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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-28
voracIous White ANITA.

one OF the principal and most imme-
slate needs of the hour, especially at
THIS moment, in Luzon is some effsctiva
method whereby wood maybe rendered
absolutely impervious to the attacks
OF the various species or allies of the
genus termites-the white nts-say
the Scientific American. Writing to
our state department in 1893, the then
United States consul at Annoy, China,
DR.. Edward Bedloe, said: "a fortune
lies in store for the man who will dis
cover some process for cheaply making
wood proof against white ants. These
pests are the curse of existence in
Annoy and every other tropical or sub
tropical city. Their voracity is incred-.
IDLE. They ate the framework of a
new door in this consulate in three
weeks. In the same period they al
MOST consumed a large and handsome
cabinet in the courtroom and a heavy
pine settee in the ante-room. Their
work is invisible. They attack the
wood from a mere point, through which
they bore to the interior, and there eat
everything until only a shell or film
remains. Wood which will successfully
resist these insects must be-~thoroughly
charged with some powerful chemical,
both poisonous and non-evaporable. A
solution of corrosive sublimate, chic
ride of zinc, arsenic of anthony would
seem to meet the want. But how to
force these into the fibers until the
latter are saturated and to do so at a
merely fractional cost of the wood it.
self is the problem hat confronts the
inventor. The American genius is so
prolific in invention and discovery that
L feel assured hat the problem will be
satisfactorily solved" Six years have
passed, and the c~onsul's faith in the
genius of American inventors has not
been vindicated, while the great need
of some such process as he suggests
has yearly grown much greater as
clothes-wearing Europeans have at
tempted to penetrate deeper and deeper
into tropic wildernesses. A soldier cor
respondent of a western daily graphic
ally writes from Manila, after having
returned from one of these recent Ag-
Misunderstanding raids: "These Tagals
are as elusive and annoying as wasps
and not much more dangerous, if you
can only catch them. For my part, I
consider the white ants much more in
vincible. A fellow feels pretty bad
after a three days tramp in this fern
house climate to get back to camp and
clean clothes, only to find that a colony
of white ants nave burrowed into his
chest, n that all his belongings, not
made of glass or metal, have been re-
duced to a rather fine powder"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-28
Some CuriositIes of Our Calendar.

A writer in the French scientific
journal La Science pour Tous recalls
certain curiosities of the Gregorian
calendar. He writes: "Since the re-
form of the calendar by Pope Gregory
Kill, in 1882, no century can begin
with a Wednesday, a Friday or a Sun
day. Also the same calendar can be
used every twenty years. January and
October of the same year always begin
with the same day. So do April and
July, also September and December.
February, March and November also
begin with the same day. New Years
day and st. Sylvester's day also fall
on the same day, except, of course, in
lear years. Each day of the week has
served as a day of rest somewhere;
Sunday among Christians, Monday
with the Greeks, Tuesday with the
Persians, Wednesday with the Assy-
rians, Thursday with the Egyptians,
Friday with the Turks, and Saturday
with the Jews. Finally, the error of
the Gregorian calendar, compared with
the actual course of the sun, does not
exceed one day in four thousand years.
AS it is quite probable that neither you
mo- | shall ever verify this, we shall
not risk very much by believing the
statement"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-28
Requiem.

Requiem.
For One Slain in Battle, 1862.
Breathe, trumpets, breathe
Slow notes of saddest wailing-
Sadly responsive peal, we muffied drums
Comrades. with downcast eyes
And banners trailing,
Attend him home
The youthful warrior comes.
Upon his shield,
Upon his shield returning,
Borne from the field of honor
Where he fell;
Glory and grief, together clasped
In mourning,
His fame, his fate
With sobs exulting tell.
Wrap round his breast
The flag his breast defended
His country's flag.
In battles front unrolled;
For 1t he died
On earth forever ended
His brave young life
Lives in each sacred fold.
With proud, fond tears,
By tinge of shame untainted.
Bear him, and lay him .
Gently in his grave:
Above the hero write:
The young, h~alf-sainted-
His country asked his life,
His life he gave!
George Lunt.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-28

