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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-10-13

Austin (Texas) Cor. Chicago Record:
The magnificent granite State Capt.
tol Building here has become infested
with ~centipedes of great size. These
poisonous insects are to be found in
every department of the State Govern
ment. A few days ago one was seer in
the governors private Office and after
a lively chase it was killed. 1t meas
ured 7A inches long and is the largest
centipede ever seen in this part of the
state. Sheriff George Womack, OF
Cook county, came across one of the
insects in the corridor OF the second
floor of the building recently. 1t was
captured alive and placed on exhi-
bition in a local drug store. 1t was
over six inches long. A few days be-
fore the clerks in the state treasury de-
partment were counting money in the
great steel vault when a gigantic CEN
.ipede ran out from under a package
Of bank notes. 1t was cornered and
captured alive and now inhabits a bot
tie on the counter of the cashier of the
department. The cause of this sudden
pest of centipedes is unknown. They
are particularly fond of damp places
and large numbers of them have been
seen about the sinks and lavatories OF
the building. The j~anitors and porters
of the several departments have or
ganized a systematic hunt for the
pests, but they have made little head
way in getting rid of them.
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Remarkable Postal District,

The smallest, postal district in the
world is under the roof of the Monad-
mock building, at Jackson, Dearborn
ana a Buren, streets, in Chicago.
The building alone comprises a sepa-
rate and distinct district in itself. At
the same time the volume of business
there is the largest of any Of the SUBJ
stations or even districts in the CITY.
save that of the board of trade sta
ton. In this immense distorted
structure, which covers the small
ground area of 400 feet long by 70
feet wide, nearly 5000 people occupy
the 1000 rooms. When it is consid-
r that the population of many
towns covering many miles of area do
not reach that figure, some concep-
ton of the population of Monadnock
building may be had.
The Monadnock postal district was
established on May l, though a money
order, stamp and registered letter
station was established there more
than two years g to meet the de-
mands made by that section of the
downtown district. Prior to May /
the deliveries of mail in that building
were made by carriers working out of
the central station at the foot of
Washington street on the lake front.
They would have to route their mail
at h main Office and then carry it to
the Monadnock building.
The rapid increase in the volume
of mail oyerburdened the carriers to
such an extent as to cause the fire.
quent use of auxiliary service, and
the expenditure of money in car fars
allowance in transporting the heavy
mails from the central station to the
building. In order to relieve the situ-
alton, an investigation was made, re-
sulting in the recommendation by
Superintendent Clarity to Postmaster
Charles u. Gordon that the four car
riers serving in the building from the
main office be transferred to the Mo-
nadnock station, and that the mails
be dispatched to them by g mes
senger. This recommendation was ap-
proved by Postmaster Gordon. The
building was thereupon made a sepa-
rate district and the carriers were
transferred on May 1. The schedule
of the wagon service was ran
so as to make close connection with
the carriers deliveries. 1t provided
for 16 dispatches daily from the cen
trail Office to the Monadnock building
and 20 from the building to the CEN
trail office, except on Sundays, when
the number is only three to and two
from the substation and district.
The carriers schedule in the build
ing provides six deliveries every day
except Sunday, and is so arranged as
to enable the men to begin their de-
liveries practically the same time as
they did when serving from the CEN
trail station. In these six deliveries
the carriers distribute on an average
$4,000 pieces of mail daily in the great
Office structure. At least rs per cent
Of the mail received there for delivery
is addressed without room number.
The difficulties and DELAYS that woald
naturally grow out of this condition
can readily be seen. The carriers who
serve the district are old ones, how
ever. and have reduced the apparent
drawback to a minimum. Seldom is
q mistake made in the distribution.
Long training and service In the
postal department have made these
carriers adopts. establishing a system
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that irsures accurate delivery of man
TO the persons to whom 1t Is adj
dressed Every old or new occupan.
OF tho building is known to them.
And when a new person comes into
b building, no matter how humble
or how high in position, he gets his
mail promptly. Such names are Sc
cured by the carrier on their respec-
tive floors and added to the list.
Those who leave the building are also
kept up with and their mail is for
warded to their new addresses. In
TACT, the district, though small in
area, is a separate and distinct post.
Office in itself, and the same routine
IS found there IS in the central Office.
1t differs only in degree.
An idea may be had of the volume
OF business done by this district from
the recent report submitted to Post
master Gordon by John j. Clarity,
superintendent of the Monadnock sta
ton and district, for the quarter just
ended. The number of pouches re-
ceived daily except Sunday was IL,
These represent tho collection OF
mas from the big building and sent
TO the main Office. Twenty-Five
pouches are received at the building
from the main Office daily except Sun
day. The average number of pieces
handled in delivery every day in the
building runs to about $4,000. There
are also an average of more than Is
sacks of paper mail received for deliv-
cry daily. The number of pieces,
however, is included in the rs, 600.
For the quarter of March, April and
May, IS days, the money order trans
actions in this district numbered S SIS,
or an average Of II a day. The
amount of them was SES, 729. 80, or an
average of S727.3O a day. There were
registered there during the same peri
cd .7,641 pieces, or an average Of SO a
day. Stamp sales for the sam time
amounted to SIS 6,41S.41, or an average
OF $2,OO5.37 a day. In March alone
the stamp sale was s56, 500.-Chicago
Tribune.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-10-13

