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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-01
Teeth Age Marks In Cattle.

Nowadays, when early maturity Is
being 80 much cultivated In the case
Of all breeds of stock, the dentition
of farm animals shows much more
variation than was usual in the old
days. when animals were not forced
to a finish at anything like the high
rate of pressure which has of late
years been INDUCED in. One of the
consequences of this high-pressure
system of feeding has been that the
leading English show-promoting bod
les. such as the Smithfeld club, the
Royal and other agricultural societies.
have found it necessary to lay down
special rules for the determination of
the ages OF such animals as are exhib-
TIED at their shows. The Royal Dub
lin society, in common with the other
leading agricultural bodies, has found
1t necessary to adopt certain regula-
lions in this direction. The rules for
cattle follow:
Cattle having their central perma-
hent inc1sors cut will be considered as
exceeding year and six months.
Cattle having their central perma-
nent incisors fully up will be consid-
cred as exceeding one year and nine
months.
Cattle having their second pair of
permanent incisors fully up will be
considered as exceeding two years aud
three months.
Cattle having their third pair of IN
cisors cut will be considered as ex-
ceeding two years and eight months
Cattle having their fourth pair cor
ner) permanent ineisors fully up, asd
their anterior molars showing signs
OF wear, will be considered as exceed
ing three years.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-01

Just at this season when the houss
IL undergoing the autumn renovation
a word about carpets and rugs may
not be amiss. Spots in carpets tina.
have become very s0iled can be re-
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-01
The Reward Withdrawn.

Jimmy,-"Ain't yer glad de school
is closed on account O. de fever?"
Billy.-"Naw; wat good will 1t do
yer now If yer git sick?"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-01
Where Corks VIII Not Rise.

A cork sunk 200 feet deep in the
ocean will not rise again to the surface
owing to the great pressure of the wat
er. At any less distance from the sur
face, however, it will gradually work
its way back to light once more.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-01

Teacher-"Who knows why Column
bus spent so many years in going from
one European court to a%nother?"
Pupil-"He was looking for an an
gel."-New York Journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-01

What do you know of Julius Gaze
sar?" was a question at a recent school
examination.
He wrote elementary Latin works
for the lower FORMS" was the written
reply.-Household World.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-01
Not a Gardener.

Outskirts-My wife always calls a
spade a spade.
Towne-That's because you live in
the country. l think my wife would
call a spade a shovel.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-01

Weary Waldorf.-"De doctor said I'll
be dead inside of tree mont's unless |
go ter work"
Bo Bummel.-"Dat's too bad, Weary;
but we've all got ter die sometime, an
I'll see dat yer gifts a decent funeral"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-01

A. Lincoln Hyde. the English scien.
list, advocates a system of weights and
measures for the English-speakins
people. based on the inch as the fun.
damental unit.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-01
American Exports,

In the fiscal year 1890 exports Of de-
mestic manufacturers amounted to but
s151. 900 900 and In the fiscal year 1900
to s425, 0oo. 900. al Increase of nearly
200 per cent.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-01

Clara-"I don't think Grace cares
very much for her husband"
Jessie-"Why?"
Clara-"Well, he was detained at his
Office one evening last week, and it
never occurred to her that be might be
killed, or something."-Tit-Bits.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-01

AS a sort of variant or diversion
from these solid efforts Judge Holt
maintains that there is nothing to
equal a little good spirited country
dancing. In these parts dances are
easily arranged. Any farm house
is a good dancing hall. all that is
wanted being the dancers and tie mu-
sic. The latter are always on hand
or not far away, and a be quickly
IBID" to a dance. AS to the music
things are not so easy. It is not ev-
cry man who plays a fiddle to suit
Virginia youth. No more critical au-
diences live anywhere-for in dane
ing they want music to dance by,
with not too many variations-just
good, reliable music that anyone can
hear and follow. And right there Is
where Judge Holt excels. He has a
fiddle that was made by a blind fiddle
maker, the notes of which car be dis
tinctly heard in the biggest barn or
house in the country. What is more,
unlike some fiddles the judges has it's
notes all distinct, so that when he
plays one you are bound to know just
which 1t is. Well, one night, m
body said dance in the judges hear
ing, a young fellow it was, by the
way, talking to his girl. They lament
ed the fact that there was no fiddler
about. There was.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-01
American Coal in Trance.

