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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-01
MONEY IN STOUT"

Lord Iveagh, whose gift of 81, $50, 900
to the Jenner institute Of Great Brit
ain is winning tributes of praise in all
parts of the civilized world, is Edward
Cecil Guinness, son of the great brew
er of Dublin. The gift of Lord Iveagh
Is probably the most important ever
made to science. Specifically, it Is
to be used for researches in bacteriol-
ogy and biology, a quest that concerns
tenths of all deaths are caused by germ
diseases, and it will be to fight these
maladies by the discoveries of their
causes and means of prevention that
Lord Iveagh's money will be used.
Lord Iveagh is the third son Of the
late Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness. He
is So years old and was made a bar
onet twelve years ago and raised to
the peerage in 1891. From the i'm
mense fortune accumulated by the
manufacture of the world-renowned
Guinness %"stout," the family have
made enormous donations to Dublin.
The father restored st. Patrick's ca
thedral, and Lord Ardilaun, Edward
Cecil's brother, presented to the city
Stephens Green park, n of the finest
open places in the United Kingdom.
Lord Iveagh himself but recently gave
in trust the sum of 81, 800, 900 for the
erection of sanitary DWELLINGS, for
Dublin workingmen. Lord Iveagh's
most recent philanthropic gift is not a
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-01

almost copper-colored. His hair is
combed back from his forehead and
falls in little ringlets about his ears,
which are as small and neatly nodded
as some beautiful young woman's. He
has a sharp, well-set nose and his lips
are thin and now drawn by old age.
His sharp, piercing blue eyes blink ex-
p~ressively from his shriveled little face
and in no way does he resemble a ne
gro save in his hair. The Indian shows
itself in his skin.
Belts speaks French as ~fuently as
he does English. He was born in 1915
and was 10 years old when General
Lafayette visited Kaskaskia in 1926.
The old man says that he can remem-
Der the occasion and is always ready
TO give an account of the great event.
In 1851 Belts, with a party of pros
pectors, made the trip across the plains
in a prairie schooner to the gold fields
of California. But Belts came back in
a very short while, and he says today
that there want no chance for a
poor man out there then"
He has not been off Kaskaskia is
land for more than twenty-five years.
the tumble-down old village and
watched the constant efforts of the
mighty Mississippi river to COM
pletely wash away the historic
spot. Belts was at one time
wealthy and owned a fertile farm
near the junction of the Mississippi
and Kaskaskia rivers, but when the
former stream decided hat her course
had been cut out wrong inc changed
her current to the channel Of the Kas-
kaskia the Belts farm went floating
down the river and helped to form
the great Mississippi delta. During the
long summer months the old man sits
on the rivers bank, near the spot for
merly occupied by the famous Kas-
kaskia tavern, and tells stories of
events in the bygone days of the old
town.
He was one Of the members of that
remarkable funeral train when, in 1874,
during the flood in the Mississippi val
ley, the remains of Pierre Menard, the
first Acknowledgements of Illinois,
who died in his mansion on the OPP
posite side of the river, were taken
across to Kaskaskia in a rowboat.
During the winter the old man sell
dom leayes his home, and it tool much
c~oaxing to get him far enough from
the doc to take his picture. He was
never before photographed and to him
it was a novel experience. He wanted
one Of the pictures and thought it
strange that they had to be put
through a process before they were
perfected.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-01

