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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-15

The first postoce South Africa shown the
large slab Of granite found beneath the roadway front Of
of May suraf bound for England
another hand had written % Jan Rnor Clock Jasper Benghen
tohehing
TO
tina he had doneso
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-15

man. with good features and a clear
nliye complexion, with the broad shout
uers and physique Of the trained ath-
lete. His name has been Anglicized.
hnd now ne is known as Mr. William
Pitt Pomare and is honored by his
follese chums as an expert football
player.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-15
A NEWFOUNDLAND STAMP.

The Duke Of Yorks head is the figure
which decorates the new cent stamp
Of the colony Of Newfoundland. The is
suance OF this
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-15

to go through the gate without a little
deposit Of s cents. So the unhappy Ia
Their Of family who has TO take his
family through Swinford bridge toll
gate Will be seriously mulcted before
he has passed along his way.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-15
MAKING FUN OF BERNHARDT.

altogether success in England. where
people have a deep rooted antipathy 19r
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
His Concern.

A commercial traveller on his trip
called upon a we'll known chemist. He
was nervous as he put his hand in his
pocket and handed out a card.
II represent that concern" said the
young man.
"You are fortunate" replied the
chemist.
The commercial traveller was encour-
aged and said:
II think so, sir, and the chemist who
trades with US is even more SO. My firm
has the finest line of cosmetics in the
country"
II shouldn't have thought it," slow
~ responded the man Of medicines.
"Her complexion looks natural"
And he handed back the photograph
which the young man had given him
by mistake. He took it and left without
waiting to make any farewell remarks.
London Sketch.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
COal6elds Of the World,

Biologists estimate the great coal
fields of the world in square miles as
follows: China, 200, 900; United States,
east of the Rockies, 100. 900; Canada,
IS, 900; India, 35, 500; New South
Wales, "a, 900; Russia, 20, 600, and the
United Kingdom, II, 500. There are
many deposits in other countries, but
their extent is inconsiderable. Eng
lands coal area is small: still she
for years produced more than any other
country. Now the United States is
ahead. English coal veins are thin one
only ii inches wide has been worked
/, 200 feet down. On the other hand,
there are veins in the Pennsylvania an
thracite region so feet thick and in
the bituminous regions 10 feet thick.
Our Appalachian coaltields are the lar
gest known, and alone could supply the
whole world for centuries to come.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
HONESTY THE BEST POLICY.

Honest goods, . honest prices and
honest dealings will surely bring sue
cess. Every hour proves it. The last
days of the nineteenth century show
nothing more clearly. We believe this
fact and our works demonstrate our be-
lief. Our goods are warranted to be
exactly as represented. that is honest
our goods are guaranteed to give per-
feet satisfaction, that is honest. If any
article of jewelry Of our manufacture
does not give perfect satisfaction we
will refund the money paid for such
articles; that, too, is honest.
James Wheeler of Billings, Mont.
has a complete assortment Of our goods
in his store for sale at prices that defy
competition. These goods are made
from rolled gold, gold filed or solid
gold stock, and are warranted to give
perfect satisfaction or the money will
be refunded. W. F. MAIN CO.,
Eastern Factory corner Friendship and
Eddy streets. Providence, r. I.
Western Factory Largest in the world)
under process of construction at East
Iowa City. Ia. Over SO, 900 feet of
= floor space. 92-f.4
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
The Business of q Theater,

A prosperous theater in the city of
New York may in a favorable season
do a business of more than $3.50, 900
and keep in employment $50 persons.
There are 81 theaters. including the va
riety houses, in active operation in the
boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx.
while the borough of Brooklyn adds a
score or more. Everything which affects
business in general affects the theater
Immediately.
A man will reduce his expenditures
for tickets to places of amusement long
before he thinks of cutting down his
supply of cigars, for the cigar belongs
to that class of luxuries which subtly
become necessaries. while the theater
habit, as any obscrvant manager will
tell you. requires constant cultivation.
The management of a theater is there
fore an occupation requiring business
sagacity in a greater degree than it
calls for artistic taste. W. j. Hender-
son in Scribner's.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
Ti1E FLAG OF STARS.

