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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03

Often mentioned is Cecil Rhodes dis
like to women and the fact that he will
not allow a female to serve him in any
way. lie had n secretary to whom he
was much attached. One day he an
nounced the fact that he was going to
be married. The chief was thunder
struck, and after glaring at him for a
second growled out, "Where the devil
am l to get another secretary?" and then
walked out OF the room and banged the
door. His innate goodness of heart.
however, prevailed after a bit, for he
presented the bride with some lovely
diamonds, and when, soon after, he left
for England he lent the young couple
his carriages and horses, SO that the Of
Tending bride was enabled to return her
wedding calls at his expensei 1t never
occurred to him. however, to keep his
favorite secretary on. The mere fact of
his marrying put that quite out of the
pale of possibility.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03
Tho Wedding Ring.

The associations called up by a wed
ding ring are very touching, and it is
the last thing that sven the poorest wife
will part with. If it ever was consider
cd a badge Of servitude. 1t now is much
more suggestive Of queenship and SOY
ereignty. An old Latin writer thus de-
scribes the ring: 1t is circular, because
the mutual love and hearty affection
of matrimony should be forever. their
continuity remaining as unbroken as
the circlet itself. 1t is an old-and ex-
ploded-notion that the ring is placed
upon the fourth finger because a small
artery connects with the heart. The
real reason probably is that the left
hand is not used as much as the right,
and the fourth finger less than the other
fingers.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03
ICE CAVES.
In California with Their Product as Clear
rs Crystal.

In California with Their d as Clear
rs Crystal.
In Wodoc county, Cal, is an immense
field OF lava covered with a beautiful
forest of conifers, which is inhabited by
deer, bear, panther, lynx, coyote, porcu-
pine and numerous fur bearing animals
whose pelts are of value to the trappe-.
1t was in these lava beds that the Modoo
Indians made their stand against the
government troops some years ago and
were with very great difficulty destroy
ed. 1t is here that the ice caves are
found, and from them the Modocs drew
their water supply while besieged by
the troops.
One never having been over a lava
field can form but little idea Of the
chaotic manner in which the ingenious
workmen have left the products of their
labor. The only order observed is disor-
der Of the most exaggerated kind,
wherein every mass of rock has been
twisted OF raised or depressed or arched
over some cavern in a different way from
that Of its neighbors. The caves scatter
ed throughout these lava beds are of
very varying shapes and dimensions.
Some are mere covert ways, with an
arch of stone thrown over them. Others
are immense chambers some yards from
the surface, another kind is sunk quite
deeply and may be in a series of cham
bers united by a corridor that opens at
the surface, while another kind seems
TO go directly to the center of the earth
without stopping.
1t is here that the stores Of ice are
found, which is formed from water that
filters in annually from the melting
SHOWS above. Every winter the lava
beds are covered with fall Of snow
which varies from two to ten feet in
depth. The temperature over this region
in the coolest weather 10 often 20 or
more degrees below zero, so that any
water that might be in the caves is
frozen solid, unless the caves mouths
should be entirely covered with snow,
which is not often the case. Now, when
spring and the snow melts, the
water ~percolates through into the cold
storage chambers beneath and is there
CONCEALED by the prevailing cold. Ii is
in this way that the ice has been made
and stored for years. And were these
caves accessible to market they would
furnish the purest of ice to many cities
for years to come. Popular Science
News.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03
A TlGERISH TURKISH MOB.
Murderous Bludgeon Men In the Streets
of Constantinop1e.

