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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-20

Kingsley-What's the trouble, old
man? You walk lame.
Hamilton-Our girl left suddenly and
my wife baked batch of bread yester-
day.
Kingsley-But what has that to do
with your lameness?
Hamilton - Why, I accidentally
dropped one of the loaves on my foot
Cleveland Leader.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-20
Loves Wings Up to Date.

He-And your father refuses to give
his consent?
She-Absolutely
''Then we must elope."
"Ah! let us fly on the wings of love"
Eyes, dearest; will see if l can work
a railroad pass, tomorrow. "-Yonkers
Statesman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-20
Permanent FortiGcatiOns.

Many writer's, both speculative and OF
military art and science, have called in
question the value of permanent fortt
tications, but every great soldier has
regarded them OF the highest utility
and necessary to the defense of coun-
try.-PhiladelDhia Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-20
A Distressing Accident,

Kingsley-What's the trouble, old
man? You walk lame.
Hamilton-Our girl left suddenly
and my wife baked batch of bread yes
tcrday.
but what has that to do with your
lameness?"
"Why, l accidentally dropped one Oh
the loaves on my foot. Cleveland
Leader
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-20
EXnHing the QueStiOn.

Her Fiance (who has not known her
very long, and is inclined to be jealous)
Clara, dear, did you ever have a-eh-
Am experience like this before?
Clara (innocently-she was sitting on
his lnee)-Well, George, l once sat on
the top rail of fence.-Tit-Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-20

"Paw! Say, paw!" little Johnny be-
gan.
Now what do you want?" asked his
suffering father, with the emphasis on
the now"
will my hair fall off when it's ripe,
like yours" -Cincinnat Enquirer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-20

THAT was queer story about man
in Minnesota being freed by wolves
while on his way to be married." said
the shoe clerk boardcr.
Most remarkable exhibition of ami
NAL intelligence l know Of" said the
Cheerful Idiot.
Animal intelligence"
eyes. They must have realized how
tender ne would be at thar time. In
dianapolis Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-20

~ think" said Willie Washington,
that l will adopt profession"
1T might be a good idea" replied
Miss Cayenne, but it would be safer If
you could get some good business to
adopt YOU" -Washington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-20

Ceorge-You do not call on Miss Rose
bud now?
Jack-No. I got Disguised. She has
such a coarse laugh.
George never noticed that.
Jack--You would if you'd been with
in hearing when 1 proposed to her
OGds and Ends.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-20

\ cry one in the
h o u S ca great
hive of working
people in the Rue
Delambre, where
Tony Robec had oc
cupied a room for
two quarters-be-
lieved him u wild
over. And a recent
one, since his lit
tie boy, with whom
he lived alone
this little boy was
as well cared for
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-20
Real Appreciation.

Clara-Mr and Mrs. Brown-Smith en-
JOY life immensely.
May-Indeed! Why?
Clara-Both married for money,
neither of them had any, and now they
have lots of fun laughing at each other.
-Philadelphia Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-20
Incremning the Cost.

your little boys long illness was
expensive, Mrs. Yellowby?"
Indeed, it was; every time we gave
him a dose of medicine, he flung the
bottle at a mirror or through a win
dcw.''-Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-20

Munhall estimates that the total
value of goods manufactured from iron
in the world i'm 1890 was G2l2, POO. 900;
OF steel. 256, roo 900, making total oil
4 36S, 900, 00O.-Chicago Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-20

81 like to cook enough to last" re-
marked the young bride.
you do, you do" groaned the de-
voted hubby, mo matter how little you
cook. "-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-20
les you think SOP"


until it is redeemed at the altar?
New W0man-No; but you may put
on the engagement ring and call often.
Town ToDics
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-20

DR.. Emdee-You're no better to-day.
Perhaps you had better send for your
wife.
Paticnt-You are always for sucn ex-
IRENE measures, doctor-Brooklyn Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-20

Possible Purchaser-Of course you
have some testimonials?
Typewriter gent-Testimon Oh,
yes! Our typewriter is used by all tn,
leading prize fghters.-N. Y. World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-20

what do YOU consider the hardest
problem of a mans eXistence?"
Getting his own consent to crawl out
OF bed in the morning."-Chicago Rec
ord
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-20

She-What is the subject, Nr. Paint.
er?
He-A sunrise on the Pacific.
~ didn't know the sun ever rose Ii
the west!"-N. Y. Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-20
The Difference.

