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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-12-30

A patriarch among working ma
chimes lately placed on the retired
list at Peterswald, Austria, is of far
greater interest than most old junks.
It is hosting engine built by Dan.
Schmidt, of Vienna, and has the re-
markedly record of service since 1874
working at first with steam pressure
of two atmospheres, which was sub
sequentIy increased to six atmos-
pheres. Its later use was in deepen
ing the mine shaft, it's duties being
to lower material and to raise and
lower the miners. The engine has a
single upright cylinder of 12l inches,
a stroke of 27a inches and is fitted
with fiat valve gear, the valve being
worked from an eccentric on the
crank shaft. The motion of the pis-
ton was transmitted by connecting
rod and crank to a fywheel shaft.
This shaft, in addition to a fywheel
Ii feet in diameter, carried cog
wheel, which transmitted power to
the drum through larger toothed
wheel and pair of bevel Wheels.
To the original hand brake, mounted
on the rim of the fywheel, an auto
matte steam brake, acting on the
winding drum, was afterward added.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-12-30

further removal of water, is still in
good condition.
IL
A method of rendering corks very
impermeable without affecting their
elasticity has been patented in Ger
many by Herr. F. H. Wundrum.
Caoutchouc is dissolved in 10 times
it's weight of benzine, and the corks
are placed in this solution and SUBJ
mitted pressure of 10 or II atmos-
pheres by means force pump. They
are then dried in a strong current OF
air.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-12-30

Scattered in evanescent cloudlets
through the air near the earth are
many odors. Balloonists find reason
to believe that the most powerful OF
these exhalations do not reach far
upward, while diffusion laterally is so
slow that the smell of oil of lines was
eighteen minutes passing through a
tube three feet long, but the wind
transports the odors far and rapidly.
Rev. John M. Bacon, who has been
investigating the subject, mentions q
smell of burning fat which was drawn
by the wind into a stream much
more than seven miles long but of
little width. He mentions the record
of boats crew that was enveloped
in dense wreath Of wood smoke
when 400 miles at sea; and also that
of smell of primevel, forests that
seeu.ed to have been borne by
cyclone across the Atlantic to the
coast of France.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
INSECTS AS HOODOOS.
They Is eep Settlers Away From Many
Parts of the World.

They Keep Settlers Away From Many
Parts of the World.
Nothing could more strikingly illus
trate the Importance of small things
than the large role which is now at
tributed to the mosquito in the etiology
Of some Of the most serious and wide
spread diseases to which the human race
is subject. 1t is truly said that what
prevents the successful colonization of
mary tropical COUNT es and what
throws the greatest obstacle in the way
of civilization of and good government
in vast regions of central Africa is not
climate, not distance from home and
not untriendliness on the part of the
natives. The obstacle is malaria, and
Eow we find that the prevalence of ma
larla, SO far as man is concerned, de-
ponds on the mosquito, and that this
pestilent little insect, in addition to ir.
ritating and annoying, is the means by
which the poison Of malaria is propa-
gated and distributed.
For years back botanists have known
the important part played by birds in
the scattering of seed and Of insects in
the distribution of the pollen of plants,
and it seems not unlikely that pathol-
ogists will have to recognize in a much
larger degree than has till lately been
done the large part taken by the subor-
dinate forms Of life by which we are
surlt uudeG-oEr cattle. our horses, our
dogs and cats, our lilies, our mosquitoes,
and perhaps even our feas-in dis.
tributing disease from man to man, and.
as is stated in regard to the mosquito
and malaria, in deciding whether tht
extension of our empire over great areas
Of the globes surface shall be possible
or not. -Hospital.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
NObOdy's Mother.

There is a story told on one of the
circuits, which may or may not have
seen the light of print already, of how
not long ago a very young barrister rose
to examine one of his witnesses with an
unaccountab'y hazy notion of her iden-
tity. II think that you are the prison.
er's mother" he began.
"Certainly not. SIR" was the unex-
pected answer.
Turning hurriedly to his brief, be
thought he had found the reason for her
evident annoyance "Ah, yes, he con-
tinued, II see. you are the p~rosecutrix's
mother!'.
"Oertainly not, came ner reply, still
more emphatically.
"Then whose mother are your" he
demanded. almost in despair, and she
fairly boiled over with indignation as
she retorted: "Nobody's, sir. l Am q
single woman. st. james Gazette.
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of India.

