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Arizona republican., 1899-03-05
A Fashionable oTense.

Yeast-What does that friend oi yours do?
 Crimsonbeak He writes popular songs.
 T notice his wife is always singing his praises.'
 Well we can forgive her, so long as she refrains from singing his songs. = Yonkersr Stat esman.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-05
MANY A LOVER

Has turned with disgust from an oth- erwise lovable girl with an offensive breath. Karl's Clover Root Tea puri- fies the breath by it's action on the bowels, etc., as nothing else will. Sold for years on absolute guarantee. Price 25 cents and 50 cents. pr. G. H. Keefer, Druggist.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-05
On Gunrd.

"Arabella," said Mr. Gruffpop, as he finished his dinner. If George asks you to marry him when he calls tonight, tell him he wants to see me-"
 Arabella hlushed and said she would.
 And if he doesn't, 1.-the old man went on, grimly, then youte him want 0 see him"-Town Topics.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-05
Strictly Business.

He-My dear madam, we have both passed the age Of romance, but I offer you my heart and with it my hand.
 Shelly dear sir, 1 agree with you that we have both passed the romantic age. l beg therefore to inquire what amount of check that hand is able to draw ?-Tit-Bits.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-05

We presume the unfeeling world will look on and snicker when Tam many throws poor Russell Sage down and relieves him of some of his hard earned money.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24
LanEaaes staAx.

Broadly speaking, there are two
methods which are used for the teach
ing Of a language-that Of tho mother
and that Of the grammarian. The child
learns it's own or mother tongue from
the mother. It learns = foreign tongue
from a teacher, whose highest ambition
is to be a grammarian. Does the child
learn better from the mother OF from
the grammarian? Without doubt, from
the mother. according to the mother
method.
1t this is so, must we use the exam
pie of the mother or of the grammarian
when we are to begin the teaching of a
foreign languagef Is there any reason
why a foreign tongue should be other
wise taught than the mother tongue7 Is
it not at least worth the trouble to try
the method of the mother, when it is
every day demonstrated that pupils who
have had five, six. seven years Of teach
ing are unable, on leaving school, SO
much as to understand when the Ian
guage they have been studying is used
in conversation Charlotte Taylor in
Popular Science Monthly.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24
Judging a Mule. speed.

when I was a young man. quoth
Officer Fayette Jones. .'from a stand
point Of years, I used to trade mules oc-
casionally. One day l had a dispute
with a man to whom l had sold an ami
NAL about it's speed. We were unable to
agree between ourselves, SO we called
in an old codger who talked with a
drawl and used almost as much tobacco
as he raised. We stated the question
to him, Which is the faster of the
mules?' He asked to be taken to the
stable and stood there watching the
mules eat. He chawed and looked, and
looked and chawed. We wondered what
he could tell about their speed simply
by looking at them, but finally he
pointed out the mule 1 had sold and
said, That air the fastest of them
mules.
How do you know?' we asked in
one breath.
We'll, he replied, that FOUNDER
one takes two chaws to t'other's one an
ef n mule chaws faster than t'other
it's natural that he's a faster critter.
ut was philosophy that I've never
forgotten, and now whenever I want
to know the relative speed Of horses
or mules I judge 'em by the way they
chew. "-Paducah Sun.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24
A SOLDIER.
Lieutenant Colonel Forrest. to Whom
War Meant Killing. y

