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The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1898-11-23

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corner of the right eye and three quar-
ters of an inch below. The point Of exit
was about two and one half inches back
| and two and one half inches below the
right ear. The entrance of the other
bullet was in the center of the right ear
and the point of exit was about one inch
above the lett ear.
"The first wound was not sufficient to
cause immediate death, but the other
was. 1t is my opinion that the death
resulted from the second wound"
II examined the body of Mr.. Lewis
and found bullet hole about midway
and about one inch above line drawn
from the right eye to the ear. There
was no place of exit of the bullet, but
the skull was fractured about three in
ches above the left ear. The brobe
showed that the bullet passed directly
through the BRAIN"
"Was there any powder burns on the
bodies?" was asked.
"Yes; In the case of Mrs. Hadley
they were very perceptible, and in my
opinion the weapon must have been
held very close to the head at the mo-
ment of firing.
"In the case of Mr.. Lewis the hair
was scorched and there were more or
less powder marks around the wound"
Several other witnesses were then ex-
amined and the pistol used in the killing
WAS identified as having belonged to
William Lewis.
1t was also shown that it was the in
tention OF Mr.. Lewis to have departed
for Miller and Lux's Quin river ranch
Saturday morning, where he was EN-.
ployed as bookkeeper. This evidence
was introduced to show that the act had
not been premeditated.
Constable Nofsinger testified that he
heard the shots and started to find
where they came from. On his way
down Second street he met Deputy Con-
stable Atkin and they both started on
an investigation. But as the night was
dark and stormy they could find no.
thing.
OtlIer Witnesses were- axaeained op
minor points, but no evidence was in
troduced which would tend TO show
motive for the killing, and it will slways
probably remain mystery.
THE JURY $ vERDICTs.
After the witnesses had all been ex-
amined the jury retired and IN "a short
time reported the following verdicis:
ave find that the deceased, Frances
Nevada Hadley, came to her death on
the 18th day of November, 1898. by gun
81 OF wounds through the head inflicted
by the hand of one William Richard
Lewis"
1--WE find that the deceased, William
Richard Lewis, came to his death on the
18th day of November, 1899, by gun
shot wound through the head inflicted
by his own hand.
(Signed) an. GRANT HAM,
"DAvIp CoRDANo,
emil MARKS,
"CHAs. ID. DUNCAN,
"F. G. ROBINS,
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1898-11-23
CHURCHILL WEEKLY
STAGE LINE.

oh. billiard will run Weekly Stage
Line from st. Clair TO Wsdsworth, leav-
ing st. Clair every Thursday and return
ing from Wadsworth every Friday. lie
announces low rates and good treatment
Patronage solicited.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1898-11-23
MARRIED.

RD-FLETCHER-At Stillater. Nevada,
November 18th, l8as Daniel A. Baird OF
saltwater and Mrs Bertha Fletcher Of
Fallon, Judge Murphy officiating
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-05-07

John Macaulay, traffic manager OF
the Mersey railway, has announced
that he is in favor of the nationaliza-
ton of the railways of the United King
dom, and declares that the question is
rapidly becoming one of practical poll
tics. He says that railroads, like all
other roads, should be under public
authority, and wisely used, with bust
ness-like interest of adequately salts
flying needs of the nation, with the
least possible waste and duplication
of useless work" Mr.. Macaulay esti-
maltese that at least 20 to "a per cent.
of the total working cost of the rail-
ways would be saved by the mere act
of consolidation. One of the advan-
tages he notes would be that railways
could be constructed and worked at a
loss where advisable in those parts Of
the nation where companies would not
build because it would not pay" Thus
many industries and localities now I'M
developed would receive new life, and
it would pay the country to lose money
on the railways for years.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-05-07
Some Old Recipes.

