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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-10
He Thought He t,,.d EN-.

"Once l thought l had EN- sure"
said the old express clerk. II didn't
drink very often, bun when | did |
generally did 1t well. | had been cut
with the boys II night and tile next
night and then for Il day or two, and
when | went back to work | was pref
ty nervous. | worked at a high desk
and was plugging along when what
should come and stop right In front of
me but Il big green spider with red
eyes. We stared at one another for a
moment, and | turned cold. Then
came n big black bug and a green one,
and 0 0 my desk was covered with
IN assortment Of the most curious
looking bugs and spiders | ever saw.
There We're things with long hind legs
and short front legs and vice versa.
There We're bugs with horns and all
sorts of things. l broke out in Il cold
sweat. | thought l had 'em that time.
"'John,' said the boss behind me,
there's a box up there addressed to
the Smithsonian institution Mt Wash"
ington. 1t came from New Mexico, ana
great Scott, it's burst. and the bugs
are all getting out!'
"Say, l never ielt better In my life
than | did that minute. IT took us MI
day to round UP those bugs and get
them back into the box. Some Of them
were so ugly that we were all sure
they We're poison biters. But | was
mighty glad l didn't have those kind
OF bugs In my ind."-Kansas City
Star.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-10
English Secret Service Money.

The term secret service money" Is
usually applied to a fund placed at the
disposal Of ministers to be expended
at their discretion In promoting or pro.
tecting the interests Of this country.
These moneys consist of n sum Of f35,.
600 annually included In the estimates.
In respect Of which ministers are only
required to make a declaration that
the moneys spent have been expended
"in accordance with the intentions OF
parliament"
AS ministers are required to give no
account Of their stewardship. It Is OBJ
vious we hsve no means OF knowing
how these moneys are expended. The
reader. however, who carries his mind
back to episodes within his knowledge,
such as the collapse of the FenIan con-
spirators OF Of their later develop.
ment, the "1rish Invincibles," will have
little difficulty in realizing how indis.
pensable a fund Of this kind Is to the
protection Of a state and Of UNDER
standing the infinite variety Of uses to
which 1t may be applied.-Chambers'
Journal.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-10
Four COurtshiD Sundays.

The four Sundays or November are
observed as fete days In Holland. They
are known by the curious names Re.
view. Decision. Purchase and Posses.
sion and all refer to matrimonial af.
fairs, November in Holland being the
month par excellence devoted to court.
ship and marriage. probably because
the agricultural occupations OF the
year are over and possibly because the
lords of creation from quite remote
antiquity have recognized the pleas
antness OF having wives to cook and
cater for them during the long winter.
On Review Sunday everybody goes
to church. and after service there Ia a
church parade In every village. when
the youths and maidens gaze upon each
other. but forbcar to speak.
On Decision Sunday each bachelor
who Is seeking a wife approaches the
maiden Of his choice with a ceremoni.
Gus bow and from her name Of re-
spending judges whether his advances
are acceptable. Purchase Sunday the
consent Of the parents Is sought II the
suit has prospered during the week.
Not until Possession Sunday. howcv.
err. do the twain appear before the
world as actual or prospective brides
and grooms.-Denver News.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-10
The Powder Puff In Cuba.

Inc CUBAN woman young or old, con-
siders a powder puff n more indispen.
sable adjunct to her toilet than mere
soap and water-a primal necessity to
her attractiveness which 1t is her re-
ligious duty to foster and preserve.
Thus all classes and conditions are
welded to the powder puff. from the
grand dame of fashion to the neglected
little orphan in the asylum; from the
crumpled visaged ~octogenarian to the
rosy checked child OF half a dozen sum
mers. Go into any Cuban school and
you will find teachers and pupils alike
unsparingly garnished, a powder box
and the rag or bit of channels with
which to apply it in every desk and
tucked alongside the chalk on the
blackboards.
In shops where female clerks are en-
ployed and in the big tobacco factories
where 200 or 800 girls are at work roll.
ing cigarettes the same is true.
Visit La Corona. the largest tobacco
factory in Havana. Ten o'clock Is the
breakfast hour of the employees, and
when the hands Of the clock point to a
quarter OF 10 every girl stops work and
reaches for her powder box. In the
opinion Of them all. that intervening
Is minutes was needed in which to as
sumo the CHASTITY mask Of powder. In
order to make themselves %presentable
before going on the streets.-Exchange.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-10
Pay Your Taxes.

