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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-04

has begun, and the oldest Inhabitants
OF the town are prating to the young
sters Of it's bloody history. 1t was the
headquarters of as ugly a gang Of des-
peradoes as ever infested a town in
the middle West. w. w. Brown built
the house and intended it for a hotel,
but no reputable person ever stopped
there. 1t vas two stories high, and
made of hewn oak studding, with but
ternut weather boards, and the inter-
vening space filled in with brick ma
sonly. So it was we'll calculated to
answer as a fort.
Bellevue put up with Brown and the
crimes of his gang-murder, robbery
and the lke-for three years, and then
the best citizens banded together to
exterminate the crew. Led by Sheriff
Cox, forty men, armed to the teeth,
advanced on the fort one day in the
spring Of 1910. A call for the surren-
der OF the outlaws was answered by a
volley from the house, and the Belle
u war" began. The posse got into
the house and the occupants retreated
upstairs, where the ~assailants could
not reach them. The first shot had
been fired by Brown himself, and he
was the first to be killed. The at
lacking party, finding that the outlaws
could not be dislodged, prepared to
burn the house and smoke or burr
them out. This resulted as expected,
and a score of the gang made a break
for liberty, only to be overhauled, and
most of them were caught after a Sc
we're fight. Thirteen were captured and
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-04

One of the copper mines in Sweden
has been yielding large supplies OF
that metal for the last 800 years. AS
far back as 1928 it's lucky owners
realized big profits. The actual out.
put has been recorded from the yeaI
1863, when it amounted to 1900 tons
down to the present time. The maxi
mum was reached in 1850, when the
mine yielded 1856 tons.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-04
assassin's bullet.

aSSaSSln'S bullet. They were IN an
open carriage, when a man sprang upon
them from the roadside, crying out,
stop, your majesty" The king arose,
stood in front of his daughter, brand
ished his walking stick, and ordered
the man off. He dropped upon his
knees and fired a shot, which FORUM
ately missed the mark. Then the driv-
er whipped up his horses and the sub
sequent shots did no further harm.
Poor Marie's pathway has not been
strewn with roses during her twenty
.wo years of existence, if we may be-
lieve the court gossip concerning her.
1t was the ambition of her mother,
Queen Olga, who is a sister of Emperor
William, that her only surviving
daughter should marry the car of Rus
STA, but this plan was nipped in the bud
by the imperial command of Alexander
Ill, who, on his deathbed, decreed that
his son should wed the favorite grand
daughter OF Victoria, the beautiful
Princess Alix of Hesse. We have no
means of knowing whether Marie real
ly cared for Nicholas or not. But wen
II she did, broken hearts are of no con-
sequence in arranging royal marriages,
and as the principal object was to form
an alliance with a Russian prince, the
next best thing seemed to be to thrust
Marie upon the cars eldest brother,
the Grand Duke George. The marriage
has been delayed, however, on account
of his wretched health, he being a hope
less consumptive, and death may sever
the engagement before a union is con-
summated. Another unpleasant fea-
ture of the affair is the howl of protest
raised by the Grecians when the king
proposed to obtain a dowry for his
daughter from the public treasury.
Altogether the position of this royal
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-04

Watts--Just got a letter from an old
schoolmate. 1t is pleasant to hear
from the friends of ones youth. Potts
1t Is pleasant to hear from them
when they are doing we'll, and pleasant
to hear of them when they are not
indianapolis Journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-04
Big Gasometer In England.

The largest gasometer in the world
is at East Greenwich. When full it
contains II, 600, 900 cubic feet of gas.
1t weighs 1900 tons, is $50 feet high,
300 feet in diameter, requires 1900 tons
of coal to fill it with gas and cost near
ly 5000, 900.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-04
BROWNS "HOTEL" AT BELLEVUE.
the gang, who wanted to recover their
ill-gotten gains.
Silver in New South Wales.

