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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-24
the present valuation will always re-

the present valuation will always re-
main the same. The city is constant
ly growing and taxable property of
all kinds is steadily increasing in
value, hence a material increase in
the citv's receipts from taxes is as
sured. mus it will be seen that the
objection which often may be urged
against expensive public improve
ments does not exist in the present
instance. There will be no increase
in taxes and consequently no burden
is placed upon the taxpayers.
Such a building as would meet the
requirements Of the city for the pres
ent and for many years to come
could probably be erected at q cost
of not to exceed $25, 900, for it would
be folly to construct one that would
plated is of a permanent nature and
no cheap makeshift should be toler-
ated. In the opinion Of those compe.
tent to judge Of such matters the city
could readily float a bond issue for
$4,000. bearing interest at the rate
of 4 per cent per annum to run for
20 years, redeemable at the city's op-
ton in 10, and sell the issue at a
premium of not less than $500. The
premium, it will be seen, would make
appreciable reduction in the
amount of the first years interest,
which, deducting the amount of the
premium, would make the first pay
ment $500. After that the yearly to-
tai would be $1,000. This amount
would. of course, be gradually reduced,
as the bonds became due and were
taken UP. the same as the present
issue is taken up.
The arguments are all in favor of
the proposition and none can be ad-
vanced against it. 1t is a fact admit
ted by everybody that the city stands
in urgent need of such a building as
the council contemplates and nothing
is to be gained by postponing action
tending to it's acquisition. The coun.
Gil has gone about the matter in the
right way and it is to be hoped that
no captious opposition may develop
to defeat the issue.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-24

mental wreck in a retreat for the
feeble minded. The mental qualities
which had marked him during the
earlier years of his life were becloud-
ed and the mind which had enabled
him to rise to positions of honor and
eminence was broken and only the
shell remained as a mockery and
memory of the past.
1t was during the second battle of
Bulls Run that General Porter was
charged with cowardice and in 1862
a court-martial found him guilty and
he was dishonorably discharged. He
insisted that he was innocent and al
though he made repeated efforts to
have his name cleared he failed until
long years afterward, when the bit
terness engendered by the strife be-
tween the north and south had died
out and men could reason calmly and
fairly. 1t was then that he succeeded
and died with his name clear of stain
and conscious that justice which
had so long been denied had at last
been accorded him and that he stood
as he believed he should stand be-
fore his country and the future, as a
man who had been wronged and had
suffered much, but had overcome the
wrong and triumphed yer his enc.
mics.
Boutelle was a native Of the state
which for so many years he repre-,
scented in the lower house of congress
and in which he was contemporary Of
Reed, Dingley and Milliken. Serving
his county in the navy during the civil
war, he later made his home at Ban
gor, where he engaged in the news
business and was subsequently
elected to congress. Following the
sensible custom the Mainites have
when they elect good men to repre-
sent them in the national legislature,
they continued to send him back,
term after term, until he was serving
for the tenth consecutive time The
last time he was elected his malady
had already commenced to manifest
itself and an attempt vas made to de-
feat him, but failed. His constitu-
ency honored him in spite Of the fact
it was generally accepted that he
could not be hoped to render the SER
vice for which he had been elected.
Suddenly he disappeared to find shell
ter and care in the institution where
he ended his days. In recognition of
his pitiable condition and the helpless
ness in which those dependent upon
him were left by reason of his attic
ton, congress voted to place his name
the retired list of the navy and
such his family is entitled to the
which attaches to the rank
given him, that of captain, we believe.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-24
A TIMELY ACTION.

