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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-07-01

"Oh, Godi" groaned the Boston
mans fair young soul within him as
he made for an opening somewhere
anywhere.
One more step! The little brown
hand deliberately poised her saber to
make a fatal thrust, then at the sight
of the Boston mans white face, a sud
den reckless impulse seized her, and
she turned and slashed the sign OF a
cross upon the glossy black forehead.
The crowds went dumb. Several
toreros leaped the wall, Pietro at their
head. The sand on the arena few in
clouds, as if a typhoon had struck 1t,
the sound Of a little stifled cry arose
above the hoarse believing of the toro,
and when the clouds of dust finally
cleared away the little spangled figure
did not rise. And after the now thor
oughly Infatuated beast was finally de-
spatched by Pietro's hand, the damp
curls, bound with the gay flowers. still
lay in the dust, but the eyes were lum-
inous and the breath came fast
TELL Pietro he almost saved me-
was my own fault. Tell him-good-by
and tell him it was him I loved all
the time. I've always been true to him
and I'll never
The words came in gasps now, and
the ~sun-mocking eyes were growing
dim.
"And the senior from B~oston-tel
him-tell him the same."-San Fran
cisco Newsletter.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-07-01
What NextY

Things seem all adrift. SO much un-
reasonable talk and mere senseless
clatter about the attitude this coun-
try onght to take concerning the Phil
ippinC archipelago, leave many peo-
pie in bewilderment. The fact Is that
God is managing these affairs, and our
statesmen need especial guidance.
Those public men who talk as though
they could foresee the result Of the
Americo-Spanish conflict know no
more about what will next happen
than the humblest man or m who
reads these lines. The true attitude,
for those of us who are not legisla-
tors, is to pray and wait. Not one
man in America could have a year ago
foretold what has already happened.
Something as sudden and startling as
the destruction Of the Maine may oc-
cur within a month to upset all proph-
ecies. Fevered and angry discussion,
in and out of congress, is most map
propriate and bad. Equipoise, faith,
prayerfulness are the moods we should
all cultivate.-Christian Herald
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-07-01
Described in a Word,

The members of the Flemish Acad-
envy, of Anvers, recently determined to
frame a word which would be readily
ineligible to all who understand the
language of Flanders and who had
ever seen a horseless carriage, and the
result was that after much deep
thought they framed the following
word: nelpaardelooszonderspoorweg
petrolrijtuig. This euphonious word
signifies "a carriage which is worked
by means of petroleum, which travels
fast, which has no horses and which is
not run on rails" This is, from one
point of view, a fine example Of null
tum in parvo, but it may be questioned
whether one extraordinarily long word
is preferable to half a dozen short
words. The Flemish people, however,
think differently, and the academicians
of Anvers have been highly compli-
mented by them on their linguistic
skill as seen in this unique word.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-07-01
A STIFF BLUFF
= Long Sitting of Mining Magnates In
Virglnia City.

