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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-21
Origin OF the Merinas,

The real origin of the Spanish Merf-
nos is lost in the dim past. For more
than 1000 years the Spanish shepherds
have been raising this kind of sheep,
and without doubt have, in the lapse
Of centuries, greatly modified them, as
the imaginary standard of each CEN
fury might seem to demand. Certain
1t is that the Spanish succeeded In pro-
ducing a fine type of wool-producing
sheep. So much was this the case that
the fame of these sheep spread all over
the world and led other nations to
desire to introduce them into their own
pastures. About 1865 about 800 OF
these sheep were introduced into Sax
ony. There, under royal protection,
they were cared for and developed
along the lines of fne-wooled sheep.
Since that time these Saxon Merinos
have undergone considerable change,
so much so that now they produce a
fleece finer than did the original i'm
portations, and the sheep themselves
ave been rendered too tender to do
we'll in the colder portions of the
"a oSoSNS' III lNC AANAA
nos were imported into France from
Spain. There, too, they received royal
protection and good care, and their
original characteristics were soon
changed. They are the originals OF
what are now called the French Meri-
nos.
The importation of Spanish Merinqs
into tho ITnifnd StofoG hnoan in the
early part of the present century.
During the first twelve years more
han 20, 900 of them were brought into
this country and distributed mostly
throughout the New England states,
but also to some extent among the
more s%outherly seaboard states. Con-
corning them F. D.. Coburn says:
"A large proportion of the Merino
fiocks of the United States, descend
ants from the importations from
Spain, were subsequently inbred with
the Saxon and French varieties, until
many of the characteristics of these
were engrafted upon the American
f1ocks. Through the exceptions to this
rule, however, a sufficient number of
O~A A@'S DSSh Cd1u oNAh9 49,
reasonable proof of purity direct to
their Spanish ancestry to warrant the
claim that the present highest type Of
American Merino is the direct de-
scendant, without admixture of other
blood, OF animals included in some OF
the several importations from Spain
before the year 1912. The French
Merinos have perhaps a larger carcass
than he average American, and the
French breeders were the first to pro-
duce a Merino combing wool. The
Saxon Merlnos have been but sparingly
introduced into this country, the
course Of breeding In Saxony Zine
ness of fleece being the one object
sought having rendered them too ten
der for our methods of sheep hus-
-bandry."
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-21
Giant Trout In q Barrel.

From Greenville, Me-, at the foot of
Moosehead lake, a strange fish
story. Cyrus Higgins of Olamon went
fishing at Moosehead in a brook run
ming into the lake, and for a time
caught only little bits of trout. Then
he felt a mighty tug at his hook, and
thought he had hold of a laker that
had wandered up the brook on the
high water. After much effort, how
ever, he found himself unable to haul
in his line, and began to investigate,
thinking the hook had become fouled
on some object at the bottom of the
pool. With the aid of a salmon gaff
he raised a barrel to the surface, and
was surprised to perceive that his line
led into the bunghole of the barrel.
Further investigation showed that
there was something moving about in
side the barrel, and that whatever it
was it had hold of the hook. The
barrel was then broken up, and out
leaped an enormous trout; not a laker,
but a real red-spotted brook trout the
size of a laker. Higgins theory is that
the trout went into the barrel when
small, and, protected alike from fish
ermen and other enemies and with
plenty to eat, it had grown and grown,
until it became a giant among the
speckled tribe.-New York Press.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-21
Preserving Eggs.

Prof. Ladd, of North Dakota College
OF Agriculture, in bulletin No. So, gives
the following directions for the use OF
water glass in keeping eggs. Water
glass is silicate of soda or silicate OF
potash, the former being cheaper. II
Ia not expensive.
II wooden kegs or barrels are to be
used In which to pack the eggs, they
should first be thoroughly scalded with
boiling water to sweeten and purify
them.
10 each ten quarts of water, which
should first be boiled and then cooled,
d n quart Of water glass. Pack
the eggs in the vessel and pour solu-
ton over them, covering well.
Keep the eggs in a cool, dark place.
A dry, cool cellar is a good place.
II the Eggs are kept in too warm a
place the silicate is deposited and the
eggs are not properly protected. Do
not wash the eggs before packing, for
by so doing you injure their keeping
quality.
Fol- packing use only perfectly fresh
eggs, for stale eggs will not be saved
and may prove harmful to others.
All packed eggs contain a little gas,
and In boiling such eggs they will
crack. This may be prevented by
making a pin hole in the blunt end of
the egg. To do this hold the egg in
the hand, place the point of a pin
against the shell of the egg at the blunt
end, and give the pin a quick, sharp
blow, just enough to drive the pin
through the shell without further in
jury to the egg.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-21
The Ns.s4. Engineer in Battle.

