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grt out. The rain and hail were drum
ming on the tent like n shower of
b~uchshot. and the wind WIS 7~,rooting
great trees and fiinging them eJwn on
every side of us.
tell you we almost 81 Tocated be-
fore we got out from under the heavy
soaked tent! And then what a time we
had getting the dogs out! Poor dogs.
They couldn't feel around for the edge
OF the canvas, and lift it up, as we did.
They could just flop around and howl
and struggle, tossing the canvas into
waves, and twitching it out Of our
hands when we tried to raise it and let
them out. The tent got more and
more tangled up, and 1t was not until
the storm was almost over that we saw
our faithful dog companions emerge.
l didn't know as we were ever going to
lay eyes on them alive. But at last
we got them released and they ran
bowling off into the woods. Not one of
them would come into the tent again
all the time we stayed.
During the last two weeks of our
stay several funny things happened,
chiefly on account of the dogs.
Charlie gave Don his fish line to hold
one day when we were out In the boat.
and a %10-pound pike got hold of it and
came near pulling the big dog into the
water. The line snarled in his teeth.
and he howled terribly. Rob finally
caught hold of the line under water.
and we got the fish.
Another time the dogs got so hungry
that they hunted up the lard pail, roll
ed it down the bank on to the rocks,
smashed off the cover, and ate the
lard. We had left them in charge of
the camp, and my, how sleepy they
looked when we got back.
shall never forget the fun we had
In camp that summer We got tanned
ike Indians. and our appetites simply
couldn't be satisfied. We caught fish
by the dozen, but they were all gone
by the time the next meal came
around. We drank four quarts Of milk
a day, and swept the ne%ighborhood
clean of eggs. Finally we just had to
go home to get filled up. The poor
dogs were nothing but bags of bones.
They would sit around in a circle and
look at us sadly while we ate. Some
times Crusoe would creep up and nudge
Rob's arm with his nose. But there
was never anything left. We meant to
save something for them, but when it
came to the point we couldn't. So we
had to go home to prevent their starv-
ing. And when John Manor came out
for the stuff, you never saw such dog
antics in your life! l really believe, IL
John hadn't been so years old. and as
dried UP as a beetle nut. Wicket and
Don and Crusoe would have eaten him
on the spot.-Little Folks.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-10

"LAiglon." Sara Perry, who has re-
Gently come into prominence as a
member of the Empire Theater COM
pany, will also be in the cast; and J.
H. Gilmour, a veteran stock actor, is
engaged to play the part of the Ser
geant of the Old Guard, a character
that is very prominent in the Rostant
play, and was acted for Bernhard by
Guilry.
Mr.. Arden was compelled to leave
the cast of Hearts Are Trumps' last
June by some disease of the eyes that
seemed to threaten permanent impair
ment of his vision. A few months
before, too, he had to give up his place
as leading man of the Dearborn Thea
ter Dramatic company on account of
failing health. However, it is good
news for many theater-goers in Chica-
go that he is able to return to the
stage; and it is probably evidence that
he has quite recovered both sight and
health.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-10
Especial Letter.l

Especial Letter.
In the state OF Kansas there are
seven capitol buildings, including the
present handsome structure at Topeka,
not yet completed, but hone has a more
romantic history than the state hoase
which was first erected in PaWnee
township. Efforts are now being made
by the people of Kansas to preserve
from the ravages of time this ancient
relic. 1t is one of few reminders of
early days left standing there and it
was built when the settlement of the
west was just beginning. 1t stands heal
Fort Riley in the central part of the
state, and is all hat is left of the town
OF Pawnee, the first capitol of the state.
The town was started by boomers who
stood in" with the territorial COVER
nor, A. H. Reder, who owned land
there and was a good deal of a specu-
lator.
The town association built the capt.
tol, a stone structure, two stories high
and 4OxS0 feet in outside dimensions.
1t laid out the streets and boarding
houses were made ready for the first
meeting of the legislature. Then, in
1855, the governor called the legisla-
ture to meet there, and the solons de-
cided that they would not assist him.
They went from eastern Kansas in
prairie s~chooners, a long procession
that wound its way $50 miles out on
the prairie, the travellers growing more
angry that the governor had selected
so distant a place. They had provi-
sions for the trip, and when they
reached Pawnee not one of them went
to the boarding houses as had been ex-
pected, but they cooked in their wag-
ons and lived on the edge of the town
site.
On the day for the opening If the
legislature they went to the new stone
building and held a session, which con-
sisted of organizing and adjourning to
Shawnee Mission in the eastern part of
the state, where despite all the efforts
of the governor, the remainder Of the
session was held.
Pawnee did not make a town. The
cholera broke out the lex year at Fort
Riley and the people fed. The state
house stands out on the plain, desert
ed, the roof gone and the interior a
place for the hiding of coyotes and
sandhill owls. The state has been ask
ed to purchase the old ruin and pre-
serve 1t for future generations, who
Will doubtless appreciate it as a re-
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-10
Engaged COUPLES in Cnnarles.

