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received until ~ o'clock m. March ~.
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.
House OF representatives.
Providence, Feb. 81. 1899.
PUBLIC HEARING

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passed at the January session. 1896. -
relating to the tuberculin test Of cat
tie. at the state House Providence. on
Monday, March 9Th, 1889, at 10 o'clock
a. m.
wM. w. BLODGETT. Chairman.
ARTHUR A RHODES, Clerk.
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RosenbIatt's Glass Store

Removed from Union St To the old place,
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Glazing promptly attensd to.
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The above sale Is this day adjourned
90 Saturday. March llth. 1899. at the
same hour and place
SAMUEL l.. GARDINER.
m4-lt Deputy Sheriff.
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WARREN AND BRISTOL BRANca

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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-03-04

all precedent to order a big hunt un-
til there was snow on the ground and
ice in the river, the victim had a con
siderable length Of time to attend to
his sore thumbs and acquire a better
understanding Of the disadvantages of
being an up-to-date witch, unknown
to oneself and friends.
But this little boy had a better
chance for his life than had his prede-
cessors in witchcraft, for the sudden
rush of gold seekers toward the Can
adam Klondike landed within twenty
miles of little Joe's home fully 1000
civilized gold seekers, 200 Canadian
soldiers, and a fine body Of provincial
police under the command of w. H.
Bullock Webster, and, the matter COM
ing to the knowledge of the latter,
murder was prevented. Mr.. Webster
sent after the parties concerned in the
affair. The officers brought back lit
tie Joe, but not his self-appointed exc
cutioner, but an Indian runner for a
monetary consideration found Lolli
n brought him into camp, accompa-
MED by leading Tyres of the tribe.
Lolli "a arraigned before Magistrate
Webster at Telegraph Creek Aug. 10,
1898. The services Of an Interpreter
was secured and under the influence
of proper questioning Lolli deposed as
follows:
my name is Lolli; am Tahltan In
dian; have declared for hunt at which
Joe Cullihan is to be disemboweled by
me and his body sunk in Stikine, for
having bewitched a girl in our tribe.
l believe in w'tchcraft. My tribe has
always believed in witchcraft and exc
cuted witches. l do not know 1t is
wrong. / believe 1t is right"
Magistrate Webster Of Vancouver, B.
c., gave Lolli a lecture on the enorm-
ity of the crime he was about to COM
NIT. He also gave him ninety days in
Jail at Telegraph Creek In which to
consider the main points Of the lee
ture.
Joe, the witch, dressed in his first
suit of American clothes, and first pair
of shoes, is absorbing knowledge and
government food at the Indian school
at MetlakatIa, B. c. Lolli, the witch
executioner of this day and age, will
be out Of jail this month, u%nrepentant
but resolved to move hereafter In
more mysterious ways his executions
to perform.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-03-04

detective arrived on the scene. A
friend of Desculta's offered to help
him find the murderer and they start.
ed off on their wildgoose chase. The
treacherous guide led him by one spot
where, twenty feet away, an Indian
woman was scraping the bloody snow
from the spot where the murder was
committed; led him by the tepee
where Desculta was gathering his pos
sessions together preparatory to going
into an enforced retirement; led him a
days march in the wrong direction,
and then admitted that Desculta must
have escaped.
Fol two years Desculta has been a
wanderer on the face of the earth, liv-
ing on what he can kill and the roots
he can dig. He dare not mingle with
the other Indians, for they would be-
tray him to the authorities. He dare
not trust himself with the members
Of his own tribe.
There have been other executions
among the Tahltans for the crime of
witchcraft, ever within a few months.
In August, 1898, an Indian girl died
at Tahltan village. Before her death
she confessed that she had been be-
witched, and declared that little Joe
Cullihan, a ~12-year-old orphan, who
was purchased years ago by the Coast
Indians, was the boy that bewitched
her. OF course, Joe denied the accu-
s%ation, but the girl died, and that
proved her story. according to the In
dian belief. An Indian named Lolli
took upon himself the right to meet
out fate to little Joe, and tied the boy
up by his thumbs, according to the
best methods of the tribe. AS snow
would not arrive for at least sixty
| days and as it would be contrary to
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-03-04
THE ELEPHANT IN CRIME.

