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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17

""Taint everybody that's got such
right feelings as Sally Potter and her
ma; | will say that for the Potters,
even if our families aren't going to be
connected, after all" Mrs. Roberts
was speaking to her neXt-door neigh
Dor, Miss Elizabeth Sprawle. They're
honest as the day, l know that" said
Miss Sprawle, "and I only hope your
Ned will find another girl as good as
Sally" There's not a mite of hard
feeling betwixt Ned and Sally" an
swered Mrs. Roberts; they're good
friends still, only they see they made
a mistake getting engaged. They were
too young to know their w minds,
and Mrs. Potter and | both take blame
that we didn't counsel them to wait.
But that isn't what | was going to tell
you. You recall that sprigged-muslin
dress pattern that Ned gave Sally
when the engagement came out " Miss
Sprawle nodded assent. well" con-
tinued Mrs. Roberts, "it being SO hot
last summer, Sally had it made up and
wore, as you probably know, but not
enough so but what 'twould have given
excellent wear this year if they'd been
married. Well, as soon as Sally and
Ned decided to break off, Mrs. Potter
came over, and nothing would do but
I should tell her just what the mate
rial cost! l hated to, but she would
have it, and at last / told her Ned paid
six dollars for it.; and today Sally
brought over the money in an enve-
lope, and there was not only the six
dollars, but thirty-six cents interest
for the year! I told Sally that there
weren't many folks that would have
thought of paying six per cent interest
in such a case, but she was real sur
prised, and said twas only what was
right. Now what do you think Of
that?" Ned never'l find another
such, I'm afraid" said Miss Sprawle,
and Mrs. Roberts agreed with her.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17
A NEW MRS. P~ARTINGTON.

Milwaukee's Mrs. Darlington really
deserves to have her fame perpetuated.
She says so many deliciously absurd
things that no one who has not met
her will believe that they are other
than the inventions of some malicious
person, jealous Of the lady's standing
position. For be it known that Mrs.
Partington's husband is one of the
wealthies and best known of Milwau-
KEGS solid citizens, and she goes on
her way daily scattering these CONVEX
sational pearls regardless of whom
they may fall before. She had just
learned to her sorrow that it was con-
sidered very bad form in the more ex-
elusive Prospect avenue sets to pur-
chase anything down town, pay for it
then and there, which she had here
tofore taken special delight in doing,
as it enabled her to show a large wad
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17
A Kinllnp Pnem.

Several years ago Fred D. Under
wood, now general manager of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, named
two stations in the upper peninsula Of
Michigan "Rudyard" and "Kipling,"
one being in an agricultural country
and the other in an iron ore district.
Some time later a mutual friend in
formed Kipling Of Mr.. Underwood's
action, and the celebrated author sent
Mr.. Underwood his photograph with
the following lines on the back:
"RUDYARD" AND "KIPLING."
"Wise is the child who knows his sire,"s
The ancient proverb ran,
But wiser far the man who knows
How, where and when his offspring
grows,
For who the mischief would suppose
I've sons in Michigan?
That warp the soul of man
They do not make me walk the floor
Nor hammer at the doctors door,
The deal in wheat and iron ore,
My sons in Michigan.
Oh, Tourist in the Pullman car
(By Cooks or Raymond's plan),
Forgive q parents partial view;
But, maybe, you have ohildren too
So let me introduce to you
My sons in Michigan.
RUDYARD KIPLING.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17
The Obliging Riley.

Philadelphia Record: The strength
of the fad for autographs was strik-
ingly shown yesterday, when scores of
clerks and customers besieged James
Whitcomb Riley, while he was modest
ly making some book purchases in a
large department store. AS soon as the
Hoosier poet was sighted near the lat
est book counter the news quickly
went the rounds of the clerks, and
within a half hour Mr.. Riley had oblig-
ingly signed his name to 100 cards.
Customers who were at the book stalls
at the time or were attracted thither
also took advantage of the opportunity,
and secured the signature of the poet.
To one of the clerks Mr.. Riley said
that, on the average, he receives 200
letters a day asking for his autograph,
and many more personal requests
while on his tours. When not in
a humor for composition the poet, as
a mental diversion, occupies himself
in signing the thousands of cards
which he yearly receives.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17