Some curious customs are in force in
the Canary Islands in the case of en-
gagged couples. Not the least peculiar
of these is that the lover is never al
lowed to enter the home Of his fiancee
during their engagement, but must
conduct his courtship from the pave
ment. The girl is allowed to sit in the
window to receive his attentions, but
as every one lives in flats in these is
lands there is often considerable dis
lance between the two, and much cram
ing of necks is necessary. OF course
they resort to all kinds of subterfuges
to prevent their conversation being
overheard, one of which is to speak in
a low voice against the wall, which re-
solves itself into a sort of telephone.
1t is no uncommon sight to see in the
streets of Santa Cruz and Las Palmas
the devoted lover accommodated with
a chair on the pavement beneath the
window of his lady, even officers in
uniform submitting to the funny GUS
tom.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-10
How They Judge PLAYS

Now that all the principal theaters
in London are closing and those that
have not already done so are playing
to empty houses, owing to the excess
sive heat, it cannot but strike one how
comparatively few successes England
has had in the way of plays during tue
theatrical season Of this year. Play
vrights who employ every device ID
insure success. those who write fer
arts sweet sake, as we'll as those more
sordid souls who write to make mon
ey, are at their wits end and revile
the British public in language that
ought to make the E.. p. feel ashamed
of itself.
But managers who pin their faith
to great names and authors who lie
pend upon Situations" etc., are all
going the wrong way to work to get
the success they pine for. Women, it
is well known. 2an generally make NJ
mar a play. 1t is they who induce
men to frequent the theater, and in
consequence it is their whims and
vagaries that an astute manager
would study to indulge. TIE average
woman criticises a play from a cur
GUS standpoint. The trivialities that
by a mere man would pass ~unnoticed
and would not affect the play to any
appreciable extent are by her singled
out for praise OIL blame. as the case
may be, and the whole fate of a work
into which the dramatist has put his
best and in which his hopes are bound
up may be decided by the a the
leading actress does her hair or the
particular style of gown she wears.
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NV Shadow.

My
l have a little shadow that goes in and
out with me,
And what can be the use of him is
nor than / can see.
He is very. very like me from the heels
up to the head,
And l see him jump before me when /
jump into my bed.
The funniest thing about him is the
way he likes to grow
Not at all like proper children, which
is alwa VS. very slow;
For he sometimes shoots up taller,
like an India rubber ball,
And he sometimes gets so little that
there is none of him at all.
One morning very early, before the sun
was ND.
I rose and found the shining dew on
every buttercup;
But my lazy little shadow, like an ar
rant sleepy-head,
Had stayed at home behind me and
was fast asleep In bed.
r. L. Stevenson.
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A Surprised Organ Grinder.

