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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-17
A Quaint Engn.h Ceremony.

On the last day OF each October the
city solicitor OF London. with an as,
slstant. attends upon the royal remem.
brnncer. when, by proclamation, 1.-The
tenants and occuplers Of n piece OF
waste ground called the moors. In the
county Of Salop," are commanded to
come forth and do your service upon
pain and peril that shall fall thereon"
The solicitor chops In halves two fag.
OTIS. n with a Ratchet and the other
with a blllhook. Afterward comes the
summons to the tenants. etc. of "a GER.
tain tenement with a forge" In the
Strand and the payment Of six horse.
shoes. with 81 shoe nails. by the so.
licitor. This forge has long ceased to
be, and the same shoes and nails are
used year after year, the shoes being
az least two centuries old.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-17
Isolated People of the Earth.

The people who live in the northern
portion Of the peninsula Of Kamchatka
are probably the most isolated In the
world. The people have practically no
communication with others than their
own tribe. being seldom visited by
travellers.
The inhabitants of the New Siberian
islands are also detached people, for
they can only communicate with the
mainland once a year even II the
weather IL favorable.
The pygmies Of the great central AZ.
lican forests, II they can be called u
tribe. have also been a people apart.
For ages their existence was little
more than legendary, and only two ex-
petitions commanded by white men
have yer penetrated into their abode.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-17
A CROSS ON HIS BACK.
Il Was Mlsde with Chalk. hut Was
Toe Heavy "a Carry.

Too Heavy Ia Carry. /
There Ia a story OF nn envlous tailo!
current with the French pensantry. IL,
fancied that his neighbor. who recciv
ed a pension for the loss Of an arm In
cured while fighting for his country
was better Off than himself. Both mri
went to pay their rent on the sam,
day.
That's a lucky man." said the tailor
to the landlord. HE gets well paid 70,
his arm"
"But who would be willing 10 par,
with an arm, even II he We're paid 70,
lt| said the landlord.
II would" declared the tailor.
"You!" cried the landlord. why,
man, you wouldn't be willing to bear
anything Of the sort. no matter how
much you were paid for It,"
II wish some one would try me-"
snow, see here" said the landlord.
who had studied human nature, I'm
tell you what, II you'll wear even so
much as a chalk mark on your bacS
III remit your rent as long as you
wear 1t on your coat so It can be seen
the condition being that you tell no one
why It is there"
agreed" said the tailor eagerly.
That's an easy way to pay rent"
So the chalk mark In the form Of u
cross was made Oh the back Of his
coat, and the delighted tailor sailed
forth upon the street.
Strangers and ncquaintances hailed
him to tell him Of the mark on his
back. Jokes were made ut his expense.
children laughed and pointed at him,
and his wife annoyed him with ques.
tons and with conjugal familiarity
told him he was a fool. The usually
amiable man grew surly and morose;
he Stunned men. women and children
and f%requented back streets. Before
the week was up the tailor found him.
self embroiled In a quarrel with his
best friend, his wife had threatened to
leave his house and lie considered him.
self miserable and III used.
Finally, II night he took Off his
coat and rubbed out the chalk mark
and said: "There! l would not wear
that cross on my back another week.
no, not II | could have all the money
there Is In Paris"-Youth's Compan.
Ion.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-17
Sold by Ohapple Drug Go.
He Didn't Rite.

II never a tell a story and have II
come out all right" said a little wo-
man plaintively the other day. II
thought ] had such a good one not long
ago. ! was walking along and heard
n street boy say to another, oh,
you 20 buy 10 cents worth of potash
What for" says No. =. For 10 cents.
yelled the other. and ran Off giggling.
~ thought 1t was pretty good. and
I'd try 1t on Charlie at supper. But
when | told him to go buy 10 cents
worth Of potash he never said a word,
and | knew another JOKE had fallen
fiat and kept still. But the worst was
later. He put on his hat and vanished
after supper. coming back In a minute
with a little parcel that he handed to
me.
whats thatg' asked l.
why. the potash you said you
wanted answered he. and nearly
had Mysteries IN the spot. Did you
ever hear anything SO perfectly awful?
] won't ever try to get of anything
funny again."
And the little woman sighed as she
walked away.-Cleveland Plain Deal
er.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-17
Gave Her a Begging Bowl.

