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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
Gilded Beauties.

The eastern women, especially those
in Turkey, paint their eyebrows with
gilt paint, and at night the effect is
very brilliant and oriental When, by
chance, a Chinese girl has eyes that are
not quite so slanting as usual, she can
safely lay claim to special beauty.
Many japanese women gild their teeth,
while the beauties of the Indies stain
theirs brilliant red. Some of the Afri
cans stain their teeth jet black. Per.
sian women pencil the outer corners of
their eyes 10 make them look almond
shaped, which is considered an especial
mark of beauty. The women in many
oriental countries die their finger nails
with henna, others let them grow to an
enormous length.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
Enormous Lifting Power.

The shelless limpet pulls 1884 times
its own weight when in the air and
about double when measured in the wa
ter. Fleas pull 1,493 times their own
dead weight The Mediterranean cookie,
Venus verrucosa, can exert a pulling
power equal to 2,071 times the weight
of its own body. So great is the power
possessed by the oyster that to open it
force equal to 1919. 8 times the weight
OF its shelless body is required. If the
human being possessed strength as great
in proportion as that of these shellfish,
the average man would be able to lift
the enormous weight of acre, 900
pounds, pulling in the same degree as
the limpet And if the man pulled in
the same proportionate degree as the
cookie he would sustain weight of no
less than 8, l06, 500 pounds. -Worthing-
toms Magazine
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
BETRAYED by a Flower,

To the monastery of the Grand Char
treuse women, as rule, are inexorably-
refused admittance, only a very few
having had the privilege of seeing the
Carthusians (monks of the order) at
home. A story is told of a French
daughter of Eve, blessed with even a
greater share of curiosity than that pos
sessed by the generality of her sex,
who, having heard from her husband
and brother of their late interesting
visit to the monastery, tried by every
means in her power to effect an entrance
there, but all to no avail. Determined,
however, by hook or crook, to succeed,
she at last hit upon the happy idea of
presenting herself there dressed as a
man, managing to persuade her husband
to allow her to do so, and to take her
with him on his next visit.
On arriving at the gates of the mon
astery she entered unchallenged with
the remainder of the party, but while
in the garden the conducting monk,
leaving her side, gathered an exquisite
rose, which he brought and presented
to her with conrtly bow, proving that
he at least was not deceived by her dis.
guise. She, too, foolishly betrayed her
self by her ready grace and charm of
manner i'll accepting the rose, which she
did most Willingly. Needless to say
that after this incident she never pene-
trated into the interior of the building
nor saw what she was dying to see, but
returned unsatiSfied, q sadder and a
wiser woman, with high appreciation,
however, of the keen discernment of the
cloistered ones.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
PEN, CHlSEL AND BRUSH,

Raphael is said to have conceived in
dreams the ideas of some OF his gren test
pictures.
The late president of the Royal acad
emy, Sir John Millais, received an average
Of $4,000 for each Of the 800 pictures he
painted.
Augustus st. Gaudens, the sculptor,
works quietly in his studio on Broadway,
New York, and seldom, il ever, intrndes
upon other people.
Florence Marryat, the novelist, has set
for herself a hercnlean task in starting a
school for the purpose Of teaching young
aspirants the art Of novel writing
Anthony Hope Hawkins, being asked If
he would write book ON America after
bis reading tour in the fall, answered :
mot II you treat me well over there In
deed will be there too long to write my
Impressions. | understand that no tray-
eler ever writes book who stays in n
country more than week, and | will be
In America three months at the least"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
WITH THE HONEYMOON.

Try to be satisfied to commence on
small scale.
Try to cultivate the moral courage that
will resist the arrogance of fashion.
Try being perfectly independent from
the first and shun debt in all its forms.
Try to avoid the too common mistake
of making an unwise effort to "begin
where the parents ended.'
Try to be cheerful in the family circle,
no matter how annoying may be the bust
ness cares and the housekeeping trials.
Try to cooperate cheerfully in arranging
the family expenses and share equally In
any necessary self denials and economies.
Try to remember that 1t matters but
little what 'people think" provided you
are true to yourselves, to right and duty,
and Keep your expenses within your
means.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
Making Parchment Paper.

The operation of manufacturing parch-
ment papers such as are used for wrap
ping butter and other similar objects
is very interesting one. Parchment il
produced directly from the raw paper
web in practically one operation The
sheet to be parchmentized is passed
through sulphuric acid and then through
rollers having uniform action, which
discharge the surplus acid, the expressed
liquid being returned to the tank or
vessel. The paper is then carried and
passed through washing apparatus as
tank, and also through sprays of
water, being led and guided by rolls
over which 1T passes, so that the free
acid is washed off or removed as far as
possible by mechanical washing The
sheet next passes through bath of soda
solution or alkali and then through
nippers to express surplus alkali. which
is returned to the bath. Then the paper
is carried through an apparatus to be
further washed with water Next it is
passed through bath of teaching m;
terial, as "hleach" or the like. then
through further washing apparatus,
again passed between presses and
squeezed, and then firally it is passed
through a bath of g ycerin, after the
passage through which the paper is
wound upon roller or coiled up in
completed state of parchmentization.-
Paper Mill
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
ANIMAL ODDITIES.

