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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-01-20
LETTERS FROM BOSTON.
Are Always Literary, but Some Peo-
PIE Don't Appreciate Them.

Are Always Literary, but Some PeO-
PIE Don't Appreciate Them.
Little Willie was trying to make it
pleasant for Mr.. Murkleton while Miss
Gildersley was up stairs getting
ready" Mr.. Murkleton was to take
her to the opera, and that of course
meant large number of last touches"
for her and her mother and the maid.
1--WE got some relations livin in Bos-
ton," Willie said, probably because he
couldn't think of anything else that
would serve as a starter.
Have you? Mr. Murkleton asked,
pretending to be immensely interested.
"Yes Sister Sue was down there
visitin them last summer"
''She was telling me about it the 9TH
er day. Had a very pleasant time, did
she notF'
81 guess so, but she's purity sorry she
went"
"Why?"
"'Cause our cousins down there keep
writin to her every little while now.
You ought to see how mad she gifts
every time letter comes from one of
tnem.'
"Oh, l guess you must be mistaken
about that, Willie. Why should she
get angry when they write to herr"
"You see, she has to take a whole day
lookin through the dictionary when.
ever she answers one of their letters,
and, my, but it makes her sweatw-
Chicago Times Herald
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-01-20
She Hadn't Dropped or.

"Delia!'
"Yts, ma'am."
81 am very tired, and I am going to
lie down for an hour"
"Yis, ma'am."
'If 1 should happen to drop off, call
me at o'clock"
"Yis, ma'am."
So my lady lies down, folds her
hands, closes her eyes and is soon in
the land Of dreams. She is awakened
by the clock striking and cries indig-
nantly:
"Deliaw
"Yis, ma'am."
"Why didn't you call me at O'clock
as told you to do?'
"Shure, ma'am, ye tould me to call We
If ye had dropped off. looked in on ye
at g. and ye hadn't dropped off at all.
Ye was lyin on the bed in the same
place, sound asleep"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-01-20
An Odd Stage yEnrar

The late Signor Foil, the well known
vocalist, once made very curious
wager with some of his companion
singers at Her Majesty's Opera House.
Some 20 years ago Mephistopheles In
Gounod's Faust" was among his ia
vorite impersonations. In the garden
scene his strides when attempting to
avoid the elderly Martha formed an
important feature of the humorous
business.
One night, the length of his legs be-
ing subject of chaff as he was stand
ing at the wings, lie declared his
ability to cross the stage in three
bounds. The comments that ensued re-
suited in bet.
When the proper moment for the ex-
pertinent came, he retreated a few
PAGES, and then, to the surprise of the
audience as well as to the representa-
tive of Martha, leaped from side to
side. The scene never evoked more
laughter, and Foil was acknowledged
to have won the wager.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-01-20
SOME NEWS.

A flood of the Potlach river, Ida
no, browns dozen or so.
F. X. Goss, an Edinburg, o.,
merchant is killed by burglars.
An unknown vessel wrecked off
the coast of Newfoundland All
lost.
A crazy nigger at Norfolk, Va,
shoots a preacher, and is himself
killed by officers.
w. w. Gage, cousin of the sec,
retary of the treasury died in Cleve
land, O., pauper.
Rev. G. Nj. Sheldon, author of "In
His Steps" has refused to allow the
work to be dramatized.
FIVE robbers crack the outer door
of the safe in the Rushford, n. Y.
bank, and secures 81 in silver.
Crib crackers touch the Princeton,
Ind, bank for $4,000 destroying
much valuable paper. No clue.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-01-20
MutuallY Agreeable.

One day last summer a sour visaged,
middle aged, fussy woman got on one
of the smoking seats in an open car
in the subway. Next to her sat a man
who was smoking cigar. More than
that, the woman, shifting, easily made
out that the man had been eating on
ions. Still more than that, she had
the strongest kind of suspicion that he
had been drinking beer. The woman
fused and wriggled and grew angrier
and looked at the man scornfully
Presently she could endure it no lon
ger. She looked squarely at him and
said:
"If you were my husband, sir, I'd
give you a dose Of poisonr'
The man looked at her. "If l were
your husband" said he, "I'd take itw
Boston Transcript.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-01-20
American News Via London,

Another case of going abroad to get
the news. A London paper said the
other day: New York is on the eve
of fierce social struggle. The per-
slstence with which Boss Croker,
Mayor Van Wyck and the other mag
mates of Tammany have been ignored
by the Vanderbilts, the Astors. the
Gerrys, the Goelets, the Livingstons
and the other members of New York $
exclusive Four Hundred has so CALLED
and irritated the families of the for
mer that they have resolved upon
founding a new and still more exclu-
sive society of their own. which is to
take the sails out of it's rival"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-01-20
Equally Divided.

