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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26
VICTIMS OF GOITER.
The Disease Is Brought on by Drinking
Snow Water.

SNOW aver.
The valley Of the Rhone has been
quite noted for It's goiter victims, al
though l am happy to say that through
the increased watchfulness of the au-
thorities thcre now is an abatement of
the disease. Many different causes are
assigned to the terrible afhiction-this
enlargement of the glands of the throat,
soiter, or "big neck, az it is some
times called-and even the best inform
ed are far from being unanimous as to
It's origin or prevention. The peasants
themselves say it is brought on by the
habltual use of snow III glacial water.
The water is 50 cold it acts as n counte
irritant, and so inf1ames the throat, but
this explanation hardly holds, as the
inhabitants of the upper regions are not
30 often afflicted as are the people in the
lower valleys. The use of chemically
impure water, especially hard water, is
given as q cause.
The experiment has been made where
the wate. of certain wells was used to
the exclusion Of all other water. With
in a short time gOiter symptoms began
to manifest themselves where none
had been before. Sometimes this dis
ease is epidemic. An instance was
noted where i'll Il garrison one out of ev-
cry 20 men became afflicted. Infants
are seldom born with goiter, but after
it once takes hold the progress of the
disease is very rapid. | believe that it
is rarely fatal, but because of this ell
largement of the glands and the conse-
quent Disagreement of the throat it is
most repulsive, and yet the natives are
SO accustomed to seeing it that they do
not seem to care. 1t probably is simply
a source of discomfort rather than NOR
LITIGATION. In fact, in some portions of
France, Italy and Switzerland "a goiter
is a thing to be priced and to be exhib-
tied, for it's possession exempts a man
from military service. Young men have
been known to resort to certain wells
supposed to convey this poison to the
blood that they might evade conscrip-
ton. When Savoy was annexed to
France, vigorous measures were adopt
ed to stamp out if possible this hateful
disease. There was a heavy penalty for
drinking the water of forbidden wells,
and then the little children were treat
ed in the hope of curing them. Lozen-
ges of iodine were administered, and
out of 5000 children Z, 900 were cured,
and more would have been helped had
not the parents ignorantly opposed the
giving of the remedies. The villages al
so were cleaned and sanitary measures
insisted upon. For, aside from all other
causes, it is quite agreed that goiter may
be transmitted or be sporadic. Like
diphtheria, it is a filth disease, and Of
ten has its origin in the negligent hab-
it's of the villagers. These peasants re.
fuse to live elsewhere than in the old
"dorfer' villages, each morning going
far away to the fields, but returning at
night to their overcrowded homes,
where MEN, women and children, cows,
goats and donkeys dwell together fra.
ternally Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26

Although the name Of Biddle is a
we'll known II to many besides the
Four Hundred Of Philadelphia, New
York, Boston, Washington, Baltimore
and elsewhere, it seems that this magic
name conveyed only dense confusion to
an Englishman nee visiting the City of
Brotherly Love, as proved 4by the fol-
lowing little story:
After a s%ojourn for a week i'll that
quiet but delightful place, where he
was feted and honored to his hearts
content, he asked a friend confidential
ly: "Can you tell me what they mean
here by a bidder / hear it continually
and on all sides-'She is q biddle, 'Oh,
he is a biddle, you know! They are all
right, of course; they are biddles.'
Now, what in the name of all that is
unmentionable is a biddle?'-Current
Literature.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26

draw a second o In Cleveland. Years
ago we used to have a man in the de-
partinent who never made use of the
ladders at all. When he wanted to go
up to the fifth story Of a burning build
ing, he would simply jump into tie
stream from the nearest nozzle and le;
1t carry him up. When he wanted ta
come down, he'd watch his opportunity
and catch hold Of the stream again and
slide to the ground. He was the lightes
man | ever saw-we always called him
Corks."
Mr.. Murphy drew his breath yer,
hard.
"Corks! - he said, with considerable
emphasis, and went nut. = Cleveland
Leader.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26
Alcibiades of Athens.

