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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-17

In the British Naval and Military
Record it is stated that it is becoming
an interesting problem as to how long
the annual farce of voting battleships
which can never be laid down is to
continue. Each year the first lord of
the admiralty presents to parliament a
ship building program which he SOL
EMMY treats as though it were likely
to be realized. He estimates the cost of
the operations ard TIE house of COM
mons votes the money, which will not
in any case be spent in the way di-
rected. Although money nay be voted
for shipbuilding. it by no means fol-
lows that it will be expended on on
struction.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-17

on with a great destiny not far ahead.
Night and morning in the laagers is
heard the voices of psalms and hymns.
One night | heard 1000 voices thus
among the kopjes. 1t was more soul
thrilling than the "Marseillaise." They
have no idea of reprisals against their
English foes, or of cruelty to the pris-
oners or wounded. Again and again l
have seen them carefully attending
the English wounded on the battle
field and chatting in friendly tones
with their prisoners. Altogether, the
Boer soldier impresses me as a man
built on a broad and generous plan. He
is religious, he is conscientious, poo-
and pure and brave. There is 10
bravado after a victory. no whining
after, a defeat. The world has not
heard the last of the Boer as a farm
er, soldier, and patriot.-Peter Mac
QrHen in Leslie's Weekly.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-17
It FlurIs Six Hundred Pounds of Gun Cotton
Twelve Miles.

With the actual introduction OF the
Gathmann gun into coast defense will
come a new era in harbor defenses in
this country. The gun underwent a
preliminary test at South Bethlehem
last week and proved satisfactorily
that it possessed the stability and
power needed for the work it is to
perform. In calibre it is the largest
weapon in use, having a bore of eight
cen inches. What this means can be
best illustrated by stating that the
heavy turret guns on Americas bat
tleships are mostly of twelve-inch
calibre, a few being thirteen-inchers.
Five inches in the. bore of a gun is
a tremendous factor indeed.
But it is not in the bore or the size
OF the gun that the Gathmann arm
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-17
They All Sang.

An anonymous Union soldier tells
this story of the civil war. 1t occurred
during one of the Virginia campaigns.
Wounded men of both armies, and a
goodly number who had, fallen with
sunstroke. were in a church which for
the time was serving as a hospital.
Federals and Confederates were chat
ting together in the most friendly way.
The place was full of the fragrance of
June roses which had been brought in
by the ladies. Suddenly there was a
sound from the organ, a Confederate
officer was at the bellows, and a Scotch
surgeon at the keyboard. He tried the
instrument, which was a good n and
then broke into a military march. TO
the pleasure Of those listening. The
stops were drawn. the music swelled,
and even the illest of the listeners was
trying TO beat time. 1t was evident
the player was a Union man. and fna1-
~, with a grand crash of sound, he
gave out the opening bars of the "Star
| Spangled Banner" Then, with one
impulse, Federal and Confederate OF.
dcers and soldiers. the wounded and
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-17

marks a new departure. 1t is in the
fact that it will fire shells loaded with
guncotton-each shell to contain 600
pounds of that dreaded substance. Six
hundred pounds Of guncotton burst
ing aboard any ship of war means
practically the destruction Of that
ship. For twelve miles in any direc-
ton from the gun no enemy will be
safe from the possibility of receiving
such a charge.
This gun stands today the first to
use powder of the ordinary service
sort, brown or smokeless, to fire a
shell filled with an explosive of higher
grade than the powder itself and of
far greater sensitiveness to detona-
ton. That it will do this is practical
ly certain. Guncotton, though not so
sensitive as dynamite, is by no means
an article to be toyed with. To pre-
vent explosion it is commonly kept
saturated with water. And in a sat-
the shell and fired.
Alongside of the saturated guncot-
ton there is a small charge of dry
guncotton, and leading to this is a
fuse with a illuminate cap, striking a
blow on explosion equal to fifty
pounds. This blow detonates the dry
guncotton, and the dry g%uncotton de-
tonates the wet.
Twelve miles is a long distance,
Further than the human eye can
reach, except at very lofty attitudes.
Further than any gunner unless arti-
ficially aided, can train a gun or OBJ
serve a target. Further than the
sound of a very heavy explosion will
carry, unless in a mufled roar. Yet
it is proposed to make the Ga.hmann
gun effective at twelve miles, or very
near that distance, by aiding human
vision by artificial means.
Indeed war has made a revolution
in human needs. Until the early part
of 1898 when hostilities with Spain
were imminent, coast defense was an
almost neglected quantity. True, tbs
army held it in mind, and as far as
n~iggardly appropriations would per-
NIT, prepared for it. When it became
necessary to place mines in the coun.
try's harbors and to restrict naviga.
ton there was a great cutlery and tall
of defiance-but war made these pre-.
cautions necessary. Since then there
have been many new, methods sug.
gested, devised, tested and adopted.
OF these the Gathmann gun is the
latest. 1t will fire charges of guncot.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-17

