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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-20
WouId Not Convict.

Victor Anderson. an alert little man
who gave his vocation as that Of architect
was challenged by Mr.. Gould. but before
he left the box. the talesman told the
--istrict Attorney just what he believed.
Under no circumstances. said he
would 7 convict this woman. and were
she convicted boy jury Of which I was
member. / would never gee capital pun
ishment imposed if u were in my power
% help her
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-12
The Deacon's Christmas Sermon,

Oar wuz a rich man, named De-
grees, en- likewise po' man, named
Iatherus. Well, l-atherus come long
bout Chris mas, en- bein' all stove up
wild de rheumatism, en- threatened
wild de smallpox, he sat down fer to
res himself longside de rich man 5
gate; en- Latherus, bein' hungry. lol-
Ter out: 'Chris'mus gif.' But de rich
man tell him: Go way fun heah, man.
| amt got ez much ez a crlmo fer
you' En- den de dogs come out Ell
chase him off. But, see de prewen-
ton er providence. De rich man
overeat himself, en- wake up stone
dead, en- hotter dan de sun in August,
En- he look round en- say: 'Whar is
~ En- de devil answer: My son,
you're in de fire department. You
Jlned las night Den de rich man
say: I wish you please, sub, tell Kun
mel Latherus ter turn on de hose or
me, kas dis heah's hot stuff.'But de
devil make answer: 'Yo' fr'en' Lathe
rus is up yonder, spendin' Christmas
wild Mister Abraham, en- he done SEN
word dat he amt got time to fool wild
you. You's my meat now, en-
gWine to br'ile you till you plumb
brown En- all bekase de rich man
fail to come down wild de money when
Latherus holler: Chris mus gif'!' How
many sinners heah is gwine to do
like Degree done? How many is gwine
ter drive Latherus fun de gate on
Chris mus day? Brer Williams, pass
de hat, and les see?"-Atlanta Con-
stitntion.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-12
Eastern Ideas of the West,

H. L. Rodgers, hailins from Boston
and travelling in the interest of a
glove house located at the Hub" is
at the McDermott, says the Butte In
ter Mountain. When the Hotel Cos
sip reporter got next to the New Eng
lander the conversation drifted upon
comparison of conditions and people
IN the mountains of the west and those
OF the extreme east, particularly
those residing in the New England
states.
1T is mistake to assume that the
people of Boston, even literary Bos-
ton, are so grave and reserved in man.
ners as to leave the impression that
the marble face is presented to the
visitor, least of all the western visit.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-12

Grafton and no person of refined or
manly sensibilities is guilty of send
ing them.
But for the timid, bashful lover,
the st. Valentines day is a godsend.
Uncle Sam VIII aid him for a con-
sideration ridiculously small in COM
parison to the service rendered and
he will be dull, indeed, if he is not
able to read the answer, one way o.
another, in his dear ones eyes the
next time he looks into them.
The observance of st. Valentines
day is a very ancient custom. 1t is i
cOmmemOration of St. Valentinus, Il
Christian martyr, who was decapitat-
ed during the Claudian prosecution OF
Rome in the year 27O. But it is
doubtful if the custom had it's origin
at that time. 1t is said that on this
day the birds select their mates,
while others trace the custom to the
Roman Lupercalia, when practices
similar to the present day were OBJ
served.
But the time of the initiation of the
custom is not material; it is its pres
ent day application that is of interest.
1t is the festival for Cupid and hearts
are the harvest.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-12
VALENTINES IN HIGH FAVOR,
Custom of Sending Pretty Love To.
kens Gaining in Popularity.