Few more impressive condolences can
be impaired than that in which a
Hindoo describes how he knows his
elephant intends to destroy him. 1t is
all so seemingly trivial, and yet in
reality of such deadly significance. His
story Is so full of details that prove the
mans profound understanding of what
he is talking about that one remains
equally amazed at the brute's power to
dissemble and its intended victims in
sight into the would-be murderer's
character. And yet, from the psyche
logical standpoint. an elephant never
gives any other such indication Of men
tai power as is exhibited in its revenge.
That patient, watchful, implacable hat
red. often provoked simply because a
man is in attendance upon another an
imal (for it is the rule with tuskers to
detest their next neighbors), speaks
more c~onclusively of a high intellectual
guide than all stories, true or false, Of
concentration and fxedness of purpose,
that have been told of their ability.
Such concentration and fixedness of
purpose, such careful, unrelaxed vigil
lance, such perfect and consistent pre-
tense, and, when the time comes, such
desperate unhesitating energy as homi-
cidal animals exhibit, are impossible
without a very considerable, although
in this instance very irregular, devel-
opment.
No one can deny that If this creature
is great at all its greatness shows IT.
self in its crimes. These have caused
it to be w~orshiped in the East, where
men venerate nothing but merciless,
irresponsible force, and where an ex-
hibition of those qualities and traits
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-03-04
A Good World.

This is the best possible world for
one who is called according to Gods
purpose, or purposes according to
Gods calling. We are infected with
infidelity when We sigh for the wings
OF a dove. We sing God Is wisdom,
God Is love-" If we believe 1t, we
shall act as though we believe It, and
face our tasks with fidelity and our
tests for fortitude. God knows why
we are here, and has told us-to learn,
and to do, for discipline and duty. Can
we imagine a world better fitted for
those ends than this world? How long
are we to suffer or serve is for God to
say. Let us not look too much out of
the schoolroom windows, or too impa-
tientiy at the clock. Lord Shaftesbury
resented a friends misdirected SYM
pathy who congratulated hin on his
apparent approach to death. He was
anything but glad to leave, he said,
when there was SO much to be done
for God here. When Gods time for
us comes, well and good. Till then
this world is the best for us, and we
must make the most of it, and do our
best for 1t.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-03-04

John Clark, an inmate Of the Dodge
City (Kan.) Soldiers home, apparent
ly died, was placed in a coffin and
the body was put in a room for the
night, ready for burial the following
day. During the night a great noise
was heard in the room occupied by
the supposed dead man. Watchers
rushed in and found Clark, who had
kicked off the unfastened cover Of the
casket, sitting up and gasping for
breath. Stimulants were applied and
the man supposed to be dead revived,
and is now alive to tell his experience
in death. Clark related that he was
seized with hunger and that his feet
were cold. He said he did not believe
he was in heaven, for he would not be
hungry there, and he could not think
himself in the other place, for If he
had been there his feet would not be
son
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-03-04

1880
rs punishment for the witches. A big
hunt was organized and set for a date
two months ahead, and while waiting
for the final act in the tragedy the boy
was frequently tied up and whipped to
bring him to a realizing sense Of his
condition.
The mother of the doomed lad
doubted the wisdom of the elders of
the tribe and the justice of the boys
sentence, so she j%ourneyed to Tele-
graph Creek and laid the matter be-
fore John Highland, a white merchant,
who is still in business there. Mr..
Highland Immediately communicated
with Superintendent of Indian Affairs
Vowel, at Victoria, B. c., who sent a
detective to Tahltan village to stop the
murder and secure the %executioner. In
those days means of communication
between Victoria and towns in north
ern Cassiar were not up to their pres
eut mark and the detective arrived too
late. The hunt occurred, and at a con-
venient spot On the banks of the Sti-
kline Desculta's hunting knife, dexter
ously welded, disemboweled the DOT
little Siwash and the body was slipped
under the ice of the Stikine, a river
hat seldoms gives up its dead.
The day folio = the murder the
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-03-04
Moore's