In spite of the freight charges of p
to 22h shillings per ton, American
coal can be delivered at Marseilles COR
about the same price as English. or
even a little less.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-01
just IA Hint.

Observation-Disclosures the mattah
with your clock? It's stopped"
Tailor.-"I never wind it up. l use
1t as a motto.
"Mashington-"What do you mean?"
Tailor NO tick here."-Tit-Blts.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-01

which had never been tasted in that
household. The judges fame as a
cook spread rapidly.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-01

At first a girl wants nothing but a
husband, but after she gets him she
wants all his income.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-01
One Is The Limit.

How fortunate that Rose has only
one brothcr-in-law to manage her
money affairs
"Why?"
If she had two she would probably
land in the poorhouse."-Chicago Rec
nrd.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-01

The most common shade trees in tba
streets OF Cuban cities are the Spanish
laurel. beefwood. West Indian almond
and the sandbox tree,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-01
The Judges Chance.

Going to the barn where he had
left his bags and blankets, the Judge
unwound a coil from about the fiddle
case and returned to the house. There
he began tuning up" while every
one present was silent with astonish-
ment. In a little while such tunes
began coming from that fiddle as had
v been heard in those parts be-
fore. H~oedowns. Virginia reels, polk
as, two-steps, all set the air to jing-
ling.
Such dancing as there was that night
had never been known in the neigh
aorhOod. Couple after couple, attract
ed by some mysterious mesmerism.
arrived and entered the whirling,
dreamy maze Hour after hour, dance
after dance the judge played, only
stopping now and again to give the
dancers a rest, or to put a little rosin
on his bow. or to drink a glass of
cider. Daylight was breaking before
the dancing ceased, and the Judge.
never needing the loss Of sleep, went
On his journey.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-01
To Capture a Title

One day they both agreed that II
would be a good thing if Mary Allies
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-01
Many Votes Ahead.

But his fame as a fiddler somehor
travelled faster than he did. Wher-
ever he went they asked him to play
and he never refused them. Big anu
little, young and old. stout and lean,
have danced to his music. Already
they talk of him al the "GoYernor."
It has been thus daily for weeks,
in which Judge Holt has ridden a
thousand miles yer the rough noun
tain roads. Dumplings. babies and
iddling, all these three have brought
him renown. But the iddling has
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-24
Growing the Professions,

Chicago, too, notices the crowding
in the professions, not as something
new, but as becoming intensified. 1t
is estimated that out Of a total Of
1000 lawyers in Chicago 500 are
handling the litigation Of the city and
only about 200 are making $4,000 or
over each year The passing Of the
national bankruptcy act, it is claimed,
cut off large and profitable source Of
revenue for lawyers. While the legl-
innate business of the courts has not
shown any marked increase, the influx
Of lawyers from the country has been
steady and uninterrupted, and the
stream Of Blackstonians has been
yearly augmented by heavy contri-
buttons from the colleges and univer-
sites. OF doctors the number in Chi
cago is estimated at 1000. If the
city had a population of 100000 this
would give a physician to every 500
inhabitants, which means that there
are four or five times as many physi-
clans as are needed.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-24
Where Eucenie Passes Her lime.

The Empress Eugenie's home ii
England. Marlborough Hill Mansion,
is charming place half way between
the Royal Military School at Sandhurst
and the famous camp at Aldershot.
Close TO the house is the church Of st.
Michael, built by Eugenie as memo
rial chapel TO her husband. and in the
crypt is also placed the tomb Of the
Prince imperial.
During the winter the Empress
passes much Of her time at her lovely
Villa Cyranos, at Cap Martin. one OF
earth's chosen spots near Nice. From
here she may cruise at will upon the
Mediterranean in her yacht. She then
goes to Paris. the scene Of her greatest
triumph and saddest humiliatio1lS, to-
consult her physician before returning
to England.
Shorn by fate Of the crown that Na-
poleon proudly placed upon her exqui-
site brow, she is crowned anew by the
superbly white hair of beautiful oid.
age. and SET apart, to the end, as one
of natures queens.-Ledger Monthly.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-24

