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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-14
TALKING DOWN. THE TUBE.
Unpleasant Results From Keeping a
Harsh Voiced Maid.

Unpleasant Results From Keeping q
Harsh Voiced Maid.
One of the unpleasant features of life
in a Hat is that you unconsciously turn
friends OK Indifferent acquaintance
into active enemies. Some one rings the
bell. Your faithful maid rushes from
the kitchen to the speaking tube.
"Who is it,"
But no words can describe the forbid
ding tone in which this natural request
is made. You say to yourself, II must
sandpaper Emma's voice"
If you were at the other end of the
tube, you would hear a we'll bred cues!
ton:
lis Mrs. Smithers in p
"Who is it?' Emma is uncompro-
mising.)
"1s Mrs. Smithers in
"What's your name!' (Fortissimo. }
II asked if Mrs. Smithers was in"
Eyes, but who are your (You rush
into the hall to expostulate.)
Twill you tell Mrs. Smithers that
Mrs. De Lancey Montressor called2"
"Come up
Silence.
Oninous ~sil0nce. You look out of the
window. Mrs. Montressor is going
away. The back of her head looks
angry.
And it was only last Thursday that
You invited her to talk with you at
your home about getting up a class to
study Dante in the original.
Emma is in the kitchen. You dare
not reproach her. In the first place, you
yourself told her always to ask a call
er's nam before opening the door. In
the second place, she is getting dinner.
Journal.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-14
Obeying the Robins Warninx,

In some parts of Warwickshire the
tapping of a bird around the house is
looked upon by the superstitious as a
warning. A doctor was recently sum-
moned in hot haste to a farmhouse not
many miles from Birmingham. He
found an old man in bed, but in perfect
health. and asked why he had been Sent
for.
"Why, sir" replied the daughter-in-
law. ..'there a little robin about
the door; we knowed it was a call
and we thought it must be granfer, so
we put un in bed and cent for you."-
London Telegraph.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-14
No Half Way Invalid.

my friend" said the nervous man,
don't you think you ought to take
something for that cold'fs You know
what a great deal of trouble may arise
from a slight cough"
That's all right" answered Der
ringer Dan. II never had a slight
cough in my life. When I cough, I
cough like blazes. "-Washington Post.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-14
Q Your Sister

A beautiful complexion is an impossible
ty without good pure blood, the sort
that only exists IN connection with good
digestion, a healthy liver and bowels.
Karl's Glover Root Tea acts directly on
the bowels, liver and kidneys keeping
them in perfect health. Price 25 cts.
and 80 cts. Sold by ,Chapple Drug Go.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-14
Riding.

Horseback riding possesses. according
to some physicians, the faculty of both
increasing and reducing weight. If
meals are taken Immediately after rid.
ing, additional flesh is gained. other
wise q decrease of flesh fesulta
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-14

LIQUID FERTILIZER.

Western Ways of Applying 1t In
Early Market hardening.
The cheapest fertilizer vat and that
most generally used in the west consists
Of a hole dug in the ground and filled
with stable manure This is weighted
down solidly during the winter I'd
early spring, and a ditch of water is
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-19

The BAN ON ROGER WILLIAMS
Representative Davis, of Cambridge
introduced 10 the lower brancn OF Ih'
Massachusetts Legislature yesterday
petition ard resolution providing ina
the sentence OF expulsion against
Roger Williams passed 264 years age
be revoked.
The petition recites that The genera
court OF Massachusetts Bay, at ITS ses'
sion in Newton (now Cambridge pass
ed sentence as above October 8, 1863
and that Governor Winthrop asked
soon after that Williams be recalled
and his sentence revoked, which the
legislature refused.
The petitioners, mostly Cambridge
clersymen, claim that Roger Williams
doctrine of religious liberty, for advo
eating which he was hanished, has be
come the fundamental doctrine o
Christendom. The resolve WAS referred
to the committee on rules.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-19
Story Of n Slave.