Murderous Bludgeon Men In the Streets
of Constantinop1e.
Such men as the bludgeon men one
does not often see in the streets of Con-
stantinople. OF the better class Of Turks
there were none among them. They
were of a class like the wharf rats and
longshoremen Of western lands. They
were of all shades of color, from the
white skinned Lac and Circassian to the
brown and hook nosed kurd and the
coal black Nubian from Africa. Their
faces were a study of fearful passions.
There were faces scanned and SCARED
like the head of a fighting bulldog; faces
distorted by malice and greed; faces
scared, as by fire. case hardened in ig-
norance of all except vice and ferocious
as an angry tiger. Some of those faces
burned their way into my memory and
remained for days, a haunting revela-
tion of brutal instincts and beastly de-
sires which made o.c wonder how it
was possible to have lived in safety for
weeks in a city containing such men.
These men were not armed, in the
common sense of the word. Some of
them had revolvers, and the most of
them had knives. But they seldom used
either, for awkward questions might be
raised if the police were called to &c.
count for failing to arrest armed civil
ians on the streets. Carrying ak helves,
pickax handles, heavy clubs, like base
ball bats; Jagged fragments of broken
scantling-carrying anything that can
crush the skull of man-this horrible
rabble flooded the streets of all Chris
tian quarters of the city, like an all DIES.
olating tidal wave, silent but irresisti-
BILE. Their silence by day was almost as
terrible as their bowls by night. They
would be seen going along the street,
when they would meet an Armenian
who had ventured to attempt to reach
his home. Without a word they would
break in his skull and go on their way,
entirely unmoved and hardly having
spoken a loud word. If resistance was
offered, they had only to say, "The
Giaours resistl' and a horde of their
fellows would come running from all
directions to destroy one who had prov
ed his seditious quality by daring to re-
sist a Mussulman.-'A B~ystander's
Notes of a Massacre, - by WAN Troshine,
In Scribner's.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03

There was to be a camp meeting at
Snyder's cove. on the Cumberland
mountains. and a day OF two before the
opening / stopped at a cabin ten miles
away for dinner. After awhile some
thing was said about camp meeting, and
/ asked the mountaineer il he was 60
ing to attend.
"I'm fggerin on it," he slowly re-
piled, with 3 glance at his wife.
Lots of work to, do, eh?"
"No, not much. Ever h'ar Of the
Fords?"
"No, l never have"
"Waal, thar's- five of EN-, includin
the old man, and they'll all be thai.
Eyes"
Ever h'ar of the Irwins?"
"No."
"Waal the old man died last month,
but thar's four of the boys, and they'll
NIL be thar"
eyes"
Ever h'ar of the Thompsons-Ben
Thompson's family, " he continued, az
he slipped his corn coffee.
Eyes; I staid at the Thompson's cab
In two nights ago."
"Then yo' know thar's ole Ben and
five or six strappin big boys. That
gang will be thar for shore"
Eyes, / heard them say they were
going. Are all those people friends Of
yours?'
"Skassly, stranger, skassly." he re-
| piled, as he and his wife exchanged a
smile. That's what we hev bin figger-
in on fur the last two days. Five Fo-ds,
four Twins and six Thompsons-15 in
all. don't skassly believe l kin fetch
it,.
Fetch what?" / asked.
"Why, pop over the hull Is befo'
they pops me-"
"Oh, / see. Then it's a feud."
"Waal, not a reg lar feud as I knows
on, but sorter that way jest huff to
bring on a shootin match as soon as we
all git together. No, / reckon we won't
attend that camp meetin. Thar'l prob
ably be another next var, and if I hev
good luck I'll hev redooced the Is down
to a figger whar / kin sot up my tent
and praise the Lawd and cum off best
in a sorimmage." M. QUAD.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03
ST.. PAUL'S ROCKS.
a submarine Mountain In the Middle o
the Atlantic Ocean.

n submarine Mountain In the Middle of
the Atlantic Ocean.
Almost at the very center of the At
lantic ocean-only a trife north of the
equator and about half way between
marine mountain SO high that, in spite
of the immense depth of the sea, it
thrusts its peak 70 feet above the waves.
This peak. startling from its position,
forms a labyrinth Of islets, the whole
not over half a mile in circumference,
known as st. Paul's rocks. So steep is
the mountain, of which this lonely rest
ing place of sea birds is the summit, that
one mile from these rocks a 800 fathom
line with which %soundings were at
tempted by Ross on his voyage to the
Antarctic failed to touch bottom.
We're the bed of the sea to be suddenly
elevated to a level with the dry land.
st. Paul's rocks would be the cloud
capped peak Of a mountain rising in
sheer ascent in the midst of a broad
plain. They are supposed to have been
formed by the same disturbance of ma
ture which separated the Cape Verde is-
lands from Africa.
T~reacherous currents make navigation
in the vicinity of these rocks dangerous.
A Brazilian naval officer, who passed
them on an English steamer, tells me
that the evening before they expected to
sight them he was told by the captain
that at 8 O'Clock in the morning they
would appear about five miles west. AT
that hour the officer went on deck and
looked to the Notwithstanding but AL
expanse Of heaving sea. He CHANGED to
turn, and there, five miles to the east
ward were-the rocks. The currents
had, in less than 10 hours, carried 9
full powered steamer ten miles out OF
her course, Gustav Kobbe in st. Mich.
olas.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03
A GREAT BARRIER.
1t Was the One Thing That Kept a Dea
Friend Away.


