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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-06

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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-06

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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-03-05

watching them through a spyglass
from the top of the house, Graham
took my wife and children and started
down the Arkansas, which was very
high at that time, in a poorly-con-
structed canoe, and on the river l with
a rescuing party subsequently found
them. A party went with me to my
ranch the mex day, and beheld a sick
ening sight. Dead and wounded horses,
hogs, cows and chickens lay all about,
and the only uninjured animals were
two small colts. Both doors of the
cabin were bored so full of bullet holes
that you could scarcely count them,
and every window had at least 100
arrows sticking around it, resembling
the quilts upon the fretful porcupine.
The ceiling and walls inside the rooms
were full of ROW also, and it is a
wonder that they found no human
mark.
I'VE followed up the trail of the
savages and discovered a wrecked gov
eminent ambulance beside which were
the horribly butchered and mutilated
remains of the driver, two soldiers and
a citizen. They had also captured a
woman and carried her off, but the
poor creature hanged herself to a tree
~overhanging a creek to end her hor-
rible sufferings. On account of this
the Indians named the stream White
Woman which it bears today"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-03-05
EXTINGUISHING A CANDLE.

EXTINGUISHING A CANDLE.
Nothing but a close examination of the
bell in stu will convince such people.
A curious thing is that Higgins never
practices. He considers his evenings
work before the public quite enough
practice. Another remarkable thing
is tie way in which he has attained,
after gears of perseverance, his pres
emit position as champion all-around
JumpeE, Fearlessly he has attacked
professional and semi-professional
men, who have made one particular
kind OK jump their speciality. For ex-
ample, there was the match with
Gregsoa, of Grimshaw Park, for ESQ
a side. The conditions were Stand,
n Cross, and four Jumps" That
GregsoA was a specialist was evidenced
by the Betting, which was three t O one
against Higgins for the cross, and ten
to n Sn him for the match. Higgins,
however, won the cross by one and
a half inches, and the jumps by nine
feet!
Whaa may be called the athletes
most sensational jump is also shown.
His victim for this occasion only was
Mr.. Frank Munro. AS a rule Higgins
has to content himself with a paid UNI
derling as corpus vile, unless there
happens to be some one in the audi
| ence burning for distinction. A chair
is placed on the table. and the as
sistant leans back with his elbows on
the table and the back of his head
resting on the seat of the chair.
When all is in readiness, and the
audience suitably worked up, Higgins
retires slowly to the other end of the
stage. Here he dips his shoes into a
preparation of lampblack and oil, SO
that his mark" may be proof positive
of successful accomplishment. Then
giving the usual preliminary leaps, and
carefully calculating distances with
his eye, he bounds into the air, I'm
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-03-05

skins and furs. The girls who presid-
ed over this wild domain wore pic
turesque green and brown shooting
costumes, with soft felt hats, high
leather boots and the rest of the be-
coming paraphernalia. The oldest of
all the stalls was a p~ostoffice managed
by smart French gendarmes and pos
tillions in red, blue and gray cos
tunes. This was a most useful insti-
tuition, where parcels were kept for
purchasers or sent to their homes
for a consideration. An international
stall' was arranged as a ship or barge,
| pennons of all countries hanging from
the mast and rigging, the American
flag being conspicuous, of course. Here
the assistants wore heraldic costumes
Stimulating gold or silver armor, draped
with flags of different countries and
having wreaths of oak leaves, laurels
and national fowers"-lilies, daisies,
goldenrod, shamrocks, thistles, roses,
etc.-in their hair. In the flower stall
each girl was dressed to represent a
flower. At the oriental booth a throng
of yelled and richly-clad houris sold
embrolderleS, rugs, cOpperWork, Turk
ish sweetmeats and other eastern
treasures, while a troop of pretty,
fairhaired girls, dressed as peasants
and with wreaths of scarlet peoples in
their hair, sold Russian furs, enam-
eled metal and books by Tolstoi, Sienk-
iewicz and other Russian and Polish
authors. The Holland stall was in
- II ~, - IrAnra1 80 ,,r~N J g.
china and wearing the curious Dutch
peasant caps. They dispensed all
kinds of gingerbreads, sweets and
eatables. The Japanese stall was full
of slender brunettes in bright-tinted
kimonos, and at an Italian stall with
peasant saleswomen cheese and wine,
fruit and plaster casts-strange mix
ture-Were sold.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-03-05
HOW TO PREVENT DREAMS.
Simple Remedy Advanced by n Physi-
clan to Insure Wholesome Sleep.