wed such b stupid man as Magnus
Liefssen. But suddenly the man I
thought stupid rose to the height Of a
hero.
1t was all in the morning papers.
Randall ate the breakfast Christina
had prepared and unfolded his journal
while I slipped my coffee. He jumped
to his feet.
Where is Christina?" he asked, In a
low tone, his mouth twitching.
She was singing somewhere. She had
a voice like a lark.
What is it, Randall?" 1 cried, run
ming around to him.
He pointed to the great, black head
lines. l read, breathless, of the at
tempted robbery of a railroad pay car
preparing to set out in the gray dawn.
The car had been drawn up in the
switch yards, and guarded by the po-
liceman and several section men. 1t
had been a foggy night and the attack
on the car was made so suddenly and
quickly there was not a second of time
to give a whistle of alarm. Two sec
ton men were knocked down, one fled,
and the car door was defended alone
by a brawny Swede, who fought stead
lily, doggedly, stubbornly, his eyes fill
ed with blood, his wounds Incredible.
No shot had been fired. The policeman
was in the roundhouse, not fifty feet
away, t~elephoning to headquarters,
when the fleeing Irishman burst in up
on him with the news. Help arrived
In time to save the car from being
looted, but Liefssen was picked up for
dead. He had been taken to the hos
pital and was the city hero. There
was little hope for his life.
Beloved pastor and l took Christina
in a carriage to the hospital. Her
face had been like marble since we told
her.
He had not regained consciousness.
He was only a poor, ~bandaged mummy
when we stood at his bedside. Chris
tina said not a word. She stopped,
and, in spite of the nurses protests,
took him into her two strong arms.
There was a perceptible shudder in
his frame.
Speak to him!" cried the surgeon
coming up. "He may rouse."
From Christmas lips burst forth a
terrible tenderness. She called him
~endearing names in her strange Ian
guage, she showered kisses upon his
cheek, she laid hers upon his unhurt
hand. At last he opened his eyes and
gazed stupidity at her, then smiled and
muttered a word.
Christina laid him down and stood
erect. She looked full at Randall.
Beloved PASTOR" she said. in her
splendid voice, eve have done wrong.
We have served too long for money. He
have called MI wife. 1t is now the
right time"
And in the afternoon their serious
apprenticeship to prudence was at an
end. They were made man and wife.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17
WE STOOD AT HIS BEDSIDE.

va avn IA LILY
meant. At first she was very timid,
but in a few days she began to repeat
names Of articles, address us and grew
more cheerful. At the end of a month
we got along quite we'll.
Three times a week her lover came
to see her for two hours. 1t was not
long before l happened to go into the
kitchen one evening and found both
~laboring over copy books. They were
learning to write English, with the
cousins small son to guide them.
Our household settled down into
peace and comfort. Christina was so
strong, so determined, so CHEEKY and
became so full of as time
passed that We wondered we had man
aged to live without her.
Have you any fault to find with
me?" asked Christina one day In the
springtime. "Is all the work finished
well?"
l believe l am just. l told her I had
no reason to complain about it.
81 see that Mira, she at the next
door," the girl went on, gravely, ''goes
out in the evenings. What would
beloved pastor say if l go sometimes? ?"
with Magnus, you mean?" l asked,
rather startled.
Yes, ma'am. He got me job: car
deaning at night. He carry all the
water-help-I get money"
These two people meant to work all
night or a great part of it after days of
toll. l thought it my duty to inter-
fere and expostulate. l even had DE
loved pastor talk to Christina.
When she understood that we were
afraid for her health she put back her
head and laughed.
"You folks too careful. I never
know bout being tired. At home
work all night, two, three times a
week. Carry boats, big baskets fish.
Oh, such fish you never did see.
All Magnus said to the beloved pas
tor was, 1T is very long to wait"
After hat their hoard grew, and, as
1t did. the spirits of the two rose.
When Magnus sat at the co%pybooks
Christina sewed swiftly on all things
necessary to their house-ftting. Not
once did she lose her head. All she
bought was sensible, good, necessary
for a neat home.
Christina was indeed good and beau
tiful. When she came to clutch, as
she often did with Magnus, saw that
people observed her. l told her story
to one of our church societies and
heard that they intended to add to her
modest Quitting by a present.
I must confess that, at times, | felt
that Christina might do better han to
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17
SILLY HOMAGE
Paid TO Famous Men by Many People In
Washington.

