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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1901-01-05

tubes runs down below the machine
and sucks up fresh air to replace the
moist and heated air in the central COM
partment, thus maintaining a constant
circulation.
The edges of the steel cylinder are
bordered with wood, backed with as
bestos. The body space Central COM
partment) Is lined with ribs of cork
which run lengthwise along the brass
cylinder and prevent the patient from
being burned by the sides of the heated
cylinder.
Patients are placed upon a sheet of
fibrous magnesia. This substance, the
inventor found, could be heated to a
high degree before 1t would burn ami
NAL substances resting upon it. A man
placed upon fibrous magnesia may
stand 400 degrees, Fahrenheit, without
serious inconvenience. Under the oven
Is a series of Bunsen burners. The pa
tent is practically baked in a gas stove.
Sensation of Being Baked.
The sensations experienced under the
baking process are said to be unique.
The patient is wrapped In an ordinary
sheet before being placed on the sheet
of fbrous magnesia In the oven. The
ends of the wen are covered with can
vas, which renders the central COM
partment air tight. The patients feet
are completely inclosed, but the head Is
left out. The application Of heat up to
about 100 degrees is hardly noticeable.
Jets of hot air then begin to make
themselves felt. and when 200 degrees
has been reached the patient feels as If
red-hot air were raining upon him.
Water boils at PIP degrees, and yet in
these human hot-air bakeries patients
are able to stand $50 degrees without
serious inconvenience - 16S degrees
above the boiling point of water! OF
course. this high degree of heat may
o be sustained for any length of time;
but it has been maintained with good
results for upward of 10 minutes. Even
100 degrees has been borne for a short
time. in extreme cases; but it is I'M
usual to subject ordinary cases to such
high temperature.
At from 200 to 300 degrees patients
)erspire freely. the persplration being
arried off in the form of steam through
he tunnels at the top of the baking
isachines. 1t fee}l at first as If one we're
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1901-01-05
CHINESE EXPERT AT POKER.
NEWCOMERS Confess They Cannot Get
the Best of I his Mongolian.

New-Yorkers Confess They Cannot Get
the Best of I his Mongolian.
A Tribune reporter found five of the
best known merchants of Chinatown
busy with a quiet game of poker In the
private Office of one of them. The
stakes were small, seldom more than
So being involved in a pot, but the
game had been running for several
hours and considerable money had
changed hands.
This is a little game" said one Of
the merchants as he took In a big pot
on a full hand which he had secured
from a four-card draw. You should
see Boston play once"
"Who is Boston, was asked.
do you e to say you don't know
Ii Lung? He's the biggest and best
gambler in Chinatown. He runs a half
dozen card shops in different parts of
the city,"
did you hear how Boston fixed the
politicians?" asked a Chinese. One of
the players had not, so he continued:
1.-THE other night Tim Sullivan, who
runs a place on the Bowery, sent word
to Ii Lung that some of his friends
wanted a little game that night. There
was a judge from Brooklyn and two or
three political people who are all well
known. They thought they had an
easy thing in the Chinese, and he knew
that he had a regular snap In them.
The game started up in 'Boston's' place.
In Seventh avenue, but some of there
got hungry for a chop suey and came
down here to finish the game. Lung
had been winning all night from the
judge and from Sullivan. He plays
straight poker and they were trying to
bluff The end came when Lung got
four kings. Sullivan had a good hand
and went the limit The kings were
good and Lung drew out $50. That
was a game worth seeing"
The Chinese laundrymen who have
places of business in different parts of
the city would like to see the police
stop gambling in Chinatown. They
say that they cannot get Chinese to do
their work, because there are so many
games running. The poor Chinese
gambler can live on a pound of rice a
day, and 1t costs him only seven cents,
consequently it takes a long streak of
bad luck to send him to work. When
he does go to work 1t is only for a5week
at most. BY that time he has saved
another stake" and goes back to
Chinatown to again try his luck.-New
York Tribune.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1901-01-05
ALMOST BAKED ALIVE
OVENS WHERE PATIENTS UN-
DERGO INTENSE HEAT.
Bakeries for Curing Rheumatism
Where the Temperature in Extreme
Cases Reaches 400 Degrees-Some-
thing About Their Construction.

