1t is posi-
lively giving me brain flag to keep track
OF these things, and I'm going to give
1t up as a bad job"
Reckoning to a waitress, he slipped
Herrmann's ring into her hand and
said; "Here's a tri1e for you. Keep it
to remember me by. It's yours"
1t took the owner of the ring about
half a day to recover it, and it cost him
several bottles afterward. - Chicago
Times Herald.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-01-16

Much speculation is INDUCED in
as to what Senator Wolcott will &C
complish in England. We believe
hat from England he will carry to
the Continent the assurance that il
the Continental nations will join the
United States in silver restoration.
England will at once reopen her
Indian minis, will change half the
reserve in the Bank of England and
in other English banks to silver, and
will issue a one-ponnd silver note tc
a large amount. Armed with that.
Mr.. Wolcott will be able to point
out to the European governments
the failure of the gold standard, the
absolute necessity of a return to the
old double standard, and that such a
return by Europe and the United
States will give to the nations &C
cepting it, aside from the revival Of
prices and business at home, such adj
vantages in trade in silver-usihe
countries that Great Britain herself
will be bound to accept the same
rule within a year or two.
The necessities of Europe will,
give to the arguments a strength
which they never had before. We
believe, too, hat the Rothchilds see
by this time that as things are tend.
ing, if they ever get any return fol-
the vast sums loaned, it will be sill.
yer, and through pure ~selfshness
will desire tie make the silveras gooc
as the gold dollar. We take a hope.
full view of the outcome of the pres
ent effort.-Salt Lake Tribune.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-01-16
The Orator Only Partly Right.

"You, you," shouted the orator,
pointing his finger at the man with tin
pail and overalls, "you, my friend, I
venture to say, dare not call your vote
your own. Am 1 right, or am Iwrong?''
81 guess you are right" answered
the laborer. 1n<
"Therel Look at him. His vote own
cd by a s~oulless~ corporation"
"Look here, mister, " the man of toll
shouted in turn, ''don't you go to call
in my wife no names like that, or you
an me will mix. indianapolis Jour
nal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-01-16

Among the many bills introduced
in the house, the one referring to the
classification and regulation of rail
road freight and passenger rates, is
of special interest to people in this
locality. No place in Montana is
suffering more at present, from the
effects of freight rates, than is this
region.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-01-16

The Oregon Shortline sells for
$5,447, 500.
Late reports from Cuba state that
Maceo still lives.
James J. Corbett knocks ont his
stage manager at Detroit, Mich.
Daniel F. Dawes ex-governor OF
Maine dies of heart disease.
American Tobacco Works in Dan
vile, Va. goes up in smoke. Loss
$150,000.
An earthquake shakes up the
Swedes in Stockholm, Sweden.
The First National bank of Alma,
Neb. goes under, liabilities $685.
900.
Gov. Matthews, of Indiana, in his
message to the legislature strongly
advocates the recognition of Cuban
be~ligerency.
The city of Bozeman is consider.
ing a proposition to bond the city
for 100000 in order to purchase
the Bozeman Waterworks.
100 Texans put to flight 300 Span.
ish soldiers, killing 5 and wounding
40 more, besides capturing a supply
train.
Special Bank Examiner Foreman,
of Missouri, takes the place of E. d
Edgerton as receiver of the First
National of Helena.
Senator Hansbrough has been
chosen as the nominee for the Senate
by the republicans of North Dakota.
which means his reelection on Jan
10.
A strike made in the Kennedy
mine at Grass Valley, Cal, at &
depth of 2,1OO feet shows a body Of
very rich ore 30 feet wide.
Lady Selma Scott, mother-in-law
of Earl Russell gets 8 months in the
British pen for slandering her son.
in-law.
Presidential electors Brown, Frank
and Maginnis met last Monday and
went through the formality of cast
ing their votes for Bryan.
Mill workers in the employ o.
Carnegie, at Pittsburg and Home.
stead, Pa. organize a company witt
2 100000 capital, to build anc
operate iron and steel works a
Port Angeles, Puget Sound.
Senator Vest receives the Demo.
cratic caucus nomination for the
United States Senate at Jefferson
Mo. The Legislature will vote or
the subject Jan. 10, and it is assured
that he will be reelected.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-01-16

Only seven states were represent
ed at the gold standard Democratic
conference, held in Chicago. But
the sixty delegates present declare
for continued opposition to silver,
and propose to swing their party I'M
der the democratic Republican,
banner.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-01-16
Great Falls claims to have a we'll
organized branch of the Malta society.

