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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-06

Among the stories told by certain
aged physicians at a reunion of mcdi-
cal men Of the times when surgical 0p.
erations were conducted without an.
aesthetics none wal more touching
than the following:
A little girl. not more than 4 years
old. was Injured In such a way that II
was necessary to amputate n Of har
legs. She proved 10 10 Of wonderful
pluck. and instead Of binding her, nv
was customary In such cases, she wns
given her most cherished doll 10 hold,
Pressing II In her arms, shs submitted
70 the amputatlon without a single cry,
When II was done, tho physician In
charge, seeking 70 brighten matters up
with q pleasantly, said, "Apd now. my
dear, we will anputate your dolls leg"
Then the little girl burst into tears,
"No, mol" she gasped between her
sobs. "Yon shall not! II would hurt
her too muehr
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-06
The Macaw and the Portrait.

While Northcote was studying paint.
ing with Sir Joshua Reynolds he paint.
ed the portrait Of one Of the housemaids
and placed the picture On the parlor
floor, resting against a chair for the
family to see IT. Sir Joshua had a large
macaw, which he often introduced into
his pictures. Between tho bird and the
housemaid there was no little hostility,
as she had to clean up after him and re.
sented his roaming habits.
When the picture was placed against
the chair. the macaw, being In a dis
tant part Of the room, did not see II,
but on ietraeing Its steps the bird saw
the portrait Of Its enemy and, with out.
stretched wings, furiously rushed at the
hated face and ever tried to bite It,
Discovering that the face did not
move. the macaw attacked the hand In
the picture. As It moved not, the bird
marched round the picture, as II exam
lining what the thing was, and then
walked away. Again and again the
macaw repeated the advance, the at
tack and the retreat.
The singular story was noised abroad,
and Edmund Burke. Dr.. johnson and
Goldsmith visited Sir Joshua's parlor to
see the exhibition. What made 1t the
more remarkable was that when the
macaw was tried with any other por.
trait 1t took no notice Of the picture -
Youths Companion.
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Relic pnfering MInisters.

The superinten6 mt of public build.
lngs and grounds, who has charge Of
the Washington monument, says IN
Of the greatest troubles the watchmen
ut the monument have to contend with
IL the chipping Of these memorial stones
by relic hunters.
lone Of the strangest things In 70.
gard to these relic hunters, said the
superintendent, SIS the fact that more
than one.half Of the men arrested for
chipping of relics are clergymen. When
the police arrest these despoilers and
start with them to the station house,
the man will begin to ask what IL the
penalty and try to beg of. He IL told
that the ine Is . heavy one, but that
$15 security can be put up for appear
ance In the police court. Then the pris-
mel explains that he IL a minister Of
the gospel and meant no harm, and
that he could not stand the disgrace Of
appearing In q police court. He ends up
by giving up the collateral after gener.
ally trying to cut II down to 80, say
ing he has only that amount with
him. New York Mail and Express,
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washinston,s Sc. voyage.

Az the companion OF his invalid elder
brother, Lawrence, then In a rapid con-
sumption, George Washington sailed
from Virginia on the ssth Of September,
1861, arrived ut Barbados on Or about
the Sd Of November and sailed thence
on his return to Virginia on board the
Industry on the 22d Of December. His
passage each way was u rough n and
prolonged to five weeks. The methodical
young Virginian kept n diary during
his trip, extracts from which were pub
lished by Jared Sparks In his writings
Of George Washington. This was tho
only time George Washington ever
went outside the territory that became
the United States, Note tho fact that
five weeks were occupied In making
this little trip TO Barbados. Buffalo
Commercial. :
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THE FEAT CT SOLITUDE.

4 woke 1T dawn and, risen from my bed,
Cszcd 1t the new born day serene and snsvs.
silver and gold and pearl were overhead
Like some sea shell new garnered from the wass'
And such faint music from the morning sped
AS mourners' singing by a distant grave.
Tar out at sea a beating vessel bore
westward with scarce discoyerable speed,
Creeping athwart a distant island shore
That traced an o~t...ha family fligrce"
with creyiccd mountain whose low summit wore
A cloudy chariot yoked with heecy steed.
At foot a little bay lay Graded deep
Whereon the idle fishing feet was drawn,
No ripple hurt the waters quiet sleep
That lay as peaceful as a garden lawn;
The lighthouse at the harbor mouth did peep
A flashing eye Of red upon the dawn.
No voice / heard nor any certain sound,
Save when the hungry seagull cried awhile;
All was SO hushed and lonely that ] found
A nameless fear in all this silent isle.
As though the very sea might rise and bound
And oyerwhelm me. Lo, his treacherous smilel
Some men there be who glory IN such case,
A mountain top immutable-a throne.
] am not such, and ! am face to face
With this fierce question now immediate grown.
Am ] afraid OF God, who am so base
dare not Venture in such place alone?
Henry Bell In Spectator.
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Found III s~a,.