Bakeries, wherein human beings are
subjected to intense heat, are now es-
tablished In New York, Philadelphia
and other American cities, and physi-
clans speak enthusiastically of the re-
suits attained in many cases.
The inventor of the idea, says a writer
In Everybody's Magazine, owes the dis
covery to an accident. A friend of his
had rheumatism. He placed his arm in
a metal cylinder and subjected it to
heat every day for some weeks, and
the rheumatism disappeared. This set
the inventor thinking. The problem to
be solved was how to make an oven
which would bake human flesh with
out burning or cooking it. Ordinary
hot air would burn or cook the flesh.
BY drying and yentilating the air this
danger Is avoided.
experiments carried on by the In
Ventor for many years resulted in the
manufacture of a series of metallic
cylinders, with a central hollow space
as receptacle for the body of the person
to be baked. The other cylinder is of
sheet copper, nickel-plated, and lined
with asbestos to prevent external radi-
alton of heat. Next comes a steel
cylinder, separated from the first by a
few inches, and its interior is connected
with the outer air by three smokestacks
which carry off the products of COM
bustion. Then comes a brass cylinder,
perforated with hundreds of tiny holes
through which the hot air, thrown off
by the heated steel cylinder, is carried
into the central compartment, in which
the patients body is placed. This cen
trail compartment is connected with
the outer air by means of tubes which
rarry off the heated air, and render
possible the drying of the atmosphere in
the body space. A second system Of
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1901-01-05
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MWM

Seven hundred and eleven strikes oc-
CURED In Great Britain during the last
year.
1t Is claimed that one cigar packer
can pack $500 cigars in a day, or keep
ten cigarmakers busy.
The street-car employees at Little
Rock, Ark, have been forbidden by the
courts Of that State to wear union
badges.
In 1900 the tallors organized the first
labor organization in the United States.
In 1919 the hatters organized; the print
ers in 1881.
The Women's International Union
Label League is at present engaging
the%a attention of trade ~unionists in every
nook and corner of North America.
The County Commissioners of Lucas
County, Ohio, at a regular session held
at Toledo, the county seat, passed a
resolution to the effect that none but
union labor is to be employed on public
works.
The Vancouver (B. c. City Council
has adopted a motion that union labor
be required on all clothing made for
the city. A contract for bread has been
IKE away by the same city, because
the baker would not consent to employ
union labor.
An English machinist has discovered
a new method or process of colorlng
iron. 1t entirely prevents rust, even
though the metal be brought to red
heat. A Hungarian machinist has dis
covered a method of spinning wood
pulp SO that it car be converted into
clothing.
Three industries are given by the
New York Evening Telegram as typical
Of the saving effected by the substitu-
ton of machine for hand labor. Forty
years ago n nan took $50 hours to
perforate 10000 bank checks, for
which he was paid $3.50. Now the same
work Is done by machinery, six men be-
Ing employed an aggregate of nine
hours and fifteen minutes. They get
about double the wages per hour, yet
the labor cost Is only So, instead of
TAco' oE'Sh'y years hSu, uSlHS qulllS
and ruler to rule paper, it took 1880
hours to do work that is now done by
mahines in two and three-quarter
hours. The hand workers got 81 a day,
while the operator of the machine Is
paid $3.50 a day. The labor cost of pro-
duclng a given quantity is So cents, as
compared with $500 in the old way. Ma
chinery now makes 100 pairs of mems
cheap-grade shoes in 154h hours, as
compared with 1,436H hours by hand,
the labor cost being $500 by hand and
$35 by machinery. Instead of one man
being employed to do everything in the
manufacture of women's shoes, 1t now
takes 40, each doing an entirely differ
ent operation on the machines. What
required thirteen hours of labor forty
years ago is now done In an hour. The
third example IS in bread-making. One
Thousand POUNDS of dough for biscuits
Is rolled, cut and prepared for baking
In three hours and forty-five minutes,
as against ifty-four hours by hand.
These instances are typical of u hun
dred other Industries In which time and
labor have been saved by machinery.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1901-01-05
ANIMAL CHIVALRY.
A Little Story Showing that They
Have the Feeling.

A Little Story Showing that They
Have the Feeling.
DO animals understand chivalry? Do
they ever practice it among them
selves? We have all heard of the lion
that was grateful to the hunter for tax
ing a thorn from its foot, and would
not afterward harm him. But isn't that
an Imaginary lion? None of us can say
that he has heard the story from the
hunters w lips. We calf say, how
ever, that we have heard true stories
of animal chivalry. Here is one:
One day a boy that we know was out
IN the country, where he found a dis
abled crow. He picked up the bird and
brought it home to take care of it, and
to tame it, if possible. AS a matter of
course, the crow was named jim. 1t
grew very tame indeed, and showed
great fondnesS for its master, who loves
all animals, and has an extraordinary
FACULTY for bringing out the best In
their nature. Animals in that NAV be
like ourselves. Aren't you better be-
haved in the company of some persons
tina In the company of others?
Jim Crow, 1t seems, developed a most
lovable disposition. He and the grew
hound are the best of friends, but it
was when their young master brought
In a family of helpless kittens that the
spirit of chivalry showed itself in both
bird and dog.
The greyhound established himself as
the kittens knight champion; no crea-
ture could be more devoted than he is
to these tiny specimens of an antagon-
istic race. More wonderful still. Jim
Crow makes it his duty to feed the kit.
tens! He goes gravely to their box
every day, with particles of food in his
beak. offering them to the little things
with an air of saying: "My master took
me in when | was a waif, and showed
me kindness. He has taken you in, too,
and will treat you as nearly as | can
with the kindness l have learned from
him."
We a imagine the crow thinking
such a thought If he should use our
language to any extent, a crow would
probably express himself with dignity
and carefully select his words. OF this
particular Jim Grow, nothing of that
sort could be exaggerated by our imag.
i%nation. He Is friendly with the grey.
hound and paternal with the kittens
This curious assortment of pets is liv.
ing together in perfect harmony. The
kittens are yet young. One cannot know
what ann of cats they will grow to
be; but for examples of ~chivalry they
have jim Crow, their trusty knight the
greyhound, and last, but not least, their
young human master, whose influence
may have developed in them the spirit
Of chivalry. Who knows?-Our Animal
Friends.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1901-01-05
Mafeking's Famous Ape.