State of Montana, County of Yellow.
stone, Treasurer's Office. Billings,
Mont, OCT. 1, 1899 .-Taxes for the
year A. D. 1890 are now due.
Payment Of these taxes may be made
ut the county t%1easurer's office in Bill
ings, Montana. during Office hours.
Taxes will be delinquent after tho
30th day Of November next. at 9
O'Clock p. M, and unless paid prior
thereto, 10 per cent will be added to
the amount.
On or before the last Monday in De.
cembe the delinquent tax list will be
published and the expense Of publica.
ton charged against the delinquent
tax payers. In not less than twenty.
eight days from the first publication
the property will be sold for taxes and
costs.
After sale ! per cent will be added
for each month that elapses from the
date Of sale until redeemed.
Note-Pay promptly and save OK.
pense. Please remit all amounts less
that $5 by postoffioe.or express money
orders. Do not send stands.
W. T.. Ramsey,
49.4 County Treasurer.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-10
euick.ands Hiaden Under clay.

Curious but dangerous freaks Of ma
ture frequently found In the deserts Of
Arizona are called sumideros by the
Mexicans and Indians. They are mask
ed pitfalls Of q%uicksand that occur In
the dry plains and are covered with a
treacherous crust Of clay that has been
spread over them In fine particles by
the wind and baked dry by the sun.
The peculiar properties of the soil
retain all the moisture drained into
them after the %infrequent rains and al
low 1t to be filtered to unknown depths,
SO that a man or a horse or Il COW or a
sheep that once steps upon that de-
ceptive crust instantly sinks out Of
sight beyond hope of rescue. The
sumideros are on a level with the sur.
face Of the desert. There Is no dan.
ger signal to mark them, and their
surface I'M be distinguished by the
ordinary eye from the hard clay that
surrounds them. They occur most FIRE.
quently In the alSali covered flats and
are often Is or 20 feet In diameter.
Sometimes they are only little pockets
or wells that a man can leap across.
but the longest pole has never found
their bottom. 4 stone thrown through
the crust sinks to unknown depths.
and no man who ever fell into one Of
them was rescued. They account for
the mysterious disappearance Of many
and cattle.-Chicago Record.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-10
A SPLENDID OPERA.
Magnificent scenic Production of the
Great "Wang."

Magnificent Scenic P%rOductio of the
Great "Wang."
The production Of wang which
will be presented at the opera house
Thursday night, Oct. 10, will surpass
anything in the scenic opera line ever
seen in this city. This opera was pre-.
sented at the Broadway theater in New
York nearly three years to record break.
ing houses, and WAS the talk of all New
York. A reproduction Of the same
will be given herewith special seem
cry which is said to be something
gorgeous. it being specially designed
and painted for this seasons production
OF wang" and its models from photo.
graphs Of the city Of Siam. The decora.
ti0ns and stage settings will bs such as
are only seen in the large cities. The
costumes were all imported and made
from tho original designs. The trick
elephant used in this production was
made at the cost of over 81, 500 and
would believe that it was a real
live elephant, az II does most every.
thing but talk.
II will be years before Billings will
ESQ such . big production again. GTau's
name il known all over the world, and
Wang q produced BY this company
II without q rival. This 10 the only
grand operatio attraction at Billings
this season. Don't miss II.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-10

VIII Go Through Billings on His Way to
Red Lodge.

VIII Go Through Billings on His Way to
Red Lodge.
General Nelson A. Miles, command.
ing general Of the army of the United
States, will pass through Billings about
Oct. %, on his way to Cody, Wyo.
accompanied by Col. W. F. Cody,
whose guest the former is to be i'll a
grand hunt along the south fork of the
Shoshone river for about two weeks.
In addition there will be several dis
tinguished and titled foreigners, as
we'll as several members of General
Miles staff in the party. The party
expects to reach Red Lodge on Oct. "a,
when the ceremony Of inaugurating the
opening of the Red Lodge and Big
Horn basin telephone system will be
carried out. Col. Cody will send the
first message over the line.
It is thought that the distinguished
party will arrive in Billings I'VE the
Burlington in a private car on the
night Of the 23rd and the car will be
attached to the Rocky Fork train the
next morning.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-10
Sighting the Waiter.

