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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-31
STATE LEGISLATORS.
introduced Bills While the sena-
torial Fight Was in
Progress.
ALL KINDS AND DSHADES.
One to Establish County Free High
Schools and Another to License
and Regulate Gambling.
Friday-In the Senate

In the senate this morning the bill Of
Hannah's relating to printing the off
cial ballots was referred to the commit
tee on privileges and elections.
The judiciary committee reported fa-
vorably upon thes bill for registering
trade marks with the secretary Of state.
while the committee on public morals
recommended for passage Hoffman IS
bill amending the law as to the adulter-
alton Of candy. This bill permits the
use of glucose.
Stanton gave notice of a bill provid-
ing for making rent due lien upon per-
sonal property, and Clark Of bill re-
lating to the levy Of taxes.
The senate finally passed Campbell IS
bill suppressing trespassing upon cars,
with Norris and Tierney voting in the
negative. It also passed the Norris bill
relating to fees Of county treasurers in
issuing certificates for redemption and
sale of taxes
The senate passed in committee Of
the whole bills relating to vacating
plated townsites; protecting witnesses
before bribery Investigating commit
tees: amending the codes as to the
pleadings in civil actions and substi-
tute for the Norris bill permitting grad
yates of the normal school to receive
life diplomas without further examina-
tion.
In the House.
In the house Burke, Sullivan and
Stone gave notice Of bills for reappor-
tionment of counties. Burke's consoli-
dates Valley and Dawson, gives "a SEN
ators, SO representatives according to
the governors Recommendation. Sulli-
van s allows "a senator's, 66 represent
atives, and Stones "a senator's, 63 rep
resentatives.
Bills were introduced:
By the judiciary committee, two
substitutes for Fl. B. 36, permitting
foreign surety companies to do business
in Montana; also relating to bonds of
officers and other bonds.
4 Sweeney, relating to duties Of county
superintendents Of public schools; pro-
viding for their travelling expense.
Carr. licensing and regulating gam
bling game.
Losekamp, establishing county free
high schools and providing for their
maintenance
Crutchfield, relating to regulation
and Incorporation Of religious corpora
tions.
Judiciary committee, relating to
duties Of county attornies.
Truscott's bill relating to the statute
of limitation, passed.
Hedges bill reducing the legal rate
of interest, title amended and passed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-31
.BRIBE GlVBR ELECTED
w. A. Clark Won the Senatorial
Battle Saturday with Fifty
Four Votes.
HELPED
Eleven So-Called Republicans Cast
Their Votes for Him Four
True to the Last.

Helena, jan 2S.-William A. Clark,
the multi millionaire of Butte, was to-
day elected United States senator by
the Montana legislature in joint session
upon the seventeenth joint ballot. He
received 81 votes, or seven more than
necessary, there being one absentee,
Representative Sands. Two ballot
We're taken today, the first time that
more than one ballot has been taken i'll
one day since the beginning of the ses-
sion. Eleven republicans proved trait
ors to their party and constituency and
voted with the Clark forces, thereby
breaking the deadlock. -Four repubii-
cans remained true to the end and cast
their votes for T. G. Marshall, whom
they first voted for.
Scenes of unusual excitement marked
the final vote in the senatorial contest.
Representative Matts of Deer Lodge
and Speaker Stiff delivered impassioned
speeches denouncing the election Of Mr..
Clark, while Senator Geiger and Rep
resentative Marcyes, republicans, ex-
planned that they voted for democrat
III hGlCIClCG w GlO WlSuSS lu6lI COIl-
stituents and to break the deadlock.
The first ballot resulted:
Clark rkSenate, 10; house, 81; total.
Al.
Conrad-Senate, 5; house, 25; total,
30.
Leonard-Se Senate, 8; house, 81 total,
10.
Maginnis Senate, 9; house. 4;
total, g.
Fox-Senate, /.
This was a gain of one for Clark as
compared with the vote Of yesterday,
the new accession being Bowlen Of
Carbon, who has been voting for Fox.
The joint assembly by vote Of So to
40 voted to hold another ballot This
vote showed that Clark was in control,
and the opposition practically gave up.
The second ballot and the seventeenth
joint ballot this session resulted:
Clark Senate, IA: house, 40: total,
81.
Conrad Senate, a; house, 80; total,
~.
Maginnis Senate, 4; house. 8;
total, 7.
Marshall senate, 2; house. 2; total.
CLARK of Madison county House, 1.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-31
Saturday-In the Senate.

