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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-07
Relixfon and the Postum.

An incident told by the Rev. V. B.
Carroll in The Homiletic Review makes
apparent the necessity in this transit
ton period of getting the negro in
wardly right in order that his relation
ship to society may be right.
We were driving out n Sunday
from Decatur. when we came upon a
negro, with a club in his hand and a
freshly killed possum OF his shoulder.
We stopped to examine his prize, and
the colonel said:
"My friend. do you know it is Sun
day?
''Sartin, boss
"Are you not a religious MANI"
II are. TIE jist on my way home
from church,
"And what sort of religion have you
got that permits you to go hunting on
SundayT"
"Religion, religion?' queried the
man as he held the possum up with one
hand and scratched his head with the
other. "Does you 'spect any black man
in Alabama is gwine to tie hisself up
to any religion dat lows a possum to
walk right across de road ahead of him
an git away free? No, sab! A religion
which won't bend a little when a fat
possum heads you off couldn't be sta b.
lished round yere by all de preachers
in de univarse.'
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-07
h Sermon.

The caustic remarks of Justice Haw-
kins have not always been confined to
the bench. At the opening of an assize
the chaplain preached what he con-
ceived to be a distinctly good sermon,
and he had the temerity to sound Mr..
Justice Hawkins on the subject.
"Did you approve of my sermon, my
lord ?" he asked.
II remarked in your sermon, MI.
Chaplain" was the prompt reply, "twc
things which, to be candid, I did not
approve of, and which I have, 1 am
glad to say, never remarked on a sim
liar OCCASION
"They were, my lord?" was the anx-
ious question Of the preacher.
1.-The striking of the clock, answered
Mr.. Justice Hawkins. ''twice, SIR
Green Bag.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-07
A Race of Tailed Men.

Africa is a continent rich in tailed
men myths. There is supposed to be a
caudate race of pygmies somewhere in
the uplands of Abyssinia> The Main
Mains are a celebrated case. A good
many years ago the French government
dispatched a M. Descouret, with instruc-
tions to explore some of the least known
parts Of Africa and to ascertain the ex-
act degree of truth in the various stories
about the Maintains. He describes
the people as being mostly under five
feet in height. i'll proportioned. thin.
weak and ugly. with short. woolly hair
and with an external elongation Of the
vertebral column. which. he says. lin
every individual. male or female; forms
a tail two or three inches long."-Med-
icai Record.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-07
How Genius Succeeds.

Our paternal relatives dent know it
all Riley's father wanted to make a
lawyer out of him; it was thought that
Bret Harte would make a first class
carpenter: it was Mr.. elders idea that
they wanted him to be a job printer
Hamlin Garland started as a farmer
and is still a farmer. but makes enough
out of literature to keep the farm 60
ing. But Hopkinson Smith is of all
trades. When he isn't building a via
duct. he is painting a landscape. and
when he's tired of that diversion he
whirls in and writes a novel which sells
so, 600 copies every 80 days.-Atlanta
Constitution.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-07
Libels on Dogs.

After all man does not remember the
dogs good qualities as he should. Look
at the SMILES he uses--'you lying
hound ''mean as a hound dog
''dog' and slow down cur!' Mar
hardly can think of a lower name than
one connected with dogs. And in horse
racing the worthless ones are called
''dogs.'
It seems a little %ungrateful when one
remembers all that a dog will bear
from a man and still love him.-New
York Commercial Advertiser.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-07
A REiNCARNATED DOG.
He Hadn't Lost His Human Traits In
the