1t Was the One Thing That Kept a Dear
Friend Away.
My wife finished the note, with her
forehead gathered into Fuckers as deep
as though she were trying to make her
accounts balance.
What is it, my dear?" / asked.
"Why, it is from Mrs. Tucker" she
replied slowly and thoughtfully, "tell-
ing me that poor Mary is dying and Is
extremely anxious to see me-"
"Well, why don't you go at once?" 1
asked.
"Why, 1 don't see how 1 cam" re-
piled my wife.
"Why not?" I demanded impatiently.
"It's broad daylight, it isn't raining,
and you have a new dress and hat"
"Oh. l wouldn't ever think Of such
things with such a summons" pro-
tested my wife.
"Why don't you go them" I urged.
"Or do you insist upon riding? Shall l
60 over and borrow Thompson's wheel
barrow and trundle you theref'
"Ob, John. I don't see how you can
joke at such a time as this" responded
my wife, almost in tears.
MADAM" ] retorted, ''you mistake
] am not joking. What feminine fool
ishness prevents you from immediately
granting the last request of a very dear
friend is beyond my poor comprehen-
sion. that is all. Will you kindly en-
tighten me?"
Goodness knows" said my wife,
'I'd go through fire and water for
Mary, but under the circumstances /
don't see-I really don't see how 1 can
call there now"
"Why not?" again demanded sharp
~.
because, explained my wife plain.
lively, "you see Mary owes me a call. -
New York Sunday Journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03
Well Rebuked.

A quick retort is credited to a young
author whose tongue is as ready as his
pen.
Not long ago as he was walking with
q friend a man came up behind him
and gave him a resounding slap on the
shoulder. The writer turned a surprised
face toward the newcomer, who said:
"Look here! You must remember mel
Now don't your"
IT can't say that I remember your
face" returned the young author grave.
~. "but your manner is certainly famil-
lar. Youth g Companion.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03

A family who have recently taken
into their employ a rosy checked Irish
maid of all work say that her blunders
cause them amusement enough to com
pensate for any trouble they may entail.
One day the man of the house stated
in Bridget's hearing that he intended
to have a woodhouse built on a piece Of
ground which at that time Enclosed a
we'll.
"And sure, sorr," said the inquiring
Bridget, Twill you be movin the well
to a o ~oonvanient spot whin ths
woodhouse is builted?"
A smile crossed her employers face,
and instantly Bridget saw that she had
made a mistake of some sort.
'fIt's mesilf that's a fool, I'm think
in, she said hastily, bound to retrieve
herself. CAV ooorse whin the well was
moved livery drop of wather would run
out av it. "-Youth's Companion.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03

Edmund S. Purcell, who wrote the
biography of Cardinal Manning that
was so widely discussed and in some
quarters condemned, wrote a paper for
The Nineteenth Century entitled "On
the Ethics of Suppression In Biogra-
ply" in which he makes all interesting
statement concerning Manning's rela-
tions to the Jesuits:
Cardinal Manning could not endure
lit was not in his nature-to be looked
upon by the Jesuits as All "enemy of
vital goodness" They fell under his
ban. Metaphorically he ''oursed them
with bell, book and candle" In a
laughing fashion their retort came
quick:
Cardinals may come, cardinals may go,
But We go on forever.
Cardinal Manning, as is known of all
men, regarded the suppression of the
Society of Jesus in 1878 as the work of
Gods hand. He likewise looked upon
its restoration in 1897 as Gods work.
But his abiding hostility to the Jesuits,
based, as he declared. ON their corporate
action in England and Rome, was testi.
fed by the prediction which he uttered
OH various occasions, II foresee another
IT73."
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03
Forestalled Himself,

Overcome by the antics of the come.
dian, the gentleman in the front row
emitted examinations so violently that
his wig dropped to the floor, and he be-
came the focus of a thousand eyes.
His first thought was to assume a
jaunty air. 81 will laugh it off,, he
soliloquized.
Then it occurred to him that that was
just what he had done, and. arising
hastily. he fled precipitately .-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03
To Divide Her Attention.