1t may o be generally known that
the invention of the automatic lock-
brake for carriages was the result of a
wonderful dream. The inventor, man
named Springer, had been puzzling
over a means whereby the driver of a
carriage need not get down to put on
the brake, but might do SO through the
action of the horses, and was COM
pletely baffied. Shortly afterwards he
had a dream, in which he himself used
this lock-brake when driving down a
hill. On awakening, he remembered
perfectly how it had been worked, and
Immediately applied for a patent. The
first year of its use brought him in no
less than $4,000.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-28
Cleveland Children.

Little girls and boys who object to
the rule and routine of home life
should spend a few days with the three
tiny daughters of ex-President Cleve-
land and his lovely wife. Miss Ruth,
who is perhaps the best known and
most talked of baby who ever lived in
the White House, is now past the age
of babyhood, and is quite her mothers
companion and adviser. Esther is a.
demure maiden, who preserves her an
gelic look through the widest prank,
and wee Marion follows closely in the
footsteps of her sisters, whatever they
may do. Lessons occupy most of the
morning hours; the nursery dinner is
eaten just after the family luncheon,
with a quiet-faced governess to watch
over Drives or walks and
play fill III the afternoon hours, and
then the nursery supper comes, with
mamma to preside at the table and cut
bread and butter, as much as three
hungry little mouths can demolish. The
loveliest hour of the day to the three
little girls comes after this, when they
may tell mamma all they have done
and hear her advice, reproof or blame
story ends the evening hour, or some
OF mammals own experiences are re-
lated. Then three little girls toddle off
to bed. No parties, no going out into
grown-up society and no excitement is
the rule which Mrs. Cleveland follows
closely for her three girls, who lead
simpler lives than hundreds of Amer
lean children who deem themselves i'll
used at two hours of lessons each day.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-28
Wood Floors In Poultry Houses.

We notice that a contemporary OBJ
jects to board floors in poultry houses,
because they get wet and soaked with
filth from the poultry %droppings.
Whenever that condition arises, it is
q positive proof that the poultry house
IS overcrowded, or lacks light and ven
tilation, or Is not cleaned out as often
as it should be. The writer of this
has a poultry house that has been in
use for some years, but in it no such
condition has arisen as is described in
the said journal as a necessary onse-
quence of having a board floor. The
building is 12x20 feet and is well light
summer two of the sashes are taken
out and wire screens put in. In this
house not to exceed fifty fowls are
kept at any one time, and generally
the number does not exceed twenty
five. The light and ventilation keep
pings become loon dry and the house
is cleaned out in large part by sweep
ing, the shovel being used only imme-
diately under the roosts. 1t is better
to have the floor of matched lumber,
as there are then no cracks to annoy
in cleaning out the house. AS to rats,
there is no danger at all If the floor
is so built that it will be a foot or two
above the ground. There is no point
Of support at which a rat could begin
operations to gnaW his way into the
poultry house.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-28

claw or mouth appear to suffer at al
by the transaction. The beautiful
UNITS OF his side, emerald green in run
shine, seem ven more vivid than be-
lore his sloughing from the old skin,
though naturally he is not comparable
with the beautiful emerald green Jer-
sey lizard.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-28
The Youth of Famous Folk.