Nine. AntOlnette Sterling, the con.
tralto singer and evangelist, had an eX.
p%erience In the Bombay presidency,
India. which Is us quaint us any OF
Kipllng's tales Of the hills. She was
campaigning with Pundita Ranabai,
and through her magnificent voice was
drawing thousands Of natives to her
meetings. They had never seen that
kind of a missionary before and had
never heard a voice like hers. They
were SO pleased with her work that
they said to themselves:
"This Ii a foreign woman guru, and
for fear Of giving offense to us she has
omitted to put her begging bowl out
side Of her door for us to put In the
customary contributions"
In India every guru, or holy person,
carries a brass, wood or clay begging
bowl, into which the devout put some
small sum Of money. Nine, Sterling
walked out upon the veranda Of her
bungalow one morning, and there, to
her amazement, found two begging
bowls-one, a little one, with a few an.
nas In It, intended for the pundita and
one, an enormous affair, containing a
handsome sum Of nna and rupees for
herself.
The only explanation she could ever
extract from the servant was this;
"Little bowl, little money for the little
pundita with little voice; big bowl, big
money for big mlssahlb with big
enthusiastically Evening Post.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-17
What Pnper Costs.

Ladies who so shopping have little
idea OF the cost of their trip, even In
such Il minor dera.. rs the cost OF pa.
per for the packages they have sent
home. A Ealtimorean has recently
compared the weight OF paper with
the food supplied to the purchaser, In
one days purchases 1t Is said that the
paper wrapping amounted to about 10
per cent of the total. In q list of sup
plies costing about $1.4O he found that
the paper Which vas weighed with the
provisions cost l4A cents.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-17

In a pretty Wisconsin town not far
from Milwaukee there Is a ''spite
fence" which tells Its W story to all
the world. 1t Is a high and tight board
affair and cuts off a view across a
number of beautiful lawns. The man
who lives OF one side Of 1t evidently
feared that the fence would bring down
on his head the condemnation Of his
neighbors. Not wishing to be unjustly
blamed. he has therefore painted on
his side Of the fence in letters that can
be read a block away these words:
"He built this fence. didn't do it."
The a on the other side also had
no Idea Of letting a false impression
get out. Accordingly he has painted
Of the other side Of the high barrier:
II had to do It,"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-17

II 1t should be asked what possession
most valued, | would say some beau.
tlful memory. Memory Is possession.
II Is the only thing on earth that Is ab.
soluteiy ours, which no one can take
from US. We can produce and enjoy 1t
IN a crowd OF uncongenlaf people as
easily as u we were alone, No noise
ean drown Its voice: no distance can
dim It's clearness, Strength. hope.
beauty, everything else. may pass,
Memory will stay.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-17
e.s Of Lunatics.

Having an appointment to preach at
an insane asylum for the first time. the
editor Of The Christian Register asked
the medical director for some points,
He said the most important thing was
to avoid any attempt on the part of
the preacher to accommodate himself
to his audience rs II they were differ
ent from other people. He said:
III you attempt to adapt yourself to
tneir condition. they will instantly dis.
cover 1t, and they will hare YOU"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-17
A WOMAN.

God did not make her very wise,
Hut carved a strangeness round her mouth;
he put her great sorrow In her eyes
And softncss for mems souls In drouth,
Ana on her face. for all to see,
The seal Of awful tragedy,
God did not make her very fair,
But white and 1.-THE and strange and sweet
A subtle fragrance In her hair.
A slender swittness In her feet,
And In her hands a slow car"ss,
God made these for my steaaiast ncss.
God did not give TO her u heart,
hut there 10 that within her face
To make men long To muse apart
Until they goodness And and grace,
And think to read and worship there
All good, yet she Ia scarcely fair,
"A. u. Mall In New York Tribune.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-17
SHAVING A DEAD MAN.
A Job That Occupied an Impecuni.
GUS Artist About u Week.


