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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10

John Albion Andrew, the great war
governor of Massachusetts, had the
good fortune to spend his boyhood on
q farm in the state of Maine. His
father and mother. though of genial
humor, were rigid disciplinarians; and
he had occasion in after life to hank
them for training him in orderly ha-
bits in small, every day matters. One
of his sisters related not long before
her death, which occurred in 1897, that
Albion was summoned home from
school one day by his mother, who
merely pointed to the boys cap, which
he had carelessly left on the floor. The
hint was enough. Without a word he
picked up the cap, chung it on the proper
peg, and promptly went back to school,
The father also strictly enforced the
rule. "a place for everything, and eV-
erything in it's place" A pitchfork,
in common use for ~foddering the cat
tIe. was always to be kept standing in
2 certain corner of the barn, where re
could lay his hand on it in the night,
without a lantern. On one occasion,
he felt for it in vain, and called the
BOYS to account. With a mixture OF
chagrin and amusement, they reported
hat Father was mighty particular,
for that fork wasn't more'n two inches
out CT placei"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10
TO FIGHT.

One of the young cavalrymen of
Squadron A of New York, whose en-
thusiasm has been equal to that of his
comrades, but who, fortunately, has
been i'll for several weeks, gave his
relatives a scare last week that nearly
caused them to send out a general
alarm for him over the police wires.
For several years he had been an en-
thusiastic amateur cavalryman, and
when war came it vas the height of
his ambition to go to the front with
the troop. His physician said that he
would have to undergo an operation
before he could leave his room. In
der these circumstances his parents
didn't waste any time worrying about
his departure to the war. On the day
when the members of the squadron re-
ceived notice to report at the armory
to indicate whether they were willing
to enlist, the invalid took the oppor-
tunity to leave his home without no.
tifying his family. There was con-
s~ternation in the household when his
absence was discovered, and a search
was made for him. None of his friends
had seen him. When the members Of
the squadron met that night, however,
the invalid was on hand as one of
the troop willing to be mustered in.
He said nothing about his illness, and
it was due to chance that he was not
one of the men selected. He returned
home disappointed, and his family is
now taking good care hat he does not
get out again until he is we'll.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10

one of the S-inch guns. When the bat
tie commenced the Olympia signaled
the other ships to begin firing, both by
"wig-wagging' and by firing the first
shot herself. Charles Cavanaugh had
the honor of firing that first shot. A
letter was received from Cavanaugh a
few days ago by Charles Barber, a
cousin, in which he said the fire of the
Spanish fleet was at all times very
wild, and that to the American sailors
1t was simply an exciting target prac-
tice. Gunner Cavanaugh is just Il
years old and he entered the Amer
lean navy nearly two years ago.. He
enlisted in November, 1896. He was
drilled in the recruiting ship indie
pendence. The following March he
was sent across the Pacific in the mail
steamer Peru, and after his arrival
in Japan on April Is, he VS. trans
ferred to the flagship Olympia. He
learned the tricks aboard the ship very
quickly, and was transferred to the
Yorktown and back to the Olympia.
His promotion was rapid, and he soon
was placed in charge of one of the big
guns. The young gunner has numerous
relatives in Harvey county. His father,
j. S. ~Cavanaugh, and his grandfather,
S. S. Cavanaugh, live near Sedgwick,
and are proud of their young gunner.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10
extra pay for his qualities.-Leslie's
RAGS AS THANK-OFFERINGS,

Superstitious Custom of Olden Times
Not Wholly Discontinued
From the London Mail: The sin
gular custom of leaving rags and other
worthless objects at wells has not en-
tirely fallen into disuse. The super
%stition, in a modified form, exists in
other portions of the world. A trav-
eler in Persia found a tree with rags
tied to its branches. They had been
left there by the inhabitants of a prov
ince infected with ague. A tree hung
with rags was found by another trav-
eler in Africa. Crooked pins, old
clothes, pebbles, shells, rusty nails,
small coins, and even bundles of heath
were considered appropriate thank-of-
ferings at shrines in earlier days, for it
was believed that the saints and apos-
ties did not care for articles of value.
Such was the superstitious alteration OF
fountains that it was forbidden by the
sixteenth of the canons issued in $50,
in the reign of King Edgar, and it was
condemned by the canons of st. An
selm. 1t was also interdicted by the
laws passed in the reign of King Can
ute. Since the reformation the prac-
tice has not been prevalent except in
Ireland, where many old wells conse-
Grated to saints and martyrs are yet
made the objects of pilgrimage. There
is scarcely a parish throughout the
land that has not it's own holy well,
where, despite practical admonition,
the faithful and the faithless come to
pray for physical or mental relief and
leave behind them a scrap of rag as an
Offering.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10

do not show the Jack" in the corner.
They are merely a silk flag with the
name of the regiment on it within a
large laurel wreath, upon which are
badges showing the regimental battle
hoDors.
In Continental Europe it is usually
the custom for the regiments to carry
flags which are wholly different from
the national colors. Thus the Aus
trian army flag is a yellow or white
flag, bearing on one side an embroid-
cred figure of the Virgin Mary and on
the other side the imperial arms, a
double-headed eagle with various coats
Of arms. The flag itself is very hand
some. The Russian colors are very
complicated in design, and are also
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10
Survival of Latin Phrases.