On Conanicut island, just across the
way from Newport, R. l., a clever
clergyman has just built a church on
wheels.
Conanicut island is a thriving, prom
Using summer resort that prides itself
on possessing more hotels than the
queen of American watering places.
Conanicut island is nine miles long
and dotted with clusters of houses at
considerable distances apart. James
town, the principal settlement, is the
center for all the churches, and the
residents at the end of the island find
it i~nconVenient to attend services.
Rev. G.. E. Preston, pastor of st.
Matthew's Episcopal church, has stud
led the problem of attendance. He is
a jealous worker, and when he learned
that the people could not come to him
he concluded that it was necessary for
him to go to them, and hit upon the
scheme of building a portable church.
Mr.. Preston disclosed his plan to his
flock, but the scheme was not cordially
received.
Having implicit faith in the idea, Mr..
Preston laid it before the Newport
Episcopal C~onvocation, from which he
recaived assistance enough to begin
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he work. By unremitting labor the
necessary fund was raised to construct
the movable ediflce, and in a few days
it will be dedicated.
The church, which will be known as
the Chapel of the TRANSPORTATION, was
built in the rear of st. Matthew'S
church, under the immediate super
vision of Mr.. Preston, and is a very
pretty little edifice. Within it looks
very churchlike, being finished in cy-
press. 1t has all the accessories of a
chapel, with its stained-glass win
dows, big chandeliers, altar rail, pews
and accommodations for camp chairs.
The building is 17x2S feet, and rests
on a heavy truck with wide-tired, low
wheels, on which it can be moved from
place to place. When the chapel is in
position for service, the heavy pole, to
which six teams of horses or oxen have
been attached, is taken III and stored
under the building, it's place being
taken by broad steps leading to the
front platform. Side boards are placed
around the truck, giving the chapel
the appearance of a permanent struc-
ture built on the ground. The entire
ediice weighs about twelve tons, of
which the truck weighs about two tons.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-01
IN A COBRA'S DEADLY POWER.
British OfHcer in an Unpleasant Per-
dicament.


Dinner was just finished, and several
English officers were sitting around the
table. The conversation had not been
animated, and there came a lull, as the
night was too hot for small talk. The
major of the regiment, a clean-cut man
of 55. turned toward his next neighbor
at the table, a young subaltern, who
was leaning back in his chair with his
hands clasped behind his head, star
ing through the cigar smoke at the
ceiling.
The major was slowly looking the
man over, from his handsome face
down, when, with sudden alertness
and a quiet, steady voice, he said:
Don't move, please, Mr.. Carruthers, /
want to try an experiment with you.
Don't move a muscle"
"All right, major" replied the subal-
tern, without turning his eyes; hadn't
the least idea of moving, l assure you.
What's the game?"
BY this time all the others were lis
tening in a lazily 'expectant way.
do you think" continued the ma
jor-and his voice trembled just a lit
tle-''that you car keep absolutely still
life?"
Are you joking?"
"On the contrary, move a muscle and
you are a dead man. Can you stand
the strain?"
The subaltern barely whispered
Yes" and his face paled slightly.
Burke" said the major, addressing
an officer across the table, pour some
of that milk into a saucer and set it
on the floor here just at the back of
me. Gently, man! Quiet"
Not a word was spoken as the Off
GER quietly filled the saucer, walked
with it carefully around the table and
set it down where the major had indi-
Gated on the floor.
Like a marble statue sat the young
subaltern in his white linen clothes,
while a cobra di capello, which had
been crawling up the leg of his trous-
ers, slowly raised it's head, then turned,
descended to the floor, and glided to-
ward the milk. Suddenly the silence
was broken by the report of the ma
jor's revolver, and the snake lay dead
on the floor. Thank, you, major"
said the subaltern, as the two men
shook hands warmly, you have saved
my life" you're welcome, my boy"
replied the senior, "but you did your
share."-The Scottish American.
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against Louis Michel. Six years later,
in 1889, he was promoted to Procur-
eur-General equivalent to Attorney
GeneraD on the refusal of his predeces-
sor to prosecute General Boulanger.
Later he insisted on conducting the
case against Ravachol, the anarchist,
In person: His conduct at the time Of
the Panama trials was so ambiguous
that his resignation was practically
forced from him, and he was shelved
In the position he has just resigned
that OF presiding judge in one Of the
civil divisions Of the Court Of Cassa-
ton. The appointment was severely
criticised at the time as being a job.
He has written a number of novels,
published under fictitious names.
The first news Of his interference in
the Dreyfus case was published some
time ago, the story being substantial
ly the n of which he now admits the
paternity. 1t involves a plain issue of
veracity between M. Quesnay de Beau
repaire and M. Bard, a member Of the
court trying the case on the one hand,
and between him and M. Lebret, min
lister OF justice, on the other.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-01

For many years all the q~uinine Of
commerce came from the wild trees
Of Peru, but with the present great
demand the refined product obtained
from the wild trees of it's native hab-
itat would supply but a small proper
ton of the worlds requirements. At
the present time two-thirds of the
q%uinine used is produced in Java, an
island of the East Indian archipelago,
corresponding closely in size to Cuba,
and having with it many features of
soil and climate in common.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-01
Identified by Pigeons.