Simple Remedy Advanced by a Physi-
clan to Insure Wholesome Sleep.
From the Washington Star: After
a series of experiments on myself and
Others" ventured an experienced phys
ician, Il am convinced that many an
stances rob sleep Of much of its recre"
alton and benefit, can be prevented i:
persons will take the trouble to do so.
There are dreams which are produced
by an overloaded stomach and indigez-
ton. These can be prevented by net
overlooking the stomach and taking
care, especially in the evening, to not
eat that which experience has demor-
strated is not easily digested. A fairly
filled stomach, however, is less COLI
ducive to dreams than an absolutely
empty one. / think | can safely sly
that if those persons who are troubled
much with extra dreaming will we IT
extra long sleeves in their nightgowns
they will find a remedy thereby. WI at
is even better than long sleeves is 20
put a rubber cord in the hem of The
sleeve, so that they will not slip up
on the arm. The rubber cord should
not be tight enough to interfere with
the circulation of the blood in The
arms, but tight enough to keep the
ends of the sleeves we'll down Cd the
wrists. To the bachelors and others
who cannot have their sleeves prop
erly arranged the same enect can be
secured by wearing a wrislet on the
wrist or, better yet, to pull a sock over
the hands and pin the leg of it to the
sleeves of the nightgown. In addition
to preventing dreams this simple ar
rangement will be found extremely
comfortable during the cold nights of
the next couple of months. A little in
quiry will convince anyone that those
whose wrists and forearms are uncov-
cred ave annoyed most by DIR ,ams
The sock used as a kind of an extended
glove will e~ffectually stop them, out il
must be attached to the sleeve bf the
nightgown, otherwise the sleeve will
work up the arm and the desired effect
lost. My remedy, in brief. is 10 keeI
the hand, wrist and forearm well COW
cred"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-03-05
CORAL BORING IN TIE PACIFIC
Results of the Expedition Sent Out
from England.

From the Sydney Herald: The
steamer Birksgate, which arrived on
Saturday from the islands, brings fur
Their news from Fiji concerning the
c~oral-boring expedition at Funafuti, in
the Ellice group. News has been
taken to Suva by H. M. S. Royalist of
the progress made by the expedition
after the departure of Professor David
in the John Williams. When Profess
sor David left Funafuti on Sept. 7
the bore was down 557 feet. On Sept.
16, when the Royalist left Funafuti the
bore was down SAB feet. The Royalist
took to Suva a letter for DR.. Corney
from G. Sweet, f. G. S., who is now
the leader of the expedition, stating
that the boring for the last ninety feet
was chiefly in coral rock, and that no
sign of volcanic rock or of rock other
than coral had yet been met with IN
the bore. When the Royalist arrived
the expedition had consumed all their
coal, but Commander Rason wan en-
abled to supply sufficient coal to last
them till the arrival of the steamer
Archer, from which it was hoped an
additional supply would be obtained.
Professor David states that, the bore
having already exceeded the depth for
which Darwin stipulated in his CLASH
cal work on coral reefs, and a good
core having been obtained throughout,
it may now be looked upon as a sue
cess. Information likely to be of con-
siderable scientific value has been OBJ
tanned, and he considers that the
general evidence so far appears strong
ly to confirm Darwin's theory that most
of the coral atolls of the Pacific have
been formed on areas of the earth's
crust which have been undergoing a
prolonged subsistence. A detailed re-
port of the results obtained by the ex-
petition will probably be incorporated
in the report of the Royal Society of
London on the coral atoll of Funafuti,
The earlier portion of which will be
written by Professor Sollas, F. r. S.,
the leader Of the Funafuti expedition
last year.. The bore at Funafuti ia
lined throughout with the best are
sian tubes, four inches in outside di-
ameter. Every foot of the bore had
to be lined with these tubes to prevent
fragments of coral rock and coral sand
choking the bore. The work Of boring
has proved very difficult on account OF
the variable nature of the strata
(quicksand alternating with coral
rock), and also on account of the ca
vernous nature of the coral rock, which
has caused such a Earring as to re-
peatedly break some of h strongest
cast iron wheels in the machinery. Tht
diameter of the core obtained from
the bore is two and one-half inches.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-03-05
In Reply to n Co respondent.

