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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-16
Peanuts as a Vegetable.

Peanuts may be baked and served as
a vegetable. Remove the skins from the
meats and put one cupful into an earth
en- baking dish. Pour over them two
pints of boiling water, cover the dish
with a plate and place it in a moderate
ly cool oven and bake from four to five
hours, or until the nuts are tender.
When the nuts are partly cooked, sea-
Ton them with salt and stir among
them a teaspoonful of butter.
Testing m Atlantic Cable For Leaks.
When the insulated strand, or the
core of the cable, as it is hence
forth called, passes from this opera
ton, it must go to the testing room
to determine if the insulation is
really perfect, or if a little e~lectrici.
ty still can escape from the copper.
1t would be useless to make this test
in the air, since even without an in
sulator the current does not pass
readily into air. 1t must be tested
under water, in the medium in
which it is to be employed. Shallow
tanks filled with water receive each
section, and after a section has lain
"a hours in the water in order to
come to the same temperature as
the water the test is applied. Ifthe
effect which ought to be produced
on his galvanometer by passing in
to the core a certain quantity of
electricity does not result, the cleo.
trician knows that there is a flaw
and that the insulation is imperfect
that is, that the electricity is es.
Gaping.
There is nothing that can be
measured with more accuracy than
electricity. The laws which govern
it's flow in a body are perfectly I'M
derstood. The electrician knows
how much he pours in. He can draw
it out, measure it, treat it, in short,
as if it were water in a pipe. A leak
in an electric wire is dealt with al
most as a leak in a water pipe and
can be located quite as exactly.
When once located, it is easily re-
paired. - McClure's Magazine.
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NOW, sir, " cries out the party when
/ steps i'll, that's my husband, William
Pooley. He desarted me-
"This female" says the officer,
was up at the court this morning, ask
ing the magistrates advice. His wash
up sent me round to inquire into her
complaint. She says you're her hus-
band. If she can prove that. you're liza
BILE for her maintenance-hers and her
youngsters"
His youngster, 1" says the party.
"This all comes along" says l, "of
my stepping ashore and putting a piece
in the paper with the 'opes of getting a
job. If that. says l, pointing to the
party. lis the sort of a job that's offered
to sailormen when they comes ashore
sick of the sea, the sooner it's aboard
and up keeleg' with them again the
better. Mr.. Officer, I'm no married
man, and she knows 1 never was her
husband. I was in Bombay in a ship
called the Sutlej when she says l was
a-marrying of her at Deal"
son, you liarl" shrieks the party.
eff he can prove he didn't marry you,
there's an end" says the officer, turn
ing to the female.
Hes got a crucifige on his ARM
she yelled; $50 had my William. What
made him take the name of Treakell?
Don't it stand to reason? His names
William Dooley, and, Mr.. Officer, he's
my man-growed nothing, broadened a
little, certainly, but it's Williams face
after six years, and, oh, William" she
cries out, chow can you deny it?'
The officer looked very hard at me
and then very hard at the female and
then says to her: IF he can prove an
alibi, what are you going to do? Have
you got no certificates of discharge"
says he, ''going back six year,"
"Have II" says l, and rushing up
stairs l brought him down a handful.
There was seven, and they went back
IL years. He turns 'em about, then,
asking for the date of the marriage,
says:
Here y'are. He's spoken the truth.
This man was at sea when you said you
were married to him."
"And am l to believe they're his own
certificates?" cried the Aren't
sailors every day a-forging of these here
V. q. So"
"Put EN- up, says the officer to me.
II can't help you, missis," says he,
taking up his hat.
Just II hour later I met an old ship
mate on the steps of the shipping yard
at Tower hill.
What are you doing here, Bill?"
says he.
Looking for a ship" says I.
81 heard that you'd squared yards
with the sea and was ashore for a set
Element"
"And a settlement it's been," gays /,
and just then, some one singing out for
hands for a China clipper, l steps in,
scarce smiling as l thought of that
night when | brought my fist down on
the fok'sle rail of the Empire.
THE END.
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rounding upon me, from Jim Red
path, who had sailed with You afore and
came home with you in the Orklns."
When she had said this. | pulled off
my jacket and waistcoat, barred my arms
to the elbows, and, opening my starchea
shirt. | turned it under, that they might
see to the flesh of me. They yelled and
fell back, thinking l was gong for
them, and Bloomer came up stairs
again. sneezing | ran my fingers
through my hair, and, dinging open the
house door, that the light of God,
which the minister says is the truth it,
self, might shine upon me, l lays hold
of the woman and pulls her on to the
doorsteps and sings out:
Nov look at me. Can you see me?
Was this ere chest your William's?"
And I gives my bosom a thump. "Was
this ere arm your William's?"
"Yes," she shrieks, "that was his
crucifige."
"Was this ERE fa's your William's?"
says I, slapping NY forehead, and I
shoves it into her'n and sings out:
Look again. Look by Gods light.
Look, if your burned p%erishing William
ever had such a face upon him as mine
in all his goin a-fishin."
There was a crowd by this time. and,
noticing it, l steps into the passage,
picks up my clothes and goes up stairs.
After this shifted my shanty. There
was nothing to be lost, l allowed, by a
change of address, as they call it. By
this time all notion of getting a job out
of the largest circulation was clean gone.
I hired a room in Smith street, Stepney.
The house was kept by Mrs. Gumble,
widow of a coasting skipper. When
paid Mrs. Bloomer, she took my money
scornfully. ahd | think would have
spoke, but my eye kept her quiet. My
pulling off my coat, too, and hauling of
the lying party on to the pavement had
done Mrs. Bloomer good.
l still carried some pounds in good
money in my pocket, but guessed if !
didn't fall in with a situation soon the
old leather purse 'ud be showing like
the end of a long voyage. l answered
advertisements and hunted about. II
was all no good--nobody wanted me.
What was expected was always exactly
what | hadn't got. Then they wanted
written characters, and l had nothing
but "V. G." certificates to show 'em
I told Mrs. Gumble l wanted to give
up the sea and settle ashore, and sht
answered that in her heart she couldn't
blame me. She advised me to put in
little notice. l told her I'd done so.
Says she: Though once might be O
no use, twice might work the traverse
Try another paper"
After considering the thing and un
Outstanding it might find me a chanc'
if it did no more l walked round to an
other newspaper with the same pieo'
that had appeared in the corner OF tn
largest circulation. only instead Of sign
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r turned and said. whats it you

