davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-26
PERIL MADE THEM FRIENDS.
The wild Beasts Herded Together to
E.caPe a Forest Fire.

An incident of forest fires in the hills
Of the Descanso neighborhood. in south
ern California. illustrates the comrade-
ship that common peril brings about
among beasts as well as among men.
After the flames had completed their
work of destruction and spread a pail
over the hills a rancher went forth
among the charred stumps and smoking
brushheaps to look for a number CT cat
tie and colts which he feared had been
hemmed in by the fire. He went across
gully and ridge in his search, until at
last he saw his stock some little dis
lance ahead.
He was more than astonished upon
coming up to the group to find not only
his cattle and colts, but a deer, three
wildcats, a coyote and several rabbits,
all alive and apparently in nc fear of
him. They watched his approach with
Indifference, the timidity gone from the
big eyed deer, no venom in the wild
cats purr and honesty shining in the
gray coyotes face. The rabbits sat on
their launches as meek as the pets Of
children. But the poor coyote was in
pain, and as the farmer came close the
erstwhile robber of the roost dragged
his helpless hind quarters toward the
man in mute supplication. The legs Of
the animal had been frightfully burned.
The rancher was in no mood to make
friends Of such strange creatures. and
at once drove his stock through the
smoldering brush, the deer going
along with the cattle. the rabbits hop
ping along at the %rancher's heels, the
wildcats slouching along behind, and
the coyote, unable to follow, whining a
pathetic appeal for succor. When the
burning field was passed, the deer broke
into a run for the distant hills, the rab-
bits were away like a flash, and the old
defiance and snarling leer came back
to the wildcats, who scorned to make a
show of haste. They walked slowly out
of sight.-San Diego Union.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-26
Four Ugly Beasts,

There are four beasts in the world
that can give long odds in the way of
ugliness to anything else that lives.
One of them is a monkey, a grewsome
looking beast called the bearded saki.
This is SO utterly grotesGue a beast that
it would scarcely be safe to let a child
or nervous person see it. The ugliness
is not of an amusing kind, but of an
evil, sinister nature. The beast mas a
sort of beard and a countenance unlike
anything else in shape and lines. The
monkey itself is not particularly saw
age, but is so hideous that the natives
Of it's country, South America, say that
no beast Of prey, however hungry, will
tackle it. Even a hungry jaguar would
starve in a cageful Of sakis.
Then there is a tree climbing beast
that is as queer a nondescript as one
could hope to see. It has a sharp face
and long, jointed fingers and Is called
the aye-aye, from its cry. This looks
like one Of the most appallingly weird
OF all those strange beasts one &ees in
nightmares and cannot get away from
but, like the sakis, is of a gentle dispo-
sition. It lives in South Africa. A full
grown aye-aye looks like a blend of
jackal, pig and monkey. Then there is
the Tasmanian devil of the antipodes.
which is as savage as it is ugly, and,
lastly, a species of Asiatic ground rat
called the bund.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-26
Yellow New York,

We know of no city in all this land,
not excepting Hoboken OF Jersey City.
which is less national in its feelings,
it's ideas and it's aspirations than New
York, 1t has never yet done anything
really national. There was not public
spirit enough in the we'll to do classes
of the town to even build the pedestal
of the Liberty statue. The same classes
waited years and went begging all over
the country to raise a fund for the
lrant monuments duty which, in
1885, they claimed as their peculiar
privilege. But New York is New York.
There is none like it. nor shall be till
our summers have deceased. 1t is yell
low and it continually doth bark
Washington Post.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-26
Advertised Letters,

List of letters remaining uncalled for
in the postoffice at Billings, Yellow
stone county, Montana, for the week
ending May 20. 1899.
Aikner, Lewis; Anderson, A.: Ather-
ton, Wm.: Burks, Harry O.; Craig,
JAS, M. D ; Cash, Frank (s); Hull,
Jno.; Kuskey, Frank; Moore, Miss
Mary; Pepper, Frank; Porter, James
W.; Randolph, W. H. (2); Robertson,
f. D.; Stocker, Mrs. Charles; Surber,
j.. E.; Falberg. John M. Taylor, Mrs.
L. M. Wolf, Clarence.
Japanese. = atakeyama, c.; Jooka,
S.; Mort, U. (2).
Persons calling for the same will
please say advertised"
L. F. Babcock. Postmaster. :
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-26
N BOY.
They Were Equally Concerned In
the Jail Delivery.