In place of going out of date, val
entlnes are gaining in popularity"
said manufacturer of these con-
ceits We don't like to make any
show of sentiment in this practical
age so the old-fashioned, foolishly
sweet affairs are not used. No longer
may the too-bashful swain get behind
good st. Valentine to make declara-
of love.
Neither it is good form to make il
spite day. The comic valentine,
when the joke is kind, is all right,
but when one is sent that is insulting
and personal it goes against the spirit
of the day.
The once popular lace-trimmed val.
entines are thing of the past. Chill
dren have taken possession of these,
The lover now sends his lady fair an
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-12

| offering of flowers, bon bons, fruit, A
book, a picture or any dainty holiday
gilt. Where an engagement exists
often piece of jewelry is sent.
1T is considered better taste not to
put any card on valentine gifts. The
identy OF the sender should be shroud-
ed IN doubt. This adds piquancy to
the occasion. OF course the woman
in the case is usually a good guesse".
There is only one time-honored
way to send any card or comic val
entine and that is to have it slipped
under the door OIL st. Valentines eve.
1t must not under any circumstances
be intrusted to Uncle Sam and have
the prosaic adornment of postage
stamp unless the sender lives at
distance. Then it is pardonable be-
cause unavoidable but part of the
flavor is lost when it has to come
through such channel. Even flow
ers and candy are left on the doorstep
by messenger boy, who runs away
in the friendly darkness and watches
from distance to see that the offer
ing is taken in.
THE etiquette of valentines de-
crees that no woman shall make q
present to even her dearest female
friend on this day nor must a man
give anything to another man. This
does not apply to comic valentines,
Dut to presents OF any description. 1t
is day sacred to lovers, and no one
else must trespass on their privileges.
Neither does a woman remember
man friend with even the most trif-
ling souvenir. There is no hint Of
leap year prerogatives in this old
fashioned day.
THE most gracious use to make Of
St Valentines protection is to patch
up lovers quarrel. and it has been
done more than once by the aid If
some cunning device. Then it is
that the kind saint laughs in his
sleeve that the pagan practice he has
been made to stand sponsor for has
such charming possibilities.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-12
Good ST. Valentine

a modern legend tells that in the
nineteenth century the good st. Val
entine, with Peters leave, revisited
the earth, thinking to find youth and
life and love the same as in the days
of yore. But he found the girls too
busy with music and science and phil
anthropy to receive him, and he came
to the conclusion that they were
nothing if not pedantic" and "any-
thing but II mantle Yet the spirit
of st. Valentine will linger, for love
is never out of date, and his fidelity
marks him as the fitting patron and
pattern of lovers for all time.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-12
CHINESE NEW YEAR.
To Be Celebrated On February Four.
teenth

! Ceenth.
New Years day for the Chinese
nation will come Feb. IA. st. Valen-
tines day. According to the Chinese
mode OF reckoning time, this world is
now in the twenty-four thousandth
year of its existence, says the Great
| Falls Leader.
1t is peculiar fact that a China
man never gets SO far away frcn his
| native land or lives SO long in foe
| eign country that he forgetc to cele.
brate the advent of the new year. AS
with most other countries the Chiu-
csc manner of celebrating this event
is based upon their religion, belief
However, as their religion differs as
widely rs possible from TINT of other
nations, the annual celebration is
looked upon by many outsiders as a
period OF universal insanity among
the Chinese people, Residents of
cities having within their limits but a
small number of Celestia1s are not as
a rule aware of the fact that a cele-
bration is carried on under their very
noses the 18th of every February 1t
is, nevertheless but it is done SO euict
ly that no attention is attracted. In
instances of this kind the observance
consists mainly of relioious doings.
and conservation to their GODS which
are not often seen by nations of a
country other than China.
In the larger Chinese colonies the
new years orgies are carried on to
an almost inconceivab!e extent. Fire
works, the pride of the Cinnamon, are
consumed by the wagon loads For.
elgn and native liquors are drunk to
add zest to the performances. Fights,
grotesque dances, wild, unearth!.r
yells and the horrible sound of Chin
csc musical instruments unite to
form species of noise, by no means
to be despised. Such scenes as these
are witnessed by the visitor to China
town on Chinese new years eve. They
are followed the next day by a quiet-
ness which would hardly be expected.
The Cinnamon finish the celebrate N
by taking a good, long hit at the pipe
and awake the day after fully con.
WINGED that they have followed strict
~ the teachings of Confucius.
In 1884 the Chinese part of Seattle
was in such an uproar as to almost
create a riot. Many other instances
OF the kind have happened in the Unit
ed States. New years day to the
Chinese is what the Fourth of July
is to the Americans, only with greater
vigor and with slight variations in the |
method of commemoration
At this period Of the year the Chin
csc habitation all undergo a kind of |
renovation, due largely to the burn
ing of incense and sacrifices to the |
idols and gods to be found in every
one of their places of abode.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-12
MUST HAVE PERMISSION
To Inter or Leave the FIathead Res.
erVation.

