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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-04
QUEER ~SIGNBOARDS.
Royal A~cademicians Deigned to Paint
Many of Them.

Royal A"cademicians Deigned to Paint
Many Of Them.
In the days of the commonwealth we
can imagine Praise-God Barebones and
his cronies quaffing their daily tank
ards of ale at the inn p~iously named
God Encompasseth Us" or at the
sign of the alpha Beta" says Lippin-
colts. Yet it was not long ere both
of these had fallen from their high
estate, the 4 being known far and
wide as The Goat and the Com
passes" with a prancing beast and
mathematical instrument conscien-
tiously depicted on the signboard, and
the other as the Alphabet, with all the
letters from A to Il, printed above the
door. An exceedingly popular hosiery
at a point from which several mail
coaches formerly started was originally
named Boulogne Mouth, in honor of a
British victory gained at the mouth of
Boulogne harbor in the reign of Henry
VIII, but the waterscape or battle
scene having, after a while, become eff
faced by time and weather from the
%signboard, some stupid boniface
thought he was doing the proper thing
when he had painted an enormous
mouth with a jocose little bull beneath.
From that day on the place figured as
the Bulls Mouth. The time was when
artists of note scorned not to try their
prentice hand at the painting of signs,
and many a royal a~cademician gave
the public a lion or a unicorn, a mag
pie or a cOckatrice, the last fabulous
animal, supposed to have been Matched
from a cocks egg by a toad, being for
some unknown reason quite a favorite,
and represented as a serpent with a
ROSTERS head. Among these painters
were Charles Cation, one of the orig
inal royal academicians; Samuel Wade,
who delighted in figures of Falstaff and
other Shakespearean characters; Ho-
garth and Richard Wilson; while the
winners inn at Hayes, Kent, boosted
a grape-colored st. George and the
Dragon executed by Milais.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-04
The Good Old Days.

People put on a heap too much
style nowadays with their formal calls
and all that sort of nonsense" said the
elderly gentleman. There was much
more real neighborliness in the days
when one woman just ran over to an
other woman's house and walked in
without knocking"
81 don't believe it," said the young
man with the thin upper lip. mo two
ome ever got together in their lives
without ioin' a little knockin', if there
was any other woman to talk about"
indianapolis Journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-04

The metal shone like light, but so II
did when she began to clean 1t. 1t a
shone like that yesterday and the day
before, and, indeed, every day for six
ty years. There was a smooth circle all
around the knocker where her delicate
hands had worn into the hard. black
wood of the door. Nevertheless the
old lady rubbed away just as she had
done every morning since the spring OF
1888, when she a brought, a bride, in
TO the house. She was the pride OF
Greenwich Village then, and she meant
to be still.
On this particular frosty morning
Mrs. Leveen tarried longer than usual
at her task. After the lions head was
satisfactory even'to her sharp eyes, she
worked on. But it was evident in the
glances she shot across Bank street
that her attention was not given Who'll
ly to the work of her hands. Neither
was 1t diverted to her customary in
spection of the neighbors' knockers.
Theirs glistened like hers, and, be-
sides, every time she looked up her eyes
turned to but one door, hat of the
house in front of which stood two stur-
dy horses and a truck.
Pretty soon the door opened and a
young man in a carriers blouse came
out. He saw the old lady across the
street, though he pretended not to. He
busted himself ostentatiously about the
horses heads for a moment and then
turned back to the truck. Mrs. Lee
veen had seen him. She bent herself
earnestly to the knocker and in a few
strokes finished it off. Then she faced
towards the street and fixed the truck
man with her eyes till he had to look
up.
Good morning, Aunt Martha" he
said, as he DOTTED his cap,
She beckoned to him to come to her
Good morning, Percy" she answer
ed pleasantly as he approached her
cap in hand. Come in a moment.
wish to speak with you"
The interview he had dreaded fol
weeks was upon him now. He knew
from the first 1t was inevitable, buI
day after day he had put it off, omit.
ting his usual calls on his aunt, and
avoiding her sight and summons. Now
that she had caught him he was glad
AS he followed the old lady into hel
prim, comfortable sitting-room he made
a pitiful figure of humility, but in tho
meekness of his soul there was the
cheerfulness of fnality.
Sit down, Percy" she said in tn,
sweet-toned voice he loved.
He took the chair she indicated ant
she seated herself in her old rocker.
Percy, DEAR" she began, lis thl
true that l hear; you mean to MARI,
this girl?"
Yes, Aunt Martha. I was going t
tell you, but knowing as you were agir
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-04
A Yankee Trick at AndersonviIIe.