The Oklahoma Experiment Station
has recently issued a bulletin which
reports a feeding experiment with
chickens in which some interesting re.
suits were obtained. The object of the
experiment was to determine the
amount of digestible matter in Kafr
corn and cowpeas when fed separately
to chickens.
The following summary from tne
bulletin gives the practical results:
l. Chickens digested Kafir corn and
corn more completely when the grain
was fed whole than when the meal was
fed.
2. The Kafir corr and Kafr meal
fed in this trial yielded but 2 per cent
less total digestible matter than the
corresponding corn products.
8. kafir corn was a more suitable
ration, considering only the relative
amounts of growth-making and fat
forming materials, for chickens han
Kafr meal. corn or corn meal.
4. Cowpeas were digested reasona-
by well, and are desirable for grow
ing chickens and hens. But little gain
in d~lgestibility was secured BY grind
ing cowpeas.
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Flag stronghold the French have been
naddened with rage by the sight OF
the bodies of their comrades spitted to
the walls of the place by means Of
huge hooks and sharp knifelike pro-
jections. Spectacles such as these were
not calculated to render men disposed
to observe the civilized rules of war
fare, and 1t is not astonishing under
the circumstances that the struggle
should have been carried on with a
savagery on side as well as on the
other which does not precisely consti-
tute pleasant or Christian reading.
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A Hero of the Confederacy.

Among the distinguished G~eorgians
who fell MORALLY wounded at the bat
tie of Atlanta July %, 1854, was Col.
John Mackey Brown, a brother of the
late Governor JeSeph E. Brown. Col
onel Brown was one of the confed-
eracy's most gallant officers. He dis
tinguished himself on more than n
bloody battlefield and he held the high
regard of his superior officers for per-
sonal bravery and heroism. At the
time of his death he was major of the
forty-third Georgia regiment. He had
temporary command of the regiment
and was leading a gallant charge when
a bullet cut short his brilliant career.
After his fatal wounding he was moved
to the executive mansion at Milledge-
vile. the home of his brother, Governor
Joseph e. Brown. where he died July
26.-Atlanta Constitution.
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NV Mother.


She gave the best years Of her life
with joy for me,
And robbed herself, with loving heart,
Unstintingly.
For me with willing hands she toiled
From day to day;
For me she prayed when headstrong
youth
Would have its way.
Her gentle arms, my cradle once,
Are weary now;
And time has set the seal of care
Upon her brow.
And, though no other eyes than mine
Their meaning trace,
I read my history in the lines
OF her dear face.
And mid His gems, who showers gifts
As shining sands,
I count her days as pearls that fall
From His kind hands.
Christian Register.
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Canker.