however, he sent a new Chinese sery-
ant into the room to light a fire. John,
seeing the bit of wood and knowing
nothing of its associations, put it
among the flames. 1t was blazing up
when the master entered the apart
ment. First. having pulled out the
precious relic. and burned himself
badly, the Scot fell upon the Monaghan
and beat him severely. For this he
was summoned by the Chinese serv-
ant, and very heavily fined by the
magistrate, who possibly had opinions
of his wi on politics. Now the precir
GUS relic. slightly charred, is kept in a
glass cage, while the Chinese servant
will not easily be persuaded that the
English do not worship idols of wood.
Household Words.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-17

ton to distances of twelve miles-tak-
ing the extreme range. 1t discards
compressed air as the propelling force,
and uses the service power. But with
a new aiming mechanism, recently
adopted, it makes invasion practically
impossible. Instead Of a string and
network of submarine mines, as here
tofore, the waters of the bay will be
intersected and countersected by a
system of electric wires. A ship en-
tering the bay and striking these wires
will automatically fix its locality on
the new position finder, no matter
whether 1t be within the range of the
gunner's vision OF not. The sighting
of the gun becomes a matter Of angles
of elevation and direction, shown in
an already prepared table-the charge
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-17

What is the future OF wounded men
after they nave been brought to the
hospital? Gut of 100 men fifteen die
in hospital or on the way home. Twen-
ty-six are permanently disabled. and,
coming home. are discharged from the
army. But the other f~ifty-nine recover
sooner or later, some being discharged
almost at once. And, %curiously, these
recovered wounded men form the best
fighting element of the army, for they
learn. by experience, that being
wounded is not such a bad thing as it
is generally supposed.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-17

and shrinking them over one another
"a process which vastly enhanced the
strength and stability of the arm. 1t
is upon this principle that the Gath
mann gun is built, and with a pres
sure of something less than 10000
pounds to the square inch and an
initial velocity Of 1900 feet per sec
ond at the muzzle of the gun it would
throw its projectile the full twelve
miles in approximately t~h.rty-six sec
onds. Some idea of this speed may be
attainable when it is remembered that
the fastest railroad train would re-
quire twelve minutes to traverse the
same distance.
1t is to be borne in mind that guns.
whether dynamite or otherwise, are
themselves the targets for their enc
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-17
A Gigantic Clock.

The clock of the Philadelphia City
Hall is the highest in the world. and
has the largest dials. If the dials were
removed there would be space for two
trains to pass each other running
through. The glass in the four faces
is fastened by a ton of cement. The
glass, If laid on the ground, would
make a walk a square long and ten
feet wide. The minute hand finished
its years journey on New Years day
by completing a 110-mile trip.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-17

should, are kept at other work. II
will undoubtedly be necessary for con-
gress, having the necessities of the
coast defense in mind, to largely in
crease the personnel of the heavy ar
tillery before the expiration of the
present army law, July 1, 1901.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-17

Miss Lille Ray, daughter of Daniel
A. Ray, recently made United States
marshal of Hawaii. has been appointed
deputy marshal to her father.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-17
The Sire of II.