In the picturesque little town Of Law
stone building that was used as a Jail.
It could tell many a strange story Of
the persons it deprived of liberty, but
would. if it were wise, be silent con-
corning one incident that proved to be
a joke on itself.
Among the boys Of the town was a
half witted lad who was particularly
incorrigible. and whose constant COM
panion was a little monkey, who at
tended him as faithfully as Mary's little
lamb. One of his mental weaknesses
was known to be a confusion of the
ideas CT mine and thine. and after r
very considerable theft the local Sher-
lock Holmes found footprints of Jocko,
the monk. in regions from which the
missing articles had disappeared, and so
the boy was arrested. There was no law
for imprisoning the monkey, so he was
not ''pinched. The boy was a model
prisoner for several days, but was sud
denly seized with a desire to have his
monkey with him. So earnestly did he
beg for this that the good natured jailer
had Jocko brought to the cell. That
night the lad, who was supposed to be
without intelligence, began clawing out
the mortar around one of the largest
stones in the outer wall. He could not
do much with his blunt fingers. and
weak nails, but the monkey immediate-
ly began initiating him. The long claws
of the animal soon loosened up enough
mortar to enable the boy to pull the
stone out Of the wall. and before morn
ing both boy and monkey had disap-
peared. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-26
A Dutiful Little Girl,

"Such a lot of people live in our
%'ouse," she told me, ''17 of us; two
ladies live in the -cellarsl" And her
mother always went once a week to call
on a lady who lived in the ''workus. +"
'sPlease m, father calls mother such
wicked Names she suddenly informed
me n day, and out came a string Of
dreadful epithets. "Hush," interrupt
ed, "you mustn't tell me those things"
''Please m, he does," she persisted,
land we all want father to die, if
mother didn't ave to pay for the cof-
fn"-so pathetic and doubtless so true.
Mrs. Merrick's "With a Palette in
Eastern Palaces"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-26
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 Oh the globe. .
Your a 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.
q M. railroad depot OR write to J..
Francis, general passenger agent, Oma-
ha, Neb. 6-26-99
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-26
South or East, Which?

When a trip is contemplated it is al
ways we'll to prepare in advance in order
to avoid little Inconvenience which are
often annoying. The two fast trains
leaving Minneapolis and st. Paul daily
via Wisconsin Central lines for Milwau-
kee and Chicago make close connections
with trains east and south. Being ele-
gantly equipped with sleeping cars, par
lor cars and day coaches they are fully ap-
preciated by the travelling public. Your
nearest ticket agent will give you COM
plete information and furnish you folder
of the Wisconsin Central lines.
Jas. @. Pond, General Passenger
Agent, Milwaukee, Wis
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-26
FOOliShly Sensitive.

eyes, we lost the doctors trade in a
very unfortunate way
Chow was that?"
"Why, we have a mechanical duck
in our stock of novelties that runs by
clockwork. The doctor came in the
store just as one of our young women
wound the thing up, and at the very
moment the doctor came opposite it the
duck gravely bowed to him and said,
'Quack, quack!' The doctor is so fool
ishly sensitive. cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-26
Trying to Fix a Limit.

Mrs. Gofrequent-How old do you
take Mr.. Maxwell to be?
Mrs. Nexdore-From his general be-
havior I should estimate his age to be
about $50. When a woman looks at
him now. he doesn't think she's in love
with i m.-Chicago Tribune.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-26
Easy Plan.

"That young man." said the citizen,
pointing to a sharp featured youth
across the street, ''has made fame both
for himself and this his native vii,
lage.'
"As to howl" asked the stranger.
"Simply by sending kilograms of con-
graduation or coincidence, as the occa-
sion called for, to prominent persons.
Indianapolis Journal.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-26

A writer in The Electrical Review in
clines to the opinion that as the electric
motor superseded the horse car 70 the
perfection of paving will ultimately do
away with rails and current altogether
and automobile vehicles rule supreme.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-26
Economy.

