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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-14
Queer Origin of a Hotel.

They say that the best hotel in Texas
is to be found at Bolton, a town on the
Santa Fe road and is kept by ''seven
sanctitied sisters" as the proprietors
are popularity called. Several years ago
a woman in the place and her husband
quarreled over the best way Of ex.
pounding the Scriptures to a Sunday
school class and were so stubborn that
they separated and were finally d..
vorced.
This family controversy was taken
up by the town, which was soon dis
tinctly divided between the adherents
Of the husband and the adherents Of the
wife. The result was a large crop Of di.
vorces, and seven ~husbandless women,
including the original cause Of the COM
motion, joined together and rented the
town hotel. One of them did the cook
ing. another was parlor maid, a third
made up the beds, and 70 they divided
the work among them and ran the es-
tablishment on the cooperative plan.-
Chicago Record.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-14
The Mystery Of Warts.

When Il ycnngster Of 10 years, I was
visited by a plague Of warts. From my
esrliest recollection l had had OF my
middle finger an old daddy wart, but at
the age stated this had multiplied to 40
or more, one being on my lip and II
on my chin. was considerably worried
over my growing family Of excrescences,
and one day "a woodchopper in my ia
theirs employ, who acted queerly, never
wearing Il hat. for instance, said that
he conld take the warts away with him.
l was quite willing to have him try,
and he took me off to a quiet spot under
a willow tree, from which he cut a
number Of small branches. and these he
cut again into little bits of an inch in
length, making a notch in each one,
and this notch he set down over each
wart, having at last a collection Of 40
or more of these little notched sticks.
These he put into his pocket, saying
that the warts would 90 away.
l could never say just when the
prophecy was fulfilled, but within six
weeks there wasn't a wart on my face
or hands, and there has not been one
since that time. What / want to know
now, as l did then-and the coniurer
would not tell me-is what did it. |
have spoken to many doctors about it,
but they merely laugh, as though l was
giving them Il "pipe talk" and yet the
warts went away, and all the medicine
I had ever tried on them had no effect
whatever New York Sun.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-14
A Coincidence.

"Are you superstitiousY' said one
young lady to another in a confidential
chat.
mo; that is, | never was until yes.
terday. A very strange thing occurred
to a friend Of mine then. and now l
do not know whether l am supersti-
tious or not. 1t happened in this way:
She and ! were sitting in her room,
and she was telling me the details Of
her marriage engagement, which had
been broken off that very day. While
she was talking she raised her left arm
and threw it over the back Of the chair
where she was sitting. and as she did
so a heavy link bracelet fell to the
floor. 1t was her engagement brace
let and had been locked on her arm
for more than a year. How or why it
came unfastened | do not know
Detroit Free Press.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-14
UTILIZING THE GoUT.
1t Has Power to Soothe the MAJ
With u racke Shoe.

every now and them" said II mnn
OF moderate means. "somethinE hap.
pens to remind me that | am only Il
novice in the art Of life. For instance,
my shoes were wearing out. and in one
Of them there was IN ugly crack in the
top. If there is one thing more dis.
turbing to me than another. it IS the
sight of Il shoe on one of my feet with
a hole in the top. But | had no the
money ~wherewith to buy another pair.
md. though it may seem ridiculous. |
couldn't very well spare the quarter
that it would cost for Il patch. to say
nothing Of the fact that Il patched shoe
Is little less unsightly in my eyes than
one with a hole in it.
"Walking. in this predicament. one
day. | met a friend. whose means. so
far as l knew. We're little. If any. great
er than my own. He now had in the
top Of II Of his trinity BACKED shoes
n carefully cut round hole. Since | had
last seen him he had apparently pros
pered enough to have got the govt, a
fact on which | ventured to comment.
"'Wky.' he said. you can get precise.
ly the same kind Of govt with a pair
of shears And her be smiled. He
always was blithe and gay. no matter
what betided.
well. when | got home | enlarged
that hole in the top OF my shoe to the
size and responsibility Of n govt open.
ing. and now. when | 90 down in the
morning on the elevated. | don't hold
that foot with the broken shoe curled
under the seat. back OF the other ankle.
as though | had a curious habit that
way, but l place it boldly out in front.
and | read the paper with the air Of a
man who is going down town with his
Surplus interest money to take Il little.
dier in stocks."-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-14
A Tiny Bale of Hay.