In Arthur H. Norway's Highways
and Byways in Devon and Cornwall"
(MacMillan), a curious story is told
of a visit that the author paid to an
old Cornish woman, to whom he hap
pened to mention the approaching mar
riage of a relative of his named Mar
garetta. This she at once pronounced
to be a lucky name, and begged Mr..
Norway most earnestly to let the bride
groom know how to reap the full ad-
vantage of the luck. He must, it
seems, pluck a daisy on the eve of the
marriage, draw it three times through
the wedding ring, and repeat each time,
very slowly, the words: Saint Mar
garetta or her nobs." Some time af-
terward it flashed into the authors
mind that this mystic sentence was
nothing more than a corrupt form of
''Sancta Margaretta, ora pro nobis"-
a bit of Middle Age devotion which had
held its own in Cornwall until now.
"a somewhat similar fragment of an
tiquity," Mr.. Norway goes on to say,
Fingers in the neighborhood of Red
ruth, where the country people, when
they see a ghost, say: Mummy dunn
n.y." and he adds: 81 leave the riddle
to be solved by anyone who is curious
enough to undertake a useful piece Of
practice in unrayelling the corruption
of language" The task that Mr.. Nor
way proposed is certainly not a very
difficult one. Mummy dummy" is
obviously a corruption of "In nomine
Domini"-a shortened form of the in
vocation used in blessing ones self
with the sign of the cross.-Nation
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10

Than to allow an enemy to capture it.
In the United States army and in the
state troops each regiment carries two
colors-one the national color, the
other what is commonly known as the
regimental color.
The national color of the United
States army is of silk with yellow silk
fringe, is four feet four inches high
and five feet six inches wide, and is
made with a casing through which
passes the staff, the color being held
firmly by a leather strap at the top
and bottom of the casing. The spear
mead is a heart-shaped figure of ex-
cellent design, and under the present
regulations n~ickel-plated. The colors
Of the infantry regiments have tassels
attached to them of blue and white
silk. The cavalry regiments now
carry no tassels; the artillery
regiments carry red and yellow
tassels. The stars on our mod
ern colors are embroidered with
almost mathematical accuracy, the re-
suit of this kind of work being that
the stars are the same on both sides
OF the blue, and because of the relief
which the embroidery gives them, they
stand out much more distinctly than
he ordinary stars of linen or other
material. On the middle red stripe is
embroidered the name of the regiment,
which, OF course, reads correctly on
only n side, the stripe being of a
single thickness of material.
The regimental colors of the United
States infantry regiments are of blue
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10

ENGINEERS AND ARTILLERY.
BLK, showing the eagle bearing on his
breast a shield with the arms of the
United States. The eagle carries in
one talon a branch of laurel with red
berries and in the other a bunch of
arrows. Over the eagles head is an arc
Of III rays semicircular in shape, be-
tween which and the head of the eagle
are 10 stars. In the eagles mouth is a
scroll with the words "E pluribus
unum." Underneath the eagle is a
scroll on which the regimental name
is embroidered.
The general design of this color is
good, but the execution of the eagle is
very poor. 1t is a pity that the name
on the scroll and also the motto "E
pluribus unum" are not embroidered
on separate pieces of silk, SO that the
back side of the flag should at least
have the lettering so embroidered as
to read straight and not backward.
The cavalry colors are like the in
fantry colors, but considerably smaller,
the regimental flag being yellow and
very handsome, but with the same de-
fects in design as the infantry flag.
The artillery national color is like the
infantry color; the regimental color is
red with two crossed yellow cannon
Of this end of the flag of the engineer
battalion (Which is also red, but with
a white castle upon it), the less said
the better. 1t would be difficult to i'm
agine two uglier flags.
The state regimental colors are
usually of blue silk, although some
states have white and some have red
flags, with the coat of arms of the
state embroidered or painted upon
them. Some of them are very rich,
and, like those of the Connecticut mi
litia, for example, very handsome in
design and execution.
In England each regiment carries
two colors-the Queens color and the
regimental color. The Queens color
has from very ancient times been the
Union Jack, which, as is we'll known,
is the flag of the English military
branch of the Government, and is flown
! over all military posts. Upon the CEN
ter of the flag is the regiments num-
Der in Roman characters, with the
crown over it.
In former years the Ely lish infantry
regiments, by regulate 1, had colors
corresponding to colors of the facings
Of their uniforms, so hat there were
blue, green, yellow and buff flags,
Regiments with black, white or red fac
ings had either a black flag with q
red cross upon it or a white flag with q
red cross. The upper corner near the
staff was always occupied by a small
Union Jack. By a recent modification
of the regulations the regimental color;
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10

