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The Portland daily press., 1898-05-17
F. o. BAILEY & CO., Auetioneers.
Household Furniture, Steinway Piano,
Oil Paintings, &c. at No. 1S2 State
Street, Corner of Pine,
a T a NC TON.

ON THURSDAY, May 10Th, at 10 O'Clock a.
m, we shall sell Parlor Furniture. valuable Oil
Paintings, Engrayings, Plate Mirrors, genuine
Upright Steinway Piano, cost $4,000, hand
some Corner Sideboard, Walnut and Painted
Chamber Sets. Dining Table, Bric-a- Brac, Rugs,
sells and Wooden Carpets, and other articles
too numerous to mention. may1Idtei
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-17

Nothing cropped out yesterday to dis
close the purpose of the Spanish fleet
which was reported at the island of
Curacao off the coast of Venezuela on
Saturday. 1t is reported to havs left
that port bat in what direction it went
does not seem to be known, though the
navy department may have some private
information on the point There are
many possible plans for it to pursue, and
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-17

Every day the correspondents of the met
ropolitan papers tell what the naval STRAIT.
egg board has done or is going to do. A
credulous person would infer that these
correspondents sat in conference with the
board, and that its plans as soon as made
were handed over to them for publica-
ton. AS matter of fact every statement
of this kind is what is known in newspa-
per parlance as ''fake'' or in ordinary
parlance, as lie. The naval strategy
board doesn't give away it's plans to
newspaper correspondents or anybody
else II it did it would be deserved
to be court-martialed anil shot.
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-17

1t appears that Admiral Sampson went
to San Juan with no intention of bonn
harding either the city or its fortifica-
lions. His purpose was simply to find
out whether the Spanish squadron was
there, and to make some soundings.
Had the forts not opened fire on his yes
sells not shot would have been fred by
him. In the light of this fact the Span
ish complaint that the bombardment was
without notice is very impudent
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-17

1t is great pity that at this juncture
we have not some heavily armed cruisers
as fast as those of the Cape Verde feet
Our Columbia and Minneapolis fill the
bill as far as speed is concerned, but they
would be of no use in fight with either
of the Spanish vessels.
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-17

The coal problem doesn't appear to be
giving the Spanish fleet in the Caribbean
Sea much trouble. Apparently it is able
to get coal by going into almost any. neu-
trail harbor. At the French port of Fort
de France it got supply, and at the
Danish island of Curacao it got more.
The Coconino sun., 1898-06-18

N Spar.
 J. c. Milligan has finished the burn ing of kiln of l5O,0OO brick.
 E. F. Greenlaw left Tuesday for a two weeks trip to southern California. D. A. Drew, recently principal of our public schools, is now the mathemati- clan of the Lowell observatory.
 E.F. McGonigle is limping around with the aid of cane this week, caused by being kicked by horse.
 Joseph Steffen has so far recovered from an attack of the spinal meningitis as to be able to appear on the streets.
 The next issue of the SUN will be from the new quarters in the T. J. Coalter building next door to the post office.
 w. D. Powell returned Wednesday from trip to Jerome and Verde val ley. He reports crops in the valley as looking fine.
 The cases of smallpox at Blackberry in Mohave county are reported inn proved and there is no danger of the pest spreading.
 John Harrington, who has been at Jerome engaged in logging for the Je- rome saw mill for the past three months, returned Thursday.
 Geo. w. Sturdevant, Jr., of Chicago, arrived Wednesday. He is here to of- fer the city council proposition for putting in the water works.
 Three train loads of soldiers bound for the Philippines, will pass through here tomorrow. Probably they will reach this place about noon.
 J. Q. Adamson, one of our prominent sheepmen who has been here for the past three weeks under the doctors care, left for Ash Fork yesterday.
 The children's day exercises at the M. E. church oh last Sunday night
The Coconino sun., 1898-06-18

