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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-23

The news that DR.. George Waltemath
OF Hamburg, Germany, has discovered
the long-sought second satellite of the
earth will be received with great inter
est by all astronomers and by the peo-
pie generally. For centuries the idea
that there might be a second moon at
tending the earth has been entertained
by some astronomers. Various obser-
vations of circular spots seen crossing
the surface Of the sun, and unknown
luminous planets in the sky. have been
thought to lend probability to the the
ory that there is such a second moon
attending Jul planet. Occasionally it
has been located by astronomers. Ac-
cording to one astronomer. the sec
n moon of the earth is very close to
us, SO near, in fact, that it goes around
IN about three hours and twenty min
utes. According to other theories, it
is at a greater distance from the earth.
Some one suggested many years ago
that the reason the earth's second
moon was never seen was because it
Travelled round the earth at such a dis
lance and with such speed that it kept
continually on the side away from the
sun, and consequently was always in
the earth's shadow. Being unillum-
fned by the sunlight and having no
light of its own, it would not in such a
situation be visible even as a faint star.
But if DR.. Waltemath's discovery is
correctly reported, it would appear that
the earth's second moon is much more
distant than the moon we know. The
report says that the distance of the
newly discovered moon is 2 40 times
greater than that of the old moon. That
would make its distance 648, 900 miles
from the earth. DR.. Waltemath says
It's diameter is 700 kilometers, which
would be about 440 miles. In that re-
spect then it must very much resemble
some of the larger asteroids, such as
Ceres, Juno and Pallas. Compared with
the larger moon, it's volume according
to the ~discoverer, is as / to 1913. It's
mass, ordinarily called it's weight, is
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-23

remarkable particular. The average
density of the great moon is less than
that of the earth, while according to
DR.. Waltemath's figures the average
density of the new moon must be about
the same as the earth. In other words,
while it is a very small body, it must
be heavy in proportion to it's size. In
regard to the effect which such a body
revolving around the earth (as DR..
Waltemath says it does, in a period of
about 1T days. would have upon our
planet, it may be remarked hat the
only certain influence that any heaven
ly body has upon the earth is in the
raising of the tides in the ocean, and
in the atmosphere. Now a body weigh
ing only 1-80 as much as the moon,
and at the same time more than 21a
times further away, would possess prac-
tically no tidal influence. The height
of the tide which it could raise in the
ocean would be measured only by hun
dredths of an inch instead of several
feet, as in the case of the old MOON.
It's influence upon the atmosphere
would be correspondingly slight.
INeNeTllSleSS Il DUuy OL SUCH d uldSS DIS
DR.. Waltemath says the new moo has
would unquestionably affect the motion
of the old moon to a perceptible degree,
and might account for the ~irregulari-
ties in the motions of the moon, which
have for long puzzled astronomers and
which in fact were partly the cause of
the original speculations concerning
the existence of a second moon. AS to
the visibility of the alleged new MOON,
it may be said that if it were capable
of rejecting the sunlight as brilliant
ly as the larger moon does it ought not
to be a difficult telescope object to see.
1t should appear to be about one-two-
hundredths as great as the full moor
Allowing for its greater distance, it
would then, If it's serface is equal in
power of reflection to that of the moon,
show about one ffteen-hundredths Of
the light that is received from the
moon. Evidently, however, it cannot
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-23
CLIMBS THROUGH FLAMES.
Brave Ohio Girl Rescues Her Motbe,
and Sister from Death.

Brave Ohio Girl Rescues Her Mothe,
and Sister from Death.
Miss Mary Joyce is the heroine of the
hour at Canal Dover, Ohio, because of
her bravery and skill in facing the
flames to save the lives of those dear
to her. She, with her infrm mother
and sister Margaret lived in a two-storv
frame dwelling. The sister sleens m
stairs and the mother and other daugb.
ter below. Mary was awakened at 2
O'Clock one morning last Weel, nv
smelling smoke, and, throwing omen
the hall door, was met by a volume of
flames and smoke. The stairway was
by this time a mass Of flames. She
called to her sister and, getting no an
swer, she climbed through the flames
up the frail stairway, and ar the ton
she found her sister hysterical from
fright, and, picking her up bodily. car
RED her down through the fire into the
yard. BY the time she returned the
fire had crept into the mothers anart-
ments and the latter was lying on the
bed unconscious from fright. The
brave sister picked her up and tender
ly carried her to a ~neighboring house,
By the time the fire department was
summoned, the house had collansed
and there was nothing saved from the
wreckage. The fire started from the
explosion of a lamp in the hall.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-23
The Rock of Ages.