gated into droplets, as result of the
process explained about, but that there
was an electric translation of moisture
from the cotton cloud to the floor.
When asked how a complete thun-
derstorm might be produced by such
artifce, Professor Gates replied that
this was done by maintaining a layer
Of moist air in the top of room, and
by charging this to a potential differ
ent from that of the floor below. L
charged to a sufficient height and with
sufficient quickness there would re-
suit sudden fash and discharge, ac-
scompaDied by fall Of rain upon the
floor.
Additional experiments, to which
Professor Gates gives particular
weight, were made in closer colla5ora-
tioa with Professor HaZen. Their
object was to more satisfactorily prove
that when two aerial localities are
charged with opposite clectricities
there is a more rapid diffusion OF
moisture from one to the other than
when they are not electrically charged.
They employed an obIong glass box
with wooden ends, into each of which
was fixed g multiplicity OF copper
wires with points protruding inward.
The apparatus was placed upon an in
snlated stool in front Of static ma
chine having a power of $50, 900 volts
and capable of producing sparks
eighteen inches long. The box was
partitioned into halves by sheet of
porous paper. One-half was filled
with dry and the other with wet air.
The wire points at the dry end were
charged with positive, those at the
moist with negative electricity. While
it ordinarily required from six to
twelve hours for the moisture to
escape through the porous partition
and distribute itself equally through
the entire box, the charging of the
two ends caused transference Of the
moisture from the moist to the dry
end to take place in from eight to ten
minutes. The moisture was electri-
cally carried from the positive to the
negative pole.
When the whole box was equally
filled with moisture, twas discovered
that more collected in the air sur
rounding the negative pole. Thus
it was ascertained that an electric
charge in the air will unequally dis
tribute the moisture already present
and perhaps uniform.-John Elfreth
Watkins, Jr., in Boston Transcript.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-24
A Character Study.

Before Lord Roberts left Cape Town
he called into his Office certain Col
onel. and charged him with a certain
mission. "Now," said the Chief,
how soon can you put this through?
1 know you'll do the best you can"
"Well," replied the Colonel, TN try
to do it in fortnight" "Well, p"
Lord Roberts repeated, 81 know you
will do the very best you can," and
with pleasant smile he dismissed
the officer.
Outside the door he met Lord
Kitchener. "Well?" said Kitchener,
with business-like abruptness. "Oh, "
said the Colonel, II have just seen
the Chief; he wants me to do SO and
So" "When are you going to get it
througk?" ':Well," said the Colonel,
81 promised to try to do it in a fort
night" "Now, Colonel" :" was Kitch-
ener's retort, ''if this is not done
within week we shall have to see
about sending you home" And done
ii was.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-24
THE OLD ARM0R MAKER.
Long Before The Civil War He Woys Coats Of
Mail as Side Line.

about two years ago. said a Poy-
dras street business man, there died
at the Charity Hospital an eccentric
old German, who once upon time fol-
lowed the Queerest trade in the world.
He was a maker of coats Of mail. Long
before the war he had a little jewelry
shop on the north side Of Canal street.
and the coat-of-mail business was a
sort Of private side line. The armor he
then made was composed Of small
links of very hard steel, woven to-
gether so compactly that one could not
thrust even Il pin through the inter-
stices, and It was said that the coats
would turn either i knife or bullet.
They We're fashioned something like q
sleeveless undershirt. and were intend
cd to be worn Immediately beneath the
outside garment. In those days the
use of such devices was popularity at
tributed to fellows who wanted to Sc
cure an unfair advantage in duelGng,
and the reputation of wearing one I'M
der any circumstances was fatal to a
reputation for courage. Consequently
the cid German didn't go to any pains
to exploit his business, and his Gus
toners must have come TO him through
MANY devious channels | knew the
old chap quite well when was boy,
and / have often seen him putting the
mail together in his little back room.
He got the links from Germany and
they came in long single-strand chains,
which he fastened together with small
steel rings, thus building up a fabric
like knitting stocking. The coats
were made over wooden form,
shaped like mans torso, and We're
astonishingly light.
After the war broke out good many
men bought them openly, as legiti-
mate protection. and for while the
old man had more business than he
could attend to-. went into the army
and lost sight Of him until some years
after peace was declared. When I en-
countered him one day, working as a
journeyman matchmaker, asked at
once whether he made any more chain
armor, and he laughed and said it had
gone out of fashion. l believe, how
ever, that he used to still make coat
now and then for some crank up to
the time of his death. Of late years
he quit active business and lived in
quiet retirement out near st. Johns
bayou. New Orleans Times Demo-
crat.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-24
Cut Both WAYS.