Lieutenant Colonel Forrest to who h.
War Meant Killing.
Soldier by nature. from earliest boy
hood at home on horseback, with firm,
erect and easy seat, rode at the head of
the column an ideal Of the beau sabreur.
From beneath the wide and slightly up
turned brim Of the soft felt hat, which
bore no tawdry plumes, the large, deep
set blue eyes were peering with more
than usual alertness. The look of kind
illness which came in moments of repose
or gentler mood was gone. and some
thing hard and almost savage had re-
placed it. The broad, high forehead, the
shaggy brows, prominent cheek bones
and bold assertive nose told not only
the story Of his Gaelic origin. but the
bulldog tenacity of the man.
About the ears and neck heavy half
curling tufts Of deep black hair hung 80
stif1y and stubbornly that they were
scarcely swayed by the1trong, cold win
which swept the snowfakes in minia-
ture clouds from the tree tops and sent
them scurrying to the ground. The dar k
mustache and heavy short chin beard
were gray with frozen moisture of the
expired air. The massive, firm set jaw
told of the strength Of will which mas
tered all. The compressed lip and deep
flush Of the face bespoke the bloody
business of the hour. Six feet and two
inches in stature, broad shouldered and
of athletic frame, well might one say
there was in him
A combination and Il form indeed
Where every god did seem to set his seal
To give the world assurance of a man.
A plain capped overcoat of coarse, heavy
homemade gray, close buttoned to 1.-THE
throat, reached amply beyond the knees
About the waist, and buckled on the
outside for quick and ready use, there
was a broad black belt in which two
''navy skies showed and from which
hung that famous saber, heavy and long
and, against all military rules. groun I'D
to a razor edge. and swinging from the
right side of the cavalier. No regulation
saber or school drilled swordsman, thi is
left handed scion of the American pip
neer, but in all our war there was none
other that did such bloody work. To bis
crude and earnest mind s'war means
fighting and fighting means killing.
He could cut or thrust deeper with a
sharp than with a dull sword, and if in
the melee he should happen to hit one
of his own, it was all intended for the
good of the cause Lieutenant Colo
mel Forrest at Fort Donelson,' by John
A. Wyeth, M. D., in Harper's Maya
zine.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24
Onion sprees In bern.

An annual ..zwiebel market" or
onion market is held in Bern, and once
a year the peasants come from far and
near to purchase a stock Of onions for
the twelvemonth, and, in fact, it has
grown to be a custom on zwiebel mar
ket day for everybody, rich and poor, to
buy onions; if not for use. then for the
custom Of the thing.
On a Saturday night the onions ar
rive. Great boxes, baskets and barrels
of onions line one side Of the longest
main street of the city, from the station
directly through the long arcaded ave-
nue. as far as the arcadesextend-about
a mile. All day Sunday the onions re-
main in the street, covered with cloths
of every description, ana early Monday
morning the sale begins. For two days
every one you meet has at least a string
Of onions, and one walks the entire
length of the market and weeps.
A few days later come the dances.
Every saloon and hall is decorated, and
the young peasants, girls and lads, come
to town and make merry. Every "wirt-
schaft' is crowded with a pushing,
jostling throng Of plump and rudy
faced peasants. drinking, dancing and
.'hiring out. There are no brawls,
only perhaps parties Of merry pumpkins
walking through the streets at / and 2
o'clock in the morning and yodeling,
without melody, at the top Of their
strong voices. Chicago Record.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24
He was

An English literary man who visited
this country to lecture frankly declared
that he came. not expecting to find ac-
curate scholarship among Americans.
especially on purely literary subjects.
adding affably:
sYou have been too busy and useful
q nation in practical matters to give
much time to the arts and graces of
learning.
During the dinner at which he made
this remark he criticised Shakespeare,
sharply declaring that his metaphors
often were absurd. Gas, for example, =
he said, :" Sleep hat knits up the raw
eled sleave Of care How ridiculous to
figure sleep as knitting up a torn sleeve
of a coatl''
A young American sitting near him
said modestly: 81 think the word is
not sleeve, but sleave, the thin fluff of
a damaged web. It is a technical ex-
preston among weavers."
lin the States probably ~retorted
the critic %irritably. Shakespeare never
could have heard it. He meant sleeve"
II believe" persisted the American
gently, ''the word is printed sleave in
all the old editions. It is not an Ameri-
can word, but has been used for CEN
turtles by weavers in Scotland and the.
north of England.
The visitor frowned and then with
English frankness said, laughing:
''Thank you; I was mistaken. Perhaps
I am mistaken about other things and
will be corrected before I leave your
shores. Youths Companion.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24
The Way to Go to California

Is in a tourist sleeping car-personally
COMMUNICATIVE the Burlington route.
You make fast time. You see the
finest scenery on.the globe.
Your a is not SO extensively fin
ished nor SO fine to look at as a palace
sleeper, but j, is just as clean, just as
comfortable, just as good to ride i'll,
and nearly $40 cheaper.
The Burlington excursions leave
every Thursday, reaching San Francisco
Sunday and Los Angeles Monday.
Porter with each car. Excursion man
ager with each party. For folder Civ
ing full information call at nearest B.
& M. railroad depot or write to J..
Francis, general passenger agent, Oma-
ma, Neb. 6-26-99
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24
A sleepy Deputx.