An amusing story is told of a young
school teacher. She was one day re-
turning from her class with her
hands full of flowers, the gifts of her
pupils, when she met a friend, and the
two stopped to speak to each other.
While they were thus engaged, an
old Italian, whose companion was
grinding melancholy tunes out of a
worn-out hurdy-gurdy, approached and
stood beside them, shaking his hat in
dumb show Of begging.
The teacher had no purse with her,
and, therefore, paid no attention to the
nan; but so persistent was he that she
thoughtlessly and impulsively turned
and said:
81 have no money; Here, take these
f1owers!"
The Italian, unusued to such a favor,
which, in his native land, is considered
a great compliment, looked at her for
a moment in startled surprise, but
quickly recovering himself, he bowed
low, so that his hat almost touched the
ground. and with a smile. in which
humor and gratefulness struggled for
supremacy, he repeated again and
again. while he continued to bow and
scrape:.
mica lada! Gooda lada! Mica
lada!"
The chagrin Of the teacher may be
imagined, as she hastily left the group
of laughing bystanders; but the Ital-
ian was unabashed. and continued to
call after her:
Mica lada! Gooda lada."
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ed beautiful. He was a good pianist
and l never have been. He made some
kind of cabalistic mark on them. |
suppose it meant o. K.-and sent me
down to see Mr.. Lee. Mr.. Lee liked
the pieces, but l was a young man, and
all that-you know what they all say,
Still, the pieces were very nice and
they would publish them, giving me-
l held my breath-giving me 100 cop
les of each piece. My railroad fare
from Washington to Philadelphia and
return and my hotel bill amounted to
about SIS and for that l was to get
100 copies of each of my two pieces,
which would cost the publisher per-
haps 81. l thought this was pretty
hard. But l accepted, l supposed that
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-10
Skin of the Farmer.

1t requires a peculiar salient to be a
good farmer. and much intellectually
to grasp the details and learn the
methods" says Rev. Cyrus Townsend
Brady, in the June Ladies' Home Jour-
nal. Il found out it was a deep sub
ject the first time l took the pow ham
dies from the young boy who was
guiding them with n hand. l found
it was not so easy as it looked, for I
plowed that furrow by main strength.
I forced the share through the earth
by my unaided efforts-at least, I
could not see that the horses did any
thing particular except to keep ahead
although sometimes the implement
took long bounds over the surface, so
that when my row was finished it look
ed like a succession of dots and dashes.
The farmer was dying with laughter
at my red face and blistered hands. SO
I felt my religious influence I'VE him
would be gone until / learned how to
do it, which l presently did"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-10
THE FEAR OF DEATH.
A Haunting Dread Which Grows with
the Accumulation of Riches,

0HtN1 'hNNh oEOMt WIN
the Accumulation of Riches.
The fear of death apparently g 'ows
With the accumulation of riches. It ia
strange that while an ordinary man,
who is poor, is not more afraid to die
than most people, yet he often 6evel-
ops a haunting fear of death after he
has become rich and spends 'arga
SIMS Of money and leads an unhappy
life in trying to avert his coming fate.
There is one instance in an Eng
ii5hman, John Islip, who made a for
tune out of silver in Mexico, and who
drove himself mad through worrying
about his death. After exhausting all
the safeguards London could offer he
bought a small rocky island near Bry-
chill, on the west Irish coast, taking
with him one faithful servitor. HNe,
IN feVerish haste, he had four stone
pillars raised, and a small, one story
cabin, with three rooms, rather like a
houseboat, slung on chains from iron
Orders that crossed the pillars, and
swung clear of the ground. Once in
side this he shut himself up, with
some books and a pet .jackdaw for
company. and eve left his swinging
house till his death.
The attendant, who lived in a small
house close by, used to row to the
mainland-a mile and a half-when
the weather permitted, for provisions.
The master spent his time reading and
looking out the Atlantic from the
cabin windows. His brain had given
way, of course, and he imagined his
life stood still while the earth revolved
under him. He had. no relatives tc
insist on his entering a private asy.
lum, and he died three years later, in
the cabin, worried out of life by the
fear of death. His hair was snow
white, though he was only forty.
three.
Another case was that of a man who
made a fortune in speculation and
h conceived the idea that all move
ment and effort wasted the tissues OF
the body. He went to bed in a quiet
country house and hardly moved
head or foot for years. If he moved q
finger he did it with dread, fearing
that he would use up his vitality and
shorten his life.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-10
Corn vs.. Peas for r.ss.n,nr Lambs.