The Gazette, along with all others
who take an interest in the city's well
fare and wish to see 1t assume the
place to which it is entitled among
the growing and progressive munich
palities of the state extends %congratu-
lations to the city council for the ac-
ton taken at last Tuesdays meeting
in the direction of ~inaugurating a
movement for the erection of a pub
lie building and city Jail. The necessi-
ty for such a structure has been evil
dent SO long that it is hard to con-
ceive of anybody who a be found
to urge objection against the success
full completion Of the project.
The city is practically out of debt,
the only form Of indebtedness hang
ing over it being the issue Of bonds
floated for the purpose of digging the
drain ditch which has reclaimed SO
much of the assessable property and
thereby added to the city's valuation
for taxation purposes, not to say any
thing about the improvement it has
wrought in the hygienic condition of
the community. The sum of these
bonds aggregates at present $4,000,
payable in yearly installments OF ST.
900. The next installment is due IAN
uary 1, 1902, consequently twenty
two years must necessarily -elapse be-
fore the final payment need be made.
Even at the present assessed valua-
ton Of the city, bonds can be issued
for the construction Of a public build
ing without adding to the taxes, as
the amount collected annually is sufh-
cient to provide the necessary sink
ing fund for the redemption OF the
outstanding bonds and create another
to meet the new issue as 1t may ma
ture. But it must not be thought that
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-24
WITH HoNoRs INCREASED.

The last of the American troops,
except the small number retained
there as a legation guard, have left
Pekin. The cabled accounts of the
demonstrations attending the depart
ure of General Chaffee and his. COM
mand are we'll calculated to increase
the pride which all Americans must
feel as they recall the noble record
made by our soldiers during the try
ing times through which they have
passed and the added lustre they gave
to the name and fame Of American
arms. They entered China, it may
be said, as the enemies of the peo-
pie they are now leaving. Departing,
they leave them their friends. While
allies took advantage OF the oppor-
tunities presented during the days of
turmoil and fighting to give them
selves up to excuses, commit depre-
dations of all sorts, to rob, murder
and plumber, our soldiers, ever mind
full of the good name of the nation
they represented and of which they
formed a part, carried themselves as
men of honor and honesty, jealous
of their own rights and considerable of
the rights of others. With the love
of law and order that is ever a dis
tinguishing trait of American char
acter, they set aoout to reduce chaos
into a semblance of regularity and
not only fixed rules and regulations
for the observance of the people on
whom they were temporarily quar-
tered, but abided by the same rules
as far as they themselves were con-
cerned. While demanding the OBJ
servance of order and regularity
from others, they also observed the
same qualities themselves and asked
none to do that which they themselves
We're not willing and prepared to do
at all times. 1t was this regard for
right and justice that won for them
the confidence and later the love of
the Chinese among whom they were
stationed and caused them to protest
against the removal of the only for
eigners who had treated them fairly
and honestly. In the American Sec
ton of the city life and property
were respected and people transacted
their affairs safer and securer than
ever before. It was this unusual ex
perience and comparison between the
conditions existing in the American
section and those that prevailed in the
parts of the city under the control
of the other allies that made the
people wish for the retention of our
troops until the last vestige of trouble
should have passed.
But it must not be supposed that
the natives were the only ones who
learned to respect and admire the
American soldier. While deploring
the fact that the American fighting
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-24

All the nation rejoices in the good
news that comes from San Francisco
announcing the rapid convalescence
of the first lady of the land. The sor-
row that has been felt during the
days when it was thought that only
death would be the end of the seri-
JUS illness with which Mrs. Mckinley
was afflicted now gives way to re-
joicing and gratitude. May her re-
covery be even more rapid than the
devoted husband who has been SO
weighed down with grief dares hope.
for, and may she be spared to long en-
joy the love and respect of the peo-
pie of the nation OF whose sincerity
ample proof has been given during
the long days Of doubt and fear now
happily drawing to q close.
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- - -
TIME HoNoRED PROTEST.