A New England gentlewoman early
in the century wrote the following
quaint recipes in her notebook, in a
beautifully clear, ever hand:
A friend to the ladies would take
this opportunity to advise them to SUD-
ply their toilets with the following
valuable articles, viz:
First Self-knowledge, a mirror
showing the form in the most perfect
light.
Second-Innocence, a white paint.
beautiful, but easily soiled, and reuuir-
ing continual care to preserve it's lus-
ter.
Third-Modesty, a rouge giving a de-
lightful bloom to the cheeks.
Fourth-Contentment, an infallible
smoother of wrinkles.
Fifth-Truth, a salve rendering the
lips soft and delicious.
Sixth-Gentleness, a cordial impart-
ing sweetness to the voice.
Seventh-Good humor, a universal
beautiier.
A lady who possesses all these toilet
articles must certainly be well equip
ped. They are probably as e~facacious
now as they were nearly a hundred
years ago. Doubtless they were COM
posed and presented to the lady in
question by some gallant beau-an OBJ
server of, as we'll as "a friend to-" the
ladies.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-05-07

at the Lewiston state fair. Butter not
worked enough is quite as faulty as
that which Is over-worked. Writers
may proclaim that butter needs no
working as much as they please, yet
the claim will be untrue so long as the
present standard of merit continues.
Those for whom butter is made desire
a condition of the article that is only
secured by what is popularity known as
working. Too much Of this working is
injurious, too little is defective. In the
making OF good butter there are three
conditions dependent on or brought
about by what is termed working.
l.. Adhesiveness. There should be a
certain measure of cohesion among the
particles or %globules of butter. This
should be sufficient to cause it to ad-
here together as one common mass.
This condition is just the opposite of
what Is known as porous and crumbly.
1t is sometimes very properly desig-
mated as "waxy," meaning thereby like
wax, compact without being sticky or
greasy. Consumers say such butter cuts
well. Buyers say it draws we'll on the
fryer. This desired condition is Sc
cured by working.
2. Water. Butter contains a meas
ure of water. There is much attention
being given at the present time to the
amount of moisture butter should con-
tain. An undue share renders it defec-
tive. When butter is taken from the
churn more liquid adheres to the par
ticles or granules than is desirable.
Whether this be buttermilk, pure
water or brine from the sailing too
much is more than is wanted. This
excess is taken out by working. Hence
too little working leaves too much
water in the product.
8. Streaks. Salt intensifes or
brings out color in butter. Where the
salt is not thoroughly mingled with all
parts of the butter alike the butter
after it is made up will show light col
ored streaks, and will have a mottled
appearance when cut down. This is a
serious defect and will knock off more
or less a pound from the price when
ever found. Notified butter gives the
impression to consumers of unclean-
ness and filthy habits about the max.
ing, and they do not like it. This con-
-dition can be overcome by working and
mingling the lighter parts with tn,
mass till the salt is evenly distributed
and all becomes one common shade.
Thus it is seen that the proper work
ing of butter is an important matter
and means money to the maker. 1t Ia
rare at In exhibition now to fnd a sam
pie over-worked. 1t is a common thing
to find 1t under-worked. In the effort to
avoid an extreme in the one direction
caution has gone too far in the other.
1t Is the maker who gets all these con-
ditions the nearest right who secures
the highest score and takes the prizes.
Butter-making requires the constant
application of a skilled judgment.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-05-07
Use of the Weeder,

In the recent developments along the
line OF agriculture, there is no branch
OF the industry which has received
more careful attention than has been
given to the improvement of agricul-
tural implements, says Country Cen
tleman. We now have special imple-
ments for special purposes, and of all
these improved farm tools there are
none destined to prove of more value in
their line than the weeder. 1t is a.
principle in practical agriculture, as
well as in morals, that weeds, like bad
habits, can best be checked and de-
stroyed just when they are starting
and before they become strongly fixed.
For destroying weeds at about the time
they show themselves above the
ground, the weeder is admirably adapt
ed. 1t is not the purpose of the i'm
plement to destroy plants which have
become firmly rooted, nut to tear them
out at the time Of appearance. For
this reason the weeder can be used on
grain crops with great benefit. If the
land has been well fitted, the grain
makes its appearance before the weeds,
and becomes firmly rooted before 1t is
found necessary to treat the weeds. In
spring grain on soils which are natur-
ally somewhat loose, as loans or san
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-05-07

