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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19
M LESSER LIGHT.

The day is dead. +:
He walked the earth in glory and in pride
And lived in spendthrift JOY, yet, like q king
Majestic, robed in purple state, he died.
But nova ghost!
No sunshine ,ulsjng in the quiet veins,
No gusty laughter-wan and draped in white,
He steals, a sp;rit to the earth again.
Carl l.. Sparrow in Frank Leslie's Popular
Monthly.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19
One of Them,

"My daughter" said the father,
"has always been accustomed to all the
luxuries of wealth."
"Yees, replied the count, bristling
up. ''Zat ees what l am. "-Philadel.
phia North American.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19

Mexico has an area of 751. 900 square
miles or nearly one-fourth that Of the
Clited States.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19
The Billings Gazette

(your own favorite home paper) has entered into an
alliance with "The New York Weekly Tribune" which
enables him to furnish both papers at the triAing cost of
$500 per year. Every farmer and every villager owes
to himself, to his family and to the community in
which he lives a cordial support of his local newspaper,
as it works constantly and untiringly for his interests in
every way, brings to his home all the news and happen
ings of his neighborhood, the doings of his friends, the
condition and prospects for different crops, the prices
in home markets, and, in fact, is a weekly visitor which
should be found in every wide-awake, progressive family.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19

It's a long life, but devotion to the true interests and
prosperity of the American people has won for it new
friends as the years rolled by and the original mem
bers of its family passed to their reward, and these ad-
mirers are loyal and steadfast today, with faith in it's
teachings and confidence in the information which it
brings to their homes and fresides. AS a natural con
sequence it enjoys in it's old age all the vitality and
vgor of its youth, strengthened and ripened by the ex
periences Of over half a century. 1t has lived on it's
merits, and on the cordial support of progressive
Americans. 1t is
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22
PAINTING is FASHIONABLE.
THE SHRINKING. SWOONING GIRL
POPULAR ONCE MORE.

Mothers With Debutante Daughters
Realize That NarriaeeabIe Men
Are Once More Attracted by slim
Waists. Narrow. DelicateIy ShOd
Feet, and a Free Use OF Smelling
SnIts-Mrs. StuSNesaHt FiSh's Furs,
Mrs. Henry CIe,ys' JeNeIed Gowns.
New York, Oct zo.-By their Individual
ties in dress may an observaut person dis
tinguish the, great ladies OF the land. a
Stranger in New York for example, who
drops in at the Metropolitan of o gaia
night won't have The least difficulty in
picking out the fair young hostess in the
Astor box This is because Mrs. Jack Is
always the mos; plainly gowned woman
in the horseshoe galaxy of beauty. Per
fectly simple satin ana diamonds is her
invariable cnoice. The satin SO rich it can
stand alone. Of a lovely shade of rose or
mauve cor pale blue: fitting from Shout
ders TO ankles without whim Of lace or
a pinch of drapely, and the diamonds
never mixed with pearls or colored stones,
but massed in one wave OF dazzling light
over the BUST and Shoulders. Spangled ana
ieweled nets. priceless Venetian point and
ropes of pearl may be worn by every other
rich matron. but Mrs. Aston is true to her
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22

ivory inlaid with gold and mother of pearl
and the uDrights of the crutch are in
VariaDly wound with a ribbon that exact
ly matches its prcprietors every change
of costume. OF course, one crutch is not
enough support. so the pretty cripple all
ways has mans arm 10 rest her other
hand on, and talk of her trouble always
brings the perfectly formed suffering ankle
into momentary view, and there you have
as pretty a beginning for a love affair as
ever the golf links supplied
Another miss, whose most faultless fea-
ture is her long, round, snowy arms. al
ways wears two-ineh wide band OF solid
diamond on The upper portion of her love-
~ right member Because why? Well. be-
cause those diamonds conceal Il dreadful
scar received in childhood, the cicatr.X of a
dreadful wound chat nearly cost her her
life. that since then has been a deep
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22

