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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-11

Zeph Bowers, the leader OF the cowboy
crowd, let loose a terrific yell that
startled the entire assemblage. The
other cowboys followed Zeph's lead, and
for two or three minutes a regular
pandemonium of yells filed the tent.
The minister waited patiently until the
noise subsidized, then he went quietly on
with his rmo
But he was not allowed to proceed
far without interruption. He had
scarcely gotten started again when
those yells broke out four-fold stronger
than ever, and at last old Bowers called
out:
"It's no use, parson, you can't talk
against all of us. We come here to
break up this meeting and we're going
to do it if 1t takes all night"
Finally the cowboys howled them
selves out, and again it became quiet.
Then the minister made one more eff
fort to speak. and he started in to rea-
son with the intruders: but they re-
fused to hear him. and before he had
uttered a dozen words they were
~whooping and yelling again, and to add
to the terror of the situation two or
three of the boys began to fire off
their pistols.
A good portion of the audience left
the tent, feeling that it was no longer
safe to remain there. Others fidgeted
about in their seats, wishing they were
safely away but disliking the idea of
showing cowardice by retreating while
the preacher remained.
One brother in the church, who was
sitting near the minister, urged him to
fly, but the minister only shook his
head.
"They will shoot you sure" the
brother urged, IF you persist in defy
ing their efforts to break up the meet
ing"
81 can only do my duty" the preach
or replied. Il will not forsake the
gospel that 1 may saw my life"
The brother said no more, but sat
down resigned. He knew those cowboys
and he pitied anyone who was so reck-
less as to cross them. That they would
shoot the preacher he was firmly con-
WINGED.
After awhile quiet was restored, and
again the minister attempted to speak
but, instantly the hubbub arose in al
it's. fury. The yells were louder and
deeper than before and pistols popped
thick and fast. Several lights were shot
out, leaving the tent in s~emi-darkness
Others of the congregation stole away
and went home.
For a moment the minister stood N
q deeply thoughtful attitude, then h
motioned to his little daughter, VIII
q just below him. She came upon thu
stand and he whispered a few words
m, her ear. She nodded and smiled
then, stretching forth her hand to com
mand attention, began to sing. Tit
! sanR she sang was Home, Swee
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-11
THOSE WHO WRITE.

The title of Mr.. George Moore's new
novel Is Evelyn lines"
Mr.. Henry Savage Lander Is said to
have received $25, 900 as an advance on
royalties for his book %recountlng his
attempt to penetrate into the sacred
city of Thibet.
Mr.. Henry b. Fuller, whose novels
have found and charmed n large circle
of the best readers, has nearly ready
for publication n book containing four
stories OF transatlantic travel, to
which he gives the fitting title From
the Other Side"
Ii Is understood that Mr.. Gladstone
has chosen Mr.. John Morley as his
biographer and literary executor and
that many Of his letters and private
papers have recently been sem to Mr..
Morley. IT would be impossible to
conceive OF "A mar better qualified, in
every way, 10 undertake the important
and delicate task Of writing the life
ana editing the literary remains of the
distinguished statesman.
jules Verne has completed Il tale OF
an called ne Sphinx deg
DIAnes" In France Jules Verne ia
considered Z worthy SUCCESSOR Of Ed
E&F Alien PIE. He tells the story OF
nav tTges Bpfks filled him with adj
@3tSAt2a aaG AGH he first derived his
%%p i2zz,FatpGa fGf romantic story
A@i11F fran tae genius nj the great
&f~SslGSn Hfi1er n is a question IL
A& appf3es - Edgar Allen Poe are not
SESA Jqpylaf in France than
fafA@ - EEE5aHd 0r America. thanks
~ rHs snmisable TRANSACTIONS of Ban
AA&3Fe }giss Verne IN his latest work
fey4@As ~ what extent he has been in
1Nsp~e4 ~ Pos, In ne Sphinx des
GNa@@g Jules Verne has taken up and
continued the story Of the hapiess Ar
? = gDfGOg Ppm. and thereby has yir-
t9&llJ put himself IN the place Of Pos.
"L% Sphinx dce Glaceg' n very p~rettily
Illustrated in colors by Georges Roux.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-11
Curious Application OF X-Rays,

