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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-03
Biames the Missfonar,es.

Rev. H. H. Lowry, president of the
Methodist University at Pekin, China,
is at present travelling in this country.
During his long term of service he has
had an opportunity to get a rare in
sight into Chinese habits, peculiaritles
and customs, and, having a perfect
knowledge of the native tongue, has
been able to collect facts which many
famous travellers and chroniclers have
missed. 1t is interesting to note that
DR.. Lowry partially places the blame
for the anti-foreign feeling on the mis-
sionaries themselves. Many, he says,
have been indiscreet in foolishIy VOLT
ing the native ideals of everyday life
and not yielding to the Chinese In mat
tiers of little Importance. Others, he
says. have engaged in business along
with their missionary work, and, being
successful through their superior
knowledge of trade and western habits
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much thinner In texture. The east
iaryal skins are ut the narrow end Of
the scale. and In general the lie his
tory is like that Of the oyster bark
louise. The larvae also hatch during
the early days of June. and are orang
rather than yellow in color. The male
scales are comparatively very small
and almost snow white. The eggs are
developed In September and are deep
purplish brown. varying from twenty
% eighty or more, but fewer In num-
Der than the oyster-shell louise. This
scale prefers the pear among orchard
trees. and the Kieffer is its ~favorite
variety. OF the shade trees poplars
are most frequently infested, and Of
the small fruits currants are usual
victims. Pear trees are sometimes SO
badly infested that their trunks seem
whitewashed. and in such cases seri-
u injury or death results. There In
only n brood of these scales, and the
winter is passed in the egg stage.
AS against the oyster-shell louise and
the scurfy scale winter applications
are unsatisfactory. because they do not
XIII the eggs. The scales may be cor
roded n the eggs in largo part scat
tered. but many of them will remain
attached to the trunk and will hatch
In Il time, while IL the scales are at
all massed many will, IL weakened.
yet suffice to protect and hold togeth-
er the egg clusters. Insect eggs are
extremely difficult to kill. even with a
SO penetrating as kerosene;
hence all applications to this end must
be more or less ineffective.
h weak point in the life history
of these scales is in the unprotected
stage, In which they succumb
easily to even weak insecticides. A
10 per cent mechanical mixture OF kerr
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-03
Cross Decoration for Women.

Nearly 20 years ago Queen Victoria
instituted a decoration, the royal red
cross, to be conferred on any woman,
foreign or English, recommended by
the secretary OF state for var for
special work in caring for sick and
wounded soldiers. The decoration is a
cross OF red enamel, gold-edged, one
inch wide, tied in a bow and worn on
the left shoulder. The queen Is at the
head of the order. other royal members
being the Dowager Empress Frederick
Of Germany, Princess Henry Of Bat
tenburg, Duchess of Connaught, the
Marchioness of Lorne, the queen and
crown princess of Greece and the
Duchess of Sparta. Lady Vantage
and Lady Roberts are the only wearers
Of the cross among the Sc %non-royal
members who have titles. Many nuns
wear the order. In the army list the
royal red cross finds a place bstween
the companions of the distinguished
service order and officers holding rank
IN the army permitted to wear foreign
decorations.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-03
SENTIMENTAL SYMPATHY,
cern~aanded By Failing "Descendsns Of
the Caesars"