Alcibiades was an excellent represent
alive of the young Athenians of his
time. He al witty, eloquent, full of
lous and absolutely without reverence.
His character was full of contradictions.
Alcibiades was the most beautiful
youth in Athens. He had wealth, an
cient family and powerful friends. He
fairly bewitched the people. His doings
were the town talk, and once he cut off
the tail of his beautiful dog, for which
he had paid over 81, 600, saying that if
the people did not have the mutilation
of his dog to talk about they might be
saying worse things about him.
He lived lavishly and wantonly, and
after he had wasted most of his proper
ty he married a rich wife, Hipparete,
daughter of H~ipponicus, who i'll time
became justly indignant at his way of
life and left him. She sought a divorce,
but in order to obtain this she had to
apply in person to the chief magistrate.
As she was Oh her way to the office her
husband seized her and carried her by
force to his home, where she remained
with him until her death.
Alcibiades came 10 a violent death.
He was. OF his way to Babylon to the
court of the great king when enemies
set fire TO his dwelling by night, and he
was killed as he leaped through the
flames. No country ever suffered or
gained more from the changing for
tunes of a single person than Athens
from the fortunes of Alcibiades. st.
Louis Republic.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26

In the Tennyson memoir it appears
that when Browning sent Tennyson a
copy of the Red Cotton Night Cap"
Tennyson wrote:
MY DEAR R. B.-My wife has just cut the
leaves. l have yet again to thank you, and
feel rather ashained that l have nothing of my
own to send You back, but your muse is pro-
life as Hecuba, and mine, by the side of her,
an old barren cow. Yours ever, A. II.
Perhaps theye never was any great
literary sympathy between Tennyson
and browning, though there was much
personal friendship. Fitzgerald had a
decided dislike for Browning's work,
for he called him ''the Great Prophet
of the Gargoyle School. New York
Times.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26

Of a particular kind which the division
may wish to experiment on with a view
of stamping it out and to test various
kinds of foods of which q trial is thought
to be efficacious.
Comprised in this collection of ami
mails are rats and mice, guinea pigs,
rabbits, different sorts of fowls, some
cattle and sheep and a few others. The
larger of the animals are kept at the
breeding place of the department, on
the Benning road, while others are DOM
iciled i'll the basement of the division
Of animal industry laboratory, near the
bureau of engraving and printing.
Down i'll the basement, under the lab
oratory, which was visited recently by
a reporter, were seen a number of coops
and cages, in which were grouped gum
ca pigs, rabbits and chickens. The
animals seemed to be perfectly at home
and formed a seemingly happy family,
as some guinea pigs were in the cage
with rabbits. One Of the little white
and black creatures was nibbling at the
whiskers of a sleepy looking rabbit,
which blinlIed contentedly, as if it en-
joyed the operation or was too lazy to
resist any trespass on the part of the
guinea pig.
A di~lapidated looking chicken, which
had much the same appearance as has a
tramp who has been forced to saw wood
for a meal at a friendly inn, " rested
on top of a cage. The guinea pigs seem
ed to be the life of the place and ran in
and out with apparently little Or no
concern whether ''school kept or not"
On some of the cages where the rab-
bits were confined, printed in large
black letters, was the word ''rabies. I"
Upon the cards also were the warnings
to the attendants and others net TO put
their hands in the cages. This meant
that the animals had been inoculated
with hydrophobia virus, and it was
therefore dangerous to handle the ami
mails. A further %precaution taken in
such cases, it is said, is not to inoculate
animals carnivorous by nature, as they
become terribly ferocious, or any ami
mails whose chief means OF defense is by
biting.
A cat or dog, for instance, vii, strive
to bite when afflicted with the disease,
while a rabbit, which is purely a vege-
tartan, will simply NOPE and die with
out making any resistance.
1t was stated that one steer, which
had the "blaekleg, remained at one
Of the experiment stations for about
eight years, and the persons there really
became attached to ii. -Washington
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26