Oh, not alone the eager south
Alone tie steuufast North
Saw with wet eye t'ta;h spring skies
Oar flag OF s.ars 90 iOi. III.
Oh, not alone ll.s q tr east,
Nor the young i,eai Cd west.
Smiled high with VI ne VI tei e side BY side
The nations Children pressed.
But north and south and east and west
The mountain and the plain.
The prairie and the desert,
Yielded their flower again.
East and west and south and north
The flower of the land.
Hearing the mothers call. went forth
To stand at her right hand.
We be many hands in labor.
But one arm for the right;
One blood to shed, one heart till dead.
One good sword for the fight;
We be many tongued and minded.
But one mind and one tongue
When once wide sent through a continent
The nations word has rung!
Then northern tongues sing Dixie
Beneath the ancient flag.
And the southerner dies to rebaptize
His own the yankee rag!"
Brothers-to keep for freedoms sake
The flag of stars nfurle
Beneath the stars of heaven-to make
The starlight of the world!
Grace Ellerly Charming IN Youths Com.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
MOIST WEATHER..
A Description of a Spell of Humidity
on the Wabash.
Boston Journal.

A Description of a Spell of Humidity
IN the Wabash.
"Talking about rainy weather., " said
the westerner, II remember once out
in indianapolis meeting a farmer who
took the most cheerful view of damp
ness of anybody I ever saw. Iasked him
if they had had much rain down on the
Wabash that spring.
"'Well, it has been a little Damp, he
answered. The day before I left home
I had to hang up "a of my ducks. They
had got SO water soaked that they
couldn't swim any longer. I planted
my corn in two feet of water, and I
don't expect over 80 bushels to the acre.
Ny wheat is looking pretty we'll, but
the sturgeon and catfish have damaged
it considerably. There was about Is
minutes sunshine one day, and I
thought I would plant my potatoes, SO
| loaded them on a scow and anchored
the scow in three feet of water, when it
began to rain again.
"'I wanted to go down on the bottom
lands next the Wabash to see if the
grass was growing for my hay crop, but
my wife said that as we didn't have any
diving bell she'd rather I wouldn't. I
should feel kind of discouraged with all
the rain, but I've spent my odd hours
of leisure time-and the even ones, too,
on account of staying in out Of the wet
US an ark. If it will only
rain another week or two until l get
her ready to sail, I'm going to take my
out to Missouri by water for a
trip to visit our folks that moved off
out there because they didn't know
enough to stay in a place where they
were comfortable. - Boston Tran
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
AN HONEST ARTIST.
He Would Not Paint a Lie Even For
a Napoleon.

He Would Not Paint a Lie Even For
a Napoleon.
There was no love lost between the
Emperor Louis Napoleon and his cousin.
Prince Napoleon, whom the Parisians
called ':Plon Plon." The prince used to
make abusive speeches against the en-
peror, which people were only too ready
tc repeat to him Let him alone.
Louis Napoleon would reply. He is
toe well known Nc one would turn NE
out to place him on the throne.
The emperor was correct, for no one
said a good word about "Plon Plon.'
He was commonly believed to have
shown the white feather in the Crimea
and exposed himself where the
lead was falling. An English lady. who
in her young days mingled with French
society, tells in her "Foreign Courts
and Foreign Homes a story as discred-
liable to Prince Napoleon as it is hon.
orable to a French artist.
While the artist was painting the
historical picture of the battle of the
Alma. which the emperor had ordered,
Prince Napoleon called at the painters
studio to make known to him the facts.
On leaving he said he wished the prom
inent figure in the battle to be himself
mounted on his white charger. He sent
the horse to the artist so that he could
paint its exact portrait. When the pic
ture was finished and invitations were
sent out for a ''private view" the
white charger was seen, a prominent
figure in the battle, but without a rider.
On hearing Of this terrible omission
the prince sent an aid-de-camp to ask
the reason. The honest artist said the
horse should remain if the prince wish
ed, but no rider would be on it. Tell
the prince I have never yet painted a
lie. The hint was taken. The prince
ordered the horse to be rubbed out.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
HE A A SAD HABIT.
And 1t Made Him n Poor Insurance
Risk In Kentucky.