I turned and said. whats it you
want?"
Here the young un began to cry. roar
ing for mother.
What's all this about?' says
Bloomer, coming up from the kitchen.
He'd got a cold in his head and was
a-lying by
Joe, answered Mrs. Bloomer, ''this
poor woman has been deserted along
with her child for nigh upon six year,
and now she says she's found her man
in Mr. William Pooley.
I've had almost enough of this here
larkinR, hain't your" says 1 to the wom-
an. "Who are you and what d'you want?
You don't believe I'm your husband.
Bloomer, s'elp me, as | stand a living
man, l never vas married, and that
woman knows it.
How should she know it?' squawked
Mrs. Bloomer like a gull in a gale.
Got you there, Pooley, says Bloom
er in a voice thick as cruel with cold.
Il vas married. cried the woman,
"a st Georges, Deal, June FL, 1875,
and William pooley was my mans
name Simon Dadds W las my father and
kept a hostillery Oh, ma'am, that he
can stand there and pretend not to
know nor remember. If my father were
alive-he was a sailor then, " she sings
out, pointing at me. will you tell me
that you don't recollect stopping the
carriage at the Deal Lugger inn as we
drove from church and treating the
boatmen? Didn't you likewise stop at
the Yarmouth Packet and keep father
awaiting dinner for u.s.
81 tell you," | roared out, breaking
in to her noise, that l don know you,
and that l never was married, and that
you We mistook your man."
Here Bloomer, stumping back to his
kitchen, stops at the head of the stair
case to call out:
"Settle it quickly, and don't make no
noise, for this 'ouse as got a name to
lose. | know what sailors are, and
mubbee it is and mubbee it amt. Liz
zie, keep you clear, and if the parties'l
come to farms outside it'll be agree
able" And down he went.
Are you going to tell me, Mr..
Eoolcy, says mrS. DlOOLu6E, WuOSe
face showed a relish for this shindy, for
all that it was as hard as sailors beef,
that there's no truth in this party
statements?"
"None,"I yelled, for their working
up of my old iron was %a-making me
redhot.
And you tell u.s." says Mrs. Bloom
er, with a sheer, that a woman's
memory won't allow her to recognize
her husband after six years Of deser.
tom"
"He was 6 months old, " says the
other, sobbing and pointing to her boy,
when we was left. He sailed in a shiI
called the Miranda. I've never heard oil
him since, but | knew he was alive, fol-
be desarted at Sydney and arrived al
Liverpool in a ship called the Simon
'Orkins, and that larnt, " she screamed,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-16
HIS ONE BET.
1t Seemed Fair, but the Other Fellow Was
LnI,F