If you were sealed up in a heated
iron tank floating on the sea and ham
mered at by missiles which now and
then let in daylight and splinters, you
would get a dim idea of the lot of the
engineers men aboard a battleship in
action. But the engineers men have
to work in the hurly-burly, and you
would go mad in your tank. The en-
emy's shot pounds the ship, but the
engineer and his men know not where
the enemy is or where the ship is head
ing. And they can't stop to think
about it. Keep that bearing cool,
smother it in oil, drown 1t in water;
keep it cool, or the games up. The
men on deck can let the splinters lie
where they fall, but the men in the
engine room have to keep the splinters
out of the machinery. Steam pipes
are pierced. Mend them. Crawl be-
hind the boilers, and stop that steam
leak. Impossible t. shut off anything!
Scalded? Never mind. It's all in the
days work. Don't let the water down.
Pass the coal lively. And, while you're
about 1t, put out that fire il the bunk
ers. In the lower engine rooms the
thermometers show 1876 degrees in
front OF the ventilating blowers; in the
upper engine rooms, 1870 degrees.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-21
Her Dolls.

When Miss Nightingale was a child
she had many dolls, and her great
hobby was to pretend that they each in
turn were very sick and needed the
most careful nursing. There was one
rag baby that had fever so badly that
her life was ~despaired of, and little
Florence would only go to her W bed
one night when the nurses and her
mother promised that they would
watch beside the sick doll. And watch
they had to, with a vengeance. For
if any of the nurses tried to go away,
thinking Florence was asleep, the lit
tie lady was awake in a moment and
would not lie down until they went to
watching again. Early in the morning
Florence rose to take her share in the
nursing, and then the others were al
lowed to lie down. She was oon able
to say that the rag baby vas much
better.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-21
Memorial Day.

Ger the breadth of a great republic,
from ocean to ocean borne,
Whatever the stars of her banner
CLEAN out to the light of morn;
From he depth of her grain-sown val
legs,
The slopes of her wooded hills,
In the song of her wind-swept prairies,
The rhyme of her peaceful rills.
Comes he noiseless tramp of an army,
Shadowy, silent and gray
An army, though vanished it's legions,
Yet lives in our hearts to-day.
To the men who from field ana forum
Uprose at the country's cry,
Their lives, it their need, for the honor,
Their honor for her to die;
Who, Selling the gun for the plowshare,
And grasping the sword for the pen,
Went forth an army of patriots,
OF noble and free-born men:
TITS to these a hand of a nation
Its tributes of love will pay,
Wherever the grave of a soldier
Shall hollow its soil to-day.
Not with branches of yew nor cypress,
But with roses and blossoms sweet;
With amaranth and laurel above them,
And heart's-ease fair at their feet,
While softer than the winds of the Sum-
mer
And sweeter than roses bloom,
Are the memories and love which gather
And brighten each silent tomb;
And though Time in his march triumph
ant
Bends all to his final sway,
Yet the touch of the Great Eternal
Is nearer than he to-day.
Ger these graves where all strife is
ended,
Where the past and its memories lie,
Rise the grateful hearts of the people
In prayer to the Lord Most High
For the hope of a prosperous future,
. The gracious gift of His hand;
For a great and united nation,
A free and a fruitful land;
For His angel of Peace, whose pinions
Stretch over that land to-day;
For the love hat claspeth as brothers
The hands of the blue and gray.
Beatrice Harlowe in the "Women's
Home Companion"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-21
Among Tahiti's Sayapes.