ur stumps and logs for seats. set up STA
pies and dig pits for cooking food, and
on crisp, dry, moonlghted evenings a
couple of coaches drive the guests 10 the
woods. To every woman in the party an
agreeable masculine escort Is given and
or every pair an Old style tin lantern
holding an inch end a half of lighted cam
die is bestowed, along with a bag or bask-
ct for holding nuts. Now. the jist of the
fun is that by the dim light OF the Ian
tern and the aid of the moon the couples
are 10 hunt for nuts, finding the trees by
means of white cards tackled TO the
trunks and trusting to sharp eyes and
their training in Juvenile years, to secure
their. prizes in the dry leaves.
When d coach horn is blown al the bon
fire. everybody must answer its summons
at the picnic rendezvous and have their
gleaninrs estimated. Whichever couple
gathers the greatest number wins a prize,
Desperate and heroic are the endeavors of
those who struggle to get the first prize.
because the inch and a half of candle
burns down all too rapidly and gives light
for a very little while. 1 is the business
of one lively matron with an escort 10
prowl about with a bulfs eye lantern and
flash it upon suspected firtations and drag
forth the offenders.
When the coach horn calls in the last
straggler. the servants touch off the big
bonfire, light pine torches and cook the
game and other meats for the supper in
barbecue fashion.
If no nuts are to he had, The supper by
torchlight is carried out just the same,
washed down with cider, and on some oc
casions oysters potatoes etc, are roasted
10y the women in the ashes of the big camp
fire and the servants are left at home as
formal nuisances. that contribute to no
bodys pleasure. Emily Holt.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22

rJshiug about windy links. wearing broad
uihbed shoes. encouraging a milkmaid col
OF and a big waist. look out for her flu
lure. Men and society AZ large have grown
weary OF the self-reliant. healthy. einewy
muscied Miss Sampson. The cir, who
knows tnc side of her society bread on
which the butter of success and a good
ma tri moniai chance lies, is "a perfect SEN
sitive plant as IRAN of constitution as
q violet Her waist has suddenly shrunk
from twenty-siX 10 nine cen inches in cir
cum ference. her feet are 10 longer garb-
ga iu pigskn hob nails, but the highest
hee,el lhiuLest sol.d shoes she can find
ard she is able to drift off In the most
bewltching swoon when her pet dogs IN
ness declares Itself, or the dressmaker
keeps her standing longer than ihree min
utes az "a time. She dafes not trust her
self beyond the Limits OF her own sitting
room without a pair Of tiny crystal jewel
TOPPED TASKS strung on her neck chain.
one holds powerful salts and the other
sol yo,atiie. and the men who became pro-
iclcut u carrying golf clubs and pumping
up the tires for fair damsels. are now
learning now 10 apply these two potent
autidotes for fainung fits. Added to this
pathetic fraglliiy, nearly every miss and
matrCn in society possesses some pet and
particular aniction and does wonders
wNh her suffering 10 render Il appealing
and beWitching TO che strong. stupid mas
cudnes who never see the Innocent hypoc-
risy under the light masque of invaldism.
For instance. there is one girl la New
York society who has a weak ankle. It
has never been so badly of TO need any
other support than a very fine silk hose
and "A hign heeled kid tie of Cinderella
proportions, because its owner uses a
cuItch Such a beautiful crutch. an art
treasure. with an arm rest and handle OF
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22

grumble too muCh-at dry weather, for
instance. instead of remembering that it
may raise prices"
David Wallace, Esq. an excellent Cana
dian, after he had reclaimed a neglected
farm in his own country, felt STRINGS of
ambition for life in the states. So about
'SG he set up his household gods in what
was then the territory of Dakota, Drought
made his first wheat crop a failure. The
second was some hing miraculous TO
yield but did not much more than pay
pretty heavy expenses. Two more failures
from dry springs brought him TO 1890,
when a magnificent crop on 500 acres put
him ahead, although 'the high wages
and general neglect of everything but
having a jolly good time, made it difficult
10 get il taken care of. and thus the net
profit was small" In 81 he sowed bus
three hundred acres 10 wheat, and planted
potatoes, which grew magnihcenty, but
could not be sold for enough to pay the
freight The grain yield was fine, but a
cold and early fall set the threshing for
the most part over into next summer, max
ing the larger part of ii a total loss. In
80 100 acres of wheat gave fire profit. The
next harvest on 450 acres encounteied such
heavy weather. hail storms. frosts and so
on il did not pay expenses.
To the lay mind that appears 10 be an
experience 70 warrant the least bit of ca
lamity hoWing. Mt Wallace is another
sort. such Is the experience of nearly
every farmer here" he says yet l do
MOI think we have any great reason to
complain. With an the natural
drawbacks 1 doubt if there is another
country on the face of Gods earth, where
farmers can live with so little work such
reck 'ess system of farming, and worse
than waste of both time and money With
few years of the industry Of our ia thers
practiced forty years ago. we may all be
Independent of the loan agency or the
banks"
So the tale runs through scores of
mouths. Finance is evidently as vital
among those who live by the land as in
Wall street itself. In the matter of land
values and fluctuations there are notable
differences. Western lands. on the whole
il appears, are rising, eastern lands either
stationary or falling. midd.e-west acres
steady al high prices and lands down south
stationary or very slowly rising. Local
causes, however determine values much
more than geogra phic.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22