church would hold. The children as entertainers were success.
 I. T. Wheeler while riding Sunday was thrown from his horse and had two ribs broken and his head badly cut. Mir. Wheeler will be ready to ride again in few weeks.
 Even the sheep camps are bubbling over with patriotic enthusiasm. Yes terday a flag raising took place at Pine Hill, nine miles south of here, at which Harry Fulton was the orator of the day.
 Fred Roberts, brother of Mrs. T. J. Coalter, and well known to many of our citizens, is now member of Co. M, First Nebraska Volunteers. His regi- ment is in San Francisco on the way to Philippine islands.
 Will R. Rupley, a former employe of the SUN has accepted position as tel egraph operator on the Santa Fe Pacific and reported for duty at Winslow on Thursday MT. Rupley has the best wishes of large number of friends made during his stay in Flagstaff.
 The California teachers returned from their trip to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado river Thursday. The party divided here and part of them went to Laguna and the Enchanted Mesa and the others returned to their homes in California. They expressed themselves us beidg delighted with the trip, and they will advise all their friends who contemplate an outing to take the trip to the Grand Canyon.
 Geo. H. Cross, travelling representa- tive of the Denver Republican, arrived in town Friday and has been adding the names of many citizens to the list of his excellent journal. For many years Mir. Cross was connected with the Santa Fe New Mexican both as city ed- itor and as editor in chief. He is we'll known as an excellent writer and is now demonstrating that he is hustler as well.
The Coconino sun., 1898-06-18

ITT IT7 77I7
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-05-21
THE ROYAL BOX.

The French government has decided to
offer to the empress of Russia a magnifi-
cent piece of chantilly lace ON the occasion
of her majesty's next birthday.
Five young archduchesses, and with
them Princess Marie Louise of CuInber-
land, made their first appearance in soci-
ETY. together at a recent court ball in Wen
ma.
Queen Victoria has eccentric tastes in
the arrangement of her led, according to
The Whitehall Review. At Cimiez she
uses two mattresses, the one with the
springs on top.
Emperor William of Germany will start
on his trip to the Holy Land about April
10. He will sail from Hamburg in his
yacht, accompanied by his eldest two sons,
and will return about June !, when he
will probably visit in Constantinople the
sultan. Later he will meet the king of
Italy at Milan.
Korea S emperor, now that he has buried
the ashes Of his late consort, is looking
about for new wife The Korean people
do not care whom he selects, but wish him
to marry soon SO that they may have law
full marriages again, all marrying and Civ
ing in marriage throughout the country
having come to an end according to Gus
tom the moment the late queen was muir
dered, more than two years ago.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-05-21
PRODUCTION OF WEALTH.

The report of Mr.. Eugene Brad
en-, assayer in charge of the United
States Assay Office in Helena, is one
Of the most exhaustive ever made
covering the mineral output of this
state. 1t is too long to be repro
duced in these columns. After a
most careful and painstaking inves
tigation Mr.. Braden finds that the
mineral output of Montana in 1897
was the largest in the history of the
state, aggregating 53,954,675.03,
which is 1922, $500 in excess of
any previous year.
AS gratifying as this may be to
every loyal Montanian, the signif
canoe Of the following statement
cannot be too seriously regarded:
"Silver mining, as an industry in
Montana, continues to decrease in
With the exception of
silver properties at Elkhorn, Castle
and Neihart, and the Hope mine at
Philipsburg, all of the famous silver
prodncing mines of former years are
idle. Western Mining World.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-05-21
WHO CARES FOR EXPENSES?

Twenty y-one million dollars, in
round numbers, are required by sec
retary Long to prevent deficiency
in the appropriations to pay the ex-
penses of the navy in the war with
Spain during the remaining months
of the present fiscal year.
This sum is in addition to the ap-
preparations made in the regular ma
val bill, and which contains an ex-
traordinary appropriation of $685.
100000 Added to these sums, the
deficiency of S36,000,O00 reported
by Secretary of war Alger to Con-
gress few days ago and incorpors-
ted in the bill which passed the
house, an increase of S5,000,000
made to the Notifications bill and
$oO,OO0,OO0 expended in putting the
army and navy in condition to meet
the Spanish forces, the grand total
cost of the war up to June 30 will
be 81 40, 600, ,OOO.-N. Y. Herald.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-05-21
NEIHART, MONTANA, MAY 21. 1898.
CURTAIN RAlSERS.