That's a poor smile that compares
an insolvent concern to a ship on the
rocks"
"Why?"
"Well, the ship settles rapidly. Chi
Cago Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-20

He wrote a letter home for tin
But when his sire beheld it
He also wrote one and put in
The "tin," but backwards spelled it..
-LJD-tO- Da tie
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-20
An InfnlIihIe SiCn.

Mrs. Saver must feel that she was
very eNtravagant in buying that new
gown
What makes you think so?"
shes begun to argue that it will
be the cheapest in the end."-Chicago
Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-20

He-There are microbes in kisses.
She-IIave you tried one of mine p
Philadelphia press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-20

The Barber (chucl5ling)-My wife
complained that talked necessarily in
my sleep, last night.
Brinkerhoff (wearily)-I suppose you
dreampt you We're shaving somebody.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-20

Women wash on Monday. we sup
pose, because cleanliness comes next 10
godliness.- Atchison Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-20

Gigh and the world signs with you,
Laugh and you laugh alone,
For its mostly the rule that each burned
fool
Can't see any joke but his own.
Chicago Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-20
TRUE PHILOSOPHERS.

Carolus Golightly-De farmer plows
de earth.
Algernon Slow-Yes, and we do de
reSt.-Detrot Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-20

PARDON.
by FRANCIS COPPEE.

'ERY one in the
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-11
GREAT FALLS FUTURE.

An eastern exchange, commenting
npon the advantage one city may
have over another on account of local
conditions, says:
The water power is doing it. That
is, by taking Niagara falls into part
nership, Buffalo has not only over
come the lead in population which
Cleveland held when the census of
1890 was taken but, seems likely
now to march right ahead of its rival
on the south side of the lake. So it
is going to be everywhere where an
abundant water power, transformed
into electrical energy, can be made
available for increasing a city's man
ufactures and multiplying the oppor-
tunities for enterprise and industry.
One cannot read this without pom.
dering upon the remarkable natural
advantage which Great Falls, Mont.
ana enjoys by reason of her location
Founded upon the rolling Missouri
in proximity to and under the voice
of the four leading falls of tina
mighty river, she stands endowed
with industrial possibilities beyont
he widest dreams of the enthusiast
One of these falls is already har
messed to a potential energy of 27,OO'
horse power. And when all the nat
ural power at this city is utilized
when penstock and dynamo shaI
have been coupled to the volume G
these c~ataracts, the combine
strength of 100000 horses will nc
be able to stop the revolving shaft.
Thus admirably located, at the sid
of natures wonderful power hous'
provided with all modern appliance
for conversion and transmission
Great Falls is destined to becom
the empire city of the great ives
when all her would-be rivals hav
entered the era of their dotage.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-11
CaseV at the a

after l had recited Casey at the
Bat for the t%housandth time" said
De Wolf Hopper at the Press club the
other evening, 81 met the man who
wrote the piece. / first saw Thayer, l
think, at the Players club, New York.
I pictured him in my mind al a big,
strong, manly looking fellow of a de-
cidedly athletic build.
Imagine my surprise, upon intro
duction, to find him a small. pale faced
man, almost effeminate in appearance.
I asked him for his version of Casey,
curious to know just what the authors
Interpretation would be.
81 was disappointed. He ran through
the several verses in the most ordinary
tone of voice, with an absence of ges-
| ture and with scarcely a rising OF fall
ing infection to relieve the monotony
of his expression. But for the words
you might have fancied he was read.
ing a spring poem.
"The worst of all came when he
reached the Kill him; kill the umpire!
part. You know how the cranks say i
just roar it out ~savagely, as though
they mean it. But Thayer put no par
ticular emphasis on the lines. He SPOKE
them just as he had the rest Of it, in
sad, fireman, save my child style, con
veying absolutely no idea of the ami
mostly Of the midwife rooters towar'
the umpire who dared to call strikes Oh
their champion.
81 was heartbroken when he con
cluded. Some way his rendition didn'
seem right, it wasn't the real thing.
flattered myself that I had the correc
idea.
my reflections were rudely disturb
cd. A drunken actor friend of mine
then travelling with me, who had hear
me reoite the piece many times and
whose judgment I reposed the creates
confidence, had listened to Thayer wit
the most rapt attention.
+ Turning to me, he said in dead cal
nest. I think you could make it go be-
ter that way
perhaps you understand why 1d0n
recite the thing any more. "-Minnesl
oils Times.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-11
Not So Bad After All.