Virginia City.
Zone night in 1866, when l was play
Ing in Crittenden & Gentry's in Vir-
ginia City, l made the two greatest
bluffs l ever made. 1t was a royal
game. Several very rich Ophir and
5elcher mining magnates sat at tho big
round table. We had played for u
and it was getting along about dawn.
l grew pretty gay at my luck, for ]
Vas some 5000 ahead at that stage OF
the game. One of the mining kings
looked at his watch and said he must
o quit. Another miner proposed
that we double the jack pot we were
engaged in and that we close the game
with that. We all agreed. We doubled
the jack pot, and with the six players
about the table we had a jack pot OF
$500. A man third from my right
opened the pot for 5000. The next two
men stayed in. / was never more ner-
vous. I evidently showed my nervous
ness. A few seconds of deliberatlon
and l stayed with the jack pot. Two
men on my left dropped out. An Oph1r
mining king raised $500 as quick as a
flash. Then the active work began.
There vas $2,1OO in the pot at that
stage. The opener got out a stack OF
golden eagles and saw the raise. The
two men between him and me dropped
out. I was all perspiration. l re-
solved to risk it. So l dug down in my
inner pockets and stood the raise.
There were three players left In the
game, and there was $4,000 in the pot.
We all drew cards in GREATNESS ST.
lence. The opener on my left drew
two cards. l started to draw one, put
while I Bit my lips and tried to be
calm / drew three cards. The dealer
dealt himself one card, and then
slowly dealt himself another. The air
grew thick and heavy. I felt it a dizzy
whirl. l knew the moment was to be
a memorable one in my life. I never
skinned my cards so a~nxiously as l did
that night. 1 knew instinctively my
two opponents each believed l had
drawn a pair of aces. l had $3.50 in the
pot and I meant to stay by 1t until
the showdown. After deliberation
ShoI SSLhOu I'LL o5O ohC oPNAS1 49,
$500. I deliberated and called. The
dealer saw the $500 and went back
S. 1000 over and above that. The open
er saw the 1000 and went it $1,000
better. l thought again and acted art
fully. Then I just called. The dealer
saw the openers 81 1000 and raised 1t to
5 1900. The opener called the $1,000
They were so excited at each others
playing that they had for a moment
forgotten all about me. 1 sat between
them, you know. They were just going
to show up their hands when I ex
claimed: Here, I'm playing here, too.
Then I called the 81, 500 myself. YOU
ought to have seen the mining kings
look at me. Well, the opener hat
three tens, the dealer had three jacks
and I had but a pair of kings."-Nev
York Sun.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-07-01
-Petrolism In New York.

The time-worn vices of morpho-
mania and alcoholism have been to
some degree superseded by petrol
ISM" which is described by physicians
who have treated patients for it as
"a grim novelty, almost without paral-
lel." The taste for petroleum.. it is
said, grows upon the tippler until it
develops into an irresistible passion.
Physicians who devote themselves to
the various forms of dipsomania have
not yet had an opportunity to study
the full effects of petroleum, and their
views as to it's cure and future are
somewhat divergent. But the con-
sensus of opinion is that the victim of
his new habit is sad and melancholy.
The mineral oil does not temporarily
stimulate and encourage like alcohol or
morphine.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-07-01
BY EAGLES,


40 Big Follows Fight a Man for Pos
session of a Dog.
Isaac Bill, who lives under the shad-
ow of Indian hill, near Weston, Conn,
Is suffering from wounds received in
a battle with a big pair of gray ca
giles the other day. Mr.. Bill was cross
ing a meadow in search of a stray COW,
accompanied by his small cocker SPAN
lei, when his attention was attracted
to the two huge birds, which were cir
cling around over Indian hill.
Suddenly a dark shadow passed
along over the snow, and one of the
eagles swooped down toward the dog.
Mr.. Bill struck at the bird with his
cane, hitting it several hard blows,
and it scared upward and was Joined
by its companion.
Then both birds began to make long
swoops down toward the man, sud
denly veering when within a few feet
Of him, all the time uttering harsh
cries. Mr.. Bill did not like the situa-
ton. He picked up the dog, tucked it
under his arm, and made tracks for
home. The eagles followed and one
made al attempt to close its talons on
the dog. Mr.. Bill struck it again and
again. The other eagle then joined in
the melee, and before Mr.. Bill realized
it struck him a heavy blow on the
head and at the same time tore the
arm of his coat and scratched the flesh
underneath.
Then Mr.. Bill began to run for dear
life toward the house, which was now
only a few rods distant. The eagles
kept close, and several times struck
both him and the dog. One drew his
talons viciously across the mans neck,
making a deep wound. As he reached
the gate of his yard, Mr.. Bill
screamed for help, and his eldest boy
seized a clothespole and struck one of
the eagles to the ground. 1t had all
the fight taken out of it, and getting
up it scared away. It's companion fol-
lowing.
Mr.. Bills neck and shirt were fairly
covered with blood, and he was nearly
exhausted from running through the
snow and his exertions in beating the
birds off.-New York Press.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-07-01
SOM FIS II.
How the MILDLY Managed to Fool the
Sub-Lieutenant.