1t Seemed Fair. but the Other Fellow Was
Fooled.
Il never made but o,s bet in my
life, and | won that, said a newspaper
man as they began talking about bets.
"You see, it was this way" he went
on. " l was in college, and a member
of my class came in to call on me and
my roommate. In the course of the talk
| offered to bet our visitor a box of
cigars that he was the biggest fool in
the class, and / agreed to leave it to
any three members of it we would Sc
lect. He consented. l chose myself as
one arbitrator. He demurred, but as
sented when l limited that there was
nothing to prevent his choosing himself
for his representative, and then we two
could choose a third. 1t was a rather
roundabout way of choosing a single
arbitrator, but it was necessary to work
out the job my chum and l had put up
on him. 1t vas then suggested that
we couldn't do any better than choose
my chum as the third man. He was a
good judge of fools or wise men, 1 ar
gued. and would be as likely to be as
fair as anybody. Our caller finally as
sented. We then proceeded to make our
arguments. He called attention to vari-
ous incidents in my college career to
prove that | was at any rate a bigger
fool than he was and that consequently
he could not be the biggest fool in the
class, and that was all he was called
upon to prove.
when it came my turn, 1 made
short work of it by remarking that if
he won the bet my chum would not
have an opportunity to smoke many of
the cigars, whereas if / won the box
would stand where he could have &C
cess to it as long as the cigars lasted,
and that a man who did not foresee
such a position and argument in my
favor in consenting to leave the matter
to my chum must be the biggest fool
not only in the class but in the whole
college. Of course we got the cigars,
and the loser acknowledged the justice
of the decision. Chicago Times-Her-
aid.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-16
The Carlyles' Maid.

The Carlyles had a maid who was
untidy, useless in all ways, but
Astounding in grace and in conse-
quent censure of every one above or
below her and of everything she
could not understand. After a long
apostrophe one day, as she was
bringing in dinner, Carlyle ended
with, And this l can tell you, that
if you do not carry the dishes
straight, so as not to spill the gravy,
SO far from being tolerated in heav-
en-, you won't be even tolerated on
earth"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-16
Understood the Case.

Mrs. Lakeside-I wish to get a di-
voroe from my husband for outrageous
cruelty, inhumanity, brutality, nom
support.
Chicago lawyer must have $50
retaining fee first, madam.
"But l haven't got it. 1 spent the
last 500 my husband gave ne for this
bonnet this very morning"
won't he give you any more?"
"Not for several days anyhow"
"Well, perhaps the gentleman you
wish to marry will lend it to you. -
New York Weekly.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-16

cts jes' my luck" said Farmer
Corntossel gloomily. "I'm the wust
guesser a-goin. The only sure way fur
a man to git along is ter make up his
mind what he's a-goin ter do an keep
doin jes' that"
"Have you had bad luck?"
"Nothin else. Last year I raised
wheat when l orter hev tuck in sum-
mer boarders. This year l tuck in sum-
mer boarders when I orter hev raised
wheat. "-Washington Evening Star.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-16
Porter and Mark Twain,

General Porter tells a story of his
farewell to Mark Twain onoe when
Mark was going away. 81 said: Good
by, Mark. May God be with you al
ways He d~rawlingly replied, 'I-hope
Observation-Disclosures, too, that
he may find some leisure-moments--
to - take - care - o -you. '"-Argo.
naut.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-16
Not In Time.

Myrtle-They say that you made a
regular fool of Algy Persons at the
islands last week.
Maud-No. they are wrong. I might
have done it but for one thing.
Myrtle-What was that?
Enthusiastically had finished the
job before l got hold of him. -Cleve-
land Leader.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-16
Extra Work.

81 believe Goodluck has got an in
crease of salary"
"What was it for-extra work.
Eyes. He always listens when the
boss tells the smart things his kid says.
Tit Bits.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-16
A Case He Knew.