The great merchant came home at
night and sank into a chair. He was
the victim of some terrible misfortune,
and the wife of his bosom sought to
comfort and sustain him. Charles, >
she said, perhaps it is not so bad aft
or ALL"
$50 bad? 1t is worse. / am utterly
ruined. / am bankrupt"
SIS it truea" replied the wife of his
bosom. ''Then there is nothing to pre-.
vent me and the girls going abroad this
summer. I was afraid you would be
saying you couldn't afford it."-Bos
ton Transcript
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-11
NEIHART'S FUTURE

The remark of w. j. Conrad to
the Great Falls Tribune hat the
hopes of silver are bright, and that
Neihart, in case anything favorable
is done for silver, will soon have a
population of 5000, is sufficient to
set the town-crank to thinking, and
these are samples of his thoughts:
1t is reasonable to think that all of
the mines of Neihart have not yet
been discovered.
1t is even reasonable to believe
that MANY new mines will yet be dis.
covered here.
1t is probable that mines better
still than those known today will be
found at Neihart.
The firm, compact character of the
formation here is such as to render
subterranean exploitation exceeding
ly tedious and expensive.
With bimetallism restored, Nei
hart will become another, create
Klondyke.
Under free coinage of silver, Nei
hart can employ 1900 men solely Of
ore.
Under free coinage, it is fair to es
innate that the number of men EN-
ployed at prospecting, doing dea'
work. would reach 1000 within tn
first year.
Thus we would have employee
$500 miners, with an army of trades
men and side-grafters sufficient
large to show 5000 men working fo
wages.
Estimating that one mar maintain
four persons, the population of Ne
hart, within the first year after fire
coinage is realized, will number 20
600, and maybe more
These figures are not extravagan
and in our opinion Mr.. Conrad is ell
tirely too modest in his estimates.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-11

The report of state examiner Ma
rony regarding conditions of politics
and finance in the courthouse and
county Offices of Fergus county has
been taken up by the Democrat, and
is from that paper fast growing into
a state sensation. To such proper
tons has this malodorous and repre-
hensible political system grown that
the world stands gazing toward Lew
istown with its nostrils insulated by
thumb and finger. But when the
truth is known, there are said to
be lots of counties between Passama-
quoddy bay and San Diego, as cor
rupt as Fergus and it is not impossi-
BILE that one or two might be found.
by ventilating the sanctuary, to out.
stink the courthouse of the famous
Judith basin. But this is a grea'
saying.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-11

S. N. Babbitt of Oakland, Cal,
stabs himself and croaks. He had
the blues.
Miss Lena Wray, S. Chicago
while ridining a wheel is shot by an
unknown.
Seth Low has been nominated by
the citizens union for mayor of
Greater New York.
Healer Schlatter has been arrest
ed in Chicago for practicing medi-
cine without a license.
A broken rail near Blodgett's
mills, n. Y. wrecks a vestibule train,
killing some passengers.
Pres. Andrews of Brown UNIVERSE
ty has been requested by the trust
ees to withdraw his resignation.
The St. Louis labor conference
has declared in favor of government
ownership of railroads and mines.
Adam Nipshew suicides on his
claim neal Oroville, Cal, by means
of a dynamite cap. Dependency
A. l.. Mohler, late freight and
traffic manager of the G. N. R. has
been elected president of the o. r
& N.
II. Russell Ward, who mixed sen
sationally in the family of million
aire Bradbury of California has sui
cided.
> Deputy state game warden VIII
cox of Colorado is murdered by law
breaking hunters whom he sought t
: arrest.
Cuban flibusters buy the swiftes'
5 and strongest steamer plying tn
gulf to facilitate the work of trans
f porting supplies.
! Frank Novak of Burlington, La
u arrested in Alaska, is about to prov
himself a greater Holmes or a NOR
accomplished Durrant.
Four hundred Jap section-men o
It the Oregon short line have struck fo
a raise, and the company is film
their places with dagoes from Del
yer.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-11
The Afternoon Nap.

