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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-02-25

Early on a Sunday morning in July,
a few years ago, Sambo Robinson and
old Daddy November were seated on
the rocks known as the "grillage," on
Sullivan's island, near Charleston, says
the New York Times. The grillage is
opposite to Fort Moultrie, and, S
Sambo remarked: "'E is de betterest
place on de whole island fur ketch
sheephead." "Sambo," said old Daddy
November, "wot you t'ink am de rea-
son why sheephead wunt bite no udder
kline O bait 'cept fiddler? Wuffer g
amt Tub shrimp" 81 doan' know"
replied Sambo. "E berry funny, cen
de s~heephead; kos shrimp nice, en- fid-
dler am nasty leetle crab" Nobody
can't count fur funny t'ings," said No
vember. yes, e kin, sometimes"
said Sambo; eur instant, i'd you eb-
Der hear OBJ a niger play pokah en-
tell you e han'?" mo" said Novem-
Der. "Sich a man mus be a jackass."
We'll, my man amt no jackass, none
tall. OBJ kose, you know dat de kahd
panty wot play cen my house moas al
ways persiss OBJ Gawge Washington en-
Primus Green en- me en- Hendry Drane,
wot sell fowl. Howsumeber, dere vas
one mo- niger wot play wild me on de
Mite wot | gwine tell bout. Hendry
interjuce EN- to me by de name Of
Jackson en- say he come from MI
Yawk, en- was he fren. Wen I tink
bout wot happen l moas' 'spishun
Drane." "Wot happen?" said Novem-
Der, as he pulled in his line and found
that his bait had disappeared.
Dish yer what happen" replied
Sambo. 1--WE all sot down en- cut fur
de dele, en- Drane win 'em en- dele de
kahd, en- say to me, My fren, Mr..
Jackson from Nu-Yawk, amt under
stand much bout kahd, but he wiIlin'
to lose a few dollah.' Den Jackson
say: oh, yes; l kin play kahd, but |
got one habit OBJ tellin' my han. l tell
de trute bout 'em, too Funny hab-
it, remahk Gawge Washington; en-
Primus Green kauf en- blow he nose, en-
wunk he eye. e cen de fust dele dey
aln't been no big han en- Jackson say:
I bet fbe cent, but l only got two
jack Me en- Drane en- washington
amt hab nuttin' tall en- we gone out,
but Primus call EN- on two nine en-
Jackson TEX de pot, kos e got two
jack, sho' huff. "Well dis kline er ting
gone on a good leetle vile, tell Hendry
dele agen, on he W jackpot. Jackson
sot mex to Drane. en- he open de pot.
Washin'ton come cen; Primus gone
out; l hab only two seben, but l come
cen. Drane say he amt got no luck,
en- he trow way he kahd. Jackson
say: 4 got two jack, but I want fur
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-02-25
ROugemont's Adventures.

The Australian papers now to hand
have a good deal of matter about De
Rougemont. The magazine portrait of
Louis de R~ougemont" was reproduced
in the Sydney Daily Telegraph, and on
the very same day various people call
ed at the office to say that the portrait
represented a mar they knew very well
by the name Of Henri Louis Grien."
Strangely enough, Grien's eldest
daughter Blanche, a bright, intelligent
child, had previously identified Rouge
mont as her father. One night she
was passing the Enmore News agency
and stopped for a moment to look in
the window. The frontispiece of the
World Wide caught her eye. She
gazed at the picture of Rougemont as if
s%pellbound. Then entering and ac-
costing the proprietor, Mr.. James
Rubie, she asked to be allowed to see
the book in the window. (Which
book?' asked Mr.. Rubie. "The one
with the picture of the man." Divin-
ing what she wanted, Mr.. Rubie
showed her the magazine, asking her
If she was interested in the story of the
famous traveller" The girl surveyed
the reproduced likeness of De Rouge
mont intently for a few minutes, and
remarked to the shopkeeper naively,
81 TO- who that is. That is not Mr..
Rougemont. 1t is my father"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-02-25