81 want n of those mangdoleens. -
said Farmer Cornhill to the dealer in
musical instruments, ''the kind you
play on with a piece of turtle SHELF,
"Yes, sir; for YOURSELF" asked the
clerk.
mo; fer my wife. I want to get her
something sides me to pick on. "-Cin.
oinnati Tribune.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03
ON OCEANS BED.
What Becomes of Ships Which Sink to
the Bottom Of the Sea,

w mat BeoBulbB VI 6ntp8 "nlCh SINK TO
the Bottom of the Sea.
What becomes of the ship that sinks
in midocesn? If it is of wood. it takes,
in the first place, considerable time for
it to reach the bottom. In 100 or more
fathoms of water q quarter of an hour
will elapse before the ship reaches bot
tom 1t sinks slowly, and, when the bot
tom is reached, it falls gently into the
soft, oozy bed, with no crash o r break
ing.
OF course, if it is laden with pig iron
or corresponding substances, or if it is
an iron ship, it sinks rapidly and some
times strikes the bottom with such force
as to smash in pieces. Once sunken, a
ship becomes the prey of the countless
inhabitants of the ocean.
They swarm over and through the
great boat and make it their home. Be-
sides this they cover every inch of the
boat with a thick layer of lime. This
takes time, Of course, and when one
generation dies another continues the
work, until finally the ship is so laden
with heavy demonstrations, corals, .sponges
and barnacles that, if wood, the creak-
ing timbers fall apart and slowly but
surely are absorbed in the waste at the
sea bottom.
Iron vessels are demolished more
quickly than those of wood, which may
last for centuries. The only metals that
Withstand the chemical action, of the
waves are gold and platinum, and glass
also seems unaffected. No matter how
long gold may be hidden in the ocean,
it will always be gold when recovered,
and this fact explains the many roman
tic and adventurous searches after hid
den submarine treasures lost in ship
wrecks.-Exchange.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03

BABY.

WHEN BABY LAUGHS.
"There's nothing half SO sweet in life,"
No cup Of Joy to quaff,
Nor rich a treat as dimpled cheeks
When baby tries to laugh.
WHEN BABY CRIES.
Nor anything so tart of taste
As when good nature dies
In vain attempt to "stop that noise"
When baby cries and cries.
WHETHER BABY LAUGHS OR CRIES.
And nothing half so sweet or dear
AS lovelit baby eyes,
Or q pressure close from baby lips,
Whether baby laughs or cries.
CLARK W. Bryan in Good Housekeeping.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03

During the n year that General
Benjamin f. Butler was governor Of
Massachusetts the class in rhetoric of
the Girls Latin school in Boston was
being examined, and the teacher put
this question to one Of the pupils, eff ]
should say to you, His honor the gov
ernor of Massachusetts, what figure Of
speech should you call ,it?" Irony"
was the instant reply of the pupil
ArpOnont
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03
Sale of "Arabian Nights"

The late Sir Richard Burton's trans
lation of the Arabian Nights" was
sold out in ten days and brought $50,
600, upon which he and his wife lived
royalty for five years. At his death but
90 remained of the sum, and Lady Bur
ton deposited it in the poorbox of her
church.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03
Grazing.

"Just S3 years ago today" said the
old soldier. "the top of my head was
grazed by a bullet"
"There isn't much grazing there now,
is there, grandpa?'' was the comment of
the youngest grandchild. and as the old
gentleman rubbed his bare poll he had
to admit the correctness of the asser-
tion.-Indianapolis journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03
Why She Never Smiles.

Mr.. De Rioh-What a sad, sweet face
Miss Psyche has. She never smiles. She
must have met with some great loss.
Miss Desinart-Yes; she was in a rail
way accident some weeks ago. and she
lost a front tooth. London Spare Mo
ments.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03

The common cocklebur of the coun-
try is simply the seed case Of a plant.
Its thorny hooks give it a hold upon fur
or wool bearing animals Or upon the
clothes of men, and thus cause it to be
transported to considerable distances.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03

Some sensitive plants growing in
marshes in the southern states are pro-
vided with a substitute for nerves. the
a~ntenne. or hairs, on the edges of the
leaves being the feelers. When touched,
the entire leaf shrinks away from the
hand.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03
Sympathetic.

II was at the courthouse today" re-
marked Gilfoyle, land I saw a man
sentenced to the penitentiary for three
years for bigamy."
HE had too many wives, eh?'' re-
piled Bickers. "That's my fix exactly,
and I can sympathize with the poor fell
low"
"You? Why, you have only one
wife"
81 know it.''-New York Sunday
journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03
Still Vindictive.