Oscar Eagle Is laid up in Louisville
from a gunshot wound received in melo-
drama duel.
Maurice Barrymore will 90 to London
to play the hero in 1.-The Heart of Mary
land" there
James X. Hackett win next year be the
youngest of the stars Daniel Frohman
will present him.
Mrs. Patrick Campbell is soon to act
with Forbes Robertson in Maeterlinck S
"Pellias and Mesilande.
Geraldine Ulmar, who was to have come
10 this country, is still seriously Ill from
m accident last September.
j. Lester Wallack, a grandson of the late
Lester Wallack, is in Minnie Seligman' s
revival of COMEDY and Tragedy
Eleonora Duse is to return to Paris this
spring to appear in D'Annunzio's LA
Giaconda," which was written for her
Sarah Bernhardt is to direct theater in
Brussels as well as in Paris None of her
productions this winter has met with sue
cess.
Ferdinand Gottscbalk, who has been six
months in London with Never Again, "
is coming back to resume his place in the
farce here.
Nat Goodwin has produced in Chicago
the play written by Clyde Fitch OH the life
of Nathan Hale and it has evidently met
popular approval.
The drama which Henry Guy Carleton
wrote for James j. Corbett is being played
in Illinois. The former prizefghter enacts
u devil may care hero
Paul Potter has bought Guy de Mau-
PEASANTS mile. Fi-Fi, (which he utilized
as the first act of "The Conquerors" He
will at least own that portion of the piece
Jules Lemaitre has provided play for
Rejane in which she has refused to ap-
pear, as a new Sartlou drama will occupy
her time during the rest of the winter
Jane Hading may be seen in the role writ
ten for Rejane.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-05-21
THE klNETOSCOPE.

Spain is determined to show her friendly
feelings for ;he United States IL she has to
send every "yarship in her navy to our
shores. - Det roit Free Press
The author of "~wcet Marie" has mar
ried the girl to whom the music was dedi-
Gated. Fate has q curious way of evening
up old scores.-New York Press.
They found n collar button in the she'll
of an oyster at Alexandria. Va, the other
day, and the mystery is how the oyster got
under the bureau. Francisco Chron-
icle.
That Pittsburg attorney who charged an
orphan girl only So, 900 for collecting a
legacy of S61. 200 must have been actuated
by consideration of pty.-Detroit Free
Press.
Uncle Sam is contemplating the pur-
chase of Sl,000,00O worth of powder
About one year ago he was engaged in con-
sidering beautiful treaty submitted by
John Washington Post
Lord Beaconsfeld was not prophet nor
the son of prophet, but when he said
"confiscation is contagious" he uttered IA
truth most applicable to the present situ-
alton in China.-kennebec journal.
In the Boston theatcrs a lady wearing a
hat is handed IL card bearing a copy of the
city ordinance. This idea is incomplete un-
less the man who spits on the floor or
otherwise annoys fellow playgoers is hand
ed "a similar hint.-St Louis Globe Demo-
crat.
There were more great men at the be-
ginning Of tho nineteenth century than
there are at its close. Napoleon, Jefferson
Byron and many Others that came in with
the century are not equaled among those
who will be here at its close Nashville
American.
1t Is rather cruel to require a lady to
certify that she had her sealskin garment
prior to the Passage of the law prohibiting
the importation OF such wear. Giving the
age of her sealskin cloak is almost as bad
as having to give her own age.-Bostun
Transcript
What is patriotism in comparison with
busnessy The thrifty manufacturers OF
Birmingham, it is now discovered, have
been shipping rifles to the Afridis by way
Of the Persian gulf to be used in checking
the progress of the British troops. .-Provi-
dence journal.
1t is proposed to tear down the city wall
of Aurelian, at Rome, on the left bank of
the 1iber, and lovers of antiquity are pro-
testing. But it has not been erected as
long ms the Palisades Of the Hudson river,
against whose demolition they do not have
as much to say as they might. - Boston
Transcript.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-05-21
THE HORSE SHOW.

