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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-10
High Price For straightness.

One Of the difficult problems In prac-
teal mechanics Is to make a straight
edge" How difficult 1T IL may be
judged from an incident which occur
red In the shops Of ]. A. Brashear, the
astronomical instrument maker. A
customer asked Mr.. Brashear what
would DO the price of "a perfect
straight edge OF glass 81 inches long"
ut can't be made absolutely per-
feet" said Mr.. Brashear, "but 1t could
probably be made with a limit Of error
amounting to only a fraction of a wave
length of light"
"HOw much would that costT
"AbOut $4O,OOO!' .
1t turned out that the customer
wanted the straight edge for a scraper
and that m error of one siXty-fourth
of an Inch would have been insensible
for his purpose.-Youth's Companion.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-10
Sold by Ohapple Drug 90.
Dofng 1t by Halves.

my wife went west the other day to
visit her sister who lives in California"
said Brown with a smile. II was II IN.
able to go with her on 0 OF being
detained here On a matter Of business
b a needed my atten ion; SO | went
with her as far as Chicago, saw her
safely on an overland train and then
came back. But before l left her |
looked up tn" porter and gave him half
Of a S. bill that l had torn in two. say.
Ing that my wife had the other half
and that he would get that at the end
Of the journey If he would see that she
needed for nothing on the trip"
The porter's eyes stuck out. and he
faithfully promised that my wife
would receive the best Of care: so l
came away feeling that she would not
lack for anything.
when | returned home | discovered
to my horror that ! had neglected to
give my wife the other half Of the bill.
Today ! received a letter from her re.
minding me OF that fact and saying
that she had torn a dollar bill in two
and given 1t to the porter.
Somewhere along the line there
must be a wild eyed darky with the
halves of two worthless bills In his
possession and a firm conviction that
he has been worked by some sort Of a
new flimflam game.
Il am very anxious to have my wife
return SO ! can find out from her what
sort of reasoning she used when she
gave that porter a half instead of the
whole of that 81 bill."-Detroit Free
Press. " y
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-10
DIR, COLES,

DR.. COLES, an eminent surgeon OF
Dublin, who died in 1913, was remark
able for his plain dealing with him
self. In his fee book he had many
such candid entries us the following.
"For giving Intellectual advice for
deafness, l guinea"
"For attempting to draw out the
stump Of a tooth, ! guinea"
"For telling him that he was no
more Ill than ! was, l guinea"
"For nothing that | know Of, except
that he probably thought he did not
pay me enough last time, l guinea"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-10
WORDS.

I cannot tell what I would tell thee,
What I would say, what thou slouldst heart
Words Of the soul that should compel thee,
Words Of the heart to draw thee near.
For when thou smilest, thou, who nllest
My HE with Joy, and l would speak,
IT'S then my lips and tongue are s%tillest,
Knowing all language Is too weak.
Look IN my eyes, read there confession;
The tr,rst love has least OF art;
Nor needs Il words for It's expression
When soul speaks soul and heart speaks heart,
Madison Cawein IN Frank Leslie's Popular
Monthly.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-10
Japanese Dentists,

The Japanese dentists perform all
their operations in tooth drawing with
the thumb and the foretinger Of one
hand. The skill necessary to do this
Ia acquired only after long practice,
but when one 1t is obtained the opera
tor is able to extract half a dozen teeth
in about 80 seconds without once re-
moving his fingers from the patients
mouth.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-10
How Is Your Wife?

Has she lost her beauty? If SO, con.
stipation, indigestion, sick headache are
principal auses Karl's Glover Root
Tea has cured these ills for half a cen.
fury. Price 25 cts. and so cts. Money
refunded if results are not satisfactory
Sold by Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-10
No Disturbances,

Mrs. Gofrequent Your husband
goes out a good deal, doesn't he?
Mrs, Seldom Home-Yes, but we al.
ways have seats next to the central
aisle. and 1t never disturbs anybody
Chicago Tribune.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-10

LaGrippe, with it's after effects annu-
ally destroys thousands of people. 1t
may be quickly cured by One Minute
Cough Cure, the only remedy that pro-
duces immediate results in coughs, colds,
Group, bronchitis, pneumonia and throat
and lung troubles. It will prevent con.
sumption. Chapple Drug Go.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-10
Madrid's Slums,