And 1t Made Him a Poor insurance
Risk In Kentucky.
The manager of a life insurance com.
pany had the floor. N
Life insurance companies, he was
saying, ''are as particular about the
people they already have on their lists
as they are abou. getting them on in
the beginning. They are rich. of course.
but they are no more anxious to take
in a man who will die of disease within
the first year or two than they are to
take in a perfectly healthy mar and
have him hazard his life by taking per-
sonal risks in dangerous pursuits or by
travel in unhealthy countries.
II remember a funny instance that
occurred once while I was living in
New England. One of our $40, 900 men
had a way of calling a man a liar in the
most careless and indiscriminate man.
ner and with only the merest or no
~provocation. One day he was in our
Office and casually mentioned the fact
that he was going to make a trip to
Kentucky.
'Wheny' inquired the manager
alertly.
Next week.
'On business or pleasureT'
Going to buy a pair of horses
"'Um-er-er!' hesitated the man.
ager. Before you start l wish you
would stop in and see me.
What for2 Want me to buy a
horse for your
No: I want to arrange about your
policy.
What do you want to arrange
about it, Isn't it all right?
":Yes. as long as you stay in this
country. But if you 60 down to Ken
lucky we'll have to advance the rate
until you come back
"'Well, what in 49, began the
policy holder holly. when the manager
interrupted him.
Don't fly the track. my dear fell
low. he said gently, It's all right here
and the rate is satisfactory to us: but.
by Jove. WI can't give you the same
rate and let you 60 to Kentucky and
call men liars like you do in this Sec
ton. Not much! We haven't got $10,-
900 policies to give away like that, and
you %oughtn't to expect it. w
ington Star.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
A LESSON IN OOklNG
How n Hobo Served Up II Dish OF
Roast Chicken.

How n Hobo Served Up n Dish Of
Roast Chicken.
1.-The first time | ran away from
home l learned a trick or two that was
worth the WHILE, said a we'll known
business man. Il started out on several
unauthorized tours of adventure before
I reached years of discretion. but the
first is most wildly impressed upon my
memory. Three of us kids caught a
freight train and got some so or 70
miles away from home before the first
nightfall. Then we didn't know where
to spend the night. Several attempts to
quarter ourselves in empty box cars on
the side track of a little village only
resulted in our being chased away and
threatened with arrest. so we went to
the outskirts of the place and built a
fire on the bank Of a little creek. Here
we made ourselves as comfortable as
possible and one or two of us had actu-
ally dozed off for short maps when a
regular hobo. d good specimen of the
real article. happened along and wanted
to know if we had anything to eat. OF
course we hadn't.
Well. he said, If you fellers II
ketch a chicken I'll show you a trick
that II be useful to you.
1T didn't take us long to catch the
chicken and bring it back. The veteran
member of the nomadic fraternity
wrung it's neck. jerked off it's head.
cleaned it and going down to the creek
wadded it up. feathers. feet and all, in
a big ball Of yellow clay. This he rolled
into the fire and scraped the burning
enlbers up around it. The clay soon
hardened. and we could see it among
the wood Goals gradually becoming a
bright cherry red. When it did so. the
cook rolled it out again. let it cool a
little and then broke it open with a
stone. The feathers had stuck to the
baked clay and a clean, inviting chick
en- was ready to be served. All the
moisture that in ordinary baking is lost
had been kept in by the brjcklike in
closure, and the morsel that fell to my
lot was the j%uiciest and sweetest l have
ever eaten. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
His Absent COmpaniOns,

At a banquet given in Rochester two
of the expected guests were unable to
be present. The order of seating hap
pened to be such that a particularly
jovial and companionable gentleman
sat with one of the vacant chairs on
each side of him. The empty chairs
and first course of oysters were left in
place for some time in case the expected
guests arrived. The solitary gentleman
therefore could move neither to the
right nor to the left. but amiably
beamed throughout the repast. SEEM
ingly hone the worse for his enforced
isolation. After the banquet some one
innocently asked him:
How did You enjoy yourself. old
chap?'
First rate" he replied briskly
enough. II sat next to a couple Of fel-
lows who weren't there. "-Rochester
Herald.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
Worship of the TIGER.