the last dog is gone, but there is Moth
ing on the trail on which a horse may
subsist. If any of your friends want to
go. and insist upon making the Journey.
tell them to come to Juneau to outfit. as
they can get everything there required
for the trip, but tell them if they have
any United States dogs, to leave them
at home. A dog unused to this eli
mate is no good.
The Klondyke is lastly ovcrestimated.
There are just IL claims which pay to
work. And if the Canadian government
collects royalty, not over four can do
anything. Men are coming out nearly
every day. The winter has been the
mildest ever known.
Nothing of any value has been struck
since a year ago last August although
there are many reports to the contrary.
There will be no actual starvation there
this winter, but many are on short ra-
tions. A thousand or more went to
where there was something to eat.
This left more for those who remained.
One man a few days ago frOze to death
at the summit, and it was not cold at
the time. If a storm should come as it
is likely at any time, hundreds will go
the same route. One poor boy of II
froze IN his way cut. The men cut off
both feet and one hand. They got to
where there was some grub, and are
trying to bring him through.
My son has been in Alaska IA years.
He spent 2 years, 'S6 and 'S7 on the
Yukon. He has many friends in the
gold fields and interests on Bonanza
creek, but is undecided whether he will
go there this year. If he goes he will
start March Is or 20. Respectfully,
w. G.. LEE.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26
Word From Douglass Id.
KibbeY. Mont. Feb.

Kibbey, Mont, Feb, %, '9S.
The past week has been cold and
stormy for IA change, bet today is pleas
ant, coat off, sleeves rolled up,-not for
a fistic encounter, but just ready to
fight for the cause of silver at 16 to i
no compromise with the thieves of '73.
1t begins to look as if the republicans
would yet offer us free coinage of silver,
not at 16 to n but at the present price
of silver at "a to /; or maybe 80 to /.
We do not want such ratio. and must
still claim that which existed prior t o
'73. | believe the general good de-
mands the maintenance of the old IA
ito. And | believe this idea is growing
stronger in the east, even in the terrific
ny where it seemed recently to have SO
few friends.
| received a letter from my son in
Alaska a few days G which doubtless
your readers will be pleased to see. He
says:
Douglass Island, Jan. 10.
Dear Father: The rush to the Yukon
has commenced and it is a holy fright
think it is the greatest stampede of its
kind ever known. And it is senseless
and foolish. There is nothing there fot
them, but advice will 10 reach a fool
and the average gold seeker seems to
have about as much sense as God give.
a goose. Some come with oxen, Others
with horses, mules, dogs and goats, ant
every conceivable thing that a dementet
brain can c%onjure up, while the only be
ing that can live on the Yukon is a mar
and a dog. The dog can eat dog unit
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26
SHOWED HIS
There Wasn't Much of 1t, but 1t Satisfied
the Clerk.

There Wasn't Much of 1t, but 1t Satisfied
the Clerk.
1t is not always necessary to travel
with three or four saratogas, a dress
suit case, a bundle of rugs and a bird
cage in order to obtain good accommo-
dations at hotels.
Occasionally there does exist through
out this h%Ospitable land a hotel which
does not require a certificate as to a per-
sons ancestry, status i'll life, past his
tory and future movements before it's
clerk permits II the privilege of a
room. At least this is the firm belief
advanced by a young Chicago couple
Just back from their wedding trip.
Down east one day the train wendell its
way through the woods and heights of
the Adirondacks and miles away from
civilization halted at a lone platform
bordered by IA piny wildness too allur.
ing to be sighted by westerners fresh
from prairie lands.
"Train stops l hour and Ii minutes"
announced the young husband who had
made a dash for the conductor. Out on
the platform and up the charming road
wandered these two, and time flew.
However, they kept an eye on their
watches and reached the platform with
ten minutes to spare.
But the train was gone.
A lone man perched ut the end of the
platform explained in a bored way in
the face of their Indignation that it vas
10 minutes and not l hour and 10 min
utes that the train stopped.
"When is the next train" the trav
elers begged.
"There isn't any" sweetly said the
native.
"Where is a hotel?' they shouted.
"Up the road the other way" the
sphinx said in a tired way and turned
to watch the antics of a grasshopper.
Up the road the other way they went
and discovered i'll the wilderness a no.
tel with a naughty clerk, electric lights
and all modern improvements.
"Any b~aggage?" inquired the nan at
the desk as the young man registered.
The travellers gasped i'll CONSERVATION
rs they stared wildly at each other with
the sudden shock of realizing that trous-
seau, travelling bags and umbrellas We're
speeding miles away from them.
"Oh, yes!' gulped the young husband
airily. Baggage - of course" He
plunged into one pocket, drew out a
small comb, his wife's powder box and
its accompanying square of chamois,
which he gravely laid before the clerk.
That gentleman never moved an eye
lash.
Front" he called. "No. 227!"
The heroine Of this story still claims
the imperturbable clerk was a mind
reader, but her husband says it was all
due to her helpless, appealing air and
the streak of cinders on her nose. Chi
cage News.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26
UNCLE SANS M~ENAGERiE.