To be bound hand and foot for years
bv the chains of disease is the worst
form of slavery, George D. Williams,
of Manchester, Mich, tells how such a
slave was made free. He says: My
wife had been 80 helpless for FIVE years
that she could not turn over ID bed
alone After using two bottles of Elec-
tric Bitters, she is wonderfully improv-
sd and able to do her own work" This
supreme remedy for female diseases
quickly cures nervousness, ,sleepiesssness
melancholy, headache, backache' faint-
ing and dizzy SPELLS aThis miracle WORK
inc medicineis godsend to weak, sick,
lvs run down people. Every bottle
Guaranteed. Only so cents. Sold oy
F. L. Allen and E. S. Leadbeater q
Sons.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-19

NEW TERMINAL FACILITIES. -Tne
Chesapeake and Ohi0 Railway IS pian-
nine improvements to lis valuable ter
ni1al property at Newport News that
vii! cost hundreds of thousands Of dol
lars when completed.
A new grain elevator having ca
pacity of about 100000 bushels will
be built near pier No. S. a new coal
pier of moderu style will be erected
below pier No The pier will be en-
arged to accommodate the rapidly
growing business Of the Chesapeake
end Obio, and i, is quite likely that
arge bonded warehouse will be Quilt
on 1t.
The railroad yard will be extended
3 OOO feet to the north and when the
additional four miles of track are laid,
the Chesapeake and Ohio yard will be
three miles long from the piers to the
northern boundary, and will include
fftv-two miles of track. These I'M.
0r0vements have been decided upon and
ne statement that they are to be built
: made on the authority OF Preslden'
Ingells, of the Chesapeake and Onie
and Big Four systems.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-19
For DENENCY IN JOURNALISM

FOR DECENCY IN JOURNALISM.
Before the Sphinx Club at the Wal
dorf-Astoria Monday evening DR.. St.
Clair McKelway. editor OF the Brook
Ign Eagle, said among other things:
advertisers and newspaper men to
gether make the character of e public
journal. The editorial page, all con-
tradiction TO the contrary no;withstand
ing, is the most important page of the
newspaper. The news pages, by their
fairness, their cleaDness, their iutelli-
gence and their enterprise, largely
make evident the ability and the re-
sources of the sheet. But the editorial
page reflects not only the ability, bat
the character of the journal; It's virtue
as well as IT'S vigor; its conscience as
we'll as its capacity; ITS courage ss well
as its conscience. The editorial page
indicates the quality Of the constitutes
cy OF g newspaper. | know that it
could not get along without the news
pages, but 1 also know that the new ;
pages would get along in limpng and
nalting fashion without the editorial
page. Recall newspapers with poor
editorial pages or with none, but with
bright news pages. They may have
vogue, but they do lot have influence.
rney may have circulation, but they
do not have power. They may be able
to say things aud to spread things, hut
they cannot do things and cannot get
things done. And the exact measure
of their iupoteucy is suggested by the
Olare of their claims of efficiency and
of plishment. Happily these
newspapers of blare are juer few enough
20 be as distinctive as repulsive, and
desirably 10 ditferentiate themselves
from the general journalism that, at
nome and abroad, was never more re-
spectacle and more honorable than it is
ioday.
~ give short duration to the jour
ualism of dirt, defamation, demagogy
and boasting. That journalism, in all
It's few examples, is b, coming the vic.
tim of throat-cutting competition and
of reciprocsl evisceratiou; aud the
other journalism, holding It's steady
course, was never more prosperous and
never more deseTvedly SO than now. l
exuect that it will still further improve
| concede that the great advertisers
nave greatly improved it. Their an
nouncements have the charm OF nara
live. They have the sequence OF or.
gument. They have the attraction OF
fancy. They have the incentive and
| ,he decoration OF metaphor, OF literary
allusion, 1t times Of poetry itself"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-19
Rheumatism Cured.