In entering a protest against the
Sunday newspaper, the general assem-
bly, of the Presbyterian church only
added one more protest to the many
on record in the same matter. The
delegates when they reported did not
expect or hope that their protest
would result in accomplishing the abo-
lition of the Sunday publication. for
they knew that that would be hoping
for and expecting the impossible.
They simply went on Tecord as ex-
pressing their wish az IN doing SO
maintained the recor4 consistency.
All ministers, and great many of
the laity. are opposed to Sunday news
papers.
While consistent in this respect,
however, the fact should not be lost
sight of that the reverend gentlemen
are m~ahifesting a degree OF selfishness
hardly to be expected in those whose
special mission on earth is supposed
~ to work for the reclamation of
souls, to save all sinners, regardless
of religious affiliations and to consid-
err all alike precious in the eyes of
the Master whom they are serving.
They limit their objection to the Sun
day newspaper because 1t prevents,
SO they say, many from attending
church, or if it does not do this it
keeps their minds from the proper
contemplation Of the more serious
business of the day by causing them
to the articles that may have been
read before attending .divine worship.
1t is in this regard that they manifest
selfishness and narrowness. They
are wholly concerned with their oar
%ishioners and totally Indifferent to
the welfare of the souls of the men
who are compelled to toll in the Of
fees of the newspapers complained Of.
Were this not SO they would aban-
don the campaign against the Sun
day newspaper and concentrate all
I11Cll CllCl6y dlu CutlluSldOlu III JIG
suppression of the Monday morning
publication. 1t is in getting this be-
fore the readers that Sunday profa-
nation is committed. The Sunday
morning publication is the result of
labor performed for the greater part
on the day and right preceding, while
|the paper ISIS. ID on the following day
is the fruit If labor wholly performed
on the .ay which the ministers say
shouln be kept holy. In their zeal to
sa'" those whom they regard as spe-
9 lily committed to their charge and
'14eeping they overlook the necessity
of saving other souls probably just as
worthy of being saved as are-those
of the men and women who have
nothing else to do on the Sabbath day
but to go to church. If the publ
cation of a newspaper on Sunday
morning is a sin and an evil, publica-
ton of one Monday morning is doubly
SO.
The Good Shepherd is not followed
by his modern disciples. Unlike Him
they seemingly are not willing to
leave the ninty and nine in order that
they may go in search of the one
that strayed away from the flock.
They seemingly are willing that the
one be lost if they a save the larger
number.
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a system of compulsory arbitration all
this would be avoided, even though
some OF the agitators and walking
delegates might find themselves put
to the inconvenience and humiliation
of being compelled to toll the same as
the misguided men they now so often
get into serious trouble. The public
would be the gamer, the laboring men
would be the gamers and the employ
ers would be the gamers.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-06-06
A VETERAN
Tells Of a Thrilling Experience
in the Civil War and How
a Newspaper Article
Saved His Life.
From the Beacon, Leonardstown, Md.

Many veterans of the rebellion can
recall incidents as thrilling as the cav
airy charge in which the narrator of
the following experience nearly lost
his life, and, unfortunately, many of
the old soldiers have disabilities that
are unpleasant reminders of their days
in the army. To all such this story
will have peculiar interest and may
show the way to restore health,
strength and energy. Mr.. William H.
Whiting, of Mt. Holly, Va, says:
when the Civil war began I was
living in Buffalo and there / Joined
Co. F, of the Tenth New York Caval-
ry. In 1868, while serving with my
company, received sabre cut that
caused paralysis. For eight months
was obliged to lie in the hospital at
Washington, d., G. / afterwards
tried many doctors, but the paralysis
remained as bad as ever. l suffered
from chills and my general health
was not good.
"This continued until about eight
years ago when / read in newspaper
of the cures effected by DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People. / began
taking the pills and soon found they
were doing me good. In six months
time / was completely cured. The
paralysis has not returned and never
have the chills now. My general
health is also better than when be-
gan taking Pink Pills for Pale People.
Away keep them with me and, in
the eight years that have passed since
first took them, I have never had
occasion to call on a doctor.
Il have recommended DR.. viii.
liams' Pink Pills to many people, and
good results have always followed
their use" :
Signed, WILLIAM H. WHITING.
Subscribed and sworn to before. me
this l4th day of January, 1901.
John L. Beale,
Seal Notary Public.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People are sold by all dealers, or will
be sent postpaid on receipt of price
30 cents box, or six boxes for So. 5(
(they are never sold by the bulk or b,
the hundred) by addressing DR.. Viii
liams Medicine Company, Schen
ectady, N. Y.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-06-06