- NbSsRrh
In that ancient house of Isapsburg-
Lorraine there Is still much to be ad-
mired. and the failing descendant OF
the Caesars commands the sentiment
tai sympathy of the civilized world.
On his last journey to Budapest the
old Emperor Francis Joseph was seen
travelling in his royal saloon with a
large pasteboard box tied by a broad
ribbon. On his arrival he took 1t in
his carriage, then up to his bedroom.
In the morning, as early as 6 o'clock,
his Victoria was at a side gate of TIE
old Palace of Buda, and, to the So
prise Of his aide de camp, his majesty
expressed his intention of starting by
himself. Under his arm was the mys-
ferrous, cumbersome package. No
body followed him, but the secret OF
mis- early trip is now known, Francis
Joseph, who constantly is rummaglng
among the papers left by his late m
press, found, lately, a note, in which
she asked her fayorite daughter, Marie
Valerie, to look into a certain closet
where she would md a box containing
her wedding dress. She was to take it
TO the Church of st. Matthew at Buda.
where 1t was to be used as a yestment
Of grand ceremony. This errand Fran
els Joseph undertook to fulfill himself;
and 1t was this superb brocade gown
and imperial mantle woven in silver
and embroidered with large silver
roses, which he carried so tenderly all
the way from Vienna to Budapest.
The nuptial wreath of roses and or
anse blossoms wa found at the top of
the mantle, and curiously arranged.
most likely by the empress herself,
round a medallion of lace made with
the precious handkerchief which the
bride held by the tips of her fingers,
according to the fashion Of the time.
The last items were taken to another
church (also by her majesty's desire),
that of the Notre Dame de Lorette,
with a cushion Of blue velvet embroid-
cred by herself, on which these words
were written; Elizabeth hopes that
her husband will sometimes rest his
Knees n think of the very short days
OF %happines they spent together" This
little piece of parchment, attached to
one OF the corners of the cushion,
Francis Joseph took away with trem-
bling hands. 1t was seen mechanically
crushed between his fingers when he
prayed before the st. Elizabeth altar
In the little Church of Notre Dame de
Lorette. This did not prevent his ma
Jesty from taking the next train back
to Vienna and taking a once popular
singer for his morganatic wife.
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SoilinR Crops.

A communication from the Vermont
Experiment Station says: An old adj
age hath 1t that closing the barn door
after the theft of the horse Is not the
best method Of preventing burglary.
Yet 1t Is held to be worth while as a
discourager Of further pilfering.
The dairyman who within the past
few weeks has seen his cows shrinking
and his creamery checks dwlndling
feels inclined to shut the barn door
and stop the loss. How may he do this
best? II he has planted soiling crops
like pea and oats, Hungarian millet,
and the like and has been supplement-
ing the dying pastures with green feed
in the barn or yard. he has closed the
door before rather than after the theft
has prevented rather than cured.
Moreover, the necessity for the sum-
mer feeding of grain is greatly les
sened. If he has no occurs to soil
ing crops, nothing but buying grain
can lessen the shrinkage. The YER
mont experiment station has for many
years experimental with sundry soil
ing crops, and as a result Of its work
recommends to Vermont dairymen the
large use OF summer silage and of oats
and peas sown at weekly intervals and
fed during July and August.
Silage is probably the cheaper food:
oats and peas somewhat the better. II
the former is contemplated as a steady
summer diet for years. it would be
well to consider the erection of a spe-
cial summer silo, preferably round,
with a small! feeding area, a small
diameter and a relatively great depth.
Silage spread over a large, surface in
summer, spells rapidly and loses large
ly In feeding value. II oats and peas
be chosen they should be so sn in sue
cessive lots at weekly intervals, the
two sown separately, the peas first
rather deeply and narrowed in; the
oats two or three days later and
pushed in. A better catch is likely to
be secured in this way than II sown
together. The crop may be either fed
green, hayed or put in the silo. Let
those whose July and August milk
yields prove disappointing try silage
or oats and r.as next year.. They may
not be panaceas. but they will help
greatly to overcome that tired feel
ing" which afiicts so many Vermont
dairymen when midsummer creamery
returns come in.
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initiate every chance that the Demo-
Gratis ever had" and he proceeded to
unroll his wares. You see. here is a
cartoon that that - that wow!
i'll"
The artist had inadvertently opened
the wrong roll. the one he intended to
exhibit at Democratic headquarters. He
made a hasty exit.
Then there is the campaign song
crank. One sought an audience with
Senator Hanna under the p~retense that
he bore a note from an important per-
sonage that he must deliver In person
into the hands of the national chair
man," Mr.. Hanna was greatly taken
back when he found that the envelope
contained a poem. Here are the first
lines:
"Hurrah for Bill Mckinley. hurrah.
hurrah, hurrah!
Hurrah for Teddy Roosevelt, hurrah,
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SIOUX MAY FIGHT CHINESE.
An oid Tradition That Makes Them
Eager to Get Revenge.

