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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26

had not yet exchanged a word. Final ly the guest risked bold and novel query: Do you like Beethoven:' Rubinstein emptied his cup and said softly. "Beethoven good"
 Half an hour later came another question. And how do you ike Wag- ner?"
 To which Rubinstein, throwing away a cigarette, "Wagner-not good"
 Having exhausted his stock of in- quisitiveness, the Scotch friend of the Russian pianist got up to bid his host a pleasant rest.
 stay yet. my friend" said Rubin stein; T like your conversation very much"
 And both remained still drinking tea and smoking cigarettes in profound si- lence until . m. struck, when they wished one another good night and parted.-1Yt-B Bits.
 PATHOLOGY OF .-.
 THE WORD EUCHEE The etymolpgy of the word, "eu- chre." is not at all certain. The Cen tury Dictionary says: If of German
 (Continued on Page I7.O
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
Stockings

For women; an exceptional offering. All new. Lace isle, in a variety of twenty different patterns; Crescent black every pair warranted; 65 and 75 cent values at 49e. a pair.
 Another group of 50 dozen pairs black, fancy lace lisle and plain eauze lisle hose; you pay 35c. for these always at 25c. pair.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
mHEN MAS AWAY.

WHEN MAS AWAf. Wen ma'e away t seems ez though Tn' s,sy gifts dark 4n' folks nus know Al surnp'n's wrong: an 'nen it's cnlii An dreary home-th' house is stlii <>'A Wen mas away. Wen mas away they ain't no fun; [ tes' set roun' an can't eat none' An feel my heart begin to sink Al all tn accerdents I think Hez happened shore
 en Wien mas away up ter that place Where nary angels got CT face Fz kind ez hers: I b'lieve I'll die An foller her. cuz I can't try
 Wen mas away.
 JOHN TRACY JONES. In women's Magazine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
Baby Caps.

Baby Caps.
 Yoe can always find good use for an additional cap for baby; there is an opportunity for you to share in an unusual offering. Many sorts grouped into two lots for quick selling they'll prove to be wonderful bargains; 73c. and
 35c. each.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26

Under price; and such ern- broideries. We are cleaning up 'our stock of fine hand-made embroideries-the odd lots short pieees-everything that doesn't match. So tomorrow we newly price several thouy-
 and yards of Swiss, Nainsook. and Cambrie edgings and in-i
 sertings; half to 4 inches wide;
 priced formerly as high as 35c. "a: 124e. a yard.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26

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SILENCE IS GOLDEN

The following story is told of Ru- benstein as conversationalist:
 Though very fond of stories. and an excellent raccntsur himself. Rubin stein was rather taciturn. Once if is reported. Scotch friend of his, whom he liked very much. went home with him one night after a concert at Glas- Row
 Both gentlemen sat down 10 tea and cigarettes, and as midnight struck they
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
SUPERSTITION AGAINST
 MAY MARRIAGES.

Tn answer to the query, Why Is 1t that so many people are opposed to marriaSe celabrations in the month Of Nav" The Brooklyn Eagle gives the following:
 "The superstition against May mar riages is very ancient and wide spread. Mary. Queen of Scots. married Both well on the 18th of May, and on the morning after there vas found affixed to the gates of Holyrood palace the last line of q verse from Ovid taken from his FastD and reading:
 Menae nalas Mais nubere vulgas alt. the whole verse setting forth the vul- garity according to the common pro- verb of a May marriage. It has come down from Pagan Source. Some say that as April was consccratel to Ne- nus and June to Juno. and these Gel ties wore not to be sliehted. he inter vening month was not Iesm"d prcplt- iouS. But the truth is that the custom had a far different origin. Ti,e "lem- ures'' in Roman mythology were malig- nant spirits (spirits of bad mem who were thought to haunt the earth by night and to possess great power for evil over the living. TO propitiate the spirits of the departed the Rom ms i,eid an annual festival in the month Of May. called the Lemuria. Daring this yeriod tho women regularly abstained from the bath, and from ell use of cos met!cs. and were personally mhe or less unclean. It nee1s nG argument to show that this was sufficient reason why no maiden would care to be mar ried during the days sct apart for the great eXpiatory celebration. Out of this has grown the old notion that
 The girls are all stark naught who
 wed in May.
 The reason for the prejudice having gone with the Pagan ceremony. it need not hinder any one in our day from
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
THE MEAN MAN.