Madrid abounds In slums, which are
even greater eyesores than those Of
Whitechapel, There are labyrinths Of
narrow old streets, bordered by the
most u~ninvitlng novels, and from the
squalor of these abodes spring the
eomponents of the ferocious mobs
which are the bane Of the city,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-10

Belgium Is the home of the racing
pigeon. There the sport is a national
pastine, and a good pigeon frequently
wins for it's owner large sums of mon
ey, the prizes being considerable, to
which heavy pools are added.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-10
Do You Know

Consumption is preventable? Science
has proven that, and also that neglect is
suicidal. The worst cold or cough can
be cured with Shiloh's Cough and Con-
sumption Cure. Sold on positive guar
antee for over fifty years. Sold by
Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-10

The Chinese are very fond OF foreign
song birds, Forty years ago, when
eararies were first introduced to that
country, a palrc cost $l2; now they have
multiplied to such IN extent that a pair
can be bought for rs cents,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-10
Spilled Ink,

When Ink has been spilled, the first
thing to do Ia to remove as much of
tho liquid ~ possible with a damp
cloth, Then dip a clean rag into some
SKINNED milk and sponge the stain.
The cloth and milk must be clean for
each application, A little benzlne or
ammonia will remove any grease
which the milk may make,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-10

1t Ia estimated that there are 100000
women domestic servants Ia London.
and that 10000 Of these are always
out Of situations or changing their
places.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-10

The earliest pottery with printed
designs Of American subjects was
made at Liverpool at the end OF the
eighteenth century.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-10

Twice a year the Caspian overfiows
and strands miluons OF tish-sutticient
to feed the whole Of central Asia II adj
vantage could be taken Of these i'm
mense our given by nature.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-10

Astronomical Instruments of glass
were used by the Chinese as early as
1883 B. q.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-10

Horses same as cattle on left hip.
Ranges-Big Bend of Musselshell and Alks9
creek. Pc Musselshell. Mont.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-01-04

All these gay colors of cloth make a
forid and not ineffective show on the
ponds and in the rinks, where the
whir of steel on ice rises on the frosty
air. A plain skirt, ankle long, with a
vivid flannel or velveteen bodice, is
Just about the most graceful and be-
coming thing "A skater can assume.
Camel's hair serge is what the skirt
is made of aud the most startling COM
binations in color prevail until the
Kinks resemble carnival gatherings.
The biggest and brightest buttons
flash on upper, as well MS neither gar
ments, aud some of these are huge
polished pewter buttons, such us are
made and worn by Dutch men and
women on the frozen canals of Hol-
land.
Pretty skating costumes from Paris
are resplendent with fur or fancy
braid and gay with silver buttons that
are in reality tiny bells, iinglng out
fairy music at every motion of the
wearer. The skirts of such suits are
cut close at the hip aud somewhat full
below the knees, enabling the wearel
to move with freedom, and adding
greatly to the sum OF grace. Turbans
of astrakan, broad tail and Persian
lamb are what the smart skaters wear.
These are round, cap-shaped things,
with n tuft OF bright feathers like 4
shaving brush sticking up in front
and held hy pin of Russian silver.
Every otter woman, whether hel
frock is silk or serge, has depending
from the rear OF he: Easque specie
of tail which i, bolnd 20 excite inter,
est, il not applause. 1t was fully ten
years ago IT, 4. nas Iues resigned theil
rear appenGlgeS, but, like Mary's
little lambs, they are back III fashion,
every one with its tail behind it.
Sometimes the tail t1a mere bunch o
ribbon ends; scarcely larger than the
sort of thing rabbit wears, again
| they are he tIe-wing. shaped and fall
nearly to the knee. Coatee, habit
position and swallow tails are the
species most frequently seen at pre-
sent, and whether they are pretty OF
not is another matter; the tailors say
they have come to say. st. Louis
| Globe Democrat.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-01-04
SING A SONG.