know eff l got rite fur trow way one
jack en- draw fur flush We all tell
'em e got rite; so e draw one kahd.
Washin'ton tex tree en- I TEX tree. Wen
l look at my kahd, I moas' git fit. 1
ketch two mo- seben, witch mex me hab
TO- OBJ a kline. Jackson sayi Gentle
men, l always tell my han, en- l gwine
tell 'em now. I got big 1ush.' En- den
he bet 10 cent. Washin'ton look sick
at he stummick en- trow' way two
king. I moas' always kauf wen I got
big han, en- e been notiss, but dis
time l keep from kauf. l say to my
self: I got Jackson now, klaus flush
amt nuttin' longside OBJ my TO- seben.'
Den 1 lift Johnson ten cent, en- e
see 'em en- rich ms ten mo-. Den I
histe 'em gen, en- e lift me back, en- l
rise EN- gen, en- e lift me sum mo-. e
cen fax, we lift each udder so much
dat my mummy glib out en- l 'bleeged to
call.
"'Wot you got? / sang out.
at got flush, OBJ kose,' remark jack
son.
Den l reech out fur de pot, en- sho'
TO- seben."
EN-, OBJ kose, Jackson been 'stonish,"
said November.
mo. ] is de niger wot was 'ston-
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-02-25
TAKES THE PLACE OF SILK.
Large Quantities of. Mercerized Cottons
Coming Hither from Europe.

Coming Hither from Europe.
A steady increase is noted in the i'm
portations from Europe Of a new fabric
designed to replace certain grades of
silk. II is mercerized c~otton-that is,
cotton which has been SO chemically
treated as to give a gloss to the sur
face, while at the same time changing
the character of the fabric. Within the
past year an enormous increase has
taken place in the importations OF this
fabric, and customs officers say that
the constantly multiplying orders for
mercerized cottons have caused an ap-
preciable diminution in the lmporta-
tions Of silk goods. The mtrcerizing
process is applied to cotton yarns as
well as to the cloth, and the "silki-
fed" cotton yarns are steadily crowd
ing out the silk yarns for embroider-
ing purposes. Experts in this line OF
goods have declared that mercerized
cotton yarns are about rs per cent
stronger than the silk yarns. Edwin
A. Hartshorn, assistant United States
appraiser at New York, in charge OF
the division in which these mercerized
goods undergo the official inspection
as required by the customs law, says
that he had seen some mercerized cot
tons which in their close resemblance
to silk would deceive men long accus-
toned to handling silk goods. An in
vestigation recently made by the
United States general appraisers into
the character of imported mercerized
cottons resulted in the official decla-
ration that the color in the warp of
these goods is impaired by an insolu-
BILE, ineXtractable coloring matter IN
herent in the fiber, the physical con-
struction of the fiber being changed
by the action of caustic soda. These
mercerized cottons are coming blto
this country in large quantities from
Germany and Switzerland, and also
from Scotland. They are expected
from other countries, inasmuch as
United States consular agents report
that mercerizing machines are being
put in operation in nearly all of the
European countries. Dress goods IN
imitation of silk can be put on the
American market about 20 per cent
cheaper than the real silk. Importers
say that these cottons are fast sup
planting silk in the manufacture OF
silk shirt waists for women and as
novelties in dress goods. The new
fabric is also coming into extensive use
for the covering of socalled silk UNI
brellas. In tapestries and upholstery
silks the mercerized cotton has become
an important factor. While the mer-
cerized cloth has the gloss and luster
of silk it is pronounced as durable as
heavy cotton.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-02-25

The report of a battle reaches the
world over in these days of the reign
Of the newspaper, but without any
such outside aid it can be heard far
beyond the scene of actual strife. The
reports Of the guns themselves, the
real sounds of battle, go far out into
space, and can be distinguished a long
way from the point of conflict.
Prof. w. F. Sinclair says that there
is nothing unusual in the hearing of
artillery at a distance of sixty miles.
The Bombay time guns and salutes are
often heard at the northern Mahim =.
a distance of yer fifty miles. The
guns are-or were at the time when
the observations were made-very
modest affairs, old-fashioned twenty
four Or thirty-two Founders, loaded
with four or five pounds of coarse
black powder, not all of which was
burnt. The target practice of the forts
and turret ships at Bombay was easily
distinguishable from mere salutes and
time guns, not merely as a louder
sound, but by being felt in the chest
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-02-25
Famous Dog Actors.