(By Andrew James Millero Tie mean man-the instinctlvely
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
A Suitable
 Gift for the
 | Sweet | Graduate.

It is not an easy matter to make a selection here unless you come with , Jur mind fully made up as to what to buy-for l am showing so many pret- ty things suitable for Graduation Gifts or We'd ding Presents. However. you are always sure of finding something both suitable and elegant for about the amount you wish to spend.
 | have a superb stock of Diamonds, Watches, Cut Glass, Statuary. Sll- verwear, Brooches, Pins, Silk U mbrellas, Belt Buckles, handsome Jew elry, and l want you to see it---and price it.
 Spetlal prices this week.
The colored American., 1901-11-16
with the head Of any government.
BOnham, Texas.

The Cwhite) federated clubs If the
entire State of Nebraska. al their ra-
cent State meeting. voted 10 90 home
and give entertainments for the uur-
pose Of contributing TO the education
Of cOlOred women for the kindrr-ar,
nerS for the South.
There are one hundred and seven
clubs in the State, and already one
young cOlOTed lady has been sent away
to secure the necessary training
The Arden Club. Topeka, Kan, is
studying Henry VI.
The Phyllis Wheatley Club. Of
PaOIa. Kan. is doing much good for
the community. Under its direction
two families have been aided during
the past month. and a young ladies'
club organized. known as The Vide
awake" Miss MOssie Ellison. Mrs.
Dora Shelby and other Interested
workers deserve much credit for rhe
unfagging interest displayed since The
organization Of the Phyllis WlearIcy
in 1897.
The many friends Of Mrs. VI A.
Morris. formerly maTon Of Western
University, QUindarO. Kan. Will he
saddened to hear of her death.
We also learn with sorrow of the
sudden death of Mrs. VI. J. jackson.
formerly State President Of the Illinois
State Federation. October 18th.
Mrs. Jackson presided with much
grace and tact at the recent State
Convention in Peoria.
Mrs. McLain. Of Springfield, H.. ts
the newly elected Federation Presi-
dent
Mrs. Z. H. Anderson. of Chicago. is
busfIy engaged collecting exhibits for
the Southern Exposition, having been
appointed Commissioner for Illinois at
the recent meeting of the y. \, c, in
Buffalo.
Mrs. Anderson is an artist, working
in oil and at china painting. and IS
the honored President of the I. B. W.
Club, the oldest, we understand, of the
Chicago clubs.
The colored American., 1901-11-16

be attended; wherever there is a
widow. orphan, or any needy one to be
administered to; wherever there is any
deed of kindness or love TO be done,
and last. but not least. wherever there
is a race to be redeemed. WOman'S
work is there. Then let Us work, and
fight, and pray, until every foe is not
only put to flight, but is starved 20
death for want of prey; and the battle
is fought, and the victory achieved on
the side of right.
GreenYilIe, Miss.
The colored American., 1901-11-16
INDIAN So I'M cR

A dreamy mist is DER the land,
A low and solemn note more felt
Than heard, where late sweet song
was dealt
By warblers Of a merry band,
Now haunUS the Autumn air,
And fills the soul with care.
4 few belated flowers seem
To sing Of FlOra'S hours of ease.
But voices stronger stir the breeze.
And break the spell Of this fair dream,
And slowly pipe mass,
Then gently rise and pass.
All nature heaVes whispered sigh,
Along the field and DER the hill;
For summer days no more may fill
The dreary spaces that now lie
Within the storm and snow,
When nOrthland breezes blow.
The colored American., 1901-11-16
Wt1M ~ NORK
Mrs. L. S. Edwards.
(Read at the Delta WOmen's Con-


