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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-11-04
SCIENTIFIC TOPICS
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOVERY
AND INVENTION.
A Substitute for Pneumatic TIres-The
Whistling Buoy The New Motive
Power-starting a Fire with ce-Ne
A~ir-Cooling Machine.
The New Motive Power.

That the age of steam, especially as
a motive power, draws rapidly toward
its close, is everywhere conceded. But
what the new motive power is to be
not manifest itself with so much
certitude. 1t may be compressed air,
or it may be electricity in some one of
its manifold forms, or, again, it may
be something else. But until it is GER
tain the necessarily great expense of
the change from one form of motive
power to another gives all the rail-
roads pause, while the equal necessity
of keeping abreast of the times makes
them watch with keenly interested
eyes the experiments that are going on
all over the country in the hope of dis
covering the new king. The Long Is
land road, on a half-mile stretch, in a
carefully guarded Enclosure near ia
maica, has recently been testing a
third rail electricity carrying device
for which the inventor claims econ
omy, effectiveness and safety. The
third rail carrying the current and laid
~unguarded between the other two rails,
which was adopted by many roads,
proved dangerous in the extreme, for
any one stepping from the i%nnocuous
outside rails to the electrically charged
third rail Immediately completed a cir
cult and received the full force of the
current. Injury always resulted, and
very often death. This was an in
superable objection to the system, and
since then safety has been one of the
results striven for. The system the
Long Island railroad is trying consists
Of a copper cable carrying the current,
which is set in a hollow wooden beam
running along the ties parallel and
equidistant from the rails. On top of
this copper cable is another smaller
cable about the size of a telegraph
wire, lying loose. AS a train passes
along a powerful magnet or the bottom
OF the cars lifts this smaller wire,
which t%hereupon becomes electrically
charged for the length of the cars, but,
it Is asserted, is at the same time dead
and harmless two feet ahead or behind
the car. The owners of this third-rail
system claim to hold unassailable pat
ents. President William H. Baldwin,
Jr., of the Long Island railroad, in
speaking of the tests, said: These
tests have been made on our road for
the last two months in an experimental
sort of way. | have been much inter
ested in the development of this idea
1t seems to have the necessary ele-
ments for a successful third-rail sys.
tenn. | have no personal interest what
soever in the matter, beyond the desire
to find some third-rail system that will
prove economical, effective and safe
If the owners of this system are ready
to make a business proposition for it!
use, we would consider favorably thu
application of that system for expert
mental use, with a view to its adop
ton. We would experiment with an!
third-rail system that appealed to GU
Indictment"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-11-04

evaporation Of water, says the st.
Louis Globe-Democrat. 1t Is not in
tended for heavy refrigerator work, but
for cooling at maximum efficiency over
the range of 10 to % degrees Fahren-
heit, required to keep a room at COM
Portable temperature on a hot summer
day. To furnish the forced blast which
provides both the air circulation and
the chilling effect, all that is required
Is a little electric motor blower. This
~evaporates the water, which is distrib-
uted in a capillary film so effectively
that 10000 cubic feet of air per hour
can be cooled to about 6S degrees Fab.
renheit. There is an automatic ad-
Justment which keeps the temperature
at any desired point and at any de-
sired degree Of humidity. The water
can be taken from the local supply and
current from the nearest available
source. The apparatus requires nc
more attention than a common fan
motor and can readily be set up in
sick rooms or hospitals, where such
an appliance is often invaluable. The
ease with which the apparatus can be
handled and operated, in fact, may in
sure its adoption generally in all kinds
of buildings during very hot weather.
1t is not only far more efficient than
the ordinary refrigerating apparatus,
but it practically enables any n who
is very sensitive to indoor heat to pass
through the most trying summer in
comfort.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-11-04