Mafeking's ape, that famous animal
whose intelligence during the siege of
that beleaguered town merits a claim
to be the missing link" is offered for
sale in London. The officer who train
ed it to perform a share of duty in that
memorable period of suffering carried
it to England, but for some reason is
unable to provide the comfortable home
it deserves. 1t was this apes duty to
ring the alarm bell the moment the
Beers began firing, and 1t never failed
to do the work in so interchangeable and
conscientious a nj as to merit the
approval of all the residents. Having
sounded the tocsin and warned the in
habitants, the ape scurried off TO its
underground bombproof hole, thus
proving that it thoroughly realized the
danger to itself as well as to others.
Not only should a happy home be
awarded to this man and brother"
but a medal should be given to COM
memorate the gallant service 1t per-
formed under ire.-Boston Herald.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1901-01-05

There are spots in the ocean where
the water is five miles deep. If 1t is
true that the pressure of the water on
any body In the water is one pound to
the square inch for every two feet of
the depth, anything at the bottom of
n of the "fve-mile holes" would have
a pressure about it of 1920 pounds to
every square inch
There is nothing of human manufac-
ture that would resist such a pressure.
That 1t exists there is no doubt. 1t is
known that the pressure of a well.
corked glass bottle at the depth Of 300
feet is so great that the water will force
its way through the pores of the glass.
1t is also said that pieces of wood have
been weighted and sunk in the sea to
such a depth that the tissues have be-
come so condensed that the wood has
lost its buoyancy and would never float
again. 1t could not even be made to
burn when dry.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1901-01-05
| o RINGS.
What They Meant and How They We're
Worn in Old Times.


Worn in Old Times.
Rings have been worn by both savage
and civilized people from the remotest
antiquity. They have been worn in the
ears, in the nose, around the neck, and
around the wrists and the ankles. But
the most famous and universal use Of
rings has always been for finger adorn-
ment. In ancient times they were not
merely for ornament, but had their use
as signet rings.
The old Egyptians wore what were
known as "tebh," or finger-rings, and
'khatem," OF signet rings. They also
had certain kinds Of rings that were
used as money.
At one time finger-rings We're the en-
blem of rank and authority. They were
Of two kinds: The solid ring made of
gold, silver, copper, or iron, with a
square or oval bezel, on which the sub
ject to be impressed was either sunk or
cut in intaglio, and the scarabaei rings
of glazed steatite, set in frames of gold
or silver.
These scarabaei rings were often
used for bezels. AS a rule, the base of
the bezels was engraved with hero
glyphics the names of monarch, mot
toes and devices, and figures of the
deities. Very valuable gold rings with
revolving bezels have been found, as
that Of Thothmes Ill, and another
bearing the name of the monarch
Horus. The Horus ring contained as
much as a hundred dollars worth Of
pure gold. Like the seal and counter
seal Of the present day, the rings hav-
Ing revolving bezels could make two
Impressions.
The early Greeks and Romans wore
iron signet rings. In later times they
covered their fingers with rings, even
wearing them on their thumbs. Some
of the very wealthy Romans had rings
for exclusive winter wear, and others
that they wore only In summer.
Rings are closely associated with
many of the Oriental beliefs and super
stitions. Among the marvels attributed
to Solomon's ring, it was believed to
have power to seal up the refractory
Jinns in jars and huri them into the
Red Sea- The Greeks believed that
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1901-01-05
Canada's Educational Campaign,