Broken Hill, the great silver produc-
ing district of New South Wales, yield
ed silver bullion to the value of about
So, 0OO, 900 and ore unconcentl ated val
ued at over IS, OO0, 600 in 1897. But for
the destructive effects of a great fire
in the leading mine the output would
lave been larger.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-04

Dewtell-"Yes, indeed, Jones is fun
of patriotism. He's willing to leave
home and wife!" Downtrod-"Huh!
That's privilege, not patrioism.'-Neu
York Evening Journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-04
KING OF THE GREEKS,
GEORGE is A THRIFTY MON
ARCH, INDEED.
Takes n Quiet Dip Into the American
Wheat Market Occasionally His
Daughters Dowry May Be Forced Out
of His Own Capacious Bank Account

HE recent attempt
on the life of King
G e o r ge of Greece
when out driving
W | t h his o n | y
daughter, the Prin-
cess Marie, awak-
ems a special inter-
est in that young
lady, W h o a | S o
came near being
sacrificed to the
TL- -A~ - on
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-04
FAMILY UMBRELLA.
A Phantasy.

ECAUSE we called
it the Family Um-
brella," n would
think it was COM
mon property of
the family for COM
mon use. But the
title was merely
honorary, as the
umbrella had long
since fallen into
disuse. Just as In
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-04

The death of Nicolini, therefore,
places the Barillis in the direct line of
inheritance, as the indications are
that the great singer holds them in
high regard.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-04

Mr.. A. Colquhoun sends to the Strand
Magazine a photograph of an extremely
remarkable natural curiosity, and
writes: Il have a tree in my garden
which has tied itself into a knot in it's
3rowth; the knot is more than 10
inches in circumference No doubt
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-04
Both.

faosley-Now, here is a suit that I
paid only $11 for. The price is really
ABSURD Wickwire-so is the suit
Indianapolis Journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-04
INVENTOR OF LEAD PIPE.
The Interesting Life of Robert seydeII
of Milton.

There was born in Milton, Pa, in
1909, a mar of wonderful genius, it is
said. His name was Robert Seydell,
and he died in 1S47. Four children
survive him, two of whom still reside
there, says the Louisville Commercial.
Mr.. Seydell was a coppersmith n was
almost continually working out some
device connected with the machinery
in his factory, To him. it Is related
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-04
IOWA'S OLDEST HOUSE
WAS ONCE USED AS A Sold
IERS' GARRISON.
The Scene of the determination of the
Brown Band of Outlaws-O1d Well
Said to Contain Hlgotten Treasure and
Human Bones.
Especial letter.

IN Iowa, or any
where in the West,
If a building is ff-
ty years old it is
venerated as be-
longing to the dim
and hoary past. In
Bellevue, Ia, is a
house which was
put up in 1887.
Work on its de
struction already
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-04

When doctors disagree the patient
has a fighting chance for his life.
The nature of an oath is usually hu-
fnad nature.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-01
Her Toy a Rattle.

Mrs. Franklyn Wood, of Sherman,
Penn, found her child, two years old,
and a child of a neighbor, three years
old, playing in the grass. She noticed
that the little one was occasionally
striking Something in front of her with
a short stick, and after each stroke
both children would laugh heartily.
She watched them for several min
utes, when she walked toward them
to see what they were doing. When
within q few feet of them she was
struck speeches. and motionless to
e that their plaything was a large
ratflesnake.
Mr.. Wood grasped a club and brave
~ went to the rescue, and with few
blows killed the snake, after which
she remembered nothing until revived
by the neighbors. The snake was five
feet long and had nine rattles.-New
YORK Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-01
Freedom and the Russian Serf.

Although nearly forty years have
passed since the ukase of emancipa-
ton was promulgated, it is still too
early to give a definite judgment upon
it's results. The expectations of its
trainers have not been attained. in
part because of the immensely of the
task and diversity of conditions to be
met, and in part because the imme-
date application of the ukase was
made not by those who had thought
out the scheme, but by others. VINO
were either Indifferent or even hostile
to the measure. The serf has not gen
orally become an Independent land.
holder, nor has he gained that eco
nomic self-reliance that was so ardent
ly desired. He is even less able than
before to encounter q bad season, short
crops. or a cattle plague, for he has
no master who may make good his
losses and help him to tide over his
difficulties. On the other hand, the
peasant has not secured what he be-
lieved to be his rights, and is not a
little discontinued that his dream of
full and free possession of the land
has not be neutrality-suspicious. Pop
ular Science Monthly.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-01
The Speed of Insects.