1t was at a railway refreshment
room. The passenger was hungry and
in a hurry.
"Please pass me them pertaters, mis-.
ter" he said, addressing an elegant
gentleman who sat next him.
The latter slowly focused his gold
eyeglasses on the speaker. did you
think that ! was n Of the walters? p
he asked icily.
The others held their knives and
forks suspended in midair, expecting
to see the man shrlvel up, but no such
phenomenon took place. He turned
and beckoned to the nearest waiter.
George. come here. please"
What Is 1t, sir|" asked George.
II wanted to apologize to you-that
Is all. You see, | mlstook this party
here for you. but I hope you won't be
offended at 1t. Now pass me them
pertaters. and wen 60 on with the
rest Of the meal."-London Tit.Bits.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-10
SUICIDES.
w. A. Guy. Well Known Citizen OF Glen
dive, Dies by His Own Hand.

dive, Dies by His Own and
In a temporary fit Of insanity W. A.
Guy, a we'll known citizen of Glendive,
took his own life in his stable Friday
afternoon by shooting himself over the
heart with a shot gun. A short time
before he had bid his wife and children
good bye
When found, shortly after 8 O'Clock.
he was lying in the stable with the
but of a shot gun lying two feet from
him. The charge made u large. hole
four inches above the heart. but Dr.. j.
Fl. Hunt, who was Immediately called,
said death was not instantaneous.
Guy leaves a wife and three daugh-
ters, and two younger brothers, Leon.
ard and Stanley, made their. home with
him. No cause is apparent for the
deed, as Mr.. Guy was we'll off finan.
cially, and was Oh good terms with his
family and friends.
He was a member Of the Ancient
Order of United Workmen and the
Woodmen of the World, and carried an
insurance policy in the Mutual Life In.
surance company.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-10
First Pub. Sept. IL, 1890 Last Pub. Oct. 8, 1899
SHERIEF'S SALE.

BY virtue Of an execution in my
hands, issued out of the District Court
OF the Seventh judicial District of the
state OF Montana, in and for the county
OF Yellowstone, in the suit Of Donovan
q Spear against Lung Kong, duly at
tested the eighth day of September A.
D. 1899. | have levied upon all the
right, title and interest of the said
Lung Kong in and to the following de-
scribed property, situated in Yellow
stone county, state of Montana, viz:
Lots number (10) nineteen and (2O)
twenty in block number (l37) one hun
dred and thirty seven, and all build
ings thereon in the city Of Billings in
said county Of Yellowstone and state Of
Montana.
Notice is hereby given thai on tho
fourth day OF October A.. d. 1899, be-
tween the hours Of 8 o'clock a. m. and
3 o'clock p. III. of said day, at court
house door in Billings, Montana, 1 will
sell all the right. title and interest Of
said Lung Kong in and to the said
above described property, to the highest
bidder for cash in hand.
Given under my hand, this the eighth
day OF September A. ID. 1899.
GEO. W. HUBBARD, Sheriff.
BY @. W. Harding. Deputy Sheriff.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-10
THE WEIGHING OF MAILS.
Reasons Given for So Doing-Increased
# u Work.

Reasons Given for So Doing-Increased
Since the new order Of a week age
went into effect, which requires all
postoffices to weigh and classify mail,
the local Office has found it necessary
to make up the mails several minutes
earlier than usual. This weighing is
to continue for thirty-t days from
last Tuesday. All mail is weighed in
the office in which it originates, and
the orders for weighing also demand
that the mail weighed be classified,
and a record kept. of its weight. For
instance papers published in Billings
and mailed to county subscribers must
be classified separately from paper mail
addressed to outside points, and the
mnil for railway transportation must
b~essaocounted for.
One rason given for this weighing is
that the postoffice department wishes to
make a check Oh the last weighing done
by the railway mail service, aud de-.
sires to find out just how nearly the
two %weighings will tally. In the past
it has been charged that about the time
weighing commences on the railways
the volume of mail is increased by
causes within control of the railway
corporations, but whether this is the
object of the present weighing cannot
be stated. Every one of the 1900
postofices in gthe United States will
weigh mail originating in the Office.
The fact that the records ordered made
must show the amount Of each class of
mail, the amount of mail sent under
frank, and the amount Of mail for rail
way transportation, has probably given
rise to this solution Of the matter.
The railway mail clerks will do none
OF the weighing, excepting that of
equipment. just why they have been
ordered to do this much when the
equipment is also weighed in the post.
Offices, is not clear.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-10

