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The Billings gazette., 1899-05-12
Fayn's Fearful Wrlfiag,

danes PayHs ehirography is some
thing fearful to contemplate 1t Is sim
ply execrable, The Academy tells nice
story about Payn's f'bewildering hand
writing, Miss Jane Barlow sent a
poem as q first contribution to The
pornhill when PayR was its editor.
Think Of the lady receiyinga q brief Inns
which she interpreted as follows; n
have no use for silly verses, 9
OF course Miss Barlow indHlged in
topions tears, There never was such an
III hammered snHb, Then she COM
menced 70 study the scraWl, Now came
q gleam Of light, for she dimly made
out what IT really was, ~ hope to use
Your pretty verses,
Alas, when yoH are, AZ A poet, tide
elined with thanks, y there Ii today nn
possibility Of error, for the fatal missiye
" always typewriter,
The Billings gazette., 1899-05-12
THE FRENCH MENACE.
Complaint That ~ .. soa the Nodei
ABatr Claimed Far ".

An English writer who has evidently
suffered inyaigbs rather severely against
the long extolled thrift of the French
bousekeeper. which. ii IL be thrift. is
according to his notion. pernicions
economy. He considers the meager
messes served and reserved until the
last scrap is consumed which make up
the couTse dinner II the French people
most unsatisfactory and far from APP
petjzing. lit has been said. he quotes,
THAT French bousekeeper will serve o
grilled chicken foat, making il a snb-
stantial course. This be denies-Dot
the service bHt the substantial part
If it.
As To the soup Of the provincial
French home. be asserts il lis not
thing to be describei by the uninitiated.
and il Is certainly not meant for deli
cate palate. Ii tastes like hot water in
which quantities Of cabbage have been
boiled, Then, he goes on to affirm,
1.-THE only disa of meat viii often con
slst Of that which has been used in the
making of the soup.
This testimony is borne out by Amer
lean travellers, who get very tired OF
soup meat as q dinner dish. For the
dayoring and finishing of a dish the
French are doubtless unsurpassed, but
the allegation that the sauce il made
more important than the substantial
and that the garnishing takes prece-
depce over the dish it surrounds is not
without considerable foundation The
well known st9ry of the French cook
who won WAger by serving a boot
heel scraped and stewed and sinmered
and finally served with an eptrancing
sance is good illustration of much
French cooking.
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fhat HAa stlal tga

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y 'he htiiRp AN ls4i4s A4 tgyA.
lfsii4l witt atllsttFsl ~ t' i
iaf " naH M Nlt
ilia' NJ aati B 'hah 81 Tia A
Ahaaie8He f h8 AHslsip
IL nst8mah 4 Faafsh ast#8 i
baaiad lowafS fae Il minai 81 tap
lsp The wN It'd ti8M
HsliHy esgt5 sM nfs t,t83 sh
~ anouHi eai NJ atd tag
esa1ild niasa iatfAlie
Y h#d stuiB a gWate in iise nti8i'
rf the i4AsR afgt hat err "a il tgt
aIufi 9. ihah a. alnd eas maia rt
til bnid the sstsef anAiHst ilsg mail fr
fw mlHnsts HAf trolley ,aFs we're
bat bed 80 bthini tls cart end iture
Mfl ~ s1a4i duN1r tsuisf street Ne
tefNpn eshIHTfnfs truck Afivers. W.
ssfiea Citie,ns aBi = iasliteman stNm
ansnnd aut aavs ilis nsaal advice fl,
driver hieAsi ilso hiFse ami fsn ~
llis4n mtn rallai h. silg loliuenan Il
Stop hlns Then they In turn nlasta hu
llAalsH sHasHsll ~ Hluni AafsiAa A fire
uNier the hpaAt stnulaeh A wssnian
said that IL would ~ easy enough fr
ans cne io euax him alnna With \ lump
n sugar
The usoinrman ~ the fifih trolley
ep which bal ~ ibis thine reaels1l the
en,i ~ iha biocfe,i line. WALKED ~ ana
nTysyed tAe situation
"Nhose ear il this r ha asked point.
ing 10 the firs, car That had come up
behind the watnn ~ wlifb tbs halky
horse was attached
"lts mine said another motorman.
who was iingerina brass motor handle
A. though be- would like 10 brain the
horss with H.
The matorman from the rear hoisied
the cars front fender aud strapped IL
IN ploce, folded against the daslalaeari
Now. he said 90 the motnrman
who had claimed the car. Ego ahead.
very easy, Then. turning 10 the Gis
consolatels profane driver II the horse.
be said, Get up and take bold of the
Telns
The car ran forward until the fender
reached the tailboard of the wagon
Nov. said the self appointed master
of ceremonies % his fellow motorlnan.
''staEt mp az fast as you dIrn please, |
and don II stop entil yon get to the |
bridge,
The car started. The wagon started |
The horse in the shafts simply bad to |
start, He slid and showed back for |
few inches and then broke into help |
Iess galiop The car came banging along |
behind giving the horse DO chance to
change his mind and balk again. The
spectators cheered The ingenious mo
Iornlan looked tbe assembly over with
! speer
''sayi" Le said. ''sayl Some people
ire dead slow, eb New York sun
The Billings gazette., 1899-05-12
THE MODERN ENGLlSHMAN