"You can't tell me there is nothing
in the theory Of r"eincarnation, re-
marked a travelling man, ''for I know
there is. I was down in Florida recent
~. and in st. Augustine l saw a snob
dog-an out and out snob. His name is
Towser. and he is just a common yell
low dog. lives in the street and belongs
to no one.
I'm the summer, when no wealthy
northern people are in the town. he
plays with all the middle class children
and dogs and will greet patronizingly
the middle class men and women who
know him. But in the winter. as soon
as the season begins, he attaches him
self to some rich New York family,
loafs in their yard, tags their footsteps
or carriages all about the city, attends
them to church and home again and
80 far as he is able makes himself one
of them. For his meals he has been
forced to resort to the back yards of a
plain, good woman, who pities him and
feeds him regularly. He is friendly
with her at his eating hours. but never
SO far forgets himself as to wag his tail
at her on the street or when he is with
more pretentious people.
"When society functions take place in
St. Augustine, there is Towser. Golf
matches, afternoon teas, picnics or boat
ing parties. all are attended by him
with most conventional regularity. He
never greets any ordinary acquaintance
when thus socially engaged and has
even been known not to eat for several
days when a fashionable wedding was
on his mind. With the swell dogs Of
St. Augustine Towser never has any
rows, having, no doubt, studied the
polite art Of being agreeable. but with
cuts he is irritable and de-
fensive. That dog has been human in
his time. and I'd give a penny to know
who he was. "-Indianapolis Journal.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-07
She Was

It is said that Dinah Muloch Craik,
the famous author Of 'John Halifax,
Gentleman" made a habit Of leaving
at her bank the manuscript Of each of
her stories as soon as it was completed.
It would remain there perhaps six
months and then che would call for it
and see how the story affected her afte,
that lapse Of time. If it pleased her, the
manuscript was sent to the publisher.
Otherwise it was rewritten or thrown
away.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-07
Played Out.

Dull headache, pains in various parts
Of the body, sinking at the pit of the
stomach, loss of appetite, feverishness,
pimples or sores are all positive evidences
of impure blood. No matter how it be-
came so, it must be purified in order to
obtain good health. Acker's Blood
Elixir has lever failed to cure Scrofulous
or Syphilitic poisone or any other blood
diseases. It is certainly a wonderful
remedy and we sell every bottle on a
positive guarantee. Sold by Chapple
Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-07
Ba ~ >,.xs Notifications.

Throughout the east the bamboo plays
an important role in nearly every kind
of outdoor work. In building earth
works it is utilized very cleverly indeed.
In sandy soil or in the soft loan along
the swamps two rows of bamboo are
driven, about four feet apart. The
lengths of bamboo are about 10 or 10
feet long, and the thickness is about
four inches. Earth or sand is thrown in
between the rows of bamboo, making a
ditch in front of the stockade. A third
row Of bamboo is then driven four feet
In the rear of the inner row, but this
row rises only a couple of feet above the
natural level of the soil. More earth or
sand is filled in, and the filling in each
case is rammed down as hard as posi-
BILE.
Where there has been a sufficient
length of time to cut portfolios through
the front thickness of earth the men in
the Notifications thus thrown up need
not expose themselves at all, but when,
as in all cases of rapidly constructed
field works, temporary protection alone
has been desired, the rows of bamboo
do not rise more than three feet above
the natural level, and the men lie down
or crouch behind the protection thus
afforded and fire over it.
Such works will keep out any rifle
ball, and will even so l~ccalize shrapnel
fire as to make it very ineffective. If
the s%hrapnel strikes the bamboo before
e~xnlodino il will harm Onlv those di-
rectly in front Of it. If it bursts before
reaching the earthwork the shrapnel
balls will fail to penetrate it.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-07
In For 1t.

Mrs. Chinner-Ernestine my darling.
do you expect Constant tonight?
Ernestine--Of course. Why
do you inquire?
Mrs. Chinner-If he asks you to
marry him. tell him to come and speak
to me
Ernestine-And if he doesn t ask me ?
Mrs. Chinner-Tell him | am coming
to speak to him. Brooklyn Life.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-07
What Is Shiloh

: A grand old remedy for Cough, Colds
and Consumption; used through the
world for half a century, has cured in
Vulnerable cases of incipient consump-
ton and relieved many in advanced
stages. II you are not satisfied with the
results we will refund your money.
Price Is cts, SO cts. and $1.OO. Sold by
Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-07
A SOUVENIR.
found them in a book last night,

found them in a book last night,
These withered violets,
A token of hat earl y love
That no man e'er fol gets.
Pressed carefully between the leaves,
They keep their color still.
/ cannot look at them today
Without an old time thrill.
All, me, what tricks Goes memory playl
The passing years ave fled
And hopes that lived in vigor once.
Alas! nave long been dead.
And this is all hat | can say,
When all is said and done,
Those flowers remind me Of some girl
wish / knew which one!
Exchange.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-07