Under a former administration the
United States marshal Of western Penn
sylvania sent a warrant to one of his
deputies, who was stationed in a back
county, for the arrest of a counterfeit
er. The deputy knew the man and
treated him considerably. When they
reached P%ittsburg, the necessary papers
were not at hand to commit the prison
er to Jail. The deputy would not take
him to q hotel, because he would have
to pay the bill out of his own pocket.
So he took him to the marshal's office
to pass the night there. The deputy
wa sleepy and the counterfeiter said he
was. So the deputy handcuffed his pris-
oner to himself and lay down on the
floor beside the steam register. AS soon
as the deputy was asleep the counter
feiter took his keys from his pocket,
unlocked the manacle and fastered the
loose end to the register. Then he took
the deputy's watch and what money he
had and departed.
Where is your prisoner ?" asked the
marshal the next morning, awakening
the deputy.
"Doesn't that beat all ?" he replied
as he tugged at his handcuf and bruised
his wrist. "Darned if I don't believe
he's gi' me the slip. "-Pittsburg News.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24
The Test of Perseverance.

Many girls are employed at the West
ern Union Telegraph company's main
office in fling dispatches and other
work requiring no great skill. Now,
although they get only the current
wages of workers in such employments,
there are always many applicants for
every vacancy. In view of this fact the
company has adopted an interesting
method of dealing with applications.
Every girl applying is questioned as to,
her age, education and residence. Fur
thermore, her height is taken. The facts
as to the applicant are then filed for fu-
ture reference, and she is advised in
case she is really anxious for a place to
return at the end of four months should
she not hear from the company before
that time. The reason for this advice
is that the list of applications is de-
stroyed every four months.
Many applicants never come second
time. Some, however, come 3 second, q
third or even a fourth time. and, al,
though the officers Of the company hold
out no special hope to any applicant,
they do say that here. rs else where.
perseverance often succeeds. The re-
quirement that the applicant shall ap-
pear in person each time is an ingen-
ious mean Of wedding out those appli-
cants that lack tho perseverance, which,
other things being equal, 10 likely to
make a girl more useful TO the COM
pany than a girl with less Of thas quail
ity.-New York Sun.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24
Ground For Complaint.

Small Politician want to talk to
you, sir. about a remark you made
about me in your paper. You called me
a political jobber, sir.
Editor-Yes, it was a very annoying
typographical error. and I promptly
fred the compositor.
Small Politician -Ahl Then you
didn't mean to call me a jobber?
Editor-No, sir. I wrote s.robber''
very distinctly. Catholic Standard and
Times.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24
Ganners' Patron saina.

Why was St. Barbara chosen to be
the patron saintess Of all gunnersi It is
one of those things which are to be
known and which one ought to know,
but does moi. Meanwhile there is the
fact that she does intercede for all ga n
ners by land or sea. In the old French
navy the Ste. Barbe was the gun
ROOM, and the name may be found with
that meaning attached to it in all die
tionaries. Moreover, in France she is
the saint not only of gunners. but of all
fire brigades. The sapeurs pompiers,
who, for some mysterious reason. are a
regular chopping block for jokes, hold
their holiday on the day of her feast.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24
Advertised Letters.

List Of letters remaining uncalled for
in the postofice at Billings, Yellow
stone county, Montana. for the week
ending Feb. 20, 1899.
Buchanan, William; Burlse, Edward
j., Conner, John; Donahue, Mike;
jackson. Miss Geneva; Hardee, OF;
Jacobs, Walter; johnson, Charlie; Ma
guire, Hugh; Unger. Elmer; Vol
kama, John.
Persons calling for the same will
please say advertised"
L. F. Babcock. Postmaster.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24
TIE overture to .Tank Ready,

|E0@ h-lN
A man who writes theatrical gossip
for a London paper gravely declares
that he knows a manager who was
greatly concerned lest the music for a
tank play he was putting on should be
inappropriate. The director Of the or
chestra suggested several suitable num-
bers from "Lurline'' and ssThe Lily of
killarney, and SO on. But the manager
could not be satisfied. He wanted some
thing that should have direct relevance
to the great water illusion. At last his
conductor, in despair, suggested in a
grimly humorous moment the overture
to "Tancredi.
'.The very thing" said the manager.
"Why didn't you think Of thai before I
Put it down on the bill, my boy, in
big letters NJ the overture to Tank
Ready
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24
Curiosities Of Our calendar.

