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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-12-27
DELINQUENT TAX LIST
Office of the County Treasurer of Yellowstone County

Office o. the County Treasurer of Yellowstone County,
Billings, Montana.
Notice is hereby given thai the following list contains the names of
and a description Oft the property upon which the taxes for the we
ar 1901 Ire delinquent Except such property as is by law exempt from pub
lcation), with the amount Of taxes and costs due opposite each name;
the taxes 20 delinquent Is aforesaid, together with the costs, and
percentages, are paid prior thereto, the real property upon which said
taxes are a lien, will be sold at public auction, upon the 18th day of Jan
ua1y, A. D. 1902, between the hours OF ten o'clock a.. m and three O'Clock
p. m, OF o such other dates to which the sale may be postponed, within
the limits fixed by law, in front of the County Treasurers Office at the
Court House of said County, in Billings, Montana. -
Given under my hand this 9th day of December, A. D. 1901.
1891" U@ E. s. HOLMES.
County Treasurer of Yellowstone County, Montana.
BY CORA L. RAMSEY, Deputy.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-30
Contesta of Egga.

From the remotest ages the egg has
been looked upon as the symbol of ere.
alton, or new birth. According 10 the
Perslans, the world was Matched from
an egg at that season of the year which
corresponds to the yernal equinox
Hence the Parsees still exchange gifts
of eolored eggs mt the new year festi.
val, which they celebrate at this date
Among the Jews the egg entered into
all the mysterious ceremonies called
apocalyptic and occupied n prominent
position on the household table during
the paschal season. Christianity In.
vested the paschal egg with a new sig.
nlflcance-namely, that of the resur.
rection of Christ, and 1t WINS colored
red In allusion to his blood shed for
sinners on the cross.
A curious custom In medieval church.
es. for priests and choristers to join In
a game of ball at Eastertlde, took its
rise from the Easter egg. which was
thrown from one to the other of the
choristers in the nave of the church
while an anthem was being sung. As
missed egg meant smashed egg, the
more durable handball was substituted.
But the smashing Of eggs continued
as n form OF outdoor sport Surylyals
are to be found among all Teutonle
and Anglo-Saxon people. A popular
game In England and Germany con-
sists in hitting one egg against anoth.
err, the egg that survives uneracked
winning for Its owner the weaker an
tagonlst. until m entire basket of eggs
may have changed ownership. Anoth-
err game Is to trundle eggs down hill
or slope, those which reach the bottom
uncraeked being similarly victorious
over the others.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-30

"There used to be In a city In which
lived" said Cleveland man. "a GER
tain bishop who. while possessed of the
highest principles and whose aims and
ambitions In life were Of the highest
character, at the same time united with
these n righteousness In money mat
tiers that caused innumerable stories
Illustrative Of this failing to be tackled
upon him. One OF these related TO a
certain church conference which the
bishop and other dlgntaries OF the
church at one time attended.
AT one OF the meetings the bishop
In endeavorlng TO open letter neatly
with bis penknifc was so unfortunate
as to allow the latter TO slip and to
cut a finger severely. The injured
member blcd profusely. aud n hasty
search for court plaster ensued. There
being none forthcoming. clergyman
standing by nshed out his cardcase
and. extracting from II cent stamp,
the smallest priced stamp he had. OF.
fered II TO the bishop to use as sub
sttute for the much needed court plas-
ter.
THE bishop accepted II grateful.
and In his turn took out his own card
case. In It he placed the cent stamp
and then. producing a ! cent specimen
of his own. he pasted II over the still
bleeding wound. New York Tribune.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-30

If recent report from London, KY,
that the Baker Howard feud has been
finally settled is correct 1t will put an
end to a warfare which has lasted for
more than thirty years, which has cost
the lives of more than thirty men, and
has several times necessitated the call
Ing out of the State troops with gatling
guns and loaded rifles.
Bloody Clay" County, the scene OF
the famous feud, is perhaps the most
remarkable ms 1t is one of the best
known counties In the country. There
Is not mile of railroad or even a
wagon bridge with its limits. The
whole country is covered with high
hills, so close together that 1t Is de-
clared there is not piece of level land
In the county sixth of mile square.
Down and between all these woodrow
cred hills are the beds Of streams which
are dry In summer time and are turned
Into roaring torrents In the spring and
winter. The people Of Clay County
travel either on horseback or on foot.
and they use the beds of those streams
In the place of roads. Some OF the hills
are quite high, and In several instances
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-30
MISSED A GREAT FORTUNE.
Inventor of a Fountain PEN Regrets
Having Consulted Patent Attorney.