How the MILDLY Managed to Fool the
Sub-Lieutenant.
The followers of Izaak Walton on
board a man-of-war are wont to ply
the gentle art with a line alone) from
over the ships side during the even
ing, says the Cornhill. A sub-lieuten-
ant, who was not particularly liked
by his junior messmates, was n day
so engaged, when a m~idshipman, see
ing the line depending from the
chains" above, reached out of m of
the main deck ports and gave it a
couple of violent tugs, in imitation of
a fish biting. Up the line was hauled
with alacrity, but, of course, with no
result. Once again the Sub" essayed
to catch this big fish that had given
him so heavy a bite. This time the
middy's plan was more elaborate, for,
getting a companion to keep the nee
essary strain upon the upper portion,
he hauled up the lower part of the
fishing line and attached to the hooks
an old shoe, an empty bottle, a holy
stone and a sardine tin. Having care
fully lowered these to the full extent
Of the line, he gave it a more power
full pull than ever, and the %expectant
fisherman above hauled in as fast as
he could, hand over hand. But his
language when he discovered the ma
ture of his ''catch" is too much to
ask even an unfortunate ~compositor
to set up in cold type.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-07-01
A UDD RECKLESS
SEIZED HER.


q sunset and a thunderstorm COM
bined.
Two bulls had been killed already
amid wild applause and wilder excite
ment, but as the matador was a man
the keen edge of enthusiasm was held
in allegiance till the lively Chispa
should TAKE the field. Fresh sand was
s%prinkled on the arena, flowers, bon
bons and coins were showered over
the erstwhile CORY scene, and the
smell of blood was oon mitigated by
the heavy scents of the JAMS that iut-
tered through the air. And fair and
fitting was it all for the little torera,
the flowers, the music and the ap-
plause as she stood serenely in the
center of the ring. The wide sun
hooking ayes wandered along the low
er tiers until they met and chung so
long to the horror-stricken eyes of the
New Highlander there was only an in
slant left to catch a reassuring dart
from the faithful Pietro before the
toro was led in. Amid a fanfare of
trumpets, a moment of b%reathless sus-
pense, then a tremendous crash of ap-
plause, the great black beast bounded
into the ring. The capeadores and
banderilleros stepping high in Drocade
and spangles, the mounted %picadores
stiff in tinsel embroideries, lined up
and saluted the presiding officer of the
DAY, but Chispa is the bright partic-
ular star, and as long as she can keep
the field she may.
With a careless recognition Of the
eager multitude over her, she made a
little mock courtesy to Senior Toro,
and grasped her saber with the same
calm assurance the Girton girl grasps
her racquet. Even the great black
beast could not be utterly insensible
to the fair young creature who defied
him, and at first seemed disposed to
regard her insults as merely the in
discretion of her t~houghtless youth.
But the crowds grew eager for the
| combat, and the tiny silver ankles
twinkled about as the little wisp OF
girl 1irted her red capa in his face,
menaced him, goaded him. thrust at
him like some small fiend, until his
dignity was quite outraged. Still the
bull remained sullen; what could he
do? The spirit of Spanish gallantry
was in the air. The crowd had ap-
plauded itself hoarse, and now begar
to groan in the slowness of the game
The torera grew reckless. With
shrug of her glistening shoulders sh'
stepped to the center of the ring ant
challenged the populace, then marched
straight up three steps, two steps with
in reach of the lowered horns ant
~bloodshot eyes.
The crowds above her arise in
body and stamped and shrieked, AM
cried:
"Brava, bravo, Chispa! Bravo, lit
tie one! Stick him! Stick him!
While Pietro's voice was loudest o
, all
"Finish him, Chispa! Finish hir
now!" as he realized her danger.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-07-01
Solidified Spirlts for Fuel.