To illustrate the deliberateness of the
modern Englifhman let me tell OF hat
which blew off q mechanics head on
the top of a bus crossing Albert bridge
a stiff breeze blew up the Thames, and
the hat was whirled against the side of
the bridge and then went spinning
down the foOlway in the opposite di-
reetion from that which the omnibus
pursued II say, said the mechanic,
reaching over and touching the driver
on the shoulder tine att blowed off. "
The driver fidgeted a moment at this
sudden interruption, then took a tight
er grasp OF the reins and CHECKED to the
horses to quicken their pace, The hat
and the vehicle spun along in opposite
ways ~ say, driver, said the Mechap-
ic; tine ats blowed of, The driver
idgeted again, but now bis mind grasp
ed the situation, though most Hnwill-
ipgly,
ut 'as, as itl' be said, turning t.
the man, "Well, then, thatll teach
yon TO buy ats to fit your cad, | 'ad q
ole lot of ats blow off before | made
up me mind to get EN- to fit me cad,
After that | ad no more trouble, y
The hat was still bowling along and
was now at the farther end of the
bridge, The mechanic looked at it
duly, was IN a fever of gratuitoHs
lmpatienee for the bus to stop on for
the man to climb down, The driver
turned back to his work and clicked to
bis horses, who apickened their gait,
lust then yagrant stopped the fight
of the hat and ran and caught the bus
and got penny for his pains So every
one was happy, even I,-Jnlian Ralph
Ia Harper's Magazine.
The Billings gazette., 1899-05-12
4 MuIe Chews Tebseee,

Halaam s donkey is doubtless the only
one that ever spoke TO man, but II
seems that there are some trying to i'm
itate mans ways, A Fayette county
farmer has one Of this sort, Old silas
for years had his stall In q tobacco barn,
where u often CHANGED that scraps Of
the soothing weed got into his rations,
Perhaps he regarded II as a kind Of
saHeei anyhow, he finally became at
tached TO II, like his master, and now
he can't do Withont IT. II no fails te
get bis morning . chew, II is useless to
harness him TO ANYTHING, Ha viii not
bulge 4 peg bis no means no, His
master knows what the trouble H. III
goes down in his pocket, fishes np his
own twist and makes q peace Offering,
The old mule almost laughs as no rolls
the gnid into his cheek and proceeds to
hls work rs meekly as a lambkin His
master claims that silas IL as good a
Judge N 4 ''ehew' a. Of oats, Win
chester (Kapr Democrat
The Billings gazette., 1899-05-12
The Hetel Forter's Neat Joke,

In the barber shop connected with q
big down town hotel works a colored
porter who chatters necessarily. The
hostelry has had the misfortune to bf
the scene OF an unusually large number
of violent deaths reeently, and the por,
ter has plenty material for conversation
lie loves to dwell pFon suicide or a
murder and is looked upon AZ an an
thority on the death record Of the hotel,
The other day he was brushing Gus
TONER s coat and commenced the follow
lng conversations
"say, boss, hear bout do horrible
murder on floor Y dis morpinf'
HNol" exclaimed the man, hIs II
possible there has been another2''
'fspre 'nough," said the negro, de-
voting renewed energy to the brushing
operation,
HWho was killed dl' asked the man,
Hoh, q wall paper man done went MP
dere and hung up a border, =
The customer paid his bill and left,
The colored porter went into the check
room, where he could laugh as hard az
he wanted, Chicago Journal
The Billings gazette., 1899-05-12


