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No Vow, Prom Fa.hoda.

London, sept 2l.-Inquires made AZ
the British foreign Office show no news
has been received there from Fashoia.
nothing had bcen received Ia the shape
OF news from General Sir Herbert
kitchnor, since he loft Omduram
News from the British commander Is
momontarily expected, however, and 10
will doubtless DO in the nature OF guosses
made, namely that the Egyptian flag 3
now flying over Fashoda.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-09-22
Kniiag So waller couaiy.

Brookshire. Tex, sept 2l.-ChArlie
Williams, colorod, was killed at Glenn.
ons about seven miles from here. and
another negro was shot and seriously
wounded, but not necessarily fatal The
party that did the shooting succeeded in
making his escape. IL is not certain
who dill the shooting. but the officers
arv IN search aud claim that all sus-
picion points TO a couple Of young ~
groes sheriff Lipscomb from Hemp
stead is among the searchers.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-09-22
shol n, No. .nd snIeIdsd.

Chicago Sept 2i.-Michael Schwarz,
a musician, went to the home OF his
wife, Anna, from whom be has been
divorced for two months, and IN the
presence OF their l2.yoarold daughter
shot his wife, killing her instantly. H.
then turned the weapon on himself an
ended his lie by shooting himself in tho
head.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-09-22
AnphI,ri,s Arrived.

Washington, Sept. 2i.-The monitor
Ampkitrite arrived At Fort Monroe IN
tow of the cruiser Yosemite She came
fron Porto Rico by way Of Mele 81.
Nicholas She broke her machinery at
the latter port and therefore was ordered
IN tow % the Yosemite.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-09-22
Japaness Agree

Yokohama, Sept xi.-The japanese
government has replied TO the circular
Of Count Mursvieff, the Russian foreign
minister. suggesting international dis.
armament The reply supports the
cars proposal
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-09-22

Jacksonville, Tex, Sept 2i.-A negro
identified a. Eugene Thompson was
found under the compress platform with
hole In his forehead II IL thought
that be was knocked in the head Sunday
night There is yet 70 clew 90 hts slay.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-09-22
Mayor Harrison WIN A,,.sa.

Chicago, Sept 2i.-Mayor Harrison
has accepted an invitation 10 attend the
christening ceremonies Of the battle.
ship Illinois at Newport News Oct. l.
A party Of aldermen and city officials
will accompany the mayor on the trip
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-09-22
Alr-r wn No, R..lss.

LeG.ngton, Ky, Sept. 2L-seoretary
Alger, whea asked by the Associated
Press about his reported resignation,
said
"Thss's not word Of truth IN it;
thAt'sa"
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-09-22

Hartford, Sept 2i.-Former United
States Senator William Eaton, died
here Of stroke Of paralysis, sustained
last Sunday. He was So years old
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-09-22
Msrssn tnrl,,a .. Arr.n,In..

New York. Scrt 2l.-ArgentinA in
vites ex-SeeI stars OF Agriculture Nor
ton 20 orgaEsze such department there
The republic Offers a princely salary
Mr. Morton viii probably accept
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-09-22

Little Rock, Sept. ei.-At New Edin.
hurgh, Ark, John Finley, farmer, in.
suited the wife OF Ira Smith, his neigh.
bor. while the latter was away FROM
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-30
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

The poet Burns spelled his name
Burmese (the family nance until the
publication Of his poems in 1876.
Anthony Hope has written a new ro-
nance, Born in the Purple" 1t will
appear serially and a year hence in
book form.
TIL. Rev. Washington GLADDEN. has
three books in publishers hands, the
earliest of which to appear will be
"Seven Puzzling Bible Books" in sup
Elementary volume to "Who Wrote
the Bible?"
Mrs. Mary ]. Holmes is writing early
and late on the concluding chapters of
a new story, which is to bear the title
paul Ralston." The scene is laid in
Cottage City, where Mrs. Holmes has
spent many m
George A. Sala's posthumous novel.
Margaret Forster" recently publish
ed in England, is a story of London
life, and, according to Mrs. Sala, who
has contributed a preface, it was writ
ten by way of relaxation from journal
istic work.
DR.. Karl Frey, professor of art his
tory in the university at Berlin, has
Just published an edition of Michael
Angeles poems, which is said to be the
first that is wholly authentic. He has
been able to draw upon the family
archives of the famous Italian and has
introduced much new material into his
volume.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-30
Temperance Notes,