greSs.)
When God had made the beasts OF
the field, and then man, and man had
been alone just long enough to feel the
need Of woman, God looked upon man
and saw that it was not good for him
to be alone. He had all the beasts,
birds, and every living creature to pass
before Adam and to them Adam gave
q name. Some of them had as much
and more strength than Adam; they
We're meek, Obedient and submissive:
some Of them could chant natures
melodies, and some were pleasing to
the sight. Yet in none Of these was q
fit companion for Adam found. God
then in his infinite wisdom and won
drOus love might have made another
man, but He saw fit to do otherwise.
and made q creature that would not
only help man, but glOrify him: and
when we think Of the extent of wo-
mans labor We must see that it is any
place where man is, for she was made
TO glOrify him.
one another says Of glory that it is
brightness, and thinking of it as Der-
tanning TO heavenly bodies it is pic
tured to our minds as q halo above the
head, or a visible effuIgence of light
which envelopes the body, and so
tranShgures it, that all imDerfectiOns
disappear; hence if woman. Gods first
and greatest gift to man. is the glory
OF man, she must depOrt herself in
that pure, modest, and intelligent man
ner that will enter mans heart as 2
bright light, and so shine through him
that he may be transfgured TO the
sight OF his fellOwmen; that the i'm
perfectiOns Of crime, Of vice, etc. NAV
disappear; and that man, in turn. NAV
glOrify God.
Some claim that WOman's work is
IN the home only. and we have often
wondered why this thought
God told Adam that the ground was
cursed for his sake; that he must eat
of the herb Of the field. and by the
sweat Of his face should he eat bread
Some infer this to mean that man
must live by the sweat of his brow. or
by tilling the earth. and it is so. for
when all men stop tilling the earth.
food will go out Of existence and with
out IT man cannot live. Yet, how
many are living and not tfIIing the
earth. Some are living at ease. i'm
ing at work which of itself causes lit
tie or no perSpiratiOn. We find man
on the battlefield fighting for his
country, for some laudabIe cause. or
his rights. We find him as a minister
preaching Gods word; as a physician
healing the sick, curing disease: we
md him as a lawyer pleading for
those in trouble, or prosecuting those
guilty of crime, administering Justice.
and in many other noble vocations of
life. Now, when man leaves off till
ing the sell, leaves the field. or farm.
as woman is his helpmate. whatever
his position or. condition. she must in
turn leave the home and follow him;
but Just as it follows that, unless
some men till the soil. all must die,
50 1t follows that unless some women
p 81 ,H1fE~1#-A ~
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-16
CAN WEAR SHIRT WAISTS.
Uncle Sans Letter Carriers May Go
in For Comfort.

The postmaster general has decided
to issue an order permitting letter car
riers to wear a loose fitting blouse
instead of a coat when the heat of the
summer warrants it, and such being
the case the people of Billings should
be prepared to see the carriers bios
som out in shirt waists this summer,
and especially if the weather is as
hot as it was last summer.
The assistant attorney general for
the p%ostofice department has ruled
that the amendment to- the %appropria-
ton act limiting the u of work
for letter carriers throughout the
country to 48 hours a week expires
with the act on June 80. After that
date the p%ostofice department will re-
enact the rules Of the eight-hour law
OF March "a 1888. The latter pro-
vides for eight hours a DAY, while the
amendment allowed averaging the
work SO as to keep wi.nin 4S hours
a week.
Here in Billings the carriers have
been overcrowded with work and
Postmaster Babcock has asked for an
additional carrier and also for the
carrier limits to be increased.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-16
ST. LUkE's NEW RECTOR.
Episcopalians congratuIating Them

Episcopalians congratulating Them
selves on Securing Rev. Gesner.
The Episcopalians are. congratulate
ing themselves on their good fortune
in securing their new rector, Rev. Mr..
Gesner, whom the bishop recently ap-
pointed to st. Luke's church. Mr..
Gesner arrived in the city last Satur-
day, accompanied by Mrs. Gesner and
their two little daughters, and on Sun
day morning oficiated at his first SER
vice. The new rector is an able
speaker and comes with a reputation
as a builder of churches, and his first
text referred to the rebuilding of the
walls of Jerusalem and of the coop
Grafton of the people in the work.
Good congregations we're present at
both services and the musical portion
of the service was splendidly rendered
by a quartette composed of Messrs.
Bouton, Purvis, Graham and Gilluly,
with Miss Rixon as organist.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-16
GRAZING ON RESERVES.
Rules and Regulations Just Issued
Nearly the Same as Last Year.

The rules and regulations for
grazing sheep on forest reserves in
the west have been issued by Sec
rotary Hitchcock, of the interior de-
partment. The rules are the same as
last year, with a few slight modifi-
ations. Sheep will go on in July and
remain until late in September.
In the Big Horn reserve in Wyom-
ing, says the Independent, 1875, 900
sheep will be allowed within the
limits Of the reserve south Of the
thirteenth standard parallel, and 25,-
10 north of that line.
Permission was refused to stock
men to Craze their sheep in the Lewis
and Clarke reservation, because it
was overcrowded last year and the
sheep injured the forest growth.
The secretary allows 100000
sheep to Craze in the Utah forest re-
serve, Utah, from July l to October1,
1901.
Persons VINO desire to Craze sheep
in these "open parks" must make ap-
plication, as their f1ocks will not he
permitted to enter the reserve until
permits 7 issued by the secretary of
the interior.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-16
LEAGuERs COMING.
One Hundred Expect to Spend Sunday,
August 4, in Billings.

