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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-27
II Trading Rat.

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OF all curious animals which man
has come across and studied probably
none can compare with a kind Of rat
found in the Rocky mountains. Though
for a long time we'll known to trappers
and lumbermen. it is only lately that
any naturalist has studied these peculiar
little beasts.
Although called q rat this little ami
NAL is larger than an ordinary rat, with
a body eight inches long. It is a very
pretty creature, with soft gray fur and
a squirrelIike tail, easily tanned and a
delightful pet. The trappers long ago
gave it the name Of the Grading rat, +"
from it's curious habit Of never stealing
anything without putting something in
it's place.
Two young women camping in the
highlands Of Wyoming left the lid of
their cracker box off one night. In the
morning all the biscuits were gone and
the boz was filled with an understandable
mixture Of chips, scraps Of leather,
sticks, bones, dried beans-in fact ev-
erything movable near at hand.
The trading rat builds a very beauti-
full nest, sometimes two feet in height,
and is very clever at storing food. 1t
has a violent fancy for anything of a
bright red hue. philadelphia Inquirer.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-27
"cRossED" MONEY ORDERS.
kAesguards Employed I'm England In
Making Small Remittances.

Safeguards Employed In England In
Making Small Remfttances.
Americans who are buying books in
stlall quantities or are remitting dues
to the t%reasurers of English societies Of
which they happen to be members occa-
sionally receive a printed or written re-
quest to use a Crossed order when
sending money. At first they are likely
to be mystified by the phrase. Even if
inquiry JIG made at the p~ostof1ce in this
country 1t is quite possible that no sat
isfactory explanation will be obtairable.
The remitting party will ascertain,
though, that American postofices do not
issue ''orossed" orders.
The term in question refers to two
lines drawn with a pen from the top to
the bottom Of a postal order on its face
near the middle aud an inch or two
apart. That treatment of a money order
will prevent payment Of it to any one
but a banker, and if, as is sometimes
done, the nameo Of some particular bank
is written in the space between the
lines the order will be paid only to that
institution. It is not necessary to use
any words in addition to the name of
the bank. No explicit prohibition is re-.
CURED. The mere crossing Of the order
is a we'll understood signal to the Brit
ish postal authorities, for, while the
custom is comparatively unfamiliar to
people on this side Of the Atlantic, it is
common enough in the United King
dom
When an American RENTS money in
this manner, he crosses his order him
self, hut in several foreign countries the
postofiice does not give the order to the
sender, but transmits it directly to the
paying office. The person who RENTS
merely sends notice to the right person
to 90 to the postoffice and apply for the
money. Where this usage prevails the
p~ostofice issues a crossed order because
the sender cannot cross the order him
self. Such is the practice, for instance,
in Germany, Belgium, Austria and
Italy.-New York Tribune.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-27
NO STOVES IN r
Instead Flues Are Laid Under the
Floors. Which Are Thus Heated.

Instead Flues Are Laid Under the
Floors. Which Are Thus Heated.
Stoves are not used to any extent by
cd of heating is excellently adapted to
their and conditions. In build
ing their houses they lay down a sys-
tenn of fues where the floor is to be.
These 1iues begin at a fireplace, which
is usually placed in an outer shed or
connecting closed alleyway.
From this fireplace the fues extend
in a more or less curved direction, like
the ribs Of a round fan, to a trench at
the rear of the room, which in turn
opens into a chimney, which is usually
placed some distance from the house.
Flat flagstones are then placed carefully
over these flues, and the whole is &C.
mented over and finally covered with a
thick oil paper. for which the country
is noted. This paper keeps smoke from
entering the room, and a little straw or
brushwood, used in the fireplace for
cooking the rice, serves to heat the
stone floor and gives all agreeable
warmth, which lasts till the time of the
next meal.
Two heatings daily tend to give the
people a nice warm floor, upon which
they sit in the daytime and sleep at
night. By leaving their shoes at the
door the inmates preserve the paper
floor, which from constant polishing
takes on q rich brown color. New
York Press.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-27
The Sea Gull and the Fisherman,

In the fishing village of Auchmithie
(the Musselcraig Of Scott's "Anti-
quary'') you may frequently witness
sea gulls flying into the houses Of the
fishermen and partaking Of food from
their hands. One Of these sea birds was
in the habit of staying in a fisherman's
house all the year round except at the
breeding season, when it left. Quite re-
GENTLY, while the gull was away, the
fisherman removed his home from
Auchmithis to Arbroath (the Fairport
of Scott's "Antiquary''), distant some
81 miles from the former place, taking
up his residence in South street Of Ar
breath. The fisherman never expected
to see his old friend the gull again. 1t
was therefore much to his establishment
that be beheld a fortnight later the sea
bird come walking into his new resi-
dence with stately steps to resume his
old familiarities and household ways
with his housekeeper London Lady.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-27
Maori Women.