The guards at Andersonville prison
were almost as vain as Indians when
1t came to f1ashy decorations on their
uniforms. Our brass buttons were a
ready sale to them, at a good price, in
Confederate money, and a prisoner,
who still wore his buttons, was sure
to be a new arrival, for the coats Of
the older ones were tied up with
strings or fastened with bits of wood,
they having sold or traded their but
tons with the guards for something
extra to eat.
staff buttons were the most valua-
BILE, and they were sought after by
commissioned officers with the same
avidity shown by the privates.
One day a very flashily dressed lieu
tenant came among us from the south
gate and was Immediately surrounded
by the prisoners, anxious to find out
anything he might be willing to tell
us to the progress of the war. But the
officer soon informed us that he was on
the hunt for staff buttons" to COM
plete the decoration of his coat, for
which he would pay well. In the prison
were twelve or fifteen boys, from ten to
fourteen years of age, who had been
drummer boys in our army. Their
youth had not saved them from being
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-04
Looking Over the Viva.

The ulva, or sea lettuce, in which
a lot of Bermuda sea lately
presented to tho aquarium had been
shipped, when the sea anemones had
been removed from it, was placed in a
can of water and held for further in
spection. This is the customary prac-
tice in all large a%quariums. The ulva
or rockwell or whatever may have
served as a packing or envelope for the
fishes or other marine animals received
is not simply thrown away; it is first
carefully looked over for any living
thing that may be attached to it. There
may be small annelids, minute crusta-
ceans, or other forms of animal life
which had been attached to the ulva
when it was gathered to serve as mack
ing for the larger animals, and which
had thus been shipped with them their
presence perhaps unknown. But many
of these lesser marine animals are very
wonderful and interesting, n thew
may themselves be desirable for mr.
poses of exhibition, especially in the
smaller, balanced tanks.-Ex.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-04
FRANCES PERIODICAL PRESS,
High in Literary Excellence-Low in
Morality and Commercial Honor.

High in Literary ExcelIence-Low in
Morality and Commercial Honor.
The French press is probably tho
highest in literary excellence and tho
lowest in morality and commercial
honor of any nation of the world, says
the Ch%autauquan. In this respect it re-
fleets the character of the people, ar
tistic but lacking in depth. caring moro
for the form than for the substance.
Naturally color printing has been car
ried to a higher degree of perfection in
Paris than any other city, the repro
auctions of her famous paintings and
the colored ~engravings in the art sup
PIGMENTS of leading newspapers, such
as the Figaro, being unrivaled. AS far
as news goes, the French do not care
for 1t, and, there being scarcely any de-
mand, there is very little supply Of
what would be called newspapers in
America. The bulk of the contents Of
the French press is articles written in
the finest and wittiest style On some
trivial subject not necessarily having
the remotest relation to any occur
rences of the day. These are condensed
into the briefest paragraphs. Histor-
ically the French press has had less to
do with national development than
that of either England or America. 1t
has always been in a condition of tute-
lage, under the eye of the government
for the time being, forced to adopt its
views or be suppressed, and sometimes
subsidized and bribed to fatter the
powers that were while it lulled the
consciences of the people into a feeling
OF false contentment. Though not now
paid regular brides by the administra-
ton of the government, as in the days
of the second empire, there is no doubt
that a good deal of the secret service
money finds its way into the hands OF
journalists favorable to the party in
power in the ministry and some of it
occasionally into the hands of oppo-
nents in an endeavor to have them nit.
igate their attacks. Thus the French
press has never had a chance to grow
with a sturdy, independent growth. II
is still in it's childhood and, in spite Of
the telegraph and railway has scarcely
reached the development Of American
journalism of 100 years age.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-04
A Big Nugget Found.