The frequency with which medical
men are asked whether it is harmful to
indulge in the afternoon nap is not,
perhaps, surprising for several reasons.
Most persons have had experience in
the seductive charms of the somnolence
which has followed the comfortable in
gestion of a midday or evening meal.
The meal finished, the diner arranges
himself comfortably in all armchair; ii
may be he lights "a pipe or cigar, takes up
o newspaper and prepares to make the
most of the restful conditions of his
mind and body. But nature soon begins
to assert her sway. In time the eyelids
close, the head begins to nod, the news
paper falls from the hands, the pipe, nc
longer supported in the mouth, falls tc
the floor, and the symptoms of a naI
| are complete. Whether the winks be AZ
| or 100 in number, the result is the same
"a short, sound sleep.
Then comes the question, Is it harm
| full thus to fall asleep after a meal? By
10 means. for the very obvious reason
that the process is merely a physiolog
ical one, and as such, when it occurs, i
| quite natural. When digestion is il
progress, nature has arranged that al
the available blood in the body shall b,
| collected in and about the digestive or
gans. Consequently the blood supply t,
the brain falls to a low ebb, and thu
sleep is easily induced. On the othe
hand, of course. physiologically, it
wrong for brain work to be attempte'
Immediately after a solid meal. -Med
ical Press.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-11
COME OFF THE ERCH.

That the hoard of fire underwrit-
ers for the Pacific coast have decid-
ed to reduce premium rates, is a
matter of general qualification.
The methods of insurance compan-
les in the western states are SO ex-
acting and so aggravating that com
paratively few people outside of the
leading cities do any business with
them. The rates of fire insurance in
Neihart have heen so high that int
crest on the value of the property
drops out of sight at mention of the
subject. 1t was long ago urged that
as soon as our city water system
should be working, and a fire depart
ment should be organized and equip
ped,-then insurance rates would be
reduced.
But 10, and behold! Neihart has
had her water system and fire depart
ment for a period of almost five years
during which period the department
attended IS fires, and never lost a
building. But today the insurance
agent tells US that water really does
more damage than fire, so the rates
have remained the same.
The underwriters combine is
gross imposition upon property own
ers of western towns, and all the tall
of al exceedingly high risk in thu
smaller towns is the %veriest humbug
The whole affair is controlled by tn
biggest monopoly the taxpayer ha
to deal with-and its most deplora
BILE feature lies in the awful uncer
tainty of recovery on the face of tn
policy, should a damaging fire occur
For we have known instances where
in the patron was influential in hi
community, and the face Of the pre-
MUM was produced with a blare c
trumpets in lusty s~elf-laudation. An
we have known instances wherei
the suffering patron was a poor deN
il residing in an isolated communit,
and the agent would send out a law
yer and two or three deputies to TT
the p. d., and make him prove th'
he didnot fire his building purposel..
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-11
GENERAL NEWS.
Bar silver, 531.

Bar silver, 534.
Destructive forest fires are raging
near Sheridan, Wyo.
Street cars collide in Oakland,
Cal, killing two ladies.
Whitecaps whip a man and
daughter at Nashville, Ind.
Frank Muller, Columbus, o., will
be electrocuted for murder.
A big and-slide at Tunnel No. 4
on the n. P. in the Cascades.
Greece offers Turkey the stamp
revenue as an indemnity fund.
Five thousand vest makers, n. Y,
strike for an advance in wages.
Fire totally destroys 100000
worth of machine shops in Brooklyn.
Heavy floods about the British
isles, and much damage to shipping.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-11