o the Rock of Ages is to me
A refuge and a safe retreat,
A hiding place from the stormy life,
AS well as the summer heat,
Waves may beat and tempest howl,
But happy and safe am 1,
Hidden away in the cleft of the Rock,
From the wild and stormy sky.
The winds are armies of conquering
strength,
Shifting the trembling trees;
And over the hills in their might they
come,
Lashing the foaming seas.
But l cling to the Rock till the wild
winds pass,
And nothing can harm me there.
The Rock is firm in tempest time.
AS well as the balmy air.
And so I will cling to the Rock of my
strength,
Whatever the day may be,
l am safe and happy, and calm, and free,
For no danger can come to me.
Ana, y, the joy to be mine one day,
from the might of the creeping waves,
TO lift some helpless and drowning ones
10 the height of the Rock that saves.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-23
OIL CRAZE IN
Pathetic story of an Old Mans Ora

Pathetic story of an Old Mans Craft
tude for U~nexpIored Riches.
Indiana now has the oil fever almost
as bad as Pennsylvania had it more
than a score Of years ago. Near the
town of Peru two unsuccessful efforts
were made, but finally a little syndi-
cate was formed to try again, says the
philadelphia Press.
Up to the tenth day after the drill
was started no n paid any particular
attention to the work, unless it was an
employee in the railroad shops, who
would stop while passing to and from
his work to inquire how deep the hole
was or chat a few minutes with the
workmen. But before the sun set on
the eleventh day every man, woman
and child of the 5000 residents knew
that OIL had shown up in the pipe and
on the following day, when the black,
ill-smelling stuff began to flow over
the top OF the casing the excitement
became wildly, uproariously intense.
Many small fortunes have already
been made and others will be realized
by persons who less than a year e
were scarcely in comfortable circum-
stances. One of the most notable of
these Is Charles Arts, an old colored
man. He had grown old and become
infrm in the performance of odd jobs
Of labor for his neighbors. He owned
part Of a lot which was drilled and
when a we'll was sunk it proved to be
the best one in the district. For the
first few days It produced 600 barrels
q day and 500 settled down to 4SO,
which It has discharged every day for
a month or more. The old man gets
ene-sixth for his share and when he
was notified to go to the bank at the
end OF the first week for his money
he waited until near the closing hour
and walked ell the way back to his
cabin with uncovered head.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-23
Seeking Christ

0CChAnB
1t we were told-and attestation came
From thousands who had seen him
that once more
Christ walked Judea's valleys as Of
yore,
And that his marvellous power was just
the same
AS when he wrought the miracles
whose fame
Spread from the Syrian coast to Jor-
dams shore,
Would we not hasten land and oceans
DER,
Urged by n passionate, one consum-
ing aim,
To see, and hear, touch, and find
peace?
And yet
What countless multitudes have proved
1t true!-
Through faiths clear vision, he to
us may be
Nearer than to the crowds within
whose view
He stood upon the slopes of Olivet,
Or sat and taught by the Tiberfan
sea. Margaret j. Preston.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-23

Canada, and speaking of a garden that
he saw in the Edmonton District, says:
ION August 23rd we had the pleasure
of visiting the model gar
den at Edmonton, owned and operated
by n Donald Ross, a typical Scotch
man, and as whole-souled, good-na-
tured old gentlemen as you often
meet. He gave the Yankees each a
hearty ~handshake as we were intro
duced in succession by the Canadian
Government Agent, who was our guide
and pilot while at Edmonton, and to
whom we are indebted for many cour-
tesies conferred. Mr.. Ross informed
us that he cleared from $500 to 81, 900
annually from the sale of roots, vege-
tables. flowers and plants. We here
state that we never before saw such a
growth of vegetables at that season of
the year. He said that he raised $50
bushels of onions to the acre. Beets
were growing as large as your arm,
turn1ps the size of ones head, and
cabbages as large as a patent pail. Fol-
lowing are prices that Mr.. Ross gave
us as receiving for his produce: Beets,
5O cents per bushel; carrots, 40 cents;
onions, $1.25: turnips, SIS per ton; cab
bage, 4 cents each; green corn, 25
cents per dozen; tomatoes, $1.50 per
bushel; potatoes, Is to 80 cents; cauli-
flower. $1.00 per dozen; cucumbers, Is
cents per dozen; Strawberries, rs cents
per box; squash, 4 cents per h., and
other produce in PROMOTION. He kept
a dollhouse 12x1S0 feet, heated by a
furnace by means of fues. One man
beside himself attended this garden,
except at time of gathering the crop"
Agents of the Canadian Government
are now located at different points in
the United States. and using their eff
forts towards securing settlers on the
fertile lands of Western Canada, to
which the gold fields are tributary.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-23
M~INSTRELS' HUMOR.