The Ontario Experiment Station re-
Gently conducted tests to ascertain the
relative value Of corn and peas for fat
ftening lambs. The report of the tests
says: Two experiments have been
made with lambs for the purpose of
comparing these two foods, and though
the results are somewhat contradic-
tory, they are given here for what they
are worth, and another report will be
made when further tests have been
completed.
In the first experiment, eight lambs
were divided into two groups, making
four lambs in each group. One group
was fed equal parts by weight of corr
and oats, and the other group was fed
equal parts by weight of peas and oats,
the grain being ground in each Ease.
The average meal ration was slightly
over one and one half pounds Of meal
per lamb per day. In addition to the
meal ration, both groups were fed equal
quantities Of red clover hay. In the
second experiment, a change was made.
Twelve lambs were divided into three
groups Of four lambs each. One group
was fed ground corn, another group,
ground peas; and the remaining grouo,
equal parts by weight Of ground corn
and peas. At first, the lambs were fed
one pound of meal per lamb per day,
which quantity was eventually in
creased to a pound and a half per lamb
per day. On the average the lambs re-.
ceived 1877 lbs Of meal per lamb per
day. In addition to the meal, all
groups were fed equal quantities of red
clover hay. The first experiment con-
tinued for IA days, and the second ex-
pertinent, 104 days.
The following table shows the aver
age weekly gains per lamb, and the
amount of meal consumed per pound
Of gain In the two experiments:
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soUsA's STRUGGLE FOR FAME.

John Philip Sousa is one of the most
prosperous of American musicians to-
day. 1t was not always so with him,
however. According to his own state
ment the first piece of music he ever
published involved an outlay of s25. a
very large sum for one of his limited
means. The piece did not sell md
Sousa was out the entire cost of pub
lication. 'The mex time 1 thought 1
would try Philadelphia" said Mr..
Sousa recently in relating his expe-
riences. 81 went up to the publishing
house and showed my two compost
tons to the editor. with whom |
struck up a friendship that has lasted
ever since that day, and that was in
1872, when l was Is years old. He
played owe my pieces and they sound
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-10
Sunset Coy's Humor,

The late Samuel S. Cox, familiarly
known as Sunset" Cox. represented
both Ohio and New York in congress.
He was a man of rare wit and was
never at a loss for a rejoinder. On one
occasion a certain gentleman interest
ed in a museum went to Mr.. Cox, then
a representative in congress from
New York, to ask his influence in
helping to obtain an Egyptian num-
my. The gentleman sought Mr.. Cox
and found him in the speakers chair
temporarily presiding over a session
of the house. The caller, who knew
Mr.. Cox well, opened the interview by
saying: Il want a mummy" MI.
Cox said nothing for a second, but let
his eyes slowly sweep around the con-
gressional circle, then, waving his
hand in the same direction, he gravely
replied: Take your choice" The
gentleman ultimately secured a num-
my. but it was not one of the Ameri-
can variety.
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l. In the first trial. corn and oats
gave a larger gain than peas and oats,
2. In the second trial, peas alone
gave the largest gain, followed by the
mixture, corn and peas.
3. The second trial Is more satisfac-
tory than the first, because 1t covered
a longer period of time, and because
from the method Of feeding, a more di'
rect comparison of corn and peas was
obtained. 1t is a suggestive fact, also,
that the gain made by the group OR
corn and peas Is intermediate between
the gains made by the other two
groups, as 1t affords additional evil
dence regarding the superiority of peas
over corn.
4. During the second trial, GROUND
corn could be bought for SIT per ton
while peas cost from Coo to sc pei
bushel. AS a result, though the peas
gave the largest gain. the corn gave
the cheapest gain.
5. According to the results Of tn,
second trial, II pea meal is valued a
$50 per ton. ground corn would b,
worth $17.35 per ton.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-10
Idleness and Ill-Health.