Two men-one old and emaciated,
carrying a native drum the other young
and we'll fed, Enthusiastically gowned with
an overskirt of colored handkerchiefs,
and a multitude of bells which jangle
noisily at his slightest movement; long,
ragged hair; altogether a hideous figure.
The drummer beginsa weird tomtom-
ing and the other man an incarnation.
Then he extends a "supra;'-a bamboo
tray used by all natives-on which any
one who pleases places a large handful
of rice and the same quantity of grain.
The two ingredients are thoroughly
amalgamated, so that it would in the
ordinary way take hours to separate
them.
Now the fantastic man with his tray
begins. He turns round slowly, gradu-
ally quickening his pace (the drummer
also keeping time), faster and faster in
a giddy vortex, the tray at times almost
out of his hands, yet so cleverly handled
that not a grain falls out. 1t is very
trying to watch, but in a couple Of
minutes both stop simultaneously, and
the man shows to the wondering spec
tators two little heaps-one of rice and
the other grain-at different ends of the
tray, which in his sickening gyrations
he has been able to separate by some
extraordinary manipulation. - Pearson's
Weekly.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
Punctuation.

What a great difference in the mean
ing Of a sentence a misplaced comma
a makel Take the following, for ex-
ample:
flames, my husband is a very sick
man."
flames, my husband, is a very sick
man."
The following bit of perverse pune.
tuation was perpetrated by an English
compositor. What the author meant to
say IA be ascribed by a Encouragement
of the punctuation marks:
Caesar entered on his head; his bel.
met IN his feet; armed sandals upon
his brow there was a cloud in his right
hand; his faithful sword in his eye; an
angry glare saying nothing, he sat
down." Pittsburg Chronicle : Tele-
graDh.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
Her Oplnion In Full.

) The a turned sharply around a
curve and the tall man who was hold
ing on to a strap somewhat loosely was
suddenly thrown from his upright po-
sition with a force that landed him in
the lap of a dignifed dowager sitting
near him, while his high silk hat flew
from his head and rolled down the aisle
of the car.
"Sir,' she said as he rose to his feet
again with profuse apologies, II am
compelled to say that in my Judgment
you were lacking in that complete
grasp of the strap which was essential
to the highest efficiency in maintaining
an upright attitude when turning a
curve"
That was all. But it crushed him.
Chicago Tribune.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
ONE GLASS OF WINE
4 Belief That 1t Changed the History
Of This Country.

4 Belief That 1t Changed the History
Of This Country.
It is said that a single glass of wine
probably wrecked the Democratic party
in 1860 The story is worth telling.
After the breaking up of the national
Democratic convention at Charleston
the party in Georgia held a state con-
vention Great excitement prevailed.
The leaders Of the party could not
agree. 1t was a critical period.
The majority report Endorsed the &c.
ceders or boilers at Charleston, while
the minority report opposed their &C.
ton. The leading champion of the mi
uority was Herschel v. johnson. and
his followers were confident that his
eloquence and logic would carry the
day.
1t is quite likely that such would
have been the case but for an unfortu.
nate nishap Ex-Governor johnson be-
gan his speech before the noon adjourn
ment on the second day and concluded
after dinner
Old men who remember that speech
say that it was a powerful argument,
and the impression gained ground that
after the noon recess the speaker would
demolish his opponents with a few
eledge hammer blows.
But the ~overconfident friends of the
minority report were doomed 10 disap-
pointment. johnson felt the strain of
the morning session so much that he
was unable to eat anything, and he took
a glass of wine upon an empty stomach
to strengthen himself. This was a fatal
mistake. That one glass of wine per-
haps changed the destiny of the nation!
The great orator resumed his speech,
but the wine had nauseated him. He
was hazy, verbose and unintelligible at
times. His style and argument lacked
vigor, consistency and ~positiveness. His
friends looked at one another in despair.
The men or the other side were exult-
ant. 1t was evident that the speaker
had damaged his own cause.
Then Howell Cobb and Henry r.
jackson followed each other for the ma
jority report. They spoke with an air
of expectant triumph and captured the
convention.
The majority report was adopted. It
is unnecessary to follow the history Of
the next few weeks. The national De-
mocracy was completely disrupted and
put two tickets in the field. Lincoln
was elected and the country was plung-
ed into a civil war. Had johnson sue
ceeded in inducing the Georgia conven-
ticn to adopt his conservative ideas, it
is safe to say that other southern states
would have fallen into line with our
commonwealth, and the national Demo-
cratic party would have remained
united. .r
This is the story of what a little glass
of wine did. It ruined a great party,
caused a disastrous war, and besides the
loss of life cost the south over 81. OOO,-
600, 600. Perhaps this is rather specu-
lative. but there are many who believed
it a generation ago.-Atlanta Constitu-
tion.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
Not . Coward After All.