In an interval in the drilling one OF
the volunteers belonging to a crack
regiment stepped out from the ranks
to light a cigar from that of his officer
The latter took this evidence Of the
democratic spirit of freedom in good
part, but said by way of hint: "ln
the regular army you couldn't have
done this to an officer, Brown"
sRight You are" responded the
private, "but in the regular army you
could not be an officer"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-24
Eaokinc After Its Soldiers.

A young arHE officer, who has seen
service on the Arizona plains aud on
the Maine coast, and -Tho"ts now IN
Cuba, tells two stories out OF his own
experience, to show the accuracy with
which the War Departmentfollows the
movements of officers.
"I was with a small scouting party
in Arizona, he says, "and after two
weeks in the desert my squad came to
the railroad near small station.
Within ten minutes dispatch from
Washington was brought to me by
the station agent. 1t asked if wished
to be transferred to one OF the two
new artillery regiments then forming.
"I answered by telegraph that I
should be glad to enter either Of
them. Then we set off again across
the desert.
cit was six days later when we
again struck the railroad, this time
eighty miles from the point at which
we had previously crossed it. But
nv reply from the department was
awaiting me. 1t had been telegraphed
to every station within two hundred
miles.
ga more striking instance of accur-
acy occurred after my transfer to the
East. was travelling home onleave,
and as the regulations require, had
potifed the department OF the day,
hour and probable route of my jour
ney. After I had been on the train
fer eight hours. at small station the
porter entered with telegram, ask
ing if any one OF my name was pres
ent. On opening the dispatch, l
found that it was from the adjutant-
generals Office, ordering me on de-
tached duty,
sExactness of detail could not be
carried much farther. The depart
ment knew the whereabouts OF an in
significant second lieutenant, even
when he is travelling on leave of ab-
Senca."
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-24
rlapplnr of an Insects Wings.

The slow tapping of butteray's
wings, according to Sir John Lub-
book, produces no sound, but when
the movements are rapid a noise is
produced, which increases IN shrill-
ness with the number of vibrations.
Thus the house fly, which produces
the sound F, vibrates it wings q, l2O
times minute, and the bee. which
makes sound of A, as many as 26,-
400 times. Professor Marcy, the nat
uralist, has succeeded by delicate
mechanism in confirming these num-
bers graphically. He fixed a fly so
that the tip of the wing just touched
a cylinder which was moved by clock
work
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-24

An Indication of some Of the impor-
tant industrial effects which may be
expected to follow the opening up Of
China. is given in recent reports con-
cerning the Chinese tree called the "tu
chung" Both french and English
botanists assert that this tree contains
a valuable substance resembling rub
her. or gutta-percha. Mr.. Weiss, OF
Owens College believes that the sub
stance is a true caoutchouc, and that
the tree will become Of great economic
Importance.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-24

Reel Races, Hook and Ladder contests,
bursts of speed by trained horses, athletic
contests of all kinds; base ball, foot races,
tests of strength, for valuable prizes. Fan
tastic parade Of the Flks. Every Lodge In
the State will be in line in fancy costume.
Riding Camels, Riding Oxen, Riding Mules,
during the goth OF May Gala Week at Char.
lotte. N. c., provided you take the seaboard
Air Line
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-24
So. 90.
Soothing Bath for Nervous Women.