A new idea in candles has been
evolved by a German chemical manu-
~facturer. 1t is simply a mass of solid
flied spirits pressed into cylindrical
form and distributed in round tin
boxes. The solid spirits burn readily
and need no wick to make them appli-
cable for heating or cooking purposes.
The fame can be extinguished like
that of a chafing-dish lamp, after
which the little surface spirits, which
became liqueied by the heat Of the
fame, resume their hard and waxy
consistency in a few minutes.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-07-01
TIA "oUlDES" OF INDIA.
A Famous and SPLENDID Corpg-The
ReRImeDtnl Shirt.

- FAMOUS ana bplenueu COrpO-Tho
RegImental Spirit.
Before 1895 our frontier post was
Mardan-"Mardan, where the Guides
are" Here, ever since It's foundation,
that famous and splendid corps has
been quartered in the intervals OF
campaigns which have consistently
added to the luster Of it's record, say
G. w. Stevens in the London Mail.
The only corps in India, except the
Gurkha battalion, which has perma-
nent quarters, the Guides have made
Mardan less of a station than a regi-
mental home. Here are it's family
heirlooms-the mess-walls covered
with heads of buffalo and ibex, ante
lope and mountain sheep, with ban
ners taken from the enemy, and queer
Greoo-Buddhist statuary ~excavated
out of, the neighboring hills. Here is
the regimental ce~metery-full now
and overlooking into a new one-and
an arch and little garden tardily
created by government to the mem
DRY Of the handful of the corps who
AZ Ut pOoL louuu III Nd
bull. Also the little swimming bath
In the officers garden, the fort with
sentries of many types-here a Sikh,
there an Afridi, a Gurkha, a Rajput,
a ~Dogra-for Gods Own" Is composed
of the pick of all the fighting races
OF India. In enormous long white
trousers Sepoys and Sowars walk
placidly about their home and the
home of their fathers; for the fight
ing native puts down his young son
for the Guides as you might at home
for the Travellers. You come across
a native officer of forty-two years
service-straight away to before the
mutiny-a smiling, little old gentle
man, whose dyed beard only just
matches the mahogany of his skin.
He regrets, politely, that the Guides
were not able to appear at Omdurman,
and remarks, as an incentive to my
future efforts, that he himself saw a
war correspondent killed at Landakai.
Every officer or man you meet has
the air of a gentleman taking his ease
in his W house. Mardan is the con-
crete epitome of the spirit that makes
a regiment-the only satisfactory
translation I ever met of the words
esprit de corps.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-07-01
THE WINDOW OYSTER.
Queer Shell That Serves as Substitute
for Glass In Manila.

Queer Shell Tha Serves as Substitute
for Glass In Manila.
In Manila, where there is an inter
esting field open to the naturalist, the
natives have a queer substitute for
glass. 1t is a bivalve shell of about
nine inches of surface, so transparent
that print can readily be seen through
1t, and admitting a mellow light in a
room where it is used as window
glass. The shell is an attractive OBJ
ject, perfectly straight, and in appear
ance resembles isinglass. One could
almost imagine that it was some
skilful invention of the natives, could
not the growth rings be readily OBJ
served. The outer side of the shell is
perfectly glazed over, and in the light
has the pearly luster found in many
of the thin-shelled oyster-like mol
lusks of the tropics. The shell is the
placuna placentia of science, and is
we'll known in China, the common
name being the Chinese window oys-
ter. 1t is employed there also for win
dows, and used in lanterns. The Chi
nese grind up the shell and make
from it the silver paint so common in
their water collows. The bivalve is
very common in the Philippines, and
forms a very good and cheap substi-
tute for glass; one that is extremely
ingenious and suggestive of the value
OF shells.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-07-01

The angry ocean has been at it again.
The mingled stories of alright and
courage have made all our sympathies
to Jingle. Oh, cruel sea, pity them!
mo" says the sea, 81 lever pity. l
swallowed the Vile du Havre, and the
Arctic, and the Central America, and
the Schiller, and the Utopia. My play
things are shipwrecks, my Wine is
made out of the fears Of nations" 1t
seems that every shipwreck must give
to the world an illustration of the
greatest doctrine of the Bible, namely,
vicarious suffering. Those sailors, in
the face of almost certain death
plunged into the sea to rescue some
of the sinking passengers, and go down
never to rise. Vicarious sacriice'
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-07-01
Modern Word-Making

The word bicycle" is one Of the
newest of accepted English words. 1t
had an easy victory over its predeces-
sors. Velocipede was good enough for
several generations, and before that
the machines were known Is manive-
l%ociter, bivector and patent-accelerat-
or. The inventor of the word bicycle
died in the hope that bike" as an alb
breviation would never become popu-
lar.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-07-01
European Signs.