During the civil war;" says the
Boston Transcript, "the Law school at
Cambridge was presided over by Pro-
fessors Parsons, Parker and Wash
burn. They were divided in their po-
litical views, and each did his best
to maintain his opinion.
Professor Parker was one day ask
ed, How do you get along on politics
at the Law schoolr
Nicely he answered. we are
equally divided
"'But how can that beY continued
the inquirer. There are three of your
Easy enough replied the profess
or. Parsons writes on one side and
on the other, and Washburn-he speaks
on one side and votes on the other"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-01-20
Notice to Co-Owners.

State OF Montana. 60
County OF Cascade, -
To Charles Crawford. his heiIs, executors
or assigns;
You are hereby notified that l the under
signed. have expended during the years 1877.
1898 and 1893 the sum of one Hundred lSl0Ol
dollars in labor and Improvements for each
of said years upon the Morning star ode. situ
ated In Montana tunorganiZed) mining district,
Gaacade county. on Belt creek. more par
ticular description Of which j. found in the To-
caiion notice of said lode recorded in the office
Of the Recorder OF MeaGher county, Montana;
in the year 1884. in book q OF lodes page 1875.
and afterwards Transcribed upon the records of
Cascade county at Great Falls; that said labor
was performed and materials furnished for
the purpose of holding the said claim under
the provisions of section 1924, Revised Statutes
of the United States and amendments thereto,
concerning annual labor upon mining claims,
for the years ending December 81, 1897, Decem-
ber 81 1888, and December 81 1899, and if
within ninety daysfrom the service of this
notice tur within ninety days after publication
of this notice. you fail or refuse to conf rihute
your proportion of said expense as Co-owner.
10 wit: One hundred dollars i$l00l together
with the cost of this publication, your inter
est in said claim will become the property of
the subscriber, your co-owner, who has perfor-
med the work and made the required eSpendi-
lures according to the terms of said section
PHILIP F. BURNS.
Dated at Neihart Montana, this 18th day of
January 1900.
First publication Jan, G, 1900
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-01-20
A Severe Summary,

ITS wonderful" said the man with
the solemn air of erudition, what a
difference slight matter will make In
the worlds estimate of man"
''It isn't so in literature" was the an
swer. "a man must have merit
there'-
mot necessarily. If he get his spell
ing wrong, that's plain ignorance, but
If he gets his facts and logic all twist
ed, that's originality" Washington
Star
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-01-20

Two Minneapolis thugs sandbag
man, rob him, take him to a lodg-
ing house, pay for his loding, and
then fly their kites.
Little or no news is allowed to
leak out regarding the African stu
alton. The censorship by the war
department of Great Britain is
stricter than any yet exercised by
America
An aged female street beggar
pulled at Marquette, Mich, being
searched is found to have 50, ,445 in
currency and eleven 500 U. S. 4
per cent bonds sewed in her ragged
skirt. She is sent to the asylum.
w. w. Anderson, prominent
Denver attorney shoots the two pro-
prietors of the Denver Post, so that
both are in critical condition. Re-
suits of chewing match over a
murder case which Anderson was
defending.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-01-20
Object Lesson.

Young man." asked the proprietor
of the store, who was making the
rounds of the various departments,
"how can you afford to dress so elabor-
ately and expensively on the salary we
pay you?"
Il can't" gloomily answered the
salesman. 81 ought to have more sal
ary."-Chicago Tribune
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-01-20
Seemed quite Probable.

"Sold my story, old man." exclaimed
the writer joyfully.
"Well do you know, | thought from
an item l saw in the paper that very
likely you had been successful" re-
turned the cynic. when did you sell
it%
'Last Monday"
"Just as | thought. According to the
paper a magazine editor was commit
ted to an asylum for the feeble minded
Tuesday. y."--Chicago Post
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-01-20
Anything in the bakers line can be
had on short notice.