Inventor of a Fountain PEN Regrets
Having Consulted Patent Attorney.
SIT is an old saying that our fore
sight Is not as good as our hindsight,"
explained a well-known citizen to
reporter, "and the illustrations of Il
are so many that II would be useless to
recount them, even II II were possible
to do so. This saying was very thor
oughly impressed on me a few weeks
since during visit to factory which
Is engaged In manufacturing fountain
pens. The ordinary person can have
but a slight idea Of the enormous
quantity of fountain pens that are sold.
There are dozens of makes, all Of them
more or less good and many Of them
almost perfect. They can be found In
every stationery and many other stores
In almost every city In the world.
There are more of them lost than worn
out, for 1t Is surprising how long any
of the fountain pens Of popular makes
hold out. Once men or women get into
the habit of using a fountain pen they
rarely give 1t up. Now 1t happens that
| invented the first fountain pen which
was practical as far as the use of 1t
was concerned. This was In 1850.
Prior TO that there was fountain pen
known as Princes Protean pen on the
market. but It worked rather unsatis-
factorily.
81 took my invention to the leading
patent lawyer In Washington then and
asked his advice about getting a pat
ent for It. He gave me no encourage
ment In the matter; indeed. he discour-
aged me. From him went to a pat
ent agency which did patent business
exclusively. l knew the manager per
sonally and l regarded him as a man
of excellent judgment. He coincided
with the patent lawyer I had consult
ed. He convinced me. though some
what against my judgment, that the
people at large did not want fountain
pen. He argued that as pens were so
cheap people would not spend the
amount of money which was necessary
to buy a fountain pen. Gutta percha
as known to-day had not been invented
them, and but little was even known
of India rubber, for Mr.. Goodyear was
here then, busy with his experiments,
on which he secured his rubber patents
afterward. Mr.. Goodyear himself did
not enthuse on fountain pen, and
thought with the others that the world
did not want any relief from the ordi-
nary steel pen which then had Just
supplanted the quill pen. OF course, I
dropped the matter and turned my at
tention to mining, for the discovery Of
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-30
His Good Story.

This young man has q good place
with a Wall street firm, and Is anxious
to get along" He also likes to shine
as a raconteur. but he has very bad
memory as to details However, the
germ Of the story sticks In his mind,
and he is able to make a good bluff at
telling It Recently he heard funny
wall street story" Nothing but the
story end of II stuck to him. A week
or so later the junior partner, In high
good humor because Of a certain sue
cessful manipulation, In which the
young man had been concerned In a
small degree, magnanlmously invited
him to luncheon. The young man
strove to ''be agreeable" and told a
number of stories over the coffee
which seemed to amuse his employer.
Then he told in elaboration his latest
Wall street yarn. There was no re-
Spouse.
II thought that was very funny-did
the bloke up rich," said the young man.
Perhaps you've heard 1t before"
NO" said the junior partner slowly.
81 don't think l ever heard 1t before,
but | know something about 1t. I
was the bloke."
The young man is now cultiyating
the study Of mnemonics.-New York
Evening Sun.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-30

ror, Mrs. Baker. the newly made
widow. called her ten children around
the body of their father and there
swore each of them never to rest until
the death had been avenged.
Then hell bust loose In Clay" as
they say on the other side Of the Ohio.
Both the Garrard Baker and the White
Howard factions hired and armed a
number of men to fight for them. pay
ing 81 a day and ammunition, bacon.
and corn bread in plenty for such ser
vices.
Now the word comes from London
that more than twenty Of these pro-
fessional fighters have enlisted In the
United States army and that old Gen.
Garrard, once a distinguished Federal
cavalry leader, has given his word to
Judge Beverly White that the feud
shall come to an end.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-30
MuIctInR wagner.

Wagner when q young man wrote
sonata which had fair success. but In
after life he made every effort to sup
press II. Going TO the publisher. he
said. Have you any copies OF TINT mis-.
ernhle thing SIN unsoldY' Yes WIS
the reply; II have quite n number Of
them In stock" send them to me nj
once. With bin" said the composer
4 thousand copies were soon after
ward delivered at his door The bill
wns big one. but 1t was paid. sumo.
wlnl grudgincIy aud Wagner thought
he bad done with the thing. What
was his surprise. then, at receiving two
or three months later on another CON
slgnment. this time OF 600 copies
II thought you had only a thousand
of THESE things" lac protested Tint
was all | had IN stock" explained the
dealer. hut these have been returned
by my agents. TO whom ! wrote that
you wished TO have the sonata sup
pressed" Wagner WINGED. hui there
WIS nothing for II but TO pay tn bill
And thereafter whenever business was
dull with this crafty publisher few
hundred copies OF the sonata would he
struck OF on shopworn paper and de-
livcred AT the composers door. with n
memorandum TO the effect that they
had Just come back from remote places
where they had been sent for sale.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-30