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0S ''ia' - '''' $50 saun i'oeA anu tue
"hltest oil diamonds display her beauty
90 the greatest advantage.
This wear Mrs Cornelius Vanderbist The
49, g., - -. ...,.... H..
49, - ~ HeaNs "'"ul Hilis' put season
80 80, oeasou slle las peou Aehi'o"ietlseu
Ihe possessoI ol me Hlost sta1ely slunes
S. ecu ~ 'ne ot-ra mouse. eaun pro
Caueu M very laIse ana elaborate mowers
s'lu iiiane wan extensive Trains were hef
,aNoiite toiie's' IKE Nis. AstoI' she rare
~ wore any VehhSs OF ACE Tor thoueh
srahahlotner MIS- Naudefpllt Inquire IS
as SIM ana straight as a giris, aud thls
me feature she never allows her dress
maker 10 obscure one never ending source
q lhtefes- 20 opera goets was Mrs. van
oerpht pearls ior unlike AIRS. Asior' she
preferred them 70 diamonds, and though
her evening gowns were Gu, decoietc, her
throst. shoulders and bust We're absolutely
.o.hed in first a taE pearl dog collar and
then row after row Of rare pink and waite
beads. until a complete CAMP 10 her open
necked gown was formed. There were
Twenty-Five strings in all, the last one fad
ting into her lap when she assumed her
chair in he front of the box
Mrs Oliver Belmont and Mrs George
Gould can be always distinguished ia the
Say opera circle bS the exceedingly bril-
Liant costumes Of many mixed hues that
tncir rich almost uniquely Oriental, beau
~ entities them 10 assume. They are the
only two women who dare wear clear flame
color aud bright ornage. and at the opera
maunets. though in highnecked and long
slecved costumes, their jewels are as gor-
rcous and their toilets as sumptuou5 as
Tor the evening.
Mrs Henry Clcws by even her closest
rivals. as admittedly the most richly dress
.ro,.., 81 49, ~,
''i p" - -. y ". ~
1i'alI ~ a. 80 ~ u,ioel anu
H.. 30, 49, - , 49,
49,, 800 M 80
e 20 1--WE Wo 'iAY'l ciol -l,5
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22
HOW THEY RUN GOVERNMENT.
Striking Illustration of Methods in
VOGUE in Guatemala.

From New Orleans Times-D Democrat.
"A quaint little experience I once had
in the interior of Guatemala" said for
mer resident of that republic. furnishes
a tip-top illustration of the way they run
governments in Central America. l had oc-
casion to visit a small garrison town in
the coffee belt on some business and found
The commandant in a state bordering on
distraction. We took dinner together and
he told me his tale of woe between cours-
es. His soldiers. il seemed had been with
out pay for over three months, and as me
government made no effort to provide
them with rations, they had subsisiel on
beans, tortillas and coffee furnished on
credit by the old women of the village.
Naturally, the credit had worn Itself out
and two days before j arrived all the o'd
women went on strike, since which time
the garrison had been practically without
food. Needless TO say, the soldiers were
desperate and they had determined to de-
sert en- bloc and go back 10 their homes.
Il advised the commandant to telegraph
the facts Immediately 10 the Presidentand
a. last he screwed up enough courage 10
send the message. As soon as it was re-
ceiVed the Pres dent sent word 10
wealthy planter requesting him
to dispatch some cash instant
err gave the messenger a 500 bill and
rushed him off Oil horseback for the VII
lage, which he reached al daybreak the
next morning. When the POOR command
ant saw the remittance he nearly sWooneu
away for under the circumstances Slu'
was about as much use 10 him as 100 brass
elephants. Nobody in the whole depart
ment could change il, and he was in the
depths of despair until l suddenly appear
ed in the role of good fairy. l happened
to 100 81 notes in my saddlebags, ana
handed over the bundle in return for inc
bill brought by the courier The commanH-
ant grabbed the package and kissed me-
violently on both cheeks. Glory halleluJaH
The country was saved! Each soldier sot
a dollar. which he paid on account ana
the credit of the government was restor-
ed The garrison howled with JOY and me
old women shed happy tears in the cole
which they at once proceeded TO Doll ~
was touching scene If ever l 90 back 10
that place again ! will be treated Ike
prince"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22