Hon John d. Long, secretary of the
navy, has been unanimously reelected
president Of the Massachusetts Total
Abstinence Society.
The prohibition forces in Ramsey
county, North Dakota, have effectually
routed all the saloons in their district.
having succeeded in getting twelve
convictions with fines ag~gregating 81
100, and terms of Imprisonment rang
ing from three to six months.
Grocers who operate bars where in
toxicating liquors are sold are to be
%boycotted by the Catholic total abstin-
ence societies Of Chicago. A resolution
calling upon all friends of temperance
to refuse to p%atronize groceries of this
kind was passed unanimously by the
county board Of the federated ~organiza-
tions Of total abstainers.
The Voice gives a symposium of
opinions of prominent people on the
advisability of sending a son to Yale
under existing conditions. Among
those who give an emphatic negative
and their reasons therefor, are Bishop
Mallalieu, ex-Judge Noah Davis. Rev
Herrick Johnson, D. D., Bishop ]. Fl
Vincent, Rev. Wilbur F. Crafts, DIR. s.
G.. Swallow. H. H. Faxon and Joshua
lowering.
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herself went out. China" was wait
ing near. and they drove rapidly to
Gaiesburg, where he had assured her
ne could gain a good living for her.
1t was not long before the girl was
missed and her family feared she had
from the house and had be-
come faint. Her brothers and sisters
searched for her throughout the entire
night. But before they heard OF her
again she had become the mulatto
boys wife. Justice B. F. Holcomb
joined the lives of this colored stable
boy and the white girl, and he fought
as earnestly against it as he did long
years ago for the freedom of the ne
groes. He begged her to take time to
consider, and when she insisted that
the marriage should take place at
once, he told her as far as her family
and friends were concerned her life
was at an end. He told her plainly
and simply that, come what might, she
must remember that she was John
Crawford's wife, and that nowhere else
in life was there a place for her but
at his side. But China" did not
spend much time by her side. He still
kept unbroken his record as a "crap-
shooter" He did not make much
money and the poor girl would often
have gone hungry if it had not been
for the goodness of "China's'' relatives
and friends. For weeks her people
seemed to forsake her. Then Mrs.
Foote wrote that she was ready to take
Miranda back If she would come alone.
This the girl refused. After another
interval one of the older daughters
wrote that the mother was i'll. She
begged Of Miranda if she wanted to see
her mother alive to come, and come at
once. The girl went. This plea she
could not Withstand, and though Mrs.
Foote was a sick woman, she was not
in such a dangerous condition as the
letter seemed to indicate. At the end
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-30

Goodness is an attribute that is not
only a resident of the soul. but its
quantity and quality are determined
by its manifestations. 1t can not live
unless 1t does-it must be doing. Nor
does it wait the bidding of those who
crave its display. 1t asks permission;
1t seeks opportunities. We all pray
that we may be good, but what is our
motives? Is it simply that we may en-
JOY it ourselves? 1t is a delightful
state of heart and mind, greatly to be
coveted, richly to be enjoyed; but it
prompts us to be doing, exercising the
virtue. Nor is it a difficult task
rather a pleasant duty; while, on the
other hand, those who go the round
of official duty in a p~erfunctory and
mechanical style find those duties irk-
some and distasteful, and the service
lacking the proper and right motive
Is more of a burden to others than to
themselves. We must do good for the
love of it, and though not as wisely
done as some think, perhaps for lack
OF experience, it might be better done.
But the spirit in which it is done more
than compensates for the order of its
doing. If one has the goodness he will
learn how best to use it.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-30
She Understood ''Slape."

