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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-08-05
ADMIRAL WATSON.

them all, in his brilliant record of al
most reckless daring, whom Farragut-
a Tennessee man-trusted as he did his
good right hand, in the fierce naval
combats of 1924. Then comes
Phythian Berry, William Nelson, a
naval lieutenant, whom President Lin
coin made a major general of volun-
teers, killed in 1852, and latest Lieuten-
ant Commander Lucien Young, whose
brilliant dash at Santiago is fresh in
the country's memory.
Rear Admiral Watson is a nephew
Of the late Major General Thomas L,
Crittenden, who commanded the Twen-
tieth corps, who died shortly after the
war. Another uncle was General George
P. Crittenden, who went south in 1861
and commanded a division in the con-
federate army. Watson was appointed
to Annapolis in 1857, in his fifteenth
year. the age limit for youth then be-
ing IA to 20. In 1861, a passed mid
shipman, he was on the Hartford with
Farragut, and there won the friend
shin of the great admiral by a feat of
courage that was as necessary as 1t was
daring.
It was a fine April morning in 1862,
when Farragut's feet raj by Forts
Jackson and st. Philip, on the Missis-
sippi river, 1fty-two miles below New
Orleans. The ships of Farragut's feet
were all Of wood, and General Duncan,
commanding the forts, with his second,
Colonel Higgins, thought the Lord had
delivered Farragut and his fleet into
their hands, as they beheld it coming
up, formed in two lines, the Hartford
being easily distinguished as the flag
ship by it's broad blue admiral's pen
nant. The forts were admirably ar
ranged for effective gunnery. having a
barbette battery of sixty-fours and
quick guns that swept the river for
miles. Had not Farragut directed his
fleet to run in shore and under the gun
fire not a ship would ever have got
away. The forts are situated on the
two banks of the river, and about a
mile and a half below each other. AS
the Hartford passed Fort St. Philip a
shower Of grape from one Of the big
guns tore the foremost into match
wood, and seriously disabled the sail
power OF the ship.
1t was necessary to take in some sail
and set others, but the blocks Lao
TANNED and the Hartford was in dan
ger of swinging about and running
aground. The fire of grape aloft was
so terrible that the command, GO alof:
and clear blocks and tackle on main
yard" was not obeyed with that
promptness hat follows an order given
by the commander of a man-of-war.
But the hesitance was ~momentary.
Come on, you sons Of seacooks,'
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-08-05
Dia inond GIints.

Con Brouthers has dispensed of his
business at Marion, Ohio, and will re-
turn to baseball a player-manager.
General Hi Hi Dixwell, the Boston
rooter, has not been at a game this sea-
son. Has the general gone back on
baseball?
The manager Of the Fitchburg team
is Connie Murphy, formerly catcher of
the New Bedfords of the New England
league.
Stallings boasted before the season
opened that he would purloin fifty
bases before the last game was played.
He is getting there.
When it comes to handling the de-
livery of young pitchers there is no
catcher in the same class with Robin
son Of Baltimore.
Hickey's fielding has been brilliant
this spring. He is also fast on the
bases. This goes a long way to make
up for his weak hitting.
What Sherman said about wal will
apply to baseball" unused Walter Ar
lington Latham after the second e
run defeat at New York.
The New York Press says Daily and
Gleason cover more ground than any
pair of second basemen in the National
league. There are others.
Pebble Jack" Glasscock is as frisky
a player and covers first bag as we'll as
many players twenty years his Junior.
He still has his batting eye.-Ex-
change.
Magnate Franklin is congratulating
league this season, because the gate re-
ceipts are so much larger than the
Eastern league boasts of.
The Phillies are fortunate in having
two catchers-McFarland and Douglass
who are not only frst-class back
stops, but who can also bat and run.
Harry Wolverton and Gene Demont-
reville keep the ball high, and Captain
Everett's great reaching act has won
for him the new title of Step-ladder
Bill.
Have you ever observed" remarked
the veteran sportsman, Michael B.
Seaman, that the umpire is never ad-
vanced as an excuse for winning by
the winners?"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-08-05