erVatIOn.
Missoula, Feb. S.-Any person now
residing on the Flathead reservation
cannot leave it without first securing
permission from the agent, and no one
can go on it without getting permits
sion from the the same source. This
action is taken by Agent Smead that
any one affected with smallpox or
who has been exposed to it can not
take it into the reservation.
The uncleanly order Of the Indians
makes them susceptible to the dis
ease and if it once gains foothold
among them it will prove more fatal
than it does among the white people.
Agent Smead has asked the Northern
Pacific not to sell tickets to persons
who wish to enter the reservation.
The Northern Pacific has issued or
ders compelling all it's employees to
become vaccinated The men are
complying with the order.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-12
We Valentine.

Goe little rhyme and greete her; j..
Goe tell her vt l thynke,
Things infinitely sweeter
Yn | maye put in nike.
le music OF We metre,
Shall linger on We air,
We whites she turns ye leaves and
learns
Ye secret hidden there
Flye, little sheete of paper;
Flye, merrie hearted bird,
YIN let your fancie shape her
Some dear yin simple worde;
Soc sweete it shan't escape her,
IN if blushe you see
FIVE up yn chase across her face,
Returne yn counsele me.
Haste, little god, l send her
By you We manuscript,
Which hopeful love hath pennei her
With quill in homie dipt.
Haste, bid her heart be tender
Unto ye lightsome line.
Where in masGle
Have come to aske
To be her valentine.
Selected
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-12
A HEALTHY SIGN.

AS a matter of fact the basis for
the accusation that improper means
were contemplated for the purpose Of
influencing action on certain bill
by one of the house committees, is
not very strong. 1t is quite con-
ceivable how the situation may have
been misunderstood by the man who
made the affidavit and it is hardly
within the bounds of probability that
any committee would have been in
tluenced by the paltry sum which the
butchers and milk vendors might
have been able to afford for that pur-
pose. Nevertheless the stir caused
by the disclosures is healthy siga.
1t indicates that bribery is not now
regarded in this state as an excusa-
BILE means Of gaining political ends
when legitimate methods fail and it
is devoutly to be wished that such
sentiment will continue to grow. Per-
haps the aftermath of the notable vim
dication of bribery recently achieved
in this state was in the nature of an
anti-climax in the matter of bribery
as political factor in Montana poll
tics. If Mr.. Clark has sincerely re-
pented his erstwhile methods of in
fluencing Legislative action, and his
gigantic operations in the field OF pol.
itical corruption have the effect of de-
terring financial weaklings from en-
tering the lists hereafter by reason vi
the exceedingly high standard of val
ues in Legislative votes heretofore set
by him, his adventures will not have
been without their good results. To
be sure it requires some ingenuity Of
reasoning to arrive at this conclusion,
but on the theory that it is always
advisable to make the best of bad
bargain, the end Justifies the means
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

NOTICE THE WORK DONE ON
collars and cuffs by Our New Shar.
err at the kalispell Steam Laundry,
The KALISPELL HOSPITAL u.s.
sues annual tickets which grant all
privileges and medical attention dur
ing sickness or accident.
SEE THE KALISPELL STEAM
Laundry for rates on family laundry.
TICKLE YOUR PALATE AND
tone your stomach with Celery Gin.
Tonic
STRAYED FROM MY RANCH ONE
half mile south of town, two 2-year-old
Holstein heifers, spotted black and
white. No brand. Information re-
warded by Mrs. NJ. B. Greig.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-12
The news this morning

The news this morning is that a
decision of the supreme court unfav-
orable to his peculiar mining opera
tons in Butte has caused Mr.. Heinze
to redouble his efforts to elect John
Macginnis senator for the short term.
Just how the election of Macginnis
will compensate Mr.. Heinze for an I'M
favorable legal decision is not quite
clear to the uninitiated. The further
news that the proposition to increase
the number of the supreme court
judges to five is being pushed, will
be more Ineligible to the average
onlooker. United States senators
don't make mining law for the states
neither do they interpret laws al
ready made. 1t is an even money
proposition that in his pretended
fight for the senatorship Heinze IS
really fighting to get the supreme
court. Just how the one affects the
other is matter for those on the
inside of affairs at Helena to ex-
plain.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-12
LincoIn's Man.