Nellie had a doll house made by
brother Sam out of a big packing box.
There were upstairs and downstairs for
the dolls and a front and back parlor,
with real glass windows and the cutest
little kitchen with a toy stove and tin
dishes in it, and a little pantry where
Nellie put little squares of cakes and
bread and pie on her small china
dishes. Yes, Nellie was very proud OF
her house and dishes, and she had fine
doll parties. Nellie's brother Ned has
a puss that was a great mouser Nell
and their dolls were all in her play
house, sitting in the chairs or on the
sofas. Come said Nellie, 1--WE must
get dinner now" Nellie looked into
the pantry of her house, and there sat
a sleek little mouse, nibbling cake, and
the floor and shelves of the pantry were
covered with crumbs. My! What a
Shrek went up from the little girls
when they heard about the mouse! Kit
tie Maynard went and brought Ned's
puss. Then there was a lively scurry-
ing, and doll furniture and dolls were
overturned and broken as the mouse
and puss raced through the doll house.
Puss caught the house and carried it
away in triumph. Lets don't cry"
said Arabella. "These are war times.
Our dolls have been in battle and have
scars to show that they were there"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-11-04

Queensland is to be represented at a
London exhibition by a fountain OF
quicksilver, one of the colony's chief
productions. There will be two ba-
sins, one above the other. These will
be of iron, enameled black, to give
greater effect to the falling quicksilver,
the top one three feet larger. The mer-
curry will run into the upper bowl from
a height, and then by little channels
around the edge into the lower basin.
The supply will be arranged so that
there is an almost continual flow. AS
it drops into the lower bowl the mer-
curry will be conducted by a glass-lined
iron pipe to a reservoir tank, and hen
lifted by a motor so that it may re-
turn by the delivery pipe to the upper
bowl again. The weight o. the mercury
used will be about two tons, and the
piping for the delivery will be loo feet
long, and that for the return to the
tank eighty feet. Each tank will hold
two cubic feet of quicksilver, and the
elevator apparatus will be required to
raise about one ton an hour. Probably
the thing that will attract much at
tention will be a few ordinary house
hold fatirons. which are to be 1oated
in the bottom basin, for the density of
mercury supports iron as water does
wood.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-11-04
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES.
GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR
THE VETERANS.
Death on the Field of Honor-Too I'll
rs Notwithstanding the ~
{ Me Son His Commander-Remarka he
Reversal of Family Authority.
The Building of a Soldier.

Joe Jerry hoed in a stony field,
Under a sweltering sun.
ThA boy and the rock and the native wed
Fought for the life in a battered seed.
And the struggle was just begun.
Get out of the mud and follow me-"
Siid the mar with better clothes,
Again you are vermin and drought and
frost;
You anger Nature with labor lost
Come where a fair wind blows"
But the boy digged on in the stony field,
With the struggle barely begun.
Il put the seed in this ground said ne;
Il think 1 had better stay and see
Whatever may be DONE
Joe Jerry quarried and placed the stones
And fitted the timbers true,
Then his ~neighbors came with fevered
eyes:
"Gold!-pans of gold!-just there it liesl
Shal we wait a day for your"
A sweet voice rifted the evening calm,
Singing the death of day.
A tired child came and went with a kiss,
II have a wife, and a house-and this;
l think I had better stay"
War! war;" the cry-and the cry came
near
There is fame, and to spare, for ALL"
II have left a dying wife-and these.
I'll stay with them, If God so please"
But he went at the second call.
Come back" they cried through the
metal hail
To a soldier bleeding and grim.
He picked a rifle out of the dirt.
Answering only: THE captains hurt;
1 think I'll stay with him"
Frederic Brush.
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had to be put into the bath, which is
not so serious a punishment as many
a young person gets for inquisitive-
ness. Even this experience did not
break her of her bad habit. She be-
came fond of tasting everything she
found, and finally developed an appe-
lite for strong drink. This was worst
OF all, for it not only troubled and
nnoye my mother, but it came very
near causing poor Katy's death. II
happened in this way: Mother was
making soft soap; those were the days
When every good housewife made her
annual or semi-annual barrel of soft
soap, and she had a bowl of strong I've,
which looked quite tempting to Katy,
was nor the effect it would produce II
b tasted it, and the more she looked
at it the stronger the temptation be-
came, just as it does with others who
do not fly from temptation at once. She
did not stop with a little sip, but took
a good, big swallow, and oh. how it did
burn her poor throati If the unfor-
tunate little creature had not been
compelled to drink a big dose of strong
vinegar she would never have had an
other experience. She was sick for
several days, and | do believe she be-
haved a little better after this. Dear
children, do learn a lesson from poor
little Katy's experiences, and don't
NEEDLE with things that don't concern
you, and don't taste of things you find
standing around, or 0 may fare worse
than did poor Katy, for you may de-
velop an appetite for strong drink that
will be worse thar I've. But then, of
course, you know more than Katy
for she was only a cosset lamb!
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-11-04
Davies Surgical Hint.