First Pub. Oct. 3.-Last Pub. Oct. 10. 1899, ei
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
1 Seventh judicial District, Of the
State Of Montana. in and for the County
Of Yellowstone.
In the Matter Of the Estate Of Edw.
l.. Peck, Deceased. NOTICE.
Pursuant to Ill order of said court
made on the 30th day of September,
1899, notice is hereby given. that We'd
nesday, the 18th day OF October, A. D.
1899, at 10 O'Clock a. m. Of said day,
at the Office of the said court, at the
court house, in the said county Of yell
lowstone. has been appointed as the
time apd place for proving the will of
the safd Edw. l.. Peck, deceased. and
for hearing the petition of Olney Tay.
lor for the issuance to him of letters ties.
%tamentary, when and where n per-
son interested may appear and contest
the same.
Dat,d at Billings. Montana, this 30th
day OF September A. D. 1899.
Z. A. WILLIAMS, Clerk.
Glib. A.. Lane, Esq, attorney for
Petitioner.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-10
Separate Towels For Children.

Two or more children should not be
permitted to use the same towel. Each
child should have a separate one and
be taught to regard 1t as personal prop
erty. Towels may be bought with
initials woven In them, which makes
it easy for the owner to distinguish
his own. Diseases Of the eye and skin
diseases are easily communicated by
the indiscriminate use of the same
towel by different persons. II careful
g s in this matter be inculcated In
childhood, 1t may save much suffering.
Home Journal.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-10
Saved.

Nodd-Blinker had a hard time tho
other day. His head clerk IL In the
habit OF giving him checks to sign, and
Blinker. who has every confidence In
him, always does SO without question.
This day his wife filled out one. and
the clerk took It In. Blinker signed It.
Todd--Ruin him?
NodA-No. 1t vas for such a large
amount the bank wouldn't cash it,
Detroit Free Press.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-10
A Question of Degree.

Judge A.-Well. Uncle Zeb, where
are you going?
The Benedict wuz jis' going to de
cote, sub. to sec you, sub, and get a
remorse from dat yeller limb dat |
married the yarder day.
Judge A.-Why, see here, that won't
do! Didn't you promise me that you
would take her for better or worse and
all that?
The Benedict-.Yas, sub. but den she
am q sight wuss dan I took her fur
Harper's Bazaar.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-10
First Pub. Sept. ~, 1s99-Last Pub. Oct. 10, 1899.
ALIAS SUMMONS,

First Pub. Sept. 10, 1s9a-Last Pub. Oct. 10, 1899.
ALIAS SUMMONS.
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
seventh judicial district Of the state
OF Montana. in and for the county of
Yellowstone.
J. J. Mccormick, plaintiff, VS.. L. P.
Johnson and Mrs. johnson. wife Of said
l.. p. johnson, whose christian name
is-to the plaintiff unknown, defendants.
ALAS SUMMONS.
The State Of Montana to the Above
Named Defendants:
You are hereby summoned to answer
the complaint III this action, which is
filed in the office Of the clerk Of this
court, a copy Of which is herewith serv-
ed upon you, and to file your answer
and serve a copy thereof upon the
plaintiffs attorney within twenty days
after the service Of this summons, ex-
elusive Of the day Of service; and in
case OF your failure to appear or answer,
Judgment will be taken against you by
default for the relief demanded in the
complaint.
This action is brought by the plain
tiff against the defendants to recover
from them the sum of Five Hundred
Ninety. seven and 51.1O0 dollars, for
certain goods, wares and merchandise
sold and delivered by Paul Mccormick
company to the said defendants, at
their special instance and request be-
tween the 18th Of June, 1899, and Au.
gust 22nd 1899, and which said account
was on August 2sth, 1899, duly assign
cd by said Paul Mccormick company
to the plaintiff herein.
Witness my hand and the seal Of said
court this 10Th day of September, A. D.
1899.
District Court 7. A. WILLIAMS,
Seal. Clerk.
". M. Johnston, Esp, Attorney for
Plaintiff.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-10

: The great city Of London began on
the banks OF tho Thames. surrounded
on all sides except the river by a bull.
wark OF forest, Interspersed with
Ewamps. Paris rose on an island Of
The Seine. with a protecting wall Of
water all around.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-10

In Mexico everything and everybody
pays a direct tax, from the street por-
ter to the largest mercantile establish.
ment, and the stamp tax for docu.
ments Is equally lucrative.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-10
His Position.