Alfred G. Webber Of Lisbon Center,
Me-. has in his possession a small bale
of hay, about s inches long and 4 inches
deep and wide, and one Of the reasons
why Mr., Weber keeps this hay in his
best room IL because II Ia nicely wired
and put between thin pieces OF boards
10 that no chaf can escape, but chiefly
because the hay was cut 40 far back AZ
l748. on the John Rogers farm In Kit
terry, II was haled up by Nj. T. Traf.
ton. who was a native OF Kittery, and
who IL now a dealer In Massachusetts.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-14
kAnAAa

A woman takes great consolation In
thinking that some day when she is
laid in the cold, cold ground her hus.
band will wish he had her back to tell
her how sorry he Is that he treated her
so ean She imagines him weeping
ver the sod and wishing he could see
her. Is only for. a moment, to ask her
forgiveness. But he will not appear In
such a scene. On the contrary. he will
probably be chasing after some other
wOman.-Atchison Globe.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-14
AWED BY THE 0
But ny and BY MIR. Williams Got
Over His Timidity.

Some day perhaps Jesse Lynch viii
liams may follow his book Of newspa
per stories with some sketches Of mag
azine office life. He has had expert
ences. and he can write them.
Here is one Of them:
when | first went to Scribner's
Magazine" he said, Il was a walking
Interrogation point. The editor would
toss a letter across the table just like
a common piece Of paper. saying:
Here's a letter from Kipling. It's all
right 1t might as well have been a
note from his tailor.
II stood by and shivered at the sac.
rilege. And the typewriters! They
would pound o. letters to Meredith,
Stockton, James. Howells and Kip.
ling just as they might have done to
me. without changing a feature or
missing a punctuation mark. and |
marveled at their nerve. One day II
stout. middle aged man brushed by me
in the office. We begged each others
pardon.
"'Hold on a minute called the edi.
tor. I want to speak to you. Howells.'
ais that HowellsY I asked the Office
boy.
"'Sure.'
"'Mr HowellsT
eyes
"'Mr. w. D. HowellsY
"'Cert.'
"'Mr. William Dean Howells?'
""The same
And l softly caressed the sleeve that
the novelist had brushed against as IL
it had been touched by a saint. But
after awhile the feeling Of awe wore
of. We deal in authors. That's our
business" - Philadelphia Saturday
Evening Post.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-14

Natal's hippopotamuses are extinct.
The last herd was protected by the
government on a reservation near Dur
ban. but did so much damage to the
surrounding sugar plantations that or.
ders were given to have 1t destroyed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-14
Big Money.

One of the largest and most cumber.
some forms Of money Is found In Gen.
tral Africa. where the natives use .
cruciform ingot Of copper ore over 10
inches long. 1t Is heavy enough to be
a formidable weapon.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-14
TRANSFORMATION.

Dark, heavy clouds above,
A lcadcn sea below,
And where thou art, 0 LoveI
may not go.
look on land and ses; ssTA
deem all things AZ gray; ia
Life holds no light for me
Thou art away.
Above the dull, dark cloud;
Below a lcadcn tide;
Oh, weave a heavy shroud,
FIR Hope hath died!
Behold, the sleeping tide
Stirs meath a Sudden wind.
The clouds are scattered wide
And show behind.
The blue of heaven; the earth
Is gladdened by the sun;
Now Joy hath sudden birth,
New hopes are won.
And !, too, can rejoice!
Ny heart leaps with the tide.
] see thee, hear thy voice.
o Love, abide!
Gerald Meyrick in St. Paul's.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-14

Signals used by ships at sea date
from 1868, They we're invented by the
Duke Of York, afterward James IL.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-14

The presentation of the freedom Of q
city or borough In England Ia now q
mere compliment, which does not con.
fer any substantial or exceptional priv.
ileges
Austin's Hawaiian weekly. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1899-190?, 1899-11-04

"What we want is some more San Francis.
cans down here to razoo this stock market" said
prominent stock operator on Merchant street
yesterday. "There is too much of the retail
business going on. saw piker turn white in
the face the other day because some curb. stone
gabbler told him he heard there was salt water
at Kihe He rushed over to his broker and
ordered him to sell his ten shares at once. Now
there has not been plantation started in the
past ten years that didn't have salt water story
tied to it. wish some real thing would drop
that would squeeze out the pikers for good. Any
stock on this market is purchase at current
quotations, but would not advise those who
get sick at the stomach easily to handle any of
it, for it might decline before it goes higher The
controlling stockholders ought to be ready to
take up these small lots when they dumped
on the market While they would protect their
own interests they would keep the market firm
and give our stocks a character of stability
abroad"
According to the opinion of the Anglican
Church Defence and Extension Association, the
Diocesan Synod, to be convened by Bishop
Willis on the 9Th inst, will be an illegal under.
taking, as all the congregations and clergymen
in the diocese have not been cited to attend.
Austin's Hawaiian weekly. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1899-190?, 1899-11-04

