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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-09
A PLUCKY WOMAN PILOT.
She Attracts the Attention of Tourists In
California.

The vocation of Miss Jennie Vim
cent, the pilot of a Pedro
harbor, has attracted much attention
from eastern tourists in southern Cal
ifornia. Miss Vincent is probably the
only woman steam-pilot in the world -,
and il she had not emigrated west from
her paternal home for generations at
Marblehead, Mass, she would no doubt
be now engaged in some New England
town in a pursuit that has been wom-
ans for ages. She is a slight. blue
eyed, light-haired, cheerful little lady
of about % years. Her two elder
brothers came to California to engage
in the new industry of sardine packing
on the Pacific coast. She came later
to keep house for them. Financial re-
verses came upon the brothers, and
Miss Vincent, having NJ more house
TO keep after the sheriff had had his
sale, looked about for some employ
ment in her new western home. She
had always lived by the sea at Marble
head and had been with an uncle for
days at a time on a steam craft of
which he was the engineer. From her
girlhood she had known how machin-
cry in small propeller steamboats, is
operated, and she had many times tried
her hand at plotting for her uncle. So.
when financial clouds lowered over the
Vincent cottage at San Pedro, Miss
Jennie resolved to become a pilot on
the harbor there. She studied naviga-
ton, learned the laws of pilotage and
meanwhile earned some money as a
pilot for a little tug in the harbor.
Last September she passed an exam
ination required by the state board OF
pilot commissioners. and last January
she held her certificate as a second
class pilot. She has in the past few
months piloted Pacific coast ships into
a Diego and San Pedro harbors.
Miss Vincent makes from $50 to 1920
a month as a pilot, and her ambition
is to become so expert in a few years
that she may pass an examination to
do first-class plotting in San Francisco
bay, where she believes she can then
make several hundred dollars a month.
The pilot fees in California are S. per
foot on the draught Of the craft and
also 4 cents per ton OF merchandise.
There are many vessels of 5000 tons
that com into San Francisco bay, and
the pay for them is 1920 each.-New
York Journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-09
Fools h Fox.

When the pursuit of wealth tempts
you, my son." said the sage, "remem-
Der the fable Of the fox that hungered
for some wonderfully fine grapes grow
ing In a garden, the only entrance to
which was through a hole in the wall.
It was 30 small that he had to fast
three days before he could crawl
through IT. After he had got inside
and filled himself he was too large to
crawl back through the hole, and was
compelled to fast another three DAYS
before he could make his escape from
the garden. So he went out as Door as
he went in"
Yes" said the ambitious young man,
but why didn't the fool fox take a Iot
OF grapes to the hole and push them
out through it? Then he could have
carried away enough to keep him fat
for a month"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-09

A Memphis family, which employs
m old-time negress as a cook, recently
had a gas range put in the kitchen.
When the range was put in place the
workman who put 1t there lighted the
Jets inside the oven, and then closed
the doors. He opened them, turned off
the gas and then, relighting the jets,
explained to the old negress how the
range was used. The jets cannot be
seen when the doors Of the oven are
closed, and In the excitement of the
explanation the workman closed them
and forgot the lighted jets. The old
negress, after hearing all he had to say.
said: "T'aint no use ter tell me erbout
hit. I'm Cwinter use dis yere old wood
stove whut Use cooked on so long"
The workman laughed and went away
not thinking that the old cook meant
what she said. She did mean 1t. though,
and continued to use the old wood
stove to cook with. When the head of
the family that employs her received
his gas bill fifteen days after the gas
stove was put in he almost dropped
dead. The bill showed that he owed
the gas company $21. Investigation
proved that the Jets In the oven had
been burning from the time the work
man left. The old cook had never
opened the oven doors. - Memphis
(Tenn.) Scimitar.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-09