The senate declined to stand by the
majority report Of the committee on
towns and counties that Hobson's sal
ary bill be indefinitely postponed. By a
vote of II to it voted to sustain the
minority report that the bill do pass.
The committee on towns and counties
also recommended that Cullen's bill
dividing counties into districts and
making the commissioners represent
each district, be printed.
The committee on elections and priv
ileges introduced bill paying
Sergeant.at-Arms Ponsford $96. go, ex-
penses attendant upon serving the pro-
cess Of the senate upon County Clerk
Therriault in the Geiger- -Whiteside
contest.
Two house bills, Truscott's and
Hedges, were read the first time and
referred to. the Judiciary committee.
The first relates to the statute of limi-
tations and the second to legal rate Of
interest.
Phillips gave notice Of q bill fixing
the rates Of transportation upon coal in
Montana, and Geiger Of bill amend.
ing the printing laws 30 that concerns
outside Of the state can compete.
In committee Of the whole Court.
ney's bill relating to exposed mining
shatts was considered ssand passed with.
out amendment.
Upon the third reading Of bills the
senate finally passed tho substitute for
NNvuast hil1 valakAs,m n. m~~ A, = taa Hvrssn
state normal schools not haviaa to b
re.examinsd. 6tanton'a relating 10
pleadings In civil antious. and etanton's
relating to the attendance of witnesses
upon bribery investigating committees.
Ths Mswss IN mslss.
When the house was called 10 order
at 10 o'clock this inusntnx. tally half
the msmbsrs esilsd 10 rsstaasa 10 their
names. haa ths absent enss appeared
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-31

A Miss Dougherty Of Boulder sued
Henry Dahlman Of the same place, for
$4,000 for breach Of promise and the
same came up for trial in the district
court Of Jefferson county last week.
Dahlman is rich mine owner and ac-
cording to the young lady had made
love to her and sich. The jury re-
turned a verdict Of $3,45s.9l in her
favor.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-31

Detailed Vote Seventeenth Ballot.
Senate: Clark-Bowlen, Connolly,
Cullen, Gruwell, Geiger, Hannah.
Hobson, Hoffman, Mahon, Mitchell,
Phillips, Riddell. Tierney, Warner. ~
IA.
Conrad-Anderson, Eggleston, Myers.
Stanton-4.
Magihnis- Campbell, Clark, Court
ney, Norris-4.
Marshall Mckay. Worden.
House: Clark Beasley, Bennett,
Black, BywaterS Conrow, Day, Ever
sole, Fine, Finn, Carr, Gibson, Gil
lette, Hill, Hutchinson, Ingersoll,
Jacqueth, johnson, Kuphal. Lookhart,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-28
a snol,elesss-powder Cnue.

One of the most unique canes ever
designed for an American officer has
lust been completed in San Francisco.
1t is made Of government smokeless
powder and is to be presented to Cap
tuin Charles O'Neill Of Washington,
D. c., chief Of the bureau of ordnance
of the United States navy.
The cane is beautiful rich brown
in color, with highly polished sur
face. 1t is finished with heavy gold
handle, decorated at the curve with a
raised and elaborate monogram of the
letters sc. ON" On the end of the
handle is the Latin inscription, "Scipio
in pace, in bello fulmen" 10 staff in
peace, thunderbolt in wary. Asolid
silver ferrule encircles the lower end,
and upon it is engraved the apt warn
ing, sCave ignem" beware of fire..
Well may the owner of this cane be-
ware of fire, for though this particular
brown powder, SO powerfully destruo-
tive when confined in a cannon, is
harmless when ignited in the open, it
is very infammable and will burn as
readily as celluloid and with much
the same effect when blaze is applied
to it, The warning upon the ferrule
is intended as caution not to use the
cane as a poker. For all ordinary
purposes the peculiar stick is both
useful;I'ld ornamental. --San francisco
Chron:cc'a.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-28
The Railroad nnd tho Farm er.