How can l get an article in your
paper?" asked a correspondent of "a
western journal.
at all depends on the article you
want to get into our paper" replied
the editor; 'if the article is small in
bulk, like a hairbrush or a tea caddy,
spread the paper out upon the floor,
and placing the article in the center,
wrap it up by carefully folding the
edges over it, and tie with a string.
This will keep the article from slip
ping out of the paper. If, on the other
hand, the article is an English bath
tub or clothes-horse, you would better
not try it at all."-Harper's Bazaar.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-03-05
VARIOUS

The New Guinea baby has a novel
method of being carried about. Its
mother puts the naked little creature
into a net, which is suspended by a
band over her head and her ears, in
front of her.
The Chinese child lies with its face
against it's mothers back, and this &C
counts for the broad fiat nostrils seen
in the Flowery Kingdom. 1t cries con-
tinually in shrill, sharp shrieks, but
the mother placidly works on amid the
uproar.
The dimpled, brown little Jap baby
takes its first journeys abroad strapped
to the back of it's mother or sister in a
seemingly insecure position by strips OF
cloth meeting in the form of the letter
x. When awake it clings like a kitten,
and is never dropped.
The children of the Aztecs travel
about in a cling on the mothers right
hip, the strong cloth passing over the
left shoulder. The Gualtimalticans
bear their children on their backs, and
as if this were not load enough, any
burden they have rests upon the head.
Some of the Australian women wear
a curious mantle of kangaroo skin on
their backs, which is tied securely at
the waist lile, half of the length above
and half below. In the little bag formed
by the fuilness of the upper part the
baby cuddles and finds a comfortable
nest. In other parts of the country the
child rides astride the mothers neck.
The negroes of Cuba hold their pick
aninnies on one hip, the child clinging
by its knees as a rider holds onto a
horse. Alaskan babies are rubbed with
oil, tightly rolled in a skin or blanket
padded with grass and bound with deer
skin thongs, which are undone but once
a day, when the grass is freshened. II
the baby cries he is held under water
till he is still.
The Italian bambino is swathed like
a mummy and bound with colored rib
bons. The babies elder brothers and
sisters delight in carrying about these
human dolls, which cannot kick. The
German baby, too, is swaddled, bound
in a long down pillow tied with gener-
Gus bows of bright ribbons. He is car
ried about in the nurses arms wherev-
er he moves.
French babies are borne through the
streets stretched on fine embroidered
pillows, their lace frocks spread out to
make all the display possible. The
chocolate mammas of Queensland carry
their little ones astride their nechs.
The Dyaks of Borneo carry the baby
wrapped in the bark of a tree or in a
curiously carved chair studded with
ground shells, which Is fastened to the
mothers back
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-03-05

fully accomplished this, the Jumper
seems tn rise off the tips of the candles
and aliEhts gracefully on the ground,
bowling to his admiring audience. OF
course. the whole of the jump takes
only two or three seconds, but 1t calls
Tor marvellous nicely of judgment and
deiicacy Of movement. Now and then
1t happens that Higgins only extin-
cuisines n candle. In such cases he
always performs the feat over again.
Mr.. Higgins is next seen in the very
act of ringing a bell in his fiight-one
of those bells you push down sharply.
1t is placed on a chair, which stands
on a table, so that the mere jump,
to say nothing about the bell ringing,
is worthy OF notice. OF course, doubt
ing Thomases have their say about
this remarkably clever feat-"it is an
electric bell rung from the wings at
the proper moment" and so on.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-03-05