II have just finished shaving n dead
man." said a local artist. ''rhe job oc.
cupied me about a week anu Good
heavens!" circulate a Mortified friend.
"what dye mean" Don't be alarm.
ed" replied the artist calmly. "ThG
operation was not as repulsive rs you
may imagine. In fact, | performed 1t
with a brush. You see, a certain family
Of my acquaintance have a large oil
painting Of the head Of the house, who
departed from this vale of tears some
time in the early eighties. At the time
the portrait was made lie wore Il full
beard. which was contrary to his usual
custom, and the family, who remember
him best with n smooth face, have
been anxious ever since to get Off tho
whiskers. | was engaged to shave the
portrait. and hard times and approach.
Ing rent day persuaded me to accept
the commission, which, needless to say,
was highly antipathetlc to my artistic
instincts.
II had to depend entirely or the recol-
lection OF the family for my data, and
found, to my alarm, that each men,
Der had retained a different impression
Of the old gentieman's chin. One claim
ed 1t was double and another insisted
that 1t was sharp and clean cut; n
daughter described It as square and
determined and the widow assured
me privately that 1t was shaped like
the Prov OF an armoredN cruiser. Alto.
gether l found myself In a deuce Of a
fix. 1t vas nc trouble to take Off the
whiskers; l did that In three fell
swoops; but when l blocked out the
jaw experimentally and called In the
crowd for suggestions, there was n
grand chorus Of protest. Strange to
say, | pleased nobody, and have been
correcting. amending. r%emodeling and
doing 1t all over again ever since. One
point Of dispute vas the location Of a
wart, which half the family said was
on the left and half on the right.
finally effected a compromise by paint
Ing In two warts. Il on each side.
got my fee all right, but before l take
another t%onsorial job I'll 90 to driving
trolley car."-New Orleans Times
Democrnt.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-17
Care Of Rubber Goods.

In putting away rubber gloves, rub
Der sponge bags and rubber bathing
caps a liberal supply Of talcum, or
V e ordinary toilet powder, should he
applied to them on Ill sides. and they
should be placed carefully in boxes
without rolling. When they are needed
for use again. they will not be found
adhering In different places In a way
that makes pulling apart dangerous, II
not entirely disastrous.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-17
Unexpected,

"Why, Clara" said a neither to her
little daughter, who was crying. what
are you crying about"
&C cause" sobbed the little miss. ~
s-started to m-make dolly a b-bonnel,
and 1t c.c0med out b.bloomers."--
Trained Motherhood,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-17

II Ia probably true that love laughs at
loeksmiths. but any careful reader OF
the proceedings of the divorce courts
cannot fail to observe that the lock,
smiths get a laughing inning later on
Philadelphia Inquirer,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-17
You Try 1t.

II Shiloh's Coagh and Consumption
Cure, which is sold for the small price of
% cts, so cts. and Sl.OO, does not cure
take the bottle back and we will refund
your money. Sold for over fifty years
on this guarantee. Price % cts. and 30
cts. Sold by Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-17
M0Uy Il Lover

Has turned with disgust from an other
wise lovable girl with an offensive breath,
Karl's Glover Root Tea purities the
breath by it's action on the bowels etc.
rs nothing else will. Sold for years on
absolute guarantee. Price 25 cts. and
so cts, Sold by Chapple Drug Go.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-17
Smell This,

Some Of you who think you are well
UP In spelling just to try to spell the
words In this little sentence:
at Ia agreeable to witness the un-
paralleled ecstasy OF two harassed ped.
dlers endeavoring to gauge the symme,
try Of two peeled pears"
Read II over to your friends and see
how many Of them can spell every
word correctly. The sentence contains
many Of the real puzzlers OF the spell.
ing hook.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-17
The Future Unfolded,

She-Suppose | didn't dress as we'll
as ! do now. would YOU love mo as
muchY
He-Certainly, dear, Why, that la as
much as to say that | won't care for
you after we are married, Detroit
Free Press.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-17

To avoid a task and to fear 1t Ia to
make 1t our master. To set about 1t
cheerfully at once Ii to become Its mas.
tor,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-17

A man Ia invariably disappointed
when the man he II said to look like IL
(0Inted out to characterization Globe.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-17

Love Ia the salt that preserves affec-
lions and actions from the corruptlons
Of life,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-17

The trouble with most Of Us In that
we throw musty old crusts on the wa.
ter and expect frosted cake In return,
s-AtchlsOn Globe.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-04
THE GALICIANS RELEASED.