Those cities that had taken their
measures with their shoes on are fnd-
ing fault because the census takers
made them stand in their stocking feet.
Philadelphia North American.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-17

the dying, all Joined in the chorus and
sang it to the end. And then each
ooked at the other, mute with the sur
prise of men whose hearts have beer
taken by storm.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-17

Try growing some of the new things
that r becoming known to the la
ket, such as Kohl Rabi. If only for use
in the family.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-17

No a who has kept single has
ever been really disappointed in love.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-17

Horticulture is a science worth the
study of every farmer. 1t is so broad
In It's scope that there is no danger of
a man %outgrowing it.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-17

The San Jose Scale has been disoov-
eredzin Vermont.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-17

A stock yards reporter states that a
shipper brought into Chicago S91 sheep
from the west, but not getting his ask
ing price-$3. 75-shipped them to
Michigan for feeders.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-01-13
THE rRANssvAAL TRouBLE.
Everything is In statu Quo The
Beers are Week


General Butler according TO latest
dispatches has assumed the often
sive and is fighting on the Tugela.
This movement indicates contemp-
lated attack for the purpose OF keep
ing the enemy within their lines
while awaiting orders from head
quarters.
The following dispatch has
brought verv sad news to the peo-
pie of Great Britain but the millions
OF determined Britshers will wipe
OF the tears and get ready for action.
The dispatch which shows the dar
ing OF Colonel Powell reads as fol
lows:
LONDON, Jan. 5.-The Wat Office
has received through General For
estier- Walker at Cape Town the fol-
lowing dispatch from Col. Baden
Powell, dated Mafeking, D C. 26:
We attacked one of the ehamy's
wor rks this morning, endeavoring to
push back the Gordon northward.
Our force consisted OF three guns,
two squadrons of the Protectorate
Regiment, one of the Bechnanaland
Rifles, armored train, etc. The en-
eny had strengthened their works
during the night aud doubled the
garrison since yesterdays recon
naissance.
Nevertheless, our attack was car
ried out and pressed home with the
greatest possible gallantry and
steadiness under very heavy fire.
But all efforts to gsan the interior
by escalade failed, the fort being
practically impregnable.
"Our attack only Withdrew after
ak of our officers and large num-
bers of men had been hit. Nothing
could have exceeded the courage
and dash displayed.
"The general situation remains
unchanged and the health and
spirits OF the garrison are very salts
factory.
81 regret to report the following
casualties:
Killed-"Captain j. R. Vernon,
Captain a. G. Sanfried. Lieutenant
81. G. Patton, eighteen non commits
stoned officers and troopers.
Wounded-"Captain Charles Fitz-
clarence, twenty-three commits
stoned officers aud troopers.
Prisoners-"Three troopers"
General Forestier Walker points
out that while the dispatch gives all
the names, it fails to show that six
officers we're hit.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-01-13
The Gaelic.

The SIS. Gaelic arrived this morn
ing from San Francisco. The
popular steamer commanded by
Capt. W. Finch, r. N. R.. left San
Franci-co np tee 9Th instant and
had very pleasant trip. The follow
ing is the passenger list for Homo
lulu:
w Aston, Mrs Edwin Benner,
w w Bierce, 6 Bonner, Frank
Davies, F G Hartmann, S M Kerns,
Miss Ida B Lamb, Mrs o G Lewis
and son, e B McClanahan, Mrs E b
McClanahan, w l. Mo6itt, j S
Molonv, M NJ O'Shaughnessy, Miss
Rohdahl, G d Vincent and f M
Whitney.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-01-13

Judge Wilcox sent the man to Jail
on hard labor for three months after
giving him some wholesome advise,
for the benefit OF the defendant as
we'll as for ma of his stamp. His
Honor then ordereu tn- clerk to
notify the Board OF Health OF the
circumstances of the case and TO
forward to the Board the badge uHNd
10y Donahue and con6scated by the
authorities.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-01-13

There are plenty OF men looking
for work aud no excuse for the
Board of Health to pick up men
who are utter strangers here even to
the police. Several members of the
Bar present in tne Court addressed
the Magistrate although not profes
sionally interested in the case and
asked him to suppor tthe community
in exterminating from our midst and
more especially from off employ
ment men of the stamp OF Board Of
Health guard Donahue.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-01-13

Donahue admitted that he had
only bean "a hours in the country
when he received an employment by
the Board OF Health aud badge
As an excuse for his conduct he
simply claimed that he was so drunk
that he did not remember what be
was doing.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-01-13
SATURDAY, JAN, 13, 1900.
A WRONG POLICY.