n you'll sing song rs you go along.
In the face Of the real or the ianciei wrong;
In face of the doubt II you'll fight II out,
And show heart that Is brave aud stout
II you'll laugh ut the iecrs and refuse the
tears,
You'll force the evcr-reuctant cheers
That the world denies when coward cries,
To give TO the man who bravely tries
And you'll win success with Il little song
II you'll sing the song as you go alongl
II you'll sing n song as you plod along
You'll find that the busy. rushing throng
will catch the strain of the glad refrain;
That the sun will follow the binding rain;
That the clouds will fly from the blackcncd
sky;
That the stars will come out by and by:
And youll make new friends, till hope de-
sccnds
From where the placid rainbow bends;
And all because of Il little song
II you'll sing the song as you plod along!
II you'll sing song ~ You trudgc along.
You'll see that the singing will make you
strong;
And the heavy load aud the rugged road,
And the sing and the stripe of the tortuous
goad
Will soar with the note that You set aloat;
That the beam will change TO n trining mote;
Tint the world H. bud when you are sad.
And bright and beautiful when glad,
That all you need Is little song
II you'll sing the song ~ you trudge along!
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-01-04
/ FOR WOMAN'S BENEFIT.
wedding Gowns of philippine brides.

There is cloth here, writes cor
respondent from Manila, which is
manufactured of pineapple fibre, and
is called pinas cloth. The texture is
as delicate as a SPIDERS web, and in
the hands of the women is fashioned
into the most wonderful designs.
| have seen small handkerchiefs which
cost 800 apiece, and lace sleeves
which run as high as 5000 apiece.
When Philippine lady of the bet
ter class gets married she sometimes
wears as her wedding dress Il costume
of native manufacture that reaches in
value up into four figures. II takes
months to make handkerchief or n
sleeve or neckerchief, so micro
scopic and delicate is the fabric Con-
sidering the costliness of the finer
kind of native needlcwork, it is hardly
probable that the soldiers will take
home many trunkfuls for exhibition
purposes. Chicago Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-01-04
sEA-BRED CARRIER PIGEONS.


How 10 Acquire Good Service by Feath-
cred Messengers From ship TO shore.
Captain John r. Bartlett, United
States navy, retired, chief of the coast
signal service during the war with
Spain, has reported to the department
on the value of carrier pigeons for
signalling purposes. In substance he
reports:
That experiments be made for the
purpose of training homing pigeons in
connection with coast signalling, for
the reason that they offer solution of
the problem of communication with
vessels in the off shore patrol feet.
These vessels would most probably
operate in districts having established
bases, and at such a distance from the
coast and from the inshore patrol that
visual signalling would be impossible.
A homing pigeon service cannot he
improyised and be of any real value.
The birds must be systematically and
not only to equip the cotes with trained
carriers for that locality, but to fur
nish stock with sea-bred breeders.
Experimental cotes should he located
at the bases of naval coast defense
districts, a small vessel provided with
a carrier pigeon outfit and an officer
detailed to develop this means of COM
munication and superintend the sys-
tematic training of the birds. Unless
this is done with Intelligence and
thoroughness for at least year it
would be useless to rely upon it at
all. Such system could be very
economically inaugurated and could
be maintained at comparatively
slight cost A simple routine of
drills, exercises and reports based
upon our recent experiences could be
readily put into operation and small
rewards or appropriate ratings would
stimulate proficiency. In times of
peace such a service would he of con-
slant convenience to this department
and to the maratime interests of the
country, and the constant practice
would prepare the men for the emer-
gencies of war.
Attention is called to the fact that
every other maritime nation has such
a system, generally much more elabo-
rate than the one herein proposed, or
ganized by and operated under its
naval or maratime department.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-01-04