a use for the detective powers of the
X-ray has been fonnd in the silk in
dustry. SILK ocoOn are divided into
two classes. n called masculine
and the other feminine according as
they yield "A greater number OF male or
female eggs. The male cocoons are the
richer in silk, but hitherto the only
way to distinguish them has been by
weight, the female coCOons being the
heavier. Now, it is said, a simpler and
surer test is furnished by the X-ray
because u.s md Of the female cocoon
Is far less transparent to the ray than
is the male cocoon on account or a
greater accumulation of mineral salts
In the eggs.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-11

handled the cowboys, and their iniqui-
ties, in his discourses.
Those fellows are terrors when they
get started" one citizen said warning
ly, land If you should say anything
to roll them they will certainly play
the mischief with you"
Why, what are they likely to do to
me?" the minister asked.
There is no telling. They are likely
to do anything mean, such as tearing
down the tent. riding through the con-
g%regation and firing their pistols, or
even TO shooting you"
Are they SO bad as all that?"
bad! Brother, If there is a species
OF meanness under the sun that those
cowboys are not guilty of it is certain
ly something that is totally unknown
to this part of the world"
rs 1t ~possible?"
1T is. Furthermore, these cowboys
run things here to suit themselves. The
whole town is under their domination
and o cannot look to anybody for
protection against them. The people
fear them and the authorities are pow
erless. So 1 would advise you to use
great caution in dealing with them"
VERY well, BROTHER" the minister
said. II will endeavor to profit by
your friendly advice, and l hope shall
not arouse the animosity of the cow
boys. l don't anticipate that l shall
have any serious trouble with them"
However, the meeting had not been
in progress more than three or four
days when one night several cowboys
into the tent. They took seats well
back from the minister's stand and for
a few minutes remained as quiet as
mice. The congregation, however, be-
came nervous and uneasy and kept
casting eager, inquiring glances back
in the direction Of the cowboys. That
the latter were not there for n good
purpose was well understood, and no
one doubted for a minute that they
would, sooner or later. break out into
some kind of devilment.
The preacher announced his text and
began his sermon. He spoke slowly,
deliberately and calmly, showing that
he vas not in the least disturbed by
the presence of the cowboys. His au-
dience wondered at his GOODNESS, and
more than one thought that he was
not aware of the seriousness Of the sit
uation. He had been speaking for five
minutes, perhaps, when suddenly ole
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-11
IN TEXAS.
Ex-Governor Hogg and Party Go Hunt
ing with Blank Cartridges.

ihk Will Didhh tdFbFtuBes s
From the St. Louis Post~Dispatch
They have a great joke on Ex-Governor
Hogg down in Texas, also on a party
of Bostonians. The whole affair was
arranged by Captain Alsdorf Faulkner,
who conducted the visitors to Sugar
land, to initiate them into the delights
and mysteries of a bear hunt. 1.-THE
party was composed largely of ladies
and gentlemen from Massachusetts,"
said Captain Faulkner, "and of course
quite a number of them had read Uncle
Toms Cabin and the entertainment
was arranged for them accordingly. OF
course the visitors were not let into the
secret. The Massachusetts people
were eager for the hunt to begin. Each
one was anxious to take a shot Of
bear, little knowing that their shells
would do nothing but make a loud re-
port. Finally all was arranged, and
the signal was given to unchain the
bear. The letters were taken off of
bruin and he began to wander aimless-
ly about the thicket. The horn was
sounded, the dogs collected, all yelping
in one voice. and the gay party Of
hunters, astrlde of horses and mules
and armed with salt loaded shells, went
off. Soon the hounds struck the trail
of the bear and there was music in the
air. Spurs and whips and sticks were
brought into requisition and the gay
cavalcade moved off toward the yelping
Lo,rla Coor tho hounds hroI7 Oht fhd
bear right by the party of hunters, and
almost everybody took a whack at him
with firearms, but, of course, 1t never
feazed him. The heavy firing, how
ever, frightened the horses and mules,
who we're altogether unaccustomed to
this kind of amusement. One old corn
field mule kicked up his heels and lit
out across the field. The gay Bos-
tonian astride of the animal stuck to
him until he imagined he had found
a soft place to alight, and he jumped.
He landed on a marshy spot, so COM
mon in the Brazos bottoms, and l
thought he would never stop sinking in
the mud. He was finally extricated,
and he was the worst looking object l
ever saw. In the meantime the chase
after the bear was fast and furious.
The hunters were still using their fire.
arms without effect, and finally the
bear came heal Ex-Governor Hogg, and
he had supposed hat it was in the pro-
gram for him to kill the bear, so he
took deliberate aim and fired twice.
1t was like the putting of the wind, and
the ex-governor Immediately said that
the job had been put up on him also.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-11
A New Game for the Boys.