The INDEPENDENT has not tried
to find fault with the Board of
Health or the men who are nobly
assisting the authorities in their
efforts to stop the epidemic and
clean up the town.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-01-13
Band Concert.

The Hawaiian band will play this
afternoon at o'clock at the Executive
grounds. The usual moonlight con-
certs will be given next week. Tomor-
row the regular Sunday concert will
be given at Makee Island with the fol-
lowing program:
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-01-13

At the same time it is our dnty
to cali the attention of the Board
to any steps on their part which
may lead US into dangerous hole.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-01-13

This morning man named
Donahue was charged in the Dis
trict Court with assault intending
to commit rape" The charge was
amended to assault and battery and
the story bsought out by the wit.
nesses was that the man sporting
the badge OF Health Inspector
entered the house of respectable
young white weman, demanded to
<'inspect" the premises, and when in
room alone with her, assaulted her
and tore her clothes.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-01-13

The promiscuous appointment of
perfect strangers to work as guards
in the infected districts is policy
which will some day perchance
prove fatal.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-01-13

We cannot believe that the author
titles are short of material for guards
aud,paid inspectors. The Marshal
could easily put the health authori-
ties onto lots of fellows who would
be only too willing to accept a job
aud who would bs known to the
police at least.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-01-13

Don't fail to ring up Telephone
444, American Messenger Service, II
you have any messages or packages
TO deliver
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-01-13
PART /.

"The Old Hundred"
Overture Occasional" ......... Bach
Song-"The Silver Path" ...... Bevan
Nocturne-"L'Es 'Esperance" $50. Asher
Selection-"I Due Foscari" 80. Verdi
PART II.
Selection-"Rose of Castillo" j. Balfe
Ballad-"The Holy City" 49,. Adams
Gavotte-"Intermezz .......... Hall
Overture "Murmuring Forest" 80.
............... bOulllOH
"The Star Spangled Banner"
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-01-13

French Muslius, usual price 40c.
per yard, now 10c. at Sachs.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-03-29
HONESTY and Humbuggery ar
two stalwart foemen that are be
BntteHtu inH.


es'''i"'s W. two stalwart foemen that are be-
coming so cohesive to another,
that the identity of one is rapidly becoming synony
nous with the other. There are many breeds Of
these heartless, hoodlum humbugs Their occupa-
tions and footprints found in fowery engravings
wherever the eye can penetrate. They are getting
plentiful than threeleafed clover in pasture
and are destroying the body polite almost as swiftly
as dew recedes before the rays of Old Sol, a
drunkard in seeking his couch or lumber yard
when the saloonkeeper has just completed the
duous task Of taking his for frst-cass,
ri p-roaring jag.
Among them is to be found the humbug phi
lanthropst, who, when he finds that he has one leg
in the grave and the big toe the other piercing
the green sod, does he think of disgorging his ILL
begotten AUTHORIZATIONS that are reeking with
misery, blood and corruption. This class of faunt-
ing fakes have sent of recording
Angels to the hospital lakes to recuperate their
health, while they wearing out fabers in plac-
ing down the names Of the victims whose death had
been indirectly caused by the Unsuitable greed Of
some of these much-lauded philanthropists.
There is also the humbug patriotic politicians
who are so strongly immeshed in the tolls of hum
buggery and incarnate selfshness that they require
the assistance of interpreter expert in order to
distinguish the difference between Old Glory and
soiled paper. Gold and glory dominates their de-
cduous deflements unerringly as load of beer
dominates the votes of the denzens of polanderdom
on election day Their gullibility enables them to
soar above the incorruptible few, as easily the
voracious vuture cruises the ambient atmosphere
above the patient worm, who wiggles its way onward
amid the tortuous paths of rectude. Some of these
drugstore revived claptrap politicians, who put a
haf-dozen wrinkles in their forehead and attempt
to converse learnedly finance couldn't distinguish
an essay on temperance from finance. Their patri-
otism is of such stawart that they wouldn't
hesitate moment to sacrifice 100000 vessel for
100000
The medical profession contains many Of
unquestioned ability but there has creeped in among
them few humbugs of SO rank pedigree that they
are unable to distinguish the difference between a
boil the back of ones neck from the Adams apple
in his throat Of these fakes are not doctors
any so than professional thief is good citi-
zen. The church, nowadays, also contains few
bantling humbugs yea, they are almost thickly
strewn around the secluded corners as they are
in penitentiary, and like the inmates of peniten
tiary, there many professional ones aoug them.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-03-29