An old Tradition hat Makes Them
Eager to Get Revenge.
Mr.. e. A. Sherman is at the Rose
bud Is. d. Indian agency, where he
expects to organize a company Of
h~alf-breed Indians for the purpose OF
offering their services to the govern
ment in the pending Chinese war.
The Sioux were n of the strongest
nations of Indians that the whites
found in America, and they were also
the most warlike. One of the Sioux
traditions relates that countless
moons 6 they were driven from
their hunting grounds, Astounding In
game and fish. by a warlike tribe of
men who had hair like women and
whose eyes were like those of the cat.
They were driven to the scattered is
land In the northern part of the west
ern sea where the water Is frozen the
greater part of the year.. They crossed
on the Ice from island to island until
they had reached land, andthen came
to the land of the Dakotas, where they
have since made their home.
1t Is the intention Of MI. Sherman
to take advantage of this tradition in
urging the Indians to join in van.
gushing their former conquerors, and
thereby fulfil another part of the tradi.
ton, which avs that should they sue.
ceed they would be at once r~einstated
In the former true position as rulers
Of the world. The few Sioux who
have been approached on this subject
have become fanatically anxious to
join In such an enterprise.
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$4,000, 900 of these released on a GER
tain day would do the work of the
campaign. OF course, he failed to ex-
plain how the operation was to con-
vince voters, and the scheme was pass
ed up. Later On he showed up at Re-
publican headquarters, where he went
through a like experience.
The political crank knows no party
allegiance and is as much at home
around one headquarters as the other.
This was illustrated very forcibly n
day last week by an accident that befel
one of them. The victim was a long
haired, long-whiskered pen artist who
carried two rolls of cartoons of his own
make into Republican headoa,rters.
After gaining the presence oil Chair
man Babcock Of the congressional cam
paign committee he proceeded to bust
ness at once.
81 have here" he began, "a series of
cartoons that will, when published, an
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-03

The men who manage political cam
paigns meet with some amusing expert
ences during the progress of their
work. At the respective national head
quarters of the two parties in Chicago
the leaders tell some laughable stories
OF their experiences with cranks. For
no matter how much pains are taken to
prevent his entry the crank who has
some wonderful scheme to win the
battle hands down" will get into the
presence Of the practical men at the
head Of things.
The other day n of these men got
into the presence of Senator Jones.
manager of the Democratic campaign.
He insisted that he had a plan that
would land Bryan in the white house"
He explained that it would first be nee
essary for the chairman to invest a
million dollars in air balloons, with
the names and portraits OF the fusion
candidates printed thereon, and that
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-03

his daughter, Mrs. Ira A. Kip, in
Proutsneck, Me-, the other morning.
Mr.. Flower was born in Theresa, N. Y,
about so years ago. He "a engaged
in business in his native village and il
Utica, N. Y, until 1878, when he went
to New York and became associated
with his brother, Hon. George w.
Flower, in the contracting business
Later he became a member of the
banking firm of Flower & Co. of New
York, and at the time Of his death was
at the head of the extensive Flower in
%terests. The heavy business response
bilities which he successfully bore we're
no doubt contributing causes of his
death. He was a man of marked abil-
ity and many amiable qualities. In
kindness and generosity he res2mbled
his brother, the late ex-governor.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-03
A Double Boon.

IT am now" said an inventor, ZEN
gagged upon something that I expect
will prove a boon to mankind-a dou-
BILE boon, In fact-the same being a
folding bunk bed. Everybody knows
how mach oom has been saved by
the introduction of the folding bed.
With that convenience people can
live in comfort in small rooms. The
folding bunk bed will make it possible
to get along with fewer rooms. When
you pull down my bed you will find
two beds, one above the other, like
the hunks in q sleeping car. The mod
srn nat was a great room saver; the
folding bed saves room In the nat,
folding bed will discount that"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-03
Sfreef Car Control IN Ookio.