Mr.. and Mrs. James Scott, lately of Makaweli,
who have come to Honolulu to reside, were
given handsome presents by the employees of
the Hawaiian Sugar Company upon their de
parture.
The new Minister of the Interior evidently
intends to make the streets Of Honolulu pass
able. and he is not going to allow the people to
be Inconvenience by the petty wrangles of two
rival trolley companies.
Tai Kee comes out of his lodging house con-
test decked with palm and laurel He has
overridden the objections of his Caucasian
neighbors and stamped his sandaled foot on their
prejudices. He will rear mighty hosiery,
where none but Fakes need apply, and it will
stand as defiance to the narrow-minded COM
munity of Makiki.
Representatives of the many wealthy fire
insurance companies are considering reduction
of premiums, being fully warranted in the
measure by the efficiency of the fire. protective
service, as we'll as other circumstances of
character highly satisfactory to insurers. A
California gentleman connected with insurance
interests on the Coast told WEEKLY represent
alive that Honolulu presents a better class of
risks than any place he ever saw.
Austin's Hawaiian weekly. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1899-190?, 1899-11-04
lSocal x and s. GENERAL.

The harbor is again afflicted with congestion.
The recent rains saved many taro patch
from total destruction.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wilder have gone to the
Orient.
The real.estate men believe that President
Mckinley is holding the crown lands tor rise.
Chinese riot at Waianae, early this week,
was quelled by half a dozen of Zone of the
finest
Now that the Australia is out OF port, the
sleuthfulness Of the police reverts to the Chinese
joints.
Tomorrow evening Rev. w. M. Kncaid will
begin a series of eleven interesting talks on
"The Meaning of Manhood" at the Central
Union Church.
Honolulu has lost another kamaaina in the
death Of c. F. Wall, which occurred last Tues
day afternoon, Deceased was aged Ga. The
burial took place in Makiki cemetery.
Austin's Hawaiian weekly. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1899-190?, 1899-11-04

"They don't fit uncommon close" said he
as he finally made an inspection, "but when
saw to distance as the artist sed about
his pictur, they amt more'n half ways bad"
Their general fullness, indeed would re.
quire some other description than "bad."
Again the day went by without a visitor,
and the program of the days that were gone
was repeated, save that Chuck was a little
more friendly, and that the "Injun" seemed
less than ever inclined to be fed. Not
sound did he make, morning, noon or night,
of word, laughter, or crying.
AS the twilight came caravan of Indians,
far below on the dusty, winding road, went
slowly along in a march away from the
town. Throwing his pickarOOn carelessly
aside, the lookout ran as hard as he could,
down through the sage. brush and over the
rocks, till he reached the road ahead of the
motley procession.
There were squaws and men. the young
and old; lot on foot. and few on sorry
steeds; and many of the women were laden
with baskets, bundles, or children. All
missing son. They plodded away to the
misty South, and were lost in the gloom Of
descending night.
Sam Hardy returned less rapidly, but
never with gentler heart nor a reader SOL
icitude. "Injun," said he. as he looked in
the depth Of those dumb and wistful eyes,
"I'm sorry teh hev teh tell yeh tibet I'm still
all the mamma we've got. I'm afeerd some
little tibet amt a maxim of yeh happy, but
Pm dom of my level best"
"Whats mallah him? Not muchee for
eatee?" said Chuck, who made it a solemn
duty to wind the watch, and return it to
the keeping of the brown little fist. 81 not
muchee sabbee."
"Matter is he's pinin'," Sam gravely re-
piled. Cpd turn 'um loose in the bresh. oney
he'd starve fer shore. an coyotes ud git 'um.
Mebbe he amt no Washer after all but has
been stole from another tribe an put in the
hume fer devilment."
Chuck could only shake his head and en-
Austin's Hawaiian weekly. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1899-190?, 1899-11-04
deavor to make his cooking more commend.