AS a child Queen Victoria was noted
for her Independent spirit and for her
frankness in confessing an error. The
following anecdote, told by the author
of 1.-THE Private Life of the Queen"
displays both of these traits:
When a little girl, she was taken on
a visit t o Earl Fitzwilliam's family
seat in Yorkshire. Wet weather had
made the paths very slippery, and the
princess, who was ahead of the walk
ing party, was warned by the gardener
that the paths were very slape."
"Slape! Shape! What's slape?" ex-
claimed the princess, not understand
ing the local dialect, and initiating the
abrupt speech of her grandfather,
George III.
The gardener explained, but the self.
reliant princess started again on her
walk, and fell down in the mud. Nov
your royal ~highness," said the earl,
understands what Shape means"
eyes," answered the princess, as she
picked herself up, land l shall neveS
forget 1t again"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-30
BIBLICAL

A gerah was l cent.
A cab was three pints.
A tarthing was 8 cents.
A shekel of gold was So.
An omer was six pints.,
A talent of gold was $13, 809.
A talent of silver was $538.30.
A hin was one gallon and two pints.
A shekel of silver was about so cents.
A cubit was nearly twenty-five inch
A mite was less than a quarter of a
cent.
A fingers breadth is equal to one
inch.
A piece of silver. or a penny, was
13 cents.
A Sabbath days journey was about
an English mile.
A firkin was about eight and seven
eighths gallons.
An ephah, or bath. contained seven
gallons and five pints.
A hands breadth is equal to thres
and five-eighths inches.
A days journey was about twenty
shree aad one-ffth miles.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-30
A Third Set of Teeth.

1t Is sometimes the case that persons.
who have for many years been in a
low state of health, will, toward the
latter part of their lives, appear to out
grow many of their morbid tendencies
and develop really good physical con-
d1tions. Under such circumstances it
has been observed that a full and Wig
orous head Of hair is grown, and there
are several cases on record where new
teeth have made their appearance. The
speculative mind at once takes up the
question, whether there Is not sufficient
restorative power in nature to put old
people in excellent condition, provided
they give nature the proper assistance.
In one instance a woman of sixty-fve
years, after a long period of what was
considered hopeless invalidism, gradu-
ally recovered her health. Two years
later her hair measured ffty-four
inches, and the twist at the head was
as large as the wrist of the ordinary
person. 1t seems to be taken for
granted that when people pass a GER
tain age they are on the down-hill side
of life, and nothing can be done for
them. This Is a great mistake, and
one which a few of our most advanced
scientists are beginning to under
stand.
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tSA14N ~ oIeb
of two weeks the girl ran away for the
second time. All she took with her
she wore, dressed in a calico wrapper,
a cheap little hat and a cape for her
shoulders. She went back to her black
husband and her dull life. But not
for long. The h%ardships that she had
to bear broke her down. She died on
November 1. For a few hours John
insisted that his white wife should be
buried where and when he chose. But
the girls mother took her dead child
back to the place of her birth and she
was buried from the big stone house.
Six days after his white wife's death.
China" was arrested with a lot of 9TH
ers in a gaming room. But his good
luck did not here desert him. On the
way to the station he escaped from the
police. Last week he asked the cir
cult court at Galesburg to appoint an
administrator for the estate of Miriam
da Foote Crawford. He claims he ia
entitled, as her husband, to a third of
the property left by her. And he in
sists that her share of her fathers es-
tate is in the neighborhood of 1926. 900.
The sixty days allowed after death by
the court had elapsed before China
was aware that he was entitled by law
to a part of his wife's fathers money.
After his crap-shooting ~escapade end
ed he hid himself for some time on a
farm in McDonough county. He talk
ed often of his white wife and her rich
connections. He was assured that a
part Of this wealth should descend to
him.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-30

telligent Of the farming people say the
girl had never had a wooer, and that
the colored stable boy made love to
her in the most passionate way. The
people who knew of Miranda's love
of music and heard her play psalms
and hymns Sunday after Sunday, year
in and year out, on the wheezy old
organ in the little Baptist church, feel
sure that the bond of sympathy be-
tween the two was the natural love
that each had for harmony. Early in
June John wen to Galesburg, and to
a few of his nearest companions con-
fded thai he was going to bring a
white girl home to them. 1t did not
appear to confound him that he had
no other home than that of his uncle.
This would all be overcome, he an
swered them, for the girl had '1ots of
money" One dark night Miranda
Foote ran away, and her family did
not realize that she had gone until she
was bound for life to China" Craw-
ford. The girl must have planned her
escape for days beforehand. for she
gathered all her wardrobe and threw
it from the window. from which she
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-30