Inc japanese are a pecu iarly eclectic
people, and their modes of doing
things often indicate a discriminating
judgment after a wide review of the
subject in hand. A street railway fran
chise was granted in Toxic earlier in
the summer, which is significant from
the fact that it leaves the essential
features of the service, including fares,
subject to the regulation of the public
authorities. According to the Japan
Weekly Mail, those authorities "may
fix the fares, determine the number of
passengers and cars y the
special rates granted to students and
laborers and order a
change of motive power or alteration
of the lines" Furthermore, latter a
dividend of Z per cent on the pa:d-up
capital has been paid one
third Of the remainder is to be contrib
uted to the municipality"
The gist of these provisions would
seem to be that the public was to be IN
a position to require adequate service
in all essential details, and II keep the
fares down SO that profits should not
exceed Z per cent on the capital actual
ly invested by stockholders in the bust
ness. The provisions of this franchise
are in advance of those of any sim lar
instrument thus far granted in tn s
country.
The census bureau gives the popula-
ton of Denver as 1889, as against
LOG, 713 in 1890. This is a Slightly be-
ter showing than that made by Ale
gheny City, which had 105,257 inhab-
itants ten years ago and has 1:9,S 96
now.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-03

All farm animals relish ~succulent
foods, and different forms of vegetable
roots have long been fed more or less
to sheep AMI cattle as desirable add.
lions to dry winter rations. Pigs,
however. in winter have usually had
to be content with grain or mill feed
and water. or, perhaps. skim milk.
Succulent food has not been thought Of
for them. excepting in a few cases.
Some experiments On the suitability Of
silase as pig feed have been conducted.
but with most unsatisfactory returns.
IL was not found to be desirable pig
food. Roots. however. offer a more
sppetizing substance for pigs, and here
and there Is found a far.aer who has
fed sugar beets or articho xes to swine
with results that have called forth his
approval. Mangel wurzels furnish
the farmer with a large amount OF
%succulent winter food in the form Of
roots. Very great yields have been
reported by various ~cultivators, where
in 1t has been shown that the cost mar
ton for production is comparatively
light. In 1898. at this station, as high
as 25A tons of mangels' were produced
per acre. at a cost Of only IS cents Der
ton harvested.-C. s. Plumb, Indiana
Experiment Station.
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Shall Indiana Farmers C~ontinus to Grow
Wheat?
throughout much Of the state the
wheat crop Is a disastrous failure.
thousands Of farmers are asking, SIS
II worth while to attempt to grow
wheat?" This depends on whether the
cause or causes OF the failure are be-
yond the farmers control. While the
season had something to do with the
poor wheat crop, the Hessian fly was
largely responsible. The fly" practi-
caily destroyed many fields Of wheat
last fall. long before the beginning OF
winter. Many localities exempt from
the ny produced a fair crop. Intelli-
gent, observing farmers quite general
~ agree that the fly" is the chief
cause Of failure. Can the farmers con-
troll this pest or must they give up
beaten" by an insect smaller than a
mosquito?
individual Effort Futile. While the
individual farmer may do something to
nod the fly in check, his efforts alone
are practically futile when the fly ID
very prevalent. In this latitude there
are two broods, each year, of the Hes
sian fly. which propagates rapidly and
migrates with east in the direction Of
the prevailing winds. 1t follows, there
lore, that n farmer cannot, by good
methods, barricade his farm against
both fall and spring attacks Of these
insects, which are produced in count
less numbers by his negligent neigh
Dor to the windward. But can nothing
be done? Is there no hope. Yes, there
Is hope-aye. victoryt II the farmers
will only unite, Unite, UNITE, to COM
bat this pest of the wheat field.
The Kennedy. Ii the farmers viii all
employ the following measures they
will outwlt and largely destroy the ny,
and barring a hard winter. secure a
fair crop of wheat.
1. Prepare the ground for wheat.
early and thoroughly.
2. Promptly destroy all volunteer
wheat in the plowed fields.
.. Sow decoy strips of wheat, about
n rod wide, around each field de-
signed for wheat.
4. Carefully turn under these strips,
using jointer and roll to bury all the
larvae and "1axseed" of the fly, just
before sowing the main crop.
3. Begin seeding as soon as the fly
has ceased to be active, and drill in
with the wheat come good complete
Tarfflizar itn1oco tho land io olr1aflx Z,
sufficiently fertile.
These measures, II adopted by all
wheat growers. would "a destroy my
riads of the fly; (2) avoid almost
wholly the fall attack Of the insect;
49, by greatly reducing the number OF
the pests, prevent a serious attack in
spring. y
The times Of sowing the border and
the main crop would vary with the lat
ttude. They are approximately as fol-
lows: North third of the state, bor-
der, Sept. /, crop Sept. 20 to 80; EN-
trail third. border Sept. 10, crop Oct. l
to 10; south third, border Sept. 20,
crop Oct. 20 to 80.
A Word to the Skeptical. If you
have Nc faith in the above measures,
don't SOW any wheat-sow rye instead.
Then you will not hinder your neigh
Dor who is willing to try the remedy"
The writer desires to hear from
wheat growers who will undertake to
enlist their neighbors in a combined
attack" on the desplsed Foreigners"
the Hessian fy.-W. G. Latta, Agricul-
turist, Indiana Agricultural College,
Indiana.
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Charles A. Walsh.
The Hobo Candidate.

