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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21
The Joys of Childhood.

Johnny and Tommy, who are the
noisiest children in Yorkville, were
playing. Lets play on this doorstep"
suggested Tommy. NO." Jimmy said,
there isn't any fun in doing that.
That's an empty house. Let's go down
the street and play. I know where
there's a newspaper mans house. He
works all night and sleeps in the day
time" And the pair of cherubs started
off to the spot where the maker OF
thoughts for seventy million ladies and
gentlemen was trying to replenish his
empty think tank by the balmy sleep
process.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21
SIZE AND ~cAPABiLITY.
The AsiatIc Elephant Is Likely to In
crease In Numbers.

Crease IN CuHnDNEhs
In many cases the difference be-
tween brains and no brains, or very
little, has preserved one species and
consigned the others to destruction,
says the Spectator. Size makes no
difference at all in this general result
which applies equally to the elephant
with the rat. OF the survivals of the
giant beasts" of previous ages, crea-
lures whose mere bulk is on a scale
quite removed from the animal life of
today, one, the Asiatic elephant, not
only maintains itself, but is even like
ly to increase in numbers under the &C
tive and interested care of man. Omit
ting for the present the case of it's Afri-
can cousin, we find foul other gigantic
beasts nodded almost on the same
scale, two of them inhabiting the sam
regions as the Asiatic elephant, all
vegetable feeders, and requiring no
more specialized food than their sue
cessful compeer, elephas Indicus. These
are the rhinoceroses of India and of
the Trans-Gangetic peninsula and the
white and black species Of southern
and central Africa. To these must be
added the hippopotamus protected by
a fortunate adaptation to aquatic life,
to which the great rivers of Africa af-
ford unrivaled chances of survival. All
these giant beasts, except the elephant,
are vanishing, almost solely from lack
OF brain power, which protects the ele-
plant both directly, in making him
vigilant, cautious and resourceful when
wild, and indirectly, but even more eff
fectively, in these days by making him
a possible and in some cases an indis-
pensable servant tt man. That the
rhinoceroses in their wild condition
have died out almost in proportion to
their stupidity is obvious from the case
of the South African species. The
white rhinoceros, now believed to be-
extinct, was, after the elephant, the
largest of land mammals and almost
the dullest. 1t was sleepy, short
sighted and stupid. Hunters shot it,
as it lay, before it was awake. The
black ~rhinoceros, while equally stupid,
10 q AholO flSliohI dAilldl, Will lulShOl
senses; hence its partial survival. The
Indian rhinoceros is a duller creature
than the smaller species found in the
Straits settlements and the south of
the trans-Gangetic peninsula, and it is
certainly far rarer, though this may
be due to an originally circumscribed
habitat, as well as to it's sluggish
habits.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21

boy play and was at once attracted by
him. You must take young Emil"
he said to his brother, Uikolans Ru-
binstein, "and you must make g great
pianist of him" Sauer made his de-
but in North Germany and the next
year went to London, where he cap
tured his English audiences at ace
In 1883-S4 he made a brilliantly sue
cessful tour through Italy and Spain.
1t was in 1884 that List listened to the
young mans playing and set the seal
of his approval upon 1t. Sauer's Ber-
lin debut was made the following year
and his prestige in the musical world
dates from that time. He has since
played in the leading concert halls of
Germany, Austria and Russia, never
failing to evoke enthusiastic homage.
In st. Petersburg specially he is a fav-
orite both with the critics and with
the general public. Vienna also has
been at his feet. Having won success
throughout Europe. Sauer will put his
power to the test under new condi-
tons at the Metropolitan Opera House
next January.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21
A FRENCH STATESMAN.
Charles Alexandra Dupuy an Able Man.-Not
New to the Duties of Premier of France.