It IS the popular belief that the flight
Of birds is much swifter than that OF
insects but 2 humber CT E~atufaiiiisti
who have been making a study of the
matter think that such is not the case
A common house fly, for example, is
not very rapid in it's fight, but its
wings make 800 beats d second. anC
sends it through the air twenty-five
feet, under ordinary circumstances, in
that space of time. When the insect
is alarmed, however, 1t has been found
that it increases its rate of speed to
over $50 feet per second. If it could
continue such rapid flight for a mile
in a straight line it would cover tha
distance in exactly thirty-three sec
onds.
It is not an uncommon ching, when
travelling by rail in the summer time
to see a pee or wasp keeping up with
the train and trying to get in at one
of the windows. A swallow is con.
sidered one of the swiftest flying birds
and 1t was thought until q short time
ago that no insect could escape it. A
naturalist tells of an exciting chase he
saw between a swallow and a dragon
fly, which is among the swiftest of in
sects. The insect flew with incredible
speed, and wheeled and lodged witt
such ease that the swallow, despite its
utmost efforts, completely failed t.
overtake and capture it.-Chicage
Chronicle.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-01
Male Fetinity,

"Talking about the humanity Of
man and the felinity Of woman" said
the Independent Woman, 'let me tell
you a little story Of a man and a cat.
The story was told to me by the wife
Of the man, who Is q domesticated
woman. 1t seems that the family cat,
besides being Of a sportive disposition,
had more ingenuity than most cats, or
understood better how to relieve the
tedium of a domestic existence. This
cat caught a mouse; being well-fed,
her sporting instinct came into play,
and she kept the mouse to amuse her.
self with. This Is a feline custom, as
you are aware, but where this cat
showed superior mentality was in hit
ting upon a place to hide the mouse,
thus protracting the amusement. She
kept 1t in an old shoe in a storeroom.
The man of the house discovered the
proceeding, and was almost as much
amused as the cat. Did he put a stop
to it? No, indeed. For several days
he fed both the cat and the mouse,
after which the cat would take the
mouse out for it's daily exercise, to the
delight of both conspirators. Then the
mans wife found them out. She took
the house away and let it go."-New
York Post.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-01
Dog That Talks,

Fl. W. Meyers, of Vestal, N. T., is
the owner of a dog that a talk. For
years Mr.. Meyers has been a student
of the voice. In his Investigations he
found the vocal apparatus Of all ami.
mails to be much alike, and especially
did that of a dog resemble mans. He
accordingly conceived a simple oper-
alton, which at present he keeps a
secret, but which he says will, in the
near future, be laid before the scien-
tific world.
The talking dog is of Scotch collie
breed. He has several words in his
vocabulary, but those he a pro-
nounce plainest are 'Oh, no." When
asked by his master to reply he will
crouch as though in pain, throw back
his head, take a long breath and in n
deep bass voice distinctly say, ooh.
no." He a also pronounce his name,
Carlo, In an unmistakable manner.
Mr.. Meyers has declined several
large offers for the dog, and says he
would not part with him at any price.
New York Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-01

The Washington correspondent of
the London Daily Mail reports an in
terview with distinguished American
officer, who is represented as dilating
upon the immense superiority of Ameri-
can warships over British, especially
in armor and armament. The officer
is said to have declared that the United
States battleship Alabama could blow
the British battleship Majestic out of
water, and to have predicted that in
the next century America will be build
ing warships for everybody. "Even
now" he Says, "the United States is
able to build much cheaper than Ger
many O. England" The Daily Mail,
commenting editorially upon this
startling statement, says: "We have
verified the data and are compelled to
acknowledge the correctness Of the
statement. We know also that there
10 q distinct uneasiness in the highest
ranks of the British Navy at the under
armament of our ships"
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-01
The long-talked-of telephone COZ

The long-talked-of telephone com
munication between the two Russian
capitals, Moscow and st. Petersburg,
Is likely this year to become an &C.
complished fact. The undertaking is
under the control of the Imperial
Telegraph Department, and the sta.
tions will be at the chief telegraph
Office in either city. As the average
speed Of ordinary telegraphic dis
patches between Moscow and St.
Petersburg, which are four hundred
miles apart, is about that of the rail-
way, ten or twelve hours being con-
ssidered good time, the Q telephone
will prove an inestimable boon to
business men, who in case of urgency
ares now obliged to pay three times
the ordinary tariff to get their dis
patches through as especial" mes
sages. The line is not likely to be
actually in working order before Octo-
ber, audit is said thatthe price for five
minutes conversation will probably be
fixed at . little over seventy-fve cents.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-01
Vouched for by Mckinley.