Agent H. N. Kennedy received a dis
patch yesterday from General Passen-
Agent C. S. Fee of st. Paul, ask
ing it arrangements could be made in
Billings to furnish three meals to 100
people sunday, August 4, next. The
people in question will be among the
many who will take advantage of the
cheap rates to the Epworth League
convention, which meets at San Fran
cisco next July. The Epworth Leag-
uers of the east are already plan
ming their trip and are DESTROYS of
knowing just what to expect. They
will, in most instances, go to Cali
fornia over the southern routes and
return by the northern routes and es-
pecially the Northern Pacific so as to
be able to visit the Yellowstone park.
Judging from Mr.. Fees telegram it
seems that some of the Leaguers in
tend to spend Sunday in this city, ar
irving here on Saturday night from
Livingston, after a trip through the
park. When it is learned definitely
that the Leaguers will stop here the
local organization will make arrange
ments for holding a big meeting.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-16
GOOD 0 SHEEP.
Big Crop of lambs and Heavy FIeeces
-.. Are Probable.

oneepmen in every part of northern
Montana are anticipating a record
breaking yield of lambs, if the wealth
err is favorable in the early part of
next month. The breeding season
al extremely favorable, and the con
dl.ions to date have been satisfactory
in all respects. Ewes have come
through the winter in fine shape, and
the chances for good grass are now
very favorable. The percentage of
lambs dropped to the number of
breeding ewes will certainly be un-
usually high, and if the first 20 days of
May r not cold and wet, a very
high percentage of lambs will be
saved. III
The wool crop also promises to be
exceptionally large. The conditions
all winter were favorable to growth
and fleeces will be very heavy. At
present they are quite dirty and
greasy, but the rains that will come
before shearing time will wash them
out, and while the price per pound
may be rather low, nearly all sheep
men are anticipating a very satisfac-
tory return per fleece.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-16

gus rails, Mimi, and the county of
Fergus, Montana, were named. He
has a host of friends throughout the
west who will earnestly hope for his
recovery.
VIM. 0. Steele of Basin, Wyo., was
In the city yesterday on his way
home from Cheyenne, where he at
tended the annual meeting of the
state board of sheep commissioners of
which he is a member. He reports
lots Of now at the state capital of
Wyoming, there being about 20 inches
on the ground when he left there a
few days since. Mr.. Steele says that
shearing has already begun in some
parts Of his state.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-16
New York Money.

New York. April. 15.-Money on call
firm at 4 q 5 per cent; last loans 3
per cent; ruling rate, 5h per cent;
prime mercantile paper, 3A@4k per
cent. Silver certificates nominally,
soc; bar silver, 59c; Mexican dollars,
48c.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-16
IN THE COURTS.
Fines for Petty Cases Make Up Days

Fines for Petty Cases Make Up Days
Doings.
G. w. Ryanaa frequenter of the po-
lice court, found his way into Justice
Mann's court yesterday afternoon on
the charge of carrying concealed
weapons. The result was the fining
of Ryan in the sum of $40 and costs.
In default of payment he will languish
in the county Jail for % long days. 4
Ryan is a cook by occupation, but
for sometime has been hanging
around the saloons doing nothing. He
was in the police court a few weeks
since on a charge of vagrancy and was
discharged after promising to go to
work. He has a family who, it is said,
has been snbsisting through the kind
ness of neighbors.
Mike Hogan had business in the po-
cy: Conley claimed to have been in
worked a couple of days cleaning a
yard for a citizen. A short time be-
fore he was arrested he had some
trouble with a bartender in one of the
saloons, the man having accused him
of being in the company of a man
for the purpose of robbing him. Cor
mon had nothing to say for himself.
Hogan said he had been in town a
couple of days and was getting ready
to go out to work at one of the rail
road camps when arrested. The court
assessed. each Of them 10 days labor
for the city.
In Justice Fraser's court Wm.Swaney
was fined 1926 and costs for petit lar
ceny. Not having the wherewithal to
liquidate he went to jail for Is days.
Swaney was arrested on the complaint
of Albert NJ. Hays, who alleged that
sometime during Saturday night in
one of the southside saloons Swaney
robbed him of a watch OF the value of
$12. Swaney at first entered a plea
of not guilty, but later changed it to
one of guilty on the advice of his at
torney. M.e45
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-16
EIsENBERe DAMAGE CASE TO-DAY
A Busy Day in District court-Probate
Matters, -s