The railroad is of the greatest SER
vice to the farmer, and here the patent
system is most intimately connected
with its institution and development.
The railroad ships live cattle and per-
ishable fruits and vegetables from dis
tances that would be impossible with
the old methods of transportation, be-
cause such products would perish on
the way, and, besides carrying more
stable products, it brings the farmer
his implements and fertilizers. In
fact, if he had to haul all his products
by wagon, many large areas in this
country could not be worked. because
they are so far from the markets that
the cost OF shipment III the old way
would be prohibitive. The railroad
puts the farmer in touch with the
consumer, no matter what distance
may separate them. Indeed, the rail
road and steel steamship opon to the
American farmer the whole world as q
market. The steel steamer is much
more economical than the wooden sail
ing vessel which it has supplanted,
because it is several times larger, much
safer and faster than the sailing ship,
and yet it requires a smaller crew and
a shorter period OF time to make a
trip, resulting il a great saving Of
wages. The farmer gets the benefit
ofthese differences in lower transporta-
tion. Scientific American.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-28
Buying Cats Wholesale.
IIazaasl I!zslIfgyS

DR., i. B. Kinnaird, one Of the proml.
nent physicians Of Lancaster, says that
In 1S49 q European tobacco buyer was
in Garrard, stopping at Il house near
tho headwaters of Sugar Creek, an im-
portant shipping point, and one day an
old man from Casey County, who hap
pened to pass by, asked the European,
whose name was Billy Walls, what he
was buying, when he laughingly an
swered: Il am here buying cats to
ship to England" What are you
paying for them?' "ren cents apiece" /"
The Casey man pursued his journey,
and going to his native county he gath
cred up every cat within its borders
that the owners would give up, and
with his four-horse team passed
through Lincoln and Boyle, adding to
his stock of cats, till at last wooden
cages full Of felines were piled as high
upon his old government wagon as
they could be kept on, and arriving at
Mr.. Walls clearinghouse in Garrard,
he said: .I have brought you them
there cats we were talking about, and
I have in that old wagon 1, 100 eleven
hundred) Of the best rat-catchers in
kentucky" The European gentleman
saw the joke was on him, and hi
handed over S110 amid the great
laughter Of the crowd that happened
to be present. The cats were liberated
at once, and they Go say there hasn't
been a rat in that portion Of Ken
lucky since.-Harrodsburg Ky.) Say
ines.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-28
To BE Cheerful.

The sovereign voluntary path to
cheerfulness. if our spontaneous cheer
fulness be lost, is to sit up cheerfully,
to look round cheerfully, and to act
and speak as if cheerfulness were
already there. Ifsuch conduct doesn't
make you soon feel cheerful, nothing
else on that occasion can. So to feel
brave, act as if we were brave, use all
our will to that end, and courage-6t
will very likely replace the fit of fear.
Again, in order to feel kindly toward
person to whom we have been mimi
cal, the only way is more OF less de-
iiberately to smile, to make sympa-
thetic inquiries, and to force ourselves
to say genial things. One hearty
laugh together will bring enemies into
q closer communion of heart than
hours spent on. both sides in inward
wrestling with the mental demon OF
uncharitable feeling. To wrestle with
q bad feeling only pins our attention
on it and keeps it still fastened in the
mind, whereas if we act as if from
some better feeling, the old bad feel
ing soon folds its text like an Arab
and silently steals away.-Professor
William James, in Scribner's.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-28
The New Sofa Pillow.