II wish," muttered the i~mpiacsble
Weyler, with a CLEAN Of baffied rage in
his eye, that Maceo could have lived
long enough to see some Of these obitu-
airy poems the American papers have
printed In his honor. "--Chicago Trih.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03
Cardinals may come, cardinals may go.
But we 90 on forever,
His Chance.

Timmins-I have a notion to write
sne of these Scotch dialect stories.
Simmons-But you don't know any
thing about Scotch dialect.
Timmins-I know as much about it
as the people who buy the stories. In
dianapolis Journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03
Catholic Priests and Marriages.

Marriage by the clergy was first posi-
lively forbidden in the year 1914 by
Pope Gregory VII. The controversy,
however, which had been going on fer
centuries on that subject was not alto
gether settled by Gregory's decree. The
council of Trent, in 1898, was the eocle-
siastical body which formally prohibited
priests from forming marriage alliances.
That permanently settled the matter.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03
To Grow Up.

"Why do people take so much inter.
est in what they call darkest Africa,
anyhow"
81 presume they have a kind of idea
it would be a good thing to go there and
grope with the country. - Chicago
Tribune.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03
Imaginary Ailments.

Physicians very often meet with peo-
pie who are carrying around imaginary
ailments, and who really believe them
selves as badly afflicted as they assert.
Some curious cases have been noted. A
young woman of this city had been con-
fined to her bed many months with an
illness which wholly deprived her of the
use of her lower limbs. The doctor who
attended her failed to discover the nature
of her afflietion, which might ordinarily
have been attributable to several causes.
Examination, however. revealed moth
ing calculated to throw light on the
matter, and the doctor, after patient
and exhaustive analysis and attention,
came to the conclusion that the illness
was imaginary.
Although he discreetly kept his opin-
ion to himself. proof was eventually
forthcoming as to the accuracy of his
view. Being lifted in the sheets out of
her bed mi day, while the mattress was
~rearranged. the young woman surprised
her attendants by suddenly jumping
from the couch on which she had
been placed. with a loud expression of
alarm. 1t was discovered that she had
been laid urSn a needle cushion mad.
v~ertently lett ON the sofa, and that the
sharp points of several needles had
pressed violently into her back. The
contretemps revealed the fact that sic
could stand easily. Scottish Nights.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03

The eye of a fly is so constructed as to
bring the entire horizon within his cir
ole of observation, a fact which explains
the extreme alertness of these insects il
escaping attack.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03
Fresh Winds.

New Arrival-The winds up here
seem to be quite fresh.
st. Peter (grumpily)-Indeed they
are. They are all the time trying to
blow through my whiskers. Truth.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03
Sympathetic.

Young Wife-Oh. John, the rats
nave eaten all of my cakel
John-Whatl All of it?
Young Wife-Every piece. I feel like
crying.
John-Oh, don't cry over a few rats.
Hartford Times.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03

The goldenrod, which was advocated
some time ago as the national flower of
the United States, is emblematic of ell.
enlargement.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03
Movins IA Well.

Twelve tablespeonfuls of any liquid
make what the doctors call a teacupful.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03

iopts
ARRIVE AT HELENA.
1, Pacific Express, west bound $50 a. M.
No. 2, Atlantic EXPIRES, east bound, 1906 D.. m.
No. 8, Marysville mixed. daily except
SUNDAY ......... .......... ....... 9:30 q. m.
No. 9, Wickes and Boulder mixed dali
ly except Sunday, runs from Basin
on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
days, from Elkhorn on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays. ... 7:3O D. m,
NO. luz, kiminl mixed, Tuesdays only $50 p. m.
DEPART FROM HELENA.
Pacific Express, westbound. 10: 100 a. m.
No. 2, Atlantic Express, eastbound, 1910 D.. M.
No. 2. Marysville mixed, daily except
Sunday: s:3Op. m.
No. 10, Wickes and Boulder mixed,
daily except Sunday, runs to Basin
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays,
to klkhorn Tuesdays, Thursdays
and saturdays. :. 9:15 a. m.
No. 101, Rimini mixed Tuesdays only 10 30 a.. M.
Through tickets to Japan and China, via Ia
coma and Northern Pacific Steamship Co.
For information, time cards, maps and tickets,
call on or write
ID. EDGAR,
GENERAL AGENT, HELENA, MONTANA.