al wish ecu veSen't broke. I've
got a pretty good mess of cards here
aud wouldn't mind some excitement
well, I'm broke. and that's all
there is to it, says Wrigley, very nerv-
ous and very mad.
"'Ain't you got any assets at all?'
inquiries Bill, in his most provoking
drawl.
mot a cent, says Wrigley.
Nothing in the way of collateral?'
"'Not a damned thing
"'Oh, yes, you have says Bill in a
voice so strained and strange all turned
to look at him %curiously. He throws
his big sombrero down on the floor and
strips his false beard off his face.
"Wrigley looks at him like he saw a
ghost.
"'You have my wife says Bill.
She's an asset, isn't she? Anyhow,
she's worth more to me than she is to
you, you scoundrel. And she thinks
more of me than she does of you, down
in the bottom of her heart. She'll go
home with me if you'll let her alone
"He banged his fist hard on the ia
BILE. I'll :ell you what I'll do he
shouts at Wrigley, I've got 500, 600
more here in good money. I'll put it
all in the pot. If you win I'll go back
East and won't say a word. If l win
you agree 70 disappear without trying
to see the woman Where you go
don't care. All you have to do is to go.
Now, do you call me, you blackguard?'
81 rather guess you could have heard
that famous pin drop then. Wrigley
was white as a sheet. He tried twice
to speak before any sound came from
his throat. Then he said hoarsely:
Its a bargain. l call you
"Bill showed his money into the pot.
Wrigley showed down his hand with
a gasp. Bill turned his face up on the
table. He had four tens.
"Wrigley stared at them for a full
minute, his eyes starting from his head.
Then before any one could stop him he
snatched a revolver from his belt.
thrust it in his mouth and fired.
That's the last time l cared to play
poker, boys"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-09
He Was a Scholarly Athlete.

1t is said that the pops owes mich
of his long and vigorous life 20 tie
healthy outdoor pastime he enjoyed
when a boy. With his dog ard IL
he would tramp for miles ove.' thu
mountains in pursuit OF game. Never
theless he was a studious boy. wrote
Latin verses at the age OF Il and
passed his examinations at tao pGuan
college with such distinction int y
special record was made os It in tho
college archives.
The dining car service of the Denver &
Rio Grande Railroad is proving a great
convenience to the travelling public. Ele-
CANT dining cars are attached to all trains
leaving Denver on O popular road, where
meals are served il. ii manner pleasing to
all travellers, and at moderate prices. The
enjoyment of a trip through C~olorado's
wonderful scenery that aCounGs along the
road is enhanced by the dining car and
other convenience that AVE been adopted.
For information, time cards, rates, etc,
address S. X. Hooper, Gengra Passenger
and Ticket Agent, Denver, or II. M. Cush-
ing, Travelling Passen ,er Agent, 100 West
Second South Street, Salt Lake City.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-09
His

This is said not to be plagiarism and
is told by a woman who knew all about
it and the young woman who wrote
it. 1t was a letter in answer to the
announcement of the engagement of
a young man, and SEN to the girl to
whom he had previously been engaged.
For some reason she was not exactly
pleased at this attention on his part,
and this is the letter she sent to him:
Dear Sir: have received the letter
containing the announcement of your
engagement to Miss Blank. AS | do
not know her ! cannot congratulate
you, and as | do know you | cannot
congratulate her" After that she
signed her name, and with a feeling
of great pleasure of a certain kind,
sent off the epistle.-New York Times.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-09
A BRIGHT DOG.
lie Buried the First Note. but Delivered
the Second.

lie buried the First Note, but Delivered
the Second.
The most intelligent dog in Phoenix
is a brown spaniel owned by the Chi
nese proprietor of the Garden City res
taurant. One of the dogs duties is to
make a daily trip to Chinatown with
a basket containing a note. On the
last day it rained he was dispatched
on his usual errand, and his owner
noticed an unwillingness to go out into
the wet. But the dog started, walked
slowly up the street, now and then
stopping and turning around. At last
he went on without looking back. The
Chinaman watched to see him cross the
street to the city hall plaza, but he
didn't cross. His owner started after
the dog and saw him stand in a
state of indecision under the awning
in front of Goldberg Bros store.
took the note out, carried it into the
street and covered it with mud. He
buried it with great care. The China
man returned to the restaurant and got
a club, for a Chinaman has neither a
sense of humor nor appreciation of
brute intelligence. Pretty o o the
dog returned wagging his tail as if his
conscience were easy. The Chinaman
seized him by the collar and pounded
the hair off of him in spots. Then he
wrote another note and put it into the
basket. The dog picked it up and
bounded out of the door. Mud and rain
were nothing to him now. He started
for Chinatown by the most direct
route, and ten minutes later returned
with an honest wag of the tail, which
really merited Experimentation
Republican.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-09
THAT "TWANG" OF OURS
An English Critic with a Sensible view
of the Matter

