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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-10
In THE FROZEN NORTH
A BISHOP OF THE ARCTIC
REGIONS.
His Diocese Lies In the Frigid Zone,
and He Travels Thousands of Miles
Yearly - Faithful Labors in Polar
Lands.

Right Rev. Peter Trimble Rowe is
the bishop and head of the Episcopal
diocese of Alaska. His territory is a
vast one, and involves almost constant
travelling on sledges, in rowboats and
afoot. In the course of his preaching
and diocesan duties he has travelled
between 5000 and 1000 miles a year
regularly since his appointment. He
is quite a young man, being only 35
years OF age, and prior to his elevation
to his present position, three years ago,
he was Episcopal rector at Sault Ste.
Marie, Mich.
Bishop Rowe is now in the Western
states on a brief furlough, and will re-
turn to his field in May. In a recent
interview he made some very inter-
esting statements concerning his work.
He will cruise among the Aleltian
islands during the coming summer,
visiting Indian settlements, and in the
fall will come down to st. Michael and
spend next winter visiting the mis-
sions in the interior along the Yukon.
While travelling he wear the regular
Eskimo dress of reindeer skin. With
regard to the healthfulness of the Arc
tic regions, he says the natural hard
ships incident to life in such an incle-
ment latitude, together with a lack of
a wholesome variety in the food, are
responsible for nearly all the sickness
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-10
THE DANCE G

in her set met nightly at her little
cottage, and to the melody of Mozart's
don JUAN" squeaked out of a wheezy-
toned piano, went through the move
ments Of the stately number in a thor
oughly satisfactory tanner.
At last the night of the dance ar
rived. The town hall was peopled to
it's fullest capacity, for nearly every
family in that and adjacent villages
had a representative in one or ana
other of the various dances. Many were
there who remembered Miss Hepsey
when she was a much younger woman.
The gossips chatted among them
selves, raked their memories, recalling
events in her early life. Some of them
limited at the cause of her state Of
single blessedness, if such it could be
called, and every one was curious to
see her dance.
Miss Hepsey was late in appearing,
and her entrance was the cause of no
little excitement and some admiration.
She wore an old rose silk-quilted pet
ticoat, with IN deliberately figured silk
o%verdress. An old lace kerchief was
folded over her breast, and on her
feet were high-heeled white slippers,
somewhat yellowed with age. To
crown all, her scant hair was arranged
over a cushion. That hair needed no
powder; it was already as white as
newly fallen snow.
Miss Villiers herself came forward
to greet Miss Hepsey.
20, my DEAR" she said. Whatever
shall we do? Your partner has not
come. I am afraid you will be much
annoyed, but the best we can do is to
find a substitute for him. A Mr..
Brooks, a new arrival in the village,
has proffered his services. Do you
mind?"
If any one hae closely observed
Hepsey at that moment it would have
been noticed that a tinge of color had
crept into her usually colorless face.
"At such a time as this one cannot
| choose" she said. "There is no 9TH
err alternative. Mr.. Brooks is kind. l
have no doubt that l will find him a
most acceptable partner"
A moment later she found herself
courtesYing to a stately old gentleman,
who was attired in small clothes, ap-
propriate to the costume Of his part
ner. There vas no time for any fur
Their exchange of formalities, for just
then the orchestra began playing the
| Mozart air and the dance began. Poor
Miss Hepsey was the personification of
the grace of the old school. The au-
dience applauded her every movement,
and at the conclusion of the number
it had to be repeated. Those who came
| to scott remained to admire, and Hep
sey, for reasons best known to herself,
was supremely happy.
1t was not long after that when she
| left her little cottage and went to live
as mistress at the Grange. the finest
residence in the place, Then the truth
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The wife of a tenor singer says that
of all the tributes paid to the beauty
and pathos of her husbands voice the
one which touched her most had in 1t
an element of humor despite it's gray
ity. She sat at a concert, directly in
front of two old ladies, whose COM
ments on the soprano who graced the
occasion were far from 1attering.
"She can sing high" said one of tne
old ladies, "but some way I'm not
moved by it, Sarah" 81 should think
not" returned her friend, decidedly.
"The woman lacks soul" Later, when
the tenor sang, his wife listened half
~anxiously to hear what the old ladies
would say Of him. 20, Sarah!" ex-
claimed the one who had not been
moved" by the soprano, 20, Sarah,
what a sweet singer!" Eyes, and what
a voice for a funeral!" exclaimed
Sarah. "If we could have secured MIN
for fathers funeral, it would have
made a beautiful occasion!"
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rested for melting revolts against the
civic authorities, is a fiery agitator,
whose championship of the army has
been conducted in literature as we'll as
in politics. His ability to write in
verse comes to him naturally enough
by inheritance, since he is the nephew
of Frances celebrated dramatic poet,
Emile Angler. 1t was said, ten years
ago, during the Boulangist excitement,
that Deroulede's "Songs of the Sol
der" c'Chants du Soldat") had the
largest sale of any book in France. 1t
is a little volume of stirring patriotic
verses, which appealed powerfully to
the popular sentiment when it was is
sued, just after the Franco-Prussian
war, and it's literary merit was recog-
nized when it was crowned" by the
French Academy.
AS a soldier himself, Deroulede was
qualified to write of military affairs in
the true spirit of the camp. At the
very outbreak of the war with Prussia
he and his brother enlisted as ~privates
in an infantry regiment. They fought
in the terrible battle of Sedan, on Sep
TENDER l, 1870, when Paul Deroulede
distinguished himself by saving his
brothers life. He had received severe
wounds of his own at the time. He
was among the prisoners taken by the
enemy, and was placed by them in a
hospital at Breslau to recover from his
injuries. From here, however, he
managed to escape, and, making his
way back to France, rejoined the army,
and fought with bravery through the
campaigns of the Loire and of the East.
After the c~apitulation of Paris he
took part in the second siege of that
city against the Commune. He had
reached the rank of lieutenant, and
had been decorated with the cross of
the Legion of Honor, when, on account
of a severe fall from a horse, his health
was so much impaired that he was
obliged to quit the service.
In the ear following the war he
published the Chants du Soldat," and
three years later a second volume, en-
titled "NouveauX Chants du Soldat."
Two more books of poems of the same
nature were Marches ct Sonneries,"
published by him in 1881 and "Refrains
M~ilitaires," in 1888. He has done other
literary work, but these are his chief
productions relating solely to military
life.
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THIS KITCHEN is LARGE