/ DIV loans, the weeder Is found to AL
a place that can be filled by no other
implement. The teeth work around the
stools of grain, destroying weeds, loos-
ening the surface soil, and making
plant food available. Every time the
soil is stirred plant food is set free.
This past year at the Cornell Univer-
sity Experiment Station a plat of oats
that received shallow tillage three
times, gave a yield Of 81 bushels per
acre, while a plat adjoining, not re-
ceiving the tillage, gave only 81 BUSH
els per acre. We are coming to be-
lieve more and more in the Lois-Weed-
on system or the cultivation of grain
crops.
Frequently after planting corn or
sowing grain, a heavy rain will SO pack
the soil that the tender plants have
not the force to get tn the surface.
The surface crust must be broken and
many hesitate about using the harrow
because of the severity of its work. The
weeder can be used here to advantage,
the surface crust broken, small weeds
destroyed, and the struggling grain
pAohbo AlDSIdICu. III IdISluS COIA "
the silo it is found advantageous to
plant the corn in rows one
way. 1t is desirable to plant closer
than could be done were the cultivator
to be used in both directions. In grow
ing the corn crop this way it is of the
utmost Importance that weeds in the
row be destroyed while small, and that
the soil around the plants be kept loose.
Some use the smoothing harrow, but
after running the harrow over the corn
the Held has such a forlorn appearance
that many hesitate about doing it
again. This narrowing has been done
in certain cases with great benefit, but
1t frequently thins out too much of the
corr and makes a poor stand. The
Weeder on corn has the good effect ex-
erted by the harrow without it's de-
fects. By the proper use of the weeder
and c~ultivator a corn crop may be
grown without a stroke of hand labor.
The subject of sugar beets is now COM
ing to attract more or less attention in
the state. The question most con-
corning the production of beets is how
can they be raised with greatest econ
omy? If hand work and hand weed
ing is largely required, the expense of
production will be too great. On soils
adapted to the growing of sugar beets
the weeder works most efficiently.
When the beets are small and before
thinning, if the weeder is brought into
requisition a large part of the hand
work of wedding and thinning may be
saved. 1t must not be expected that
large half-grown weeds will be de-
stroyed; they will be made to grow
all the faster. The only effectual i'm
plement then is the plow. But for
destroying weeds when small, myriads
of them may be conquered by the jul
dicious use of the weeder. 1t should
be stated that the weeder does not
work equally we'll on all soils. On
heavy clay or m stony land the work
it does Is not so satisfactory as on
loamy soils. But there is on nearly
every farm enough soil which is OF a
sandy or loamy nature to make the
possession of a weeder important.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-05-07
PUZZLE IN PRONUNCIATION.
Fest for People Who Think They Know
the Dictionary.

the Dictionary.
From the New York Times: The fol-
lowing episode" has no literary value
to omT it, but it will prove a very
clever puzzle to n assemblage al a
test of the ability of people to pro-
nounce readily and correctly many
common words of their native tongue.
The list, which contains no words OF
disputed pronunciation, is as follows:
IN interesting inquiry took place IN
the court of oyer and terminer some
time ago. ~Indisputable evidence was
given toward proving that a heinous
incident had taken place during a pub
lie pageant. 1t seems that a pretty
girl, rather juvenile in appearance,
having an extraordinary head of hair,
like an Albino, represented Thalia and
sat on a pedestal erected on one of the
floats. The procession was directing
its course down the mall when the at
tention of the onlookers was drawn to
the excited conduct of one of the spec
tators who had fixed her eyes upon the
tiara, set with jewels in the form OF
- NNASNy hollo WIZ ~
head as she sat in what seemed to be
her wonted attitude of nonchalance
and leisure. This person was after
ward shown to be a maniacal laundress
whose squalor and detestatiOn and hid
eous grimaces were all unnoticed by
the mock goddess. What vagary bade
this reptile turn her servile eyes, full
~ ror;~A 49, H. lo,,+,r,1 TooiHnn If ID
hard to say, but suddenly, under pre-
tense Of seeing something on the
ground, she produced a hiatus in the
crowd, and thus obtained precedence
of all. simultaneously with her ap-
pearance the van drove past. She then
filed the air with gross raillery and
began to promulgate anarchism, socie-
tvs lack of probity, and general pre-
objection of politicians for patronage.
Then she besought her audience hear
her dilate on the glaciers of the Alps,
the ruins of Pompeii, the female fran
chise, the Pleiades and her patron
saint. She was evidently demented,
and the flow of her vocables appeared
endless. Suddenly she raised a pestle
which had been hidden under her shawl
and threw it directly at the vision on
the girls head. Thereupon a laccid
photographer, who was cutting a swath
as a tribune on the following van,
grasped a seine and threw it over the
gaunt old bag, so that her efforts to
escape were futile, and she became as
docile as a lamb. The pathos of the
affair lay in the way the girl bore the
ordeal. In court the viragO gave an
alias instead of her own name. Her de-
Tense was hat of vaccine, whose pres
enCe, as shown by a scabiOus arm, to-
gether with desuetude in the matter
of personal freedom, had produced an
obsession which decreed the irrevo-
cable death of the girl. An inventory
of her belongings was made, and she
was then sent to an asylum as a vic
tim of acute homicidal mania.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-05-07
Working Butter.