One Of the queerest ways in which
The Identification of a dead man was
ever established" said a prominent po-
lice official of Kansas City, the other
day, was that of a man named Davis,
who was a carrier pigeon fancier. He
had gone out to fly his birds and fell
dead of heart disease. Nobody knew
him and not a line was on his per-
son as to who he was. He had two
birds with him. I tied a slip to ones
tail, on which I wrote Come to the po-
lice station and turned it loose. In
an hour after his son appeared and
identified his father"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-01

Father" asked Tommy, the other
day, why is it that the boy is said
to be the father of the MANI" Mr..
Tomkins had never given this subject
any thought, and vas hardly prepared
to answer off hand. "Why, why" he
said, stumblingly, cts so because 1t
is so, I suppose" "Well," said Tommy,
''since I'm your father, I'm going to
give you a ticket to a theater and half
a crown besides. I always said that
If I was a father I wouldn't be so
stingy as the rest of them are. Go
in, and have a good time while you're
young. 1 never had any chance my
self" Mr.. Tomkins gazed in blank
amazement at Tommy. Slowly the
significance of the hint dawned upon
him. Producing the silver coin he said:
"Take it, Thomas. When you really
do become a father, l hope it won't be
your misfortune to have a son who is
smarter than yourself "-Tit-Bits.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-01
STATUE FOR A VASSAR GIRL
to a Northern Woman ]
Erected by Women.

There are very few monuments in
the United States, or even in the world,
erected to commemorate the virtues
and gifts of a m New Orleans
has its beloved statue of Margaret, the
poor woman who helped poorer women
to buy their daily necessary bread.
There is nov IN foot a project in the
North to erect a monument to another
woman, Miss Beubana Walworth, a
Vassar student who lost her life last
year at Montauk Point. The statue
Will commemorate a woman and Is
to be erected by women. The project
has been started by the collegiate
alumnae, and will be proposed to the
continental congress of the Daughters
Of the American Revolution, which
meets In Washington on February 22d.
Miss Walworth was herself a daughter
and went to Camp Wikoff as a nurse.
Her mother worked assiduously for the
comfort of the sick soldiers there,
overseeing the diet kitchen and lend
ing a hand wherever she found need.
Worn out with nursing and exposure
to unaccustomed h~ardships, her daugh-
ter took typhoid fever, and in spite of
the best of care did not recover from
it. Miss Magee, one of the board of
the Philadelphia chapter of the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution, told
a pretty story recently in connec-
ton with Miss Walworth's death. The
vice president general of the Daugh-
fers of the American Revolution Mrc
Daniel P. Manning, arrived in Albany
the night before the funeral and heard
for the first time of the brave girls
death. She had no one to consult
about sending a memorial and the
services were to be held in Saratoga
the next morning, so she took the
responsibility upon herself and sent
by a special messenger a white wreath
tied with handsome red, white and
blue ribbons, in the name of the whole
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton. Miss Magee says that when the
national congress met and heard Of
Mrs. M%anning's act they seconded it
with their heartiest approval and re-
sponded in warm appreciation of her
quickness and thoughtfulness. But
now the daughters want to erect a
monument more lasting than flowers.
There is no doubt that the suggestion
of a memorial to the college girl who
heroically gave up her own life for the
fever-stricken soldiers will appeal to
everyone. The gift is to be made a
national affair.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-01
Overdressed Youngsters.

II is foolishness to make the coats
Of young children of heavy material.
Children must be kept warm, but
weight does not always mean warmth,
and a child should not feel its clothes
q burden. Many a little tot comes in
from what ought to have been a re-
freshing walk weary and well nigh ex-
hausted. because of the weight Of the
coat it has worn. A layer Of wadding
between the material and its lining
gives warmth without adding much to
the weight of a pretty coat, and velvet,
satin, poplin, cashmere, camel's hair,
Bedford cord and other soft coatings
are much improved in appearance by
using 1t.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-01
DEER GUNNER'S LUCK.
WHY A MAINE SHERIFF HAS
LEFT THE WOODS.
And Resumed Service of Process-He
Had Extraordinary Luck in Getting
Two Shots at a Deer Almost Within
Arms Length.
Especial Lottery