After the Lucky Baldwin theater and
hotel Are In San Francisco there were
nine feet Of water in the basement,
where the Instruments OF the orchestra
were stored. When u little OF 1t had
been pumped out, August Hinrichs,
leader of the orchestra, hired Il man to
swim in and get out his lannon's Amati
violin.
1t was wrecked--water soaked,
warped, twisted and broken up into 8S
pieces. The hot water had soaked out
all the old glue, and every piece had
fallen away from its %neighbor, besides
Il good many patches Of wood, put In
when repairs had been done. To all up.
pearance the thing was smashed beyond
recall.
Nevertheless Herman Muller, u local
violin %repairer, who knew and loved
the old fiddle, took 1t in hand. Twice
he carefully joined the time darlsened
pieces Of wood. Twice he decided that
the Amati would not do.
So once more he soaked the ~ bits Of
wood apart. Then he carefully modelled
out Of clay an arch such as he remem
bered that Of the old Amati to have had
and for nine weeks kept the bits Of
wood bound to 1t until they had gained
the proper shape. IN
Once more he put the bits Of wood
together. Then for Ave weeks more he
patiently vanished and polished the
more than 2OO.year.old fiddle until 1t
shone. Then Hinrichs once more drew
his bow across the vibrating strings
and the violin spoke. 1t sang, wept,
bubbled with life and joy.
The Amati had found Its soul. San
Francisco Examiner.
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shocks From Live Wires.

cit Ia 4 singular fact" said an elec-
trician of this city, ''that the human
body IL capable of hecoming more CT
less Injured to shocks from live wires, |
suppose the average scientist would
scout the iae,, hut what ! say Ia horne
ont by everyday experience, Tho en-
ployees Of a hig electric light works, for
Instance, are continually receiving
shocks that would disable an ordinary
man, hut are apparently none the worse
for the experience,
II remember some time ago a couple
Of young fellows came in contact acct
dentally with a live wire at mnnnfac,
tory here IN town, and both received
exactly the same current, One OF thom
was u helper around a dynamo and had
met with mishaps at that sort before,
He was knocked Off his foet and mo-
mentarily stunned, but was all right IN
less than two minutes, The other man,
who was a stranger, fell over as IT
struck by lightning, and 1t was fully
half an hour before he showed tho least
signs Of returning consciousness, He
was laid up for several days and, oddly
enough, was much the more powerful
physically Of tho pair,
II have known several cases Of prac-
tically the same sort, The motormen
on the street ears frequently set the
current, az they call 1t, especially In
rainy weather, when wet wood becomes
a conductor, They tell me they don't
mind II much after the first few times. y
New Orleans Times Democrat,
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Throne That Was Never Called For

On tho eve of the Franco-German
war when the Emperor Loris Napoleon
entered npon the conflict which ended
&C disastrously to himself and his coun-
trymen, u couple Of strangers appeared
at a German town, They brought with
them a large packing case, which on
their arrival wns carried to u hotel,
Here the unknown visitors remained
some time and eventually disappeared
without paying their bill, which
amounted to u considerable sum,
The landlord, whose curiosity had Of
ten been aroused with reference to the
posi- contents Of the case, at last de-
termined to open II and on doing 80
found 4 handsomely designed and rich
" upholstered state chair, This vas
adorned with the French imperial arms,
eagle and Louis Napoleon's monogram.
and beneath II was a mus.cal box which
played when the cushion wal sat upon,
II Ia supposed that the throne-for
such II 10 believed to have heen--in the
event of success attending the French
army was to have been used by the ON
peror at Berlin after the capture Of the
German metropolis, Fate, however.
spelled the imperial plans, hence the
sudden and precipitate flight Of the GUS
todians Of the chair, The widow Of the
hotel keeper u few years later sent II to
England, where 1t eventually found a
purchaser. STRAY Stories,
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The Tpagedian's Def.