yelled a young voice, and up the rat
lines to the disabled rigging went a
midshipman, followed by the entire
watch, shamed beyond words at their
momentary hesitation. Running out
lightly to the end of the yard and
standing sixty feet from the deck with
the grape clipping ropes and tearing
great slivers of wood from mast and
spar, young Watson as calmly gave the
necessary orders as If he were at a
practice drill. One after another the
men were struck by the bowling storm
of grape and either fell ~lifeless on the
deck below or was knocked out of the
rigging into the river boiling with the
stroke of shot and shell, but the Indian
fighting blood of his heroic ancestry
was up and John Crittenden Watson
never looked around. When everything
was taut and in working order, follow
ing the tackles down, Watson saluted
the admiral and reported, "All clear,
sir"
Grim old Farragut simply seized the
daring boy in his arms, and how the
crew cheered. Had we ever got
around there the confederate guns
would have destroyed us in five min
utes," said Fleet Captain Percival
Drayton, of the west gulf squadron, as
he told the story to Captain, afterward
Rear Admiral Bryson. Young Wat
sons ready appreciation of the danger
and prompt action saved the Hartford
in my opinion, and Farragut always
thought so, too"
There are many people still living in
Kentucky who are bound to the incom-
parable Dewey's successor by ties OF
blood, and who will watch with interest
and pride his career in our new far
eastern possession. Doubtless they
have no fear but that their distin-
| guished relative will be able to cope
with any and every question, and lend
fresh honors and luster to the names
of his ancestors.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-08-05
BASE BALL TOPICS
CURRENT NEWS AND NOTES OF
THE GAME.
Gray's Great Pitching Feat Has Made
Him al Least Temporarily Famous
Was Often Passed Up-orth of the
Phillies-Rowdy Ball Must Stop.
A Great Pitching Feat,

Gray, the Buffalo pitcher, who ac-
complished the notable feat of shutting
out the Indianapolis team at Buffalo
recently, without a base hit or a run.
was, In the opinion of that expert
critic and shrewd observer, II. G. Mer-
rlli, OF Wilkes-Barre, by a long odds,
the premier pitcher Of the Eastern
& last season. His victories ex-
ceiled the record made by any other
twlrlers. The Brooklyn club drafted
him from Buffalo last winter, but for
some unknown reason the claim on
MIN was recalled. Mr.. Merrill Is also
authority for the statement that Gray
mas always ranked In the lead among
rat Powers pitchers, first being prom
inent when at Toronto. He was draft
ed by Ed Hanlon in the spring OF 1896,
on his practice work for the Orioles at
Lynchburg and Richmond. Mr.. Han
Ion finally sold Gray to Buffalo and
mis- work has each season attracted
much attention. The major league
managers often overlook frst-class tai
ent in their efforts to strengthen their
hNaAhS' nlIlIpS records Win the heuS
shows that Manager Ewing erred in
not adding that pitcher to the Cintin-
natl staff before this season and the
opinion Is general that Phillips was
kept on the Indianapolis team for two
years to discipline him for having pre-
sumed to incur the displeasure OF the
Cincinnati manager. Stewart, the sec
n baseman Of the indianapolis club,
could have advanced in his profession
via Louisville, had he not been held in
reserve to replace McPhee. Tom Daily,
who Is doing excellent work for Brook
lyn, was passed up by several clubs in
quest OF a second baseman, and these
are not the only cases that suggest
themselves. McGlnnity, the clever
pitcher Of the Baltimore club, has been
with minor league teams Of low classi-
ncation and independent clubs for at
least ten seasons, and his success this
season Is a source OF surprise to those
with and against whom he has played,
Elk.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-08-05
A Fine Memory.

How about that V, Darby, that you
have owed me for so long a timer"
81 declare, Brown, you must excuse me,
but it had escaped my mind complete
ly. I'll fix it up in a day or two" On
the next corner Darby met Smith.
Smith," he said, Il was going to
speak to you about the money you owe
me-" do | owe you any money!
YES; don't you remember you bor-
rowed 81 of me a year ago the 18th of
June. 1t was about twelve minutes
after s in the evening. These little
transactions have a knack OF sticking
in my memory"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-08-05

Al Ortiz, one OF the pitchers or the
Philadelphia club, claims Sedalia, Mo-,
as his place Of birth. He first at
tracted attention as a ball player
while with the Lynchburg club of the
Virginia League in 1885, during which
season he was purchased by the Phil
lies. Ortiz won eight and lost only one
game during his first season in the
National League, and showed up
strong at the bat. In 1896 he was
credited with fifteen victories and nine
defeats. His showing in 1897 was less
satisfactory, as he was charged with
Is losing and credited with only Is
winning games. Last season he Of
iciated in II games, of which he won Is
and lost IL. He made a good start this
spring, but an attack Of malarial fever
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-08-05
GIRLS WARLIkE ROOM.
The Visitor at First Glance Thinks
Himself In Camp,