There appears to be little doubt
hat the present members of the
Legislature will present more
bills than they pay.-Anaconda
Recorder.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-01-16
An Easy Living.

where are you working now, Mary?"
"Ain't workin nowheres. 1 am in
business for myself. l got a couple doz-
en- ladies that pays me a quarter a week
to come around and ask 'em for a place,
and it makes the hired girl they got
mad. and she won't leave. "-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-01-16
A Georgia Love Song.

I'm thinkin of you, darlin,
An longin fer your face
As the medders long fer mornin
An the sinners long fer grace,
Thar's nothin else kin cheer me
Or brighten up the place.
I'm longin-don't you hear me
I'm longin fer your face. .
Longin fer you, darlin-
Waitin fer a sign.
The tables set an ready,
An the fires blazin fine.
I'm thinkin of you, darlin,
In the field an in the town.
I know you're fur above me.
But / want ter COAX you down.
/ see your bright eyes shinin
Like steady stars for me.
My possum-oh, my blossom
My possum up the treei
Longin fer you, darlin-
Waitin fer a sign.
You're lookin fat an sassy,
An the fires blazin fine.
Atlanta Constitution
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-01-16

The holdover Senators, Sigh,
Cooper and Floweree were reseated
by the Senate by a vote of IL to 8.
Messers Hickman, Dingwall and
o. G.. Cooper, Contestants, getting
the minority report.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-01-16

The St. James Gazette, of London
says everybody wants to know how
far Mckinley means to go in the
direction of doing something for sill
yer. Moreton Frewen, however, has
discovered exactly what's on foot.
He has written to a financial daily
paper pointing out that if Russia
means to resume specie payments
she will have to buy 3OO,OOO,OOO
ounces of silver and tariff concessions
on the part of the United States
would induce her to do so. This
operation will easily rehabilitate sill
yer on a 159 to l basis and France
and Germany will probably join for
similar considerations. So McKin-
ley is apparently in for tariff reduc-
tions and a boom in silver.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-01-16
Bankruptcy.

She feared TO make the avowal.
Edwin" she faltered, when she
could no longer postpone the inevitable,
''my father has failed in business"
He shivered.
"Alasi" he sighed. Nov that you
are become rich I suppose our fond
dream of love is at an end. detroit
Tribune.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-01-16
Tnkind Fate.

SIT must have been a thrilling sight
when the bandages were taken off De
Benyon's eyes and he was able to see
again after ten long years of blind
ness"
sit was. He burst into tears and
reached for the bandages again. The
first object his eyes rested upon happen
ed to be a girl in bloomers. Chicago
Tribune.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-01-16
Modern Facilities.

"The age of chivalry is entirely
past" she said.
81 don't know about that" the
young man answered.
"Men can't engage in duels to settle
affairs of the heart"
"No. but they can join rival foot
ball teams. "-Washington Star.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-01-16
Her Own Fault.

"There have been thieves in the city
hail." he said as he put down the pa
per.
"Oh, well, you have no right to COM
plain, =" she answered. "You helped to
elect them. Chicago Post.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-01-16
Good Prospects,,

What makes you think you will
make such a tremendous success of the
china business?"
1--WE agree to provide a new cook
with every set. New York Herald.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-01-16

Collector-When kin you pay this
bill?
Business Manager-See the puzzle
editor. Comic Home journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-01-16

Granite Street, Neihart, Montana.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-01-16
STATE NEWS.

The Oregon Shortline sells for
$5,447, 500.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-12-24

ing he had taken at least enough, and
drop extra for good measure. Good
measure, poured down and hiccough-
ing over.
Mr.. Gilgal had purchased a beautiful
ten-foot feather boa for his wife's
Christmas present. Not so much as a
surprise as a peace-offering. For Mr..
Gilgal had the wisdom of the serpent.
In fact he was pretty near the stage
when he would have the serpents minus
the wisdom.
Mrs. Gilgal had been unusually severe
of late, and had said several things
more JUST tnan kInu IN tone tnat IaIIeu
to remind Mr.. Gilgal of the voice of the
dove he had courted and won. 1t re-
minded him more of man fling buzz
saw. On this account Mr.. Gilgal
deemed it wise to make his wife pres
ent, and after purchasing the boa and
taking several more glasses of liquid
wobble he hailed a cab and drove home.
Mrs. Gilgal was already in bed sleep
ing the sleep of innocence, and Mr..
Gilgar craftily laid the boa on the
foot of the bed in beautiful waving
length. Then he got into bed and tried
to sleep. He could not. Either his con-
science or his shoes disturbed him. and
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-12-24
Settling Accounts in China.