It is good idea where several um-
brellas are found an impossible piece
of extravaganza to buy one of rather q
bright color to coincide with the trim
ing of II hat or stock worn; or it
might be the same hue as smart
coatee. This is sort of notion that
gives n costume an extra touch of chic,
and so is worth special effort to
achieve.
Among the handles seen you will
notice little frog in green enamel
another, an apple and pear and q
ounce are also displayed, and fero-
cious-looking snake with its ugly
mouth wide open. This carried out
in enamel or fancy wood has quite
brilliant effect.
Plaid umbrellas are for the moment
great feature. fancy this vogue
for colored parapluies has arisen as
result of the dry summer we have
had. After all, they are more useful
to play with than to put to practical
ends. They came out in Paris at one
of the smart races in the early spring,
and SO have arrived here now. One
general rule may be taken, however,
and that is that the old.fashioned
large umbrella is almost as extinct as
the dodo, and may it remain so, for it
was heavy and cumbrous, and always
getting in other peoples way.
The man who invented the slender
tube stick, which is so light and yet
so strong, deserves monument all to
himself. 1t puts to shame the bulky
weapon with which we used to be so
contented Actually we thought it
was n blessing, that old cumbrous
parapluie, observing i'll pictures the
CAMPS our ancestresses mot 80 very
far back date, either used to have
to WELD.
No wonder they had to have maids
or men servants to carry these won
derful canopies over their heads
what time they hobbled along on curl
ous clogs, or pattens, to keep their
feet aud skirts out of the mire. Lon
don Mails.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-01-04

Fashion is the cause of most of the
errors of taste we make, whether in
respect to our costumes or our hair
arrangements. Hundreds OF girls
adopt the newest style, which can onk
suit small percentage OF them, size
faces and figures are so various. Gym.
thia looks beautiful tall, slim, grace
full, claSsic-f featured Cynthia - with
her golden hair simply rippled back
from the brow and coiled in spiral
knot at the extreme back of her head;
Janet. the round-nosed, sallow little
Ia sic who is .Cynthia's friend, must
then sacrifice the curly fringe which
softened the effect Of her sloped fore
head and tie her dark locks back to the
Greek knot behind, just because 'it
looks so awfully nice" in Cynthia's
case. Then comes in a difficult ques-
ton for Cynthia to decide. Is she to
tell Janet that she had made mis-
take, to suggest that a classic profile
is needed by such hairdressing, there
by saying, practically, 81 am beauti-
ful. but you are plain" or is she to
let her friend continue in ignorance
of her error?
If friendship is the cause of some
such instances, the love for fashion re-
suits in many more. Society folk take
to dressing the hair high, in the
court manner, and they are necessarily
initiated by the assistants in leading
millinery establishments (for hats and
bonnets have to be built to suit the
latest coiflures), but why should wom-
EN- all over the world begin to do like
wise? The plain effect of the hair
drawn tightly up from the back of the
neck looks remarkably ugly under the
sailor hat in which the country girl is
mostly seen; that there are coils hid
den III the crown will not make up for
the loss of them below. The male
critic pit obably asks, in tones of deep
anxiety: "What has become of all Miss
Frivels' pretty hair?"
Phrenologists know that the char
acter is expressed by the shape of the
head, and that where one person has
q graceful fall from the summit OF the
crown to the nape, another will have a
series of undulations. Girls often
complain: my hair won't keep up If
/ try to do it up high" or slow" as
the case may be, which proves that
the head is not suited to the style in
hicted upon it.
Only careful consideration of the
matter will teach a woman in what
/ fashion it is best for her to dress her
hair. She must study the question,
looking glass in hand, and can ask
| advice from all her artistic minded
friends il she cannot trust her own
| Judgment, but when the decision ha 4
been arrived at, let her abide by
deferentially and decline to make hed
self ridiculous by the adoption
styles absolute!y unsuited to her fac
and figure Philadelphia Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-01-04

The young man had applied for the
position of country correspondent.
He promised the rural" editor that
he would send in all important news
once a week. He was bright young
man, and above his celluloid collar
the soap on his face shone.
The Office had great expectations.
All, but alas
The young mans name was Robert
Edgar Bllson.
The following is his first breezy
letter:
"Last evening r.. +, Billson went
to Squtown to visit relatives.
early Tuesday morning Robert T..
Billson found that the hen-house had
been robbed. There was great ex-
citement in the village to know who
the culprits were.
4 most delightful surprise party
was given to r.. Edgar Billson on
Wednesday eve. There was dancing
aud oysters.
Popular Bob Billson is thinking
seriously of going to Cuba.
"rhe engagement of Robert Edgar
Billson to the belle of the village,
Miss Mathildo Hayrick, has been an
nounced.
"Ed' Billson will take charge of
his fathers store while the latter is in
New York.
Everybody in town is now wonder
ing who the bright new correspondent
of the Daily Hustler is. New York
journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-01-04