A brand new idea in sofa pillow COW
ers is the old fashioned. worsted
worked canvas cover. The design
varies. The SWEETEST is considered to
be ones family coat of arms or crest,
if fortunate enough to possess one.
This may be sketched by an artist in
the proper colors and done over with
worsteds in the simple stitches
with which our grandmothers used to
work their samplers, combined with
newer and more elaborate comblua-
tions to obtain the desired shadings OF
accentuate the lines of the design.
Those who have no right to use a
coat of arms or crest, and very few
there are who cannot scare up some
thing to which he may manage to lay
claim in forty-second cousin sort of
way, may use his monogram. Or ii
the pillow is for the college boy, his
college colors, pennant or yell may bo
portrayed in dashing design and ap-
propriate colors in the same manner.
Of course, the college yell has rather
been lost sight of nowadays for the
warwhoops of the recent and present
unpleasantness with the nation which
claims to have discovered us and
wishes itbadn't.
The flags of all countries, OF the
flags of our navy, or combination OF
the stars and stripes with the Cuban
flag, or any and all of them, are
worked out in the same cross stitches
on canvas and adorned about the
edges with immense heavy ropes or
cords made to order and containing
threads of every color in the body OF
the design.
The easiest pillow cover, however,
and the most popular of the present
moment, is the simple fag--each side
complete flag, and instead of the
shape being square, the pillow is made
the shape of the flag, SO that Old
Glory need not be changed or mutil-
ated by the new use.-New York
Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-28
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Comfort is tedious when it lasts too
long. Stoddard.
I Cleverness is seryiceable for every
thing, sufficient for nothing. -Amiel.
A descent provision for the poor is
the true test of civilization. john
son.
Great works are performed not by
strength but by perseverance. john
| son.
The common opportunity comes, as
the divinest opportr nifty in the whole
history of the world came, Graded in
obscurity. Christian Union.
Kind looks, kind words, kind acts,
and warm hand shakes-these are the
secondary means of grace when men
are in trouble. and are fighting their
unseen battles DIR. John Hall.
L have no doubt that much sorrow
might be prevented if words of en-
couragement were more frequently
spoken, ftly and in season; and there
fore to withhold them is sin.-C. H.
SpurgeoD.
With consistency q great soul has
simply nothing to do. He may as well
concern himself with his shadow on
the wall. Speak what you think now
in hard words, and tomorrow speak
what tomorrow thinks in hard words
again, though it contracts everything
you said today. Emerson.
It is the little words you speak, the
little thought you think, the little,
things you do or leave undone, the
little m moments you waste or use wisely,
the little temptations which you yield
to or overcome-the little things of
every day that are making or marrins
your future life.-Light on the Hid
den Way.
The present consequences of our
conduct are not all we have to
meet. The lines of moral and spirit
ual law mustrun on through all worlds
and states of being. The change
which is made by dropping the body
cannot arrest the effect of deeds done
in the Eody. SO far As these deeds
were done by the mind and will, they
work their results in the mind and
Withdrawing.
For the world to say, and for us to
hear, nothing better than "Enioy!' is
to turn the relation between the world
and man into something hardly better
than that which exists between the
cornheld and the crows. -. He who is
always hearing and answering the call
of life to be thoughtful and brave and
self sacrificing, he alone can safely
hear the other cry of life tempting him
to be happy and enjoy. Phillips
Rrooks
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-28
Burglars in. Evening Dress.

Quite the newest thing in burglarious
operations is the robber in evening
dress clothes. Not long since four men
in very low-cut vests and swallow-tail
coats drove up in carriage to the
front Of fat building on the South
Side. Those who happened to see them
enter the building never for a moment
supposed that the men were other than
evening callers who had dropped in for
a few moments to see some friends.
No one who saw them would have en-
tertained for an instant the idea that
they were burglars. The carriage and
the attire of the men made a complete
blind. Leisurely and quietly the men
robbed the hat on the third floor and
drove away unmolested. The success
of this novel system of conducting a
burglary created such wide comment
that it is very doubtful if the dress
suit will be of much assistance to the
original burglar in the future.-Chica-
90 Times-Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-28
On the A.5ious Bench.

One Of the great magazines accepted
q sonnet from an unknown author
the first manuscript he had submitted
to 1t. 4 check was inclosed in the
letter Of acceptance.
Then the author sat down and
waited.
he waited for the sonnet to appear.
After three years-during which per-
iod he was a regular purchaser OF the
magazine-he yentured to call the edi'
tors attention to the fact that the SON.
net had not been published.
The editor replied, in substance, as
follows:
"Dear Sir: We cannot say when
your poem will appear. There are just
075 ahead of it, and we only give place
to three poems month. 1t will come,
however, in its regular order"
Then the author went out and fig
ured just how old he would be when
the 975 were exhausted, and rolled up
his sleeves, and went to work, and
shook the dust Of literature from his
poetlcal feet.-Atlanta Constitution.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-28
Fate of Non.Combatants in War.