There = some curious facts about
u calendar. No century can begin on
Wednesday, Friday or Sunday. The
same calendars can b. used every 30
years. October always begins on the
same day Of the week as January. April
as July, September as December. Feb
ruary. March and November begin on
the same days. May, June and August
always begin on different days from
each other and every other month in
the year. The first and last days of the
year are always the same. These rules
do not apply to leap year, when com
parison is made between days before
and after Feb. 80.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24
Il "GREEN RAY"
Te BE Seen Frequently ut the Delta
70 Of the Nile.

The green ray. an optical phenom-
enon which has been made the founda-
ton of a story by Jules Verne, is a
flash of greenish light . rs the limb
Of the sui rises Or eets under certain
conditions Of the atmosphere. The sea
horizon is good for observing II, but
the effect ia occasionally seen in the Alps
or other mountains, and. according to
Plot Bey in a paper to the Academic DIES
Sciences, Paris, it is often to be obser y
ed in Egypt from the point Of the del
ia to Alexandria or Suez. either at Ri ,
or set of sum.
The ray is distinctly visible, and al
ways of an emerald green. which is
brighter as q rule at sunrise than sun
set. At sunset, when the eye can follow
the effect better, the ray sometimes APP
pears longer and ultimately takes q blue
tinge. This blue ray has also been OBJ
served preceding the ''green ray" at sun
rise, for example, by MI William CAT,
neal the ruins of Memphis, not far fro m
the stepped pyramid of Saggarah. He
even thinks the ancient Egyptians We re
familiar with it, because in monumen is
of the fifth dynasty and others the 81 ign
of "Kha," representing the rising SD p,
has the outer streak of a blue color and
the two inner streaks are green. The ir
writings also speak Of the greenness Of
the sun IN rising. and they liken it to
an emerald.
It is evident from all this that the
''green ray is an objective. not q Gu b.
~jective, phenomenon, and that the hori-
zon of the sea has nothing to do with it.
Nevertheless, the state Of the atmos-
phere evidently has to do with it, and
that of Egypt, ordinarily pure, seems to
have much, for the ray is seldom seen
elsewhere on land.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24
horticulture Versus Theology.

Small Johnny had on his best clothes,
and his mamma told him not to play in
the dirt with them or.
"Don't they have any dirt in heav en-
to play in?" he asked.
"No. Of course not" replied his
mother.
"Th<n what do little boys do up
Neret' queried Johnny.
"Oh, they play harps and sing and
sit under beautiful trees" was the re-
ply.
"Well." said the little fellow. u
don't see how they a have trees II
there amt no dirt. Houston Post.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24
The wheel.

An eminent German physician de-
clares that as long as a bicyclist after a
long tour has a good appetite, does not
feel a desire to go to sleep at once and
is not annoyed by heavy dreams on the
night following he may consider that
he has not made too great a demand on
his physical esources.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24

Prizes given with Diamond "CH' 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, 1899-02-24
An unlocked For Chance.

Simpkins-Brace up, old man. Take
a more cheerful view of life. Why bor-
row trouble?
Addison-Speaking of borrowing. !
would find it much easier to get along
without borrowing trouble II you would
let me have the $40 you borrowed from
me for two days aboui a year and a
half ago. Chicago News.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24

During the siege Of Paris no fewer
than ~, 900. 900 letters sailed ont Of the
city la the "a balloons dispatched be.
tween the 10Th ~ september, 1870. and
tho asth of January. 1874.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24

Young Bride--I didn't accept Tom
the first time he proposed.
Miss RIVAL (slightly ~envious)--I
know you didn't.
Young Bride--How do you knowf
Miss Ryval--You weren't there. -
Boston Traveller.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24
The Arabic Alphabet.