In the sacred precincts of the officers
mess. The ladies of the regiment, as
a rule, take great interest in TIE well
fare of their humber sisters, frequent
ly visiting them in their quarters, and
giving more than their sympathy at
one Of those crises which occur so fire.
quently in the married block, and gen.
orally lead ultimately to the object OF
their solicitude applying for extra ac-
commodattion, owing to an unauthor-
lied addition to the strength of the
battalion.-From Social Life in the
British Army" by a British officer, ID
Harper's Magazine for November.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21

Johnny and Tommy, who are this
hoisiest children in Yorkville, were
playing. Lets play on this doorstep"
suggested Tommy. NO" Jimmy said,
there isn't any fun in doing that.
That's an empty house. Let's go down
the street and play. l know where
there's a newspaper mans house. He
works all night and sleeps in the day
time" And the pair of cherubs started
OF to the spot where the maker Of
thoughts for seventy million ladies and
gentlemen was trying to replenish his
empty think tank by the balmy sleep
process.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21

ments to the rectors of academies. But
the storm of opposition raised was so
great he withdrew his proposal. The
elections of 1889 found him more in
favor with the people than he had
ever been before. His majority over
his monarchist opponent was a phe-
nomenally large one. Three years
later he took Office under the then min
istry Of NJ. Ribot and succeeded him
six months later. He is a man of
broad mind and great physical courage.
This latter quality was marked at the
time of the bomb explosion in the
chambers, when he displayed no fear.
He ceased to be premier in 1895, and
was succeeded by NJ. Ribot.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21

ing their seats, jumped upon the
stage, while men shook his hands and
women fell upon his neck" the result
of which demonstration was that "the
players coat was literally torn off his
back" Sauer is a few years older now
and perhaps the courage Of his youth"
is mingled with a prudence that will
avert the repetition of such a catas-
trophe, but his hair is still of the
dangerous length; moreover, 1t is
fluffy and curly, with the aureole eff
feet. Once he had 1t shorn. 1t was
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21
II r
Pathetic Sight In Old Age or Sickness
Awaiting Deliyerance,


OF the "man-o'-war" or ~"frigate"
bird very little can be said to his
credit, a the Spectator. Michelet
has rh~apsodized about him in a curious
effusion, of which one can only say
that he seems to have confused three
distinct birds under one head. Were
this bird to receive an entirely appro-
pirate title, it would be pirate" or
~"buccaneer," since it is only upon the
rarest occasions that he condescends to
fish for himself, choosing rather to rob
humber birds Of their ~well-earned
prey. No sea-bird mounts so high as
he, rising into the clear blue until only
a black speck to the unassisted eye.
Usually, however, he contents himself
with a c~ircling poise at an altitude Of
about 200 feet, whence he keeps stead
fast watch upon all that transpires be-
meath. With his long tail dividing and
closing like the halves of a pair of
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21
Not a Joke, This TIM

Elias Kline Of Indianapolis, Ind. an
old man, dealer in picture frames,
whenever he patronized the wholesale
houses INDUCED in jokes with clerks.
While standing in Lieber & Co.'s nego-
tiating With a clerk he suddenly ut
tered an exclamation and tottered. The
clerk, supposing one of his customary
Jokes was being played, stepped to one
side and let him fall. but when he
stopped ovsr him he found that Kline
was dead.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21

The minstrel man lay dying. He
called his eldest son to his bedside and
said: my boy, 1 cannot leave you n
money; I have spent that as fast as /
made it. But you shall inherit the
heirloom that / received from my
father. 1t will make you a living; 1t
made. his and it made mine" Then,
laying in the hand of the young man
the worn and stained joke book, ne
breathed his last.-Ex.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21
Things Have Changed.

'"That young gentleman doesn't take
much interest in political news" re-
marked Miss Cayenne.
"How do you know? You met him
only a few minutes ago."
Eyes; but he alluded to Philadelphia
as a quiet town."-Washington Star.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21

at a German village in the summer
warm, and, it being out of the season
for piano performances, he sacrificed
the burdensome glory for comforts
sake. But his hair, wen when sepa-
rated from his beautiful head, was not
to be cast recklessly aside like common
hair. The prudent barber, realizing the
commercial value Of the pianist's
curls, placed them on exhibition and
offered them for sale at five marks a
lock, at which price they were speedily
disposed Of. 1t is not simply the ordi-
nary matinee girls" or foolish en-
thusiasts who fall victims to Sauer's
magnetic power. Last season he ap-
reared before Queen Wilhelmina, who
frankly confessed her recognition of
that fascination that so many IN
crowned ONE had known, and at
her request several private recitals
have been given recently before the
court of Holland. Sauer's career has
been a continuous and progressive
triumph not only in regard TO the
adoring tributes of women, but In the
admiration and commsEaasaoa that
have been expressed by numerous
prominent musicians and critics of the
Old World. His biography runs
briefly thus:
Born in Germany in 1852, he re-
ceiyed his earliest musical education
from his mother, a woman of o
than ordinary ability. In 1876 Ru-
binstein, by a mere chance. heard the
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21