deavOr to make his cooking more commend.
able.
The days now slipped too rapidly away,
for never change there came in the dread
mOnOtOny. Time after time "Sam" ran
headlOng to the road below, to speak to the
Indians passing down or up but always to
return with Bonded head and the same
reply athrOb in his heart. Not even squaw
was willing to accept the orphan as found
ling of the tribe. And day by day the round.
ness of the plump little countenance and
body became less and less assured, while the
light in his eyes grew deeper and dumber,
and far more wistful.
"I'm shore yer mama" said the lookout
very often, as he tenderly undressed the
silent little person. or carried him out in
the sun, "an' wisht was better dedicated
fer the job" And he frequently added,
"Yeh couldn't call Teller mamma, now
could yeh-hey? Wal, never mind, yeh pore
little chap"
Then came morning when the 'Injun"
made his first tiny sound-the sound of a
weak little cough He was thin, and blaze
of ethereal light was come in those dumb
and wistful eyes. The feeble little hand
that chung to the watch was wasted, and it's
brown, once so rudy. was rich no more, nor
deep.
And all that morning the lookout sat with
hands a.clasp, his face all drawn in anxious
sorrow. watching the fume took care
of itself. And Chuck stood silently by,
a.grieved to see the two he had learned most
deeply to love.
At length long, steadfast gaze of the
soft brown eyes; the parched little lips were
opened; the wan wee hand put forth to that
of the lookout On the lips where the
strange stolidity had reigned so long fit
tering smile came family,
"Mumma," said the child-its first, it's
last it's only utterance. Then the weary eye
lids dropped and the wistful look was gone.
The broken little heart and the faithful
watch had ceased to tick.
Austin's Hawaiian weekly. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1899-190?, 1899-11-04
effect in decoration.

erect IN decoration.
After this old Sam tucked the child snugly
in his bunk ~ don't jest hitch my mem'ry
to them 'NOw.I -lie.me' rhymes" said he, as
the child recognized the blankets and chung
to them eagerly, "but l says, Sleep tight
an God bless yeh,' anyhow"
For long after Chuck had retired to his
bunk in the shed addition the lookout sat
and stared at his candle. Now and then he
would glance at thee Orner where the young
ster was lying, an anxious look in his gentle
serious eyes. When he slept at last it was
down on the floor. "Chil'ren," he sagely
observed, "air never fit fer teh be disturbed"
ISLAM Hardy" said Chuck, on the follow.
ing morning 81 tink so no time you see some
mis- one for mother kind for baby"
"Thet's where ye're off, Chinaman," said
Sam; "my little kid Of brother was no more
biggern him when he died."
"Hop die?" said Chuck, ooh. too muchee
bad" and he placed the watch very quietly
in the hand of the round little Washoe.
All that day the "Injun," loosely fastened
with his rOpe,remained as far in the brushas
it's length would allow, clinging in strange,
persistent way to the wateh, which always
continued most cordially to tick. The look.
out fed him carefully, signing that an appe.
title could be 80 wee, and he wrought at his
work on the fume, hourly expecting the In
dams to come his way in search of their mis-.
sing child. Chuck, convinced by the gen.
tleness and the evident conviction of ISLAM
Hardy" had overcome his prejudice, and
gave his friendship when he gave the watch.
The sun went down on the gray of the
sage brush with never a sign from the tribe
of Washoes above or below the cabin.
''No tellin'," said the lookout in the cabin
that evening, chow long the Injuns'll be a
gittin' here, an the pore little skeezucks is
a needin' of pants, or Pm a Hottentot."
Accordingly he took the second best pair of
his own. cut them off. or pared them down
at the legs the top. and the sides, sewing
where needed with common Irvine, and a
needle made for sackng grain.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-18
A Splendid Chance For You.

The Farmers (Twice-a-Weekl Tribune
of Minneapolis is making exceptionally
i5erai offers to young people generally,
Particularly persons who have never tried
soliciting newspaper subscriptions, to aid
them in getting 100000 subscribers by
Jau. l, 1900. 1t is perhaps the most libsr-
al proposition ever made by any news.
paper III America and it will interest many
who do not ordinarily care to engage in
getting subscriptions.
The Farmers Tribune is the daily Min
neapolis Tribune and the exening Tribune
..boiled down" for the use OF people who
do not have time to read daily paper. It
comes to tho home twice every week, filed
with the best news of the world and the
Northwest, the best serial ann short stories
pt.itical gossip and market reports-all
the best that money will buy
Almost everybody San get a few news
paper subscribers from among his friends
and acquaint.nces, and with such gen.
erous offer as made by the Farmers Trt-
bune it is quite worth ones while to make
the effort.
Send postal card to The Farmers Tri-
bune for their subscription, circular and
sample paper.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-18
All Correct.