New York Evening World: The lat
est game invented by New York young
sters came out in Yorkville last week.
1t has not yet been named, but this
does not interfere in any way with its
popularity. Two or three tin cans are
tied to a rope about ten feet long. One
of the players takes his position n the
center of the street and swings the
cans in a circle, keeping them in contact
with the ground as much as possible.
The remainder of the players line up,
and as the cans come along they have
to jump over them. Whoever gets his
feet tangled up with the rope has to
a k his place in the center Of the
street and swing the cans
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-11

not now many corners OF the old
French capital In which Thoreau could
repeat his experiences here Of a few
years back, and rub his eyer 70 .e
sure that he was in the nineteenth
century. Much more Of historic in
terest than the French dominion in
Quebec, is now, to quote the language
OF Francis Parkman, "a memory Of the
past" Henry Ward Beecher appropri-
ately described the Quebec that he Wis
tied about the middle Of the century,
as "a curiosity that has not its equal
In its kind on this side of the ocean"
This is still quite true, though not in
the sense intended by the Brooklyn
divine. In his day Quebec was indeed
the storehOusc Of American history"
and retained intact the battlements,
that in the poetic words Of Joaquin
Miller-the singer OF the Sierras and
OF the Klondike-Were "cemented by
the best blood Of centuries"
The curious feature Of the Quebec
OF today rs the march Of that spirit
OF mock Improvement, SO closely allied
to vandalism, In which the sense Of
permanency is subordinated to that Of
destructiveness, and which persists in
tearing down what It can neither re-
place nor yet improve upon. Many
substantial improvements have Of
course been made in Quebec during the
last half century, but few Of them ne
cessitated the destruction OF those pre-
cious relics Of the past that contri-
buted so largely to make Of the old
city, the Mecca Of all students of early
American history, and Of intelligent
and cultured tourists from every part
Of the civilized world. In fact, the
most notable Of these improvements
are far without the line of her ancient
Notifications. The vast fur and de-
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-11
High Prices for butterflies.

High prices are paid for butterflies,
and some private collections, such as
that of the Hon. w. Rothschild at
Tring, Herts, England, are said to be
worth E100, 600 more or less. Some
New Guinea butterflies have fetched
ESQ a piece. One OF the Rothschilds is
said to have paid f200 for a Papilio,
now quite The demand for
rare specimens has led to dishonesty.
The insects are dyed Of else wings from
one species are fastened to the bodies
of other species.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-11

"How silly it Is for those children to
put pine shavings on their heads and
pretend they are curls!' said one lady.
ooh, yes" replied the other. "But
it amuses them, and they will outgrow
it. By the way, you are going to our
fancy dress party. Every one is to i'm
~personate a vegetable, the costume in
dicating which vegetable is meant. 1t
promises to be unique and very charm
~ing."-Washington Star.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-11
Feminine View of 1t.

Mrs. Diggs-I was too i'll to attend
the Woodbe-Uperton wedding. Were
you there? Mrs. Biggs-Yes, indeed!
Mrs. Diggs-And what did you think
of the presents? The papers praised
them very highly. Mrs. Biggs-They
we're just too lovely for anything. I
do wonder of what firm they rented
them.-ChicagO News.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-11
Making a Distinction.

Miss Cayenne had caused her part
ner a great deal of annoyance by for
getting what her long suit was and re-
naming oblivious to trump signals. He
mopped the perspiration from his brow
and ventured the observation: 81 was
under the impression that you said you
were accustomed to playing whist"
"Yes," she answered, sweetly, Il play
it. l don't work at it as some people
do."-Washington Star.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-11
All In the Point of View.

A friend of ours who is in the UNI
brella trade declares that there was
never so senseless a thing as to speak
s%lightingly Of persons who don't know
enough to go in when it rains. 1t is his
opinion that they are the most worthy
people going.-Boston Transcript.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-11
City VS.. Country.

A little girl, whose parents had re-
Gently moved from country to town,
and who is nov enjoying her first ex-
perience in living in a street, thus de-
scribed it in a letter to another chi1di
"This is a very queer place. Next
door is fastened on our house."-Tit-
Bits.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-11
pearing the Market.