SINCE the mayor of Moundsvle, w. Va, has
decided to run city just ''as Jesus would" some
of our wardens should keep the ball moving by
running pententiary on the Jesus plan
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-03-29
n o TIC E,

ALL PERSONS receiving copies THE MIRROR who
regular lists Will please consider such
sample copies. after reading, you conclude that
THE MIRROR worthy patronage send your
this office for a trial subscription rates
published
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-03-29
It is reported that Mckinley is


about to inaugurate few sweep
ing reform measures in regard to
looting the treasury. About as
far as Mack dare go along this line
will be to draw a blue pencil
through the Sultan Of Sulu's pen
sion.
The man who expects something
for nothing, usually has the ear
marks of a degenerate about him.
Since the crusade against all
kinds of vice has started in New
York, there has been marked in
crease of passengers between that
place and Paris.
1t is rumored that the Prince of
Wales will visit this country some
time in April. Since the Degen-
crates and Sapho plays have been
allowed to tour the states, we may
expect such visits as this.
The Gar of Russia says "he
has as much sympathy for nihilists
as can be. enclosed in a peanut
she'll" This looks as though the
Gar was longing to bask on a hot
brick in hades.
As the Dowager Empress of
China has ordered a few more
thousand of Bibles, it looks as
though the fire-cracker manu-
facturers of that country are also
feeling the hoof Of the paper trust.
The ministers of Chicago were
almost unanimous in condemning
Sheldon's edition of the Topeka
Capital. No doubt their manu-
scripts struck the wastepaper
basket with a dull, sickening thud.
A Philadelphia man has had his
wife arrested for robbing him
while he slept. If she stole the
money for missionary work in the
Orient, he should be congratulated
on his efforts to suppress an abomi-
nable evil.
Chamberlairsnow imagines that
he is the worst abused man in
England. Those well-worded COM
pliments that Roberts is getting
is liable to cause him to move to
Paris.
Dispatches from Central Amer
lea state that all is quite.
Now if Taylor, Otis and Roberts
would also send in similar news,
we would try and induce Mack
and Victoria to ask Brigham
Roberts of Utah to offer up a
prayer of congratulation.
The yellow-journals of New
York are still waiting to hear what
Jesus thinks of Sheldon's expert
ment.
It is reported that Mrs. Hetty
Green's daughter is to be married
to a Spanish duke. AS usual
Hetty will have to come down
with the coin, as his dukelets
hasn't money enough with which
to buy soap to wash the fly specks
from his dilapidated title.
$$$
frances military officials re-
Gently held council in order to
count the noses of her dogs of war.
AS they observed absolute secrecy
it is hard to tell whether they are
going to knock the Stats out of
John Bull, or take another whirl
at Dreyfus.
$$$
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-03-29
8ttflnna's
Appeal fpr:Hpbsut

The REV. CHARLES MIGHTY Shell
She''"ns DON has recently lowered himself
S>'' -" w. considerably in the eyes of the
American people. His appeal from the pulpit ask
ing the people of Kansas to contribute 100000
bushels of wheat to the starving poor in India, ap-
parenty has the disgusting but digni6ed smell of
cheap demijohn bid for popularity. During the
previous famine in India and while thousands Of