A west Philadelphia young woman,
on the ground of economy. induced her
betrothed to waive the formality Of an
engagement ring and tc give her the
money, 500. instead. After they had
been married six months she informed
him that she had invested the money in
a life membership in a woman 8 suffrage
society.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-26
Does This Strike You?

Muddy c~omplexlons, %nauseating
breaths come from chrome constipation.
Karl's Glover Root Tea is an absolute
cure and has been sold for fifty years on
an absolute guarantee. Price Is cts.
and so cts. Sold by Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-26
On Every Bottle

OF Shiloh's Consumption Cure is this
guarantee: "All we ask of you is to use
two-thirds of the contents of this bottle
faithfully, then if you can say you are
not benefited return the bottle to your
druggist and he may refund the price
paid" Price 25 cts, so cts. and Sl.OO.
Sold by Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-26

We exaggerate misfortune and hap
piness alike. We are neve either so
wretched or so happy as we say we are.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-26

Theatrical companies in Mexico have
10 pay a fine if they do not produce the
pieces announced:
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-26

"Ma. I'm at the head Of my class"
CLOVIS that. Dick?"
Teacher says I'm the worst Of all
the bad boys in school. Philadelphia
Inquirer.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-26

Acker's English Remedy will stop a
cough at any time, and will cure the
worst cold in twelve hours, or money re-
funded; % cents and SO cents. Sold by
Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-26

VI AN dAu
stood flushed with victory. Dead 81
lence. Not a sound came from the gloom
before her. She went off the stage in a
temper. His majesty might have given
some sign of appreciation. Nine. Fischer
was behind the scenes, and Patti wait
ed with her for the signal to sing the
next number. A messenger appeared at
the door. His majesty had had enough
music and had gone to his apartments.
For a moment Patti stood stunned.
Then she laughed. The rudeness was so
colossal that it was funny. Nine.
Fischer took the diva to supper and then
home.
The next morning Nine. Fischer called
at the hotel once more, accompanied by
the court chamberlain. who bore the
promised check. an autograph letter of
thanks from the king and some Jewels
of great value, Nine. Fischer's explana-
tion of the concert fasco pleased Patti
more than the jewels King Ludwig.
she said. was in one of his maddest
moods. wild with regret. cursing him
self and cursing Patti He had walked
the floor all night. grooming that he
was a traitor. for PATHS voice had so
ravished his senses that for one mo-
ment he had gone over to Italian music
and had been false to Wagner-to Wag-
ner. the n musician who alone had
satisfied his majesty's soul.
THAT was better than having bored
him.. added Patti. struggling her
shoulders New York Sun.
The silver star., 1899-05-19

The heroes of civilization are not all
drapcd In soldier clothes. and the cam
puignz Of bravery are not all fought
out On fields Of carnage" II cour-
ageous hcelity in performance and en-
durance should have place on tn.
roll Of honor, we should certainly
place there the names Of counties. po-
lieemen and iiremeD. postmen and ex-
Dressmen. motornen and switch-ten-
ders, hack-driyers and milkmen. who
rerve US at all hours and In all wealth
en-. What an army Of brave fellows
keep guard over OR eitieH and homes,
serve our daily necessities and minis
DER 10 our comfort
The silver star., 1899-05-19
rl.s.r VIA p.en,.

In watching . flock Of Wild Al
flying over our heads We seldom .
TO consider 1t what remarkable ~
they are travelling. Saturday mornl
while returning from q business P
to Chicago. Elmer Shank called
writer's attention to q flock Of M
migratory birds flying not far overh1
and in a direction parallel with 4
Of our train. They tapped stead
along. apparently not losing or gain
q foot OF space for a considers
length Of time. and when last M
were still keeping up to the I'll
speed Of the train. An examination
our watches showed the speed OF
train to be forty-four miles per IN
which speaks very well for
strength Of the ducks wings.-Mo
Morris nlL) Index
The silver star., 1899-05-19