The last of the works of the much
maligned George ". is the enlarged
and improved royal kitchen at Wind
sor castle. 1t stands-perhaps the
largest single kitchen in the world
on ground where royal kitchens have
stood from time immemorial.
George ". it was, who, In 1928, gave
1t its lofty roof and top-light ventila-
tors, its splendid clock let into the
stone walls and its generally medieval
appearance, says the Pail Mall Maya
zine. At either end of the kitchen is
fixed an immense and venerable smoke
jack, whose origin is lost in the mists
of antiquity. One of these annually
has the honor of roasting Victoria s
baron of beef. The hot-plate table In
the center of the kitchen measures no
less than IA by 8 feet.
The batterie decuisine in It's brilliant
array of glittering copper is large
enough to cheer the hearts of the small
army of gourmands, and, to show its
Office is no s%inecure, one may mention
that it has to make an annual visit to
the manufacturer for restoration and
repair. Lady Bloomfield says of this
kitchen in 1912:
1.-THE fire was more like N~ebuchad-
nezzar's burning fiery furnace than
anything else l can think Of: and
though there is now no company at
Windsor, there were at least fifteen
or twenty large joints of meat roast
ing. Charles Murray Comptroller of
the household) told me that last year
they fed at dinner 10000 people,"
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pany, which promptly sent the news
to its headquarters. The European
correspondent of the New York paper
caught the tip from a friend in the
employ of the company, and, hasten
ing to the British admiralty office, laid
the catastrophe before it. lie was
laughed at for his pains, but never
theless cabled all he could get on the
matter to his paper. Two days after
the thing was world news, but the
London papers had been obliged to
copy from an American contem.
porary the most startling piece Of news
of the rear.
When the news of G~ladstone's in
tended resignation was first published
few people in all England believed it to
be true. No n could realize how he
could relinquish his commanding posi-
ton. However, the premier was in
earnest and confidentially mentioned
his determination to a friend at a res
taurant. A waiter happened to over
hear him and, fastening to the office
of a leading daily, offered to sell his
news. 1t was said that he received
$1,000 for it.
When Lord Randolph made up his
mind to resign his portfolio under Sal
isbury he drove to the Office of the
London Times and made known his
decision. He had shrewdly calculated
that after being so kind as to bring in
such a scoop" in person the paper, al
though on principle opposed to him,
would hardly censure his action. But
the editor of the greatest paper in
the world preferred principle to news.
On hearing of Churchill's plans his in
%dignation knew no bounds. He took
no pains to conceal his adherence OF
the scheme.
"This news is indeed enormously i'm
portant," he said; cit will make a great
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-10
THE MINUET