Washington Star: The reverence In
which some people hold others who
happen to know or have known men
of distinction is positively silly" said
a white house attache the other day.
We see a great deal of the foolishness
here every day. See that little girl
n two women going off there? Well,
they visited the east room a few min
utes ago and seemed to think the little
girl was a person of great Importance.
l couldn't realize what it all meant
until they stopped here and said to me:
This little girl is only 10 years old
and she has seen Gen. Shafter.' OF
course, for politeness' sake l expressed
amazement that one so young should
have seen so great a man, but l tried to
ind out if there was any other reason
for the unusual respect in which the
little creature was held. There was no
other. The women went off positively
happy in the idea that they had as
tonished us all with their revelations.
Every day We have people come here
and attempt to see the president, on
the ground that at some time or other
they knew some Of the ex-presidents
or some distinguished man. President
Lincoln spoke to me at the theater
once says one. Another claims to
have been at one of President Blu
chanan's dinners. Still another old man
has been coming here for two years,
exhibiting a torn letter which he once
received from Roscoe Conkling. The
letter was a formal one, expressing ap-
probation of the good wishes of the
old The old fellow exhibits the
letter as an alleged evidence of the fact
that he was a personal and close friend
Of the dead statesman, once SO power
full in the politics of this country.
These are many instances of such
things. These people, mostly old men
and women, live on the past and be-
lieve that this will impress the pres
ent sufficiently to carry through
schemes they have in view.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17

4 SERIOUS APPRENTICESHIP



One morning 1 was called to the
study to see several foreigners with
whom Randall was talking. One was
q Swede, who knew a little German
and less English. With my assistance
we managed to understand that the
rouple he had brought in were recent
immigrants and that the conversation
alist of the party wanted a place in
some ones household for the girl.
The couple stood modestly waiting,
side by side. 1t was already cold
weather, and the woman had a cheap
plaid shawl over her head, a bright
ribbon tied around it to form a hood.
l spoke to her in a kind voice and h
looked me full in the face with the
bluest pair of eyes l had ever, seen.
The man beside her appeared stupid
and heavy to me. l wondered if he
was her brother and asked our inter-
prefer. He managed to tell a story
which afterward proved true in every
detail,
The two were lovers from the ex-
IRENE northern part of Sweden. They
were the children of fisher folk, very
poor. They had despaired of marriage
at home, but one day walked away to-
gether, reached a seaport town, and
there both, with hard labor, had earned
enough money to come across the
ocean and to Kansas City. The inter-
prefer was her cousin. He was also
poor and had a family.
"Magnus has a place in the railroad
yards" explained the cousin; che live
with me. She live with you. After
while they have money and they get
married."
1t vas finally decided that Christina
Erd should come to us. The lover was
to bring her chest from the railr cad
station at once. 1t arrived in an hour,
a huge affair, and carried by the man.
Magnus Liefssen, without apparent eff
fort. She helped him take it up the
stairs, hen the two said farewell in
my presence.
Christina had removed her shawl and
rough cloak. Her head was crowned
with heavy braids of flaxen hair. Her
skin was white as milk, and on each
cheek burned a spot that was like a
pink rose, as clear and fine. She wore
her best dress, a heavy blue skirt, a
white waist, an old girdle. About her
white neck were heavy silver beads,
~curiously engraved.
When she saw that her lover must
go she went to him. They took each
others hands and stood silent for a
few moments. Then his lips moved;
he dropped her hands and she turned
away to me, a haunting look of pain in
her dark eyes.
l was, therefore, left with a maid
who could not understand a word said
or reply to me. 1 pass over the trials
of the next few days. 1 grew patient
because of the girls extreme willing
ness and real intelligence, and l began
to realize what dumb faithfulaess
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17
H%AGGERTY'S STRIKE.
FABULOUS WEALTH FALLS TO
A SHEEP HERDER.
Richest Copper Vault Known-How the
Rudefeha Claim Was Located, Opened,
and Is Being Operated Fortune
Smiles on Pluck.
Especial letter.