It is positive necessity with the
Chinese to have all accounts settled be-
fore the close of the old year, and
tradesmen sell their goods at any price
in order to meet their liabilities. A
ceremony is held in their josshouses on
New Years eve for the purpose of set
Ting accounts. They all gather around
an open furnace, and the debts that
cannot be paid are thrown into the
furnace and burned, for debts which
are not settled on New Years eve can
not be subsequently recovered. If it is
found later that anyone could have
paid his debts and did not do so, he is
either killed when the fact is known, or
disgraced by having his name written
on his own door as defaulter.
Acreditorwill often pursue his debtor
all night long in order to procure his
payment in time. They even resort to
the fiction of carrying lighted lantern
after daybreak in order to lengthen the
night. The one thing which will pro-
tect a debtor from an importunate
creditor is the presence of O corpse In
his house. Knowing this, body will
be kept in the house for years, in order
that they can be neither dunned for
debt nor evicted for rent, should they
be unable to pay.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-12-24
THE MERRY CHRISTMAS TIME.

Ring the bells, ring the bells, Christmas Ia
here!
Dear, blessed Christmas, best time Of the
year;
Day Of the children, day of good cheer,
Here's to the world greeting
Danish grim sorrow, bid merriment reign
Let not rare laughter be echoed in vain,
Shout, lads and lassies, again and again;
Christmas joys are fleeing.
Fair are the parlors with mistletoe dressed,
Sweet are the kisses on ruby lips pressed,
Young hearts beat warmly at true loves
behest,
And heed not the words of the scorner.
Smoother the wrinkles on grandfathers
brow,
Mother is smiling. pray look at her now
Hidden the milestones to which mortals
bow,
While the old clock ticks in the corner.
And the little one there. with his mother
SO poor,
God walked beside when they entered your
door,
His blessings upon you-and would there
were more
Who needed His loving warning:
What greater blessing can a mortal desire,
As he sits in the glow of his Christmas fire,
Than sweet notes Of Joy from povertys
Tyre,
And smiles on the face of mourning.
lone L. Jones. in Good Housekeeping.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-12-24

from shore to sky line, and she paused
and enjoyed it as only a person gifted
with fine appreciation could. Mrs. Pea
body knew that she possessed this gift
and she never attempted to belittle or
exceed it. Her appreciation of the
efforts of others was cordial and intelli-
gent and wholly unmixed with weak
desire to initiate them.
For this reason she was favorite
with artists, musicians and literary
workers. who valued her opinion and
regarded her not as the worldly Mrs.
Peabody, but quite one of themselves.
Still, Mrs. Peabody was q societywoman
to the end of her finger tips. She
would no more have missed a social
function from choice than she would
have broken the deca1ogue, and she
certainly would not have done that, for
she was not only q member Of one of
the most fashionable Presbyterian
churches in the city, but her husband
was one Of it's elders, and in her way
she lived the religion she professed.
Indeed she was In all things wholly sim
cere- There was not even in her youth
full appearance q single note of arti-
fciaHty.
The Peabodys were notrich, but they
were able to have many of the luxuries
of life. On the wall above Mrs. Pea
body's work table was one Of Gains
vivid yet delicately ideal interpreta-
tons of nature. Further on was q
small Corot, brilliant bit Of Vibert's
realism, a Landseer, Gibson girl and
a gay, impossible poster, for Mrs. Pea
body's appreciation was Of the all
around kind. Still there were some
things which Mrs. Peabody wanted
very much which she did not have, and
one of them was q pair of diamond
solitaires. Her ears had been pierced
when she was child. She never would
have thought of wearing anything less
handsome than fine gems, and the
small, vacant punctures were an ever
present thorn in the rose of her satisfac-
ton as she viewed herself costumed
and ornamented for the many functions
she was never weary of attending. She
would not have told just how it was
that desiring them so much she had al
ways missed having them, but so 1t was.
AS she sat stitching she found herself
wondering IL possibly the coveted
solitaires might not be among her
Christmas gifts. She had confded to
an intimate friend, with whom Mr..
Peabody invariably consulted when he
gaveher presents, how much she want