C;tnker Is another form of roup. n
often starts at the base of the tongue
and windpipe, and quite frequently
smothers them, NJ it collects a white
eheesy substance, very tough and
leathery. This is the worst form n,
roup, and Is sometimes called diph-
liberia. Take a stick and scrape ont
all this white substance, then apnlv a
little s~ubsulphate Of iron or chlorate
OF potash. Wet your finger in water
insert in the dry potash and apply on
he sore. Also use pulverized alum
magnesia n sulphur, equal parts. an
plying 1t with an insect powder gun
In the throat and nostrils. Another
form is when the eyes swell ano n
leathery cheese forms in them. The
pest remedy is the Ratchet, yet some
cases can be cured. Take the patient
wash the head good with warm salt
water, give them a little pine tar and
put a little on base of beak, and barns
the swollen parts with kerosene and
sweet oil. Treat them daily. feed good
strong feed, and they will proba blv
snow a change for the better In six
or seven days. Give them good fresh
water to drink, with a little copperas
in 1t; about a t%oaspoonful to a gallon
of water. The above are the best rem.
edies for roup | know of. There arc
many remedies hat are claimed to
cure roup without handling the birds.
but thus far l have never found any,
thing that did any good but kerosene
and pine tar; they will do it. 1t is
we'll to put a little in the drinking
water, 1t won't hurt them.-B. Fl,
Westlake.
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COSTLY ~HOUSEBOAT.
One Burned in Florida Was Val
ued Mt 100000,

~ ~ CioOsOS"s
New York correspondence Pittsburg
Post: Pierre Lorillard's h%ouseboat
Caiman, which was burned in Florida
waters last week, was the most elabo-
rate boat of the sort in this country,
and the loss is estimated at nearly
$780, 600, The houseboat idea is COM
p%aratively new here, but down around
the Highlands and in the Shrewsbury
river a constantly growing fleet Of
them cruise or are towed. One house
boat which has attracted a good deal
of attention for several years on Long
Island sound is not a luxury, but an
economy to it's owner. He is married
and has two small children. During
the winter he boards in New York, and
as soon as the weather permits he
moves his family to his boat and there
they stay all summer. 1t is a more
comfortable house than any summer
boarding house and very much cheap
er. The boat itself cost it's owner lit
tie originally, and he has made most
of the improvements on 1t himself
One of the largest expenses in running
a houseboat is the cost of towing from
n place to another. This boat was
tied up nearly all summer two years
ago in a Long Island harbor within
reach of a railroad, and the towing bill
was thus saved. Mr.. Lorillard's boat
was not built as an economy, of course,
and it was equipped with it's own me-
tive power. 1t was also arranged that
it could Tow a floating stable and car
riage house so that when the owner
wished to land he might use his owr,
horses.
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nat they nave some method of COM
mlnication. An observer of the little
creatures of Gods world tells us he
once saw a drove of small black ants
moving. The distance was 700 feet,
and each n carried a portion Of
household goods; some had egg some
food. some one thing or another. 81
watched them for over an hour" he
says, and every time two met in the
way they would hold their heads close
together as if greeting each other, and
his occurred no matter how often
they met, as if for a short chat To
prove it, the nan killed one of the
little travellers. Others which were
near hurried on, and with every ant
mat 1t met the talking went on as be-
lore, and they surely told the sad news,
for every ant the messenger met
turned back and fled another way.
Ants in some countries are littl,
m~urderers, as you will see by the f,I-
lowing story of an Australian day
man h had to make a trip into the
country. BY some accident his heavy
v anu liz was DlluGu
under he load. He vas not greatly
alarmed at first, thinking some pass
erny would soon free him.
An hour passed and no one came
mat way, but a host of tiny ants WIS.,
lted him. and presently, to the mans
horror, he found they were actually
eating him alive. They swarmed upon
MIN in thousands and with their tiny
nlbbles tore his flesh. Fortunately
the man had his good dog with him,
Dut 1t was some time before he could
make 1T understand what was the mat
ter.
When the brave fellow did under
stand, he fought with all four feet;
ne would scratch and dig at the
streams of ants coming to the attack
n sweep them from his masters
face and arms with his tongue, and
he kept them away until his master
was rescued.
Another Australian being injured
and caught in a small landslide, was
found by a colony of ants and so ter
ribly bitten in an hour that though
rescued in that time, he died in a few
minutes.
Jacks Letter.
We fellows nave found a daisy way
to stop saying bad words. We all
agrne to take a slap from any or all
the members of our club every time
any one of us says a bad word.
tell you it's doing us lots of good
and it's great fun, too, trying to catch
the others and trying not to be the
n to deserve the slap.
j had a grand time the other after
noon. was downtown on my bicycle
when the fire alarm rang in. / put my
bicycle in the Gym. in a jiffy and
went over to the engine house with
the other boys.
The chief sang out, Come along,
boys, get a broom and jump in. It's
a brush fire UP in the woods and you
might as well make yourselves use
full"
How we fellows did hurry, and in
less than a minute we were all in the
wagon and each one shouldered a
broom.
We had shovels, too, so while some
dug a ditch, others beat the flames
with the brooms.
1t wasn't long before we had the
upper hand of it, and had a jolly time
hollering and whistling as we galloped
back to the hose house.
Mother said my clothes would have
to lang outdoors for a week to get the
smell of fire out.
l hurried home to play ball. We've
got a dandy team and sometime III
tell you about what fun we have.
Taoy
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-10-13