The Maori women Of Australasia have
their rights-fourisbing ones. General
~ they have little voice or choice in the
selection of their first husbands, but
they may, and frequently do, change
them. A woman may trade her husband
without so much as a comment from
the public, without the slightest smudge
on her good name, and it is nothing to
his discredit either. Courtship is always
brief and does not often preface mar
riage. The Maoris, however, love to re-
peat oriental love tales and sing love
songs. Maori widows not infrequently
commit suicide on the graves Of their
husbands and are honored for doing SO,
as in China. Divorce is simple; it needs
no revenue, employs no officers. He
turns her out of doors, and both are free
to remarry. This lis all. Girls are often
betrothed %irrevocably from infancy.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-27

Swearing is growing less, decidedly
So, writes Edward Box in The Ladies'
Home Journal. "All students of men
agree il this view, just as excessive al
coholio drinking is falling into disuse.
The principal reason for the decline Of
both excessive swearing and drinking is
that men are getting more and more
careful to refrain from any habit which
places their self control in peril. So.
ciety is constantly growing more i'm
patient with a man who lacks e%quipoise,
while the keener demands Of business
necessitates men being more moderate
in all things. The basis of the change
may be more material than spiritual,
but the change is taking place irrespec-
tive of the character Of the basis or mo
tive"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-27
His SIGNATURE.

An elderly man stepped into a big
hotel the other day, accompanied by his
wife, and asked for a room. When the
polite clerk gave him a pen and placed
the register before him, he looked visi
bly, embarrassed, but he took the pen
and bent over the book as though he
had neryed himself to some desperate
task.
He started to write and then stopped
and began to think. The clerk, of
course, didn't know what the trouble
was or else he would have volunteered
his services. After a painful pause the
ruralist started in to scratching some
MORE.
After the expiration of fully five min
utes the farmer threw down his pen
with a sigh of relief, wiped the %perspira-
ton from his brow and rejoined his bet
ter half, who had been waiting in the
lobby during the ordeal. The clerk was
curious to see a signature that required
such an unusual length of time to exc
cute. The clerk is a solemn man, but he
nearly went off into a fit when he saw,
in big, round script, this legend:
"Me and Maria. London Tit -Bits.
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women ana Portraits.

NL HN--N
ut is a curious fact" said an expert.
enced New Orleans photographer, THAT
1t isn't the handsonlest women who
make the handsomest pictures. Why ia
it? Well, a beauty nearly always owes
her charm to something beyond the
reach Of. the lens-to her complexion,
her hair or the vivacity of her express
sion. Very few such. women have reRu.
lar features. and when they are repro
duced in plain black and white they are
At a great disadvantage. Their photo
grarh. are generally unsatisfactory and
are really not correct as likenesses. On
the other hand, a woman who is re-
garded as horely may have singularly
perfect lines. but attracts no attention
through lack of color and animation.
"I'll cite you a queer instance: A
dozen or 80 years ago Maude Brans-
combe was the most popular model in
the United States for Photographic art
studios Her hest pose was as q num-,
and her pictured face was strikingly
beautiful. Thousands upon thousands
Of people have raved over her loneliness,
but the real Miss Branscombe, whom /
had the pleasure Of knowing, was q de-.
mure, pale little woman who would
never in the world attract the slightest
attention in a crowd. Without a doubt
she was passed unnoticed by many a
person who treasured her portrait as o
marvel. New Orleans Times-Demo-
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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-27
elizabeth Cromwell.