VI all the illustrious dogs which ever
trod the boards, the most famous is
Dragon, the property of Capt. Mont
didier In the French army. This gen.
tleman was murdered in the Forest of
Bundy by his friend, Lieut.. Macaire, of
the same regiment. After the crime
Dragon showed such a strange aver
sion to Macaire that suspicion was
aroused against him. In the end he
confessed his crime, and his accom-
plice, Landry, in trying to escape, was
seized by the faithful animal and bit
ten to death. This story has held the
English stage, on and off, since the
year of Waterloo, and it is only three
decades since two STARS" named Lamb
and Emmett, played in it with their
trained dog Carlo at the Marylebone
Theater, London. This animal was
also the principal performer in a ca
nine drama named poor Dog Tray"
Eighty years ago there was a theater
at Peckham, where a youth named John
Baldwin Blackstone made his debut as
the injured captain. There is a veper-
able theatrical legend which deals with
a piece called "The Caravan Driver and
His Dog" One evening the leading
tragedian was taken i'll, and the
prompter rushed off to the manager to
inform him that the play must BE-
changed. How you alarmed me-" said
that worthy man, ordering a glass Of
strong brandy and water to steady his
nerves; "the tragedian unwelli was
afraid it was the dog."-New York
Times.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-02-25
ecAFFoLD HORROR,

There was an awful scene In Che
Norfolk (Va.) jail yard Friday Afternoon
when John Anderson was hanged.
When the drop fell the rope broke and
Anderson was precipitated upon the
stone pavement below. His head
struck n from a cash upon his fore
head the blood streamed, dyeing the
hands Of the marshal's assistants as
they carried him, unconscious, up the
stairs of the scaffold from which he
was shortly launched again, this time
successfully.
The rope which broke was tested
Friday morning with a weight almost
double that of the condemned man, and
It's breaking later is inexplicable. The
superstftious comment upon the fact
that Judge Robert w. Hughes, who sat
upon the bench when Anderson was
tried, vas Friday stricken with what
is feared may prove a serious illness,
and that the father Of the executioner
has just died. 1t is also reported as a
fact that one of the men who assisted
IN the test Of the rope when the execu-
ton was first contemplated, in August
last, was recently stricken with paraly-
sis.
Anderson's crime attracted wide
spread attention, being a sea tragedy
of singular atrocity. AS told in the
Blade some months ago, the schooner
Olive Pecker sailed from Boston, laden
with lumber, for a point on the River
Platte, Brazil. When $50 miles off the
a Of Brazil, Anderson had an alter
cation with the captain. When the
latter retired to the cabin Anderson
followed and shot the captain dead.
Then he armed himself heavily and
went on deck, where he mounted the
f~orecastle and terrorized all on board.
The mate, who was aloft, was called
down, and while pleading for his life
was shot four times. Then the crew
were ordered to throw the mate over
board, and on protesting that he was
not dead were assured that he was
dead enough" This done, the crew
was marched below at the point of a
pistol and ordered to throw the cap
tain's body overheard.
Then Anderson directed that oil be
thrown over the lumber, after which
the ship was set on fire and the crew
took to the boats. Anderson was ap-
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-02-25
ICHARMING MOROCCO.
SULTAN CUTS OFF HEADS OF
TAX DODGERS.
Bloody Trail Marks His Progress-If De-
linquent Taxpayers Cannot BE Caught
Helpless Subjects Have to Lose Their
Upper Stories.
Especial Letter.)


The sultan of Morocco Is going to
prevent his subjects from evading the
payment of their taxes, even if in doing
1t he has to behead every tax dodger in
the country. In his majesty's domain
tax lodging by the rich is well-nigh
universal, and well-informed students
and travellers, knowing how corrupt
and rapacious the sultan's government
is, do not doubt that much of it is JUS
Unable. But the sultan looks at the
matter in a different light. He de-
clares that there is no excuse for tax
lodging, that it is criminal, and, more
over, that he has hit upon a punish
ment to fit the crime. Mr.. Frank E.
Jackson, a globe-trotter Of 80 years
experience, has recently made a tour
of North Africa, including the Access
s1ble parts of Morocco, and in a per-
sonal letter to Mr.. Frank l.. Dingley
OF Lewiston, Me-, a brother of the we'll
known congressman of that name, he
gives a graphic account of the %sultan's
bloody and desperate method of proce-
dure. While in Tangiers, Mr.. Jackson
learned that the sultan, at the head of
a large body Of troops, was marching
through the country collecting taxes,
and that at Laroiche he had decapi-
tated a large number If tax dodgers
and spiked their heads above the city
gates, to serve as a warning to others
who might not be disposed to pay
their dues promptly. "a company of
live was formed" writes Mr.. Jackson,
to visit LarOiche and see if this ghast-
ly report was true. The party consist
ed of an Englishman who spoke Ara
bic, a German and three Americans.
We boarded a small steamboat at Tan
giers, and sailed down the coast to
Cosa Blanca. There we engaged mules,
donned Arab costumes "a very prudent
thing to do), and early in the morning
started to Laroiche, about twenty-five
miles inland. 1t was a beautiful coun-
try through which we passed, fertile
and we'll cultivated, the monotony Of
the desert relieved by the fig and olive
trees and the stately and ever-present
palm.
"But it is a country ~cnturies behind
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-02-25
Woman Fight to FinIah.