After all. the board OF examiners ap-
pointed by the war department has de.
eided that the government must pay
for the 100000 pounds Of beef sent 10
Porto Rico on the transport Manitoba
by Swift Il Co. last summer and
thrown into the sea after It had
spoiled. There Is no good ground for
suppoaing that this board was preIu-
diced In favor of this packing firm. It's
inclination would probably be the 9th
er way Yet gives a verdict against
the government. This seems TO come
pretty near gettling the question Of
whore the responsibility for the spoiled
meat lay. II II had been the fault Of
the packers they would not have re-
covered verdict.
The silver star., 1899-05-19

Some experiments we're made 70.
Gently In France on the penetratiye
power Of bullets through snow. Tn.
results were very Astonishing. The
Lebel rife Was used and at distance
u 100 feet the bullet penetrated only
I've feet into the snow target. A bull
let from a Lebei rifle has been known,
II is said. to 20 through a tree Of three
and a half feet In diameter. That 1,
should only penetrate eighteen inches
farther into such soft stun as snow
'eems altogether startling. The ex-
)Ianatlon suggested by the expert
mentaliats Is that the rotating bullet
picks up PARTICLES OF snow as II goes
n and 30 gets "balled." !" or blocked ur
The silver star., 1899-05-19
villp,nos ~ n. l,.p.r.~a.

nan Francisco. May 1.-THE twclv.
Ft1ipinos who arrived here on tho City
Of Peklng 4 week ng0 have been or.
dsred deported by tho special hoard OF
inquiry appointed by ImmlrrntIo,,
Commissioner North. The party con.
slsts Of ten adults and two chlldren.
Unless an appeal In taken they will
probably return home ON the next
Oeoe0eg beup0 10 the Oviont.
The silver star., 1899-05-19
rr.se%'s New Pr.s,d.nt

The new president Of France is c,
sane and trifie bourgeois. He ID
like a man who would infuse
French politics rs much vigor as |
letters Stomach Bifters will into
rundown system OF any one who
it. 1t is an absolute cure for all $,
ach disorders.
The silver star., 1899-05-19

Somebody has written scientific
work on dust In which he shows tha,
It serves useful purpose In natures
general scheme. He does not. how
ever. try 70 show that ii is 2 good
thing In Chicago streets.
The silver star., 1899-05-19
Death Lass Nov x..ssss Tws..y.x,n..

Reading, Pa. May 14.--Thc total
number Of dead. ~ . result Of Friday
nights collision ut Exeter. reached
twenty-nlnc to-day, william ID. Lcn.
kins Of Norristown dying nj the hos.
pltnl at that place.
or the large number Of injured per.
sons still In the hospitals here. three
nre In serious condition. md sn,nIi
hope 10 entertained for tlieir recovery.
The silver star., 1899-05-19

a TaylorYliie nllJ man who en-
bezzled $4,000 war fined 81 and sen
fenced To four months in jail It has
not been explained why he was sub
jec,ed TO the hardship Of imprison-
ment
The silver star., 1899-05-19

When man disputes with fool
the fool is doing the same thing.
The silver star., 1899-05-19

4 man will deride the lO-cent cigar
that IL presented 10 him, but he never
murmurs about the nickel one he buys
The silver star., 1899-05-19

Poverty keepz of more esses 0. gou
than all the physicians cure.
The silver star., 1899-05-19

A young man naturally uses choice
expression when be asks a girl 10 be-
come his wife.
The silver star., 1899-05-19

The only swell thing &tou; som'
men is loczted directly under thsll
hats.
The silver star., 1899-05-19

Evil Is wrought by want O.
thought" says the poet. Very true.
and much IL wrought by thoughts Of
want
The silver star., 1899-05-19

The man who has nothing TO say
Isn't always conscious of &, until after
be has tried 10 say Il.
The silver star., 1899-05-19

Energy sometimes brings SUCCESS
but success always brings energy.
The silver star., 1899-05-19

Some people are pleasant 20 talk to
but dlSsSreez3ls 70 listen 10.
The silver star., 1899-05-19

Wooden headz should produce burn
Ing thoughts. but they don't
The silver star., 1899-05-19

a baseball player seldom strains al
gnat. but he frequently struggles
with fly.
The silver star., 1899-05-19

MY friend. buy this system renova,
do you know that you are galloping to-
grayey' Don't you worry. as long !
The silver star., 1899-05-19
u,rt - Uon..neec.r.