At Tahiti, in the Society Islands,
partly by reason Of the extreme fertil-
ity of the soil which furnishes a sub
sistence without labor the inhabitants
are idle and dissolute. They fatten
their noses, and pore a hole through
he middle partition of that feature to
accommodate ornaments of flowers or
feathers. Their ears are bored also,
and the teeth of sharks and of human
beings are inserted. Chiefs are distin-
guished by large circular markings in
tattoo over the whole body, while
common folks are tattooed only about
he loins. Another queer custom re-
quires all women, except those Of the
royal family, to cut their hair short.
All over Polynesia the practice of in
fanticide is quite general, but in Ia
hiti it is particularly prevalent, young
children being commonly strangled.
Some mothers on the island are known
to have done away with as many as
ten of their children in this manner.
Pigs, on the other hand, are greatly
pampered, being fed by the old women
and actually sucked by the young
women They are stuffed like capons
with bread-fruit dough, and are
slaughtered at festivals, but, as a rule,
their flesh is reserved for consumption
by the upper classes. The only other
important domestic mammal is the
dog, which is of a small species and has
no bark at all, being bred chiefly for
meat and not as a household guardian.
Weapons made formidable by the at
tachment of sharks teeth are used by
the natives, while small instruments of
a similar description have been GUS
tomarily employed for torturing and
cutting up prisoners Of war.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-21
A Garfield Anecdnte.

"Mr. w. E. Fasig was surrounded by
lions as to the record of this horse
and that, until some one twitted on the
excellence of his memory" says the
Cleveland Plain Dealer. WELL" he
said, my memory is pretty good, but l
can tell you of a man who had a re-
markable memory, and that was the
late President James A. Garfield.
When / was 16 years old l ran away
from school and enlisted in Garield's
regiment, the Forty-second Ohio. Down
In eastern Kentucky, Garfield, who, al
though only a colonel. was brigade com
mander, organized a raid on Pound
Gap, a strong position, and personally
selected a detachment from each com
pany in the regiment to take part in
the attack. ! wasn't lucky enough to
be selected for the work, but l was
crazy to go, and when the cavalry
started out l borrowed a nrale from the
quartermaster when he wasn't looking,
and went with the mounted troops,
who hid me. In due season found my
regiment, tied my mule, and Joined the
ranks. Well, we took the place. Then
/ went back to my mule and made
tracks for the camp. 1t was dark, and
/ lost my way, and remained missing
for five days. After l returned l was
marched I'd to Garfield, who examined
me, listened to what / had to say,
and then sent me to my tent under ar
rest. telling me I would be court-mar-
tailed. Five minutes later a boat came
down the river, carrying Garfeld's
commission as a brigadier general. and
ordering him to join Thomas with his
command. and in the furry my case
was forgotten. Years after the war !
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-21
Pleasing the BABY.

From Tit-Bits. A few days ago two
ladies, one of whom carried a baby, en-
tered a carpet shop and signified their
desire to look at some carpets. The
shopman ch%eerfully showed roll after
roll, until the p~erspiration literally
streamed from every pore of his body.
Finally n of the ladies asked the
other if she did not think it was time
to go. mot quite" was the answer Of
her companion; and then in an under
tone, she added: Baby likes to see
him roll them out, and it is not time
to catch the train yet
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-21

Flowing Under Legumes.-It is un-
doubtedly a fact that more manurial
benefit is obtained on the farm in feed
ing leguminous crops, such as clover
and c~ow-peas, rather than blowing
them under, but the cost of hauling
them both ways, to and from the barn,
must be considered. When plowed
under green they are already evenly
spread" over the land. This does not
take into consideration the dairy ques-
ton or stock feeding. That is another
story.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-21

Dakota Chickens.-More chickens
than usual have been Matched out tbs
present spring, and W. are glad to note
the fact. 1t means lots of tender
roosters on the table this fall-cheap,
healthy meat-and if properly cared
for, lots of fresh eggs there, too, and
many more on the counter in the store.
How it does save the pocket book to
take in a good crate of egg every tima
one runs in after groceries! If you
never tried it, fix things so you can
take one along and see.-Dakota
Farmer.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-21

When an engaged girl plans how she
will act after she is married she thinks
of herself, queenly and stately, de-
scending to the hall to greet her hus-
band when he comes home and letting
him kiss her on the forehead; what
she does is to fall downstairs and then
cry on his waistcoat.-New York Press.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-21

attended a reunion OF my regiment in
Ashland, and the first thing Garfield
said when he saw me was: Look here.
Fasig, you never had that court-mar-
tial ! promised you"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-21
Age of Whales.