A New York dispatch to the San
Francisco Chronicle says: One of the
largest nuggets of pure gold of which
record has been made that was ever
found in either North or South Amer
lea is now in the Office of Carter, Haw-
ley & Co., in Wall street district. 1t
was found in a placer mine in Dutch
Guiana, OF the north coast of South
America, in November. 1t is in the
shape of an irregular, honeycombed
triangular plate about ten inches long
on the base line by six and one-half
inches thick. 1t weighs 1856 lbs. troy
and seems to be pure enough to sell for
500 an ounce, or SO, 1853. go for the whole
mass. The original owner, Mr.. H. f.
de Freitas, a citizen of Paramaribo.
who a rear ago staked a claim on a
sandbar in Commewijne river, a branch
of the Saramacca, a new district. 1t
was there that the nugget was dug
out last month. According to records.
the nugget is the largest but two of
pure gold ever found in the Americas,
although old-time Spanish miners may
have found larger ones. The largest on
record came from Cabarrus county,
N. c., in 1910. It weighed RI pounds
troy. Next to that vas a mass dug up
near Georgetown, Cal, in 1865. 1t
weighed II pounds, and was pure
enough to be worth $4,000.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-04
Wild Wolf in Chicago,

Driven to desperation by the cold,
a large gray wolf took refuge in a bar
rel in the patrol barn at the police sta
ton in Irving Park, a Chicago suburb,
the other night. No one saw the ami
NAL enter the barn, and its presence
was not discovered until late next af-
ternoon. Desk Sergeant Kuebler fired
a shot through the barrel, and the bull
let struck the wolf in the side. The
animal bounded from the barrel, and,
with blood flowing from its wound,
took a stand in one corner of the barn
and showed fight. After firing four
more shots the officer succeeded in kill
ing the beast.-Ex,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-04
Maintaining the Courts Dignity.

(From the Taylorsville, KY, Courier.)
Judge J. c. Wickliffe is fond of ath-
Ietics, and although he never exercises
now, he can tell of the days when he
was a terror among the boys. The
judge has been a vigorous man In his
time, and the story is told of him that,
while holding circuit court at Lebanon
shortly after the war, there being a
military garrison at that place occu-
pied by a regiment of Ohio troops.
about twenty of these were drunk and
on the warpath and had collected in
front of the court house and were maxi
ing things lively for a time. and il
locke like a riot was imminent, as the
feeling between the citizens and the
Yankee soldiery at that time was of
the bitterest type. Judge Wickliffe or
dered the sheriff to dispense the riotous
soldiers. The officers proceeded to ex-
ecute the order; but they were unable
to remove the stubborn soldiery and so
reported to the judge. He at once adj
journed court, walked coolly to where
the crowd had collected, and ordered
them to at once dispense, which thew
still refused. The judge waded into
them in grand style, and in less time
than it takes to tell it he had eight of
them lying on the pavement and the
rest scampering in every direction. II
is said the judge never leveled his arm
on a man but he sent him to the
ground.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-04

thrust into the stockade, and having to
suffer the same treatment that the old
er prisoners had to endure, and I will
say that a brighter. more intelligent
and heroic and accomplishing set of;
boys l have never seen.
One of the boys appeared in front of
the lieutenant and told min hat his
partner had a lot of buttons to sell,
and, If he would wait there, he would
try to find him. The lieutenant said,
All right" and he >ould buy them IL
they mated the one on his coat. So
off went the boy, and a moment later
he came elbowing his way through the
crowd beyond the officer, knife in hand,
and slyly cut every button, numbering
about one dozen, off the lieutenant's
coat tail. He then slipped away and in
a few moments again appeared in front
or the officer with the buttons. A
trade was made without further ado.
the lieutenant paying the boy a good
round sum for his own buttons. He,
then asked if you all" had any more
buttons to sell, and, not hearing of
any, he turned toward the gate, fol-
lowed by two or three hundred pris-
oners. We all held in until he had
reached the gate, and vas about to
pass out when some one called to him,
skiing what had become of the but
tons he had on his coat tail. He pulled
the tail of the garment around to the
front and then, for the first time, it
dawned upon him that he had been the
victim of a Yankee trick. To say that
he was mad would be putting it light
ly. He was fairly wild. But the more
he swore the more we laughed and
shouted, until he finally beat a retreat
through the gate. That was all he
could do, for it would have been a use
less task to attempt to find that boy
among thirty thousand prisoners
Steve E. Payne, 200 E. Georgia street,
Indianapolis, Ind.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-04
HOW GRIZZLY EATS PEANUTS,
And Some Comments by Bystanders OF