Deputy Sheriff Abe Miller OF Cher
fyfield, Me-, having spent two weeks
in the northern woods looking for deer
n returned empty-handed. will here
after devote his energies to serving
Writs and processes upon such citizens
OF Washington county as the courts
shall direct. The reason why he has
abandoned hunting for the law is well
known to John Oak and Bill Clifford,
two young lawyers who attended him
during his campaign In the woods.
They had been hunting around Chain
lakes for a week without success, when
a sharp snowstorm came on hat n
abled them to follow deer tracks all
over the country. In two days Oak
had killed a fat buck and Clifford had
bagged two does. Meantime Miller
had hunted far and wide without
shooting anything bigger than a
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-01
MgcRoBE COLLECTING SKIRTS.
Women Are Learning to Hold Them Up
Gracefully.

gracefully.
"The only good word l can say for
the trailing street skirt is that it has
taught ome to hold up their skirts
more gracefully than they have ever
done before" said a woman who was
tramping along Twenty-third street
yesterday with her voluminous gown
tucked neatly into folds at one side
and held high enough above the ground
to show an expanse of pink-and-black
petticoat that exactly matched the
tints of her velvet toque, according to
the New York Commercial Advertiser.
Before we wore these absurd, dust
sweeping, misunderstanding trains we
used to pick up our skirts when we
crossed the street or came upon a
puddle. Did you ever watch twenty
women pass a wet spot on the sidewalk
or go over a crossing on a rainy day?
My dear, it is the greatest advantage
OF a corner house. To sit in a corner
window for one afternoon and take
notes on the one hundred wrong ways
of holding up skirts is an education
that Delsarte or Paquain would charge
thousands of dollars for. The short,
tight skirt was almost impossible to
hold up comfortably, the full skirt was
impossible to hold up neatly unless
one had the hand of a giantess. The
Parisienne, always practical and equal
to emergencies, used two hands, gath
ering up the skirt gracefully at either
side and thus lifting front as we'll as
back. The P~arisienne's petticoats are
perfect, and her little mincing glide is
well adapted to the tncked-up frock.
Fancy the long, tramping stride Of the
athletic woman beneath a gathered-up
dress! l am not complaining Of the
look of the trailing skirts now in fash
ion. They are graceful and becoming.
But when one picks them up no one
knows whether they hang we'll or not,
n if one lets them trail they wear a
dust border in fifteen minutes. They
may be charming In Paris, where the
streets are clean, but as well-dressed
French women walk about as much as
do the wives of first-rank m~andarins,
l don't see the great advantage of the
long trains for outdoor wear. But, as
l said before, the fashion has its COM
~pensations. Look at that woman ahead
Of us. See how neatly and easily she
keeps that tail above the ground and
out of the way Of her feet. too. She
doesn't drag the petticoat up with it.
either, and she doesn't hold the skirt
too high on one side and let it drag
in the dust on the other side. That's
system and science and grace combin-
ed. Before the trailing skirt came into
vogue she probably clutched her dress
into a bunch that waggled as she walk
ed, cramped her arm by holding it too
far back, and dragged the flounces off
her petticoat in her efforts to escape
puddles and mud. The logic of a
trailing skirt held up is not quite
clear to me, but n thing l do know,
and hat is that it has cured scores
of women Of their most awkward
nerisms."
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-01
HAUNTs DEBTOR CONSTANTLY
An Old Specimen Who Is a Successful
Collector of Bad Debts.