r. b. Wood, Aux Vase, Mo. has sold
all his horses and will 60 to the Klondike.
A pacing gelding owned in the Empire
State rejoices in the name of Woozy Wilkes.
Hastings (3), 2:l3A, by Norcatur, the
great Missouri colt, is expected to step In
2:10 this year
The Trotting association of Vienna,
Austria, will give $120, 900 in purses for the
season of 1898.
DIR. Shepard pronounces Baron Crisp,
2:12L, who broke down in 1896, fit to
stand training this season.
F. V. X. Hull, now trainer at Wood
burn farm, has occupied that position
since 1S59-almost 40 years.
Carl Burr, .Jr., is working H. O. Have.
meyers Harrietta, 2092, and Miss Ida,
s:1OH, to pole at Commack, N. Y.
The veteran Ohio stallion, Florida Mon
arch, 2:17A, by Florida, owned by G. W.
Brownell of Elyria, has been gclded.
Trainer II. r. Tyson has driven the two
nearly related pacing mares Red Silk, 2:10
and India SILK, 2:1014, mile to pole be-
low 80.
Senator Breda, the Italian turfman, has
purchased, for sire, the bay horse Joktan,
s:19A, by Lord Jenkinson, out of Theresa
Langen, by Oberlip.
The Indiana stallion Ray Wilkes, 2:20L
by Jersey Wilkes, dam by Reveille, started
In three races in eight days last season and
took his record in the third race.
President Cruit of the British Trotting
union has campaigned several trotters on
the continent the past season and won
&c. 222 on the German turf and 81, ,21O on
the Austrian.
The celebrated stallion Bermuda, 2 2:2OH,
the late B. j. Treacy's pride, is now own
ed by r. l.. Brown of Kittanning, Pa,
who talks of having him trained this year.
Horse Review.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-05-21
MAXlMS FOR CLERKS.

When you speak to a customer, look him
squarely in tho face.
Selling goods is something like making
a speech. Both depend on how you begin
and end.
diligence is the mistress of success. :"
Careless clerks are certain to be passed by
those who apply themselves to their duties
and allow no opportunity to slip.
"A good word is as soon said as an i'll
one" 1t does not take any longer to treat
a customer politely than it would rudely,
and it pays much better in the long run.
''An hour in the morning is worth two
in the afternoon. Have the routine work
in your stock out Of the way before trade
commences or you will be behind all day
depend not on fortune, but on con-
duct" Don't wait for something to turn
up by which you may gain an easy position
and good salary. Work your way up; it,
harder, but surer Retail Clerks Gazette
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-05-21
TO A PUBLIC SERVANT.

The actions of Senator Mantle dur
ing the past four years in the upper
house of congress are above reproach
He has lost no opportunity to regis
ter his vote upon questions vital to
western interests. He has always
stood for all that Montana represents.
Whether it be eastern or western
Montana, northern or southern, whe-
ther agricultural or mineral, whether
industrial or financial, Lee Mantle
has been courageous, unfinching
defender of the rights of this great
state.
And he is able. We may look the
counties over from Flathead to Daw-
son and from Valley to Beaverhead,
there is no man the superior of Mr..
Mantle in readiness to perceive and
ability to face and confront emerg-
encles. Ills record is his Justifica-
ton. Oftentimes the leaders of par
ties and of factions are obliged, up
on returning home to tell how the
play came up. They devote all the
time out of congress explaining to
the people their conduct in con-
gress. But not so with this man.
He comes and goes; but no apollo
gies are offered, and none are
sought. He has persistently, mast
erfully and defiantly stood not only
for every Montana interest, but also
for every interest of every state west
of the great Father of Waters.
His work in congress is the pride
of the west and the vindication oi
the baseless charge that ours is an
undesirable state"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-05-21
POULTRY POINTERS.