"rH afe lets nsstfi.a thing.
siAati tlst rliaa#a rh taaf III i
shsisg wllo afe nset isfailsat wHtt inv Il
nsith sssfh uhaft6t aeailt4Aaa
3 sn hts i,ad hna fsiiea in iAa
E#leih& HHypsua b@elha "As IA nt#E.
81 " fast ~ so mtlf he ettg Da =
tall r. txf 8H sSa9i4 Why tlt ih.n8
li8ils FfHE a iYfirata si inn
~ ~ hai j u u tva " iHs W W.
fiHN all ate ~ Ia 4 iH sliait tHat ia +
sat En3w w7f tsr ansiaiiea n lhf
tsansaisiif s3ea8ll FfHiatp ans siis Il
tnsnli Then aaaiA. tlte aiili, nitf III ~
t.Nt'iing eSttain tunes has always ht,n a
rnsals
'A'fhH ntass improved trm ~ Tia fAa
ehihe has A. ssu know. an exir mrIF
large ekiinaef nearly fpnr timgs the
fisr ~ iilt urlinarr one and far .Dme
unknown rssson N YtHs materially in
eraases the vnlsine ~ spnnd IT would
seenl then, ~ IT, iugical inference
that iho bigger thn csiinslsr the lom,isr
the tons. aud proceeding on that Theory
. seiA fright snnng eletifiuian of this
city started the other DAY ta hnill an
instrument that was really gigantic.
"iie pat II together without much
trouble AMI nade an experimental cyl
Under nsarlg fo0t in diameter | was
present when IL was tested Every part
IT the machine worked perfectly. aud a
BEAUTIFULLY engraved repaid was secnr.
~. but when the sransinittsr was at
taehed We were astonishei to find that
the sound was barely audihie As near
" AZ We could figure II OEt tile tame
was nlagniiied M 60 a certain point by
making ihe cylinder larger bnt beyond
that the process was reversed. and IL
was progressively diminished. Qneer.
wasn't itf"-New Orleans Times Dem
0erat.
The Billings gazette., 1899-05-12
sensitive ClOelks,

A Lewiston (Me. J merchant has in
his store an old fashioned clock which
Is peculiarly sensitive 1t sometimes
stops and II any one steps into the
store or goes by it will start again,
and II horse steps on q certain spot in
the street it will start.
A man who happened to notice II and
who had one like it himself said that
his would not run after he had started
his furnace in the fall In the spring
after be ceased to keep fire, it would
run all right,
The Billings gazette., 1899-05-12

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HsstHsi fEse Naais 4 N8Hsss8n
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psfsitsas asia Has@gss
EAssAs tlAa HsafasstA Hs#its ssn8a plmma
M six 81 aNrff tiiN MssEN
Fsssal fsss aassn sass hstsi
Fsl@FsH tsalH aa.A eafafan.
Nantla tsAe Aaaia "a laa@#iaa
NMHals n ali ihs H4giiaHs tasg,
Nauaht n ail ihs saflsH faa
Ilfs stns sbFuttatl afsl shfsssssl rema}ns
With ssM sitawMrsa asa lss Amtme
sssa Il rnashaHt lsan lnne,
Mute msaaeslal ia strnf
~ three .mrtfss uxsffhreWas-
Fsfslnfa Msdsmn, raflhian
liuMmss slse wAlAa IA Iiammaan.
Al she enis asissr sHnlthei, alll
Nhsels ttss wnrla tee assAi 81 10
WhsFR hw wtssiAsss haaFK 4aam
skAis unFHaAsAav III tsss tAaess
Istuplss tefspieai ffeH ilsfir lara,
Flefgf fmee ss'efrnnniaR Faes.
fsa. wssfssn ihr nHetens plaee
Mlsth mKsa insr IA asaid ansi mmn
Aannsl sAe salis "A Ilanlaaans
Gltosnn sepllaTa 10 Esank t.ssIls's puHslsF
Nnaahls
The Billings gazette., 1899-05-12
Great Lovers Of Water,

The siamese are more devoted to the
water than any other nation in the
world. They are nearly always bath
ing, generally with their clothes on,
and they never go anywhere by land IL
they can possibly 80 by water, This
streets Of Bangkok are like those ot
Venice, and the inhabitants say that
their idea Of paradise would be a town
with canals where there were currents
In both directions, SO that they might
be spared the effort Of rowing
The Billings gazette., 1899-05-12
I'm Not Fear sharks,

In his book on Australia, Richard Sc
mon declares that tho prevailing ideas
Of danger from sharks are greatly sxag-
garated, Individual sharks may posi-
bly,, he thinks develop eanaibal tastes,
hnt sHeh are exceptions, rarer than
man eating tigers and crocodiles, The
divers and fishermen In the Torres
strait, where big sharks abound, do
nat shaw tho least fGag ~ thea,
The Billings gazette., 1899-05-12