HARLES ALEX
ANDRE DUPUY,
head of the new
ministry of France,
Is not new to the
office of premier
and minister of the
interior - the two
being associated
together in the
French cabinet. M.
RihOt was succeed
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21
THE PRESIDENTS CHILDREN.

eldest born, lived to be four years old,
and was in the sweetest hours of child
hood when God took her home. The
younger daughter died an infant, and
Mrs. Mckinley, whose life nearly went
out with the child's, hardly remembers
the second babe who lies with Ida Nc
Kinley in the quiet shades Of West
Lawn. To these two graves President
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21

Underneath two little mounds in the
Canton cemetery, sleep the children OF
President and Mrs. Mckinley. There
lies buried the heart of the sweet-faced
invalid woman who is called "irst lady
of the land. There is an unspeakable,
unfathomable depth of sorrow in the
thought of what might have been Mrs.
McKinley's happiness had her two
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21

Said Mrs. Fondmother to her son
who Is unduly partial to the softer sex
Don't you put any reliance on what
the girls tell you. They are awful.
liars and will fool you every time
Eyes, but how nice they do it," replied
the enamored youth, with a beatifii
smile.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21

at decoration and all is clean and neat,
1t is a two-roomed house. On the
ground floor is the kitchen, where the
boys bed stands under the stair which
leads to the upper room. Here are
two large beds, one for the parents, the
other for the two girls. In the kitchen
stand a walnut wood table and a side
board of antique design, an heirloom
OF the mothers; a walnut chest holds
the bed and table linen and another
old chest the bed clothes; the every
day clothes are kept in a chest up
stairs. They try to add something
every year to the house linen; some
times the mother and daughters beg
the use of a little plot of ground, which
they SOW with fax, and the year fol-
lowing they spin and weave 1t them
selves, borrowing a loom from a far
mer. Their stock compares favorably
with that of the better-off English cot
tager, to say nothing of the quality Of
this homemade linen compared to
that bought cheap at a country shop.
In 1898 they possessed seven and a half
pairs of linen sheets, seven large and
small ~tablecloths, three counterpanes,
three warm quilted coverlets and six
towels. The mother had six chemises.
the father eight shirts and the rest OF
their clothing was in the same decent
proportion.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21
He Knew 1t.

The Good Man-Do you know that
there are breakers ahead of you? The
Wicked One-Ye-hic-yes. | s'pose
my-hic-wife and her motherIl break
my-hic-head when I git home.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21
Could She Talkl

"Can she talk, old MANI" Can shei
why, last summer, in the mountains.
she didn't even let the echo have the
last word."-Puck. {
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21
He If.

The Good Man-Do you know that
there are breakers ahead of you? The
Wicked One-Ye-hic-yes. l s'pose
my-hic-wife and her mother'll break
my-hic-head when l git home.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21

She-They say the Clippersons have
always lived away beyond their means.
Hell wonder If we could get them to
show us how?
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21
Could She Talk

Can she talk, old MANI" "Can she?
Why, last summer, in the mountains.
she didn't even let the echo have the
last word."-Puck.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21
NEW PIANIST COMING
SAUER WORKS WONDERS WITH
AUDIENCES.
One Time, In Their Appreciation, They
Nearly Left Him without "a Coat
His Businesslike Barber-"The Cour-
tge of His Youth"
(New York Letter.

~ " L ii Il II EURO
pean pianist, with
long hair and SOUL
full eyes, is to in
a d America in
search of laurels
this winter-Emil
~Sauer-Whose art
and personality
have won for him
brilliant triumphs
across the water.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21

Poverty may blunt our other senses,
but 1t sharpens the taste.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21

Opportunities make brief calls ana
II you are out they seldom return.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21
ITALIAN