The woman that suffers from ner-
vous affections will find 4 bath of lime
flowers most soothing. The bran bath
is also restful after the strain Of the
day and can be made by putting bran
and starch in bag and letting it soak
for little while in hot water that is
afterward added 10 the bath. Some
times nervous trouble can also be ale
waited by putting ammonia in the bath;
one ounce should be used to bucket
full of water.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-24

An operation was reco ntly performed
at hospital in Trenton, y. j., for the
removal of tumor from the cheek of
Landsford Bergen, the fve-year-old
son of Edward Bergen, of Yardley,
Penn. The swelling was about the
size of hickory nut and was situated
under the right eye. 1t begun about
two years ago, when the child COM
planned of an itching and burning sem
sation there. When the tumor was
removed the doctors found grain Of
III. cot snrnutinn under it.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-24

In a description of the compulsory
arbitration law of New Zealand
Henry D. Lloyd says that its compul-
sion is three-fold.. 1t compels pub
licity. reference to disinterested ar
bitter in case the disputants will not
aroitrate voluntarily, and finally obedi-
ence to the award Of the arOitratlnS
tribunal.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-24
Tetter and Eczema.

"What will you charge me for L
dozen boxes Tetterine? [ know 1t to
be splendid remedy for the cure OF
letter and Eczema. I would like to
keep it for sale. Mrs. Emma Plum
mer, Waynesboro, Miss" If your
druggist don't keep it, send SOC. to J.
T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga. for box.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-24

A curious plant is the ''tooth brush"
plant of Jamaica. 1t is species Of
creeper, and has nothing particularly
striking about its appearance. By
cutting pieces Of it to suitable length
and fraying the ends, the natives con-
vert it into a tooth brush; and tooth
powder to accompany the use of the
brush is also prepared by pulverizing
the dead stem.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-24
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn?

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot-Ease
powder for the feet. 1t makes tiGnt or
new shoes feel easy. Cures Corns, Bunl0ns.
Swollen Hot. Smarting and Sweating Feet
and Ingrowing Nails. Sold by al, druggists
and shoe stores, 25 cts. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, n. \.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-24
At a leeislatire nearing on behalf q

At legislative hearing on behalf Of
the insane poor, physician recalled
the fact that as late as 1889 the city
of Boston kept its pauper lunatics in
wooden cages, which rested on wheels
and were rolled out of the almshouse
on pleasant days, to give the wretches
little air and sunshine. When new
building was provided, the patients
were trundled into it in their cages.
But Doctor Butler, the wise and hu-
name superintendent, promptly set
them free from conditions which might
make O sane man crazy.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-24

The Australian insect fauna is esti-
mated at 10, 900 species, but it is be-
lieved that the actual number is con-:
siderably greater. OF these the great
est variety is to be found in New
South Wales, the scientific collections
formed in Sydney and elsewhere being
of singular attractiveness and in
terest. In the vicinity OF streams may
be found large and beautiful dragon
flies, often of considerable size; while
everywhere during the warmer months
of the year the ceaseless hum OF the
cigale reminds the traveller of a similar
insect experience in Italy. Native
honey bees are plentiful in many
places and are easily recognizable by
their small size, being little larger
than the common house fly. Mos
quitoes are practically unknown in the
dry interior, but their place is taken
by the sand fly, an equally mfs
chie7ous insect. There arg spiders o.
all sizes, few being poisonous, but
their webs are generally of mos
fanciful chsrsrctef. The splendid ap'
pearance Sf some of the butterflies
rivals ~tNat of the most gorgeous in
sects Sund in South American forests
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-24

Grand Balls and public addresses. Open
air concerts all tho time Thousands will be
in Charlotte, n. C. during the Goth OF May
Gala Week, May 22-23-24-25th. Take the
Seaboard Air Line.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-24
To Cure a Cold in One Day.

Take LAXATIVE BRoao QUINtSE TABLETS.
All druggists refund the money If it fails to
cure. L. ". GROVES signature on each box,
25p