The civil war is said to have cost the
country fully eight billion dollars, while
it was in progress-adding to the direct
outlay the value of property destroyed
and the damage done by Interference
with industry. And the end is not yet,
for though thirty-three years have
passed, pension and interest payments
still continue to increase the total. y
part of the cost of that was put off on
another generation, just as a part Of
our present outlay will be; but the
people who danced paid the piper not-
withstanding, in the form of war
taxes"-and We must do the same. The
men and women who c~heerfully bear
this increased burden are not the low
est on our list of seventy million pa
triots.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10

mind. a mothers heart as broken, a
once happy family was destroyed, a
friend and physician was shot Down
by the father and killed and the father
sentenced to life Imprisonment. Yet
the thief never sent any message nor
made any effort to obtain the reward
offered.
1t was o. May %, 1888, in the after
noon, that Annie Redmond was stolen
from her friends. The little girl, then
5 years Of age, was playing in a va
cant lot near to and back of her faith
er's blacksmith shop, which was locat-
ed at 2610 State street. A ~coarsely-
dressed woman picked the child up
neal the corner of Dearborn and
Spring streets and disappeared with
her. That was the last seer of her for
many weary months. She was lost as
absolutely as if she had been blotted
from the face OF the earth. 1t was a
bright, sun-shiny day and hundreds Of
people passed and repassed by the
spot, but nobody was found who could
tell the story of how Annie Redmond
was stolen.
Annie had been lost more than six
months when she was accidentally dis
covered and returned to her mother.
Mrs. James Harper visited the Home
for the Friendless on Feb. 7, 1889. She
was much impressed with the looKs of
a pretty but wan-faced child she saw
there. Hundreds of circulars with the
portrait of the missing Annie Red
mond had been scattered all over the
city, until the face was impressed on
a majority of the people. Mrs. Har-
per became impressed with the belief
that the child was Annie Redmond.
She approached and by kindly ad-
vaTces secured the confidence Of the
child, who said her name was Annie
Redmond, not Jane Gurley, as she was
known at the home.
Mrs. Harper took the frightened
child home to her mother, where 1t
was soon discovered that the lost had
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10

Not since Edward the Black Prince
France on Bonded knee at Poitiers,
more than 500 years ago, has there
been shown an instance of more chiv-
alrous and courteous treatment Of a
defeated foe than was shown to Ad-
miral Cervera and his officers on board
Capt. Evans battleship. After she
has paid for the results of her folly and
ignorance and the war is over Spain
will have abundant material for re-
vising her notions about the Yankee
pigs"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10
AN Ex-OUEEN'S MUSTACHE.

Ex-Queen Natalie of Servia, who is
about to organize a corps of titled la
dies to act as nurses in the Cuban war,
has a mustache-a thick, we'll defined
mustache, of which many a downy-lip-
ped dude might be justly envious. Ma
talie is known as "the most unfortun-
ate queen in Europe and to the mind
Of the average American woman the
mustache is doubtless sufficient ground
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10
The Shooting Fish.

The shooting fish is a native of the
East Indies. 1t has a hollow cylin-
drical beak. When it spies a fly sit
ting on the plant that grows in shall
low water. with remarkable dexterity
it elects out of a tubular mouth a sin
gle drop of water, which seldom misses
its aim, and striking the fly into the
water. the fish makes it its prey.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10
ORGANIZER CHARLES A. WHITE
SHOT

usual army examination for the voIun-
teer service. Term of enlistment is
two years, unless sooner discharged,
and the regiment will go wherever Or
dered to fight. Men desiring to join
his regiment can obtain enlistment
papers by addressing Mr.. Whiteshot.
1t is immaterial in what state or ter
ritory they reside. 1t is especially de-
sired that one enlist except those full
ly prepared to go into actual service,
which, it is expected, will be in a few
weeks.
Mr.. Whiteshot is confident that he
will succeed in organizing one of the
finest regiments to be found in the
United States service.
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S~Ix-FOOTER VOLUNTEERS.