An army surgeon tells a story Of an
officer many of you know. 1t was before
Santiago. The surgeon. going to the
front, came upon the young officer, sit
ting beside the road, trembling like q
leaf and whittier than the Dad men
around him. At sight of the 6 .-on be
began to talk.
"1'm q coward. I'm a coward. I'm
a coward" he said. II knew I'd run,
and l did. Oh, Lord. I wish you'd kill
me! I'm disgraoed forever. l just got
scared. I knew I would. l was going
along all right, not thinking of any.
thing but getting at the dashed Span.
iards, yelling to my men to come on
and running ahead as fast as l could,
when all Of a sudden l stubbed my toe
or something, and then I can't remem-
Der being scared, but l must have been,
for 1 came %galloping back here, sick as
a dog. Oh, l feel 81 awfully gone! I'm
a blanked coward, and I wish l was
dead. Oh, Lord, why don't somebody
shoot mef I've got such an awful gone
ness right here" And he put his hand
to his stomach. The surgeon gave him
a quick look and caught him as he
plunged forward in a faint. Where the
awful g%oneness was u Mauser bullet
had found its billet. They carried the
wounded man to the field hospital, and
he chuckled all the way.
"Oh, my! Oh, myr' he said over and
over. II wasn't scared! l wasn't scar
ed" And then he would laugh delight
eddy. II wasn't scared! l was hit
was just hit I amt a coward after
all. - Washington Post.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
II MANUSCRIPTS.
Not Necessary For Editors to Head
Them From Beginning to End.

Not Necessary For Editors to read
Them From Beginning to End.
Once.more the tale goes round of the
author who sent a story to three jour
nails and had it returned by every one
without having been read. He knew it
because he had pasted two of the leaves
together. Very likely. We do not think
of reading through a half or a quarter
of the articles that are sent to US. 1t
often does not tale half a minute to dis
card what one knows he doesn't want.
1t is an old saying that one does not
need to eat a whole joint to learn
whether it is tainted.
1t would be a revelation to some of
these writer's to see how fast an expe-
rienced and conscientious editor can, at
times, 60 through q big pile of essays,
stories Or poems. The title is often
enough, and he would say, 1--WE don't
want an article on that subject" The
mex article begins with a page or two
Of commonplace introduction, and that
is thrown aside in half a minutes in.
spection without turning more than
the next page. The next begins with a
platitude-"We can't print that stuff
The first verse of this next poem has
false meter and is tossed aside. The
next begins in schoolgirl style, with
''dove' and ''love;'' it is not read
through. OF the next the editor reads
ten lines. 1t is simply a dull descrip-
ton of a stream in a forest-not want.
ed. The next poem begins in a fresh
way, seems to be constructed according
to the rules, is pretty good. 1t is put
one side to see if other better poems
will crowd it out. The next is a story
The first page is promising, but the Sec
ond shows a coarse strain. and the read
ing stops there.
Ten articles are decided upon, and
with sufficient good judgment, in ten
minutes, for a minute to a manuscript
is often twice as much time as it needs.
1t does not take that long for a dealer
to stick an iron skewer in a smoked
ham, draw it out and smell Of it. Not
n article in a dozen perhaps needs to
be read through.-New York Independ-
6Dt.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
Don't Lose Any Time About 1t.