"Yahl Yahl" yelled the boys in the
gallery, "Wot ye doin on dc stage3 Go
back to do lunch counterP'
"CanailleI Rabblel Scum OF the
earth Otfscourings of the slumsl'
Kissed the tragedian, facing them with
folded arms, 1.-THE hoodlums OF the gal
lery boot at me and the critics of q
venal press roast mel defy ye both
/ care neither for the higher criticism
nor the hired criticismP
And he went on with his lines, Chi
cage Tribune,
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l.Qllll0a.

MI. Ward Heel-Booxe has promised
me that II | help nominate him no will
give me u Job,
Mrs. Ward Heels this man Booze
sure Of getting it9
Mr., w, H.-Not by any means, Old
slydog IL running against Booze,
Mrs. w, H,-And II slydog gets w
Mr., w, Hill be all right anyhow,
I'm under contract TO help nominate
both Of them On the same terms, Ohio
State journal.
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The Refraetory Weather,

does the climate agree with youf"
inquired the mild but conversational
person,
the" answered the weather prophet
aereely, NEARLY every time ! announce
what II ought to do IT assumes an atti-
tude OF rigid and HReompromisiag OPP
positian, Washington Star,
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vhs Rest Authority,

Hettjs--Harry Ia q man always TO b.
trusted, He has never deceived me,
UlaVa--Rnt how do you know thati
Hattis-KRow W Why, he told me
No himself only last evening -Rostoa
Transcript
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Her Idea agyt,

''she says II she coulda't have q fam
lily crest without buying ono she'd do
without u crest,
~ dare say, She IL aotoriously the
stingiest woman In Chicago, detroit
journal,
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II n man In known by tho company
no keeps. what shall no said OF tho aver
ago sheriff Y--At. Paul alaba,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-05-05
tteru Martin Gavin.

Among the deeds of valor which are
constantly being repeated at Manila Is
one which was performed by Private
Martin Gavin OF the First California.
In the face of what seemed certain
death he fired hut crowded with Fill
Pine sharpshooters, who had been an
noying the American lines for hours.
Gavin's father and elder brother are
both ct Manila. The two brothers
went through with the First Califor-
MIA Later the father went to the front
as a member OF the Wyoming battalion.
The "old gentleman" Is one of the IA
miliar figures of California newspaper
dom. For years he has been associated
with various papers in different ca
pacities. The young hero also has been
connected with newspaper work having
formerly been employed in the Calls
mechanical department. He will re-
ceive ono OF the 1888 special valor med
ais for distinguished service at Manila,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-05-05
CHANCE FOR BURNS.

SAN FRANCISCO. April 22.-When
the news OF the action OF Governor
Stone in appointing Matthew Stanley
Quay as United States Senator from
Pennsylvania was received the quss'
ton asked by politicians and the pub
ic generally VAS What will Governor
Gage do In reference 10 tho vacant
senatorshlp from California;" An
effort was made 10 get from him an
answer 10 this question. but he de-
olined 10 make direct statement.
Il viii stand by the statement which
made at the time 81 tho final ad.
jOurnment ~ ths Legislature"
This statement was q communication
10 tho Legislature urging upon II tho
au,y Of eleellny . man In accord with
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-05-05

the national Administration. iie plead.
I'd for she laying aside % all preju.
dices and pointed out the great i'm.
porianoe, 40 he viewed O., Of having the
state fully represented IIls statement
al that time, 10 which he referred last
nixhi. Indicates tina, II he sees any wa,
open TO do 80 he will appoint senator.
and the man Of his choice will no
doub, I've Daniel n. Burns
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-05-05
AUTOMOBILE ON STAGE LINE.
Order for a Horseless Vehicle for Cali
fornia Country Roads.