It's long life, but devotion o the true interests and
prosperity Of the American people has won for ID ncw
friends as the years rolled by and the original mem
bers of its family passed to their reward and these adj.
mirers are loyal and steadast today with faith in its
teachings and confidence in the information which Il
brings to their homes and iresdcs As a natural con
sequence it enjoys in its old age all the vitality and
vigor OF ITS youth strengthened and rpencd by the
perienees Of over half century. 1t has lived on its
merits, and on the cordial support OF progressive
Americans. Ii is
The Billings gazette., 1899-05-12
Feminine Features.

nWhile woman may have her face on
the dollar, said the eorafed philoso-
pher looking thonghtfHlly at the coin,
''yet' " tell the truth, she Is more apt
70 have her eye on the as cents la
dianapolis JoHrnal,
The Billings gazette., 1899-05-12

The depth Of water affects the speed
Of steamers very considerably, tbs yes
sells moving more slowly IN shallow
than IN deep water,
The Billings gazette., 1899-05-12

About one German woman In every
~ works In 4 factory,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-08-09
Initial Alien Labor Case.

Pat NJ. Sullivan, section foreman on the
Oregon Short Line Ry. at Kings Hill,
Elmore county, was tried and found
guilty of misdemeanor before Probate
Judge White last week.
He was arrested for violating the anti.
alien labor, which was enacted by the
last legislature, forbidding the employ
men. of aliens in this state. An appeal
was taken to the district court, and the
case will be tried upon its constitutions
ality.
There is no doubt that the case will 90
to the supreme court, as an important
point is involved regarding labor, and it
will be decided whether or not places
heretofore held by American laborers can
be filled by Chinese and Japs under con
tract.
Several hundred Japanese are employed
doing section work at different points in
this state on the Oregon Short Line Ry.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-08-09

the city engineer and fixing his compen-
sation was taken from the table, read
third time and passed.
The pay of the city engineer for pre-
liminary work for construction OF public
works was fixed at $40 per day; office
work, s. per day; per cent OH contract
price up to 5000, and l per cent up to
$4,000.
City Engineer Mccullough presented a
communication showing the fallacy of
trying to establish grade on First street,
as petitioued for by the property.owners
of that street. and that it was unwise to
recommend grades piecemcal. Upon this
suggestion resolution was adopted in
strncting the city engineer to survey and
recommend grades for the following
streets: + street, from Snake river ferry
to eastern extremity of city limits; First,
Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth, Eugene
and Swanson streets TO where they inter
sect with + street on the north side. The
cost of this work will be about two cents
lineal foot.
The city clerk was instructed to here
after have sufficient copies made of all
ordinances introduced so that the mayor
and each councilman could have chance
to examine the provisions of each and be
able to act intelligently upon them before
they come up for final passage.
The council, after holding a four hour
session, adjourned until Monday evening
next.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-08-09
The Deai Did Not Go.

Manager Huntley returned from his
trip to the Buffalo Hump last Saturday
and reports he had given up the deal.
When Mr.. Huntly was on his way to
the Hump the Lewiston and Grangeville
papers attempted to interview him in
regard to the deal, but all they conld get
out of him then was that he could not
tell them anything about it until he had
seen the property, and then he would
probably be silent as a clam about it.
When he come back all that he had to
say about the matter was that the clam
act still stood. The Nugget tried to get
him to talk about it, and has found that
the finale is set to the same music as the
overture.
Mr.. Huntley is not a good subject to
interview in regard to the Hump. He
appears to think that any adverse
criticism coming from him would be
unfair to the property owners, and that
he is not under obligations to boom the
district for others,
The most we could obtain from him
was the impr ession that there would be
some big mines found up there and that
the district may some day be good one.
Nugget.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-08-09
Enlistlng Rapidly.

First Lieutenant J. A. Metzger, Asst.
Surgeon 35th U. S. ", arrived in the city
Sunday and departed by private convey
ance Monday morning for Pomeroy.
He is engaged in travelling to the diff
ferent recruiting stations and making the
physical examination of applicants for
enlistment.
Upon his arrival here, Lieut.. Ruggles,
recruiting officer, had eleven men for
examination, nine of whom passed suG-
cessfully. The other two having slight
defects, were referred to Major Walsh
and they probably will be ccepted.
There are now six or seven more appli.
cants who are desirous of serving Uncle
Sam in the Philippines, and they will be
examined as soon as the surgeon returns
which will be in day or two.
The recruiting officers are elated over
the prospect of getting quite number OF
recruits, having many more inquiries re-
garding enlistment than they had ex-
pected. Lieut.. Ruggles states in this
connection that at some places where re-
cruiting stations have been opened, by
ISLANDERS discourage men from enlisting,
which makes the work slow. as the Off
GERS are forbidden from soliciting men.
He says that all the men applying to see
service are young men, and many of
them being between the ages of IS and
IL it is necessary that they get paren-
tai consent.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-08-09
Ware House Burned.