Ralph Botkin, son of Congressman
at-Large ]. D. Botkin, Of Kansas, Is
probably the only volunteer soldier IN
the United States volunteer service
who is directly indebted to President
Mckinley for his enlistment.
When the first call was made for
volunteers, Ralph, who is only six
teen years old, went to the recruiting
office to enlist, but was rejected on ac-
| count Of q slight physical defect. He
grieved q great deal, especially when
he saw the Kansas troops Of the COM
mand Of Colonel Lindsey pass through
Washington en- route to Camp Alger.
| He went up to the lower house of
| Congress to ask his father as a special
favor to use his influence at the wal
| department in his behalf. He was the
| only son and Mrs. Botkin, who was i'll,
hated to see him go to the war, SO
young.
Mr.. Botkin seeing that the boy was
very anxious to enlist, called a GER
| rage and both Of them rode direct to
| the White House. Mr.. Botkin ex-
| planned the situation to President Nc
Kinley, who, after questioning the
| young man closely, said that he would
suspend the. regulations in order to
give such a brave young patriot a
chance to serve his country.
What do you want?" asked the
president.
Il want to be a private with the 9th
err Kansas boys" said young Botkin.
"You have metal enough to be a
general" said the president, pleasant
~.
MI. Mckinley called the var depart
ment up by telephone, and, after get
ting the adjutant general of the army,
he said:
"Corbin, l have a young Jayhawker
here that wants to fight for his coun-
try. Assign him to Colonel L%indsey's
regiment at Camp Alger, without ex-
animation. l will vouch for the fact
that he is all right"
That very night Ralph Botkin walk
ed into Camp Alger, reported to Colo
mel Lindsey. and was assigned to a
tent with another Kansas boy.
It is probably the first time in the
history of the United States that the
president has been called upon to ap-
point a a to the position of a pri-
vate in the army.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-01
Austrian Army Shelter Tent.

The Austrians have recently adopt
ed for their army a shelter tent. which
when not pitched, is separated int
pieces cut to fold over and form storl.
coats for the soldiers. The materia
is a light, strong, waterproof linen
bound along the edges with wire brait
and provided with cords, which serv,
the double purpose of fastening either
the tent or coat. Upon halting for /:
night the soldiers remove or unpacl
their coats in pairs, tie them together
and form their tent upon their two ri
ies, which, with bayonets fixed. az.
stuck into he ground to form ten
poles.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-01
WINGS MADE OF WOOD PULP.
A Variety Of Articles Made from 1t. Cellu'
lose as a Rival of Iron. Stee! and Wood.

A Variety of Articles Made from It. Cellu'
lose as a Rival Of Iron, Stee! and Wood.
A close rival Of coal tar in adapta-
bility to unexpected purposes is wood
pulp or cellulose. Since it was discov-
cred that excellent paper could be
made from this substance wood pulp
has been used as a substitute, fraudu-
lent or otherwise, for iron, steel, wood.
stone, glass, ivory and jnnumerable
kinds of animal and vegetable fibre.
AS a material for car wheels the man
u%facturers have found it superior to
any kind of metal, being about three
times as durable cas- steel and much
more elastic. When subjected to great
pressure wood pulp takes an extraor-
binary hardness. 1t has been found
available as a material for paving
bricks, drain thing, and conduits for
electric cables.
For ivory, which is becoming
scarcer every day, cellulose is the best
substitute that has yet been found.
| To-day it forms the material for the
cheaper billiard balls and has even
been used successfully for the manu-
facture of artificial teeth. When prop
erly treated wood pulp is practically
proof against heat and moisture;
hence it has been found superior TO
timber for telegraph poles and screws.
Collins, too, are often made of wood
pulp. They are susceptible Of a high
polish, look as well as the finest wood,
and are much cheaper.
Cannon, too, and bicycles are made
out Of wood pulp in Germany, m
| Chicago respectively, while a French
man has succeeded in producing a
thread from the same substance
| which he declares can be worked mp
Into all sorts Of fabrics. Another
Frenchman has produced wood pulp
carpet lining, and another again wood
pulp sail cloth, while a Vienna inven-
tor declares that his wood pulp leath-
er is superior to animal leather in fine
ness and durability.
For resisting the action of fire and
water wood pulp appears to be a sue
cess. 1t is used to make waterproof
paint for ships. fireproof and water
proof paper, and even stoves, which
are said to be superior to iron ones.
Wood pulp window panes have been
In use for several years, particularly
..or greenhouses, and in France port
able dwelling houses built Of the same
Material have been found a success.
Among the other articles made of
wood pulp are boats, canoes, cuspi-
dors, pals, flower pots, tables, chairs,
ureaus, barrels, wagons, horse shoes,
Ind imitation porcelain waire. The
manufacture of silk from wood pulp
S now an important industry Of Eng
land and France. The raw material
s really the same as that of natural
silk.
1t is only a case Of doing by ma
chimes and chemicals what the silk
worm does because it cannot help it.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-01
Photographic the Monkey.