Modern warfare entails less suffering
on the part of non-combatants. 1t is
said that Germany has not even yet re-
covered from the Thirty Years War,
which brought desolation to a great
part Of Europe. During that conflict
battles occurred once in about three
years, whereas in the Franco-Prussiau
struggle engagements took place every
second day. 1t is tendency Of mod
ern warfare to hasten results, battles
following at close intervals, so that
peace Is soon reached Contrary to
the popular impression, the number Of
troops engaged in modern battles is
not greater than in those of ancient
times. At Plataea 100000 Persians
fought against 10000 Greeks, and
over 100000 men were engaged at Ar
bella. In the battle of Leipsic more
than 4s6,000 took part; the numbers
engaged at Solferino were 100000, at
Gettysburg 10000, at Metz 500,0o0.-
New York World.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-28
A FUTILE EFFORT.
Witherby Thought He Was Safe, but he
Forgot tie flaxseed.
az have not a moment to lose"

"I have not moment TO lose.
As Witherby whispered these words
to himself he hurried off his walking
shoes; and, encasing his feet in noise
less slippers, stepped softly to the
head Of the stairs and listened intent.
". Yes; she was busy in the kitchen.
Rapidly going to the linen closet, ne
opened the door furtively and gazed
within. There, amid q ghostly array
Of bottles, he detected his old ene-
/ les, the camphorated oil, turpen-
t:re, and Mother Winklenod's sure
cure for coughs. There, also, re-
posed the deadly box Of double
strength mustard plasters that,
even as he gazed, drew tears to his
eyes. With the cool intrepidity Of
brave man in the face Of danger,
Witherby gathered the whole mass Of
carbolated mixtures, syrups, boxes,
bottles and powders into great paper
bag, and, with the training that yet
fingered from his days on the baseball
field, threw his burden with straight
ulIu Oul VI lut mido1" ibs S~S
open mouth of a waiting ash can.
"There," he muttered, trirnphantly,
'if this cold develops during the night
my wife won't have o chance to try
any Of these remedies on me-"
It was two o'clock in the morning.
In spite of his utmost effort, Witherby
had sueezed one moment before. Mrs.
Witherby, like white-robed guardian
angel, stood instantly at his bedside.
i knew that cold was coming on"
she said, with a joyous, therapeutic
sniff.
"Nonsense! replied Witherby.
Cant a man sneeze? Besides" he
added, securely, "there isn't q thing
you can do for me. You've tried about
everything on me-"
"No haven't" replied Mrs. With
erby, with a glad smile and brooding
hen manner that boded no good to the
victim. ~ haven't tried daxseed. For
tunately, 1 bought two pounds to-day,
and it's downstairs in the kitchen now,
and I'll have red-hot plaster on your
chest in ten minutes. Life.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-28
An Historic Disaster;

.The recent disastrous wreck Of the
Stella on the Casket Rocks recalls a
long list Of casualties Oh the. same dan
geFous reef. Historically;. the Caskets
are famous Us the cause Of the disaster
which changed the success Of the Eng:
llsh Crown, and brought upon the
country all the misfortunes of q long
civil war. 1t was in the year 112O that
Prince William, son OF Henry the
First; sailed for England from the port
of Barfeur, on the Channel Coast,
near Cherbourg. The wind was fair
for CROSSING, probably from the south;
west. The mariners seemed to have
made d westerly course in order more
easily to fetch an English port proba-
bly, that of Wareham, and carried by
a strong tide or current, struck the
,Casket Rocks. The ship soon went to
pieces, but the Prince was put into the
long boat, and was clear Of the ship,
when lie ordered the rowers to put
back to save his sister. The crew and
retinue crowded on board the boat; and
she sahk and all were drowned. A
BUTCHER Of Rouen was the only person
WHO survived. He clung to the mast,
and was taken off next morning by
tlshermeh.-HouseholdWo Words.