A Busy Day in District court-Probate
Matters.
Yesterdays session of the district
court was a busy one, the day being
more occupied than nave been any
since the court convened a week ago.
The petition of the Congregational
church to mortgage its church prop
erty was heard and granted.
The case of the Donovan-McCor-
mick company VS.. the Slater Brick
company, debt. was, on plaintiff 8 mo-
ton, dismissed. the action being set
tied out of court.
H.. F. Clement filed a petition to be
appointed administrator of the estate
of William N. Seeley, deceased. The
anne was heard and granted. Mr..
Seeley, who was a partner with w. F.
Strait, of Roundup, died February 2,
1901, and left an estate valued at 3d.,
541. The only heir at law of the de-
ceased is William Seeley, a grand
father of the deceased, who resides at
Balston Spa, New York. J. w. New
ton and j. l.. Fisco were appointed ap.
%praisers. The bond of Mr.. Clement
was fixed at $4,000.
In the estate of Henry Chapple, de.
ceased, the court finds there is less
than $500 of personal property to be
distributed and that no inheritance
tax is now due from the estate. Sup
Elemental report, etc., are approved,
final report approved and petition for
final distribution granted.
The case of Lee Eisinberg VS.. the
Donovan-McCormick company, dam
ages, will be tried to-day. In calling
the jurors the regular panel was ex.
hausted and also those drawn from
box 8, when a special list from Bill.
ings had to be drawn. The jury was
completed with the exception of one
member, when court adjourned last
evening.
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CREEK SCHOOL CLOSED.
Caused by a Pupil Being Exposed to
Smallpox.

... --E. L.=g#.4' lL# .nl-eI.a. Y.,-..
The report comes from Canyon
creek, west Of Billings, of trouble be-
tween the patrons of the school. 1t
seems that one Of the boy pupils had
been sleeping with a young man who
was sick with smallpox at the house
of n of the Marsh, boys, and had
slept with him several days after the
disease made it's appearance. This
fact excited several of the patrons of
the school, whose children had been
exposed to the disease. They demand
ed that the school be closed immedi-
ately. One of the trustees secured all
the keys of the building and closed
the school, which, he declares. will be
kept shut up until the building has
been properly fumigated and all dan
ger from the disease is past. Other
patrons did not seem alarmed and did
not want the school closed. But the
man with the keys rules the school
at present.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-16
MoRMoNs FOR WYOMING.
Several Thousand Will Trek From
Utah. #

Wyoming officials who have charge
of the leasing of state lands say that
during the present spring there will
be another big movement Of Mormons
from Utah,to the Big Horn basin. Two
thousand persons are said to be get
ting ready to trek over the mountains
to the promised land, where they will
settle under the big irrigating canal
now being built from the Shoshone
river. Last spring, it will be remem-
bered, 500 Mormonsz settled in the
Big Horn country as an experiment.
They are SO well pleased with that
section that another and larger colo
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-16
" has been induced to make homes

there.
The Mormons who settled there last
year have already gotten themselves
comfortable homes and the prospects
are %flattering for good investments.
Many of them worked on the grade
of the Burlington's Toluca-Cody
branch during the past winter.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-16
THE DAILY MARKETS.
Report Of the Commercial FIuctua-
tions Of Interest to Montanans.
Live Stock.

Chicago, April 15.-Cattle steady,
except medium steers. Texans firm;
tops, $685.. Good to prime steers,
$500; poor to medium, s3.90@495;
stockers and feeders slow, medium
weak at $2.15 OATS; COWS, $2.75@
$3.50; heifers. $2.75@4.75; Gamers,
$1.10@2.75; bulls, $4.7O@5; calves, 81
$3.50; Texas feed steers, $4.25@5.35;
Texas grass steers, $4,000; Texas
bulls, $2.75@3.90.
Sheep, slow, shorn exports, $4,000
$40. Lambs steady to slow. Colora-
dos mostly $685.. Good to choice
wethers, s4.75@5; fair to choice, seas
@4.s0; western sheep, $4.75@5; Tex
as sheep yeadlings, $4.oJ@5.10; ma
tive lambs, $4.75@5.35; western
lambs, $5@5.35.