Over 1900 textbooks and aliases of
the Dominion of canada have been sup
piled to rural schools in England by
Lord Strathcona, the Canadian High
Commissioner. The Canadian Govern
ment is very anxious to encourage the
study of the history, geography and re-
sources of Canada In the schools of the
United Kingdom, and therefore offered
about four weeks ago to supply any
rural schoolmaster with as many spe-
cially prepared textbooks as he had
scholars. Schoolmasters all over the
country took up the idea with enthu-
siasm, and one and all agreed that
from an imperial point of view nothing
but good results can follow.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1901-01-05

y JAChEIs
Serely plain and fits the figure as close
~ as if it were a bodice. The sides,
too, are shaped into the most grace
full curves and are opened for a few
inches upon the hips to preserve a
strictly military effect. There Is a
touch of femininity, though, in the
trimming. This consists of bands of
cream broadcloth stitched over the
seams at the front and over the shout
ders in such a way that they simulate
n broad collar effect. The white cloth
is then outlined with the tiniest bands
of gilt braid. White cloth buttons are
used for the purpose of adjustment and
adornment, but as these are both ex-
pensive and perishable others of gold
or silver are substituted.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1901-01-05
What the Busy Bee Must Do.

Bees, according to a statistician,
must, in order to collect a pound of
clover honey, deprive $4,000 clover BIOS
SONS of their nectar. To do this the
$4,000 flowers must be visited by an
aggregate of 8 ,75O,O 600 bees; or, In other
words, to collect his pound of honey
n bee must make 8, 900 trips from
and to the hive. AS bees are known to
fly for miles in quest of suitable fields
of operation, it is clear that a single
ounce Of honey represents millions of
miles of travel.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1901-01-05
Tree that Resists Fire.

In the savannas of South America
there grows a tree called by the ma
tiyes chaparro, which not only Is not
injured but actually benefited by prai.
RE fires. The thick bark resists the
action of the flames, and the hard seeds
are supplied with a kind of wings ow-
ing to which they are scattered broad.
cast by the strong wind which accom-.
nauias q fire
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1901-01-05

The moon rule" for planting garden
truck is that all things that grow out
of the ground, such as peas, corn and
the like, must be planted In the In
crease of the moon, from new to full;
all things that mature in the ground,
like potatoes, must be planted in the
decrease OF waste of the moon. from
FULL to new.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1901-01-05

lively that she thinks
of them she has re-
vived the military
styles which were so
popular last y ear
This season, how
ever, instead of the
gray jacket she af-
fects a very natty
design In musicians
b cloth, which
will be one of the
S m a rtest materials
of winter.
There Is an al
most rigid air about
the military Jacket.
The back is cut Sc
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1901-01-05
FOR L A PIPE.
Pouch with Filling Devic,
Which Prevents Waste.

Which Prevents Waste.
Filling a pipe from a pouch of tobacco
is a task which cannot be accomplished
without more or less waste, to say moth
Ing of the time usually consumed in the
operation, and so perhaps smokers will
be pleased with the improved pouch
illustrated in the cut, which was rel
Gently patented by David III. Allen, of
Miamisburg, Ohio. The inventor claims
that the pouch will not only fill the pipe
quickly, but also avoids the necessity of
taking the tobacco in the hand, which
generally results in spilling it. The
mode of operation is as follows: The
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1901-01-05

operator loosens the drawstring of the
bag and inserts the charge nozzle in thu
bowl of the pipe. The tobacco is shaken
into the charging end of the bag, and
the operator with his finger readily
feeds and presses into the bowl of the
pipe the desired charge of tobacco, the
surplus being shaken back into the
bag and the drawstring again tight
ened. There is no opening at the rear
of the filling compartment, but the
fabric is sufficiently loose to allow the
finger to be inserted between the folds
to manipulate the tobacco.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1901-01-05

Did you ever notice the soft, pleading
voice women use over the telephone?
And did you ever compare it with the
voice they use around home?
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1901-01-05
Experts.

The bills of writing and chemical ex-
perts who gave evidence in a recent
murder trial in New York aggregate
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1901-01-05
LIGHT and Heavy Moods

Cork and poplar are the lightesi
woods in the world, and p~omegranate
one Of The heaviest; 1t is more than
one third heavier than water.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1901-01-05

When the Lord finds a surplus lot OF
babies on hand, he leaves them with
people ira veling over the country In
movers wagons.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1901-01-05

The most ancient glass had exactly
the same component parts as that of
to-day, and the processes used seem to
have been similar in all times.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1901-01-05

Shortly after the wedding march
many a man discovers that he 10 an
April fool.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1901-01-05
NEW JACKET DESIGN.

Military Girls Coat Is a Marvel in
Nattiuess.
The American girl is too patriotic to
quickly lose interest in the gallant SOL
der boys, and as if to show very posi-
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1901-01-05

Jonah was a conundrum and the
whale had to give him up.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1901-01-05

AS a rule, there is a good mine near
every poor one, to encourage the jays