The Visitor at First Glance Thinks
Himself in Camp.
There are still "reminiscences of war
in the air. Two nice girls who have
warrior brothers, lovers and friends
have decorated a room with the tro-
phies brought home by all these ad-
miring young men, and when friends
are taken in to see it they are not quite
sure at first whether they are in Porto
Rico, Camp Wikoff, or some other mil
tary encampment, says the New York
Times. The walls in the room are, in
the first place, covered with cadet blue
cartridge paper, which makes an ex-
cellent background for guns, swords,
military capes and big pictures of mill
tary heroes-Dewey, Hobson and a few
acknowledgements framed artistically
by the girls themselves. These frames
are of dark gray cardboard hat is used
so much for photograph mounts, and
with a margin of black painted on d.
rectly around the picture. These COL
ors match the portieres of the room,
which are of a dark gray with black
stripes, and are nothing more or less
than army blankets, which make most
effective hangings.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-08-05
MISUSE OF THE cHEcK-REIN.
Misery 1t Entails Upon IA Horse and Its
Evil Effects.

Evil Effects.
In recent years there has been a con-
siderable falling off in the practice of
overlooking, says the Denver Post.
Horses with their heads cruelty
checked up merely for appearances
sake are becoming fewer. People of
good taste see that any appearance Of
spirit and style so obtained is bogus.
People of good sense see that any de-
vice of harness which makes a horse
uncomfortable cannot fail to diminish
the nervous strength and vitality
which are needed for something else.
Common sense teaches that the more
comfortable a horse is the more and
better work he can do. All this is
apart from the horses own right to be
as happy and comfortable as possible
and to have that right abridged only
by necessity, not by vanity or indiffer-
ence. There are some principles gov
erning the use of the check-rein which
everybody who cares for a horses COM
fort agrees to. Draft horses should
have the free use of their heads, un-
hindered by check-reins. Driving
horses should be checked only when
necessary to their proper control, and
when standing the checks should be
removed. The use of an uncomforta-
BILE, veXatious or cruel check-rein mere
ly for the sake of Cooks" is wholly in
~defensible and shows poor taste, poor
Judgment and a cruel disposition.
These are some of the things horsemen
say about check-reins: THE check
rein Is extremely cruel-a %hindrance to
speed and a cause of disease. 1t causes
stumbling, painful breathing, limits the
animals power and shortens his life"
DR.. Fleming, chief veterinary sur
geon, British army. "Check-reins
cause more stiff shoulders and weak
knees than all other causes combined"
Chief of Paris Horse Hospital. Hen
ry Merwin says: I wish the overdraw
check had never been invented. 1t is
often an instrument of torture" Ra-
rey, the famous trainer, said: Colts
should not be made to endure the bit
ting bride over fifteen minutes at a
time. To keep it on half a day, as
some do, is to infict one of the worst
punishments possible. Some colts are
permanently injured by t." 'The
check-rein painfully strains the neck,
Injuries the mouth, irritates, t%ortures.
1t also causes bowed knees.'-Dr
Kitching, veterinary author. DR.. Prit-
chard, Royal Veterinary College, says:
"The check-rein is a great cruelty. 1t
interferes with breathing, Injuries the
mouth. induces paralysis ard causes
stumbling"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-08-05

According to the Sun of New York,
the western magnates have at last a
twist on President Freedman. The tale
runs to this effect:
According to some WV'ern league
magnates Mr.. Freedman had made all
arrangements with Fred Mersheimer,
the owner of Weehawken park, to play
Sunday games this season. But when
Mr.. Freedman entered into negotia-
tons with the Sunday playing clubs to
transfer their Monday dates at the Polo
grounds to Sundays at Weehawken, to
his surprise so far all have refused to
arrange Sunday games for Weehawken.
This means the loss of many thousands
Of dollars to the New York club. The
giants are scheduled for a number OF
games In the west on Sunday. but after
this eason the western magnates say
they will be cut out of these plums,
too"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-08-05
HUGH DUFFY,
The Famous Captain and Outfelder O
the Boston Team.
One on Tom DAILY,