The cobra is said TO be the only serpent
that emits cry, which resembles the
squeak Of u rat.
The male snake is always smaller, more
slender, of brighter color and more active
than the female.
A female queen ant is always attended
by one or more servants TO carry of her
eggs, Of which she lays from 5000 to TO-
900 year.
The elephant is from 10 to 12 feet in
length and from to feet In height. al
though elephants of 10 feet in height have
been numerous.
a circus elephant in south Wales lifted
h cart, pony and driver with his trunk.
hurling them all into hedge, because the
wheel accidentally touched Its foot.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
Seeing Rome.

"How long have you been in Rome?''
said Pope Plus TX.
"Three weeks" was the ready an
swer.
"Ah, then," said his holiness, "you
have seen Rome. And how long have
you been here?" asked he, turning to
the second visitor.
'Three months" was the answer.
"You, then," continued the pope,
"have begun to see Rome. And you
sir, turning finally to the third of his
visitors, chow long have you been
here?'
"Three years., was the reply.
"Then you," said the pope, "have
not begun to see Rome"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
Making Love Tn "A Tree.

Billing and cooling among the Fijians
is curious feature in their social Gus
toms 1t is decidedly against the rule
to do any courting within doors. The
gardens or plantations are the spots held
sacred to Cupid, and the generally ap-
proved trysting place of lovers is high
up among the branches of breadfruit
tree.
You may often walk around a planta-
tion on a moonlight night and see
couples perched 40 feet from the ground
in the breadfruit trees, one on each side
of the trunk, position which comes
fairly within the limits Of Fijian
maiden's ideas of modesty.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
RI, MONTANA, OCTOBER 80. 1897.
Bits of Wisdom.

A wise woman will have her husband
so well trained that when she tells him
thing once it will he enough. Men
hate to have thing 'dingdonged into
them, as some of them elegantly ex-
press 1t. l am very even tempered
man, but | think my self praise would
suffer severe shock if my wife told me
to order barrel of tioar when we first
got up i'll the morning AID then repeat
ed the command six times at the break.
fast table, twice while was putting on
my overcoat and gloves and then fol-
lowed me to the gate to scream it out
after me as l turned the corner. Men
hate that sort of nagging.
wise man will not tell his wife any
lies, not even little white ones. If he
must lie, he will be safer and wiser if
he lies to some one less likely to uncov-
er his duplicity A wife is regular
ferret in matter of this kind. l never
told mine harmless little fib in my
life that she didn't expose ME before the
sun went down. 1t is wonderful what
clever intuition women have in this di-
reotlon. 1t 's dumfounding to men who
are not always absolutely truthful. The
best of husbands often feel that there
are things they won't bother wife
with" - little complications in their
business affairs or little extravagant ex-
penditures in the way of hotel dinner
or some other little harmless affair of
which they would just little rather
not speak or in regard to which they
may equivocate. But they'd better tell
the truth and hold to it, 1t is always
best in the end, as men find out tie
older they grow / have found it or
with, l trust, most of the years of my
life still before me- -Zenas Dane.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
Temper.

Temper itself is not bad quality. 1t
is not to be destroyed, as we sometimes
say. Without temper bar of steel be-
comes like lead. A man without temper
is weak and worthless. We are to learn
self control. A strong person is one who
has strong temper under perfect mas
terry. There is deep truth here-that
our mistakes and our sins, if we repent
of them, will help in the growth and
upbuilding of our character. House
wife
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
The Search For Truth.

In the search for truth no aid is SO
effective as the ever ready spirit of ac-
tivity. He who postpones putting what
he knows into practice until he knows
more will find his journey a long and
discouraging one. Carlyle well says:
Conviction, were it never so excellent
is worthless till it converts itself into
conduct Nay, properly conviction is
not possible till then, inasmuch as all
speculation is by nature endless and
formless Most true is it, as wise man
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
YourS for trade,
D. L. S. BARKER.

teaches us, that, Doubt OF any sort can
not be removed except by action On
which ground, too, let him who gropes
painfully in darkness or uncertain light
and prays vehemently that the dawn
may ripen into day, lay this other pre-
cept we'll to heart, which to me was of
invaluable service, Do the duty which
lies nearest to thee, which thou know
est to be duty. The second duty will
already have become clearer. -
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30