An old citizen of Cleveland is quoted
by the Plain Dealer as making SOM
sensible observations about the I'M
clearly habit which too many people
have Of throwing scraps of paper into
the streets. The great trouble on the
downtown streets is the distribution
of cheap circulars. A mar takes one
from a persistent hander-out, chances
at it, and throws it into the gutter. A
hundred of these circulars will make a
highway ook like the morning after
the Fourth of July. l think there is
altogether too much latitude in all our
street regulations. l was in Paris a
year ago, and one day while passing
down a certain th~oroughfare han
pened to put my hand into my pocket,
and drew forth some sort of handbill.
1t was of no use to me, and doubling
1t over, | tore 1t in two pieces. Doub-
ling these together | tore them again.
Then I dropped the eight bits of paper
in the roadway. A moment later a
man in uniform came across the street
and faced me. l saw he was a police
man. He touched his hat, and then
pointed to the litter. Monsieur" he
said, and ratified off a lot of lingo that
l couldn't understand. l mustered I'D
a few French words for the purpose of
finding out what he meant. It was no
use. He pointed at the bits of paper
again, and jabbered for dear life. He
shrugged his shoulders and patted his
hands together, and made a motion as
if diving toward the litter. l handed
him my card, but he bowed, shook his
head, and refused it. Then I en-
deavored to pass him, but he barred
the way. About that time l saw what
he meant. He wanted me to pick I'D
the bits of paper. At first I thought
I would refuse, but I didn't care to
get into trouble over a trife. and the
policeman looked decidedly serious, So
I stopped over the curb and picked I'D
the eight bits of paper and dropped
them into my pocket. Whereupon he
bowed and smiled and passed along.
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screwdriver are necessary to fix the
grip firmly in place or remove it


Among the new gear cases there is
one model made Of aluminium, with a
simple celluloid front, which for SIM
plicity of construction and perfection
Of design, commends itself very high
ly. The front Of this gear case is COM
posed of transparent celluloid and the
framework of aluminium, SO that the
complete movement of the wheel is at
all times visible. The whole case can
be removed In two minutes without
disturbing any of the adjustments,
either in the crank hanger or at back
wheel, and the adjustment of the chain
and rear wheel can be perfectly made
without in any way interfering with
the case.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-30
Big Ship,s Repair Bills.

Few people have any idea of the
enormous expense of keeping the ocean
greyhounds in ship-shape. 1t costs
one company on an average of e., 200
a month for repairs to the various YES
sells. They are thoroughly overhauled
every month, and the amount of small
repairing necessary would astonish
even the old voyager, In the shops on
the American side there is a duplicate
of every bit of machinery used in the
makeup of an ocean liner, from enor-
nous pieces of shafting down to the
smallest bolt. The International COM
pany has to pay among its other ex-
penses for a professional ~rat-catcher.
Who clears the ships of the little pssts.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-30
HAITIAN -PEcULrARITIEs.
T,se Whole Population Sometimes Run
without knowing why.

Tee Whole Population Sometimes Runs
without knowing why.
When a fire breaks out in the town
almost all the stores close, the troops
stand under arms, and few except the
firemen n the people lear the place
of confagration venture out into the
streets, the reason being that most rev.
~olutionary movements are started in
this manner, says Leslie's Weekly.
While fire draws the attention to some
remote part of Port-au-Prince, the
"conspirators," as they are always
called, attempt to storm the arsenal
and the prison, l~iberating and arming
its inmates. Many a dangerous GRIM
inal owes his liberty to an incident of
this nature. Another peculiar feature
of the constant excitement is the So
called couru-derived from courir, the
French word for run-when everybody
In the streets starts to run. remem-
Der well one that happened in Port au
Prince, the capital, about five years
ago, when the situation was compare
lively quiet. Two young men quar-
relied about a woman, met near the
market place, drew their revolvers and
fired at each other. This caused a
panic in the market halls; everybody
commenced to run, in order to get
home. Nobody knew what had hap
pened; nobody knew what was going
to happen; those who had O. heard
the shots, seeing the others take to
their heels, also ran for the shelter
of their homes. The stores closed;
strong detachments of troops patroled
the streets, headed by the chief of po-
lice, the commanders of the port, of
the town and of the reimbursement"
and finally the president himself, being
in doubt as to the outcome of the af-
fair, left the palace and rode through
the streets at the head of about $50
cavalry, with their carbines on their
thigh and their finger Oh the trigger,
who were followed by a battalion Of
infantry. Only one man of the party
besides the officers was without a rife;
he carried OF his head a soapbox full Of
cartridges. All this had been caused
by a few shots exchanged between two
men! They were promptly arrested,
but the majority Of people did not
know until next morning why they
ran" 1t is indeed quite natural that
they should look for shelter at such a
time: for justice land sometimes in
JUSTICE, always summarily dispensed,
Is particularly high handed at the time
of a couru- A similar march which
President Hyppolyte made through the
streets at the head Of his troops to
quell the May insurrection of 1891 cost
a good many lives. However, had the
revolution been allowed to spread thou
sands of Haitians might have fall
lea.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-30