This is Filipino Joe. candidate fol
vice president of the United States on
the ticket recently put up by the Ma.
tional Tourists, otherwise hoboes. ami
commonly called tramps, at Britt
Iowa. Filipino Joe is so homely he at.
tracts people by his countenance. Joe
is an inveterate and continuous tobaccl
chewer. He takes the advice of the
newspaper agency and keeps everlast.
ingly at it. A quid of quantity and
quality is his idea of perfect bliss. Jos
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Has q .Tusf Cause

Charles A. Sauerwine, a commercial
traveller of Evansville. Ind, has petit
toned the Supreme Court there for per.
mission to change his name to Charles
A. Erwin. He alleges his name ofte !
excites ridicule, and not infrequent'y
prevents his selling goods, Moreover,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-03

won his sobriquet by going to this
Orient with Wheaton and Lawton. He
thought he was going to see the world;
the sight that impressed him most was
a score or more of dead comrades. He
hurried back to the United States and
hired out as a cowboy to Buffalo Bill.
But this was work, and he fina ly de,
termined to give it UP. Since then he
has been on the road.
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O. & *
* *, Creusof Gun

The gun Is heat
ed and tempered in
two parts-frst the
rings and then the
gun itself-the two
operations being
identical. T h e
drawing shows the
gun when it Is
withdrawn from
the furnace on the
signal given by the
engineers whistle.
Suspended from an
apparatus emp 0sed
of four columns,
which depends from
a strong pulley.
worked by a NOV
ing bridge, the gun
seems ~incandescent
as the long door OF
red-hot bricks is
opened slowly. The
moving bridge is
put in action, and
the gun is brought
out till it V e
hangs the center o.
a well 60 to 81 fee.
deep, in which it is
gradually lowered,
amid a d%eafening
Kissing of steam,
which rises in
clouds. This opera
ton is repeated
several times.
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hurrah, hurrah, hurrah!"

"How much do you want for this?"
asked the chairman, perceiving a chance
for a laugh.
One hundred" answered the
poet, assuming an air of naughty i'm
portance. mot a cent less"
Some days later, when this same poet
visited Secretary Walsh at Democratic
headquarters, the two first lines OF the
poem had assumed this form:
"Hurrah for Billy Bryan, hurrah. hur-
rah, hurrah!
Hurrah for Uncle Adlai. hurrah. hur-
rah, hurrah!"
And sc the cranks come and go from
headquarters to headquarters. None of
them ever have a practical idea to set
forth. They have become the terror
of the campaign managers.
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he is tired of being called "Mr. Sweet
wine" "Mr. Bitter Booze and the like.
and for these good and sufficient rea-
sons asks the court to grant him a
change.
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THIS security SCALE" or Harris
louise" Chionaspis ~furfurus. IL much
broader than the oyster-shell louise,
much psler. almost white In color. and
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-03
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS or INTEREST TO
AGRlCULTURiSTS.

sonc Up-to-Date Hints About CUT
ovation OF the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures. viticulture aud
Horticulture.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-03

Owing to drought and short pax.
turage the Montana beef is being ssnt
to market several weeks earlier than
usual.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-03

DR.. Hidezo Ikeda of Toxic, Japan,
who has been sent to America by h S
government to study the agriculture o.
this country, is looking into the cult
walton of tobacco in Virginia. Lat r
he will familiarize himself with the
growth of cotton.