NV wife has used Chamberlain IS
Pain Balm for rheumatism with great
relief, and I can recommend it as a
splendid liniment for rheumatism and
other household use for which We have
found it valuable.-W. R. Cuyler, Red
Creek, N. Y.
Mr.. Cuyler is one of the leading mer-
chants of this village and one OF the
most prominent men in this vicinity
W. G. Phippin, Editor Red Greek Her
aid. For sale by J. 81. Janney, Drug
gist, 701 King St.
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Don't think you can cure that slight s'tscS m A
of Dyspepsis by dieting, or that it will cure
itself Kodol Dyspepsia Cure WILL cure II
it 'digasts what you cat" and restores u. the
digestive organs TO health. Edgar "arheiu'
ir.. ecrner King and Pitt streets.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-19

If you suffer from tenderness or fullness on
the light side pains under shoulder blade.
constipation. billiousness, sick headache, and
feel dali. heavy and slee y your liver is Tor
pd and congested DeWitts Little Esrly
pisers will cure you promptly. pleasantly and
permanently by emcving the congestion and
causing the bile ducts to open and flow natur-
ally. THEY ARE GOOD PILLS. Edgar War
field. jr corner Kinq and Pitt streets.
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..s. g @eLL-ERilsp REMEDy.-Mrs
pH. Syrup bsa been 1884 Tor
-asfs millions nj mnahoys foI
af,u WHO toovhing, with perfect
,, 32laes the child, softons the gums,
ate, cures wind coke ana IS Tho
cT Da1hss. r. alassant 10 he
Druggists IL ovory part .! .he
aty-dyo cents 6ortle. lt5 T&lue
.Ula Gs sure saG, ak to- Ms. Wins
o7-ang 5yfap eoA saEo 70 otds' Si06.
.. sr--
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s5ee of the results of neglected dyspepiic
,ni.,ous of the stomach are cancer en-
Sumption. heart di-esse and epilepsy Kodol
Dyspepsia .u-e prevents sll tn : by cttec;inr =
) s.'rs cure in all cas~s of dv-peps'" EdgaT
W4-4ad. ir. corner K; a"6 Pvt -'rN"ts
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Handkerchiefs.

Mems Fine Grade Hemstitchad Linen
Handkcrcniefs Price so Those needing
the soft feeling in place ot corse linon feel
appreciate this line OF good
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-19
WINES AND LIQUORS.

Licensed dealers sell them. Chemists pro-.
nounce them first Glass Physicians prescribe
them for their patients. Connoisseurs have
them on their sideboards. Once tried. always
used, the G. o. Taylor Old Bourbon and Pure
Rye Whiskies. G. n. Graves & Sons, sole pro-.
prietors Boston. Mass. Sold Only in sealed
hotties
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Suspenders.
Half Hose.

Mems Fancy Half Hose in hues sparkling
with gorgeous array of brightness. Price
1870.
Mems Hormsiorf Black Half Hose, thick
ness less weighty than previously sold. Price
1850.
Mems Hermsdorf Black Half Hose bodied
in cloth of evenness combining presentablity
and satisfactory wear Price 25c The wear
Of this hose is vouched for by hundreds of
weArers in this city.
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5alDs 6R0l,'aF..E2Y. Cry thi-
- ga.c1 -enaiy ;or siansos. '1'''o''.''
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DRUGGISTS.

for the sick room or boudoir, tonics and spe-
ci6cs that have been tested and found effect
nal for intended purposes, we keep at all times
in our high grade stock of proprietary med'
cinos. Our stock of valuable and meritorious
remedies will be found Of the best and are In
valuable for family use. We make speciality
of keeping the newest remedies, and those
old ones which sre but seldom called for.
LEADBEATER & SONS,
Established 1892. Fairfax street.
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sASTrYA cTUSgE5 c.
So. pOCRS, 3&&E, BIIEDs
s1S hC1ULDINC6, jHANIE4j9,
1tII, KINDS CT WOOD W0I &
j yard ro. q north Union gtIce
,s-a.l No,. IL 3 and 10 north Loo s.. 6l2x
ar'-s Va No charge FOR delivery in ci!T.
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PLUMBERS.
PATENT DECISION.