"One of the most difficult brutes to
photograph is the monkey" said a man
in New York who makes a business of
taking pictures of all sorts Of animals
and birds. You may try as much as
you like, but you will never succeed in
making a monkey look straight into
the center Of a camera for even q Sec
ond. It's glance always shifts off to
one side of the other. Nor will it ever
catch your eye of fix its WI upon
yours, and I have come to the conclu-
sion that a monkey cannot look at a
camera any more than it can a human
being in the face.
Take a dogs head in your two
hands and look into it's eyes. The
beast will return your gaze, not for
long, perhaps, for the contemplation
of human intelligence distresses all
animals. But it is not SO with the
monkey. Hold its head as patiently
as you please between your hands,
and it will cast its eyes up to the cell
ing and keep on winking or cast them
down to the floor as if asleep or twist
them around in a most absurd fashion
to look over one side or the other, but
never, even in passing by it, will 1t
catch yours.
why is this? I don't know, unless
1t is that the animal has some secret
regarding our own origin that it does
not wish us to find out However, if
they are bashful, they are very in
quisitive, and If I were to leave my
camera unguarded for ten minutes in
a cage containing a dozen monkeys
half the family would be busy taking
photographs Of the other half
Washington Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-01

The sinking Of the French steamer
La Bourgogne with it's loss of over
five hundred lives is an appalling dis
aster in the commercial marine, a dis
aster relieved, in its terrible features
of cowardly inhumanity, only by the
courage of its captain, who stuck to
his post to the last and went down
with his ship, thinks the Trenton IN.
J.) True American.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-01

A certain Chinese flower is said to
be red in the sunlight and white in the
moonlight.
In the Bank of England there are
many silver ingots which have lain I'M
touched for nearly 200 years,
There are three times as many mus
cles in the tail Of a cat as there ere in
the human hands and wrists.
On the west and southwest coasts
of Korea the tide rises aud falls from
twenty-six to thirty-ejSht feet.
Stockings were first used in the
eleventh century. Before that cloth
bandages were used on the feet.
A Michigan maj has in his posses
sion q piece OF hard tack biscuit is
sued to him as a part Of a ration dur
ing the Civil War.
A Kansas recluse who died recently
at Olathe ~bequeathed a dollar to each
of his fifteen brothers and sisters, and
$40, 900 to G church in Sparta, Ill.
A hemlock tree recently cut down in
Appleton, Me-, showed $50 gralnf and
This was taken as an indication that
the tree was nearly four Ituries
A Sioux Of the Rosebud 1Agency,
South Dakota, wrote to thl United
States Marshal: II want to make
complaint against my brother for
shooting at my mother. He missed
her at least q foot"
A shepherd i'll Chambery, Savoy,
employs a horse instead of Il dog to
keep the herd together. The horse
understands the orders given him and
carries them out as ln~telligently as
the best-trained dog.
;SEarly man used to be able to wag
his ears as an indication of pleasure
or to brush away flies from under his
back hair, but as the muscles were
not brought into continual use they
became rudimentary.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-01
Peters. He had boarded at the hotel

Peters. He had boarded at the hotel
for several years and as a matter Of
course had had a good many frolics
and good times there, all Of which
We're fully within Cornelius's knowl-
edge. One day Cornelius came to him
in great seriousness. "Mr. Peters,"
he began, II an going to publish a
book telling my experiences and recol-
lections since I have been porter In the
house. How many copies will you
take?"
"Thunderation, Cornelius" replied
Mr.. Peters Instantly, eff you are 60
ing to tell what you know, Ill take
the whole edition. "-Lewiston. Me-
Journal.