Cromwell legends are so ubiquitous
10 England that it is a real relief to lay
ones hand upon u bit Of solid fact re-
lating either to the protector or his
family. Elizabeth, the second and ia
vorite daughter of Cromwell, married
John Claypole Of NorthborouRb, and
appears to have spent q considerable
portion Of her 10 years Of welded life
IN his substantial fourteenth century
house. Carlyle asserts Elizabeth Clay
pole to have been "a graceful, brave
and amiable woman and Of her home
that it ia 'now ruined-patched into
q farmhouse"
The second statement ia not charac.
terized by his usual accuracy, and the
first probably needs some modification,
for Elizabeth Claypole is credited with
some turning of her head over her IA
theirs elevation. and at a wedding
feast is reported to have exclaimed,
when asked why the wives Of the major
generals were absent, "I'll warrant
you, washing their dishes at home, as
they used to do" Not q particularly
"%amiable" sentence that.
Cromwell seems to have had some
insight Of her little weakness. "Tell
her, be wrote once, "to take heed of q
departing heart and of being cozened
with worldly vanities and worldly oom-
pany, which, / doubt, she is too subject
to- 1t is agreed by most authorities
that John CIaypole himself was little
enough of a Puritan, but let it stand to
his credit that, after Oliver died, he
provided a haven for his widow for the
rest of her life in this manor house.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-27
"For violin or Piano.,

From the classical period we have
received the most noble work which had
been composed for the violin, a work
which will always remain the Kohinoor
of violin Observation-Disclosures con-
certo. In spite of this the master had
occasion to write on the title page the
words, ever saddening to the violinist,
Concerto For the Violin or Piano.
another proof of the old lack Of a sufi-
Gent number of worthy performers, for
only in view Of such q want could
Beethoven have made the work practical
BILE for pianists.-Musical Courier.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-27
A DRAMATIC CLIMAX.
The Effect Of One Woman's Pathetic
Eyes ON q Jury.

The Eject of One W0man's Pathetic
Eyes OF q Jury.
That juries are affected by handsome
and languishing eyes is proved by 9 re-
markaaie experience. Of the greatest adj
vocate At the New York bar, the late
James T. Brady. He was counsel for q
young woman in q case involving an
attempt to break a will.
His client sat by his site. She was a
very beautiful young m whose
eyes seemed always to rivet the atten-
tion Of those upon whom her glance
fell. There was a pathetic expression
which affected every one. She sat
Watching the jury during the course Of
the trial, and at last there was some
complaint that she was attempting by
meal Of her glances to excite the gym
pathy Of the jury.
Then Mr.. Brady arose and in one of
the most touching and beautiful Of all
the addresses he ever made in court he
spoke of the blessings which every n
who had IN appreciation of beautiful
things and could see them enjoyed, and
dwelt for some moments upon the happy
lot Of the jury who could see the bud
ding Of the fowers-it was then spring
time-and the charms Of nature then,
suddenly turning to his client, he said,
"That blessing is denied my client, for,
though che has eyes which seem to look
upon you, gentlemen, there is no vision
in them, for her sight has been taken
from her"
She had been, in fact, the victim Of
total paralysis Of the optic nerve, which
had not impaired the beauty Of her
eyes, but had given to them that sin
gular pathetic expression which she was
thus falsely charged with employing
that she might secure the sympathies
of the jury.-Philadelphia Press.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-27
The Retort Courteous.

Father O'Leary, a we'll known Ro-
man Catholic priest and wit, was on
very friendly terms with his neighbor,
the Church Of England vicar. They met
on the road one day, when the vicar said
excitedly. "Oh, Father O'Leary. have
you heard the awful newsP'
"No." says the priest, what is it.
at alp
Something awful" says the vicar.
''The bottom has fallen out of purga-
tory, and all the Catholics have tum-
bled into helll".
"Oh, dear, oh. dear" says Father
O'Leary, "what a crushing the poor
Protestants must have got r"-London
Chronicle.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-27
Park Map.

The Northern Pacific railway has
just issued a new map Of Yellowstone
Park, that should be in demand. 1t is
a relief map in colors. is scientifically
made, and is complete in topography
and nomenclature. The map is about
22x28 inches in size and is printed on
heavy paper thus making it suitable for
framing.
The map is specially adapted for
school and class rooms and will be
mailed in tubes to any address byssChas.
S. Fee. Gen. Pass. agent Of the North
ern Pacific, st. Paul, Mimi, upon
receipt of 10 cents. soft
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-27
Adxerttsed Letters.