Alittle dry ..Faultless Starch will mai
large quantity Of starch mixture and III
better results than any other starch; tryl
All grocers sell .'Faultless Starch i0c.
The silver star., 1899-05-19

Henry. we'd get along better togetI
II you had more will power mo, "
fha: we'd get along better II you didl
have quite 50 much"
The silver star., 1899-05-19

We'll. Kitty. did your euchre club ni
a good time yesterday afternoon
think so. The women in three lower q
sent up word that their plastering !
falling down.
The silver star., 1899-05-19

The London Spectator thinks Am
orican character" responsible for such
tragedIch M the Windsor hotel fire. IL
says; "The wonderful Invontiyeness of
Americans seems to be consistent with
a fatallsm which regards care an either
useless or discrcditable." Yes. our
fninllsm tnkes the optimistic form; wa
run for lnck' and often reach II; hut
one who hnbiiually takcs the chances.
without taking also rational prccau-
Iona. Is likely to get caught sooner
'r later. We are not taken up into the
legion Of safety by the mere force oS
"specinc levIty."
The silver star., 1899-05-19

writer In the Independent says
that the number Of languages spoken
by the inhabitants ot the Philippine
archipelago " ten. DR.. Daniel G..
Brinton Of the University OF Pennsyl-
yania. writing In the American An.
thropologlst, states that the Spanish
government has bestowed Official rec
ognition upon tbirty-hve. The latter
statement seems authoritative, but the
former is sufficient 10 give c0mprc.
hensiye idea OF the heterogeneous mix.
turc Of races with llngunl d!vorsItles
who dwell On the islands OF the archl-
pelngo. The difficulties 10 bs Hur-
mounted In governing and Christian
izing them when a way IL opened for
carrying out the declarations OF tho
recent proclamation Of the United
States comminsion. are also very nm.
parent The polyglottish complcxItle,
alone are appalling.
The silver star., 1899-05-19
Ars To. using Aiien's Foos-Ea,.y

Are roa using Allsa's Foos-EasssI
1t is the only cure for Swoll
Smarting. Burning, Sweating ID
Corns and Bunions- Ask for Alls
Foot-Ease. . powder to be shaken d
the shoes. At all Druggists and 81
Stores. 25c. Sample sent FREE. 1
dress. Allen s. Olmsted. Leroy, N,
The silver star., 1899-05-19

Loys laughs 2; Iocksniths. b1; i
smiles q; the yoioznuitnE.
The silver star., 1899-05-19

si:s;: \; " :; .: IS; -;
The silver star., 1899-05-19

seoA. rills e.rs livse us: the soa-.rri.atne =
eolZ eethsrtte o ale With hoo1s ealselesM
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27
Connecticut Mutual's Fifty-third Re-
port

There is never a dry word in the annual
reports of the president of the Connecti-
cut Mutual Life Insurance Company; the
ffty-third report, made public to-day, is
filed, from opening line to signature, with
the most trenchant analysis of the false
methods of insurance followed up by the
so-called great corporations which labor
for big showings without regard to the
interest of the policyholders. The Con-
necticut Mutual is founded upon the most
conservative and strictly fair business
principles, it's object being to protect
it's policy-holders' interests by affording
them the cheapest, safest insurance in
the world. How completely this is done
the annual report shows convincingly. In
fifty-three years the company has re-
ceiVed nearly 1928 900 900; has returned to
policy-holders. or their beneficiaries over
$195. 900 Co., and shows total assets on jan
uary 1 last of upward of $64 000,-
less than that of any other company; its
dividends to it's members higher, and it's
insurance therefore less whole and indi-
vidually than in any other company. These
are the essential points which appeal to
the insuring community, when they see,
conclusvely, how completely the Con-
necticut Mutual meets these require
ments, they at once give 1t their largest
measure of confidence.