Prizes given with Diamond &c" Soap.
Ask your grocer, or send your name on
postal card to Cudahy Packing Co.,
South Omaha, Neb., and they will mail
you free a catalogue OF several hundred
useful and ornamental articles. Prizes
include books, music, toys, games, ETC.,
and are adapted for old and young.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-07

In no country in the world are infec-
tious diseases so frequently mortal as
in Russia. Children especially suffer,
and diphtheria, measles. scarlatina and
smallpox literally decimate villages and
country towns.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-07
Young Mothers.

Group is the terror of thousands of
young mothers because its outbreak is
so agonizing and frequently fatal.
Shiloh's Cough and Consumption Cure
acts like magic in cases of Group. 1t has
never been known to fail. The worst
cases relieved immediately. Price %
cts. so cts. and s1.00. Sold by'Chapple
Drug Co,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-07

Moonshine has been found to have q
marked effect on stammering. People
60 afflicted stammer most at full noon.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-07

A full-sized family scale, new and
improved, given free for Diamond 'C''
Soap wrappers. Full particulars Of
your grocer.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-07

Diamond &C" Soap is a high grade
laundry soap that can be used in hard
or soft water.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-07

One Educational Atlas Globe six and
one-half inches high given free for 100
wrappers of Diamond "C'Soap.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-07

Send all subscriptions to THE GAZETTE
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-08-19
star Construction Company doing, and
here we have this long bill for extras.
Next thing, suppose, we will have a
lawsuit"
KEITH COMMENOS THE REVIEW
BOARD. .

Il. q. Keith, president Of the Metro
pOlitan National Bank. wrote Presl-
dent Upham, saying: The sentiment
Is general that the review board II try
ing to put the burden of taxation upon
those hest able to bear It. which Is u
long gain for Chicago.
In anticipation of early revision Of
real-estate figures. Mr.. Cpham said the
review board Is intent upon making
the county's total assessed valuation
S5OO.OOO.OOO-$1OO.OOO.OOO personal pro-
perty and $4OO,OOO.OOO real estate. On
this basis, he figures, $25,OOO,OOO of
revenue will be obtainablc at the limit
rate Of 5 per cent. which the new law
fixes. In 1893 the total assessed valu-
alton of the county was 240.175,351.
1895, S15 Of which was added by the
state board of equalization for rail-
road and corporation tax. This year.
President Upham hopes. they will find
little occasion for levying more tribute
from Cook County. The limit rate Of
5 per cent. fixed by the revenue act IL
exclusive. however. of State tax and
a tax for schOol-building purposes. and
this may Ike responsible for u slight
increase in the general rate.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-08-19
BIO REPUBLICAN, PICNiC.

The Cook County Republican March
ing Club has designated saturday,
Aug. 10, as Republican day in the
county. Eckert's grove has been Sc
lected as the rallying point for all Re-
publicans, and large demonstration
will be held. Eckert's river grove is in
the neighbOrhOod Of the Methodist
camp grounds at Desplaines. A high
barb-wire fence separates the two
grounds.
Thousands of tickets have been sold
for the picnic, and 1t Is estimated that
there will he at least 5000 people on
the grounds II the weather Is favora-
bic. All Of the candidates who have
been announced as being aspirants for
the office now occupied by Gov. Tan
ner have been invited to be present
ana address the crowds. All the Cook
County Congressman will be present.
Great interest Is being manifested
in the game of baseball To take place
between the clerks OF the Probate and
Criminal courts. Patrick j. Cahill has
been selected by the clerks of the Grim
inal court to look after their interests,
and Daniel ID. Healy will manage the
Probate court team.
Seventy valuable prizes are to be
contested for In the various races for
men, women and children: these prizes
have been donated by the leading mer-
chants Of the city. Trains are billed
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-08-19
any Of his callers. and will probably