Under the circumstances, the en-
ployers of the Galicians. who have been
imprisoned for refusing TO observe
their contracts, should have released
them long ago. 1t is useless TO COM
ment on the conduct of Congress in
approving and making our municipal
laws, which enforce penal labor con-
tracts, the laws of the United States
governing this Territory. The employ
ers OF the Galicians were at fault in
importing these undesirable laborers,
and the loss that results from it, is
merely the damage which comes from
their own error, although it was unin-
territorial and almost unavoidable.
The release of the Galicians will pre-
vent the occurrence of a thrilling his
torical incident in the room of the
Supreme Court of the United States, in
which Counsellor Gear proposed TO
make that court face about on the Con-
stitutional question. At the same time,
he will have leisure to call on the
President and make him face about on
the same question.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-04
SNORING CORRESPONDENTS.

1t is a rule in the proceedings of
courts martial in France that the SEES
sions of the courts shall begin at 6
O'Clock in the morning. In the Dreyfus
case, this rule is strictly followed.
Ninety per cent. OF the spectators in
the court room are newspaper cores
pondents. As these persons are engag-
ed in taking the evidence during the
day and in sending correspondence off
at an early moment, they are generally
busy until after midnight. Having in
sufficient sleep, they fall off to sleep,
whenever there is a suspension in the
taking of testimony. A special dis
patch to a New York journal says that
whenever this incident occurs, or
whenever q witness is inaudible, the
snoring begins, and a witness some
times testifies in a chorus of snores.
On one occasion, two journalists, while
asleep, dropped their heavy canes
which fell with crashing sound on
the floor. The noise startled the
audience and the court who suspected
that it was connected with some dew
ilish plot, for a demonstration of some
kind was suspected.
The gendarmes, after this incident,
forbid the introduction of canes and
umbrellas into the court room.
1t certainly detracts from the solemn
grandeur of the trial of Dreyfus, which
II, 4 = al
attention, when a chorus of shores fills
the room, and the spectators of the
most eventful trial known to history
cannot keep their eyes open. In the
Ingoldsby Legends, Lord Tom Noddy,
hires room that over-lOOks a scat
fold upon which a man is to be hung,
in the early morning. But My Lord
drinks brandy in order to keep awake
until the hour arrives. He falls asleep,
just before the execution takes place
and his landlord finds him lying on a
sofa and snoring. Sleeping and snor-
ing in the presence of tragic events
does not add to the dignity of great
events. Even Macaulay himself would
De loSC III describing spectacle, IN
which he would declare, that while the
thought and anxiety of all Europe were
concentrated upon the humble struc-
ture that covered the actors in one Of
the most impressive events of modern
times, visitor standing near to it,
with listening ear, could only hear
chorus of shores, breaking the silence
of the air.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-04

that. He is open to censure only for
not allowing the Chinese, who had re-
turn permits, on the Celtic, to have
counsel, and remain under guard until
their cases had been considered in
Washington. They may have been re-
fused counsel, and remained in ignor-
ance of their rights, through the fault
OF the local government But it was
his business to see that no error was
made.
How is it that the Secretary OF the
Treasury tells How Duck that he was
detained not by the Federal, but by the
local government? Was the matter
muddled by the Special Agents? The
Cats Paw explanation seems to be
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-04
DARKNESS PREVAILS.
1t is Dangerous Travelling in Homo
lulu Streets After Dark.

For the last few nights the streets
have been in utter darkness. On ac-
count OF the scarcity of water the Gov
eminent electric lights have had TO
economic on power and to do this the
arc lights have been shut Off The
lower reservoir at the Nuuanu electric
station is almost dry. Last night at
a late hour there was in it less than
three feet of water. There has been
no rain for some months and the pres
ent outlook is that before long they
will have TO economic still further.
To make the situation worse the
nights have been blacker than Egypt
and the streets are in horrible shape
The junction of Alakea and King
streets is a wreck. Both streets are
torn up, the dirt piled high on all sides.
and only narrow space left for We
hicles. Along King street mounds of
earth, like newly made graves, present
first-class obstacles for the unwary
traveller. The sewer people also have
taken few streets unto themselves. a
few Pickering red lights are set out in
order TO warn the people who are out
after dark that those places are tabu.
All sorts of instructions, such as sew
er pipe piled high and piano boxes"
for tools, are located in convenient
places for barking shins and break
ing legs.
The TramwayS Company. the sewer
people and the arc lights that are not
lighted combine to make travelling aft
er nightfall precarious and hazardous
uDdprtal king
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-04
AIR.