source of grief to her, and that is a scar
SO entirely terrifying in appearance that
neither by night nor by day is the dia-
moud band removed, Not one but the ma
jority OF newly budded debutantes carry
each a silk enclosed, violet scented down
pillow to church and theater, and when
driving and calling. This little pillow is
about twelve inches square and bears the
owners initials in embroidery in one cor
ncr, and its purpose is 10 protect . neu-
ralgic shoulder. The pillow must be plac-
ed exactly over the eXcitable nerve of the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22

Interesting But Not Over-PnTtieular
Denizens of the Inland Waters.


From the Lacon Journal.
The catfish and his smaller brother, the
bullhead Of the Illinois river, belong to
ancient types not Yet fully made into
fish. and hence those whose paired fins are
all properly fastened TO the head, as his
are not, hold him in well-merited scorn.
He has no scales and no bright colOrs
HIS fins are small, and his head and mouth
are large. Around his mouth are eight
long "smellers," heshy feelers, that he
pushes out as he craWls along the bot
tom in search of anything that he may
eat. As he may eat anything, he always
finds IL. His appetite is as impartial as
that of a goat Anything from dead
frog or a bunch of sunfish eggs TO a piece
of tomato can is grateful 10 him. In each
of the fins which represent his arms is Il
long, sharp bone with Shiny surface and
q serrated edge. These are fastened by
a ball-and-socket joint, and whenever the
fish is alarmed the bone is whirled over
and set in place. Then il sticks out sJiff-
ly on each side. There is another such
a bone ia the fin on the back, aud when
all of these are set there is no fish that
swms The water that can swallow him.
When he takes the hook, which he sure
ly viii do if there is any hook to be TAX
en-. he will swallow il greedily. AS he is
drawn ont of the water he sets his three
spines, and laughs to himself as the boy
pricks mis- fingers trying TO get the hook
from his stomach. This the boy is sure
TO do, and because the boy of the M-ssis-
sppi and Illinois valleys is always fishing
for catfish and bullheads is the reason
why his fingers are always sore. The
catfish is careless Of the present and sure
OF the future. Afther he is strung on
willow branch and dried in the sun, and
sprinkled with dust and has had his stom-
ach dug out to recover the hook. if he
falls back into the river he will swim
away. He holds no malice, and is ready
to bite again at the first thing in sight.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22

So il appears some of these canny agri-
Gulurists agree with the British states
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22

left shoulder, else a draught creeps in and
"a killing headache is the result.
Lantern Nutting Parties.
The country house party season is still
wide open, and the moonlight nights are
utilized 10 their fullest extent to satisfy
the demand Of the young people for pic
MICS of a kind that have rarely proved TO
be- other than successful in this their ini-
tlai season Of adoption. In reality they
are lantern nutting parties. and are so
carefully prearranged that il requires a
well-equipped hostess 10 provide one.
In a country house where q dozen
guests Of both sexes are visiting, the hos
ess sends her men servants twenn-four
hours in advance Of the entertainment to
scOuT the woods and find and mark the
trees that show the best crop Of ripe nuts
and in a choice spot in the forest q clear
ing made and there the men collect
and heap fag1ts scientifically. knock mp
few rough tables near the bonfire, roll
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22