When Thomas Moors's celebrity vas
at its FIST glow he received an invita-
ton to dine with the prince of waIaz
His royal host was delighted with him
and after dinner they fell into !.
friendly chat. The prince assumi,g
that his illustrious visitor must he
OF high descent, named several ancient
families of Ireland, asking IL he were
not allied to one of them. The notice
able attention bestowed attracted the
curiosity OF all present. Suddenly II
occurred to his royal highness that his
distinguished guest must be the son
Of a certain Mr.. Moore, a man OF high
birth and great fortune. Thus pressed
the poet put an end to persistent in
quiries by answering simply: mo. sir
have not the honor of being descend
ed from any of the distinguished fam
lilies you have mentioned. I am. sir
the son of the honestest tradesman IN
all Dublin"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-03-04
n MAD

The mad mullah must not be taken
too lightly. These fanatics Of the
orient from time immemorlal have ex-
ercised enormous power over unthink-
ing m~ultitudes, and just as Solomon
Eagle, in Ainsworth's romance, i'm
parts his insane frenzy to thousands
of his fellow-creatures in a wave OF
superstitious magnetism, so the null
lab, by sheer force of character, car
ries low masses with him. Many OF
the humber folk of this day in Eng
land regard a lunatic as the inspired
m%outhpiece of the Almighty and at
tach unutterable Importance to his
mouthings, and this is much the sort
of significance attached to the wild
music and raving utterances of the
mullah.
He has power of a sort, though II
would appear from the picture that
the adults about him are amused rath
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-03-04
Fifty-one Bridges for B.. q O. r. r,

Fifty-One Bridges for b. q O. r.. r..
Baltimore, Jan. 23.-One Of the largest
bridge contracts that has been award
ed in many years has been let by the
receivers of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. In order to place the lines
west of the Ohio river in proper shape
to handle the heavy freight equipment
that is being used east of the river
the receivers found 1t necessary to re-
build 81 bridges Between Benwood, W.
Va, and Chicago. That the structures
might be rapidly pushed to compile
ton it was decided to divide the work
among three companies. The Youngs-
town Bridge Company Of Youngstown
will erect 81 bridges on the Central
Ohio division between the Ohio river
and Newark, Ohio; the Pencoyd Bridge
Works was awarded the IL bridges on
the Lake Erie division, Newark to
Sandusky, and the Edge Moor Bridge
Company of Wilmington, Del, Will
erect the 9 bridges needed on the Chi
cago division. The total cost of these
bridges is in the neighborhood of $780,
600 and it is expected that all will be
in place by September. Nearly six
thousand tons of steel will be needed
for the structures.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-03-04

A Berlin cable to the Sun says: Das
Echo, in an article drawing attention
to the statistics Of German schools for
the ten years 1887 to 1896, shows that
407 schoolchildren committed suicide.
All these cases occurred in state
schools, 331 were boys and 76 girls,
each under Is years of age. Whether
or not Germany is more productive
than other nations of this horrible
modern symptom Of child suicide, 1t
certainly, as Das Echo remarks, may
be regarded as one Of the saddest and
most startling Of the phenomena OF
modern social life.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-03-04

A Swiss anthropologist recently re-
turned from a trip through Patagonia.
He had with him many cases contain
ing skeletons and skulls that he had
collected. The Swiss customs officers
opened the cases, and, after long con-
sultation, appraised the contents as
common bones" charging the scien-
fist a stiff duty. The explorer got
angry and declared it a proclamation to
appraise human bones that way. To
his surprise the customs officials were
impressed by his remarks, and retired
for another consultation. CHASING
them as worn personal effects OF for
eign residents"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-03-04

of the dying woman, uttering horrible
cries and making threatening gestures
calculated to drive the witch out Of
the woman. The witch did not appear,
and as the woman was apparently
worse than before the medicine mans
performance, 1t, OF course, became i'm
mediately apparent to the Indian mind
that the dying woman was possessed.
The responsibility must be fixed, so,
with a howl and a leap, the wolf"
doctor seized upon the 1~2-year-old son
Of a widow of the tribe and dragged
him to the couch of the dying woman,
who admitted that she was bewitched;
that the boy was responsible for the
bewitchment-and thus she died.
The mother wept and pleaded for
boys life. The lad declared that he
would not know how to go to work to
bewitch any one, but what could the
mother and child do against the death
bed confession and accusation of the
bewitched K~loochman? The deceased
should certainly know whether she
was bewitched or not, and to whom
the responsibility belonged. From
such a court there was no appeal.
A brave Of the tribe (his name was
Desculta) here took charge of the pro-
ceedings. The boy was tied up by
the thumbs and beaten with switches
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-03-04
THE TAHLTAN'S RITES
FIERCE CUSTOMS OF THE BRIT
ISH INDIANS.
Every Time n Member of Their Tribe
Dies a Natural Death, Another Men,
Der Is Made to Pay the Extreme PEN
alty-Witchoraft Runs Riot.