order for Horseless Vehicle for Cali
fornia Country Roads.
STOCKTON (Cal), April zoe. II.
Lewis, proprietor OF the stage line be-
tween Stockton and Jackson. in ANA
dor county, this morning tried some
thing novel In staging In California.
The result OF the experiment is an or
der to the Holt Manufacturing Com
pany for the construction Of a horse
less carriage, which Is to be coupled
to a three-seated stage that will be
able to whisk over California roads at
a rate of eighteen miles an hour.
The experiment was made with the
automobile, or horseless wagon, be-
longing to Holt Bros, which has be-
come a familiar sight on the streets OF
this city. The automobile was coupled
to the regular stage which Mr.. Lewis
drives out to Stockton every morning.
the power was applied and with five
phoh'hStfb Douuu lOT SltIDtIilS, Out-
ter Greek and Jackson the stage start
ed. The horseless carriage me dc good
time along the streets OF Stockton and
well out on the Waterloo read. but It
was found that the stage was too
great a load for the two md a half
horsepower engine which pl opelled the
automobile, the best time that could be
made being about five miles an hour.
The four-horse team could make seven
miles an hour, and II was substituted
before Waterloo was reached.
The experiment was sufficiently sue
cessful, however, to show that the
horseless carriage can be probably
used on work OF the kind The result
is the order for the heavier machine,
with eighteen miles an hour as the
speed specification. It will be used az
a motive power as far as Clements,
but horses will be used on the sleeper
grades OF the foothills.
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,ighty natives aboard to help fight Ma
Apia. Samoa, Tuesday. April Is, 1899.

eighty natives aboard to help fight Ma
taafa.
Apia. Samoa, Tuesday. April Is. 1893.
We arrived in Apia this morning.
There have been many skirmishes on
both sides since we left here with a
considerable number killed on both
sides including two Mataafa chiefs
whose bodies were brought In to MI
linuu.
The fighting yesterday was the heav-
lest yet.N Only natives were engaged.
Four forts were taken near Stevenson Z
house. Twenty-six natives are report
ed as killed or missing on our side.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-05-05
THE COMMERCE or SPAIN.

United States Consular Agent Mer-
tens a Grao has submitted 10 the
State Department some figures relative
to the Spanish trade last year, show
ing the surprising fact that notwith-
standing her complete defeat ia war
and her distressed economic conditions
Spain was actually able to show a
balance OF trade in her favor for 1888.
Mr.. Mertens cites this fact as a de-
monstration of the natural wealth OF
the country. The total exports were
sis2, 4ol ,oSs and the imports were ssi,-
772.450.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-05-05
FROM PONAPE.

The Secretary OF State has received
a letter from a correspondent In Po-
nape. Caroline Island, saying that "the
people Of Ponape Just love and adore
the American people; in fact, they like
everything that is American. They are
hoping and praying that the Americans
will take possession Of all OF the is
lands; and, II not all, at least the
Island OF Ponape."
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How II Is 10 Be Increased 10
10000 Regulars.
Many Recruits Reouired-Certainty
of Early Homecoming OF
the Volunteers.

NEW YORK, April 20.-A special to
the sun from Washington says: The
Eleventh United States Infantry. now
in Porto Rico, under orders to proceed
TO this country. will be ordered to the
Philippine islands as soon as Its ranks
can be filled to war strength.
Three thousand recruits are to be
sent from San Francisco as fast as pos
sible to fill out the regiments now In
the Philippines. Gen. Shafter. CON-
manding the Department of California,
is organizing detachments Of these re-
cruits and will ship some Of them on
every transport leaving for Manila.
The highest estimate made by Gen.
Otis of the number of men required in
the Philippines Is 10000. There are
q 900 regulars now in the islands or
under orders to proceed there. In ad-
dition to the Thirteenth Infantry, the
Seventh and Twenty-fifth (colored)
regiments of infantry and one dis
mounted cavalry regiment will prob
ably be ordered to Manila very soon.
This Will increase the fighting force OF
Gen. Otis to about $1,000 men. the total
number believed to be required in the
islands at this time, with the certainty
that the last OF the volunteers will not
be able to leave Manila until July
Three regiments of regular artillery
are also to be sent as infantry, thus
giving to Gen. Otis, after the yolun'
teers have been withdrawn, a fighting
force of more than 10000 men.
WASHINGTON, April 20.-The pro
gramme for the movement OF regular!
out to Manila and the volunteers home
ward will be carried out according t.
Gen. Otis statement contained in hi
dispatch OF yesterday. Gen. Otis add
10 his message the hopeful remark tina
he expects very shortly to be able t
report a decided improvement in tn
situation in the Philippines.
The volunteers in the Philippine
will return home in the order in wh!cl
they sailed for Manila. The date upol
which each troop sailed from SaI
Francisco follows:
May 25th-First California, Secon
Oregon and detachment California Al
tillery.
June 25th-Companies A and b, Uta
Artillery, Tenth Pennsylvania, Firs
Colorado and First Nebraska.
June 29th-First North Dakota, Thir
teenth Minnesota, First Idaho an
First Wyoming.
July 19th-First Montana.
July 23d-First South Dakota.
October 19th-First Washington.
October 27th-Twentieth Kansas.
october 30th-First Tennessee.
November 3d-Fifty-first Iowa.
November 6th-Troop Nevada Cav
airy.
November 9th-First Wyoming Ba'
terry.
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ANOTHER CASE OF RHEUMATISM
CURED ny CHAMBERLAIN's
PAIN BALM.