II see in a recent book where the
idea is put forth that mankind sang
before it talked. What do you think
of it,"
Don't know, but there is a fellow
on our block who is going to sing
just before he dies, some time, I'm.
less he quits bowling popular
songs" - Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
Giving Its Value.
"That was a magnificent gown that
your wife wore last night, said the
merchant.
1T ought to be a magnificent one. "
returned the lawyer ruefully.
"Cost a good deal, did it?"
II should say So, answered the law
yer. 1.-TWO Office consultations, an opin'
ion, a murder case and a confession Of
Judgment. Chicago Post.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-16
Wouldn't Touch Him,

why don't you go in bathing, Mr..
Softly?" she asked.
"a man eating shark has been seen
near here" he replied.
Man eating!'' she repeated. "Oh,
we'll, he wouldn't touch you then. -
Chicago Post.
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The impeachment.

She-I think Mr.. Stone is just too
mean and stingy for anything. He just
won't buy his wife a wheel.
He-You misjudge him, my love.
He'd be perfectly willing to buy it.
only he's too fat to teach her to ride
and too jealous to want any IL else to
act as her instructor. Brooklyn Life.
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The Boston Cook,

Mistress-When you came here a few
days AGO., you said your name was Ma
ry. Now l find in your book that it is
Kittie.
Cook-Oh, madam, that's all righ6.
Mary is my pseudonym.-Exchange.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-16
Only Ice Pounds,

Watts-Did you read about those
Kansas hailstones that weighed Il
pound apiece?
Potts-Yes. But everybody knows
what a little thing a pound of ice is
indianapolis Journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-16
A Beautiful Sight.

Galton-The Rev. Thomas Dixon Of
New York says the most beautiful sight
in the world is a beautiful woman upon
q beautiful horse.
Jastrow-He has probably never held
a royal flush. cleveland Leader.
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Affected by the Heat.

"Our janitor was sick all summer.
"What was the matter?'
SIT Frustrated him to see US getting
all the hot air we wanted without ap-
pealing to him. Chicago Record.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-16

First Traveler-I'm an American.
Second Do.-And l, sir, am a Greater
New Yorker. - Philadelphia North
American.
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The Absentminded Professor,

Do you know. my dear, 1 was so busy
remembering what you asked me to buy
you, that l forgot to stop and get it
New York Truth.
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me into the front parlor. and there l
found the party as claimed me for her
husband, the young IN. and a tall
man with strong whiskers, dressed like
o police boss.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-20
seEcuLArfyE sCAREs.

Rumors OF war. or at least OF Impending
troubles. with Spain continue 10 De usea
by the ''bears" with the effect OK 'hoiu-
ing down many stocks and bonds. let
there would seem TO be no iounuauon
for these rumors. So far from H. 'ne
present administration has taken pains
10 disabuse the public mind OF any pui-
nose upon the part OF the government,
70 get into a quarrel with Spain II IL can
nossibly be avoided. And for her part
spain has of late been In an uhusuan'
coucllatory mood. Witness the release
of the Competitor prisoners.
Note. too. that General Lee upon the
eve of his departure for Habana gave
out an interview showing that he ex-
pected no trouble. We venture 10 say
he would not have spoken as he did had
he not been assured that his course
therein would be approved by the Presi-
dent. And this incident affords proof oil
the peaceful disposition Of Mr.. Mckin-
ley. But II may be said that the senate
will begin to kick up shiny as soon
as Congress assemblies. Quite likely IL
will. But the iron hand OF Speaker Reed
still controls the House, and unless ne
has changed his mind and lost his grip
of late. the House will operate as cnecK
upon the more belligerent Senate
Really. Mr.. Reed is the master OF the
situation. If he should lift his hand the
House might become as jingoish as the
Senate. and then the President would
have hard time staying congressional
action. but there is no good reason TO
believe that ne has changed his mind in
the least.
1t is important to note, too, that the
country has great faith in the ability ana
sagacity of General Lee. He has the
confidence OF the people In an extraordi-
nary degree and so far he and the Presi-
dent have agreed very well indeed as
to what the duty of the United States Is.
Certainly the problem of SPANS Sc
curing peace on the not overfaithful Isle
seems as puzzling as ever before, never
theless, we can see no present reason
for fearing that trouble for our country
is brewing.
1t will be time enough TO take alarm
when some cause therefor Is apparent
The Wall Street spectators who get up
all sorts OF rumors to advance their in
terests are dangerous men, and have
often cost this country dearly, but all we
can do is to discount and disrupt their
efforts whenever and wherever possible.
We trust that Cuba may soon secure
her freedom; also, that she Will be able
to do it without embroiling US in any
trouble with Spain.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-20
A GERMAN OFFICERS DEATH.
His Life Spent in Searching for HIS
French Sweetheart.