Judge shpmsn, in the United States Court i
of Appeals, has today april 9TH, handed
down decision finally sustaining the "e's-
bach Light Co.'s Rawson Patent. In view ol
this decision every manufacturer, sellel oi
user of incandescent gas lights other Lhan 'ne
Welsbach is al infrlnger and the Weispac. !.
Light Company will proceed against them S'
once. For sale By
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{ HEADACHE POWDERS.
" ever Fifty yea~s

WtsHlN NGTON, D. c.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13

an agreement to employ Union labor
exclusively. It's a matter of politics
who gets the state contracts. Money
talks in politics. The Typographical
union is ready to talk to the extent OF
$4,000 to gain this particular thing 1t
wants. Years ago this union used to
rely largely on sentiment. 1t issued
statements" to the world. calling at
tention to its real or imaginary griev-
ances. 1t found that the world had lit
tie time to read and less inclination to
heed these tales of woe. 1t doesn't issue
SO many statements now. 1t does bllsl-
ness, and recognizes that to do bnsl-
ness with success, you must have
money. So it appropriates money.
The shorter workday committee pre-
sented it's final report. In the report
the craft is congratulated upon the
substantial progress that has been
made, and it states that not the least
beneficial outcome of its labors has
been the mutual understanding arrived
at between the employers and the en-
ployes of the allied printing trades.
The interest of employer and empioye
alike can be best served, the commit
tee finds, by resort to a system in
which negotiation is substituted for
obstinate insistence on demands, and
of strikes and lOckOuts
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13
Unnecessary Business Disturbances.


Gunton's Magazine, a periodical that
discusses economic and labor questions
from a very fair standpoint, says the
Brooklyn, New York and Cleveland
street car strikes are manifest unnec-
essary business disturbances, which
need not, ought not, and would not
have occurred if the management Of
the corporations had lived up to the
spirit Of the ten-hour law and recog-
nized the now conceded right of labor
ers 10 act as organized bodies. The
strikes emphasize the need of better
and more intelligent organization
among laborers, and of permanent,
established system Of conferences be-
tween representatives of the corpora
tions on one side and labor unions on
the other. The Brooklyn and New
York strikes were precipitated unwise-
ly, without specific statement of
strong case, and without unanimity
among the men themselves. More ef-
fective organization and discussion of
the case in joint board Of representa-
tives of employers and labOrers-a la
Dor senate-would have either made
the New York strikes successful or
prevented them entirely, and in the
Cleveland case would have forestalled
the chief and almost only cause of the
whole disturbance.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13

the rear of the field defeated the cracks
with the exception of Cooper, who
could not compete. The riders said
that this was also a fluke, as one and
all, according to their own declare
tions, had changed to a smaller gear
owing to the very heavy track and
windy day But Newhouse went to
Erie and in his heat on the 25th closed
Stevens out Of the final. The riders
said nothing this time. and when ia the
final the Old timer OF the early nineties
went from the rear of the field to vic
tory without the slightest trouble the
other riders took him by the hand and
announced him one of the select and
rider from the ground up. Their ad-
mratiOn was earned.
Otto Maya's winning has been in
handicaps, it is true, and from fair
marks. but be won so steadily and in
such open battle with the good men
as to stamp him another returned rider
from the field of has beens,' So
called. Maya is one Of the best handi-
cap men of the year and one of the
best head workers in the business.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13
Worth OF Records of Pitchers.

The best proof of the utter wOrth-
lessness Of the pitching records based
upon percentage of victories, as a
criterion of merit, is found in the fact
that Hickman stands first in the list
with six straight victories and no de-
feats. His work, instead of emitting
him to rank first among the pitchers Of
the league. has been so unsatisfactory
that the Boston club has given him his
release. He established the base-on-
balls record by sending fourteen men
to first in eight innings, and on sew
eral occasions has filled the bases
through lack of control. Fortunately
for his record the superior work of his
teammates at the bat and in the field
have saved him from being charged
with a defeat. The best test of a
pitchers ability that can be reduced to
figures is the percentage of earned runs
of his delivery through base hits and
bases on balls, wild pitches and balks.
Hickman has been failure as Ma
tional league pitcher, but his splendid
batting and fielding while playing left
field in Capt. Duffy's place entitle him
to remain in the major league.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13
International TvpOgra phical.