THE Royal Box" Charles C~oghlan's
new play, is a German production. The
scenes are laid in London in the year
1910. The principal characters in the
story are Clarence, the leading actor
of England of that time; the Prince of
Wales, who afterwards became George
" of England; Count Felsen, the Swe-
dish ambassador; CountessHelen Stan
hope, his wife; Celia Pryse, a stage
struck girl; Lord Bassett, a sporting no
bleman, and Tipps, a Bow street run
ner. Every part is a prototype of a
historical character. Mr.. Coghlan, in
writing "The Royal Box" founded it
on Dumas famous play, "Kean," in
which Lemaitre, Fechter, Resi-, Bar
ney and other favorites of time past
have made their regulations.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-30
Raising Draw Bridge. for R.,.,r..

A turning draw-span Of a bridge In
Chicago was most ingeniously raised
for repairs. It is carried by rollers on
wheels arranged In a circle and work
Ing on a circular track over the GEN.
trail pier. Iron wedges, slightly curved
to conform to the circle of the track.
were placed back of the rollers. The
draw was turned by the regular ma
chinery. and rolled up the wedges, ris-
ing about half an inch. Other wedges
were placed oppositely, facing, and the
bridge was turned back, and rolling
up on the new wedges. raised itself
about half an inch more.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-30
PQner NJ ~ ne

The days of the old fashioned wood
en- match are said to be numbered.
Matches are said to be made of paper.
By a new process the paper is cut in
strips about half an inch wide. These
are drawn through and saturated with
a flame producing material. They are
then rolled into tubes and cut the
length of ordinary matches and dipped
in the PHOSPHORUS to form the head,
which is lighted by striking in the
same fashion as the ordinary wooden
match. 1t is predicted that the match
making industry will be entirely revo-
lutionlzed by this new method.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-30

Montana has an oddly-assorted
couple, this pair being a full blood In
dian and a white woman. They are
Garrett Whitley, the son of Many
White Horses and a f%ull-blooded Pie
gan or Blackfoot Indian, and Mrs. Min
ME Cushman, a white woman of good
education and many accomplishments.
Each is 26 years old. 1t was during
this course of instruction in a govern
ment school that Whitley fell in love
with his young teacher, Mrs. Cush-
man. In time he became an assistant
instructor at the Fort Shaw govern
ment school for Indians, where his
inamorata was also employed as an
instructor. After their marriage,
which soon followed, the couple droye
to the Blackfoot reservation, where
Whitley draws his rations. The agent
would permit the Indian on the reserv-
alton, but as Uncle Sans representa-
tive he refused to receive the white
m Consequently the pair re-
turned to Dupuyer, where they will
probably reside for the future. The
groom's lineage is known only on his
fathers side, as he stated when seek
ing a marriage license that he had for
gotten his mothers name. His bride
is the daughter of a clergyman and sis
ter of Chaplain Bateman, nov sta
toned at Fort Assiniboine. The
groom is a fine-looking Indian. For
the last year he has adopted white
mans clothes, and when on the street
is actually handsome. Like many of
his tribe, he is straight, tall, graceful
in every movement. His hair is jet
black and straight, while the color of
his skin is glowing. light copper