Notes from a letter just received
from an observing American who no.
ticed these signs on a trip from Liv-
erpool to Naples. In Liverpool a sign
reading: Shaving, Id; shaving, with
clean water, 3D." In the Anglo-Amer-
lean bar, at the Grand Hotel, in Rome,
the popular American drink thus
masquerade on a sign: Handsome
Cooler, l lire" Travellers on a train
from Paris to Rome were informed by
placards that Travellers may not put
their heads and hands from the win
dow in case of accident" To what
straits a nation with no w in its Ian
guage is reduced is shown by theatre
cal posters on the walls and fences
about Naples which stare one in the
face, reading: "Teatro Mercadante,
Etc, Etc, Etc, Athletic, 5 atti., etc.,
etc, G. SHAKESPEARE" Shades of the
departed William!-New York Times.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-07-01

In the opinion of sagacious French
writer's, all languages lack an import
ant character-a sign to emphasize
irony. A question mark (O is often
used for the purpose, but it does not
cover the ground. Alcanter de Brahm,
a French author, is agitating the mat
ter and promises to supply the missing
symbol in the near future.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-07-01
To Cook New Peas.

Cover fresh peas with cold water,
season with salt and boil till tender.
Drain off the water, add three or four
little pats of butter, and let the butter
melt through the peas. Put them In a
vegetable dish and serve very hot. II
the peas are not sweet enough sweeten
them with a very little sugar.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-07-01

Who can watch those brave sailors
swamped without thinking OF the
greatest deed of these nineteen cen
turtles, the pushing out of the Chieftain
of the universe to take the human race
off the wreck of a worldl oh, how
often has the sea witnessed scenes Of
Observation-Disclosures Herald.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-07-01

Aunt Sophia-'And is Tommy a good
little boy at SCHOOL," Tommy-"Yes,
auntie." Aunt Sophia-'And why is
Tommy a good little boy?" Tommy
"'Cause it's better fun to see the other
boys get a licking than to get one
yourself."-Boston Transcript.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-07-01

The new spring skirts are long. This
calls for a new way to hold up the
dress skirt and for a new walk. The
new spring walks needs a pair of very
high boot heels. The step is short
and mincing to show the underskirt, or
~petticoat, which is very elaborate. The
new way to hold up the dress skirt re-
ouires a little rehearsal. To do 1t
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-07-01

Valet-I hadn't any alcohol left, 50
I used a bit of your cognac, sir. The
Master-Not much, 1 hope. Valet-No
indeed. sir-only a mouthful.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-07-01

Many a man will spend five times the
amount in a day for dNnks and cigars
who thinks so cents for nsw asparagus
ap AYtravagAace.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-07-01
Short Girls and MatrImony.

It is said that short young ladies have
a better chance of marriage than their
taller sisters, and the reason given Is
that short women make the better
wives.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-07-01
Her idea.

ga woman" read Mr.. Meekton from
the newspaper, may argue, but she
won't reason" eyes," answered his
wife. "And a MAI as a rule doesn't
do either. "-Washington Star.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-07-01

properly you must begin right. Lot
her who would acquire the art begin
by reaching down as low as possible
on each side of the skirt. Then let her
grasp her skirt with both hands. LIT
on both sides evenly until the hands
are at the waist line. This lifts the
dress skirt and shows the beautiful
silk petticoat to advantage.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-07-01

An English naturalist has devoted an
betire book to the sparrow.