Fe6s s. sri sTatH Z a<AprlI zjo, AoS0.
Pe-ru-na Drug Mtg Co.,, Columbus,
o.: ~ ~! i9 ssffps SO
Gentlemen-I find Pe-ru-na to be
an excellent remedy. for the catarrhal
affections Of spring and summer, and
those who suffer from depression from
the heat Of the summer will find no
remedy the equal of Pe-ru-na. -
r go ? SO Judson w. Lyons.
No man is better known in the
financial world than Judson w.
Lyons. His name on every piece soi
money of recent date, makes his sig
nature one of the most familiar ones
in the United States. Hon. Lyons
address in Auugsta, Ga. He is a
member of the National Republican
COMMITTEES, and il q prominent and
influential politician.
Hon. Judson w. Lyons recon-
mends Peruna for spring catarrh.
If you do not derive prompt and
satisfactory results from the use oi
Peruna, write at once to Or. Hart
man, giving a full statement of your
case and he win be pleased to give
you his valuable advice gratis.
/ Address DR.. Hartman, president oil
the Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio. ~ stafs f5s:ss9 30 r. sT,.y
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-06-06
Room for provement.

"Say," remarked the impatient
passenger, who was travelling on bust
ness in the South, "is this the fastest
train you have down here?"
"Yes, suh," replied the conductor,
proudly, "this is the Southwestern
limited, sub. D"
"Well, your company ought to
raise the limit, that's all. 4"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-06-06
willie Anticipated Trouble.

mamma, said five year old Will
lie, II wish you would not leave me
alone with the baby when you 60 out
this afternoon.
"Why not, Willie?" queried his
mother.
Because I'm afraid I'll have to
eat all the cakes and jam in the closet
Just to please her.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-06-06
Millions for Baseball.

A million of dollars are spent every year
upon the game of ba seball, but large as this
sum is. it cannot begin to equal the amount
spent by people in search of health. There
is sure method of obtaining strength,
and 1t is not costly one. We urge those
who have spent much and lost hope to try
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. 1t strength
ems the stomach. makes digestion easy and
natural, and cures dyspepsia, constipation,
biliousness and weak kidneys.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-06-06
500 REWARD 800.

Tho readers OF this paper viii be pleased TO
earn that there 10 1t Yeast one dreaded disease
that science has been able 70 cure in AL its
stages, and that 70 catarrh. Hans Cataxrh Cure
fraternity. Catarrh being . constitutions dis
ease, requires . constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure n taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
Of the system, thereby Destroying the founda-
ton Of the disease. and giving the patient
strength by building up the constituti6n and
assisting nature in doing ~ work: The pro
powers that they offer Ono Hundred Dollars
for any case that it falls to cure. Sand for list
of testimonials. Address y p
Sold by druggists, 75c. leo
Halls Family Pills are the bssts tFaHs
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-06-06
Cause for Rejoicing.

"How pretty and clever you are,
mamma, exclaimed little Edith.
"Do you really think SO my dear, I"
replied her mother.
course do" replied Edith, "and
I'm awful glad you married into our
family.n
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-06-06
One Strong Reason.

Magistrate-The assault you have
committed OH your poor wife is most
brutal one. Do you know of any
reason why should not send you to
prison?
Prisoner-If you do, your honor, it
will break up our honeymoon.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-06-06
Not Wholly Free.

II see that the young Widow Frs
kline has just put aside her mourning
habiliments, but she ism It going out
any,"
Hasn't time. She has gone into
executive session to- examine the
various proposals Of marriage she has
received within q month
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-06-06
Johnnvs Modestv.

Papa-Who is the smartest boy in
your class atschool?
Johnny-Well, Willie Jones says
he is. az
Papa-But who do you say is? 5'''
Johnny-Pd rather not say. Yon
see I'm not as conceited as Willie
Jones is. ~
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-06-06
Cheering.

"You are sure you cam support my
daughter in the style to which she
has been accustomed?" asked the
heavy father 4
"Sure, Mike" answered our hero,
with the assurance ofyouth.
"Well I'm glad ofsit It's more
than can afford to any longer" q
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-06-06
They nada't Made Up.