this same woman led her to remain
alone all night on an island in a vol
canic lake in Oregon. Miss Fuller now
comes into prominence again by being
appointed harbor mistress Of Tacoma.
She is the only woman in the world
filling such a position. Among Miss
Fuller's duties will be the keeping OF
all records pertaining to the shipping
business of the city. The tonnage OF
all vessels must be recorded, together
with the names of their masters and
their destinations. This will be no
small task, as Tacoma's exports were
$5,S21,S18 and her imports s~5,898,375
during the last fiscal year, according
to government customs house reports
Tor the Puget Sound district. The sal
airy of Tacoma's harbor master is SIS
per month, and the fees collected
amount to many times that amount.
Each day the harbor master must re-
port the business done and deposit the
money collected with the city treas
lrer.
Miss Fuller is a newspaper woman
by profession. When hither the ships
and steamers have arrived at the port
Of Tacoma from the four corners of the
world Miss Fuller, as a reporter, has
been in the habit of boarding them in
quest of news. Now she will be u
lhorized to demand, in the name of the
city OF Tacoma, that certain informa-
lion be given her should the sailorman
prove reticent or non-communicative.
Miss Fuller became acquainted with
the duties of harbor master through
her reportorial work. She has been
of great assistance to the former har-
Dor master, Henry G. Hoflin, in MAX
Ing up his voluminous reports, and
when he became incapacitated through
sickness she was appointed to fill his
place. The necessity for filling the
place Immediately was the collection OF
dues from some of the ships and steam
ers that had made use of the city's
facilities. Miss Fuller knew how to
make the collections and was intrusted
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-03-05

RINGING A BELL IN FLIGHT.
gers for an infinitesimal period on his
subjects face, and then descends to
the stage IN the other side. The or.
deaa past, the subject rises bashfully
to take that share of applause to which
the big smuts on his nose and eyes
entltle him.
Another illustration depicts Mr.. Hig-
gins showiest feat-jumping over an
ordinary brougham. OF course, Hig-
gins does not leap off the ground clean
over the carriage; no human being
could do that. Observe the small table
2 IT. 3 in. high, which is placed close
to the near hind wheel. Taking as
great a run as the stage will allow
Higgins springs lightly on to the table,
pauses for a moment, then rises with
an extraordinary bound right over
and across-the top of the brougham,
One opines that the value of the car
riage d~eteriorates nightly, mainly on
account of those dumb-bells, which are
discarded in flight. Often they fall on
the carriage and knock it about. Or
n will fall on a lamp, and batter il
somewhat. But it is a grand feat this
jumping over a full-sized brougham-
~splendidly engineered so as to bring
down the house the moment the HUI
man Kagaroo'' alights on the carpets
placed on the other side.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-03-05

a definite conclusion was reached. At
ter that she lay in a stupor for three
weeks. In addition to the actual price
OF the plantation, $500, 900 had to be
raised for repairs, and when matters
were progressing finely the Civil war
broke out and confusion was the re-
suit. Mount Vernon was neutral
ground throughout the bitter struggle.
When the strife was ended Miss Cum
bingham went there to live, received
the aid of Sumner in getting an in
demnity from the government, and
went on with the noble work she had
undertaken.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-03-05
HUNTED IN AFRICAN JUNGLES.
Young Englishwoman Who Has Bagged
Rhinoceroses and Leopards.

Young Englishwoman Who Has Bagged
Rhinoceroses and Leopards.
Mrs. j.. Bennett Stanford is a hand
some young Englishwoman who has
just been engaged in s%laughtering
rhinoceroses, tigers, leopards and
other wild animals of the African
jungles. Mrs. Stanford is said to be
the first white woman who has ever
hunted in Somaliland, a very rough
and little explored country in the east
of Africa. She spent four months in
this country. During her absence it
was reported that she and her party
had been massacred by the natives,
who have been greatly excited by the
fighting in Abyssinia, where Africans
have defeated large armies of regular
European soldiers. Many of her
friends gave her up for lost, but she
reappeared in London, looking very
well and strong. Mrs. Stanford was
most successful in shooting leopards.
Night after night she would go out for
them, attended only by a couple Of
natives, and she seldom returned
empty-handed. On one occasion she
and her husband were charged by a
young rhinoceros while in a narrow
path, but a shot from Mrs. Stanford's
express rifle stopped him before the
animal was near enough to harm them.
At times they suffered severely from
the heat, but, with the exception of
some slight attacks of fever, Mrs. STAN
ford bore the trying climate well. All
the natives were found to be most
friendly on their journey. 1t was their
intention to go into Abyssinia, but the
British resident at Alden issued a per-
emptory order f~orbidding them, and
that portion of their journey was aban-
doned. Mrs. Stanford's most remark
able feat was the shooting of a great
two-horned rhinoceros. 1t was ar ID
venture which nearly cost the hunt
ress her life, and it is believed that no
woman has ever achieved so great a
hunting exploit as this. Among the
animals they brought back with them
were three wildcats, one of which is
now in the London Zoo.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-03-05