NSPcSAOA AACklNlsJ
A miners dream has again been
realized in the Rocky mountains. A
poor p~rospector and sheep herder has
suddenly become a bonanza copper
king, with a mine that ever now, in
its infancy, is shipping more than
$4,000 worth of ore a week, and is
believed to have at least 100000 worth
of the red metal already in sight, after
only three months of actual mining
work.
Ed Haggerty, after years of poverty,
finds himself the possessor of a vault
of copper ore richer by five times than
the ore of the famous Anaconda mine
of Butte, Mont, and twenty times
richer than the average yield of the
greatest copper mines Of northern
Michigan. The Rudefeha is believe
to be the richest copper strike ever
made in this country, and as the price
of copper is steadily advancing, a great
copper mine has become more desir-
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17
BoNBoNs OF ANCIENT ORIGIN.
Sugar Plums, Pastilles, and Burnt Al
monds Date Back to III Il. c.

monds Date Back to III B. G..
The most popular and most ancient
Of bonbons are sugar plums, pastilles
and burnt almonds, but how many
persons know their history? Sugar
plums date from Roman times, Tor
the Romans were the first to think of
covering almonds with layers of sugar.
The inventor was a certain julius
Dragatus, a noted confectioner, who
belonged to the illustrious patrician
family of Fabius. He made this great
discovery, which has wrought so much
damage to our teeth for twenty CEN
turtles, in the year 1T B. c.
These bonbons, called dragati, after
their inventor ~(dragees in French, re-
manned the exclusive privilege of the
family of Fabius. But at the birth or
the marriage of one of that family a
great distribution of dragati took
place as a sign of rejoicing. This GUS
tom Is still observed by many of the
nobility of Europe.
The pastille is of far later origin,
having been invented and introduced
ANU iAohCC NY al lldlldu tOlItGllOllrT
the Florentine John Pastilla, a pro-
tege of the Medicis. When Marie de
Medici married Henry ". of France
Pastilla accompanied his sovereign to
the French court, where his bonbons
a a tremendous vogue. Everybody
wanted the F~lorentine's pastilles, and,
strange to say, they were perfection
from the beginning. He made them
with all kinds Of flavors-chocolate,
coffee, rose, violet, mint, wine, straw
berry, raspberry, vanilla, heliotrope,
carnation!
Burnt almonds are purely of French
origin, owing their inception to the
gluttony of a certain French merchant
One day Marshal Duplessis-Pralin an
DID gourmet, sent for Lassagne, his
chief confectioner, and promised him
a great price for some new sweet that
would please his palate, dulled as ii
was by all the pleasures of the table
Lassagne, who had already invented
many a toothsome dainty, was a mar
OF He searched, he reflected
he combined, until finally he conceiv,
ed a delicious bonbon, which he bap,
tized gloriously with the name of his
master, Praline, the French for burnt
almond.
This is the history of the invention
Of bonbons, for all others are mere
combinations or developments of these
three-the sugar plum, the pastille ant
the burnt almond.-New York Herald
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17
hat Eastern Trip,

Going East, take the Santa Fe Route as
far as Chicago.
Most direct line from the West gener-
ally, and thirty miles the shortest between
Missouri river and Chicago, which insures
quick time and sure connections. Track is
straight and rock-ballasted, with very few
crossings at grade.
Vestibuled limited expresses, with latest
pattern Pullmans and free chair cars.
Meals in dining cars, served a la carte.
Inquire of c.. F. Warren, General Agent,
All Dolly block, Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17
Ian Maclaren's American Gold Mine

Ian Maclaren's American Gold Mine.
Ian Maclaren will write no more
Scotch stories-at least for the pres
ent. His next important literary work
will be a life of Christ, to which he
will probably devote his leisure time
next year. Doctor Watson is finding
his biennial American lecture tours
wonderfully remunerative. Two years
ago he is said to have received $45, 900
after all expenses were paid, and his
present tour, which began in Bridge
port, Connecticut, on February 20,
gives promise of being equally success
full. This season he will travel as far
north as Vancouver, British Columbia
and his closing lecture will be given in
st. Paul, Mimi, on May 5. He has
planned to sail for England on May
10. Doctor Watson's lectures have de-
termined the popularity of Beside the
Bonnie Brier-Bush over all of his
other works. He seldom speaks before
IN audience without receiving a re-
quest to read some portion of this
book.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17
To Excavate Babylon.