p, An irremediable wrong or an ire
trievable failure is at the bottom OF
all remorse. But not always does re-
morse follow such events, as the fol-
lowing will show. 1.-The other day.
says the New Orleans States, IAN Ala
bama mob lynched the wrong man,
and they deeply regret it, They
might do as a Texas mob once did.
They hanged q man for stealing a
mustang, and shortly afterward learned
that he was innocent. After debating
the question they decided that the
captain should call on the widow and
apologize. Riding up to the fence,
he called her to the door and explained
the mistake that had been made, clos
ins thus: Madam, the jokes on us. -
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-01-04

A very pretty and amiable young
woman of the District, "born and
raised" in Georgetown, held down for
seven years, aud up to the begin.
ming of the present administration, Il
very comfortable departmental billet.
When she lost her place, more than II
wear ago, she sat down aud thought
out schemes to earn Il living. She
had no trade, couldn't handle type
writer, knew nothing about steno-
graphic pothooks, hadn't the least idea
how to trim hat or make II dress. Her
only proficiency consisted in her abil-
ity as D clelk, and she didn't care to
take 50 or $i-a.week clerkship out
of the governmental service. Finally
she hit upon plan. She realized that
the average woman regards it as II
considerable task to 60 to the hair
dressers to have her hair shampooed.
So the young woman decided to be-
come visiting hair shanpoocr She
had scores of women friends, among
whom she was very popular. and she
sent each of them neatly printed
circular, containing the information
that she was about to embark in the
business of shampooing women's
hair. After she sent ont the circulars
she went around and saw the women
to whom they had been sent. She was
welcomed by all of them, to n wom-
an, with the greatest of cordiality,
and she started on her rounds
with her shampooing outfit in a
neat little satchel. The business was
go from the start, at the rate of
80 cents per shampoo. From the
very beginning she has made more
money than she did as government
clerk, and just now she has more pat
rons than she can attend to. She
keeps governmental hours, and she
averages SO day. She has started a
regular system of bookkeeping ac-
cording to the calendar, and is ex-
pected to visit all of her patrons every
month or six weeks. She reioices in
the independence which the nature OF
her occupation gives her, and has no
yearning whatever to re-enter the en-
ploy of Uncle Sam. Washington Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-01-04

1t will not be fair o assume that
the Indiana judge who adjourned
court rather than hear Il lawyers ar
gument in verse had no soul for
poetry He may have been impelled 4
by an instructive belief that the advo-
cate had devoted himself to rhyme ut
the expense of reason in the case. Or
he may have had cause, if no rhyme
were employed, TO feel that the law
yer's verse was so black as to be
pointless. Yet, again the Judge may
have been moved by courtly sense
of dignity, foreseeing that the coun-
sells lines would be off in their metric
measure; mismated feet in such an
instance would almost constitute con-
tempt of court. Imagine a limping
mouse before upright justice. There
is, indeed, great reason to believe this
judge to have been both wise and dis
Greet.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-01-04

An eminent English physician has
created something of sensation by
writing letter to the London Times
in which he gives the results of his
examination of a number of boys re-
Gently entered at one of the great pub
lie schools. The boys were supposed
to be typically healthy lads between
the ages of thirteen and fifteen years;
and the parents, in most cases, were
not aware of the existence of any
physical defects in their children, who.
as a rule, had received every advan-
tage that it was in the power of money
to bestow. The results of the first
hundred examinations were so re.
markable that the doctor felt it to be
his duty to direct attention to them as
to matter of national concern, and
he has done so without reference to
what he calls ''minor imperfections. d"
such as stammering, a tendency to
chilblains, defective teeth, and many
other failings. Apart from these, he
found that 80 boys were below the
average in height, and SO below the
average in weight. Sixty-eight were
below the average in chest measure
ment, 63 were the subject of "deform.
tiles" explained to mean lateral cur
vature of the spine, pigeon-breast
knock-knee, and flat foot, 20 had de.
fective sight, nine had defective
hearing" one an abnormal growth, I"
one was color-blind, two had heart
disease, two were ruptured, and 20
were the subjects Of albuminuria.