An English Critic with a Sensible View
of the Matter
1t is not to be expected THAI an ex-
tremely English %intopation should ever
be agreeable to Americans, or an ex-
tremely American information to Eng
lishmen. We ourselves laugh at a
"haw-haw' information in English; why,
then, should we forbid Americans to
do so. If IAN accent like a banjo" is
recognized as undesirable in America
land assuredly it isl, there is no reason
why we in England should pretend to
admire it. But a vulgar or affected in
tonation is clearly distinguishable, and
ought to be clearly distinguished, from
a national habit in the pronunciation
of a given letter, or accentuation of a
particular word, or class OF words. For
instance, take the pronunciation of the
indefinite article. The American habit
ually says "a man" Ia as in "game");
the Englishman, unless he wants to be
emphatic. says "a man." Neither is
right, neither wrong-it is purely a
matter of habit: and to consider either
habit ridiculous is merely to exhibit
that childishAess or provincialism of
mind which is moved to laughter by
whatever is unfamiliar. Again, when
| first read the works of the sagacious
Mr.. Dooley, | thought it a c~uriously
far-fetched idea on the part of that
philosopher to talk of Admiral Dewey
as his Cousin George" and assert that
Dewey" and "Dooley" we've practical
ly the same name. | had not then no.
tiCed that the American ~pronouncia-
ton of Dewey is DOGGY" and that
the liquid ''yoo' is very seldom heard
in America. In the course of the five
minutes | spent in the supreme court
at Washington | heard the chief JUS
tice of the United States make this
one remark: THAT, sir, is not oonsti-
t%ootional." To our ears this 100" has
an old-fashioned ring. like that Of the
zee" in "obleeged"; but to call it wrong
is absurd, and to find it ridiculous Is
provincial.-William Archer, in Pail
Mall Magazine.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-09
New Diuing Car Service.

Effective June LIST, the Rio Grande West
ern railway began oper ting its new din
ing cars, serving all m ais Oh all It's through
rains The arrangement included No. 3
leaving Ogden at 7:3G Il m. and Salt Lake
City at $3.50 a. M. also No 4 leaving Og-
den at 6:S5 p. m. and Salt AXE City at
7:40 p. n. The west-bound through trains,
both morning and night, will also carry
diners. The cuisine is as perfect as it is
possible to make it, Servi,e, a la carte
so that you can have your coffee and
rolls" for breakfast, or you can select from
a menu as elaborate and complete as the
market of Utah can supply.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-09
CAN SPELL ANY WORD
JUDGE KELLY THE PREMIER
SPELLER OF AMERICA.
He Resides at st. Joseph Missouri, and
Has Had a Varied Career as Farmer,
Lawyer and Jurist-RecalIs the Indiana
Spelling Matches.

Judge Henry NJ. Kelly of st. Joseph,
Mo-, is credited with being the best
speller in the United States. Judge
Kelly is the author of three important
law books, which are widely used by
attorneys throughout the state of Mis-
souri,. When his law books were being
put in type the printers watched his
copy day after day striving to discover
mistakes in the orthography, as it was
whispered around thu offic2 that the
judge would pay $40 for every mistake
of that kind the printers could find.
Every mar would bring his dictionary
around when the judges copy came in,
but never a mistake did they find.
Three law books without one mistake
in spelling is a rarity, in fact, it is
unique, but the judge can spell II
word in the English language. Speak
ing of himself some time ago Judge
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-09
bis Highest Praian.

Edward Terry tells of a pretty incl
dent which occurred during a tour in
Australia. DO you know what I con-
sider the most glowing tribute l ever
received? The compliment came from
a child. There was a crowded house,
an intent audience, and humor had for
the Instant given place to pathcs. Yop
might have heard a pin drop, and 7 felt
the tension of the house was at b1 eak-
ing point. The intense silence WA
broken by a childish voice-a girls
who. turning to her parent, asked. in q
broken voice: Mother. is it real?'"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-09
PLAY"
Leads List of Mammoth Productions
with 700 Speaking Parts.