German savants are busy with plans
for the excavation of Babylon. Layard,
the discoverer of Nineveh, was the first
to do anything in the way of ex-
cavating. The Germans are determined
that their work shall be thorough. 1t
will be costly and take five years. The
excavators will begin with Ell Kas'r,
the fortress, which is the remains of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS palace and where
Alexander died. They will also inves-
tigate a number of other ruins near by.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17
The Color That Counts.

Once upon a time a citizen on
ceived that he was going to be elected
to the United States senate. "For,"
he argued, I'm a dark horse!' The
legislator listened courteously. Let
me see the color Of your money!" urged
the legislator when the citizen had
lone speaking.--Detroit Journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17

of bills in her fat pocket book. So she
sailed into a dry goods store one day,
bought a skein of embroidered silk, and
remarked airily: You may send that
up to my house. Don't forget to send
it A. B. c." On another occasion she
asked a woman clerk in the same store
to show her some stockings.
What kind of hose shall 1 show
you, madam"
Hose is it? Do you take me for a
gardener? It's stockings l want"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17

Mrs. Frances Stuart Parker, wife of
Col. Francis w. Parker, principal Of
the Chicago normal school, died re-
eently at her residence, 664O Parnell
avenue. Mrs. Parker was 81 years of
age. The funeral will be held next
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is a constitutional cure. Price, 75c:


Is now carried on the Overland Limited Of
the Unian Pacific, because 'Uncle Sam"
knows that the "Old Reliable" gives thu
best service and makes the quickest time
of any line in the west. Ticket Office, "Old
Stand" 101 Main street.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17

Are necessarily people of excellent jude.
ment, taste and refinement. In travelling
they demand the best service obtainable
and the liberality with which they pat
ronize the Union Pacific is one of the best
proofs of that lines superiority. Ticket
Office, "Old Stand,' POI Main street.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17
Are Won Using Aliens FoOr-Ease?

1t is the only cure for Swollen,
Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen s.. O]msted, Leroy, N. Y.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17
Deepest Spot in the Oeean.

The deepest ocean sounding on rec
ord was recently made by the British
ship Penguin during a cruise in the
Pacific. A depth of 4,762 fathoms, or
about five miles, was found between
Auckland and the Tongan archipelago.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17
Cheap Eggs.

Rival dealers have put down the
price of eggs in Pittsburg to five cents
a dozen. Even the pauper lens of Eu-
rope would kick at having to lay eggs
at this price.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17
Was No Gentlemau,

The tall dark mar was furious. "You
have been stealing coal from met" he
Kissed. The other man was livid with
rage. you are no gentleman he
shouted. IF you were you'd say Goals
not coal!'-Detroit Journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17
His Standing

"How does Billets rank as a poet?"
'Too heavy for a lightweight, and too
light for a heavyweight. "-Philadel-
phia North American.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17
Many Photosranhs of Roxa1tx.

1t is calculated that TO- 600, 900 photo
graphs of the queen and the prince and
princess of Wales are produced annual
ly. and find a ready sale all over the
world
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17
A Matter of Taste.

Moth-I overheard some callers say
ing this room is furnished in execrable
taste.
Other Moth-Why, the idea! I never
ate more palatable upholstery in my
life,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17

ALondon beggar boy was asked in police
court how old he was last birthday. 81
never had a birthday yet was the reply.
"We're too poor to have EN-"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17

Man proposes, and then when he gets by
himself and thinks it over he wonders why
he ever could have made such a fool of
himself.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17

While the Good Word says: "Put not
your trust in riches - nevertheless there is
much riches in trusts.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17

The SWEETEST thing about some men is
only in evidence when they take off their
hats.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17

When a young woman elopes she is gen
orally carried away with the young mai
she marries.