The House Linen Is the Pride of the
Family.
The Poletti's little cottage stands in
a field and is semi-detached, says the
Fortnightly Review. Like many Of
their class in Italy, they have a great
love for and pride in their home. The
furniture is well polished, the tools
and utensils arranged with an attempt
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21

daughters lived to see their mother in
the White House. If living, they
would now be young women, loved and
admired in the Washington circle OF
society. Alas! they died when the
father was a struggling lawyer in a
small Ohio town, dreaming little per-
haps of the fame which awaited him
in mature years. Ida Mckinley, h
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21

and Mrs. Mckinley pay a sad visit each
time they go to Canton. Each week
flowers from the White House are sent
to loving ones at home, to be placed
uments rise above each little mound,
and the Mckinley lot is the one most
visited by those who go to Canton's
beautiful city of the dead.
The evening times., 1899-01-31
New York cotton Market
PLANTING OF TREES In
PUBLIC RESERY ATIONS
COMPLAINT oF MR.. DARBY
Triangle bounded by PennSyIvania
Avenue and Twenty-sixth and l.
Streets to BE Improved.

The District Commissioners today ap-
proved the recommendations of T. Ian
ham, superintendent of parking, that new
trees be planted in the triangular
reservation bounded by Pennsylvania Ave-
nue. and Twenty sixth and L Streets north
west The Carolina poplars. sugar ma
pies. and Negundos which at present line
the reservation are old and should be re-
placed The plan of the parking superin-
tendent is to plant young Oriental Plane
trees along the Pennsylvania Avenue and
Twenty-sixth Street sides of the reserva-
ton and sugar naples on the L Street side.
TO replace the NegundOs. This will carry
cut the original intention of planting moth
ing but sugar naples on L Street west o.
Eleventh Street.
Rufus H. Darby recently complained 20
the District Commissioners about tee
''eyesore" OF old and partially dead trees
along the south side OF Fo-.I teenth Street.
just below the Avenue. He characterize d
the grOwths as mere ''stumps." The su-
perintendent was detailed to make an in
veStigation and reported to the Conmis-
sioners that the trees complained Of are
infected soft naples and one European
linden, planted too close to each other
The Commissioners have approved his rec
ommendatiOn to supplant the old trees
with young gTCWths.
The evening times., 1899-01-31
Robert RintouI symo,

LONDON JAM 31--Robert Rintoui Sy.
mon' an English financier. died on Satur-
day of heart disease He was about sixty
years old In 1897 accompanied by Fred
erick c. Rogers. of New York, he went to
Mexico and obtained from the Mexican
government concession for the Mexican
Central Railway Company, of which he
was afterward at different times a director
and vice president After that Mr. Symon
made visits to Mexico every year He was
a member OF the firm which had a CONTRACT
ior coming large part of the money used
Oy tne Mexican government and which
owned several mints engaged in that work
MI Symon left that firm three or four
years ago. but up to the time of his deatb
he retained large interests in Mexico re
owned several large estates and was in
terested IN several mines. Mr.. Symop vas
director OF the English corporation call
ed the Maxim-Nordenfelt Gun and Ammu-
nltion Company. His wife was Miss
Conover, of New York. She and tbras
children survive him.
The evening times., 1899-01-31
Washington Stock Exchange.

Substituted States As, registered: $500
a III rs; Metropolitan Railroad. converti-
bic 6's: 81, 1,000I1Si rs; Metropolitan Rail-
road. certificate "A: S165.S9G13 130; Met
ropolitan Railroad. certificate b" 81
150a117 IL. s4O0G11S; Lincoln National
Bank: 10G115 12; National Safe Deposit
and Trust: 54120; National Union Insur-
ance: 100q 10 ii; Metropolitan Railroad:
10G $50. 10d1S1 IA, 12d1S1 IL; Mergen-
thaler Linotype: 10G1S7 81; Lanston Mon
otype: 1.025G1S; American Graphophone,
preferred: 21G12 1-2. After call-Metro-
politan Railroad, convertible 6's: 81 ,0OOG
1S2, $1,000 1Sf 1-2; United States 3's, cou-
pom: S200G LOG IL; Capital Traction: 12On
so 1-2. 20GSO ga. goa so SIS; West End
National Bank: 10m95
The evening times., 1899-01-31


ing their commands are rated as high as
others who volunteered to undertake most
hazardous missions, and several cases are
pointed out among the favored who were
actually cursed on the battlefield by their
superiors for pitiful displays of timidity
and fright.
A notable group which received brevcts
was that of a general and his entire staff.
They stayed behind big rock while the
fleet bombarded Aguadores and never got
within the range of their adyersaries. Fa-
vorite sons Jared particularly we'll nota-
bly, Secretary Alger's son, who was never
within the danger area.
One officer who is awarded a general s
stars was so cautious during the campaign
that the commanding officer of his diyis-
ion declined to shake his hand when the
embarkation for Montauk began. Strong
pressure will be brought to bear on the
President to recall the nominations and
investigate the merits of the boards rec
concentrations.
The evening times., 1899-01-31
PROTECTION FROM FIRE.
Unprotected Condition of n SectioK
of Northeast Washington.