An indictment Of the Pennsylvania
legislature is made in the annual re-
port, recently presented, of the Allie.
gheny county workhouse, says the New
York Post. The report says that the
Muehlbronner law, passed by the leg
islature in 1897, has resulted in throw
ing almost 1900 people into idleness
at the institution, has promoted in
sanity and disease. and has made use
less a large amount of costly machin-
cry, as we'll as increased the taxation
OF the citizens of Allegheny county
This law, passed by a Quay legisla-
ture at the behest of labor ~agitators
forbade the use of machinery in the
prison workshops. Instead of being
an institution to educate and improve
the unfortunate committed to it the
law has made the workhouse IAN asv-
ium for Migrants and a school for
idleness." At a n%eighboring institu-
tion' the Western peniten tiary, the
idleness resulting from the law. It is
claimed, has led to disease insanity
n suicide among the prisoners.
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John PHILIP SOuSA.

the music would be printed off right
away. 1t wasn't. After about a dozen
letters from me during a period Of six
or seven months l finally got word
that they might get the piece out the
following quarter"
Nov that you have made a hit don't
those pieces sell?'
Mr.. Sousa shook his head and
pressed his lips together. THE world
does not turn back and look for what
it has once passed by. 1t wants some
thing new.
after awhile l sold my compost
tions for what I could get. anything
from SIS up to S25. The Washington
Post March and the High School Cadet
March sold for S35 each. They made
an independent fortune for the pub
Usher. l got $40 out of the ~transac-
ton.
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Miss Siiy. as a Star.

Kirk La Shelle from New
York hat he will have two stars in
light opera upon tIe road the coming
season. In addition to Frank Daniels,
who will continue to make merry in
"The Ameer," he will put out Mar
guerite Sylvia in Princess Chic" No
Chicago date is mentioned for the lat
ter, but it is very lik-fy to be seen
sooner or later at the Grand opera
house. because Of Mr.. lii Shelle's as
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-10
TubercuiORiA In Dairy Cattle.

A report Of the Illinois Board of Live
Stock Commissioners says: The ex.
perience gained through the Tuber.
culin tests made in dairy herds by this
Board since the efficiency and accur.
acy of tuberculin as a diagnostic agent
has become established, points very
clearly to the fact that throughout the
dairy districts of the State tuberculosis
prevails among the dairy cattle to q
considerable extent. While In many
herds only a few cases have been dis
closed, In a large number of herds q
considerable PERCENTAGE has been
found affected, and there has been In
many OF these herds very conclusive
evidence of the development and
spread OF the disease among cattle
through ~contagion. Whenever the dis
ease effects a foothold in a herd there
is constant danger of its spreading to
other members, thus causing, in the
course OF time, great pecuniary loss,
and no cure ever having been dis
covered for the disease, the only means
OF effectively eradicating 1t from the
herd Is through the destruction of the
affected animals. Owing to the ina
bility Of the best qualified inspectors
to discover the existence Of the disease
in its earlier or incipient stages In any
animal by a physical ante-mortem ex-
animation, it follows that the only
means Of discovering all of the animals
in a herd that are affected Is a relia-
BILE ~diagnostic agent, which Prof. Koch
has given the world in tuberculin. Ex-
Fermentation during several years
with this agent has demonstrated that
1t is very nearly an infallible test Of
the presence of tuberculosis in the in
ternal organs of an animal when there
are no clinical manifestations OF The
disease. and the Board has used tuber-
culin in conducting tests to discover II
herds are affected, with most satisfac-
tory results.
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ISOLATION with the Hamlins in the pro.

ISOLATION with the Hamlins in the pro.
duction of Arizona"
Princess Chic" was produced last
January in Washington, and at the
time 1t was used for the purpose of
raising a young woman who was al
most unknown into prominence as a
prima donna. She didn't succeed in
writing her name among the stars, but
the opera, which is a deduction of
Mr.. La Shelle's W invention, sur
vived and completed the season.
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No country rivals the Germans In
the consumption of beer. More beer is
drunk in Bavaria than in any other
part of the world. The Bavarians, ac-
coding to statistics, drink 241 quarts
of beer per head in a year. In spirits,
again, 1t is the Germans who are the
largest consumers. the total amount Of
whisky, etc., drunk a year being 429,-
100000 quarts, while the United States
confines itself to 26s, o00. 900 quarts. In
France S12, ooo. 900 quarts are drunk
yearly,
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Knew Arithmetic Anyhow.

A teacher of music in n Of the
public schools in the south desired to
impress the pupils with the meaning
of the signs #" and "fr' in a song they
were about to sing. After explaining
that "f'' meant forte. he said: Now,
children, if f. means forte. what does
If mean?"
Silence re,gned for a moment. and
then he was astonished to heal a bright
little fellow shout:
Eighty"