A few days ago the International
Typographical union met in annual
convention in Detroit Mich. 1t was the
largest convention ever held by the
union. 1t was up to date. 1t believed
in using the power of concentration
and money, rather than resorting to
open breaks between employer and en-
ploye. 1t was prudent. 1t believed that
it is wise in time of peace to prepare
for war. 1t realized that you cannot
as rule, get good thing without pay
ing it; SO it adopted the following:
Resolved, further, That every member
shall pay, in addition to the 80 cents
before mentioned in this section, the
sum of 10 cents per month, the money
SO collected to be converted as each
$1,000 is accumulated. into United
States bonds or securities of equal sta
bility, the same to be known as the
permanent defense fund, in the keeping
of the executive council, the interest
OH which, after the 100000 shall have
been accumulated, shall be turned over
to the temporary defense fund, by
winch name LHe union IuuQ snail De
known, in charge also of the executive
council, the further disposition of the
permanent defense fund to rest solely
with the International typographical
union, as determined by the referen-
dunn" One hundred thousand dollars
il much money, but it will not take
many men long to accumulate it, and
money talks every time in business.
Then the convention did another very
good thing. 1t wants official printing
everywhere done by union men. The
official printing OF Michigan is not
done by union men. So the executive
council was authorized to expend not
more than $4,000 for the purpose of
securing the Michigan state printing
contract for firm that will enter into
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13
Clever Piece OF Team Work.

The win of the United States anna
the cleverest exhibition of team rae
ing ever seen in this country. The
first contest was tie, and in the run
over the Americans frequently drop
ped back for consultation, for the race
was very slow. Peabody, as captain of
the team, arranged at first to have each
of his mates watch a man and ride
to beat that man This might have
won If the Canadians had not caught
OH in the first contest, but Captain
Peabody changed his tactics and ar
ranged his plans all over again while
the second race was in progress. He
moved up along the pole himself. with
Wilson on his rear wheel. Then
Moran, of Chelsea, moved up behind
Wilson, with Ingraham on his rear
wheel. This placed the four Ameri-
cans along the pole single file and the
Canadians watched for surprise, rid
ing each one of them on the outside
of an American. In the last lap Pea
DOQy maue run out 10 lne ITOIlL anu
brought his team along with him
Cleared Of the Canadians Moran start
ed for the tape with lngraham, while
Wilson hung on behind Peabody. The
game worked all right, for Wilson go,
first and Ingraham third, while Pea
body took fourth and Moran sixth
This gave our team the victory by a
wide margin Of points.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13
The West Wind.

Blow. winds, blow out of the wildering
West
The West of the setting sun,
The cup that has caught the sinking
light
OF all the days that are done
Blow, winds, blow out of the clouded
wake
OF the sunbeams tired of play
The beams that lean on the edge of eve
And slip in the dark away.
Blow over the cheek of painting hope.
At rest In his goalless climb;
Come back from the toll that doubles
age,
And teach us the younger time.
Chasten the lip of the bitter cup
l stained with a sin of yore.
And bring it back till | taste again
or the sweets I left before.
Give birth to joy in my heart grown old
In the history Of it's grief.
And death to pain while his fangs are
dull.
The sting of their poison, brief.
Blow, winds, blow out of the grave OF
light;
Come up from the tomb of day,
And lead all the spirit lovers back
From the dreams 1 dreamed away.
Blow, winds, but leave the sun of the
East
Not long may 1 hold him guest
For he will turn with the tide of noon.
While / sink into the West
j. A. Coll in Midland Magazine"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13
Mexico Wants 1. &. A. 1901 Meet.

America wants the international
meet again in 1901 and intends to win
this plum if possible. Yankee brains
and energy down in Mexico, represent
ed by Tom Crump. once of Louisville
but now an adopted son in the sister
republic. is anxious to run the inter-
national championships two years
hence. Mr.. Crump is president of the
Union Ciclista Mexicana and is
hustler. At Montreal and at Boston
he took the position of press reporter
and throughout the long, hot after
moons he shaved to give the press men
that information which can be secured
| only by the hard, patient work of some
one else. And now the press men de-
clare that he is the man to success
fully run an internatinal meet in 1901.
They have seen him work and like his
style. Down in the republic cycling is
at present on the boom and Mr. Crump
is going to do much more to make it
popular. He returned home to arrange
for tour through the republic by the
prominent Americans this winter and
says that the success of this trip will
attest the right of Mexico to give tho
international championships their
standing in 1901