What do you think, girls, that old
maid, H%epsibah Springer, is going to
dance at our May festival Did you
ever hear of anything more ridicu-
lous?" And Dorothy Palmer tossed
her head disdainfully at the thought
Of what to her seemed an unwarranta-
BILE proceeding.
ooh, do tell us all about it, Dolly,
dear. Come, tell us all you know"
well, that will not take her long,"
chimed in one of the sweet girls, who
did not regard Dorothy in a favorable
light. 81 mean, of course, dear, it will
not take you long to tell the story, for
it is well known that you have a Won
derful faculty of condensing a vast
amount of information in a few most
refreshingly pungent remarks"
"As far as 1 am privileged to express
an opinion, l think hat Dolly is a lit
tie bit envious of poor Miss Hepsey's
charms" said another. Are you
fearful that she may win your Jack
from you, dear?"
"If you girls will only be quiet" re-
marked Dorothy, 81 will tell you the
little l know. Today l went to Miss
Villiers' dancing class to practice the
Maypole trot, and who should walk in
but Hepsey. Miss Villiers had one of
her wretched headaches and was about
to dismiss the class, when what did
that Anticipated maiden do but step
forward and volunteer to put the
young folks through their PAGES.
well, in justice to our village spins
ter, she knows a thing or two about
steps, and Villiers became SO inter
ested that she forgot her headache and
was most profuse in her compliments.
My dear Miss Hepsey,' she said, I
thought myself capable of teaching
these children, but here are you capa-
BILE Of teaching me. Will you not con
tinue to assist me? Will o not in
troduce some old-time dance? 1t will
be such an Innovation
81 have not danced for years. an
swered Hepsey, and would you be-
lieve it, girls, there were tears in the
poor old creatures eyes. But she
added, I will comply with your re-
quest. Let me have my choice of these
people and I will put them through
the evolutions of a minuet. We will
costume in old-fashioned clothes suit
able for an old-fashioned dance. l,
myself, can wear a dress in which
last danced the minuet-almost forty
years ago."
The girls chatted merrily over the
affair, and 1 am afraid poor Miss Hep
sey was ridiculed without stint. But
Hepsey went about her preparations
for the dance with m%ethodical preci-
sion. The chosen few who were to be
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-10
BISHOP ROWE.

sensation. But, if you choose to have
it so, you may take it to some other
paper, and not a line shall appear to-
morrow in ours! The Times cannot be
bribed."
h nobleman left in a towering
age and the Times scored him unmer-
cifully in it's announcement of his res
ignation.
Bismarck himself once revealed to
Mr.. De Blowitz, the French CORE
spondent of the London Times, a
scheme to overthrow the French en-
pire. The German government, jeal-
Gus of the increasing power of France,
intended to pick some petty quarrel
with the other, invade Paris and level
the city to the ground. The iron chan
cellor had long opposed the plan, and
now, being utterly unable to cope with
his enemies, divulged the matter in
hopes that England might interfere.
England, long watching the growing
power of Germany, did interfere; the
balance was maintained.
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to be found there. With these condi-
lions improved or i~nstigated the eli
mate is beautiful.
1.-THE field for spiritual work in Alas
ka," he added, sis %boundless, for in ad-
dition to natives, upward OF 100000
white men have gone into the country
lately. We had three missions three
years ago, but now we have twelve.
Polygamy prevails among the Eskimo
on the Asiatic side, but it has nearly
died out in Alaska. At our mission at
Anvik, on the Yukon, one of the last
Indians who practiced polygamy was
shown the error of his ways in a forci-
BILE fashion last winter. He attempted
to discipline one of his four wives, and
the other three joined forces with her
and attacked him until he became con-
WINGED of the evils of polygamy."
In his last report of the progress of
the missions under his charge, Bishop
Rowe gives some instructive facts. He
has eight clergymen engaged in active
work, two medical missionaries, one
teacher, six women (nurses and teach
ers), exclusive of the faithful, helpful
wives of missionaries, two licensed lay
readers, five native catechists-twenty-
five workers in all. The population
has, within the three years, probably
doubled. Educational work has pro-
crossed amazingly, and the schools are
rapidly extending. Last years work
by the bishop included visits t. Sitka,
Juneau, Douglas island, Ketchikian,
Skaguay, Dyea, points on the trail to
the interior, Eagle City, Circle City,
Fort Yukon, Fort Hamlin, Rampant
City, Fort Adams, Copper river, Valdes,
Orca, Unalaska, etc. He made two Wis
itations throughout southeastern Alas
ka, n to the interior of Alaska, trav-
eled by steamer, small boat and on
foot 5000 miles, held 155 public serv-
ices; preached SO sermon and 81 ad-
dresses, officiated at 40 celebrations, l
marriage, 5 b%urials, 5 baptisms, 1 ordi-
nation, s combinations, and licensed 2
lay readers.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-10
REMARKABLE WHEAT STACK.