With the kitchen for a prize ring
and the clothesline tied 20 four chairs,
let about eight feet apart, to keep
back the spectators, Mrs. Mary Ander-
ION and Mrs. Dolan of Mount Hope,
4 small town near Wichita, Kan,
fought to a finish last Saturday night.
The fight was not for money, but for
1 man whom both women were striy-
Ing to win. His name is Allen Harris.
and he was the only mar who Witness
ed the fight. About fifteen women
were present. Near the end of the
seventh round Mrs. Anderson fell
iainting in her corner and was counted
put.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-02-25
WAS A HANDSOME VAN.

Queen Victoria approves of whiskers.
This is clearly demonstrated by the
fact that she considered the earl OF
Lathom, who has just died, the hand
somest man in England. Others were
OF the same opinion; and indeed from
his Oxford days to the present his
striking and imposing appearance we'll
deserved such admiration. At Elton he
was flag to Swinburne, while at Oxford
ne was a very well known cricketer
and rowed in the house eight. In 1866
ne became lord-in-waiting, in 1874 cap
tain of the yeomen of the guard and
under the last three conservative gov
ernments, lord chamberlain. From
1874 the privy council has known him
as a member. Anything in the way Of
sport always interested him and he
was a fine shot as well as being q
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-02-25

The glamour surrounding the ia
panese youth who made a descent on
Lincoln and proceeded to adopt him
self as the son of Colonel and Mrs. w.
). Bryan, in spite of their protestations,
has already begun to wear off as the
local and out of town newspaper no.
toriety given him begins to wane. In
stead OF Count Itsu, with a strain of
blood not a whit below that of the
Mlkado himself, Lincoln's latest Orien-
tai visitor bears the wholly plebeian
OF Yamachera Yamachita, the
son OF a humble tiller of the soil in his
natlVe Japan. Neither has Yamachita
any more wealth than the Nebraska
law allows. In fact, he was obliged to
spend a solid year in San Francisco
III tumble occupation to secure the
WhereWlthal to bring him to Lincoln.
he is no longer a member of the
Bryan household, but makes his home
with the widow and children of the late
John Fitzgerald.
The word picture of the flowing
garments of Oriental splendor worn by
MIR. Yamachita on his entree to Lincoln
must likewise be put down as a pretty
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-02-25

THE LATE EARL OF LATHOM.
Keen yachtsman. He was honorary
colonel Of the Lancashire yeomanry
and of the First volunteer battalion
Loyal North Lancashire and acted as
president of the Sussex Military col
lege. From 1874 to 1891 Lord Lathom
was deputy grand master of the Eng
fish freemasons and in 1891 became
provincial grand master. The sad ac-
cident to his wife, who was killed last
year by being thrown from her car
riage, affected him deeply and made
the breakdown all the quicker. The
deceased passed away in his 61st year.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-02-25
USELESS

So penetrating is water at high pres
sure that only special qualities of cast
iron pipe will withstand it.
The anarchist party has $50 news
papers, the editor of the most impor-
tant of which is an %ex-convict.
Mosquitoes inject a poison into the
wounds they infict which makes the
blood thin enough to flow through
their threats.
Russian battle songs are written in
minor keys, and instead of being bril-
liantly martial are sad, telling of the
soldiers fate.
II you stroke a dog, and then earess
a blind and newborn kitten with the
same hand that has touched the dog,
the kitten will promptly begin to spit
and fluff itself up with every sign Of
fear and anger. distinguishing the
smell of the beast which experience
has, for generations. taught 1t to dread.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-02-25
Too Literal.

Now, remember" said a charming
Washington woman to her new butler,
who had but a faint conception of the
business for which he demanded the
highest wages, remember, in
ing meals you are to say, Breakfast is
ready Lunch is ready Dinner Is
served" Not long after, this charm
ing woman gave a dinner to some
friends. One can imagine the express
sion on her face when, on appearing
at the drawing room to o din
ner this literal butler declared in
clarion tones, Breakfast is ready,
Lunch Is ready, Dinner is served"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-02-25
MR.. JACKSON IN ARAB COSTUME.