Witty Answer CT an Irishman who
Never Argued with a Lady,
The MINISTRIES of Ireland are not all
of Erin, says an exchange. The our
full harp and plaintive pipe may have
given way to the breezy banjo and
grooming violin, but the songs which
these accompany are the songs of Ire
land still. Down by the rotten Clad
dagh wharves Of old Galway town I
came upon a rapt audience, says a
well-known traveller, enthralled by the
dulcet notes of Tim Brennan, the ""wan-
dering minstrel of Tipperary"-one Of
the sweetest singers I ever heard and
one who would have been sreat were
it not for his love of 'the cinder in
it," as they aptly term the west Of
Ireland mountain dew. 1 had seen Tim
many times before in Ireland. Our
trampings had brought us into the
auditor so many times that as he tip
ped me a comforting wink of recogni-
ton l noticed that his violin had been
replaced by the temporary, though
ample musical makeshift of a banjo
wrought from the head of an ancient
Irish churn. In the pause following
his ballad I felt emboldened to toss
him back his wink, with the query:
"And, Tim, why didn't you bring the
churn with it's head?" Faith yer hon.
or" he replied, in a flash and with a
winsome smile, holding the churn-
head banjo aloft so all could see, faith
I never argue wild a lady-an', yer
honor, a bould Irish woman stud at
the other ind!"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-23

with several other venturesome spirits,
with a novel boat of his W invention.
MI. Mathews new boat is of such an IN
usual design that it has excited a great
deal of ridicule from the marine eX-
perts of Baltimore. but he meets every
criticism with the one remark: Il
have sailed on every ocean and COM
mercial waterway Of the world, and
therefore I know what suits the Pacific
ocean" Mr.. Mathews vessel is built
on the order of a catmaran, but he has
gone the twinhull idea one better by
providing his boat with three hulls. He
has constructed the boat for a twofold
purpose-going through the water and
where water ends and ice begins to
glide over the frozen surface, this be-
ing made possible by the equipping OF
the three keels with steel
The boat is "a feet 6 inches long,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-23
Another Relic of Pompeii.

Another Roman villa has been dug
up at Boscoreale, on the slopes of
Vesuvius, near Pompeii, where the
great find of silver ornaments was
made two years ago. The walls are
covered with beautiful frescoes, chiefly
landscapes and marines. One repre-
sents a bridge over a river, with an
angler fishing with a line. Four wine
jars were in the cellar and seven
skeletons have been found in the ex-
cavation.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-23

The use of wine, or abstinence from
1t, is no longer a private, but a social
matter. All men are now divided
whether they will or not-into two
camps. Some fight against the use of
this worthless poison, both by word
and deed, abstaining from it them
selves, and not entertaining their
friends with it; others support by
precept, and still more forcibly by ex-
ample, the use of this poison. Who,
ever thou mayest be, thou canst no
longer remain between two camps
thou must inevitably choose one or
two courses-either to resist drunken
ness or to support ito serve God
or Mammon.-Tolstoi.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-23
d