The stack shown in the accompany
ing illustration has been standing
upon a farm at Stradbroke in
Suffolk, for over twenty-one years,
and is probably the Oldest in
England. 1t is the produce of a field
of wheat grown in 1877, when prices
ruled somewhat high, and the owner
declared that he would not sell it for
less that 30s per coomb. AS the mar
ket value has never risen to this figure
he has vigorously kept to his word,
and the stack remains unthrashed to
this day. Externally. it presents quite
an antique appearance, and a glance
at the illustration will show what hav-
oc the rats have made: and every few
years, when the stack is re-thatched,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-10

was revealed. Mr.. Brooks was noas
Other 'han the sweetheart of Hepsey's
youth. The two had quarreled after
having danced a minuet, and he had
gone away. After forty years, rich,
yet faithful, he returned to the wom-
an of his choice. In this last minuet
all the unpleasantness of the past was
forgotten and a reconciliation had
been the result.
And Miss Villiers, having learned
somewhat of the early state of affairs,
was the good fairy who was the in
strument of the reunion. and IN the
years that followed she was the es-
teemed friend of Mrs. Hepsibah Brooks
and DISQUALIFICATION Post.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-10
PROFITS IN ORGAN GRINDING.
Two London Clerks Collect $40 for
Eight Hours Playing.

Two London Clerks Collect $40 for
Eight Hours Playing.
From the London Mail: OF the
financial possibilities of organ-grinding
as a means of livelihood, Henry S.
Penny, a clerk in the bankruptcy
court, yesterday It'd an interesting
story to a Daily Mail representative.
Mr.. Penny stated that, as the result OF
a wager made between some fellow
clerks and himself, he and a friend,
A. ]. Southgate of the Devonian Club.
recently hired a piano organ from
Charles Ricci of 80 Warner street,
Clerkenwell, and, with a card bearing
the words Kind friends, we are Eng
fish clerks" played before appreciative
audiences in Old Kent road and Peck
ham. at was arranged said Mr..
Penny, that we should meet some of
the parties to the wager with the organ
outside Jones & Higgins, Peckham, at
$3.50 on the appointed day. When we
hired the organ of Mr.. Ricci we paid
rs Cd as deposit and another rs Cd
when we returned at night. We
dressed ourselves in old clothes and
shabby straw hats and as a pathetic
appeal to the compassion of the pub
lie we had prepared a board, upon
which we stenciled the words, Kind
friends, We are English clerks but at
the last moment we determined to
keep the placard out of sight while
daylight lasted. We began playing at
half-past 2 at the rear of the Elephant
and Castle theater, and during our stay
we found the people of the tenements
exceedingly sympathetic. From this
pitch we took about 5 shillings and
then moved on down the New Kent
road, where, falling in with a one
armed professional %organist, we had
tea and a paddock together. After the
meal we displayed u board and
started an entertainment outside a
block of superior tenements, at one of
the windows of which two girls pre-
sented themselves and gave us six
pence, a cup of tea each and words Of
sympathy. After five hours of pretty
hard and fairly profitable work we
played outside our first public house,
and here, as 1 believe is the custom, a
tankard of ale was sent out to us. At
another hotel Mr.. Southgate went in to
make a collection, and a workman
standing at the bar asked him to have
a drink. Forgetting his role for the
moment, Mr.. Southgate replied that he
would have a whisky and soda, where
upon the honest toiler said: ''Ooyer
gettin' at? You amt no bloomin' out
O. work; yore Oh the kid, you are
With some difficulty he was Modified.
Then, with varying fortune, we played
at different stands down the Old Kent
road and at last reached Peckham,
where, at the appointed spot, we met
the others interested in the wager.
After that we set out for home. Hav-
ing returned the organ and settled with
Ricci, we counted out the days takings
and found that, all expenses paid, we
had e. Is 1%d for eight hours play
ing. What impressed me nest was the
fact that most of the practical sympa-
thy came from the poorer classes and
not from people of our own station"
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SHE WEARS A STAR.
A NEW WOMAN IN PACIFIC
ISLANDS.
She Is One of Hswairs Finest-Helen
Wild Wears the Star of the Hawaii
Ian Police Force and Wears It Very
CreditabIy,
Especial Letter.l