- 'oo cpehhinE IdTIss
The Passion Play" as performed
every tenth year since 1888 at Oberam-
mergau, which is intended to present
a lifelike picture of the last days of
our Savior upon earth, heads the list
of mammoth dramas in the number of
speaking parts. Seven hundred actors
are required, ranging from the chief
actor, Joseph Mayer, who has on three
occasions played the part of Christ,
to the little boys and girls who are
grouped in the Scriptural tableauX.
The play takes place in a large open
air theater capable of accommodating
5000 spectators. The villagers of
Oberammergau regard the Passion
Play" as a solemn act of religious
worship, and the performances are
characterized by the greatest rever-
ence. The proceeds are devoted to the
good of the community, after betrayal
OF the cost of producing the play, in
Guiding a moderate remuneration Of
the actors. The principal parts are
usually hereditary in certain families,
and are assigned with regard to moral
character as we'll as dramatic ability,
and the part of Christ is looked upon
as n of the highest honors ~attaina-
BILE. The performance, which lasts
nine hours, is attended by many thou
sands Of European and American Wis
itors.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-09
BILLS LAST POT.
POKER STORY OF GOOD OLD
DAYS IN DENVER.
MANS Life and Fortune Against Erring
Woman's Honor-Loser Crosses Great
Divide by Pistol Shot In the Show
down.

"oman's Honor-Loser Crosses Great
down.
A jovial~looking man, whose clean
reaped double chin hung in rosy folds
upon the rim OF his capacious turn
down collar, sat comfortably back in
the depths of a leather cushioned chair
In a Chicago hotel and discoursed
learnedly to an audience of four. This
happened in Denver in '7S,' the elder
man began. Maybe some of you
young fellows have heard of Canada
Bill. He was the original three-card
man. Worked the Union Pacific from
Omaha to Denver in a range make
up and caught from three to five suck
ers every trip. Any time he thought
he needed a fresh five thousand all he
had to do was to buy a railroad ticket
and go out and get it. Tho night when
what I'm going to tell you about hap
pened we'd had a pretty warm session.
Old Fred Argyle himself was in the
game, had got off way loser and was
teeling pretty sore about it. Maybe he
was $4,000 to the bad, and a fellow
named Wrigley, who'd made a strike
up the mountains and had come into
town with nothing to burn but money
mao won the most of it. Probably it
mad got to be about 4 o'clock in the
morning when in falls old Canada Bill
In his farmer makeup. The banks
closed and Bill tries to get Argyle to
open up for him, which Argyle won't
do.
We'll. then, I'll sit in here says
William, and in he sat. l notice Wrig-
ley looking the new player over pretty
hard, like he thought he must have
known him somewhere before, but
Bills got on his goats beard and the
rest of his h~orny-handed jolly, and
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-09
OLDEST IN AMERICA,

II he should live until Feb. 18, 1900,
the Rev. John Naille of Trappe, Pa,
will be SO years of age, yet in spite Of
his years he is still preaching occa-
sionally to the members of his congre-
cation in the little German Reformed
Church of the village. Mr.. Naille did
not enter the ministry until he was 40
years of age, so there are many preach
ers who have been in the pulpit for
a longer term of years. He has retired
from the active work of his p~astorate,
but when he does preach the little
church is crowded with the descend
ants of those to whom he first
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-09
MUSICAL CLUBSIN SMALLTOWN
Branches of Work 1t Is Advisable for
Them to Take Up.

IHem I lHko Up
There is one principle that must be
strictly adhered to in any successful
village musical society, there must be
no drone, says the Ladies' Home Jour
mitted to membership on any other
grounds than ability the decline OF the
society has begun. Regular attendance
can be secured only by arousing the en-
thusiasm Of the members. The one
word that expresses the possibilities Of
concerted instrumental music for the
village is orchestra. This word, while
rather p~retentious in sound, may have
an extremely humble application. Or
chestra Is mentioned as opposed to
band; the orchestra, being intended for
indoor practice, Is capable OF exerting a
most refining influence. 1t is to chorus
work that the vocal energies OF the
singers OF the town must be mainly de-
voted, and 1t Is best to assume a high
stand from the outset. and establish an
''oratorio society" rather than a "chor-
u.s. or choral club" For this purpose
a well-balanced group OF thirty or forty
voices is sufficient if it is composed OF
members who can really sing. A small
chorus OF unexpected volume OF tone
is much more effective than a large
one with a disappointing volume. 1t
may be just as well to call attention to
the fact that the large music empor-
iums, especially those in Boston, New
York, Philadelphia and Chicago, are al
ways ready to give advice and assist
ance in the selection of music where
the members of clubs, individually
or collectively, do o know just what
Ia best for their purpose.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-09
I'm FALLS OLD CANADA BILL"