One OF the severest punishments
refractory soldier can experience is to
be mailed down" in a tent. 1t is said
that a Turkish bath is a frigid affair
as compared with a perfectly close
tent under hot sun, and after an
hour or two of that sort of sweating
the most rebellious soldier will readily
promise to be good.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-01-20
The Man BehInd the Mule.

A rural correspondent, who says ht
wants the poets to tote fair" sends
us the following classic stanzas to the
man behind the mule-a fellow entirely
overlooked by Mr.. Markham:
They've been gone an wrote enough,
As all the world does know,
About the man who works the lam
The man who slings the hoe,
But what wants EN- all to do
Is change the writin rule
An tell us bout that other man
The man benin the mule.
He breaks the Lords commandment,
Likewise the golden rule;
He cannot be Christian
Fer cussin Of the mule.
Fer Of all the Lord created
To turn a human fool
Thar's nothin that kin ever hold
candle to the mule!
Fer ef he's loafln roun or tied,
Rugged up in harness fine,
The mule is never satisfied
He's kickin all the timel
An the man that has the wisdom
Which all the world could rule
Is that patient, ploddin feller--
The man behind the mule!
Atlanta Constitution.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-01-20
A Cinch.

Wealthy families in China who have
marriageable daughters whom they de-
sire to keep at home advertise for de-
sirable sons-in-law. The son-in-law
thus secured does not take his bride
away, but merely hangs up his traps
in his wife's home and becomes one of
the family.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-01-20
How to Get On.

Blinkers-How did that fool De
Chappie get into the Four Hundred?
Winkers-His valet used to serve
some one in the Prince of Wales set
The Four Hundred admitted the valet,
and then he introduced De Chappie.-
New York Weekly.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-01-20
Getting Even With Him.

money, money, money all the time"
he growied when she said she needed
new bonnet. ''Do you know how much
it cost to keep you in the country this
summer?"
NO" she replied, 81 don't know, but
know it didn't cost so much as it did
to keep you in the ."-Chicago Post.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-01-20
Degenerate CnckneN.

The language of the lower Londoner
is changing:
"Getch tfine?
"Now. Trine GAVIN, ent itT
Translated:
Get your train?"
'No. Train gone. hasn't it,"
Ent (the old ain't seems TO cover
isn't, wasn't, weren't has, hasn't, have,
had, hadn't.-Notes and Que
ries.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-01-20
Comes Natural to Him.

"Why does Jim Todgers affect that
funereal style of walking"
"He can't help it. He's been an
usher at so many weddings. s."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-01-20

The length of the Grand canal from
Tien-tsin to Hang Chow, in China, is
$50 miles. 1t connects great ports with
rich coal regions.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-01-20
A Brilliant Finish.

Il saw him kiss you just before he
was leaving" said the sour visaged
aunt, and she said it in a regular dull
thud tone.
Yes, auntie."
"Well. | can realize that it would be
the last thing he would think of" And
she sailed out as though she had scored
every possible point.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-24
TUAN'S REWARD.
The Boxer Leader Made Member q
Grand Council.

The Boxer Leader Made Member of
Grand Council.
Shanghai, September %. 1t is believed
in official circles here that Prince Tuan
has been or VIII be promoted to member
ship in the grand council and that the
Tao Tai of Shanghai viii be appointed
provincial judge, withEthe notorious Box
er Kang vi as his deputy here.
The foreign officials are understood to
be protesting to the Yang Use viceroys
against these appointments.
GERMANS DON'T LIKE 1T.
Berlin, September 28 Discussing the
answer OF the United States government
to Germany's proposal regarding the Chi
nese settlement, the Vossische Zeitung
says today:
Americas abandonment of the con-
cert of the powers will not have seriOus
consequences for their diplomatic negott-
ations, but 1t win render their task more
difficult inasmu>h az zSthing so increases
Chinese presumption and insolence as
the knowledge that harmony in the
ranks of their opponents has been dis
turbed.
The action of the United States is
equivalent to an abandonment of the
common interests of Occidental civiliza-
tion and, probably VIII lead to a proIon-
cation of bloodshed. 80
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-24

The Tien Tsin correspondent of the
Standard explains that the Russians re-
fuse to provide trains Tor this force, but
gave the Germans and Austrians ample
notice and railway accommodations.
Advices to the Standard from Shanghai
place the losses OF the allies before Pei
Tang as 300, principally due to the ex-
plosion OF mines, one of which, 200 yards
long, exploded like an earthquake. kill
Ing and wounding large numbers and
literally blowing two mounted officers to
pieces.
The Standard publishes a beIated teIe-
gram from Tien Isin giving an 1Ilustra-
tion of the international difficulties 1t
appears that the British at Feng Tai
guaranteed safety to the natives If the
railway property were restored. Accord
ingly the men returned but, few days
later, the Russians arrived, and killed
them all just outside the British lines.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-24
Hold Palace Has Been
Desecrated.
Immunity Promised Boxers if
They Dispense.