Wibbles-"See here, Wobbles, what
are YOU doing on the street with a
linen buster and a fan this time Of
year?" W~obbles-"l am gazing to or
der some coal, and l don't want the
dealer to slap up prices on me."--New
York Weekly.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-11
A Girls View of 1t.

Mabel have just been reading in
the paper that we need more coast de-
fenses." Madge-'I should think we
did. When | was at the seashore last
summer l noticed that there didn't
seem to be an able bodied man along
the whole coast"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-11

'Does that daughter of yours play
everything she hears?" 'If she does,
1t is better than telling everything she
hears, and anybody the shoe fits can
put it in their pipe and smoke it."-In-
dianapolis Journal.
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Cunning.

Bunco-But, my friend, this Ia a gold
bar, not a gold brick. B'Gosh-An
right, I'll buy 1t, then! I'm too slick
ter buy any gol bricks, though, by
Crackey!-New York Evening Journal
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-11
Russian IN

In Russia, when collins are ,overed
with cloth, the color of the covering is
to a certain extent distinctive, pink
being used when the deceased is a
child or a young person, crimson for
women, and brown for widows; but
black is in no case employed.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-11

Miss Dunstan-For my part | never
could understand why Desdemona fell
in love with the Moor. Mr.. Wise
Why, it's all plain enough. Her father
objected to 1t.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-11
A Sweet Satisfaction.

She-What sweet satisfaction 1t is to
have a friend you can trust! He-And,
oh, what a convenience it is to have a
friend who will trust you!-Tt-BitS
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-11
Obviously au Exaggeration.

THAT man Connington is the slow
cot mortal l ever saw" "Oh, no, you
don't mean that. He isn't working on
the new government building"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-11
A~rcbiteoture for the Dachshund.

Archltectufe TOT inc DacHshuhus
81 understand about the dachshund's
legs" said Mr.. Goslington, 1.-The gray
hound has the rest of them, but why
it's body should be built on the tubular
principal is still a mystery to me-
New York Sun.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-11

/ u E works G "
changes in Quebec,
and 0 G which
have occurred in
the latter half Of
the nineteenth cen
fury have not been
Of a nature TO con-
serve the interest
that was aforetime
taken in her early
history. There are
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-11

First Housewlfe-Wh don't you
keep "A set Of books? Second House
wife-l'd rather keep my cook.-De-
troit Journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-11
REACHING HEARTS.
By Thomas P. Montfort.

HEN a travelling
evangelist came to
Dodge City, Kan,
in the early days OF
that town. and ar
ranged TO begin an
l~d-fashioned tent
C a m p m e ct g,
everybody thought
it a solemn duty to
advise him to be
careful how he
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-11

It's a pity that a man can't dispose
of his experience at cost.
The saloon in politics supplies the
machine with ball-bearings.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-11
Not Dressed Up.

MOI Dres3eH Up.
Beth (who has never before seen q
robin)-"My! there's a little bird with
q red bosom shirt on.''-Judge.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-06-11
IN OLD QUEBEC CITY.
THE OLDEST SETTLEMENT IN
NORTH AMERICA.

Some Interesting Scenes for the Student
Of History-The Monument to Wolfe
and to MontcaIm-EarIy French strug-
giles for Liberty.
The western recorder., 1898-03-31
guarantee of Bonds and annexation Rept1iateG ana
Inoependence Pronounced the Destiny Of cuba PeoDie
HorthyV Of SeT-GoUernD1ent- Touching Reference
to Death Of Mrs. 7hursfon.