"Davie, l think 1 left my spectacles
upstairs" said grandpa, after he had
searched the sitting-room for his &C.
customed helpers. ooh, dear!" began
Davie, who always thought it a great
nuisance to &C up and down stairs I'M
less he wanted something for himself,
and couldn't get any one to go. But
before he had finished his grumbling
sentence little Lille had deposited her
lapful of patchwork on the sofa, and,
with a CHEEKY "Pll get them, grandpa"
was on her way upstairs. "Davie, you
forgot to put your tools away" mamma
said that evening. ooh, dear! It's
such a bother to put everything away!'
fretted Davie. Cant I leave them
where they are till tomorrow, for l
want to do my ~lessons?"
mo; I want them put away at once"
said mamma, in such a decided tone
that Davie knew she required instant
obedience. "Oh, dear! l can never
learn this long lesson!" he grumbled.
TITS such a lot of work to translate
all the sentences!" DR.. Morton had
dropped in for a little chat with Da-
vie's father, and he looked up as he
heard the command and the impatient
exclamation. "What do you think I
have been doing today, Davie?" he
asked when Davie had returned to his
lessons. What, sir?" asked Davie,
glad of a diversion from his books.
Breaking a little girls arm"
do you neal mending it, d~octor?"
asked Davie, thinking that the doctor
had made a mistake. mo; broke it,"
answered the doctor. Some time ago
this little girl broke her arm, and it
vas very badly set, and had been so
stiff ever since that she could not use
1t as she wanted to. We held a con-
sultation At the hospital today, and
decided that the only way to help the
child would be to break her arm again
and reset it,"
81 think I'd rather never be able to
do anything han have that done!" ex-
claimed Davie. "Why, that is unfor-
tunate!" remarked the doctor. give
been thinking that there is a bone
about you that ought to be broken very
SOOu, IL YOU eApecl " ueCOLuS al dcIlFe
man. I've been meaning to mention it
to you for some time" Davie turned
pale. He was not at all fond of bear
ing pain. Where is the bone?" he
asked, with a frightened tremor in his
voice. will you have to break it?"
mo; 1 can't very well break it for
you," answered the doctor. You can
break it for yourself better than any
one can break it for you. 1t is called
the lazy BONE"
ooh, that is what you meant" And
he was so relieved that he smiled at
the doctors words. eyes, my boy, that
is the bone I mean; and it is a bone
you ought to break very soon, if you
ever expect to be of any use in the
world. 1t will take a pretty determined
effort to break it, for it's n of the
toughest ones l know anything about,
but you can break it il you make the
effort. Will you try"
YES, sir, l WILL" promised Davie,
manfully, his face flushed with NORTH
cation at the thought that he had
earned a reputation for aziness.-Se
lected.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-11-04

1 wish I'd been grandpa's child
That l could had the joy
OF fishing in those good old lays
When father was a boy.
S'or then the fish grew bigger far
Than they do nowadays,
And literally packed the stream
At least, so father says.
they never caught a sucker then
didn't weigh a ton,
And pickerel were longer thar
A modern Armstrong gun.
They used to yank out halibut
In hundreds from our bays,
And shad ran up the banks to bite
AT least, SO father says.
They never thought of using bait
To lure the willy trout.
Ihey reached a bushel basket down
And simply dipped them out.
And in about an hour or two
They'd fill up several drays
And SOW them through the neighbor.
hood
At least, so father says.
In short, they caught SO many fish,
That fore their sport was through
Inc stream where they were fishing
would
Go down a yard or two.
And not an angler failed to come
Home loaded in those days
A habit father still pursues,
AT least, so mother says.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-11-04
Sheep as Beasts of Burden.