any Of his callers. and will probably
get his report from Lorimer.
One of the Springfield Republicans
who called on him said he believed the
Governor had not made up his mind
definitely yet, but would probably en-
ter the race again. EVERY man In the
state house believes the Governor win
he a candidate" said the visitor. who
declined TO have his name used. ~
have no personal knowledge about the
matter. but when see all of Tanners
friends working like beavers to
strengthen his machine am convinced
he will either demand q rcnominatio
or else put up a candidate of his own.
1t is not unlikely. too. that Tanner
may be driven into being candidate.
That is to say. his enemies may make
such fight on him before he an
nounces himself that he will think 1t
necessary to his pride to 20 in and get
the nomination just to show them that
he can do 1t. The feeling at the cap
Tanner Republicans, Is that the Gov
errors machine is strong enough to
dictate his nomination. Among the
men who are talked of as possible Tan
ncr candidates for Governor are Speak
er Sherman, Judge ii. j. Hamlin Of
Shelbyville and Congressman Reeves
Of Streator." While Gov. Tanner did
not talk much politics Tuesday, his
,ieutenants did some talking for him.
They said canvass of the state show
cd conclusively that Tanner could I've
nominated without Cook County dele
gates. for the Tanner forces were so
well organized that he would control
the convention. They said he could
not escape being a candidate even If
he wanted to. and in general they
spoke as though the people Of Illinois
would rise in revolt II any other Re
publican than Gov. Tanner were spOk-
on Of for the gubernatorlal nomination.
They said the Mann boom was only
a play made by a few Federal Office
holders, and declared Mr.. Mann him
self, In n short time, not only would
announce he was not candidate. but
would declare In favor Of Gov. Tan
ner.
Seventeen guns from the Michigan
spoke to Gov. and Mrs. John II. Tan
ner and party when they stepped on
the veranda Of the Columbia Yacht
Club house before going In four.oar.
eel cutter to the Michigan as Command.
er Perkins guests Mt breakfast. The
Governor and Mrs. Tanner had driven
over the viaduct to the yacht club
house in trap. accompanied by Mrs.
Il. NJ. Shaffncr and Miss Shafrner.
James A. Davis of the Columbia Yacht
Club met the unusual guests Mt the en-.
trance to the club house. Gov. Tan.
ner. In frock coat and straw hat.
followed him around the half.complet.
ed building. lodging carpenters, brush.
Ing on sawdust and refusing m invita-.
ton To "have something cold"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-08-19
BI0 CLAIMS FOR EXTRAS.

The Star Construction Company,
which Is building the Both street inter-
cepting sewer, has filed claims for eX-
tras against the city amounting to
S25O,OOO. They are of two kinds. One
Is for extras on account Of the city
asking to have oak instead Of hemlOck
plank used for the outer ring of the
sewer, and the other on account of the
demand Of the city that the sheathing
used on the sides of the sewer In Its
building shall be allowed to remain as
u protection to the buildings on the
sides of the street. The contractors in
tended to remove this sheathing as fast
as the sewer was built and use it again
further along In the work, but Commits
sloner McGann insisted that 1t should
be allowed to remain. He feared II 1t
We're taken out the pressure OF the
buildings would cause some bad lean
overs, II nothing worse.
~ shall not allow the claims for eX-
tras," said Commissioner McGann, hut
! do not know what the courts may
do about 1t. After the Wier e. McKech-
ney and Duffy cases there Is no telling
what may happen. 1t seems to me 1t
is the duty Of the contractor to do his
work 80 as not to damage any one, and
that Is what we are insisting on the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-08-19
SOUTHERN VIEW OF CROxER.