Almdeeds comprise every kind of
service rendered to u neighbor who
needs such assistance. He who sup
ports a lame mar bestows an aims ON
him with his feet; he who guides a
blind man does him a charity with his
eyes; he who carries an invalid or an
old man upon his shoulders imparts
to him an aims of his strength. Hence
none are SO poor but they may be-
stow an aims on the wealthiest man IN
the world.-St. Augustine.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-23

as l to so. If this is so. the relation
Of the masses of our two satellites is a
very singular one, as it happens to be
almost precisely the same IS the rela-
ton of the earth's mass to that of the
moon. That is to say, the earth weighs
about eighty times as much as the
moon, and according to DR.. Waltemath
the old moon weighs about 80 times
as much as the new moon, which he is
said to have discovered. But it diff
fers from the present moon in n very
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-23

be a body as bright as that, otherwise it
would be plainly visible to astrono-
mers and would have been discovered
long ago. We must suppose, then that
its rejecting power is remarkably small
in order that it should have succeeded
so long in concealing itself from the
ken of astronomers. When this new
moon is actually added to the list of
known bodies belonging to the solar
system, it's discovery will be one of the
most remarkable achievements in the
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-23

describe and locate the new moon to
all astronomers:
Average period, III. O0593 days; side
real period, 119. 227434 days; daily move
ment, 3,0194393O12 degrees; nearest the
earth, April s, at noon, Greenwich
time; farthest from the earth, Feb. 8,
at 6.72 hours; diameter, 700 kilometres
(94.4 miles,; volume, 1928 of the large
moon; mass (about), 1-80 of the large
moon.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-23
No Paragon.

I am a poor, motherless girl!' fall
tered Evangeline, her voice quavering.
But James Wetmore-Smith was mo- a
man easily to be baked. Il do not ex-
pect my. wife" he replied, gently, al
belt somewhat reproachfully, ito be
both rich and motherless Detroit
Journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-23
MANAGING Her.

Pretty Wife (poutingly)-That- Mrs.
De PLANE has a dozen dresses hand
somer than the only good one I've got.
Smart Husband-A homely woman like
that needs rich attire to attract atten-
ton from her face. You don't. (Pret-
ty wife subsides:)eNew York Weekly.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-23
Especial letter.

AFING brayed the
perils of the deep in
every section of the
world, j. T. Ma
thews, who recent
ly brought this
weather beaten
personality to an
Choir at Baltimore,
is about TO a on
a trip to the Klon-
dixie. in
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-23

A cigar contains a~scetic, formic,
butyr!c, valerie and proprionic acids,
Drussic acid, ~crensote, carbolic acid,
ammonia, sulphuratted hydrogen, viro-
dine plyoline.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-23
Astonishing.

Mother-And what do you think of
my daughters French, Count?
Count-Eet ees re most astonishing
French | hat evaire heard.-Tit-Bits.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-23
226 Centuries in 1897.

John H. George, of Philadelphia, is
the oldest bicycle mileage champion of
1897. He rode S2,479 miles, including
226 centuries.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-23
BETS AS LARGE AS YOUR ARM.

h e d l.
tor of the
Bro n
City, Mich
igan, Ban
n e r." g.
Gently paid
a visit to
w g n te IN
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-23
TO KLONDIKE, SURE.
THIS MAN HAS COMBINATION
BOAT AND SLED.

Also. He Has Secured a Charter-Fur-
ther. Lots of People Are to Go
With Him and Bind Themselves to
Hunt Nuggets
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-23

Mel possessed with an ides can not
be reasoned with-Froude,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-31


A gunner of the navy named Albro was
brought to st. Elizabeth's Insane Asylum
Wednesday by Assistant Surgeon Kindle-
berger for treatment. The cause assigned
for the patients mental condition is concus-
sion of the brain, the result of the detona-
ton of the heavy guns fired at Cervera $
fleet. This Is a unusual case. The medical
authorities OF the navy and the army 90 not
remember anything like it. There is no
record of a disease of the mind produced
by noise. Eight of the ten casualties upon
the American ships in the battle off SAINT
iago were ruptureS of the ear drums. one
of the cases was that of Lieutenant Har-
rison. of the Oregon, who stuck his head
out of a turret just as thirteen-inch rifle
was fired, and had the full benefit of the
noise of the explosion The drums of both
totally deaf, but he is now gradually recov-
ering his hearing. and promises to be as
well as ever after a few months. All the
other men who were similarly affected have
returned to their ships for duty.
The reason for SO many casualties of this
kind is A natural one The gunners on the
battle ships are accustomed to plug their
were out for the usual weekly inspection on
a peaceful Sabbath morning when Cervera' 5
fleet appeared, and rushed TO their guns
without thinking of cotton or anything else.
Many a fire suit of clothes was ruined that
day as both officers and sailors throughout
the feet were dressed in their Sunday best.
and had no time to put on their fighting
Maria Teresa poked her nose out of SAINT
iago harbor every gun on every ship was in
full action. The officers and men stripped
themselves to the skin they had an op-
portunity and threw their garments any
where out of the way.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-31
LEGAL ADvERTIsEMENTs.