(Specldl letter.
Helen Wilder wears the star of the
Hawaiian police on her breast. She
is probably the only woman police Of
fcer in the world. She is wealthy,
too, at that, the heiress of a vast Ha-
waiian estate, and prominent in Ha-
waiian society. She is simply a plain
woman with plain ideas, 10 fuss or fz-
zle, believing herself on an equality
with man, neither asking nor giving
faVors. Helen Wilder calls a spade a
spade. She chooses to be called a po-
liceman, disclaiming her right to the
title of special officer" She does not
even object to the sobriquet of cop"
But then the things that Helen Wilder
does object to are the very ones that
are most dear to the heart feminine.
h wouldn't give a lei of sweet scent
ed MALL for all the gowns that Worth
ever made. She doesn't care a fig for
dances, teas or the dilly dallying OF
society. She snaps her fingers in the
face of conventionality without so
much is a beg pardon" She dons a
short skirt, a shirt waist, a military
hat and rides her horse with the dar-
ing Of a vaquero, or she handles the
reins with the dexterity of a pioneer
stage driver; in a rowboat she can pad
die as swiftly and as easily as a Kan
aka fisherman. Wherever she is, what
ever she may be doing, she carries a
pair of handouts to snap on the wrists
of the tormentor of children and ami
mails. Above all, she is always Helen
Wilder. Like no one else in dress,
manner or speech, she can always be
depended on to do the unexpected.
Honolulu did elevate it's eyebrows
though when her engagement was an
nounced to Frank Unger. Twas
strange, indeed that she should choose
this bon vivant, this light-hearted b.
hemian, prince of good fellows. A
beautiful cottage was built for them at
the beach of the Waikiki.
But the house at the beach has never
been occupied. Helen Wilder broke
the engagement when the wedding
day was almost at hand. Honolulu
sighed in relief. "That was just like
Helen Wilder"
Then there came a dashing young
officer who laid siege to her heart &C
cording to naval tactics. And when
he sailed away on the seven seas from
each port came a letter for Helen Will
der. But alas! the same mail would
also bring a missive for one of the
many Along girls. And gossip said
that the officer had plighted his troth
a deux. And under its breath it whis-
pered that he was addicted to French
perfumes. So the second time Helen
Wilder took the circlet of gold from
her finger. Helen Wilder is not the
girl to droop and pine and wear her
heart on her sleeve. Instead she wears
a five-pointed bit of silver on her hat
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Had Enough.

Parson Howlett-Mah tex TO- dis
ebennin's disclose am toe be foun' in
Philippians, chapter Deacon Goode
(arising and making for the door,
Sorry TO toe cause talk, but l hears
dis Philippines question six days in de
week, an | doan sit fo' to hear it on
Sundays nohow. Bangs the door,
Judge.
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Chinese Emperor's emf.

While the nations of Europe are
busily engaged in partitioning his en-
pire, the emperor of China is still in
close confinement on an island, made
a peninsula by day by the letting down
of a ~drawbridge in the southwest cor
ner of the palace. His chief amuse-
ment is the training of goats and
monkeys.
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Hired Girls In Germany.

If a servant in Germany falls sick
her mistress is not allowed to dis
charge her. but must pay AZ cents a
day for her hospital expenses until
she is perfectly well. The wages Of
girls vary from $2.40 to 1920 a month,
with board.
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If Was

ooh. l knowed l would get it," said
the man who had been fined for SELL
ing tinted butter, "and l guess l can
stand it. But it does seem kinder hard
to have been fined by a judge with
dyed whiskers. indianapolis Jour
nal.