A balloon was sent up from Berlin
in 1895 equipped with self registering
thermometers and barometers. 1t came
down in Bosnia with the instruments
in good condition. The barometer regis
tered all elevation of 53,872 feet, and
the thermometer temperature of SO de-
grees below zelo F.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
Tobacco Smoke and Flowers,

A remarkable effect of tobacco smoke
ON the color of flowers may be seen in
the case of the field scabia named
botanically Knavtia arvensis, so fire.
quently on the hills and commons from
August till October. If its purplish blue
blossoms, which form nearly globose
heads, are held in the smoke of tobacco,
their color will soon turn to b.ight
green, about the same color as the
leaves.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30

1t has been recently established that
the fusel oil in raw spirits can be re-
moved by the introduction of a current
OF pure oxygen. The flavor of the spirit
is not only improved, but its physiolog-
ical action is much ameliorated.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
Bessarabia.

One of the most productive sections
of the world is the Russian province of
Bessarabia, AIKEN from Turkey in 1873.
Its vineyards often yield 800 gallons of
wine per acre. The average yield of
wheat is 35 bushels, and of maize so
bushels.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
To Take a Mans Measure.

Tailors can take customers measure
very quickly by device which has
three graduated brackets sliding on each
other to fit on a mans back and arm,
with tape measures attached to them at
the proper positions for taking all the
measures
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
A Fashion Note.

Doctor Ito female patient) you've
got slight touch of fever Your tongue
has thick coat
Patient (excitedly1-Oh, doctor, do
tell me how it fitsl-Facts and Fiction.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30

New Family PhysTcian-And now,
my dear madam, will you briefly tell
me what you have already done for your
Illness?
Madam-Europe and North Africa. -
Detroit Journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30

1t is estimated that 1000, 900 tons of
pure silver are held in solution by all
the waters of the earth.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30

The speed of the fastest Atlantic
steamer is now greater than that of the
express trains on Italian railways.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30

The first patent was issued to Samuel
Hopkins in 1890 fer making "pot or
pearl ashes -
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30

The cost of we'll bred pack of fox
hounds is about S., 900, and the annual
bill for keep about as much.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30

order to get it we will always carry just what
In so doing, we rely upon the goods, and
their matchless prices to supply the thing
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
We Garry

val of new goods.
of gen'l merchandise Is
because your trade is
The age-herald., 1897-09-12
Hints For the Household,

It is well to know that if salt fish is wanted quickly the fish is freshened much sooner if soaked in milk, milk that is turned being as sood for the purpose as fresh milk.
 If icing runs off a cake and will not stick, flour should be sifted over the cake and then wiped off with a soft cloth before applying the icing.
 Small, quaintly shaped gilt baskets filled with sweet peas and with the handles of the baskets decorated with dainty bows of ribbon matching the blossoms in color were the favors at recent dinner
 When purchasing a pineapple, select one with it's green, spiky leaves in per feet condition. Cut this top from the fruit and plant it in a pot of earth. It will grow and be a desirable plant, look ing we'll among other green plants in the winter season.
 If the tea sleeper contains any cold tea and soaked leaves, no matter how small an amount, do not throw the mix
The age-herald., 1897-09-12
A SPANISH JOAN OF AR(-.

chapel connected with the prison. After the ceremony was performed they were allowed a few moments of private oea- versation. The newly welded wife wanted to see her husband to the end. and she was permitted to witness the execution. 4 party cf seven was picked cut to do the firing. Rizal was made to face d stone wall. The soldiers fled, and he dropped dead.
 When she saw her husband shot down, she registered solemn oath that thereafter she would raise her hand and voice whenever they would injure Spain. She had since associated with rebel lead- CTS and has witnessed the struggle of unorganized and badly armed bands of natives against the organized forces which represent the power that caused her husbands death, and today she knows no fear.
 Mrs. Rizal is attractive being con- siderably taller than the average wo- man, shapely of form, erect and grace ful. It is impossible to trace her Hi- bernian ancestry in either her features or her speech. The emotions of an in- tense, sympathetic and perhaps solne- what impulsive soul are shown through pair o1 dark blue eyes, large and ex- pressive There is luxurance of dark brown hair Her manner is easy and graceful, and there is at all times evil dence of the training which the young woman received when associated with refined and educated women in a con- vent. Mrs Rizal dresses modestly and in good taste. She much dislikes the attention and notoriety that must of necessity follow her after her dramatic marriage. and rather thai attract any special attention on the street she wears only little evidence of mourning.
 Mrs. Rizal says she is going to spend a few months in an effort to establish that the execution of her husband was wholly unwarranted by the facts, was indeed nothing less than cold blooded murder, perpeJrated to satisfy a con- bination of wealthy, corrupt and un- scrupulous officials and others who had personal and political grievances against the man.
 Mrs. Rizal has not yet fully deter- mined on programme. She says she is likely to bring suit against the Span ish government. Much will depend however. on the attitude of the British advisers in the premises. She is a Brit ish subject, having been born of British parents, and number of British off, Dials have promised to help her.
The age-herald., 1897-09-12
Sic Fought In the Philippine Rebeffion to Avenge Her
 Husbands
 Death