Methods Of butter making will al
ways be in order so long as people pre-
fer a choice article, says Maine Farmer.
A critical examination of the large and
fine exhibition of butter at the Tops
ham fair brought out anew the i'm
portance of what is known as working
butter. To bring out a irst-class arti-
Gle of butter it Is not only necessary
to have good milk, but every part OF
ish must be lone just about right. At
dairy exhibitions it is now quite COM
mon to find samples of butter that are
not worked much. There has been so
much said, of late, by public instructors
at dairy conventions and dairy schools
about over-working butter that many
makers have gone to the other extreme
and do not work enough. This is more
frequently met in private make than in
the factory product. Several samples
at the Topsham exhibition were faulty
on that account. The same was true
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-05-07
WORN IN THE HOUSE;

A gown of pale blue crepe de chine
has a lace %overdress and a belt of tur-
quoise and diamonds. 1t Is warranted
to stay fresh for at least two weeks,
and then must be sent to the cleaners
establishment.
A satisfactory tea gown is of soft
gray liberty satin, sunkilted from a
very deep yoke, which is covered with
a gray chiffon frill and pale yellow lace.
Sleeves of gray chiffon wrinkle to the
wrist, and over them hang sleeves of
lace which drop to the hem of the
skirt.
A tea gown should always be soft
and clinging, and a oma who uses
stiff brocades and satins for her house
gowns makes a big mistake. Chiffon
and lace, liberty satin and crepe de
chine are the best materials, though
they are not very durable. A joy, but
a teeting n is a tea gown of rose
chiffon, draped with pale cream lace
mounted over rose-pink liberty satin.
A tea gown made of liberty satin in
a dull mauve shade has a deep woke
~ CNlu SlIluOn uTaDe0 Will
pale yellow lace, and a train of pale
yellow lace. The sleeves are of gath
cred mauve chiffon, and the neck is cut
just a little square. Mauve is a good
color for a tea gown in winter; il is
sufficiently light to be becoming, al
ways %supposing you are not very fair
and it is not greedy of dust.
Among some new tea gowns was one
of white satin, made with a train and
trimmed around the bottom by a band
OF white fur. The whole front was
covered by an bow of white
mousseline de sole, trimmed in in
Vulnerable little ruffles of very yellow
Valenciennes lace; the sleeves were
formed of white mousseline de sole and
Valenciennes lace insertions. The col.
lar was an orange velvet, and the bel,
of the same color, fastened by a huge
buckle of silver, studded with tur,
Quoises.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-05-07
Spiders Eycsight.

How far away can a spider see a nyf
After several years of ingenious expe-
,imenting Mr.. and Mrs. Peckham, the
~aaturalists, have concluded that the
greatest average distance at which
spiders are able to see objects distinctly
Is about one foot. Beyond that dis
lance, then, we may assume that a ny
caught in a spiders web would be safe
from detection by its enemy, II its
movements and struggles to get away
did not betray it. The same observ-
ers think that spiders have the n
Of color and of smell, but feebly devel-
oped.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-05-07
TO Make a Neat Patch.

Here is an uncommon way of mend
ing a silk or wooden garment / IN which
a hole has been worn, and where only
a patch can remedy matters. The
frayed edges around the tear should
be carefully smoothed out and any
long threads trimmed off. Moisten a
piece of the material with very thin
mucilage and place it under the tear.
Lay this part of the garment on a fiat
surface and place a level weight upon
the tear and let it remain until the
mucilage is perfectly dry. The patch
will scarcely be %perceptible.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-05-07