List Of letters remaining uncalled for
in the postofice at Billings, Yellow
stone county, Montana. for the week
ending Jan. %. 1899.
Bagley, Mrs. Florence: Bagley,
Israel: Baines, Arthur; Bissland, Will
lam; Brown, Jesse M; Cannon,
Frank; Christmon, Oliver; Dee. p.
Downing, Walter O.; Day. Chas. Ew-
ing, 3. r.; Guilford. M; johnson.
Charlie; Kluedtke, Herman; Leeds.
Mrs. r. A.; Lee, Daisy; Lowell, ".
g.; Mckinley, @. l.. McCracken, D.
B.. Mccoy, W.. Neland, Sam; Nelson,
John; Paulson. Gustaave; Rocket, j.
F.; Seidell, Henry; Smith, E. H. /;
Thompson, Arthur G.; Whitaker,
Neafie; Wilkerson. Chas. A. Wylie,
Arthur.
Persons calling for the same will
please say advertised.
L. r. Babcock. Postmaster.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-27
THE SCHOOL PLAYGROUND.
Its Abolition Is a Wrong to
the

.#a the Cn1luFCus -@e4
This is an evil which has crept in
with the tendency to c~entralize the
schools. When in any place the schools
begin to overflow, a movement to put
up a larger building takes place, accom-.
panied by an effort to create a high
need of the community as the ambitious
dream of some principal who would be
superintendent or some sort of central
sun to a group of satellites.
This dream is too easily realized, be.
cause it ~f1atters the people. Then there
rises a preposterous structure Of stone
and brick. A house Of many gables, out
of keeping with everything, either pub.
lie or private, in the place; a temple Of
vanity. Now is rung the knell of the
school playground, for the new ''high
school" although it will house all the
children from 5 to Is, must needs be
surrounded by a fine lawn, studded
with %shrubbery and threaded by blue
stone roads. The %janitor has to employ
an assistant to keep the grounds in or
der.
A shut in, penitentiarylike place has
been evolved by the architect and school
committee, gratifying to their pride
and a deep wrong to the children.
There are many wrongs about it. The
n insisted upon here is the abolishing
Of the recess, that time honored joy Of
the American s%choolboy and schoolgirl.
Isabella G. Oakley in Popular Science
Monthly. &
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-27
Projections.

Nephew (from the oity)-Why do
you have those lightning rods on your
house and barn. Uncle Josh? Don't you
know the theory that they afford pro-
lection has long since been exploded?
Uncle Josh-Waal, / kin tell you
they dew act as perteckters, the'ry or
no the'ry.
Nephew-Do you mean to tell me
you believe they protect you from light
ming?
Uncle Josh-Mebby not, young un,
mebby not. but they perteokt me frum
them pesky lightnin rod peddlers.-
CHICAGO News.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-27
Weeds.
Wee00
Old Folaer-lye cot a letter from

Old Foleer--I've got a letter from
my son ont west.
Golfn-Sol What's Tom doing nows
Old Folger-That's what can't
make ont. He says he IL engaged In the
destruction Of weeds. Now. that may
mean he's smoking = good many cigars
or shat he IL trying to induce some
widow TO make . second venture or 10
may simply mean shat no 10 doing farm
work. Boston Transcripts.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-27
The Hotter Drawer.

"Your money or your lifel' cried
the robber.
"Ha, hap laughed the artist, and
drew a pistol. The artist had no mon
ey. and, according to the critics, not
much life, but that was not why hs
laughed. He laughed because he be.
longed to the school which draws rapid.
ly and boldly rather than the school
which draws laboriously, with great
attention to detail. Detroit Journal.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-27
ssaktsx II Naves,ye.

"l'll give you 80 days In this work.
house" said the Judge, ~ ought to
stvs you aix months."
"ThAnks for the ~elemsney." said tho
oulpsit.
"No eIamsnsy at Nil, assure you. i
en- afraid II you staid that long yoa
might ast uaed 10 u and noe mind H."
-indiAnspolss lonvnsi. .
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London Lanaloras.