London, September 24-3 40 a. m.-The
morning papers are too fully occupied
with the general election to bestow much
attention upon the Chinese problem. The
Standard which discusses editoriaIly the
replies Of the United States government,
says:
''The policy thus laid down implies the
existence at Washington of very exag-
gerated estimate Of the good will of the
Chinese rulers. 1t is to be rearsd that the
action of the United States will tend to
weaken the moral influence of the allies
and for this reason Sit is to be greatly
regretted"
According to the Pekin correspondent
of the Daily News wiring Septembe Is,
the Chinese declare most positively that
the Empress Dowager and the Emperor
Will In no case return TO the imperial
palace in Pekin, as they hold that it has
been desscrated by the intrusion of bar
barians. This irreconciIiable attitude
receives confirmation in many reports
emanating from Shanghai. One of these
is that as reply to me denunciation of
Prince Tuan ana others by the viceroys,
al ApC44c4 OAAODg NActO0O OODDCulOOL IL 3
deals most leniently with the Boxer
movement and reminds the people that
both Boxers and Chinese Christians are
Cinnamon who shall receive imperial
protection If they quietly disperse to their
homes. The edIct points out that it is
impossible for the imperial government
to distinguish between good and bad
Boxers. 1t says, however, that If the
rebel Boxers still continue to assemble,
they Will be dealt with summarily.
According to various accounts of the
Pei Tang affair, the Chinese had antici-
pated that the allies would attack in
force. The BIRTHS hers and others who
left lien Tsin with the intention of cut
ting off the retreat Of the Pei Tang gar
rison, arrived too late. They were only
halt way to their destination when the
forts were captured.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-24
JUMPED OFF WRONG WAY.
Portland Woman Injured in Altghting
From Bath Street Car.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREssol

Bath, September % Mrs. Leonard
Brewer of Portland came to this city
Saturday evening to visit her husband,
who is employed In one of our ship yards
and who boards with Edward Trask on
Beacon street She took North End
car to go to her husbands boarding place
and as the car was passing through
Front street she saw her husband on the
sidewalk. Without signalling the conduc-
tor to stop she jumped off the car back
wards. striking her head on the pave
ment. She was picked up unconscious by
Officer William Jack and carried to DR..
e. j. Marston's office. He found that
she had cut her head and after giving
proper medical assistance sent her to her
husband's s boarding place. Today she is
apparently nearly as we'll as ever.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-24
HANNA EXPLAINS.
Didn't Say There Were No Trusts only
None Within Meaning of Law.

Cleveland, September Ex-senator
Hanna left for New York this evening
He will remain at the Republican head
quarters there two or three weeks and
will then return to Chicago. In an in
tervieW today he said
1.-The speech made at Chicago on the
so-calIed trust issue was mis-quoted and
garbled. What 1 said was that there vera
no trusts IN the meaning of the law.
When 1 said that did not say that there
are no combinations of capital, nor did I
say that there are no combinations that
work injustice to the people. This so
called trust issue is nothing more than a
bugaboo of Bryan's to catch votes. Bryan
cannot defend the Democratic party on
that issue and it. with the Issue of i'm
perlalism will soon be relegated to the
rear.
1.-The money question viii soon be the
paramount issue. Bryan will have to
meet that issue, too.''
Senator Hanna said he had not decided
to go on the stump in the East, but
would do SO If he thought best. He de-
cIared furthermore that he had issued
no challenge TO Mr.. Bryan for joint de-
BATE nol had he challenged anybody to
debate. However, he said he was not
afraid to meet any issue of the campaign.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-24

fused to disrobe himself. A paint b1,o1xet
ana brush were then secured and a
smokestack varnish, a tar-like substance
was daubed over them from head 10
foot. 1t was matted IN their hair anc1. no
part OF their bodies escaped but their
faces. Their bodies were then partially
covered with their clothing and the elders
were marched to the home of IL. II
Leiby, Zion follower here, who was
driven out of the city last Sunday. There
they promised not to return to Mansfield.
but later they said they agreed not to re-
turn unless Overseer Piper ordered them
to come, They were then marched to the
city prison and looked up. BY appI1ca.
tions of lard and benzine the black
varnish was cut and after new outfits OF
clothing were furnished, they were de-
ported on Pennsylvania train at noon.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-24
Insurgents Reported in Better
Spirits Than Since April.
Declines to Consider Buen-
caminO's Peace Proposal.