The prince of Wales is now a fellow
of the Royal College of Surgeons. The
president of the college. Sir William
McCormac, headed a deputation that
presented his royal highness with the
diploma at Marlborough house thu
other morning
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Sheep News.

The government wool report fndi-
Gates that the average weight of feeces
at this time is Git pounds, as against
5.95 pounds in 1899.
A report from Piedmont, Wyo.,
says: strengthening is in full blast
there and as soon as the bands are
sborp they are rushed out to the sum-
mer range, which is already over
crowded. Very little wool has beer
sold, the buyers being fearful of a sud
den drop in the market and desiring to
take advantage of the change in prices
If it comes.
A wool. buyer lately returned from
an inspection of sheep in Colorado,
Idaho, Utah, California, Oregon and
Washington, says that sheepmen are
happy over the prospects and are hold
ing their sheep and lambs at stih
prices. AS a result not many have
changed hands as yet. Supplies OF
sheep in Oregon and Washington are
light, but the supply of lambs is large
all over the West, the season having
been favorable for bringing them to
maturity,
Montana and Utah are considered by
the sheep men the best wool producing
states in the West. and are practically
In control Of the Western market. The
grading up" process that is going on
there n in the flocks of eastern Cob
RADIO and other Western states and ter
ritories is marvellous. Fifteen years
ago rs per cent of the wool from Colo
RADIO and Nnu Mavjop II Cradod &C
coarse carpet wool; now net more than
8 to 10 per cent is so graded. The
change has come about through the
importation of high-bred rams from
the East, and the grading up of focks.
The large increase and establishment
upon a permanent basis of the lamb
feeding business in Colorado is hav-
ing a marked effect upon the range
business in part of the state. Both
large and small owners are changing
their policy and shaping it more with
reference to the feeding industry.
Hitherto feeders have baen obliged to
depend lmost exclusively upon the
ranges of southern Colorado and New
Mexico for their lamb supply. This
mas compelled them to resort to long
n tedious trips and heavy expense
CT transportation to the feeding pens.
II they can buy more of their lambs
from the nearby ranges it will save
much of this trouble and expense. The
northern Colorado range men will not
only increase their 1ocks to supply
this demand, but will endeavor to
breed a lamb that will be especially
adapted to the making of the best NUT
ton.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-10-13

store in Cambridge
cannot be secured
to play center rush
on the varsity
football t e a m
Ralph is a trife
over 6 feet tall
and weighs in
strict training
something over
$50 pounds. In
spite of his enor.
nous weight he Is
lot u%ngraceful il
appearance, a n d
has some reputa.
tafinn &c M 9th
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lete. He is 10 years old, and age be-
ing considered, is believed to hold the
heavyweight record of the world.
He has recently taken a great inter.
est in bicycling, and, on a specially
constructed wheel, dashes over the
country roads about Cambridge at q
speed which frightens other riders of
into the cornfields.
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Arctic Summer Comes suddenly.