Mr.. Charles A. Whiteshot of Man
nington, w. Va, is organizing a regi-
ment for service, called Six-Footer
American Volunteers, First regiment,
Infantry. The command will consist
of ten companies OF 100 men each, and
every mar enlisting must be at least
six feet tall, aged between IS and As
years, and will be subject to the
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10

So far as heard from these 25,0oO
cylindrical mosquito head nets ordered
for the use of the soldiers in Cuba on
the march and for sleeping have not
got into action. When Mauser bullets
are whistling around it is probable that
even a New Jersey mosquito would for
get to attend to business.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10

The poet Southey tells of a Spaniard
he had known who always put on his
spectacles when he was about to eat
cherries, that they might look bigger
and more tempting" That il evident
ly the way the Spaniards at Madrid
look at their victories"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10

A great deal of fuss is being made
because Hamilton Fish, a rough rider
killed in the first battle in Cuba, was
a New York society man. Brave he was
without doubt, but hi comrades who
died with him were Just as brave,
though not in society" Ham" Fish
will be remembered as a hero, but while
we are about it, we should not forget
that there are Others
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10
HE FIRED FIRST GUN
INTO THE SPANIARDS AT MAN
lila MAY /.
Charles C~avanaugh, of Newton, Kansas,
q Sample of the Kind Of Men That
Stand Behind Our Weapons of War
Says ~Spaniards Fire Very Wild.

INNER Charles
C~avanaugh, t h e
man who fired the
first shot at the
great naval battle
of Manila bay, is a
native of Harvey
county, Kansas. He
is a gunner on the
Olympia. Admiral
Dewey's flagship,
and has charge of
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10

William c. Whitney is marked for
praise by the Philadelphia Times, be-
,ause he laid the foundation and start
ed the construction of our existing ma
Wy. Perhaps we had better call him
the commodore, but he must do SOM
fighting first.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10

The National Educational associa-
ton in convention at Washington dis
cussed the value of mathematics. The
va,ue of addition, division and silence
was once thoroughly considered Wltp
gratifying results.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10
~REGIMENTAL COLORS.
FLAGS THE BOYS CARRY ON
TO VICTORY.
Zach Regiment Is Observation-Disclosures
dards Borne by English and Continen-
tai S-oldiers-Great Variety of Design
and Color IN Some Armies.
(Washington Letter.l

INSIGNIA of some
kind have been car
ried by troops from
time i~mmemorial,
and a soldiers in
terest in his regi-
ment is, to a large
extent, centered in
a piece of wood and
silk, for which he
is willing to sacri-
fee his life rather
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10
K%IDNAPER'S CRIMES.
1T IS NOT GENERALLY A LUCRA-
TIVE ONE.
foue Celebrated Cases of This Most
Foul Kind of Crime, from the Case of
Charley Ross to That of Gerald
Lapiner of Chicago.

EN- YEARS ara
seven days from
the day in May,
1888, when 5-year-
old Tessie Red
mond was picked
up on the street
and carried away
little Gerald Lap
iner, baby son of
Louis Lapiner, of
1885 Prairie ave-
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10

The man who boasts hat he works
with his head instead Of his hands is
respectfully reminded that the wood
pecker does the same thing and is the
biggest kind of bore.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10

Instead Of desiring to lead a Spanish
army across the United States, Gen.
Weyler seems now to be getting ready
to take a thorough course in a deaf and
dumb institute.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10

During his short captain-generalcy Of
Cuba Weyler cleaned up eli, 900, 000, and
still some people say there is no money
in the butcher business.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10

roll up their trousers and wade right
into the midst of greatness.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10

A tramp abroad in the morning for
your health is better than two at the
back door looking for something to
eat.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10

We don't know how Cervera feels on
the subject, but we would rather be in
prison in the United States than free
in Spain.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10

Man seeks the Office, but the office.
seeks the man.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10

Some artists know as little about
work of art as they do about the art
Of work.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10

An industrious wife is often a mans
only visible means of support.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10

A man never realizes how mean he is
until he is a candidate for some Office
Or the defendant in a divorce suit.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10

The opportunity of a lifetime sell
ION comes heralded by a brass band.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10

Dewey is still keeping things in hand,
especially SpaniarGs, at Manila.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10

It's only a mans heirs who are ever
really interested in his ailments.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10
Rare Birds EGGS.

To one not conversant with ornithol-
ogy the statement that the eggs and
nests of some well-known birds remain
yet to be discovered must appear sur
prising. The eggs Of the curlew-sand-
piper, a bird familiar in Great Britain
we're first discovered last July on an
island at the mouth of the Siberian
river, Yenisei. There are a few other
birds which make their nests in re-
mote regions. although living part of
their lives among civilized men, whose
eggs have not yet been found.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10

Free advice is very often worthless.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10
The Tur,sisb Turba

A Turkish turban OF the largest size
contains twenty yards Of the finest
and softeSt muslin.