And Some m by Bystanders on
the Bears Apparent Fondnes
From the New York Sum-. A mar
who stood in front of the bear pit at
the menagerie in Central Park was
greatly interested in observing just
how the big grizzly bear took the pea
nuts that one of the visitors was hand
ing him. The bear stood up at an
angle of about forty-five degrees, hind
feet on the floor of the pit, one fore
foot resting on the stone ledge in
which the bars of the cage are i'm
bedded, the other extended through the
bars to take the peanuts. He did not
clutch them under his claws and then
turn the claws inward upon the ball OF
his foot, but when he reached out
through the bars he spread his claws
apart sideways, as one might spread
the fingers Of his hand apart. Tho
visitor would place a peanut between
two Of the claws, and then the bear
would close the claws together, as ono
Would close the fingers of his out
stretched hand. He would hold tho
peanut between two claws in the same
manner that man sometimes holds a
cigar between two fingers. Holding it
thus the bear would carry the peanu.
to his mouth; then thrusting his paw
out between the bars again he would
open his claw out sideways as before,
waiting for another,
Il suppose it must be an acquired
TASTE said a solemn-faced bystander,
referring to the bears fondness for
peanuts.
Il don't know" said another man.
I'm not so sure but what there arc
some places where grizzlies live that
peanuts grow"
THAT may be-" said the solemn-faced
nan, "but I'm sure there's no place
where they grow baked"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-04
SIR r. H. BULLER.

Butler has been a prominent figure in
the fights of the English against the
vaded by the British. In the Egyptian
war of 1882 he was present at the ac-
ton of Kassassin, and likewise at Tel
el-Keber. In the Soudan expedition of
1884 Sir Redvers took a leading part,
and he served under Lord Wolseley in
the expedition of 1885 into the very ter
ritory he now goes to as commander. AS
a general, it is the opinion of experts
that, with the exception of Wolseley
and Roberts, Butler stands head and
shoulders over any general in the Brit
ish army.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-04
More Power from Niagara.

The directors of the Niagara Falls
Power company have authorized the
construction of five 5000 horsepower
turbines. with accompanying dyanmos,
for their works at Niagara Falls.
When these are completed the falls
will be generating $4,000 horsepower
of electricity. By the close of the year
this Will be increased to $4,000. The
contracts for the five turbines amount
to 100000. The works at Niagara
have already cost Sc, 0O0, 900.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-04

of A." as the London cable has
it, is an able soldier, but
not enough of the old fox to
make the home government feel safe
in his administration of the military
expedition against the Mahdists in the
Soudan. If an old soldier Is needed in
Egypt, why, then, Sir Redvers is the
very man for the place, for he has been
in the army since the age of 10 years.
He was then a commissioned officer OF
the Thirtieth rifles and won his way
upward by logged determination, hard
service and distinguished bravery. He
won the Victoria cross for his gallant
conduct at the retreat of %Inhlobane
during the war in Zululand. On that
occasion he rescued a brother officer,
who was, while retiring on foot, holly
pursued by the Zulus. On the same
day he conveyed tC a place of safety
Lieutenant Everitt, whose horse had
been killed under him. He also saved
the life of q trooper whose horse was
exhausted and who otherwise had been
killed by the savages. The Zulus were
within eighty yards of the soldier
when Lieutenant Butler came up and
rescued him. Since those early days
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-04