Witchcraft did not perish from
American soil with the last witch
burning of Salem. Away up in Brit
ish Columbia, where the Stikine river
flows too shallow to float the ~flatboats
of the miners of Glenora and Tele-
graph Creek, a witch boy is killed with
terrible torture for every man or
woman who dies a natural death. And
this Is among Indians whom civiliza-
ton has marked for its own. Where
a belle has risen to silk shirt waists,
and parasols, and where the braves
wear patent-leather shoes and jewelry.
Fol civilization is of the outward
appearance, and it does not reach the
deep, black superstitions of the Ia
hltan people. While the coming Of the
white mantle miner Of the Klon-
dixie, with his freight to be packed
has brought the comforts of compare
tive wealth and a realization of the ad-
vantages of civilized dress. food and
horses, it has not been extended to
the point that includes morals and re-
ligion. Along these paths they have
made no progress. They buy and sell
their wives and children; they practice
their heathenish religious rites, their
medicine and witch dances; they be-
lieve in and practice a very rude
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-03-04

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they canno,
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a
blood or constitutional disease, and in order ia
cure 1t you must take internal remedies. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
Halls Catarrh Cure Is not a quack medicine.
It was prescribed by one of the best physicians
in this country for years, and Is q regular pre-
scription. 1t is composed of the best tonics
known, combined with the best blood purifiers,
acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The
perfect combination of the two ingredients is
what produces such wonderful results in curing
Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
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Sold by druggists, price 15c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-03-04
The National Capitar,

The eyes of the world are now cen
tered on Washington. The best line
between Chicago and the national
capital is the Monon Route. c. H. &
ID. Ry., B. & o. S. w. and b. & o.
Through sleepers leave Chicago daily
at 2:45 a. m. (ready in Dearborn sta
ton at $50 p. M, arriving at Gin
cinnati at 1920 a. m, Washington
at GAY a. m. and Baltimore 1850 a. m.
This is the most comfortable and con-
v%enient train for the east running out
of Chicago.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-03-04
ONLY SEVENTY-THREE HOURS
Salt Lake to New York.

By o recent change in SEIZED ule the Over
land Limited of the Union Pacific and
North Western in connection with the L.
8. & M. S.. and N. Y. G. & H. r. R. R.,
now make the unparalleled time record Of
leaves Salt Lake 700 a. m, Ogden 8:10t,
m. daily, arrives Chicago 7:45 a. m. and
Grand Central depot New York City 1926
.. m, second and third days respectively.
Only one change of cars and twelve hours
quickest time. For purchase of tickets
and reservation of berths cali at the "Old
Stand" 2O1 Main street, or address H. M.
Clay, General Agent.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-03-04
Punishlnr ODinm Isera-

The Chinese government does all in
Its power to check the opium habit.
the punishments common in the CHR.
csc army for this habit being extreme.
For the first offense the mar may have
MS upper lip cut; for the second, he
may be decapitated. For the last sixty
years an average of half a ton of
opium has been sent to China from
India every hour.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-03-04

Alt-Strelitz, a city Of Mecklenburg, /,
the first city or the European CONT
nent to be lighted throughout with
acetylene gas. Since the LIST day of
November this gas has been used in
all public street lamps, and wherever
coal gas was previously used in pri-
vate residences acetylene gas is being
used now. The light is bright, and
so far very satisfactory in every re-
Rnnct
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-03-04

Secret Service ~Secretary-"I want a
nan who has skill in translating ci-
piers" Applicant-"Then I'm your
For two years now I've put I'D
prescriptions in a drug store.-Detroit
Free Press.