My son was afflicted with rheum-
alism, which contracted his right limb
until he was unable 10 walk. After
using one and u half bottles Of Cham.
berlain's Pain balm he was able TO be
about again, ] can heartily recon-
mend II Ia persons suffering from
rheumatism, John snider, Freed. Cal
houn Co.. W, Va, Far sale by Hen
son, Smith A Co, Lid, wholesale
agents Tor II, J., and all druggists and
dealers, t.. IA.
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PAY FOR PHILIPPINE TROOPS.

WASHlNGToN-The payment OF the
20 per cent extra pay TO the American
troops In the Philippines has been ex-
tended 10 include all our soldiers now
In service and will continue until hos
Titles In the Philippines cease. The
troops In the Philippines. both officers
and men, Will DO given the two
months extra pay when mustered out.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-05-05
U. S. A. 7. BADGER
She was Formerly a Ward
Liner to Havana.
Commander Mu'er 10 Chsree-Vessei ana
Oitieers Be ~ Apia some
Time.
(From Thursdays DailyD

The United States cruiser Badger,
having on board the three commissions
to Samoa from the United States, Ger
many and Great Britain, arrived from
San Francisco at 10 o'clock yesterday
morning. seven days out, having sailed
from that port at 1890 a. m. April
Goth. She brought no mail and but
few newspapers as it was thought by
the post Office authorities in San
Francisco that the Coptic would arrive
in Honolulu before the Badger.
The Badger was formerly the Ward
lime steamship Yumurj, running from
New York to Havana and Vera Cruz.
She has a tonnage Of ,47Si tons, Is 1856
feet long and II feet draught. She was
purchased by the Government at the
beginning OF the war, armed with six
5-inch guns and six rapid-fring guns,
and was in the auxiliary fleet around
Cuba all through the war. She carries
2lO officers, marines and blue jackets.
| The Badgers officers are as follows:
Commander, James NJ Miller; Lieuts,
j. B. Milton and 7. ID. Griffin; Surgeon.
10. ID. Norton; p. A. Engineer, w. c.
Herbert; Captain, n. II. Hall, U. S. NJ.
lC.; Ensigns, r. II. Belknap, J. II. Y.
Blakeley and Yates Stirling; Naval
lCadets, +. Morrison and T.. J. Sadler;
| Assistant Paymaster, II. p. Ash; Pay
lClerk, w. A. Hopkins; Boatswain, W.
A. Cooper; Carpenter, J. A. O'Connor;
Mate, G. Larson.
Commander Miller is famous as be-
ing in charge Of the Merrimac until
under Hobson, she was sunk In San
Itiago harbor. He is an American OF
the most pronounced and popular type
square jawed and iron proved, and
|since his graduation at Annapolis In
81, has seen service all over the world
From start TO finish he was In the
thick of the fray around Cuban wat
ers during the Spanish war. Relin'
Iquishing command of the Merrlmac he
was placed in charge OF the United
States steamer Pompey until last De-
lcember, when he received orders tC
take command Of the Badger at Hamp.
ton Roads.
The Badger sailed from Hampton
Roads February LIST, and after calling
Mt Bahia, Montevideo and other South
American ports, reached San Fran.
cisco on April 18th. Falkland islands
were stopped at for short visit and
the remains of brave Admiral j. II
Snntts wera eyhumed and fakpu mr.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-05-05
cARNEGIEs NEW VENTURE.

lsiiPEMING, Mich, April 2O,--It Is
rumor,d today that Andrew Carnegie
Ia 10 secure control Of tho Lake super
Tor mines, tho largest producers on the
Marquette range,
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GERMAN SUGAR TRUST.

BERLIN. April 20. - The
Neuste Nachrichten says the
raw sugar and sugar refining
syndicates have approved the
terms OF an agreement limiting
the production of sugar for
home consumption.