Whales from 800 to 400 years old are
sometimes met with. The age is as
certained by the size and number or
layers of the whalebone which increase
yearly.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-21

The Bite of Pigs.-It is a rather
remarkable fact that the bite of the
pig is more dangerous than that of any
Of our farm animals. Why this is so
is not easily accounted for; but the
fact remains that injuries inflicted by
pigs usually take a much longer time
to heal than those inflicted by, say,
horses or dogs. However, wounds in
dicted by swine are of rather rare %
currence.-Ex,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-21

No school is more necessary to chill
dren than that Of patience, because
either the will must be broken In child.
hood or the heart in old age.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-21
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES.
GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR
THE VETERANS.

a Garfield Acknowledgement Edwards
Not a Hero, He Is Only an Ordinary
Regular - Clusters Joke on Osborn
Contrary to Regulations.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-21
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR READERS.

Franks Visit to the Quartz MIu-what
Victor Did-Dewsy as He Is-An Ac-
quaintance Talks About the Admirals
characteristics.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-21

He who would live long must grow
old easy.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-19
rAMMANy AGAINST TRUSTS.
The wnr Cry for the Campaign Next
Year VIII Re "AntI-rrus,."

The War Cry for tho Campaign Next
Year VIII Re "AntI-Trus,."
New York, juno 19.--The World says;
Tsmmany is going to array itself against
the trusts. Its Fourth OF July celebration
this year will be mainly devoted to
sounding the antitrust war cry for the
campaign OF next year
The two principal speakers OF the ocle-
bration will devote their eloquence TO
marking the line OF battle in the National
fight. They are ]. J. Willard ex-chairman
OF the democratic state committee Of Ala
bama, and Congressman Carruth of Ken
lucky, Both men who are famed in their
respective States as orators, will talk about
the evils of trusts.
W. j. Bryan has been invited TO attend
the celebration and make speech lie
is not expected to come. Neither Is ex-
President Cleveland nor David y. I'M,
both OF whom have been asked Admiral
schey says he will come If he can, but he
will not make a speech. Arthur p German
ard Edwar' Murphy have been asked, too.
The short takers viii be Herbert Blssell
of Buffalo, Congressman Fitzgerald Of
Mass achusetts, Congressman Daily Of New
Jersey, J. w Ridgeway OF Brooklyn and
perhaps Congressman Dehrmond Of Mis-
eoutt
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-19
1NJur ION suIrs POSTPONED.
Were : light by Miners to Restrain
y bOrtation of Negroes.

Were = light by Miners to Restrain
Y portation of Negroes.
Pitt !. &, Kan, June 1S.-The striking
union { Al miners appear to have tenn
pora stopped the importation of South
ern ;roes by the mine owners. The
hearing OF injunction cases brought by the
strikers in the State court has been post
p1ned by Judge Skidmore until June 26,
temporary injunction being extended. The
injunction suits in question are those
brought in Cherokee county by the miners
to prevent the Importation of miners from
other States. The miners set up that the
negroes are criminals and affected with
contagious diseases and that their coming
would be a menace to the health of the
community, good order and public health.
On this showing Judge Skidmore gave a
temporary restraining order and the appli-
cation to make it permanent was to
have been tried yesterday at Columbus.
It's postponement suited the miners be-
cause they will have hard work in main
tanning their allegations and because the
mines where the Big Four expected TO
put negroes to work next week are all
in Cherokee county. The Kansas and
| Texas and the Cherokee coal and coke
companies could bring miners into this
CCrawtord) county, as the Missouri Pa
ciic has done, but they could not work
them here to advantage. The companies
can not well afford to set the precedent of
even seeming to violate injunctions, be-
cause of the effect 1t would have on the
miners The Missouri Pacific has euioined
500 miners and the State labor commits
isioners from interfering with any one
willing to work for them or from going
on the company's land, These cases are set
for trial Wednesday at Fort Scott for final
/ nv Tud Of ba cd a
court, ana all persons enjoined are cited
/ to annaar
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-19
PROPOSED oonNsrALK COMBINE
steps Taken to Form Trust with
~ CnnitnI of S1O. nOO.OOU.