II didn't say he was n federal en-
ployee."
II understand you ia say he was a
department clerk"
"He Is. He has charge Of the button
counter In Wholeblock's department
store ."--Columbus State Journal.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-10
In Luck.

"You think you know all about wo
men. don't you?" asked the newly mar
rled boarder.
mo-" replied the savage bachelor,
land I'm mighty glad ! don't."-In'
dianapolis Journal.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-10

At Fort Benton last week Judge
Dudley DuBose sentenced to life i'm.
prisonment John Birks, who had been
convicted Of the killing Of Claus Mich.
OILS, Of Eagle creek, last April.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-10
A YOUR ELS.
They Are Now Due at the Office of the
County Treasurer.

AL y
All taxpayers Of the county can now
walk into the county t%reasurer's Office
and liquidate for the assessment against
their names. County Clerk Carwile
has completed the extension Of the tax
roll for Yellowstone county and turned
the assessment book over to County
Treasurer Ramsey, who is this week
sending out notices to the effect that
taxes are now due. By virtue of a
change in the law, which has been
mentioned previously in these columns.
made at the last session Of the legisla-
ture, taxes now become delinquent after
the last day in November, instead Of
after the first Monday in December as
formerly.
The total taxes to be collected this
year amounts to $119, 1873. OF, as against
$105, $50. 6S for last year. The taxes
are to be apportioned as follows:
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-20

is. the dominant factor in the fight for
members OF the Legislature, that such
bitter strife will be stirred w within
the party tines as to endanger the SUI
premacy OF the Democratic party in
the next Legislature. Eliminate this
question from the Legislative fights by
having a State Convention, and you
VIII then have harmony in the party.
Men will be elected to the Legisla ture
with reference to their fitness for place
ano their views on public questions,
and not solely with reference to whom
they favor for United States Senator.
me Democracy will then again win a
glorious victory and there Will be no
possibility of wrangle in Richmond
over the Senatorshio. such as is now
disgracing so many States.
Wnen L see such conservative and
aoie Journals as the Dispatch and Bal
timore Sun advocating the election OF
senators by the people. I feel that
mately that desired end. and 1 know
that the Dispatch is too honest to ad-
Eocate such a position, and yet when
II sees. as 1t must in this case. that it
Is impossible just at this time to Sc
cure what it wants. to refuse To ndvo-
cate the next best thing to it. to-wit,
nominations by the party dominant
and in control OF the Legislature. Be
sides, II we are ever to have elections
OF Senators by the people, we must
Stdil Ut the IOunQdtlOn. Inat OBJECT can
only be attained by amendment to the
United States Constitution, and that
amendment must first be approved by
Congress. of which the Senate Is a
part. You can't expect Senators who
were elected by the methods condemn
ed in the above editorials to favor n
constitutional amendment doing away
with those methods. and hence. if you
ever expect to get n. Senate that will
FAVOR such an amendment you must be-
gin by sending men to the Senate who
were themselves elected by as near the
popular vote as possible. that is by par
~ primaries or conventions. l feel that
the Dispatch will advocate a conven-
ton. Let all the rest of the Democratic
press of the State join II, let the State
Democratic Committee call n conven-
ton, let the voice of the people be
heard. and all will be well. 1t would
not be an experiment. Primaries or
conventions have been held for this
purpose In other States. and Southern
States, too. and worked well. Refuse
to have such convention, and as euro
as we live Democracy in Virginia will
rue it.
] speak for no candidate I nm COM
mitted to none. have consulted with
none. | care not who is nominated, so
he be nominated by the voice of the
people. am willing to trust them. We
nominated John w. Daniel for the SEN
ate at the Roanoke Convention in 1897
Then why not nominate some other
man at another convention in 1899 for
the other Senatorshp from Virginia?
Why not?
J. C.. PARKER.