The carcass of the tiger was carried
to the adjacent village, where a hen
was decapitated in front Of it by the
Gonds as an offering to the tiger god,
while all the women assembled and did
obeisance to the monster, bringing also
their children, and placing each a small
coin on the tigers body or in front Of
its jaws; for these primitive people
look on the tiger as their god, and small
marvel seeing what a wondrous crea-
ture he is, with matchless symmetry
Of form and mighty strength, before
which man seems an insignificant pup
pet. -"Tropics and Shows, by Burton.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
SHE o HIM BACK.
How the Dogs Mistress Retained Her
Pet Spaniel.

How the Dogs Mistress Retained Her
Pet Spaniel.
When Mrs. Marie Nevins Blaine was
married to DR.. W. T. Bull, her Pei
spaniel, Zion was banished. After tho
couple had been married a year Nrc
Bull persuaded her husband to let ,.is,
return for a week, promising to k9e:
him in the stable.
Three days Of Lions visit had passet
when as DR.. Bull was taking Off ki>
overcoat in his Office there came q rap at
the inner door. 1t was so faint that at
first he did not notice it. Then when it
was repeated he said. "Come in" No
n came, but the rapping went on. He
opened the door, and there stood Lion.
He had been knocking the door with a
little wooden box he held in his mouth,
addressed to DR.. Bull. The doctor took
the box, and Lion, toe polite to intrude,
turned and walked in a dignifed man.
ner back up stairs. The doctor opened
the box and read the tiny note contain
ed therein. smiled and threw it in the
yorapbasket.
The next day Lion knocked and left
another note. The third time he came
there was a reply for him. The doctor
said, "Lion, wait" He took the box,
a%bstraoted the note, put one Of his own
in its place, and handing the box back
to the dog gave him a pat and sent him
up stairs. Here is a copy Of Lions notes
and the reply they finally elected:
DEAR DocToR-I am enjoying my visit to my
very much. It was very kind of you
to invite me here, and I have tried to behave
the best I know low. It will be hard to leave
my mistress again. 1 wish you would like me
little bit. LION.
The letter which Lion carried back
to his mistress read:
L1oN-You are such a respectable, we'll bred
fellow that your visit is extende indefinitely.
W. 7. B.
Journal.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
HE ATE THE SOAP.
Garland Would Have Swallowed 1t If
1t Had Killed Him.

The late Augustus H. Garland. who
was attorney general under President
Cleveland, was very fond of practical
jokes and during his term of service in
the senate frequently turned the laugh
on his colleagues. Senators Voorhees,
and Vest, with whom he was very
friendly, finally determined to turn the
tables. MI. Garland had a habit. like
Voorhees,, of munching candy. and Vest
and Voorhees, made it up between them
to take advantage Of his fondness for
sweets to play their trick. They had
some tempting looking chocolate cara
n.els prepared. with the interior filled
with brown soap. These they took to
the senate chamber and Voorhees, placed
them Of mis- desk. The lid being off
when Mr.. Garland sauntered down the
aisle he noticed them at once.
"What have you there, DAM he in
quired.
Voorhees, looked up carelessly from
his writing and responded: "Caramels.
Help yourself"
Garlar needed no second invitation
and, picking up two or three. placed
n in his mouth. Steadily he chewed
away. his face betraying no sign of the
conflict within him. This alarmed
Voorhees,. who went to Vests desk and
said.
Hes eating them, Vest! What shall
we do? The stuff will kill him sure!'
Senator Vest replied that it could do
no more than make him sick. Garland
swallowed the stuff, although he was
foaming at the mouth from the soap
suds. He related the incident afterward
with great gusto and said he would
have swallowed it if it had killed him.
York Sun.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
Proud of Her Work,