Kept at the Department of Ag.
riculture For Experimental Purposes.
1t is not generally known that the de-
partment Of agriculture has a menagerie
in connection with it, but such is the
case. The menagerie is not a very large
one, no does it contain any rare or
strange animals. Most of them are OF
the domestic variety.
1t is a part of the division OF animal
industry, and the animals are used to
develop interesting cases OF disease and
to illustrate the effects Of an endemic
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26

From a Paris paper we take the fol"
lowing conversation in a police court:
The President-It appears from your
record that you have been 81 times pre-
viously convicted.
The Prisoner (sententiously)-Man is
not perfect London Globe.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26
A Portrait of Wordsworth.

One of Charles Lambs friends said to
him that he had never seen Wordsworth.
,"Why, you've seen an old horse,
haven't your asked Charles Lamb.
Eyes, l suppose So"
"Then you've seen Wordsworth. -
Pail Mall Gazette.
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Notice of Ownership.

I, the undersigned, William II. Har-
rison, a resident of the town of Neihart,
in the county of Cascade, and state of
Montana, do hereby certify and declare,
that l an sole proprietor and owner of
the firm and business institution known
as and designated as the Neihart Mercan-
tile company, doing business in said
town of Neihart, aforesaid; that l am
responsible for all liabilities and claims
against said company, and will collect
and settle and adjust all claims and
amounts due OF to become due said firm
or company.
Witness my hand and seal this End
day of Feb, 1898.
WILLIAM III. HARRISON, TsEAL.
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The corn tassel is symbolic of riches.
though the low price of the product
during the last few years has deprived
the symbol of much of iN former sig
nifeance.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26

1t is claimed that there are 55 dogs
in the United Kingdom to every 1000
inhabitants.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26
State of Montana,

County of Cascade,
On this 18th day of February, A. D.
1898, personally appeared before me,
Richard Bennett, a Notarn public in and
for Cascade county, state of Montana,
WILLIAM III. HARRISON,
known to me to be the person whose
name is subscribed to the foregoing in
strumeut, and he acknowledged to me-
that he executed the same.
In witness whereof, | have h~ereunto
set my hand and official seal this 18th
day of February, A. ID. 1898.
(sEAL) RICHARD BENNETT.
Notary public in and for Cascade county
state of Montana. 1915.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26

Coneeit may puff a man up, but never
prop him up. -Ruskin.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26

"What! You begging here too? Isaw
you only a little while ago begging on
Schiller place.
Eyes. | have a branch establishment
there -Fliegende Blatter.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26
Corks Was a Corker.

Superintendent Murphy, who takes a
2atherly interest in the machinery Of
the fire department, was gossiping with
the chief Oh expert firemen. Mr.. Muir
phys acquaintance with firemen is a
wide one, and he has had excellent OPP
portunity for SECURING a great deal of
knowledge about them.
"Why, chief said he, ''they had a
fireman in the Kansas City department
who could balance n so foot ladder, run
up it, draw it up after him, and then
run up it again.
The chief didn't smile.
THAT may be considered clever i'll
Kansas City, he said, "bpt il wouldn't
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-13
7777777777-7ss9s
AT CAMP HAMI.icX.
Low Mass Was Formally Celebrated
Visitors Numerous