It Ia healthy sign for the Democ-
racy when John p. Altgeld Is not the
only voice raised In his party repudiat-
Ing all thought Of accepting Richard
Croker as national leader. While
Southern Democrats have been In the
habit Of condoning the offenses Of al.
most anything that shouted for An
drew jackson and an appropriation,
they apparently draw the line Mt the
hero Of the Mazet exposures. They
have enough political wisdom to under
stand that Croker represents to the
honest sense Of the American people
the vllest manipulation OF political
machinery for personal aggradizement
that the rotten politics of New York
has produced. The Southern sentiment
as to Croker finds expression In the
words Of Senator Clay. of Georgia, who
declares that the people Of that State
"have no regard for what Croker says.
Many Of them are not aware Of his ex-
istence, and many Of those who have
a distant acquaintance with him ana
his political career consider him a blot
upon the escutcheOn of the Democratic
party"
This IL the verdict Of the decent peO-
pie Of America, who regard Tammany
Hall under Croker as an organized
swlll barrel for the collection ana dis
tribution Of the spells of the metropO-
lis Of America.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-08-19

to leave the Wells street depot of the
Chicago and Northwestern at 10 a. IN.
and 1 y. IN. Extra trains will be run
IL necessary to handle the crowd.
The marching club was organized
Jan. ~. 1894, and this Is the sixth an
nual outing. 1t has always been ac-
tive in the ranks Of the Republican
party, and has always made a splendid
showing when 1t turned out. particu-
larry in the peace jubilee, when over
90 Of It's members were In line. fully
uniformed. Everything will be in read
mess for the presidential campaign
when 1t opens In 1900 the club intend
ing to attend the national convention
wherever II may be. The officers of
the club at present are: President. T..
NJ. Craig: vice.presidents. +. q. Ewald.
Fred "A. Busse, George Berz: marshal.
Captain W. +. Knoch; secretary. w. T..
Turner; financial secretary. A. w.
Joyce; corresponding secretary. a. w.
Baer; treasurer, Il. II. Taylor: direc.
tors. Harry q. Hall. Henry Spears.
Joseph II. Hahn, ]. II. Lagario. John
Lude. Thomas J. McNichols. A. T..
johnson. II. Schroeder. =. T.. Brannnn.
T.. j. Mccarthy, +. A. Brokoski. w. W.
Maxwell. II. q. Schultz, W. +. Knocll
and Frank Sack.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-08-19
WILL ENFORCE NEW GAME LAW.

Game Commissioners Harry Loveday
has written letters to oil commission
merchants In South Water street warn.
ing them that he intends to enforce the
new law which prohibits game being
sold in this market before Oct. 1. AZ
a result, the commission men are talk
ing Of raising a fund to test the cOnsti-
tutionallty Of the new statute.
The law Is particularly distasteful to
South Water street because the game
from the Western States IL shipped
during September. The profit from this.
II Is said, will be lost to Chicago ana
will 60 to the st. Louis merchants.
That city already has made prepare.
lions to receive great quantities Of
game next month, and dealers there
propose to take every advantage Of the
Illinois law. The merchants here argue
that the Legislature contemplated the
protection OF Illinois game only when
II passed the bill. They contend the
sale Of game from other States should
not be interfered with.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-08-19
PRUDENTIAL COMPANY IS SUED.

George i. Schllllng. who lives in
Pennsylvania. filed a bill in the United
states Circuit Court Tuesday. in which
he asks a receiver for the Prudential
Insurance Company of America. Mr..
Schilling was formerly agent for the
company in Cook County, and he also
declares that damages are due him for
commissions and for persecution. lie
wants an order issued restraining the
officers from further interfering with
him.
Schilling declares 10 was mainly
through his efforts that the defendant
company became firmly established in
the middle West. After nc had been
with the company a few years. he as
serts, he was antagonized by several of
the officials. He alleges that he was
frequently asked to surrender the pa.
pers Of agreement and on his refusal
the alleged persecution was continued.
Mr.. Schilling adds that the officers of
the concern are not satisfied with this.
but removed the telephone from his Of
flee and obstructed his work In various
ways. He places the damage to his
reputation ut 100000 and declares the
withheld commissions make another
large sum.
The Prudential Insurance Company
Of America has Its main offices at New
ark, n. j., and the central Office In Chi
cago is in the Marquette Building. Sid
ney 'ROsenthal, the cashier, Is the rep.
resentativc Of the company In Chicago.