| Josephine RiZal, the young widow who | was a leader in the Philippine rebellion and the execution of whose husband was one cause of the assassination of Pre-
 mier canovas by Angiolillo, is now in | America. The rebels call her the Span | ish Joan of Arc, and few women have
 had a more eventful career.
 Mrs. Rizal, whose marriage to Dr. Ri- gal an hour before he was shot was un- questionably the most thrilling or at least dramatic incident of the Philippine 1 instruction, will come into public view again. She will soon leave for England, | where she hopes to get some sort of CO., | operation upon the part of the British | govcrnment in the effort which she pro- l poses to make to establish to the satis- 1 faction of the world that her husband
 had absolutely no connection with the Philippine rebellion. She will ask this cooperation as a subject of Great Brit ain.
 Her sudden and unexpected appear ance in America was very much of surprise. It was well known that Mrs. Rizal was among the rebels doing what she could to encourage them in the presence of succession of reverses, but it was not thought she could leave Lu- Zon island the island of the Philippine group that has witnessed practically all the fighting, without being detected by the Spaniards and then perhaps severe ly dealt with.
 Another surprise was experienced when it was learned that the young woman after consorting with the rebels for months, making speeches, singing songs and actually participating in en- agreements between the contending forces had displayed unlimited courage and nerve by not leaving the principal camp of the rebels, but by boldly and defianty going to Manila, and going tc> the home of the aged mother of Dr. Rizal, home that is necessarily watch ed by the Spaniards.
 Mrs. Rizal is indeed an interesting character. She has not yet reached her twenty-frst milestone. Her young life is full of interesting and dramatic events. That she should be standing like warrior bold" armed with a re- volver, dagger and rifle, behind rebel breastworks is perhaps only in accord with the conditions surrounding her when she first saw the light of day.
 She was once known as the daughter of the regiment" fine British regi- ment. Now she is the leading figure in the Philippine war. Mrs. Rizal was the daughter of James Brackin, sergeant and schoolmaster in British regiment stationed at Hongkong in 1876. Braclxin and his wife were natives of Ireland, honest, upright, highly respected peo- pie. Mrs. Rizal was born in Victoria barracks, Hongkong. A month or so after the childs birth Mrs. Brackin died. The infant, then so miserable as to make it's survival matter of doubt,
The age-herald., 1897-09-12

solemnity, What is the latest thing in
 shrouds? The polite gentleman who
 waited on her said, Well, for young
 girls and children and young ladies who l have never bleached their hair or been
 interviewed and told just what under
 clothes they wore or had their pictures i in the newspapers we make all white | Shrouds, but for married ladies and | widows and young ladies who have been guilty of golden tresses not their own, of looking too much on the rouge pot. | betting at the races and having their photograph sold in the shops we make
 mauve shrouds.'
 "The beauty looked at him for a long
 time, hesitated, started to speak, hesi- tated again and then said, Make my shroud all white But she stopped and
 thought she saw him looking at her hair. She saw him looking al her cheeks. 1 He 9azed at her as if her face were not i unfamiliar to him. It was possible that he had bought her photograph Lean ! ing toward him, she added. with fem
 mine wisdom, Just over my heart, un-
 der frill of lace, you might place
 bunch of mauve flowers
 And still there are people who say
 that women are lacking in wit, Of
 course there are women who could not
 be witty I they wanted to, since they
 have been misnamed.
 It was the much quoted playwright
 who very foolishly asked, What's in a
 name?" There is a great deal in
 name, and I can perfectly understand people applying to the legislature to have their names changed. MT. Bugg of millionaire fame did right when he induced the English parliament for a consideration to allow him to call him. self Norfolk -Howard
 If I were man, wouldn't be named | Algernon if it brought fortune with | it. Being a woman, I wouldn't even | curse cat by naming it Maud or Cora | or Ida or Blanche. There may be good women who have borne such names, | but they must have had wills of iron to l combat the influence, and women with wills of iron are not usually agreeable women.
 No nicknames? Well, if you are in | love with James you are pretty certain
 to call him Jim, and you are going to | call John Jack if you love him, and | Frederick will be Fred and William will | become Will if he's the idol of your | heart. But these are our own special | names, and they are not intended for | the use of the world at large. Somebody looks very knowing and | laughs at the idea of a short name, but l that's being personal. If I were more
 majestic looking I should have always | got the full benefit of Barbara and never have been called