INTO A BASKET OF EGGS.
ly to examine the eggs after the jump,
but before, and during it's accomplish
ment. Beyond all doubt the thing is
genuine-a really graceful and beauti-
full feat, calling for extraordinary
agility and suppleness. and extremely
careful judgment.
A very curious trick jump is seen
in another picture given. The subject
is Mr.. Frank Munro. Mr.. Higgins
manager and agent, who, of course,
does not usually "oblige' in this re-
spect. The assistant, arrayed in a silk
hat (and, Of course, other things; only
the silk hat is a sine qua nom, takes
up his position firmly near a table. 1t
would never do for him to wobble
about erratically. Well, a lighted
candle in a candle-stick is placed care
fully on his hat, and, this done, the
jumper retires some distance to take
measurements with his eye.
The reproduction of the photo, fully
explains this remarkable performance.
1t is, indeed, a tremendous jump from
the other side of the table right up
Ou " IAS CdAulc Will UOlu lS6l 10
gether. The flame is extinguished with
a quick movement of the foot from the
ankle, and then the athlete sails grace
fully down on to the stage.
In the photo, one dumb-bell drop,
ped by Higgins in his flight is just
about to drop on to the table. And
these missiles certainly do fall around
with alarming promiscuity. The stage
at the Pavilion was fairly corrugated
with deep dents from them, and they
often disabled a chair or scared an
incautious attendant nearly out of his
wits.
Yet another candle-extinguishing
feat forms the subject of another pro-
duction. Six chairs are placed close
together in a row and on the seat Of
the 9th are deposited two lighted
candles in candle-sticks. Taking lis
dumb-bells and bounding hither and
thither like a veritable Spring-Heeled
Jack Che does this to keep himself in
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-03-05
A GREAT JUMPER.
Why HIGGINS IS CALLED THE
HUMAN KANGAROO.
lone of His Extraordinary Feats DEE
scribed and Dlustrated-Into a Case
of Eggs Without Breaking q Single

In the strand Magazine Oswald
North writes of the extraordinary
jumping feats of John Higgins, 1.-THE
Human Kangaroo" From this article
We quote:
The curious thing about Mr.. Higgins
IS that he is considerably below med
ium statue, being but 5 feet ga inches
in height, He is not yet twenty-six
years of age, and m from Black
burma district famous for the num-
Der and variety of athletes it has pro-
luced. Higgins various feats are
merely as jumps, or as dramatic spec
lacles, iugeniously contrived and bril-
iantly executed. The photographs re-
produced here were specially taken on
the stage Of the Pavilion theater, in
Piccaiilly Circus.
One of the feats which Mr.. Higgins
Is shown performing is n of a num-
Der of very extraordinary trick
jumps. Clutching his dumb-bells, the
wonderful little man gives a few
kangaroo-like leaps, and then rises
Into the air and alights right in the
middle of a case Of eggs! And yet not
an egg is cracked, although the ath-
lete is seen to linger in their midst fol-
a moment and then rise gracefully
over the back of the chair. We asked
him how this vas done. He said Re
couldn't tell; it was partly an effort
of will. When he alighted for that
fraction of a second on the eggs, he
did not, of course, exercise a single
ounce of his weight, but completed
the jump by certain strenuous move
ments Of his shoulders and the upper
part Of his body generally.
Often people in the audience have
doubted that the eggs were real eggs
But such persons are always courte-
ously invited on to the stage, not mere