ST. LOUIS, November l9.-Leonard
Helm, a native of Bavaria, once colonel
in the German army and a member of
wealthy family, died Wednesday in alb
ject poverty at the st. Louis City Hospi-
tai. aged So years. He was OF royal
parentage, his father having been a rela-
tive of Emperor William l., grandfather
of the present Emperor.
In the Franco-Prussian war Helm dts
tinguished himself for bravery. and was
promoted to the rank of colonel. AT the
close of the war he attended ball one
evening in Berlin and fell in love with
a Young woman present. Later they be-
came engaged, and almost on the eve OF
their marriage she revealed 10 him that
she was Of French decent, and was en-
gagged by the French Government as
spy. Helm was astonished, but deter
mined to marry her. His father learn
cd of the young womans commission
and broke off the affair. finally spiriting
her away Helm swore he would find
her. and deserted from the army. left
his country. and roamed through the
streets of Paris over year. vainly hoping
to meet his fiance.
He then conceived the idea that she
was in America. and came TO this coun-
try He had searched for her. In every
large CITY i'm the United States for fifteen
wears. but without avail. He was ma
furaiized In 1884. and came TO st. Louis
in 1895. Just before he died, not realizing
the end was so near. he said he still
hoped to find his lost sweetheart.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-20
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 1897.
THE COMPETITOR CASE.

The settlement of the Competitor case
by the granting by Spain of amnesty
20 the vessels crew will hardly be 10
the liking of the jingoes. 1t demoishes
a magazine upon which for nearly two
years that element has been wont 10
draw extensively for invective ammuni-
ton to hurl against Spain.
II Is true that the case is one in which
Spain has acted in very aggraYatins
manner heretofore. 1t may also be true
as some of the more violent jDgoes
claim. that had the issue been between
any other great Power than the United
States. and Spain, that other great Power
would have sent a gunboat to Haoana
and demanded the release of the prison
ers. Nevertheless, it does not follow
that our government compromised Its
dignity by not resorting to that sum-
mary measure. Though the negotiations
between this country and Spain anent
the matter have been long drawn out,
this government has been steadfasuy
firm in its position and it's demands, and
the end has for more reasons than one
justified the milder course. The latter
was better for this country, better for
Spain, and better for Cuba, than would
have been recourse to a naval demon
stration.
Had we, when the extreme jingoes
were so clamorous for decisive measures,
sent warships to Habana to enforce
a demand for the release Of the pri-
soners. the chances are that war would
have been precipitated between Spain
and the United States. That such
result would have been deplorable for
both countries provided 1t could have
been avoided with honor, cannot be
questioned But, even supposing war
would not have eventuated, 1t Is almost
certain that feeling in Spain against the
United States would have been so In
fensified as 10 preclude the possibility
of the recent welcome change in the
Madrid Government, and the great modi-
fication that has been made In Spain
nolicy towards Cuba. Instead of a
gradual decrease, we would have had
an increase of friction between WASH
ington and Madrid, with consequent con-
stantly increasing excitement and busi-
ness disquiet here, and the stimulation
of Weylorism in Cuba.
However, the elements Of time and OF
forbearance that entered into the nego-
tsations touching the Competitors crew.
rendered the present disposition of the
issue possible, and that disposition We
must accept as evidence Of SPANS
earnest desire to cultivate conciliatory re-
lations with us. Therefore, while, as
we said, the settlement is not calcu'
lated to please the jngoes, 1t ought &c
be. and we question not win be, to the
liking of the business interests of the
country. IT ought TO- and doubtless
VIII, have the effect of discounting IN
great measure future war scares thai
may be started by jlngoistic politicians
and spectators, and conduce to conf
dence In business circles. seeing that
taken with SPANS new policy respect
ing Cuba, II leaves very little real CAPT
sal for the two disturbing classes above
named TO work upon.