Tom Daily tells Il good story of his
early experiences in Milwaukee. His
nickname in the baseball profession is
lido, and the Milwaukee players knew
it. About the third or fourth game DAILY
played the brewers were one run be-
hind and he went to bat in the ninth
with men on second and third. *Now,
lido, soak it," shouted the players and
the crowd, which Vas mostly German,
took up the yell. Now, Fido, now
Fido, soag id oud," they yelled. and
DAILY soaked it for a single. winning the
game. He was known as Fido there
after.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-08-05

ON fragments Of the old twelfth CEN
fury chapel. By way of commemorate
Ing the tercentenary of the protectors
bi.th the grammar school is to be en-
larged. A committee for carrying out
this project is appealing for funds.
There is also a scheme for erecting a
statue 20 Cromwell in his native town.
In the group are also Cromwell's house
at Ely-where the family lived for
about ten years. from 1636-and Of St.
Giles church, Cripple gate, where, in
1920, Oliver Cromwell married Eliza
beth Gourchier. 1t was here that Mil
ION was buried some few years later.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-08-05
The Very Worst Ever.

i am willing to pay any amount for
the return of the slippers!" exclaimed
the mar as he nervously paced the
floor. In addition to their intrinsic
value, which is not inconsiderable,
they are dear to me through associa-
ton" "Oh. We'll get EN- for you all
right!' confidently replied the detec-
tive-sergeant. "Diamond-Toothed Mas
admits stealing them, but won't tell
where she's hidden them. Well find
'em thought" Has she hidden the
slippers?" screamed the man. "Why,
yes, but" Lost! Lost forever!
A woman can put slippers away so
you'll never find them in the world"
Even though unmarried the detective
sergeant appreciated the fact that
he was in the presence of a great
grief, and kept silence.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-08-05
The PeopIe Who Say "Smart.,

The French are very proud OF hav-
ing discovered the word "smart,"
which they apply in every sort Of in
congruous way, using it twenty times
per day. The word Smart" has even
crossed the Pyrenees. only altering its
complexion in transit. A tourist the
other day saw a gaudy parasol in a
Iona, and on it was a huge ticket in
scribed in flaring capitals, "~Smark!!"
This was a canine variation.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-08-05
R JAMES WOOD
Death of a Boy Murderer.

Robert Alden Fales, known in New
ark as 1.-The boy murderer" died in the
state prison the other day OF consump-
ton at the age Of % years. Seven years
ago Thomas Hayden, employed in Pot
ter's hat factory in Newark, drew $500
from a bank for the firm. Fales way
laid him and knocked him down, and
with a heavy stick killed him, and ran
off with the $500. He was convicted of
murder and sentenced to death, but on
account Of his youth and his abnormal
temperament the court Of pardons COM
muted the sentence to life imprison-
ment.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-08-05

red men, will begin their third annual
tour on May 9. The Indians play their
first game in Lincoln. Neb., with the
University OF Nebraska, and then tour
east. They already have games booked
through Iowa, Illinois and Indiana.
They are anxious to secure games
through Ohio and Pennsylvania for Au-
gust and September. The manager is
Guy w. Green.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-08-05
No Mechanics.

"Please, ma'am," said little Susan
Gratebar to Mrs. Staybolt, at whose
house she was staying for dinner,
will you give me a little more aspara-
gustus?" "'Asparagustus,' child?"
said Mrs. Staybolt, why, what under
the canopy can you mean" why l
suppose you call it asparagus" said
little Susan, but m papa doesn't al
low us to use any nicknames."
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-08-05

protector of the commonwealth was
christened four days later in the church
Of st. Johns. as the register still re-
cords. But the chief interest of the
place is the grammar school, where he
was educated under its famous head
master, DR.. Beard. From there young
oliver proceeded to Sidney-Sussex COL
lege, Cambridge. Huntingdon grammar
school still fourishes. 1t was founded
In the twelfth century by David, earl
Of Huntingdon 1.-THE Sir Kenneth o.
The Talisman"), and still retains
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-08-05
ROwdy Ball Regulated.