John Ericsson, the celebrated navi-
gator, inventor and builder of the
Monitor, was born in the province of
Vermeland, Sweden, in 1903. His
father was a mine owner, and his
brother was a civil engineer, who be-
came chief of the Swedish railways.
AS a boy, therefore, young Ericsson
had a chance to learn all about ma
chinery, and he early displayed great
interest in it. Before he was II years
old he made a miniature sawmill and
was able to draw plans of all sorts Of
mechanical contrivances which he had
not the materials or the tools to make.
His interest in war was encouraged by
one of his teachers, a German en-
cheering officer, who had served with
the celebrated Swedish officer, Gen.
Bernadotte. The boys plans attracted
the attention of Count Platen, a cele-
brated engineer, who secured him an
appointment with the Swedish corps
of mechanical engineers when he was
but IL years old. When IL years of
age he entered the Swedish army as
an ensign. After he had served sew
eral years in the army he removed to
England and made ome unsuccessful
experiments with an engine to be run
by steam. In 1888 he discovered the
important use of the screw propeller in
navigation. He came to America in
1910, where aid was offered him in
putting his inventions into practice.
He built for the government the iron
clad steamer Monitor that successfully
fought the Merrimac in Hampton
Roads in 1862 and practically revolu-
tionized the navies of the world, as it
made the introduction of IRON clad YES
sells necessary. He died March s, 1889.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-28
Hair for Summer and Winter

Visitors at the market one day last
week were much amused at a doll in
the arms of a little country girl, who
had come in with her father seated
on a load of produce, says the Kansas
City Star. 1t was evidently a great
treat for her to be in the city, and
she stood near her fathers wagon.
Her doll vas homemade, but 1t had
the most beautiful suit of golden hair
hat ever a country doll wore It WAS
made of corn silk and was fresh that
very morning.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-28
P~olynesian Warriors.

All over Polynesia, clubs and spears
assume an astonishing and well-nigh
abnormal development. They are made
Of extremely hard woods, so heavy that
they will sink in water, and the cary
ing Of a single weapon of the kind
otter requires years of labor. Some of
the spears are barbed all the way up
to the handle. At the same time bat
ties among the Polynesian islanders
have a character that is largely cere-
monial, and the object of the military
equipment is chiefly to make the war
rior seem prouder and more terrible.
Helmets of feathers are worn and
breastplates decorated with feathers
and shells. The elaborate clubs are
rank. In Tahiti the war costume con-
sists of three cloaks with holes in the
middle, put on n over the other
m white, n red and one brown; and
the natives of that island have a special
sort of forked sword ornamented with
sharks teeth, which is a frightful in
strument. Human sacrifices were uni
versal all over Polynesia before the
Europeans came, and cannibalism was
practiced everywhere. Sacrifices of
slaves and war prisoners were
invariably necessary at the build
ing of wal canoes. The natives
believed that their deities were
cannibals, and their faith was
that the great god kangaroo caught
souls with a net and ate them up.
Infanticide is extremely common now
all over that part of the world, and fe-
male infants are strangled quite Gus
tomarily, because it pays better to
bring up boys, who can fight, fish and
become priests. One consequence of
this custom is that women are scarce,
and %polyandry frequently results, one
woman having several husbands. On
some islands ONE are strangled
when their husbands die, and the ma
tron from her wedding day always
wears the ominous core around her
neck.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-28

Reminiscence of a Carnival of Slaughter
Denver News: Yes, we made about
$50 good Indians on that day." said
Robert Fiskin, a former member of
company G, First Colorado volunteers,
who served three years during the civil
war In the department of the Missouri,
and who is now visiting Colorado after
an absence of ~thirty-fve years. The
day referred to above was the date
of the Sane Greek massacre, in which
Mr.. Fiskin took an active part. l left
my home in Dubuque, Iowa, in the
spring of co." he resumed, land, of
course, came overland by wagon. |
was only a lad Of 20, but | had the
fever n in company with jim Nc
Bride and a man named Wood we
headed for Russell Gulch. We mined
with varying success all that year, and
in the spring of 81 | sold the only
claim | had for $50 and went to Denver.
War had just been declared, and | en-
listed in the First Colorado for a period
OF three years, or until the end of the
war. We vent into camp at Camp
Weld on the Platte river, and our first
campaign was in New Mexico, where
at Candy, 1850 Colorado troops routed
5000 Texans under Bailey and drove
them back into Texas. Soon after this
the government commenced having
trouble with the Indians and we were
sent back to Fort Lyons. On the night
of Nov. 81, Col. Chivington rode into
the fort and gave orders for the entire
regiment to be ready to move on the
following night. The government had
been finding fault with %Chivington for
his apparent inability to restrain the
Indians, and he had evidently resolved
to give them a lesson which they would
remember. On the night of the 2Sth
we left the fort and after marching all
night came Upon the Indians on Sand
Creek in the early morning. The In
dians were taken wholly unawares, and
then ensued a carnival of slaughter
the memory of which even now makes
my blood run cold. OF the $50 Chey-
enne, Arapahoe and Sioux Indians
there were but 300 who escaped. Over
$50 were massacred and left dead and
dying on the field, their flesh to be
eaten by the coyotes and their bones
to bleach on the prairie. Mr.. Fiskin
was mustered out in the fall of '65 and
went back to Iowa, where he has been
ever since. He has come to Denver for
the purpose of entering the Soldiers
Home at Monte Vista.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-28
Lizards.