The Arabic alphabet has 80 letters,
each of which is written differently,
according al it stands alone or. in COM
bination with other letters. at the be-
ginning. middle or end of a word. To
learn the alphabet. therefore. means to
lnemorize 4x20-118 different signs.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24

Sick headache absolutely and posi-
lively cured by using Moki Tea. A
pleasant herb drink. Cures constipa-
ton and indigestion, makes you eat,
sleep; work and happy. Satisfaction
guaranteed or money back. 25 cents and
SO cents, Sold by Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24

On the frat railways q candle stuck
In u station house window meant
''ston lts ahsanee was u signal " 10
an.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24

Dear Father twrote tho ~studsnt)-
Please send aome money Tor u new book.
The new book had no leaves and was
smsy 10 carry In aa inside nskst. --Bos-
ton Courier
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24

In an article on Peking DR.. Goldhau m
declares that u pawnshop. where he Q an
put mp his wardrobe, seems IN DO an in.
dispensAbl s institution 10 the Chinese
merchant.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24

Tho telegraph messengers In yNpmlams
French towns ne bicycles for the do
Wtbuts0a II their tsls9sams.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24

There is economy in using Diamond
&c" Soap in the laundry in preference
to other kinds.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24

Diamond &c" Soap is a high grade
laundry soar that cap be used in hard
OF soft water.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24

you didn't really expect him
back3 | heard q voice say, and then
3 pleasant faced man, dressed as a la
borer and carrying q watering pot.
came from behind a group of palms.
He spoke with a Scotch brogue.
1.-The old gentleman you were with
is very bad up here. said the man with
the watering pot. touching his fore
head. He's been here for 30 years. and
be fancies he owns the place. I am the
head gardener here. and he tries his
best to run me. But he don't-no. sir.
he don't He can't. No crazy man can
run me. And the Scotchman went down
the length Of the raised violet beds. wa
tering the plants.
" ] passed out Of the glass building
and started for the entrance to the main
building. there to present my letters.
Az ! was about to walk up the steps 10
the entrance o man with side whiskers
and rather a sharp, piercing eye walked
up to me.
"'You have business heref' he In.
Quired of me In u rather sharp tone.
Well, ] thought he might be another
Of EN-. and 10 ! kept right on. He fol.
lowed mo mp tho stairs and into the
Office, and ! had to hand my letters to
hiIn He was the superintendent. Hs
smilsd when ] told him Of my expert
sncs IN ths grounds
(which Of them wal really inasnsf
aaksd him.
IAN ef thsm. b. replied w
tA9ton Star
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-03-25
CURRENT coMMEHr.

On onr new island Of Guam -four is
scarce, but there is plenty Of chickens,
eggs, vans. sweet potators, corn, ba-
nanAs. cocOanuts, bread fruit, small oys
tiers, venison. wild turkeys aud uIover.
The menu will snswer until Guam is
AmeFicanized.-St. Louis Globe DEMO
crat.
'Send some frst-claas battIeship -
send a whole lot OF light draught gun
boats "sen'! ten more regiments OF in
fantry." Those are the kind OF messages
that come all the time over the cable
from Manila Who will pay the bills /?
No one seems to think Of that part OF the
performance. The men who dig in the
ground pay the bills. Rut who cares for
them? They are only fulfilling the dlu-
ties Of the station To which God has
called them. Buy islands that We don't
want. Conquer lands that will be .
curse to rs. Hurry up. Send more
ships and more snbiiers. II We are GO
ing to go crazy let n go crazy all over.
-Sebraska Independent.
A Russian physician has already be-
gun to experiment with liqnid air. He
placed q deg in a rom with the temper
allure lowered to 100 degrees below zero.
After ten hours the dog was taken out
alive and with an enormous appetite.
The physician tried the test himself.
After ten hours confinement in an IT..
mosphere Of still, dry cold his system
was intensely stimulated. go much
combustion had been required to keep
warm that an intense appetite was ere
ated. The process was continued On the
man and the deg. and both grew speed
lily fat and vigorous. Il was like visit
to hracing northern climate. "When
will liquid air cocktails be available ?"
asks medical expert.-Philadelphia
Record.