In selecting the eggs for Matching choose
those Of u uniform size.
To secure the best results put seven hens
and one rooster together.
Better an empty Craw and activity than
gorged one and torpidity.
If u hens comb becomes frosted, she
will not lay until it heals up.
Now is good time 10 arrange the coops
and yards for the spring Matching.
A small hen will lay as large eggs as
heavy one and will require less room.
Just before the carly pullets begin to lay
their combs will swell up and turn red
Nothing adds SO much to the comfort of
the fowls as "A well lighted poultry house.
Do not let dressed poultry freeze boforo
packing. 1t gives it a blue, pinched look
Unless the eggs are wanted for Matching
there is no possible advantage in keeping
cocks.
Tar in the drink ing water will usually
prevent the spread of roup among the
fowls.
Granulated oatmeal makes a good feed
for little chickens for the first two OF three
weeks.
When the hens have plenty of opportu-
hi'y ior cAcrciseI Uhc! are hot likely 10 get
too fat.
Tobacco stems covered with straw are an
excellent preventive of insect breeding in
the nests.
good dsinfectant is made by dissoly-
ing one pound of copperas in two gallons
of boiling water.
Buckw heat bran and small potatoes
boiled and mashed make a good, warm
feed for the fowls when they fly down
from the roosts. Louis Republic.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-05-21
PlTH AND POINT.

A shiftless man is never too shiftless to
invent excuses
Every man thinks of himself as u boy
longer than he should.
There are many married people who are
danger signs to the unmarried.
Judging from the manner in which the
revolver figures in it, love is fatal in more
cases than appendicitis
1t is always safe to distrust the man
who goes into business enterprise more
to please his wife than for anything else. "
When woman finds that her friends
know that she has holes in her stockings
she explains them by saying that "darns'
hurt her feet.
This world will never be just right until
the doctors have discovered that they can
remove "a mans backbone and substitute
an iron brace.
There is one thing always left out in de-
scribing a brides dTess-that she Is angry
because 1t is not nicer and that her father
is mad because it is so ice.-Atchson
Jlobe
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-05-21
A CRY FOR WHEAT.

The list of wheat producing coun-
tries which have ordinarily had, dur
ing recent decades, surplus for ex
port, but which this year will have
none, now definitely inludes Russia,
India and Spain. The exact situa
ton in Austrtlia is not definitely
known, but the probabilities are
strong that no wheat can be spared
from that country. So likewise in
Argentina. This leaves the United
States and Canada practically the
only countries which will, if no phe-
nominal disaster visits the growing
crops, have wheat to sell. 1t will
be seen that the war, and the specu-
lative operations of Mr.. Letter and
others, which are, in some quarters,
credited with the recent great ad-
vance in price, have had little or
nothing to do with that advance.
The case is simply one of pos
pective demand greater than the
supply.
The situation of Great Britain in
this connection affords an interesting
study. Not from any unfriendly
motive, such as has been sometimes
apprehended by the statesmen of
that nation, but from apparent ne
cessity. Russia to the Unit
ed States is Great Britain's chief
source of supply and Spain have
prohibited the export of grain. Sup
posing now, shortage should oc-
cur in the United States, how would
Great Britain's thirty eight millions
of people be fed? The kingdom
produces scarce tenth of what it
eats. Without the existence of hos
tllltles with any nation on earth, 1t
would seemingly be placed in po-
sition of peril which the forecast Of
it's statesmen has hitherto conceiv-
ed as possibly attendant only on a
war in which England's fleet should
prove insufficient to overcome her
enemies-an event to guard against
which has been the foremost endeav-
or of successive ministries. But
these temporary periods of scarcity
carry with them their own remedy.
The consequent high prices for
wheat have the effect of greatly
stimulating production in every
quarter of the globe, and the areas
over which wheat tillage could east
ly he expanded in this country alone
are so extensive that it is difficult to
set bounds to its wheat producing
apacity.-Pioneer Press.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-05-21

Major General Wesley Merritt
may not 60 to the Philippines in
command of the troops to the assist
ance of Rear Admiral Dewey. In
an interview General Merritt said i:
81 may not 60 to the Philippines
at all. 1t is proposed to give me
$4,000 men, only 1000 of them reg
ulars, and the rest volunteers and
these from the northwest, who have
had little opportunity for training
and discipline.
81 have asked the department for
at least 1000 regular troops, for |
believe they will be required. There
will be no opportunity to train the
volunteer forces before they start or
afrer they get to Manila. want
enough disciplined troops so that
the whole body will be as effective
as possible.
Chow can the Charleston start if
there are no men ready? General
Otis may be willing to go on with
out more regular troops and take
only 900 trained men with $4,000
undisciplined ones, but | am not.
! do not propose to go without a
force that is suitable to my rank.