Lizards are little studied and little
known. In Shakespeare's day they
were thought to be poisonous, and in
England today country people hold
them in awe. The forked tongue and
snakelike movement add to the fear in
which they are held. The scaly and
the sand lizard are most common, and
both seem to need the presence of wa
ter, yet they like dry quarters, and a
cold, wet day will see every one OF
them vanish. 1t is the tongue of the
secures the prey of which it is in quest,
more especially flies and spiders, which
fall ready victims to it's sudden dart.
C%aterpillars are not above the lizards
attention, and small earthworms are a
favorite food, the greater power OF
the lizard enabling it to force it's way
almost under any stones and roots in
search of food. Small particles of ray
beef every few days appear to contain
nourishment of the right kind when
insect food is missing. Irritated by
handling, Lacerta agiles turns sharply
on his assailant, and, though toothless,
clings tightly to the hand and may
be eve carried about in this fashion.
The skinning Of the lizard is an event
well worth watching, beginning at the
ears and progressing gradually tail
ward, taking about a week or ten days
in progress. The skin is shed in sec
tions of perhaps half an inch in length,
and going right around the hodv In
the case of the sand lizard, measures
two inches in breadth. The markings
are most beautiful, and the skin Of the
claws is distinctly shed, splitting longi-
tudinally between each claw and COM
ing off much like a small glove. The
sand lizard seems in no way incon-
venienced in the process, and scram-
bles about with half-shed skin as
agilely as before; nor does his grip of
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-28
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES
GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR
THE VETERANS.

Saved by n Goose-The Bird Gives
Timely Warning to a Sentry-A Bat
tlefield Dream "Reminiscences of a
Carnival of Slaughter.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-28
FOR BOYS N GIRLS
SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR READERS.

Maude and the Terrible Thing
That Happened to Her-PIaythings
That Can BE Made from Acorns, Pop
pies and Daisies-CieveIand Children.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-28

The Creator has divine methods of
calculation. He only knows the capa-
bilities of man and all immortality be-
speaks.-Rev. George Adams,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-28
IN THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS.

Poiynesiaa Warriors - Lizards = Some
Queer Facts About These Funny Little
Creatures-Some Curiosities of Our
Calendar.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-28

Economical F~eeding.-An economi-
cal food is early-cut hay, silage from
mature corn, oats and peas. An I'M
economical way is to give the herd late
cut hay, silage from immature corn,
roots, new and untried crops. The
reason for the early cutting of hay is
because you get more digestible pro-
tein or milk forming food than in a
late cut. Mature corn only should go
into the silo; otherwise it causes an
expensive watering of stock. Corn has
proven to be more digestible when it
is cut just as the kernel begins to
glaze. Experiments have proven that
the silage of everything is the most
economical way of handling the grain
crop, owing to the amount of milk
given and the amount of butter pro-
duced being more on the food from the
silo than in other ways of harvesting
it.-Prof. j. l.. Hill.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-28