MIL. JAChSON LIN ARAB
modern civilization. Women are still
sold into virtual slavery, and not in
frequently to take the place of beasts
of burden. More than once along the
way we saw a farmer working his
land, his wife and a mule yoked to-
gether drawing the pillow. We reached
Laroiche about moo 1t is impossible
to describe the sickening sight which
met u gaze as we rode up to the main
entrance to the city. There above us,
in a CHASTITY row, were fifteen human
heads shriveling in the broiling sun.
We rode around to the other gates, on
ly to find the same grewsome display.
In all we counted As head spiked to
the board arches over the city gates.
And not all Of the heads were those of
tax dodgers; some were of old men and
women who had never possessed any,
thing worth taxing. 1t seems the sui
tan. had vented his spite on them after
learning that a number of the wealthy
residents of the city had been warned
OF his coming and had fed to the
mountains, taking their cash and other
portable valuables with them. These
murderous raids are made once a year
by the sultan, and it is said that he
nearly depopulates some of the dis
tricts through which he passes. Upon
trustworthy authority we learned that
what we saw at Laroiche may be seen
in the wake of the sultan at every
city along his route. If more bloody
heads are gathered in one place than
can be conveniently disposed of there
these are carried on to decorate the
gateways of the next city.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-02-25
JOHN ANDERSON.

pretended at Bahia, Brazil, and sent
north on the United States gunboat
Lancaster. He was tried and convicted
In the United States court at Nor
folk and a stubborn fight was made up
to the supreme court, the conviction
being confirmed.
Anderson's plea for clemency was
based on stories of terrible abuses
heaped upon him by the captain whom
he killed. Having slain his enemy he
was compelled to make himself mas
ter of the ship and the situation, which
he did by shooting the mate and ter
rorizing the crew.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-02-25

ish," said sambo. jackson been say
dat e got flush, en- so e hab, but he
flush knock my TO- seben cole. De
flush wot Jackson sot behine persiss
OBJ de nine, ten, jack, queen en- king OBJ
club. I nebber will play kahd agen
wild niger from NJ Yawk, speshumly
eff he tell he ham cen pokah, en- am
fren OBJ Hendry Drane."
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-02-25

mucn TO De dreaueQ In tnat country.
Queen Wilhelmina In Another Light
Little Queen Wilhelmina appears in
a new light in a story which the Ger
man papers are printing about her.
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
summoned the German artist Lenbach
to Amsterdam to paint a life-sized por-
trait of herself. Queen Wilhelmina had
arrayed herself in a gaudy Dutch ma
tive costume, full of colors, which did
not in the least harmonic with each
other, and the Mortified Lenbach asked
that the queen should choose a more
artistic dress. Queen Wilhelmina,
however, sharply directed him to paint
her as she was. Lenbach then rose
and replied: "Your majesty can COM
mand you own subjects, but I am a
German, and beg leave to withdraw"
Without waiting for the answer of the
~astonished queen, Lenbach left the
room and the palace and took the next
train back to Munich.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-02-25

when the others could only be heard.
The sound produced by modern pow
der is probably very different from
that of the old black powder, SO that
an army in action at the present time
may be relied upon to make it's voice
heard. The "din of battle" is not a
figure of speech.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-02-25
ESCAPES GERMS AND REPTILES

This is the house that Samuel Will
derson built. 1t stands in Nicaragua
and is the home of Wilderson and his
three servants. Wilderson halls from
Louisiana. His idea in building in a
tree top was that he would thus escape
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-02-25
Dasherly - Jones
Is a blowhard.
Flasherly Why,
l didn't know that
he played the tuba.

Mr.. Chinn-Have
you heard of the
new rest cure for
e o us prostra-
ton? Patient isn't
allowed to talk for
weeks.
Mrs. Chinn-Huhi
I'd just as soon die
O prostration as
evaporation.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-02-25

There are no fools in Boston"
Certainly not. Why, I never saw a
Bostonian yet of whom it, could truth
fully be said that he didn't know
beans."-Boston Herald.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-02-25
You Poor Thing.

do you have any faith in this idea
that maladies can be transmitted by
kissing?" asked one of Detroit's young
society men of another. "Well. sir.
I was mighty skeptical till the other
night. l kissed my best girl for the
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-02-25

Poor man! He is so subject to
chills." you wouldn't wonder It it If
you knew how his wife blows. Pitts
burg Press.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-02-25

Government is in many instances
merely a means Of clarifying a few am
bilious men and fattening their tools
and dependents.