l wish to relate two incidents that
occurred under my wv observation
during the late war; one among the
bravest, and the other among the
most cowardly that l remember.
In the latter part Of January, or the
fore part of February, 1864, part of the
regiment of which l was a member
crossed the Obine river, in or zeal the
line of Weakly county, Tennessee. 1t
was just after the cold New Years, of
which we hear so much talk. This had
been followed by a thaw, and there
was quite a freshet, the river being out
of its banks, if it had any, for nearly
two miles on either side. If any one
has ever been in the Obine swamps, he
will never forget it. Many a good
horse mired down, and had to be aban-
doned. Our horses had to swim
across the main channel. I remember
pushing great cakes of ice out of my
horses way, so that he could swim IN
molested.
Our regiment was made up of boys
and young men. l do not think there
was but one g~rayheaded man in my
company. His name was Hickson
Ransbottom, of Centerville, Wayne
county, Indiana. In crossing this
Obine river, Mr.. Ransbottom's horse
mired down, and the old man had to
get off into the ice water, waist deep.
About that time a little Frenchman
of u company, named John Dupuy,
rode up, and seeing the trouble, got off
his horse INFO that cold water and
helped the old man into his saddle,
not knowing how he himself would get
across the channel, which was over his
head. l confess, it took more bravery
than I possessed.
One beautiful Sunday morning, just
as the church bells were ringing, when
We were camped at Memphis, Tennes-
see, in the spring or summer of 1864,
there came an order for a detail of ff-
teen mounted and we'll armed men,
from my regiment. l was one of the
detail. We reported at headquarters
for orders. When the lieutenant, who
was in command, received orders, he
took us out about a mile and a half
east of the city, but inside of the pick
ct line, and arrested a woman, who was
alone as far as l could see, except her
black servant. This servant drove her
in her carriage to Memphis, while we,
brave soldiers, followed our prisoner.
She was a noble looking woman, SEEM
ingly very cheerful. When we arrived
in front of the Erwin block, which was
then used for a prison, the streets were
crowded with worshipers returning
from church; but l saw no one who
looked more cheerful and happy than
our prisoner. After a few prelimina-
ries, she was ushered into the prison
and the door shut behind her, n l
never saw or heard of her afterwards.
What great crime that woman was
charged with, and why it took so many
armed men to arrest her inside of the
picket line, l never knew. For one,
did not feel very brave as we ode into
the city behind her.-A. S. Whetsel
late of Company E, Seventh Indiana
Cavalry, Dunkirk, Indiana, in Ameri-
can Tribune.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-04
The Very Idaa

The oratrix grew impassioned. Such
an institution" she cried, I'VE must
either mend or end" The woman's
political cooking league exchanged
glances. END, Of course" they re-
marked, decisively, one to another.
Mend? Huh! The very idear-De-
troit Journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-04
Penalty for Football.

A bill has been introduced in the
North Dakota legislative assembly de-
claring it a misdemeanor for n per-
son to engage in a game of football,
and providing fines of $40 to $50 for
infraction of the law.-Ex.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-04
Honor for DIR. Behring

The Italian government has be-
slowed on DR.. Behring the honor of
Grand Gordon of the Crown of Italy, in
recognition of his discovery of the anti
diphtheritic serum.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-04
Reassuring the Cloth.

Mrs. Cohn-'Ikey, who is dat in de-
frond room init papa?" Tkey-"A d.
vinity student vas looking for a fur-
nished room" Mrs. Cohn-"Ikey go
oud Ply der hall undt vissle a hymn."-
Judge.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-04
SIR HENRY BUTLER.
TO REPLACE GEN. KITCHENER
IN THE SOUDAN.
A Remarkable Military Genius Who Has
Been in the British Army Since
He Was Nineteen Years oId.-His
Monetary Career. .


IR REDVERS
Henry Butler, the
army man who is
to replace Sir Hora-
ito Herbert Kitch-
ener at the head of
the British forces
in Egypt, is his
predecessors senior
by eleven years.
Sir Herbert, who
is a mere youth
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-04
Think Animals Spread n,..u.

P'oU Diphtherfa.
1t is reported that the city council
of La Belle, Mo-, where diphtheria has
been prevalent for several months has
passed an ordinance prohibiting rab-
bits from being brought to that town
at all.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-04
RIDEOFTHEVILLAG
RS.

RS. Sylvester
DEAN LEVEEN
was polishing her
a knocker. Her
long, thin hands
rubbed and rubbed
till the little white
curls on her fore
head danced like
street children. Yet
the labor had no
perceptible effect
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-04
just So.

Mamie-Is Ethel going to the blow
out? George think SO; she's got a
fresh supply Of powder.-Adam's Free
IN