WASHINGTON, d. O. Marsch 2t-Senaor rhurstons speech
the Senate today that the of free Cuba
Ornaments of nations Tint impression created by n. the
capital tonight 1t is admitted all hands that
messed in the Senate to-day further efforts to delay un III.
Cuban question would be than useless The
never be forgotten For hours before
galleries crowded and the crush people
unprecedented
Very few of the Senators places md the
crush of Congressman and others entitled privileges
was so great that probably 100 extra chairs brought
Der Senator cockrcl of Missouri fearing which
become the dignity of the Senate asked tv Vice President
Senator Thurston began spectators any dcmon
tons OF approval dsnpoval would result in the galleries being
cleared The Vice road the rule to this effect
The galleries obcyed the iniuaou but several during
course OF he speech WINS n that the auditors were aong under
the most intense strain The Senator'S picture which
were witnessed the Island of Cub of the starving
ren whose fate certain to bc the cruel DEATHS the
United States to their made strong weep
sob Many of the Senators themselves moved
The Mt tho close of the speech precedent in
the history of the Senate AS Senator down into his
seataer his magnificent peroaton, which held spebound the a
iause voey uskcry and was beyond suprcon II
lasted for minute Senator Thurston in his
hands his desk Senator Allen, of Nebraska colleague
quickly at his side and tkng him by the the
chamber Thcre scarcely dry the
aorS Frye Chandler and others lost all control of their emotions and
fairly courscd down thc checks Men could speak
for hours aferward without being vsby Affected
There incident the speech which is
the talk of the capital 1t by the spectators
bat whon Senator Ihurston spoke of the opposition of h4
d a hs RS e PARTY hal ' 3 w W bp p9a
fr campaign fund he walked in tho direction of
and delivered the statement fula that Senator General
TINT Senator Thurson should direct such
Mr. Hanna in such pronounced Inquiry developed that his
fling Ohio purposoy
Senator Jhurston retaliation for alleged uiscrect
of Senator Hannas.
Senator Hanna Senator sllnper
speaking yesterday and entering sad
loud enough for n nnml'er of to hear him:
"Gallnger of the jinges making Of the
ngo speeches have heard nnd
ma n d fool out of himself"
This repeated to Senator Turson authority
him Senator Hanna had ae the
why in his speech to-day he directed s'mo Of his fire directly
III, Ohio Senator.
The western recorder., 1898-03-31
Married.

No longer than last Saturday
night when the high clouds of the
March sky were gently sitting
snow over our town site and the
melancholy coy oto on the Big
Rock Bluff was gently cooing to
his mate and while everybody was
thinking of something else Fred
Clark quietly sends up to the l. o
o. +. No. sc where Rev. Tuttle was
enjoying session of the Odd Eel
lows lodge. The fellow whispered
something in his ear. That settled
1.-THE parson felt in his right
vest pocket and found the necessi-
ty for response and he responded.
Slipping guilty along the alleys
feeling his way in the dark same
as if going out to lock his hen
house, he wendetl his way to the
residence of w. A. Knight where
then and there without long drawn
out ceremony he went through the
necessary hocus pocus common
un.ler such conditions with the
results that there was but ono
xhen he quit where there were
two to commence with. Cora
Knight the picture of health an
hour before WIS now no more
he has gonc-passed as it were
rom this word of sorrow and
,aro to the rcalms of bliss; in short
she was married and SO was Fred.
The RECORDER joins in the ever
lasting hope that while these two
hearts were made one there may
pe no difficulty in deciding which
ono.
The western recorder., 1898-03-31

AT present the newspapers are
doing the fighting for the Unite |
States and Spaniards are to be seen
amongst the floating debris every
where. 1t is to be regretted that
this kind of warf ire cannot be con-
finued in case war really comes
ID ,ast tha it cam ot be con.ini ed
nth such deadly effec+. Relative
II, S, ain with the United States
s. something like Spain with Cuba;
md the conditions to n great ex-
Tent would not be out of compari-
ION. A war with Spain would last
more than 60 or 80 days as pre-
dictcd. Even after peace should
Be declared there would be assas-
einati,ns, briberics, privateering
Ind the preparation OF crime n'
lorg as Spanish hatred coul l fin
an opportunity to assert itself.
The western recorder., 1898-03-31
A.... :. ,s,.,.,.r,rs An...

Tho fact that parental objections
must usually yield TO true love has
again been emphasized at ShelhySiiie.
Ind. where, three months ago. wtiio
returning from a festival Mt Geneva.
George Maple proposed marriage to
Miss Bertha Van Gordon. who Ia
formed the young man that owing 70
the objections of her parents she
would have to refuse him. When Ma
pie reached the Van Gorden home he
assisted his sweetheart from his bug
sy. bAde her good night. climbed into
his rig and started home. He had not
gone far. however. whom the girl heard
two reports from revolver. sns
aroused her father. who, going down
the road. found Maple on the side OF
the road. wailowing in pool OF blood
and two bullet holes In his abdomen.
Assistance was secured and the young
man carried into the Van Gordon
home. where he was nursed TO health
by the girl he loved. and where this
evening he was united In marriage 10
her. having gained tho consent OF the
obstinate parents.