] well, /" said he, anxious to patch
up their quarrel Of yesterday, "aren't
you curious to know what's in the
package?" .s'. {. 80
mot very" his wife, still unrelent-
ing, replied, diEdently. i,st
cts something for the one love
best in all the world. -
'Ah, suppose it's those suspenders
you said you needed. "'s 80 q. 90
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-06-06

Hell saw your neighbour, Mr..
Skinner, today.
she-Did you, What is he doing
now?
He-He's interested in ono of those
wild cat mining schemes. : - x
She-The idea! ! never knew you
had to mine for wild cats. - &.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-06-06
Lesson ].

"What do the Filipinos appear to
learn most easily in connection with
our civiIizaion?" asked the eager in
quirer
Without hesitation the strategist
replied:
1.-THE value of money"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-06-06
Unappreciatjve.

Mrs. Flatbush-Mrs. Daubchina is
SO artisticl Whenever she refers to
art it is with q big A. ~ ma.
Flatbush-WelB her husband is
different from her. He generally re-
fers to art with big d. ,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-06-06
Robbed Him.

"You see that prosperous looking
man over there? He robbed me Of
the best chance of becoming rich ]
ever had ISL sii 80
How did it happen?" as
.'He refused to let me marry his
daughter.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-06-06
Arduous Task.

II hear that you have been laid up
with nervous prostration. What was
the matter-overwork or worry"
mot exactly; the fact is, l tried
to have photograph taken that
suited my wife,"
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First Dog-Look bit thin, do II
Sod you, # your master was 9 poster
artist, and had got you in training as
a model for his new poster of a dog
that wasn't fed on Fillemup's Patent
Biscuits!
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-06-06
0ettiae Rid Of Him,

Getting Rid Of Him.
Her Beau-If you'll be a good boy
I'll give you an Egyptian cigarette.
Bobby-And may I smoke it?
3 His sister-Yes, Bobby and, of
course, you know, gentlemen always
60 into the library to smoke.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-06-06

II never could make. out why folks
lis all the time, worryin' deysef wild
what dey calls de race problem, !"
said the old colored citizen. II been
roun' heah sence de days been bon,
en- neither me ner my family hiz been
lynched yiti''Fs sIszs
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-06-06

The fascination Of fiashfight photo.
graphy is greatly enhanced by one Of
the new electric fash lamps. Costs
81. 3d. At-aI dealers, or Kirk, 6eary
4 c., 800 Suffer ST., s. F., Cal s.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-06-06
One Indian Tribe Increasing

The Penobscot tribe of Indians,
which numbered 240 in 1900, is now
about 400 strong. Maine appro-
pirates annually $1,000 for their
benefit.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-06-06
Student Of num.nity.

The manager looked over the adver-
Using mans work.
81 see you speak of our payment
plan, "said he. ,ifd4, to- -
eyes SIR "..Hsiii
MAKE that word credit instead of
|. payment. 1t is more attractive"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-06-06

Have you any sodding you want
done this spring." asked a colored
man of a mean Central Avenue resi-.
dent. Not at present. My mother
in-law's health is first class
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-06-06
Adyersitx.s Round Robin.

'"This is cold world; a man can't
get job unless he has good suit of
clothes"
"Well, that's logic"
Logic? He can't get good suit
of clothes unless he has job" -
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-06-06
MM..-
TAis sisnatars g on every box Of the se.ui,e
Laxative Bromo- Quinine r.slss.
~ remedy that cuFes Geld In 60 nv


Elihu Root, secretary of war, made
up his mind when he was 10 years old
TO be . lawyer, but combination q,
circumstances made it impossible fol
him to take up the study of the Law
until ne was over 81 years of age.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-06-06
Notwithstanding

"And when he proposed did you
tell him to see me?" inquired hel
mother. ~ So.
II did, and he said he had seen you
several times, but that he loved me
notwithstanding. &c osS
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-06-06

Z Mothers win find Ms. Winslow,s Sooth
ing Syrup the best remedy tosuse for theil
children during the teethingperiod.