In the northern part of India sheep
are put to a use unthought of in Eu-
ropean or American countries. They
are made to serve as beasts of burden.
The mountain paths along the foothills
OF the Himalayas are so precipitous
that the sheep, more surefooted than
larger beasts, are preferred as burden
carriers. The load for each sheep is
from sixteen to twenty pounds. The
sheep are driven from village to vii
lage, with the wool still growing, and
in each town the farmer shears as
much wool as he can sell there, and
loads the sheep with the grain which
he receives in exchange. After his
flock has been sheared he turns it
homeward, each sheep having on it's
back a small bag containing the pur-
chased grain.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-11-04
A Nameless Hero.

A book of the deeds of heroes whose
names have not survived them would
contain many of the noblest records of
the human race. In it we should find
the perfect mingling of courage and
humility. A touching story, told by
the London News, belongs in this no.
BILE list, which grows longer year by
year. A certain Major Baker and his
daughter were passengers on the Stella
when hat unfortunate ship was
wrecked. Both were about to perish,
when the father made a piteous appeal
to a boatload of passengers who were
leaving the ships side to find room for
his daughter. One man, to whose iden-
tity there is absolutely no clue, in
stantly stepped back to the ship and
allowed the lady to take his place. As
the BOA cleared the side the vessel
went down, carrying with it the girls
father and her unknown rescuer. How
beautiful! How unutterably sad! His
anonymity somehow seems to enhance
the heroic grandeur of his death. Moth
ing would have been gained by know
ing his name. A man capable of such
a deed wants no mortuary honors, nor
the local habitation of a monument. He
belongs to the infinite Of greatness, and
his fitting grave is the sea-.
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Death on the Field on Honor.

Theophile-Malo Carrot de Latour
dAuvergen, a brilliant linguist and a
valiant soldier, surnamed The First
Grenadier of France, was born at Car
haix, France, Nov. 23d, 1867, and met a
heroic death at ~Oberhauser, Bavaria,
June 9th, 1900. After quitting the
college at Quimber, where he already
distinguished himself by his philolog-
ical studies and researches, he entered
the military school, and was quickly
admitted to the regiment of Black
Muskateers, and soon promoted to SUBJ
lieutenancy. Profiting by a leave of
absence, in 1881, he hurried away to
Spain, where he did valiant service
against the English. When the French
revolution broke out, he remained true
to the national flag, and although al
ready a captain before 1889, he re-
fused all advancement. In 1892, he
contributed powerfully to the first
victories over the enemies of France.
He was the first to enter Chambery,
sword in hand, at the head of his COM
pany. The year following he was sent
to the Western Pyrennees, where,
though nominally a captain, he found
himself at the head of 5000 men. His
guard, and 0 0 became the terror of
the enemy, by whom it was styled the
Internal Column. The arrival of this
corps on the field of battle was always
a signal for victory, the impetuosity of
the men, and the rapidity Of their
movements being irresistible. In the
intervals of inactivity, during the nine
teen years of his military career, he
returned each time to his favorite lin
guistic studies, and it was then that he
composed his famous Polyglot Diction-
airy, in which the words and idioms of
forty-two different languages and dia-
lects are presented. His last term Of
service vas in the capacity of a SUBJ
stitute for the twenty-second and last
child, a delicate son, of his friend, lie
Brigant. Latour went to Paris, and
obtained permission to replace the son
of his friend, and Immediately after
ward Joined the army in Zurich. Here
his valiant exploits again brought him
SO prominently into notice that Napo-
leon sent him a sword, with the title
of 1.-THE First Grenadier of France"
This offer of promotion was also dis
tasteful to him, and he sent word back
to Bonaparte, Among us soldiers there
Is neither first nor last" He begged
permission to rejoin his troops in his
old capacity-not as the first, but as
the oldest grenadier of France. The
French next invaded Germany, and six
days later he fell, pierced to the heart
by the spear of a German Uhlan. His
last words were: 81 die satisfied; ii
was my desire to terminate my life
thus" The whole army went into
mourning, and each of his soldiers con-
tributed n days pay toward pur-
chasing a silver urn to hold his heart,
which was carried at the head of the
company. His sword was hung in the
"Invalides," at Paris, and his name re-
manned at the head of the register OF
the Forty-sixth brigade until 1914, and
every day, at roll-call, the oldest SER
geant responded: Dead on the Field
Of Honor!"-From the French.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-11-04
His Son His Commander.