If your relatives or friends expect to
come west this spring ask the nearest
Burlington Route agent about the
specially reduced rates now in effect to
Montana, Utah, California, Washing
ton and Oregon points. Write them
right away-today. They may be
withdrawn at any moment. Through
tourist sleeping car service to San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles every Thursday ;
to Butte, Spokane and Seattle every
Tuesday and Thursday.
j. Francis,
General Passenger Agent,
97-f-6 Omaha, Neb,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
Didn't Irritate Him..

Here is a glimpse Of the seamy side
of life in Cornwall from The Cornish
Magazine:
"I'm afraid, Jenny. you irritate your
husband with your long tongue
Jaw, no, my dear Miss Vivian, I'D
never say nawthen to en-. To'ther day
I was 'ome waitin form to come 'ome
to supper. Eight O'Clock come, an no
Jan; 9 O'Clock come, an no Jan; 10
O'Clock come, an no Jan. l put up me
bonnet an shoal an went to every kiddly
wink in town. thout Dyke Winsor's.
When I come there, there wor Jan.
Says I, You ugly murderer ~veilan,
incest killed thee fust wife an now
Incest want to kill me. too. an he up an
knacked me down."
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
IN RUSTIC WAYS.

The blackbirds whistle all day long
A rhythmic gladness in their song,
And night and morning Town the q n
Drifts by the cowbells' rude refrain.
The flicker dips on golden wings.
And far across the meadow swings.
The swallow skins in lines of grace
Like to the curves that painters trace.
Above, below and everywhere
A sense Of living thrills he air.
Springs message through the silent sent.
With earth and wood and sky Ii blent
The hedgerow blossoms stain the sod,
The south winds make the grasses O
And woolly lambs in awkward play
Down the green hillside aInbling stray
Along the blue horizon rim
The lights and shadows sink or swim.
And p~enciled family on the skies "
A ghostly half moons crescent lies.
The blackbirds chant the whole day long
A rhythmic madness in their song,
And dusk and dawn along the lar
Echoes the cowbells' rude refrain.
Ernest McGafey in Woman's Home Com
panion.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
Guy FA wkes' Lantern,

1t has been settled beyond a doubt
that the identical lamp which Guy
Fawkes carried in poking about in the
cellar of the houses of parliament. when
he intended to blow them up, is now in
existence. This lantern is in the Ash
mclean museum at Cambridge. Guy
Fawkes was carrying this lantern when
he was arrested. The history of the
lantern has now been fully established
and it must take it's place among the
most celebrated exhibits in the museums
of the world, -London Mail,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
The Way to Go to California

The Way to Go to California
Is in a tourist sleeping car-personally
conducted-via the Burlington route.
You make fast time. You see the
finest scenery on the globe.
Your IA is not SO extensively fin
ished nor SO fine to look at as a palace
sleeper, but it is just as clean, just as
comfortable, just as good to ride in,
and nearly $40 cheaper.
The Burlington excursions leave
every Thursday reaching San Francisco
Sunday and Los Angeles Monday.
Porter with each car. Excursion man.
ager with each party. For folder CIV
ing full information call at nearest B.
& M. railroad depot or write to J.
Francis, general passenger agent, Oma-
ha, Neb. $4,000
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
Willing to Share the Honor.

Patient-No, doctor, there isn't any
particular pain, but somehow I feel as
if l we're going to die.
Doctor (who has been called out of
bed at 2 o'clock in the morning)-Let
me feel your pulse. (After a moment)
Have you made your will?
Patient (alarmed)-No, but
Doctor-Wh is your lawyer?
Patient-Mr . Studds. Why, doctor,
do you think
Dootor-Then you had better send for
him. Who is your minister?
Patient (still more alarmed)-Rev.
MI. Sanity. Am l.
Doctor-I think he had better be sent
for.
Patient (badly frightened)-Oh, doc
tor, do you really think I'm going to
die?
Doctor-No, I don't. There's moth
ing at all the matter with you, but I
hate to be the only nan who has been
made a fool of tonight. Mer-
curry.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
True

Author-When you come to my new
book, 1 hope you will not be too severe
on me.
Critic-l read it last week, and my
criticism was certainly not detrimental.
Author-Why, I didn't see any no.
tlce of it in your columnl
Critic-Of course not. We have al.
ways been friends, and for that reason
I refrained from printing my candid
opinion of it.-Chicago News.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
An Easy Way Out.