and the conditions that existed previously
have been resumed.
An insurgent proclamation, signed last
month by Agu1naIdo, directing that
American prisoners be set at liberty,
that good treatment be accorded to cap
tives and that $40 be paid to each Ameri-
can surrendering, has reached Manila.
Few prisoners were released under the
proclamation. Two, who have just ar
rived from the Cailless district, report
that the insurgents in that locality are in
better Spirits than they had dispIaye d
at any time before since April.
The Insurgents recently murdered ruth
lessIy three persons in the Lukban dis
trict.
Sonar Is short of Iic); but as the hemp
supply is abundant, the people are ship
ping hemp to Hulan Island ana SNUG.
CLING rice in exchange. Senior Buencami-
no has received from AguinaIdo an
answer regarding his peace proposals.
Aguinaldo declines to consider them and
declares that he is unwilling to agree to
a compromise.
Archbishop NozaIeda with Bishop
Hevia and ten friars, will leave for Spain
Tuesday. He goes to render his decenniaI
religious report. He says he expects to
return here. During his absence. the
affairs of the archdiocese will be admin
istered by Monsignor ChapeIIe.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-24
CORBETT COMING BACK.
Says That He Is Returning to vIndi-
cate His Name.

London, September 23.-James J. Cor
bett, who is a passenger on the CuDard
line steamer Campania, which left Liver
pool yesterday for New York, is travelling
under an assumed name.
In an interview Corbett admitted that
he was travelling alone and under an as
sumed name. He said he had parted COM
pany with George Consid1ne, with whom
he had had an alteration.
"Considine spoke slightingly of my
wife, exclaimed Corbett, and I am
done with him. intend to tell myswife
that Mile Corneille was nothing to me
on the voyage this way and never will
be.
"My principal object in returning to
New York in haste Is to bring actions
against the newspapers that have pub
Iished misstatements about me and to
vindicate my name.''
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-24
10000 MEN GO TO WORK.
AmaIgamated steel Works OF Ohio
Start Up.

Cincinnati, September 23.-The con-
ference committee of the Amalgauna6ed
Association of Iron and Steel workers
and OF the manufacturers this morning,
signed the wage scale that viii be e1Tec-
tive until July, 1901. This decision means
employment tomorrow to over 0,000
workingmen who have been idle since
June.
Among the mills ordered started are
those OF the American Steel Hoop COM
pany at Girard, Youngstown, Warren
Pomeroy and GreenvilIe, and of the Re
public Iron and Steel company at
Youngstown, Irontown, Terre Haute,
Birmingham, Muncie, Franklin, Moline,
New Albany, Minneapolis, CovingtOn,
KY, Brazil, Ind, Springfield, Ills, and
Alexandria, Ind.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-24
SUICIDE IN BATH.
Aged Man Hangs Himself ia Daughters
Attic.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.1


Bath, September 20 "A shocking
suicide occurred here this morning when
Sylvanus G. Davis, ended his life by
strangulat1on. He was discovered In the
attic at his house by his daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Frank Davis, who found him lying
across chair with his head IN a moose OF
manila rope which had been tied to one
of the house timbers Mrs, Davis sum-
moned the neighbors who went to the
mans assistance and as his body was
warm it was cut down with the hope
that life might not be extinct Dr. @.
f. Rideout was summoned and arrived
about a, half hour later and gave an
opinion shat the man had died about
three-q quarters of an hour before. Coro-
ner Ballou deemed an inquest unneces-
sary. Mr.. Davis was a joiner by trade,
being employed at the Bath Iron Works
He was much respected citizen of the
community and was one of the very ac-
tive members Of Sedgwiok Post, NOD, g..
A. r. He was GA years of age and is sur
vived by a wife and son Frank.