Fire Monday evening destroyed the
J. II. Wann warehouse and /, 900 bushels
of grain situated on the upper Clearwater
at the mouth of Cottonwood Greek; 5000
bushels of wheat was the property of the
First National Bank of this city fully in
sured. The balance consisting of wheat
flax and barley belonged to diverse
parties and but little insurance if any
was carried on the same.
The warehouse was owned by Mr..
Wann and valued at $500 with no in
surance. The origin of the fire is un-
known and the loss will be keenly felt
by many farmers on the reservation in
that vicinity.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-08-09

China Doctor Against Medical Board

When the state board of medical ex-
amiuers were in session last month they
refused to grant a license to DR.. All Fong
to continue the practice of medicine and
surgery in Idaho.
DIR. All Fong appeared before Judge
Stewart i'll chambers and secured from
the court writ of review of the pro-
ceedings of the board and ordering them
to certify to the court, on September 4th,
a full transcript of the record of the
proceedings had before them and pertain
ing TO the application of DIR. All Fong
for license; also to state i'll full their
reasons for Withholding the same Boise
Statesman.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-08-09

The marshal reported 81 prisoners
taken before magistrate, I6 OF whom
paid fines 8 hoboes escorted out of
town; 80 simple drunks held over night
and released next morning.
BILLS ALLOWED.
The following bills were presented and
a1tnuaJ.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-08-09
City Council Meets.

The city council met in regular session
Monday night, with Mayor Weisgerber
i'll the cfiair and all councilmen present;
also City Clerk Poe and Marshal Denny.
City Treasurer King submitted his
report for the month of July, which was
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-08-09
$1,000 Fire at Concord.

About 5 O'Clock Monday evening fire
destroyed the barn and a stack of hay
containing about twenty tons of hay be-
longing to Vim. Ankeny at Concord,
entalling loss of about $1,000, with no
insurance. Mr.. Ankeny was not at home
at the time, being engaged in harvesting
i'll the Tammany district.
The fire originated from children play
ing with matches, trying to ascertain the
distance they could be thrown while
lighted before becoming extinguished.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-08-09
Gram Yielding Well.

County Commissioner Black of Leland
was in the city for few hours Monday
attending to some land business before
the land office.
He states that harvesting is in full blast
on the Big Potlatch, many binders being
in operation. McBride's and Mcfarland
& Hickmans threshing machines have
started up and will be busily engaged at
work in that vicinity for several weeks.
Speaking of the yield, Mr.. Black as
serts that it will excel that of last season
easily, and much of it will go No. 1.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-08-09
Song Recital.

u rare treat is offered to all lovers of
w 'S,a' music in Lewiston by the coming
~, n A. Heritage, the distinguished
rUcai'st' ~ at the Methodist church on
~ ",saay evening, the 10th, at O'Clock.
= ~ heritage is singer of wide reputa-
'on III the great cities and at Chautau-
qua assemblies. Mrs. Arthur Stacy,
Tht e','eht OF the Cecilion Society in
",s''n' n will act as accompanist for
en- heritage Admission IS cents. The
'o''0Wing is the program:
PROGRAM
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-08-09

Seventy five laborers were counted
alighting from the train Yesterday.
These laborers are off of the Clearwater
and Lapwai extension of the Northern
Pacific. Some of them are going down
on the Snake River Valley railway and
others are seeking work in the harvest
fields.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-08-09

Sam Silverman, the mining man and
party, have returned from the Imnaha
copper district. He thinks the prospects
he visited have every promise upon
development to become paying prop
critics.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-08-09

,..1 Ian agent Stranahan came in yes
So. aid returned this morning to
ai,n s and was accompanied by In
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-30
SECRETARY HAY
Holds Long Conference Over Mat
terS i'm Samoa.

WASHINGTON. Mar. 3O.-Secretary
Hay held long conference with the
president this morning relative to the
disturbance at Samoa. On leaving
the white house, he stated that while
the different governments there seem
ed to be at loggerheads the Germans
against the Americans and English
nevertheless the three governments
themselves were still in perfect har-
money and would endeavor to restore
peace and order.
He stated further that while news
paper reports were fully believed by
the administration no action would be
taken until the receipt of official dis
patches. No official communications
have as vet been received. The secre-
tary thinks that absolute trust can be
placed in the judgment of aAdmiral
Kautz and the American consul. The
navy department received a dispstch
from Kautz but the department said it
contained nothing that could be made
public The following was posted at
the department at noon: "The lates9
from Kautz: Auckland March 20.
The situation is improving since the
telegram of March 49,