A True Tale of the Great Emancipator.
condemned to death the soldier lay,
No plying eye his sorrow wept,
Even he for mercy would not pray
The sentry that on duty slept.
He scarcely marked the hours that
passed,
He closed his eyes in sullen pride,
Waiting his doom, until at last
The guard stood grufIly at his side.
Some one to see YOU Well he
knew
That face that every mocker limned!
And as it met his startled view
The eyes with sudden pity dimmed.
Your fault was great, and yet men
You took a weaker brothers place!
Two nights you watched and marched
by day.
The soldier turned away his face.
And yet you slept, and for that sin
A soldier dies. Have you no plea %
"A pardon I've no wish to win.
A life disgraced is not for me-"
Then Lincoln stopped and loosed his
bands,
And when at last they all were
riven,
He raised him with fathers hands,
My boy" he said, your sins for
given.
Il need true soldiers in the fight,
Be thou my soldier from this day!
Go forth and battle for the right,
And think of me when in the fray"
On many a fierce and bloody field
That soldier ever sought the van;
Too brave to fear, too proud to yield
His comrades called him "I.incoln's
man."
And once when others turned to fly,
He saw the colors stoop and fall
He seized and flung them to the SKY
And gave again the battle call.
But ere they reached him where he
fought
The cruel steel had pierced his side,
And as he fell these words they
caught:
Tell Lincoln how his soldier died."
The rural death rate in Great Brit
ain is 16 per 1000. The urban death
rate is 1873 per 1000.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-12
Dill WANT ADS,

Advertisements under this head,
Wanted" "For Rent" "For Sale" and
miscellaneous" to occupy three lines
or less will be inserted in this c,I-
urnn two times for rs cents. No
ad. taken for less than rs cents. Spec.
ial rates for classified ads 70 run
month.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-12
ST. VALENTINES DAY.

Day after tomorrow the mails will
be burdened with lovers missives.
There will be the dainty, perfumed
creations, dear to the feminine he ,rt
for their beauty, aside from the mes
sage they convey; the plain love
breathing verses in handwriting pre-.
tendedly disguised, and the hideous
caricatures at a penny each, the send
ing of which crafty petty malice, spite
and envy. The latter have legiti-
mately no place in the observance of
st. Valentines day. They are a desc
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-12
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1901.
SAVIOUR OF HIS COUNTRY.

SAvIOOR Of HIS COUNTRY.
Ninety-two years ago to-day Abra
ham Lincoln, the greatest and best
president this country ever had, was
born in Kentucky. But little is
known of his ancestry and boyhood
years, and that little is best told in
his own words:
my parents were both born in Vir.
ginia, of undistinguished families
second families, perhaps, should
say My mother, who died in my
tenth year, was of a family of the
name of Hanks, some of whom now
remain in Adams and others in I'LL
nois. My paternal grandfather,
Abraham Lincoln, emigrated from
Rockbridge county, Virginia, to Ken
lucky, about 1881 or 1882, where 4
year or two later he was killed by
1ndians-not in battle, but by stealth,
when he was laborlng to open up d
farm in the forest. His antecedents,
who were quakers, went to Virginia
from Berks county, Pa. An effort
to identify them with the New Eng
land family Of the same namc amount
ed to nothing more than similarity
of Christian names in botn families.
such as EnOch, Levi, Mordecai, Solo
mon, Abraham and the like. NY
father at the death of his father, was
but six years of age, and he grew up
literally without education. He re-
moved from Kentucky to what is now
Spencer county, Indiana, in my eighth
year. He reached our new home
about the time the state came into
the union. 1t was wild region.
with many bears and other wild ami
mails still in the woods. There
grew up"
Such was the humble and obscure
origin of the great Lincoln; the man
whose memory is honored and re-
vered wherever his life history is
known. The rising generation will
find in his life and character the in
spiration of true greatness and true
patriotism. He was statesman and
an orator of the highest grade and.
wlthal, man of the common pc
pie. He was honest, sincere, firm.
selt-reliant and reverent. He raised
the down-trodden, succored the unfor-
tunate, sympathized with the suffec-
ing, and tempered justice with mercy.
For four years he exercised the
most despotic power over the lives
and property of the people of this
country, and history records the fact
that no man ever used despotic power
to better purpose. His was the guild
ing hand in the darkest days of the
republic, and with wisdom which
at this time seems to bear the char
acter OF divine inspiration, with cour-
age to do the right as God gave him
10 see the right, he brought the ma
ZION through the dreadful darkness
OF civil strife to the light of freedom.
peace and progress.
AS Washington was the father of
MS country, SO Lincoln was the saw
Jour of his country. The youth of
the country can spend time with no
greater profit than in study Of his
character and deeds He rose from
the lowliest to the Hottest station in
life, and left behind him a name and
fame which will be affectionately
cherished by generations yet unborn.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-12
WANTED.