Edward Englin, of the Coteaux range
came into the county capital Thpreda9;
He put on record facts to- the fyinR ru'
mo,a that Miss Ethel Merry, daughter Of
John Merry of this town, the young lady
herself being Won known here..was recent.
ly united in matrimony with Burt Hud-
son. a young man living in. the coteau1.
Miss Sadie Eskus aotsd as bridesmaid,
while Edward-our nformant-acted al
best man.. 3It wasi in Mrs. Hudson's honor
whi,e yet little maid, that Lake Ethel
was named. u,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-18
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
BY THE GOVERNOR.
Thank sgiving Proclamation.

In grateful recognition of Al.nmixhty
God and the manifold blessings bestowed
upon US as q people and in accordanc
! with the proclamation of the President of
the United States, I do hereby designate
/. Thursday, the Both Day of Novembet.
as day of Thanksgiving and praise, and
the people, withdrawing from secular pur-
srits, join either III their places vf worship
or around the family hearthstone in
humble worship OF God for all cha meroies E
vOuchsafed as during the past year. We
have been blessed with a bOuntifu! harvest
National prosperity has returned to us IN
a measure never before equaled in our
history. We have been victorious in war
,aud the brave young heroes who added
Hustre to North Dakota and the Nation in
Ishat war have returned to their homes and
Families. For these aud other gifts and
tnerc,es thrown around US by the hand OF
9ipd, let Us unite in returning sincere and
A.ratsful thanks to the Divine Rnlsr of the
universe, who seems in all, things to have
lllads this laut of ours land of His
Wonderful Providence aud may the rs =
4ssmbranse of this move us to dse ds of
,4euevolence aud bouuteous gifts to the
Hoor.
Given under my hand and the Great
Seal Of the State, at the Capitol in Bis
9Earck, this 9Th day of November A. D.
1889, and of the Independence of the Unit
~ States the One Hundred aud Twenty.
third.
F. B. FANCHER,
H the Governor; Governor.
FRED RALLEY.
Secretary Of State.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-18
A Sure Cure por Diptheria.

AvondaIe Herald: sure cure for dip :
liberia, it taken in the early etages, Is as
follows: Que tablespoonful Of tar, placed
in an iron vessel with one tablespoonful
Of turpentine, then ignite with match
clone doors Of patients SOON to allow it to
dill with fulnes which the patient will in
hale. Thir is said to he positive cure.
IF necessary repeat the dose.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-18

Mr.. Arthur Van Horn the governments
building Inspector is doing very thorough
work in his department.. M. Van Horn
carries his fowling piece along on his
rides and many toothsoom game bird
has graced his hostess' table as result
thereof. "Mr. van," is a very popular
official.
Miss Anna r Dawson hne again resumed
her position as Geld mar on the agency
after a we'll earned vacation of year.
Miss Dawson recruited for her arduous
work end has the best wishes Of all who
knows her.
Thrashing is still nnder way. The In
diaus wheat crop ia larger than ever and
enough is now 10 sight to furnish over one
years supply for the manufacture of flour
for the regular government issue, with q
com Portable balance over for seed and for
sale.
Quite namber of Indians built new
houses the past season. The Government
has bought seversl thousand dollars worth
of Hooiing, doors, windows ETC., to ifeue
to Indians in order that the may. have
better houses
The Eibowoods private day school. pa
tronized by Indians and Whites is now
running under charge of Miss Field form
erly one of the Fort Berthold mlsaion
school teachers. This school undoubted-
" is a power for g<,od. The patrons az
press themselves as we'll pleased with the
teacher.
Report has it that deer are growing ra-
pidly less numerous The following residents
have taken out hunting permits. White
Duck. Black Eagle. Oscar Wilde. Ben Ben.
son. Floyd Besr, j. Il, Finney. Walter Lee
George Dickens. Hugh Mclaughlin, Fool
ish Woman. Sitting Grow. Medicine Stone,
Jessie Mason, Gun Guarding House.
There are also others whose names!we
have not learned.
William Dean and his wife have been
appointed temporarily as teachers for the
Independence Day School. These Young
people are returned students and they are
highly respected by every one. If Mr..
Deans health permits. his appointment
! probably be made permanen
I