Out of the hurry and hustle of the
war there has come one of the most re-
markable cases of the reversal of fam
lily authority ever known to military
men. A son is a commissioned officer
In a regiment, while the father is a pri-
vate in the same regiment. The son
gives the father commands; the father
executes the orders; he touches his hat
when he passes his boy doing duty. On
the rolls of the First Colorado infantry
appear the names of Ben Lear, second
lieutenant, aged 19,and Benjamin Lear,
Sr., private, aged A. The father is
proud of the success of his son, and
never tires of boasting to his fellow
~privates. Lieut.. Lear is a fine speci-
men of the young American soldier.
He has all the good qualities that are
known as western" He has go and
push and grit, a very intelligent mind,
and an aptness for his work. He
laughed when as1ed about the family
relations in the regiment. why my
dear fellow" he exclaimed, don't you
know that in a regiment there are nc
family relations? Here we are all Off
GERS or privates or bandmen, and thai
ends the whole business. But, seri-
ously, the curious relations which an
bound to maintain with my W father
are ridiculous, and IL he did not have
a fine sense of humor himself the,
would be well-nigh insupportable. HI
comes in here with a message, for in
stance, and stopping at the door hi
stands at salute until / have time o
am in a disposition to receive him b.
acknowledging his salute. Then h
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-11-04
Refused to Take His Paw.

P%ittsburg special to the New York
Herald: Major Robert H. White, who
has caused surprise in army circles by
giving up his retired army officers pay
of $4,000 a year, left Pittsburg to go
to New York, from which point he ex-
pected to sail for South America. Be-
fore going, he said he would be gone
the remainder of TIE year, and would
spend the time traveI.ng for health and
pleasure. While stationed at the Pre-
sidio, in San Francisco, and while on
duty at other places, Major White
made considerable money specializing.
He now has more than he needs, his
friends claim, and has conscientious
scruples against accepting the $4,000
per year. His Frankstown avenue
friends intimated to-day that he had
gone to South America to get away
from the army paymaster's depart
ment, which insisted on his taking the
money.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-11-04

A new device FOR making rooms alb
solutely ffreproof comes from Holland.
1t is applied to each room separately
and involves no general reconstruction
OF the house. 1t consists of a series OF
~fireproof plates, to be laid on the walls,
floor, and ceiling in place of plaster.
The material used is said to resemble
nougat in appearance. BY this simple
process any fire is strictly confined to
the room in which it originates; there
car be no spreading. A severe test
has been applied. In a room properly
sheathed with these plates tarred wood
was heaped on the floor and fired. In
spite of the fierceness of the combus-
ton, which filled the whole room with
cracking flames, there was no effect
beyond the protected walls.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-11-04
Making a Billiard Ball.

1t requires skilled labor to turn out
a billiard ball. One-half of it is first
turned, an instrument of the finest
steel being used for the work. Then
the half-turned ball is hung up in a
net and is allowed to remain there for
a year to dry. Then the second half
is turned, and then comes the polish
ing. Whiting and water and a good
deal of rubbing are requisite for this.
1t is necessary in the end that the ball
shall, to the veriest fraction of a gram.
be of a certain weight.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-11-04


A paper by Professor G. F. Sever and
Mr.. R. A. Fliess, eat at the general
meeting of the American Institute of
Electrical Engineers, gives valuable in
formation regarding the relative econ
omy of horse and electric delivery wag-
ons. They have found that the average
delivery wagon covers a distance : of
about l1,26S miles per year, at a cost
of 1886 cents per mile for a ~two-horse
vehicle. An automobile will cover the
same distance for 2.G5 cents per mile
less, equivalent to $29S.6O per year. A
further advantage is the higher speed
of the electric vehicles, enabling the
deliveries to be accomplished with
greater celebrity.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-11-04
A Wonderful Dress.

Princess Czartoryski has had a won
derful dress made in Paris, on which
her coat of arms is produced in jewels
on a white satin ground. For this
purpose the stones had to be pierced.
and, though their value was deteri-
GRATED. the dress as it stands is valued
at SIS, 600