WANTED-WOMAN TO DO WASH
ing one day in the week. Apply Bee
office.
WANTED-ROOM AND BOARD IN
private family, or room furnished for
light housekeeping, by man and wife.
A., Bee Office.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-12
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-TWO EXTRA GOOD
COWS and two calves. Call at the
office of the H. w. Reed Lumber
company.
FOR SALE OR RENT - HOUSE.
barn and three acres of grouu1. one
half mile south of town; also for sale,
one double brick house in town, corner
Fourth avenue and Fourth street
west. Inquire at ranch of Pearson
Brothers.
FOR SALE-TWO HEAVY WORK
teams, four drivers, three saddle
horses, two good saddles, set heavy
work harness, good seconi hand cook
stove. The Horse Market, E. D.
Walker.
FOR SALE OR TRADE - A NEW
novelty shooting gallery. Enquire at
Bush & Frost's Employment office.
FOR SALE-SEWING MACHINE:
nearly new, with all attachments.
Reasonable. Inquire % Fifth avenue
east.
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FOR RENT.

TWO NICELY FURNISHED
rooms on Main street for rent to gen
tlemen. Apply at this office.
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NoTE-Give old and new address when order.
ing paper changed to new address.
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Entered at the Postoffice at Kalispell, Mon.
tana as second class mail matter.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-14
l7...s. .7ss. .llse = .- .,5l. Es ' 2 AT THE BOYS, CLUE. 1.
Pets of Every Description Being Ex- hibited-Wfn Close Tonight.

Pets of Every Description Being Ex-
 hibited-Wfll Close Tonight.
 People who like to see handsome pets, including cats, dogs, Shetland pony, fowls, rabbits, guinea pigs, gold fish, parrots, pigeons, canary birds, white rats, robin and blue jay, and almost everything else one could mention, can satisfy themselves at the rooms of the Boys club. The Shetland pony, the prop erty of NJ. J. Daly. is a very handsome animal, and appears to catch the eye of all who visit the place. He acts as if he was vicious, but his actions belle his real character, for once you walk over and pat him on the neck he immediately makes friends With you and ceases snapping and biting at his chain. There is not a large num- Der of dogs on exhibition, but the ones that are there are fine specimens of their breed, Mir Hickey's collier, MT Straw's St Bernard, the greyhounds belonging to P. Lunny and J. Healey being well worth travelling miles to see, to say nothing of a few fine bull dogs and several terriers. There are cats galore. but the one which attracts 1uOSl alltullOu IS A DlS out HULL Brewster's New York, the property of Kate l.. Gage of that place. Miss Gage herself is in attendance and takes pride in giving the pedigree of the cat. It is a purely Persian cat, al though born in England, upon Lady Dillon's estate. When at home it roams at will, the same as other mem- bers of the feline family. often remain ing away for twenty-four hours at q time. It is a member of what is known as the Whychwood tribe of cats and has won prizes at shows in differ ent parts of the country. The huge wildcat. owned by Morris Mccarthy of Meadow street. is there. too, as fiery and defiant as the day he was caD- tured. There is q great variety of chickens, some of the roosters being very fine specimens of the feathered family. The exhibition will close to- night and the management look for ward to a crowded house.