II
PROPOSALS FOR GARBAGE CREMATORA
Chief Quartermaster's Office. AIS Pullman build
ing. Snlcago, Oct. 90 1898. Sealed proposals will
5e received at this office until IL O'clock a. M
Nov. 2 lSeS and then opened, for construction Of
a garbage crematcr at Fort Thomas Ky in ac-
curdanee with plans and specifications to be seen
At this Office and at the Office of the Quarter
master there. CHAS. ID. PALMER Cant and
\. 9. III u. s Vols. Actg Chief Quartermaster
PROPOSALS. FOR FRESH BEEF AND FRESH
MUIION-Ohice Chief Commssary Chicago
Ill. Oct o. 1898. Scaled proposals viii be re-
eeived here until Y O'Clock NJ Nov Is 1885, and
opened Tor furnishing and delivering Fresh Beef
and Fresh Mutton called for by Comnissaries at
rcrt Brady, Mich. Columbus Barracks. Ohio.
rsrt sheridan, H.. Fort Thomas. KY Fort
wayne. Mich. Columbia Arsenal. Tenn. Indian
apoiis Arsenal Ind, Rock Island Arsenal, III .
ana camp Hamilton. Lexington. Ky during
SIX mcnths commencing January /. 1899 Pro-
nosals received and opened same hour by Com
missaries OF these posts. each receiving proposals
Tor hs own post only. Information furnished on
application. Envelopes containing proposals should
be endorsed Proposals for Fresh Beef and Fresh
Mutton and addressed 10 undersigned or to COM
nissary at post bid for. FRED A. SMITH
Major
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-31
HE WORRIED TO DEATH.
George BOOze'S Brain Congestion
Probably Caused This.

George Booze, thirty-five years old, of
Nation, ILL.,, was found dead in bed at Z
o'clock yesterday morning at the home of
his brother-in-law. W. f. Hall, PAP Stew
art avenue, Brightwood. Deputy Coroner
Dodds was notified of the sudden death,
ana last evening he decided it was due to
congestion of the brain, probably brought
on by anxiety.
Booze was in business at Nation and
had a wife and two children. His business
failed and two months ago he came to this
city to visit his brother-in-law, leaving his
over his financial difficulties and the future:
and during the last two weeks complained
of a continuous headache. The pain had
grown worse when he retired Saturday
night but the Hall family did not think 1t
SO serious as it's terrible ending proved it
to be. The body will be sent back to Mat
tOOn.
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rs, OSl, 2O6 $50, 353, s75 s., 272, 769
Totals ..
Decrease


Out of twelve lines of manufacturing ten show
large increases in the amount of wages paid in
1898 over 1897, both years being computed from
July / of the year before to June 80. Leaving out
that the other ten show an increase of ST. 704 $685.
$50 per cent
Considering only the net increase, 1t is seen that
it is sufficient to have paid $3.50 men average
lives.
AS will be seen these figures are from
the report of State Statistician John B.
Conner. They show a very much larger
increase in the amount of money paid to
employees than the percentages given in the
there is small decrease. while in the 9TH
ers there is an average increase of 1856 per
cent.
II would scarcely take as individual ex-
amples, said Mr.. Royse, in speaking of
this yesterday, "a few factories that do
throughout the State, yet this is what the
Sentinel has made it appear that ! have
done. When the average increase is 1856
per cent. | would surely not take few fac
tories and place them in a table by them
selves, in which there was a showing of less
than the average"
AMERICAN TIN PLATE PLANT.
AS matter of fact the actual increase
in the monthly payroll of the American Tin
Plate Company in four years has been
$50 800. or a fraction less than 800 per cent.
The 10 per cent. increase in the wage
scale deducted from the present monthly
payroll leaves $72,72S as the amount its
present employees would be receiving now
under the wage scale OF 1894 There are
now 500 persons. while in 1894 there were
500 Simple mathematics, a thing unknown