There Is perhaps no tenant who 10 40
completely at the mercy OF his landlord
% the ocoupier Of a house In London
which belongs to one Of the great
around landlords. He 10 an absolute
prisoner within the four corners Of his
lease. The slightest deviation IL accom-
panied with pains ind penalties. bat.
on the other hand, the landlord reserves
all kinds OF privileges to himself.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-27
In nxtssmis.

Husband--My darling. when ! am
gone. how will yen svss b. able 70 pay
the doctors blln
Wits--pen't worry abeus that. dsas.
n she worst comes ta the worst, ] will
marry tha doetos. Medical Record.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-27
Hotel Help.

The first work done in the Waldorf
Astoria, New York. each day 10 the
preparation Of breakfast for 1900 en-
ployees. The last of these meals 10
served usually before the earliest rising
guest sleepily orders his eggs and cot.
fee. thinking himself almost a hero to
DO breakfasting at such an hour.
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An Explanation.

Little Dot-M amma | was playing
with your best tea set while you were
away, and when you bring it out for
company you'll be shocked. cause
you'll think u Of the cups has Q hair
In IL. but IL isn't q hair.
Mamma-What 10 itf
Little Dot-It's only . crack.--Pick
Ne TN.
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You Try Ii.

If Shiloh's Cough and Consumption
Cure. which is sold for the small price Of
% cts. SO cts. and S1.OO. does not cure
take the bottle back and we will refund
your money. Sold for over fifty years
on this guarantee. Price 25 cts. and SO
cts. Sold by Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-27

Very little furniture 10 used In che
bedrooms Of Turkish houses. Rarely 10
u chair seen In my u them. A few
mats adofu tho rooa,, and the bed In
stretched on ths tioor.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-27
Many a Lover

Has turned with disgust from an other
wise lovable girl with an offensive breath.
Karl's Glover Root Tea puriies the
breath by it's action on the bowels etc,
as nothing else will. Sold for years on
absolute guarantee. Price 25 cts. and
SO cts. Sold by Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-27
sick Headaches.

The curse of overworked womankind,
are quickly and surely cured by Karl's
Clover Root Tea, the great blood purifier
and tissue builder. Money refunded if
not satisfactory. Price Is cts. and SO
cts. Sold by Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-27
.OOdnS PNS

On retiring, and tomorrow your di-
gestive organs will be regulated and
you will be bright, active and ready
for any kind of work. This has
been the experience of others; it
will be yours. HOODS PILLS are
sold by all medicine dealers. Is cts.
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Tho Inslish language contains a dis.
tines seunds
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Tonight

# your liver is out Of order, causing
Biliousness, Sick Headache, Heart
burn, or Constipation, take q dose Of
Smyrna times., 1899-09-20
CHURCH SERVICES.

AsPUR METHODIST EPIsCoPAL-Sunday-Pr
ing at 1917 NJ and 7.l5 P. NJ. SUNDAY School
P. NJ. Christian Endeavor Prayer Meeting
645 P. NJ. Prayer Meeting-Wednesdays al 7.i5
Pm. Rev. G. A. HILL pastor.
ST, PETERS PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL.-Sunday
Preaching at IL A. M. and = p. m. sunday
School-9% A. NJ Prayer Meetlng-W
at71&P. NJ Rev. Henry Thomas, Rector.
-Sunday-Preaching at l019 A. M
and 71&P.M. Sunday SchOol-1l12 AN. Prayer
MISUNDERSTANDING at ~ p NJ. Rev. J. l..
EStlin, pastor
ST. POLYcARP CATHOLIC CHURCH-Servicese every
other SUNDAY. by Father Wald on. Sunday
School Immediately after service.
SMYRNA misunderstanding services, Friend
ship in the morning, SeversOn 5 i'll the after
noon Jermans Chapel and smyrna Land
ing alternate sunday nights at 7.SO. Rev. l..
w. Layield, pastor.
CENTENNIAL METHODIST EPISCOPAL (Colored) =
Sunday-Preaching at IL A. NJ. and P. NJ
sunday School, P. NJ. Rev. }. +. COOK
Pastor.
A. NJ. Z. CHURCH-Sunda preaching at II a.
M and s D. m Sunday School at p m
Christian EndeavOr, 6l5 p. m. Sunday Praise
meeting, at o'clock Wednesday evening
Rev. Paris Daker, pastor.