Mrs Mary G. Chase. owner Of premises
1920 d Street northeast, has written to ths
District Commissioners enquiring what
steps are to be taken to provide the pIpp-
erty owners OF that section Of the city
with the protection from fire to which tax
payers are entitled.
Owing to the impossible condition o.
Twelfth Street. says the complainant
the fire engines were unable to be OF any
service at the fire which occurred On
Thursday morning last at 325 Twelfth
Street northeast, which is almost across
the street from me- One engine was stall
ed in the red clay with which the street
has been ruined, and the other apparatus
was SO slow in reaching the scene OF the
IRE that what should have resulted in
practically no loss, actually ruined the en-
tire stock of the store
Under present conditions a fire in thin
row of houses would probably destroy tEs
entire row"
The evening times., 1899-01-31
La Grippe Successfully Treated

81 have just recovered from the second attar..
publisher of the Leader, Mexia, Texas ssfn tbs
latter case / used Chamberlain's Cough Rerne,lv
and I think with considerable success. only r.
ing in bed a little over two days. against ten
days for the former attack. The second attac<
am satisfied would have been equally as BAD
as the first but for the use OF this remedy as
had to go to bed in about six hours after being
struck with IL, while in the first case I was
able to attend to business about two DAYS be-
fore getting down." For sale by Henry Evans
Wholesale and Retail Druggists. o3s + st. NV.
and Conn. ave- and st. Ew., and 1923 Nd. ava
The evening times., 1899-01-31
FREE SELLING In
THE STOCK BOARDS
DECLINES AT THE OPENING
Market Irregular, but with an In
derIyinG Tendency to Recover
Declines.

New York, Jan. 31.-The stock market
opened under the influence of recationary
tendency and the traders were free sellers.
Prices ran off fractionally with exceptional
declines of l per cent and over in New
York Central Tennessee Coal and Iron,
and Reading first preferred. The decline
did not last long. Good buying orders aD-
peared from various directions. Sugar ral-
lied about a point on rumors of conso!i-
dation with the Glucose Company. The re-
coveries extended TO l and per cent in
Tennessee Coal and Iron, Central Pacific,
Chicago and Alton, Chicago Gas AMI some
OF the specialties.
The market did not move with uniform
ity but it showed underlying strength.
Government bonds were unchanged.
At noon the stock market yas generally
strong. the majority in the general list
having made advances which ranged TO 2
points.
The evening times., 1899-01-31

The dividend on st. Paul common is to
be raised to per cent in April according
to a semi official announcement. This
statement had the effect of making the
grangers advance fractiOnalIy this morn
ing, and it was thought probable that a
further advance. especially in ST. Paul,
might be expected.
The evening times., 1899-01-31
ANOTHER SCANDAL
ADDED TO THE LIST
HOSTS OF WRONG PROMOTIONS
Regulars and Volunteers Excited by
Nominations for Brevet Rank.
FavOritism Above Right.

Indignation is rampant this morning
among the regulars and volunteers who
participated in the Santiago campaign on
account of the 504 brevets for gallantry
sent to the Senate by the President yes
terday upon the recommendation of the
Schwan Board. Protests of the most en-
phatic character, rivaiing in many cases
the force of Eagan explosives, are pouring
into the War Department, giving every in
dication of stirring up the worst scandal
Of the war that has yet been developed.
1t is claimed that many officers who dis
played brilliant heroism have received no
more recognition than the most arrant
towards, and that fayoritism and political
pull is more conspicuously rewarded than
military services.
Officers who barely did their duty lead
The evening times., 1899-01-31

Federal Steel preferred stock was on,
of the strong features of the list The 81
predicted for the stock by Mr.. Flowe
seems likely to be realized at any time
The hgure at noon today was 80 Thi
stock Is regarded with favor by a cousid
cradle portion OF the professional ele
ment of the Street. There is now no ques
tion that per cent dividend will b,
paid this year, and that something lik,
double that amount will be earned.