The 25th U. S. l.. bicycle corps
which rode from Fort Missoula to
st Louis to test the value of the
wheel in army service has proved
beyond doubt the ucces of such
means of travel. The corps rode
1902, covering the distance in "a
days, averaging Sc miles a day, over
all kinds of roads. They crossed
the Rockies, and other mountains.
traversed the bad lands of Montana
and South Dakota, and in the sand
hill country were put to a supreme
test of human endurance. They
once rode for thirty miles without
water, and once made AZ miles on g
biscuit and a drink of coffee. The
wheel is all right in war.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-11

Emperor William says he is the
vice regent of heaven and conse-
quently answerable to no nan for
his acts. At the same time the
newspapers are ~ridiculing the royal
stiff, and German catholics are loud
ly advocating restoration of temper
al power to the pope. All round il
is a farcical situation, mixed with
just enough bigotry and dark age
heresy to afford Dean Swift another
grand subject on which to write {
book.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-11

Quinn's Review is a literary gem,
a journalistic jewel, a diadem in the
corona of Montana papers. And
Quinn himself is just the astute phil
osopher, the logical thinker and re-
sourceful writer who can make il
shine with the refulgence of a litera.
ry sun. The Review travels not by
b orrowed light.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-11

If the Neihart Free Coinage band
should improve rapidly upon lines
wherein it is today most notably
strong, the people would be obliged
to leave town in order to escape the
bombardment of increasingly dis.
cordant melody. But since it is the
best band in town the people must
endure.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-11
Gambling.

The man who CANDLES is a de-.
luded fool, but the man who gam
bles when he continues to lose is q
colossal fool.-Henry Sutphin.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-11

The Gar of Russia is the biggest
man in the world today-except
Queen Victoria.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-09-11
By h Seaside.

what are the wild waves sayingf"
Then a breeze brought back this SOUND
1--WE ant get a word in edgewise,
With 20 many women around"
Chicago Record
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-09-02
DOIHGS At CAMP JEWETT.
Thousands of Veterans Lived in Tents
Comfortable Style.

Thousands of Veterans Lived in Tents in
Comfortable Style.
Camp Jewett, where over 10000 veterans
were qnartered during Encampment week,
was formally turned over to Gen. Clarkson
Monday afternoon in the presence OF nearly
100000 people. Columbia Post, of Chicago,
reached the city an hour late. but marched
Immediately to the Office of Mayor Jewett, and
escorted him to Iroquois Hotel The Com
raander-, i-Chief and Mayor were then escorted
from the hotel to the camp by Columbia Post
aud BidwelI- Wlkeson Post. the GAR. Band
of Canton following the veterans.
A squad IF the 18th u. S. fired salute as
the procession marched into the grounds. The
two Posts, the Camp and Executive Commit
tees formed hollow square, aud Gen. Clark
son and Mayor Jewett alighted in front of
Headquarters Mayor Jewett made brief
speech, and turned the command of the Camp
over to Gen Clarkson.
In accepting, Gen. Clarkson said: "This
Camp represents great labor and great expert
ence 1t has evidently been laid out and
planned by men who understand a soldier
life. 1t is evident that no greenhorn had q
hand in il.
81 wish we might have seen and enjoyed
such camp in onr soldier days. We are old
enough and have tasted enough of the good
things of this world to enable US to appreciate
and enjoy this camp. ! hope that those who
enjoy this hospitality will go away more than
ever impressed with this splendid city,"
Turning TO the assembled crowd, Gen. Clark
son, looking at the soldiers. said:
Boys you have good camp. Enjoy 1t
while you are here"
And they did enjoy themselves One of the
most pleasant features Of their stay was the
big Corps Reunions. There were concerts
galore, and the boys in blue engaged in i'm
promptu sport as heartily as in their youthful
days. The Post banners and flags upon many
OF the tents added IN additional color to the
| scene. which was charming Many of the
banners were beautiful examples of the silk
makers art, and in many cases gifts to the
Posts from local W.R.C.'s or similar orRaniza
lions. observation-disclosures were numerous,
and beer was to be had.
The Camp was very attractive place for
those who did not belong there. On one oil
the days nearly 49, 900 people were visit