New ork June ls.-Steps are being
taken to form cornstalk combine with
capital Of $4,000 900. It's promoters
say that If they are successful in carrying
out their Ideas 25OOoo,oOO tons OF corn
stalks that are burned or left to rot now
by farmers viii possess value OF 81
per ton. W. r. Tate. representing syn
dicate OF Chicago and Southern capitalists,
is here promoting the deal, and said that
meeting to arrange the final details Of
the company had been called at the Wal
dorf- Astoria for August 10.
The uses to which the syndicate intends
to put the great quantity Of cornstalk now
going to waste are, briefly, the manufac-
ture OF cellulose which serves as an en-
atomic leak stopper on ships, and is in
great demand by the United States gov
eminent for the navy; a irst-class quail
ity Of card beard and paper an I'M
equaled foundation for dynamite, and a
potent cattle food and glue. The syndl-
cate VIII establish ten plants throughout
the country, Ave OF which Will be In the
South
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-19
PROHIBITION RAISED.
american Cattle Can Vow he shipped
Into belgium.

Washington. June Especial Plenlpo-
thenticatcd copy from Belgium of DEGREES
recently enacted BY the Belgian govern
ment raising the prohibition on importa-
ton into Belgium OF American cattle
This will he formally published at once
for the Information Of the meat interests
in the country. The decree recites the
preceding DEGREES prohibiting importations
OF cattle from America and the iinporta-
tion of vetcrlnaries and announces that
American meat cattle and swine can now
be imported into Belgium under the terms
Of the decree Of 1897 prescribing he places
where they may be landed and slaugh-
tered.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-19

Imprisonment. James l. West, Stubbleheld's
Stubblefeld had been in the employ OF the
Missouri Pacific as conductor and West as
an engineer The plan to rob the train had
been revealed in advance TO the railroad ofh-
Gals, and when the train was stopued uc-
tectivos who were on board opened fire upon
the robbers. Stubblefeld had one arm stoL
away. but managed to escape. He and West
were arrested T~few hours later when they
returned 10 the mes
The sensato - the trial was the testi-
mony of t. J r dams. real estate agent
who was forr :. in the employ OF the Mis-
souri, Pacific : . engineer He testified that
the robbery q seen planned in his office. but
that he at = time had any intention OF
PARTICIPATE the robbery.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-19
A RETURNED VOLUNTEER
Has Poor Opinion nf Minor Gen
craI otis.

Philadelphia, June lS.--Fritz Andreas,
resident of Central Valley, N. Y, now in
this city, who has just returned from the
Philippines, where he was connected with
the signal service, to-day made this state
ment:
Peace could be restored in the Philip
pines tomorrow If 1t were not for Gen
eral Otis. He must know by this time that
with the limited number OF troops at his
command he can never hope 10 crush
Agufnsldo. The truth Is, General Otis Is
proIonglng the war in the Philippines for
his own end. He Is utterly incompetent.
The men under his command have long
realized this, and no longer have any conf
dence in him, either as leader or a man,
President Mckinley would soon become
convinced of the truth OF this tatement
If he would only question some OF the
men who have served under General Otis,
and would believe their evidence"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-19

government has also two battalIons of the
First California.
me number Of islands in the archipela-
50 Is variously estimated at from 1900 to
-voo' and the aggregate land area is
placed at 1885 square miles The dis
triontlon Of American troops. consequent
~ while as great as could be expected
under the circumstances, certainly does
not meet the situation, and many officials
argue thet the president should imme-
diately call for the $4,000 Volunteers au-
lhorized by the army Reorganization law.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-19
Lee-rnrIor reud Ended.

Middlesboro, June ls.-The authorities
at Harlan Court House have received word
from the leaders OF each faction in the
Lee Taylor ieud stating that they arc wlll-
ing 10 let the law take its course Nest
OF the feudal parties are said to have gone
back 10 work