Things grow very fast in the short
Arctic summer AS o on as the snow
melts off in many places the ground is
covered with a vine which bears q
small berry something like the buckle
berry; porwong it Is called. It is sour
and has a pungent taste. and the In
dams leave off work and go porwong
hunting. examining themselves with
the berries.
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Do Ants TaIka

To watch the way in which a colony
of ants will find a bit of sweet left
about in summer, and the short time
which It takes them to form a brigade
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IN THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS.

Smallest Postal District In the World
-Four Carriers Never Get Out OF One
Chicago s~kyscraper While Co sering
Their Daily Routes.
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THE SAVAGE PEOPLES
SOME LESSONS OF WARS WITH
ORlENTALS.

Murders of ENJOYS Common and Hor-
rible Atrocities Practlced European
Powers Forced to Retaliate In
Kind.
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RECORD,

The athletes of Harvard are in
mourning, because Ralph D. Perry,
who uns a cigar stand and stationery
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improved apparatus count for a
great deal in creameries. Two eouallv
GOOD outtermakers would find it i'm
possible to turn out the same quality
OF product If one had control of a
creamery with all modern improve
ments and the other had charge of a
creamery with apparatus in every way
antiquated.
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Dan Rice Liked Boys.

The late Dan Rice, the famous cir.
Gus man, was fond of boys and always
wanted to see a lot of them in his
audience. He never gave a perform
ance when the hooks and corners were
not filled with youngsters who had
come in free. One story of this sort
is told by Captain George ]. Grammer,
traffic manager of the Lake Shore
railroad. At the time of the occur
renee Grammer. who lived in Zanes-
vile, o., was standing 4 afternoon
with a crowd of other boys, looking
longingly into the tent, but not hav-
ing the price of admission. 1t was
Mr.. Rice's custom to stand at the door
until the first grand entry of the C r
Gus people, when he would leave. On
this occasion he saw the hungry look
on the faces of the boys and called
them around him. You want to go
in, don't you, boys?" Bet yer life!"
shouted back the youngsters. "Tll
tell you what. All the boys who are
back here in ten minutes with clean
faces and hands get in" The words
were hardly out of his mouth before
there was a dash for the river. and
in less than seven minutes 200 clean
faces and hands came back to the
tent. The boys went inside with q
rush.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Red pigeons, blue pigeons and rain.
bow-hued canaries are anlong the
freaks DIR. Sauermann, an Austrian ex-
perimenter, has been able to produce.
The birds are colored by introducing
aniline dyes into their food.
The Swedish mile is the longest mile
In the world.
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They Develop INTO Eels.

In the curse of a series of lectures
recently delivered by Prof. Ray Ian
kester at the Royal institution, Lon
don, particulars not generally known
were given concerning the breeding
habits of the eel.
1t is quite to believe that
these creatures breed anywhere ex-
cept in the sea, where eggs are laid
and Matched at great depths-often 500
fathoms.
A dozen years ago some fishes
called leptccephali were regarded as a
distinct species, but at length one of
them, kept in an aquarium, devel-
oped into a eonger eel. Later on the
transformation of varie US Kinds of
leptocephali was followed, and they
were found all to change into cells,
one species being recognized as the
common eel.
Immense numbers of these must ex-
list at great depths in the sea, and
they subsequently ascend the rivers
and will sometimes push their way
across wet grass to ponds which have
no direct communication with the
rivors.-Chambers' Journal.
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Be loving and you will never want
for love.