Those who are familiar with the
article order it by the gallon, which
proves beyond all doubt thai it is the
proper thing.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-04

Those who want a fine quality Of
liquor for medicinal or home use will
find the famous old Jesse Moore Whis-
key superior to any other brand.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-04

New Bill at the Orpheum Tonight.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-04

Everyone enjoys it; your health de-
ponds upon it. You can just as well
have it as your prudent neighbor Old
and young alike endorse it,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-04
INSURES
PURE

We have it prepared in quantities to
supply any or all demands. We will
deliver to your home, if within the city
limits, trial bottle at Is cents. Don't
neglect 10 order bottle at once.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-04

Give satisfaction wherever used. Our
stock is a large and welI-assOrted one,
ranging" from the Small Family to
Hotel and Restaurant sizes.
From "Pele's" heat to "Klondyke"
cold is but step, especially when one
of our
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-09
JOE NJ 'AUL|FFE'S
BROTHER FRANK
SHOT TO DEATH
Frank Mitchell Fired
the Fatal Shot.
TROUBLE OVER AN ACCOUNT
BIG JOE REFUSED TO PAY AND
A FIGHT ENSUED.
Mitchell Armed Himself and There
Was Second and Fatal
Struggle-Says He Shot
in Self-Defense.
TROUBLE OVER AN ACCOUNT
BIG JOE REFUSED TO PAY AND
A FIGHT ENSUED.

quarrel over a small store account
ended in a shooting affair last night,
which cost Frank McAuliffe his life and
landed the shooter, Frank Mitchell, in
prison.
The affray occurred at the grocery store
and saloon of 2. N. Flynn, corner Of Ala
bama and Twenty-fourth streets, at II
p. m. 1t appears that Mitchell, who keeps
a grocery and saloon on the corner Of
Twenty-fourth and Harrison streets, had
a bill against big Joe McAuliffe, the eX-
prize-1ignter, who Is now deputy in the
County Clerks office. He met Frank Nc
Aulitte little after IL o'clock and under
took to find out when Joe McAulifre would
pay what he owed. McAuliffe asked how
much 1t was and was told that it amount
ed to about $40. Some remark made by
McAuliffe angcred Mitchell and hot words
followed. Mitchell in an excited frame of
mind hurried away in the direction Of his
store
Bystanders say that Mitchell went away
to procure his pistol and that he returned
in few minutes and walking up to with
in about ten feet of McAulitfe drew a A
Smith q Wesson and without saying
word fired, the bullet piercing McAuIife
through the heart. The victim died in
stantly.
Mitchell was detained and taken into
custody later by Sergeant Blank and Po-
liceman Pyron, who removed him to the
Seventeenth street station.
There is another side to the story which
places Mitchell in a better light and &C
cording to Captain Gillen of the Seven
teenth street station gives the killing the
appearance of self-defense. Mitchell, at
a late hour this morning stated that he
met Frank and Joe McAuliffe on the
street and asked Joe when he was going
to pay the bill he owed him. He called
Joes attention to the fact that he had
good job and was in a position to pay.
McAuliffe, applying an epfthet to Mitchell.
said that he owed the bill but would
never pay It." A scuffie ensued between
the three men and Mitchell went to his
place and returned shortly with the pis-
tol. Another row was started, In which
Mitchell got the worst of it. He says he
shot McAuliffe when he was coming to-
ward him and about four feet distant
Mitchell has a badly cut and bruised
lip and chin to substantiate his state
ment and asserts that he was struck
first, was afraid of his life against the
two men and shot in self-defense.
The arresting officers reported that
they had hard struggle with Joe Nc
Auliffe after the arrest of Mitchell to
keep him from assaulting Mitchell.
Mitchell Is about 25 years of age Nc
Auliffe resided at Twentieth and Hamp-
shire streets.