He looked with forced admiration at
the slippers-forced because he already
had half a dozen pairs.
"You don't mean to tell me that
they are all your own work. What a
talented little wife I'm going tt havel'
And she smiled. though the plain
truth was that she had bought the up
pers. paid q man to cole them and then
managed to sew the bows on crooked
after her mother had made them. Yet
she was very proud and really wonder
ed how she had managed to accomplish
30 much. Detroit Journal.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
Mrs. Watkins' Club Inheritance,

II don't see.' said MIR. Mulberry.
''why yon women have that Mrs. Wat
kins in your literary club. The rest of
you ere bright enough. but she's as dull
az dull can be-.
Its this way. answered Mrs. Null
berry. MRS. Watkins great-grand-
mothers half sisters second cousin by
marriage could trace her descent from
Chaucer. So. you see. after all. with
such literary claims, we couldn't very
well leave Mrs. Watkins out. "-Har-
per's Bazaar.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
First Publication March 10, 1884,
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of Caroline Taylor, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed administrator. of the estate of
Caroline Taylor, deceased, TO the cred
itors of and all persons having claims
against the said deceased, to exhibit
them, with the necessary vouchers,
within four months after the first publ
cation of this notice, to the said admin
~istrator at his office in Billings in the
county of Yellowstone, state of Montana.
Dated at Billings, Mont, March 4,
1899. II. w. ROWLEY,
Administrator OF the estate of Caroline
Taylor, deceased.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
First Publication March 10, 1885,
CONTEST NOTICE.
Department of the Interior,

Department OF the Interior,
United States Land Office.
Bozeman, Mont, March l. 1899.
A sufficient contest affidavit having
been filed in this office by Henry Terrell,
contestant, against homestead entry
No. 1921, made June l, 1893, for lots 5,
4, SEA SW4, SW4 SEA, section 1S,
township N. range % E, by Robert B.
Stephenson, Jr, contestee, in which it
is alleged that said homestead has been
wholly abandoned by said Robert B.
Stephenson, Jr, said parties are hereby
notified to appear. respond and offer evil
dence touching said allegation at 10
o'clock a. m. on April 20, 1899, before A.
Fraser, U. S. commissioner, Billings,
Mont, and that final hearing will be
held at 10 o'clock a. m. on April 20, 1899
before the register and receiver at the
United States land office in Bohemian,
Mont.
The said contestant having, in a
proper affidavit, filed March 1, 1899, set
forth facts which show that after due
diligence, personal service of this notice
can not be made, it is hereby ordered
and directed that such notice be given
by due and proper publication.
A. L.. LOVE, Register.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
strengthening Weak Eyes.

What is said to be an excellent lotion
for strengthening weak eyes is as fol-
lows: Four ~teaspoonfuls of boracic pow
der and a pint of boiling water. Put
the powder in a jug and pour the water
over it. Stir until quite dissolved, then
put the solution into a bottle and keep
we'll corked until required. When re-
quired. add a little boiling water to an
eggcupful. with or without the addi-
ton of two ~teaspconfuls of laurel or
elder flower water. and battle the eyes
frequently with this. using a soft rag
or fine sponge for the purpose. New
York Tribune.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31

The Husband IL WOrthless.
Helen Watterson Moody believes that
the husband who can be managed is
not worth managing, and there is no
better principle. she adds. in The La
dies Home Journal. for both husband
and wife to adopt in adjusting them
selves to the new relation thar that of
trying to do each by the other what
men are accustomed to call the square
thing. Many a woman understands
managing a husband better than she
does doing the square thing by him.
and many a man understands and prac-
tices doing the square thing by other
men who would be affronted if he were
to be told that, judged by his own bust.
ness standards, he habitually dealt un-
fairly with his own wife.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-31
Insect NOtea.

The slow Tapping of a butterfy's
wing produces no sound. When the
movements are rapid. a noise is produce
ed which increases with the number of
vibrations. Thus the house fly, which
produces the sound Of F, vibrates its
wings 81. 1870 times a minute or 1856
times a second. and the bee. which
makes a sound Of A, as many as 26. 400
times OF 440 times a second. A tired
bee huns on E. and, therefore. accord
ing to theory. vibrates its wings only
$50 times a second.