Sunday games will not be permitted
by the authorities of ST. Paul or any
other law-abiding city, if they can not
be conducted in an orderly manner
When Umpire Manassau declared a re-
cent Sunday game between the Min
neapolis and st. Paul teams forfeited
to the latter on account Of the refusal
OF Manager Wilmot and Player An
drews Of the Millers to retire from the
field, when ordered to do so, he was at
tackled by hoodlums and only saved
from violence through the efforts of the
players, with big Perry Werden at
their head. The attendance was so
large that it OVERLOOKED the field and it
was necessary to establish ground
rules. The trouble occurred over the
right Of base runners to make two or
more bases on an overthrow into the
crowd. Wilmot's course not only de-
prived his team of all chance to win
the game, but caused a riot. Such dis
graceful affairs will bring the game
into disrepute with the better class OF
patrons and will provide the law-and-
order element with a splendid argu-
ment for putting a stop to Sunday
games. President Johnson should dis
cipline the Minneapolis manager and
show players and managers of his ilk
that their fancied wrongs are of little
consequence when the interests Of the
league are at stake.-Sporting News.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-08-05
Stabbed to Death with n Hat Pin

The body of an infant girl was found
by James Collins in the field at the cor
ner of Monroe avenue and Myrtle
street, Scranton, Pa. An autopsy by
Coroner Roberts disclosed the fact that
the child had been stabbed to death.
Eleven holes had been punched in the
body, evidently with a hatpin.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-08-05

Hanlon's advice to his players to
show that they are in the game by OBJ,
jecting to unfair decisions on the par,
Of the umpire, is all right in its way
and will receive the support of the
home cranks, provided it is not over
done. 1t is human nature to stick ul
for ones rights. particularly on the bal
field, but it can be overdone, and that
Is just what has happened.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-08-05

account Of losses sustained on the race
course. Count Badeni comes of an
Italian family which migrated into Po-
land in the sixteenth century and sue
ceeded in obtaining large estates.
After graduating from the Cracow uni
versity, Badeni entered the service of
the state and rose rapidly in official
life. The statement is made in the
public press that Badeni was really de-
scended from an Italian cook, and that
the family became rich with the wealth
of a famous actress. In any case, the
Badeni nobility is of recent creation,
the father of the present count having
been made a noble just two years be-
fore the birth Of the present Coun7 Ba-
deni. The fortune of the former pre-
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-08-05

A Missouri man bought a farm, and
dug a cistern to hold water, but before
using it became disguised with the
place, and sold it for a nominal figure.
The new purchaser, in examining the
c~istern, found fine zinc ore in paying
quantities.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-08-05
Maine Tramp Law.

The Maine tramp law is driving
Dusty Rhoades and Weary Waggles
out Of the Pine Tree state. Judge
Bose recently sentenced several tramps
TO jail for ten months at hard labor,
and their associations are tumbling
across each other in their anxiety to
get across the state line.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-08-05
Animal

Horses have a great dislike to cam
els. There are many similar antipa-
thies in the animal world. Between
elephants and rhinoceroses, for in
stancs. and peccaries and bears.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-08-05
TRIED TO

Recent dispatches from Vienna
bring the reports that Count Badeni,
former prime minister Of Austria, at
tempted suicide several days ago on
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-08-05
Hardly the Right Word.

Codwallader-Funny that a woman
can never throw anything straight.
Jenkins (whose wife has red hair)-
HIM, not funny exactly; rather provi-
Dental, isn't 1t?
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-08-05

The population of Jerusalem has
beer rapidly increasing of late. and is
now about 5000; of these %, 900 are
Jews.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-08-05
The Contrary Person.

"Old Bill Gudgett, he vas that con-
trary," said the Oldest inhabitant, that
when spring come he pretended he felt
like Observation-Disclosures Journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-08-05
A Real Indian Tear

The Nebraska Indian baseball team.
which Ia composed entirely Of genuine
The Daily Texarkanian. [volume] (Texarkana, Ark.) 1894-1906, 1899-12-21
AUGUST FLOWER.

at is surprising fact" says Prof HOu-
ton, "that in my travels in all parts Of the
world, for the last ten years, have met
more people having used Green's August
Flower than any other remedy for dyspep-
STA, dcranged liver and stomach, and for
constipation. find for tourists and sales
men or for persons filling office positions,
where headaches and general bad feelings
from irregular habits exist, that Green's
August Flower is a grand remedy. Itdoes
not iniure the system by frequent use, and
Is excellent for sour stomaChs and indi-
gestion." Sample bottles free at Smith
Drug Co. Sold by dealers in all civilized
countries, 1l-23