"IN FALLS OLD CANADA BILL"
about sun-up he'd lost back all he'd
won off Argyle and as much more of
his own. He's pretty nervous as he
goes down the hume, but he keeps on
plugging away at Bill and never beat
ing him once. The rest of us don't
seem to be doing much except anteing
away our money.
Finally Bill beats a queen full for
Wrigley, who rips out a big oath about
q fool for luck, digs up a draft for $10,-
900 and allows that if he loses that he's
broke.
at all goes, says he.
"'Same goes with me- says Bill.
Presently Wrigley picks up three
mines. Bill raises him a couple of hun
dred before the draw.
IA thousand more snaps out Wrig-
ley, like he was tired of being perse-
cuted and was trying to make William
lay his hand down.
1.-TWO thousand more says Bill,
with his most irritating drawl. Wrig-
ley studies his hand a minute and
finally stands it. Bill stands pat. He's
the ante man and Argyle is the dealer.
Wrigley turns pretty pale. but he
draws down to his hand and takes two
cards. He catches another nine, and
then he just checks up his hand. Bill
bets $4,000. Wrigley throws his draft
into the pot.
eft goes for what's left he says. i
tap myself
"Bill's hand is lying on the table in
front of him. He picks it up. cool and
slow, and looks it over carefully. Then
he says:
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-09
INTELLIGENT RATS.
Blind One Was Led to Drink bv rv,
Others.

Blind One Was Led to Drink by Two
One day not long ago." said a brick
manufacturer, lone of my workmen
saw three rats carrying a long straw
across the brickyard. 1t seemed such
an unusual sort of proceeding that he
stopped his work to watch them. Two
OF the rats held the straw at the opta-
site ends, while the third supported
the center. They were making straight
lor the river, which flowed by one side
OF the yard. When they arrived at the
bank they laid down the straw and
TOO a long drink; then they proceeded
10 take up the straw again in the same
name as before INT returned by the
same way they had come. This so in
terested the workman that he deter
mined to watch if they would come
again. And sure enough, at about the
same time next day, they appeared,
carrying the straw exactly as before.
Having provided himself with a gun.
he shot all three to see if possibly ks
might thereby solve the mystery. He
discovered that the rat in the center
was blind, and therefore concluded that
this was the animals kind method of
leading their afflicted comrade to the
water to drink.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-09

japanese statistical tables indicate
that there are a little more than ten
thousand foreign residents in the en-
pire, nearly one-half Of them being
Chinese. There are Ais British, 1.07e
Americans. 623 Germans, 4s1 French.
297 Russians. the remainder being
represented by small groups Of differ
emit nationalities. On the other hand.
the number Of Japanese living abroad
Is not far from sixty thousand. the
largest share in Hawaii and Corea. or
Japanese students abroad, numbering
about twenty-seven hundred, the
United States receives 2.l7s.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-09

Descendants of a Chronic Drunkard.
Prof. Pellman, OF the University Of
Bonn, has discovered and identified 7O9
descendants Of a woman named Rola
Jourke, a chronic drunkard, who was
born in 174O and died in 1900. Seven
of her descendants have been convict
ed of assassination, and seventy-six
others for chronic criminality; 144
were beggars by profession; sixty-one
lived on public charity alone and 1871
were women of the town. In police
charges, and in court. asylum and pris-
on expenses this family alone has cost
the German government a sum OF
E3CS, 900.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-09
A Flash ron me kLed!ye.

A well-known Englishman, Nassau
Senior, whose wife was a sister of the
author of Tom Browns School DAYS"
used to keep diaries in which he wrote
down all the conversations he heard.
On n occasion he was presented to
the late khedive, who had been warned
Of this little habit. ooh, yes, | see,"
said his highness, Mr.. Senior is the
trumpet, and am to blow down it."
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-09
Bells Scared African Lion.

Edward North Buxton, while wheel
ing with his daughter along the high
road to Uganda, found that a lion had
taken up a position right across the
track. The bicyclists violently rang
their bells, and the king of beasts,
appalled, by such a novel sight and
sound in the s%ilences of mid-Africa,
skunk away.