At a school inspection some of the
boys found a diff Guilty in the correct
placing of the letters "i'' and Sc in
such words as ~''believe,' - receive. "
etc.
When the inspector said blandly.
my boys, I will give you an infallible
rule, u l invariably use myself" the
pupils were all attention, and even the
master pricked up his ears.
The inspector continued: 1T is SIM
ply this: Write the IL and e. exactly
alike and put the dot in the middle
over them. liverpool Mercury.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
Constant Squeezing.

Nov, Algernon, said Miss Fussan-
feather, as she was tightly held in the
embrace of her fiance, ''they tell me
that men get tired of squeezing after
they are married. Will you promise me
not to give it up after we are man and
wife?"
"Oh, l assure you it is not necessary
to make any such promises, " replied
the young man. II guarantee you'll
have all the squeezing you want to do
to get along on 81 a week. "-Exohange.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
Tell Your sister

A beautiful complexion is an impossible
ty without good pure blood, the sort
that only exists n connection with good
digestion, a healthy liver and bowels.
Karl's Glover Root Tea acts directly on
the bowels, liver and kidneys keeping
them in perfect health. Price 25 cts.
and SO cts. Sold by Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
Al Mexicaus Do 1t.

II am very sorry to hear" remarked
the curate pensively to n of his pa
rishioners, THAT n of the great lights
Of our church, Brother Mcclellan, has
become insolvent and as the result will
have to close his house of business"
Another case Of The Light That
Failed, added the parishioner as he
!tft the parsonage. Mexican Herald.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
Chfldren's Sleep.

Growing children cannot too careful
~ be e~njoined to get plenty of sleep.
The boy or girl who has lessons to learn
must waken early after a good nights
rest, and this is insured only by puno-
tuality in retiring. Eight O'Clock is a
good bedtime for all young people IN.
der Is and should be insisted upon by
parents. -Harper's Bazaar.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
Too Great q Risk,

flames, if anybody inquiries for me
today, tell them l IN not in"
Eyes, SIR"
There might possibly be one who
would not have a BILL" muttered the
young man, but I'll not risk it."
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31

Professor Bryce made a bad slip in
his book on South Africa. He accuses
the Beers of abusing the English by
speaking of them usually as ''rotten
eggs" whereas the Transvaal phrase ia
root neck, "red neck" and applies to
the British complexion.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
Both Sides.

Papa-You saw that big boy whip
ping the little one, and you didn't in
terfere. Suppose you had been that lit
tie boy?
: Bobbie-I did think of that and wal
going to part EN-. but then l happened
to think s'pose l was the big boy? So
] left 'em alone. London Fun.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
A Pretty Effect.

An illuminated sign on a store up
town spells the name of the proprietor
in letters outlined by electric lights and
is lit up and then made dark again
automatically. When the sign begins
to shine out, the electric bulbs at the
left are the first to appear, and then the
illumination follows the course of an
immense pen writing the name out. So
closely is the course of the pen followed
that the ''i'' in the name is not dotted
with it's especial electric light dot until
the last flourish at the extreme right Of
the name is lit up. Then, with a per-
ceptible interval, as if the gigantic pen
was being carried back, the dot on the
''i' is made and shines out and the
whole name appears.-New York Sun.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
E0rHeAChinE.

Nelly don't see how getting ones
feet wet causes toothache.
Jack-You don't? II you had sves
had a tooth pulled, you would know
shat the roots run clear to. your toes.-
Tacoma Ledger
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31

Do You Know

DO You II now
Consumption is preventable? Science
has proven that, and also that neglect is
suicidal. The worst cold or cough can
be cured with Shiloh's Cough and Con-
sumption Cure. Sold on positive guar
antee for over fifty years. Sold by
Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
Does This Strike You?

Muddy compilations, %nauseating
breaths come from chronic constipation.
Karl's Clover Root Tea is an absolute
cure and has been sold for fifty years on
a absolute guarantee. Price % cts.
and so cts. Sold by Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31

Iron horseshoes have been found dat
ing back to the year 481.