Galveston Texas, June ~. Something
out of the ordinary was witnessed at Camp
Ilawley today when tho rcgimontal chap
lain, Rev, Father Kirwiu performed sol
eihn low mass on the grounds tenn
Iorafy altar in little church tent was
erected for the purpose and at . o'clock the
services began. of course all the elaborate
ceremony as seen IN the ca,hedrals of tho
country could not be carried out. hut there
we're altar boys, and on the whole the rx
crcises wers very Impressive.
large number OF the men are Catholics.
perhaps 800 of them but nearly the entire
regiment attended Father kirwin is prob
ably the btst loved man in the regiment
aud the way he talked to the soldier boys
caused them TO think still more OF him.
There was 60 have been flag raising this
afternoon, but the contractor failed to get
the stan ready and the exercises had to bo
postponed.
There was large crowd of visitors all
afternoon out 10 the camp.
Colonel Rtehe has not yet taken M per
manent quarters at the camp He is busfly
engaged preparing the material here In his
charge to he turned over to his successor.
Major Quinn Of New Orleans As soon as
the latter arrives Colonel Richie win go
out to the camp for week and then leave
for New York To stand examination for
promotion to eaptaincy in the engineer
Ing corps.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-13
RED RIVER COUNTY.

Clarksville, Texas June 1.-THE returns
of the precinct conventions held through
out this county last Saturday were canvass
men from over the county al the office of
J j. Taylor in this city j. ]. Taylor was
Endorsed for reelection as chairman Of the
democratic executive committee Of Fed
River county. The Savers and Wynno del
egates are about evenly divided, with pos
sibly a small majority In favor of Wynne,
who will take their instructions from the
primary to be held July 8, The suberna-
torial contest in the county is close. ana
VIII be watched with great interest by the
friends Of both Savers and Wynn.
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ANGELINA COUNTY.
4 Hot Fight for the Different Or
fees.

Lufkn. Texas. June l.--This tas been n
week of political upheaval in this county
more candidates to the square inch than
has ever heretofore struck this county.
Among the prominent candidates that have
been canyassiug are to be mentioned Hon.
W NJ lmboden and Hon. s. b. Cooper
candidates for congress; b. f. Roge.s If
Anderson county DR.. Lloyd Of Cnelohce
county and Harvey Bayne OF Houston coun-
ty, Candidates for the State senate, as well
as W. j Townsend and y. b. Barbee,
candidates for Pictorial representative.
These dinerent named candidates have
each made close canvass OF this county,
and have all upon most occasions made ad p
dresses to the good citizenship OF this
county showing reasons why they shOl d
be elected to the respective offices to whoh
they aspire. The audle noes at the Qiiie ent
communities have been good.
The contest in this county for congress
has waxed warm, and now the most in
terest and enthusiasm is shown In this
race, ovcrshadowing most Of the other con-
tests, This county has been conteied 10
be in the lmboden column. but Mr.. Cooper
seems to want to contest the grounds, a. d
is using every honorable leverage to Sc
cure the Endorsement of the Democracy OF
this county, but at every turn he IS N let
with the lmboden element, which, TO say
the least. has good working majority
in this county. and it is safe to say that
Angelinas four votes In the convention
VIII he for Mr.. Imhoden.
The contest in the senatorial race is very
much divided among the three respective
candidates; each has good following In
this county and it would be difficult to
ascertain who is the leading candidate.
There u no uarticular int crest mani
tested In the contest for State offices Ma
jcr Savers will secure the Endorsement Of
this county, as there is no fight made at
all against him, and he has many warm
political friends in this county. The pri-
maries Will be held on the 9th Of Jnly
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Victoria, Texas. June ls,--Whlc return,
ftom Anaqu1, Warden. Mission Valley and
Grliiith's store have not vet been re-
eei>od the following will be the iustruc-
tioLs o. Victoria county:
G. a, Culbcrson, j, ID. Sayers. T. S.
smith. J. L. Garrison. Il. w. Finlay, NJ ,
Utoos' A. Mnytield. j. II. Ken1all, r. j .
tioMn, h. II. Rice; Mr.. Peasants for court
ciVil appeals; A. b, Davidson for state
senator l.. II, Bailey for State representa-
tive.
rhe race for nominations for lieutenant
governor ard congress is yet somewhat in
Gpu't and until the returns nre received
rom the above named boxes the result tan
rot be given. Mr.. j. 4 Cough at present
leais Tor lieutenant governor by twenty
o'sht' ana Rud Klebtrg has nine votes 10
me better Tor congress, II is possible thar
either may lose tho county.
lhc same may be said OF Mr.. BAILEY
snough ne mas lead OF thirty seven votes
for the legislature. 'o'''