the last time she was sent to the Chica-
80 Identification bureau, Mr.. Evans, the
official photographer, took a couple of
pictures OF the ancient dame, but did
not have her measured, as she was so
Snrunken and old hat her criminal
career seemed almost ended. Margare |
brown is Mother Hubbard's' real
naihe' and she received the nickname
because she invariably wears a long
circular cloak lined with pockets in
"hlch she hides her plumber, for she
is one of the mos. successful and no.
torlous p~ickpockets and shoplifters in
the country. She is an expert in rifing
satchels, and her pet scheme is work.
ing railroad stations and stores. 1t is
her habit to sit down in a seat next
a vailse, carelessly drop a corner of her
cloak over it and under this cover GEN
thy unlock the satchel, extract the valu-
ables, close it again and stroll away,
leaving the owner to discover the loss.
over twenty years ago she was sent to
Joliet for three years. and in ATTEMPT
ing to make her escape by jumping out
OF the window she fell out of the tower
and was SO terribly injured that she
was not expected to live. However.
after her discharge in 1873, she con-
tlnued her operations and has repeat
edly served time in Chicago, Black
wells island, New York, and the house
of correction in Boston and other east
ern cities.
Pop" White, who is known to the
police as James Russell, Pop Allen and
Pop White, Is between eighty and nine
ty years old and has spent one-third of
his life in jails and p~enitentiaries. He
is a clever bank and hotel thief and
confidence man, and has served time
for stealing everything from a pair of
scissors to $1,000. Like Mother Hub
bard" he hangs around railway sta
lions and has a penchant for satchels.
In his younger days he was an excep-
tionally successful confidence man, and
n of his latest exploits was with
Nells Peterson in 1892. He met him
at the Chicago & Northwestern depot,
in Chicago, and after some conversa-
ton the two men went to a saloon for
a drink. 1t was the old game. An &C
complete rushed in announcing that a
carload Of perishable produce was on
the track, but could not be moved I'M
til the fifty dollars charges were paid.
Pop" White had nothing but a little
loose change and q check for 1898 on
the Union bank of Rochester, signed
by Smith & Co. of Rochester, N. Y.
He appealed to Peterson, offering the
note in exchange for a temporary loan
of $50, which the gullible n
readily granted only to find the paper
absolutely worthless. Pop" White
was inadvertently a murderer, for he
robbed a man in Pennsylvania of ST.
900. The poor fellow died of grief, as
the money was the savings of a life
time. Mother Hubbard" and Pop
White have had a long and dishonor-
able career. Their aged faces hang in
every rogues' gallery in the United
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-05-07
HE TOOK A LONG SMOKE. }
Englishman Co71umed Eighty-Six Cigar
in Nine Hours.

Englshman CG75umed Eighty-Six Cigars
in Nine Hours.
4 gentleman well known in turf cir
Giles made a curious wager in the year
1860, in which he backed himself to
smoke n pound weight of strong for
eign regalias within twelve hours, says
Pearson's Weekly. The conditions were
that the cigars should be smoked one
at a time to within an inch of the
end, the hacker of time, as in the case
of some pigeon matches, finding the
weeds. The match was decided on a
Thames steamer plying between Lon
uon and Chelsea, the smoker taking up
a position well forward in the bows,
where he caught the force of the
breeze that was blowing. The cigars
ran 100 to the pound, so that about
eight an hour had to be consumed to
win the wager. A start was made at
10 o'clock in the morning and the af-
fair vas finished after 7 in the even
ing. In the course of nine hours and
twenty minutes e~ighty-six cigars were
fairly smoked, the greatest number
consumed being in the second hour,
when the smoker disposed of no fewer
than sixteen. At the eighty-sixth CT
gar, when fourteen only remained to
be smoked, the hacker of time gave in,
finding that the smoker was bound to
win, and the latter pulled the remain
der away at his leisure in the course
of the same evening. The winner SUBJ
sequently declared that he had not ex-
perienced the slightest difficulty or un-
p-leasantness during the whole time he
was blowing off the weeds. The only
refreshment taken during the progress
OF the match was a chop at 2 o'clock
the eating of which occupied twenty
minutes, and a gill and a half of brandy
in cold water at intervals throughout
tho day
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-05-07
Sifted Coal Ashes for the Hens.

In the winter time, when it is i'm
possible to get road dust for the hens,
sifted coal ashes may take their place.
We say nothing about the barrel of
road dust that may have been pro-
vided from last fall, for we are morally
certain that such barrels are empty and
most of them have always been in that
condition. Give the fowls something
to wash themselves in, for the hen
uses dust in the place of water. She
has no use for water for bathing.