Do not aerate the milk in the stable
or in the lee of the stable. The air
in which the milk is aerated must be
pure, else the milk in being aerated
will suffer more harm than the aera-
ton will do good,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-28

Horse "Beef."-A large plant for the
slaughter of horses for "beef" is 60
ing up at Medora. N. D. The object
of this concern is to supply the meat
hungry people of E-lrope with horse
flesh and our own lily people with
canned horse, to be labeled beef"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-07-06
The "PlY.ic Garden"

1t is good news that the old "Physic
Garden at Chelsea is to be rescued
from the clutches of the speculative
builder, though it seems strange that
the rescue should have to be effected,
as last resource, by the trustees of
the London Parochial charities. says
the London Globe. No doubt the
study of botany deserves encourage
ment but we should hardly have
thought that it came under the head
ing OF a parochial charity To criticlse
the means by which the gardens have
been saved, however. is but looking
gift horse in the mouth; for of the ben
eft there can be no doubt whatever.
1t is true that the "Physic Garden"
had long outlived its original purpose.
When Sir Hans Sloane presented it in
1921 to the Apothecaries' company he
thought, no doubt, that he was provid-
ing them with the means of perfpcting
their professional attachments for all
time. But the modern physician has
little need to go hunting about a gar
den for "simples" to cure diseases, and
so the "Physic Garden" at Chelsea has
gradually declined to the position of
one OF those things which guides to
London describe rs well worth a Wis
it," but which. nevertheless, nobody
visits. Unfortunately, too. a physic
garden cannot be kept going without
expenditure, and rs decade after dec
ade passed without restoring any OF
its lost utility and prestige to Sir Hans
Sloane's garden, the Apothecaries' So
ciety naturally became DESTROYS of get
ting rid of what had proved to be a
white elephant. Happily, its sale for
building has been postponed by the
decision of the trustees OF the London
Parochial charities to expend the nec-
essary $500 yearly
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-07-06
ALWAYS "a Double.

1t has always been notable fact
In Washington that whenever man
or woman gained especial prominence
In politics. war or society there APP
prared on the streets of the capital his
Or her double. All the presidents have
had their doubles. and Cleveland used
t. be greatly annoyed when told that
Lawrence Gardner, who was connect
ell with the democratic national COM
nittee from the District of Columbia,
was his exact image. EX-Congress-
man Fowler, Of New Jersey, took the
greatest delight i'm being mistaken for
President Mckinley, and it is said he
affected the presidents style and dress
to heighten the resemblance.
one of the female clerks I'm the
treasury department during the Cleve-
land administration secured many in
yitations to social entertainments
simply because she looked like Mrs.
Cleveland. and certain hostesses
wanted her presence at their func-
lions TO make the unwary believe that
Mrs. Cleveland was one of the guests
There have been many facsimiles in
human form of the various army and
navy heroes of the late war constant
ly seen about Washington. and their
doings have often caused stories to be
circulated about the originals. which,
at times. were embarrassing to the lat
ter. But so far as known. the grip
man who looks like Dewey had not
traded on his resemblance. but seems
content with attending to his work
as Dewey does.-New York Mail and
Express.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-07-06
NickeI,s Worth NJ Wind

Among the summer novelties recent
ly patented is an electric fan. worked
oil the principle of the nickel-in-the
slot machine. 1t is proposed to build
a large number of these and place
them in offices and homes. where the
current has been already installed.
They are put in operation by the in
sertiOn OF the necessary coin, and a
refreshing current of air may be had
at will until a certain predetermined
amount of current has been used. when
ii is necessary to insert another coin.
The inventor of this says that many
persons are deferred from investing in
these fans because Of their initial ex-
pense of purchase. and the limited
service secured, there being but about
two months i'm the whole year when
the fans are desired. He thinks the
fans would be more generally resort
ed 10 IL n delightful breeze could be
created merely by the expenditure Of
u small amount Of money.