An Old Specimen Who Is a Successful
Collector of Bad Debts.
From the Augusta, Me-, Journal:
There's the best collector in Ameri-
ca" and the head of an August firm
had been bestowed.
HE doesn't look it."
mo, nor anything like it, yet I be-
lieve that his appearance Is about 80
per cent Of his stock in trade. Just
size him up. Did you ever see a more
as he gets money from debtors that
are bad pay. He came right to me
and asked for employment. l told
him that we were not in need Of any
one, and followed the usual form of
telling him to call again.
He took the invitation literally,
walked around the square and dropped
in to make another application. You
told me to call again. he said. Want
a good man. l did the usual thing
one more, carelessly asking him to
call again.
Another trip around the square, and
he put in his third appearance, once
more informing me that he was a good
man in search Of a job. l tried him
again and he proved to be a four time
winner.
Then it struck me that he would
make a collector If he carried his per-
sistency into his work, and he has
proved a wonder. He has realized on
old accounts that we had given up as
hopeless long ago, simply wearing
debtors down to where they would
rather pay than be bothered any fur
ther.
Zone sharp rascal, who makes no
pretense of paying his debts, told our
phenomenon that he would have to get
I'D very early in the morning to get
anything out of him. Our man was
at that fellows house at 2:30 a. M,
routed him out and actually got the
money. He never tires and never lets
go.
Another maddened debtor told him
to sing for his money, and old reli-
able simply took a stool in the office
and sawed away or old Grimes is
Dead until he got the cash.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-01
When Does the Century End?

The opening day of the twentieth
century is still a matter of inquiry. II
will not be January LIST, 1900, but Jan
uary list, 1901. 1t takes a full LOO
years, not ninety-nine, to complete the
century, The first decade did not end
with the close of the year 8, but year
10, and the second decade began with
the year II. The first century ended
with the close of the ear 100, and the
nineteenth century will end with the
close of 1900, not with 1899. Anyone
having doubts can count back year by
year from 1900 to L.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-01

The women are wearing little pigs
this season carved u of clear rock
crystal or Opaque stones of the nature
of agate, and suspended from the neck
by a ring inserted at the top of tho
animals back. These charms v
more than an inch. and soma
would stand on the thumb nail.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-01

The ancients made an art of the cul-
tivation Of the ey~elashes. 1t was
recognized that, besides adding express
sion to the eyes. the lashes preserved
them from the dust, cold wind, and too
glazing light, all of which tend to ir-
ritate and often iniame the eyes. It
is, therefore, not a vanity to endeavor
to obtain them and her preserve them
from falling out. A little pure vasel-
Inc applied to the eyelashes every
night will aid their growth and
strengthen them.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-01
LORD IVEAGH.

local or national matter. The whole
of humanity will profit by whatever
discoveries in bacteriology it may lead
to. The Jenner institute numbers
among its members all the big men Of
medical and kindred sciences in Great
Britain. The careful and effective ap-
p~lication Of this great gift is therefore
assured.
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A FRIEND OF FRANCE.
CONSPICUOUS FIGURE IN THE
EXCITING EVENTS AT PARIS.
M ouesnay De Beaurepaire, Whose Ac
fion In Resigning from the Court
of Cessation Has Asto1nded All the
Republic.

M. Jules Quesnay de B~eaurepaire has
mad rapid advancement in the French
magistracy, owing, as many persons of
olnerent parties in Paris assert, to po-
lnical influence and to his dexterity.
AFTER the war with Prussia, having
Tried editing a newspaper and attempt
cd without success to get into Parlia-
ment, he took up again the career Of
u magistrate, which he had given up
when the empire fell. Within four
years he was made Acknowledgement
at Paris, where he prepared the case
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-01
Where Window GIass Is a Luxury,

Dawson will soon be Dawson City"
in reality, says Consul McCook. One
must take money to bring money out
of the gold fields, capital being needed
in developing. Many improvements
have been made in Dawson. Window
glass is scarce, a small light, 1Ox12,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-01

A recent British consular report from
the far East describes a suspension
bridge of 300 feet span, made of BAN
boo. The cane is split up into ibers
and twisted together to form the ca
bles. Considering it's span, the ma
terial of the structure is quite remark
able.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-01

tunes have been made by parties who
took supplies of glass and OIL lamps.
A 81 lamp commands from SIS to 500
IN Dawson, and a Scent package of
carpet tacks will sell for Is cents.
One-half the buildings in Dawson to-
day are without window glass.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-01
His Principle.

"Are you in favor of an open-door
policy?" Well" said Aguinaldo, 81
suppose the door will have to be open.
But l want it understood right now
that l propose to be there taking tick.
cts. "-Washington Star.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-01

Lemon Baths in the West Indies.
Lemon baths are popular in the West
Indies. Three or four lemons are cut
up and left to soak in water half an
hour. The bath is very refreshing.