The Queen, it is well known. possesses
wonderfully beautiful hands, well shaped
plump. white. and unmarked by those
wrinkles usually seen on the hands of a
woman of her age. This absence of dis
figuring lines is attributed to her fondness
of knitting. She is rarely without her
knitting needles, and the action of plying
them keeps the muscles in continual play.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22
Reclaimed a Hopeless Farm"

A. +. Moves, born and bred in his home
town, Beaver Dam. Wis, knows all about
adopting an abandoned farm. 1t was Gov
cred with burdocks and stones A renter
had starced out No fences worth nam
ing, but good house and barn The neigh
bors said: 1t would not raise white
beans My father: My boy, you will
never pay for that farm Only regret that
he did not live to see il done. Little bv
little we cleaned w fields and roadsides
Very few stones now in ields-thev are
sixty and eighty acres in extent. besides
pastures. Raise coach colts, short horns
Shropshire aud grade sheep, Poland China
pigs. barley, potatoes, corn, oats, clover
and timothy. We never run bills Make
il rule to pay as we go. If we needed
things, borrowed money and bought where
We chose. Also made II rule to borrow
always in the same place. Always
paid The day debt was due. or ar
ranged for it. When we had money and
owed il, made (, our business to paw. in
stead Of waiting for a dun Farm
ers are 60 blame in great measure for
the slight put on farm work. We also
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22

DIR. Gade-"Do you know anybody VINO
has a horse for sale?"
Drover-"I reckon Hank Btters has
sold him one yesterday. '-Tit-Bits.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22

man who found in the national debt a ma
| tional blessing. Sliil another view OF mort
gage Indebtedness is furnished by William
i. Cox of Ste Genevive. Mo, who writes
When money is borrowed and a deed OF
trust on land is given. 4 is recorded in
the Circuit Court clerks office. and the
fun amount of the loan is stated, but no
account of the partial payments is kept
| until the whole amount is paid, and the
deed of trust entirely satisfied by the
trustee
Mr. Cox says further: About 30 per cent
OF farms IN this county are mortgaged .
for perhaps So per cent. of their value.
Partial payments are not taken into con-
sideratiou, sill. the amount of mortgage
indebtedness is less than two years back"
Mr. Cox is not himself a farmer. but has
a heap of opinions regarding them. Anon 2
others this. Farmers who attend strictly
to their business and who do not spend
too much of their time around saloons
are il not making much money. doing mod
erately well"
Grant De Witt of Convenience, O., bal
er and shipper of hay. who knows many
farmers, seems 10 share Mr.. CoX's view
of them. The farmers are a great class of
people to complain" he writes, and few
of them like TO admit of their success. True
the price of grain is poor. but the yield Is
greater. . The expense of raising
less. Nine farmers in ten will argue that
our lands and climate are becoming bet
ter adapted 10 the growing of wheat. They
forget than they are improving the seed
every year and that the modes Of SOW
ing, reaping and cultivating their lands are
quite different from what they We're few
years ago In 1878 my father harvested a
field OF wheat averaging fifteen bushels to
the acre. and il was thought litue less
tnan miraculous. This year my nearest
neighbOr harvested a field averaging forty
bushels per acre. What makes this great
difference? Ig is the Improvement in
seed. sowing and reaping The self-bnder
does not waste five bushels to the acre as
was the case in the old way of handling
wheat"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-05

"A Mississippi editor perpetrates the
following: "Fisn down ipto your peck
ct and dig up the dust. 'the editor is
hung.y and the paper bout to bust.
We've trusted you for several months
and did it with smile, so just re-
turn the compliment and trust us a
while. Our wife she needs some stock
ings and our baby needs address; Jimmie
needs some britches and SO do Kate
and Bess. Pud is on the hog train and
pepgy sick with ffrief and good gosh
almighty can't you give a man relieve.
Shell out the nickles and turn loose the
pines, turn 'em loose and whistle and
we'll all have better times; there will
be fewer patches on the bosom .of our
pants and we'll make the papet better
if we get half chance Don't give us
that old story, long gone to seed bout
taking more family papers than the
family want to read, but help to feed
the printer, and he'll help your town
to grow, and thus escape the sulphur
in the regions down below.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-05
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