and A B. Howard. Baker lived with
his wife and family Of ten children
In a ono story log cabin on Grain Creek
twelve miles from Manchester. How
ard, who owned a few hills near by,
hired Baker to cut some timber on his
land. He did not like the way Baker
did the work and quarreled with him
about 1t. An appeal to the eyer-ready
rifles was promptly taken. "Tom"
Baker and his brothers laid out In am
bush like Indians one night and shot
and killed one of Towards sons and
one of his employees and severely
wounded the elder Howard. Another
son of Howard waited his chance and
put a bullet through the head OF Tom
Bakers elder brother. tom" Baker
took 1t for granted that Sheriff White
had instigated the killing Of his brother
and took the first opportunity to kill
William l.. White, whose crime was
that he was the Sheriff's brother. A
few days later Gilbert Garrard, son OF
the present head OF the Garrard family.
was shot at from ambush as he was
riding his mule home from church. He
escaped unhurt and took occasion to
move out Of the county. But his father
was made Of sterner stun. When noti-
fed that as the hacker OF the Bakers he
was In danger of assassination he hired
n nephew of TON" Baker and negro
man to guard his premises at plight
with dogs and rifle. Within two weeks
after the guard was set both of the
men were shot and killed from am
bush,
Meanwhile Sheriff White was max
ing efforts to arrest Tom" Baker for
the murder Of his brother. But Baker
did not like the idea of falling Into the
hands of the White Howard faction.
Accordingly he took to the hills, where
a man might hide for years with abso-
lutte security. Finally the State sent
hundred militinmen. armed to the teeth
and accompanied by gatling gun. up
into Clay County to force Bakers sur
render and to protect him from the yio-
lence OF the opposing faction. Baker
surrendered and was taken under
guard to Manchester, where he was
confined In a guard tent pitched In the
courthouse yard and surrounded by the
troops. Half an hour before the case
was to be called for trial be stepped to
the front OF the tent TO look around.
Instantly shot rang out, coming from
the house Of Sheriff White, directly
across the street, and Tom" Baker fell
back dead into the arms of his wife.
Almost before he had gasped his last
and before the startled militiamen had
recovered from their surprise and hor-
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-30
The Lesson He wanted.

In his autobiography, "Up From Slav-
cry" Booker T. Washington tells an
amusing anecdote of an old colored
man who during the days of slavery
wanted to learn how to play on the gul
tar. In his desire to take guitar les
sons he applied to one of his young
masters to teach him. But the young
man. not having much faith In the
ability of the slave to master the gull
tar at his age. sought to discourage
him by telling him: Uncle Jake. will
give you guitar lessons. But. Jake,
will have to charge you SO for the first
lesson. 81 for the second lesson and 81
for the third lesson. But ! will charge
you only 25 cents for the last lesson"
Uncle Jake answered: "All right
boss, | hires you on dem terms. But
boss. I wants yer to be sure an give me
dat las lesson drst."
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-30
A Youthful Ruler.

BY the death of the Maharaja of
Patiala his little son, Ticca Sahib, be-
comes the nominal head of about two
million people.
This small youth is, in sporting
sense at least, the worthy son of his
father, for although he is only ten
years of age he plays cricket well and
Is an excellent rifie-shot. His father
was a famous sportsman. equally prof.
cient In cricket, in riding. polo-playing
and pig-sticking, as the boar-hunt Is
called.
The last notable achievement of the
Maharaja was making twenty-one
runs In eight and half minutes in the
cricket match against the Bombay Par
sees. So 1t will be seen that little
Ticca Sahib has an illustrlous family
record to emulate.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-30
REMINDERS OF CHlvALRY.

Scent Fountains and Powder Bowls
Recall Other Days In France.
The use OF scent and perfume foun-
tains becomes prevalent and passes
away with different fashions. To the
tailor-made period none belonged but
to the Josephine and Empire SO much
appertained that the use of perfumes
is decidedly ON the increase. though
very subtly and without excess, now
that copies Of the dresses worn at the
outset OF the nineteenth century are so
much In vogue Some wonderful scent
fountains are being sold In Paris, and
curiosities In the way Of scent burners
are again being sought for. The his
tory of France Is perfumed on every
page except during the period that
deals with the reign Of Louis XIV,
who had an intense hatred for per
fumes.
As well as a craze for collecting scent
bottles, there Is one now for patch and
powder boxes, says the London Mall.
In some out-of-theway corners even
now may be purchased quaint wooden
stands holding a moderately sized
china bowl on the top. Some people
have thought that these bowls were
used for washing purposes In days
when ablutions were not SO thorough
as they are now; but their real use
was for powder, when a masters valet
had to besprinkle his head and a wom-
ans maid her tresses with copious dust.
ings put on with an enormous puff.
People who make part Of their life
work the amassing OF queer old for
gotten trifies that have had their day
and ceased to be find tlnsel pictures
well-beloyed treasure. They display
quaint and often badly drawn figures,
for the most part colored, and quite
brilliantly so, with tinsel, so that they
shine most brightly. A pirate bold
and remarkably ferocious, a fairy,
funny old woman, a clown, harle-
quin, such were the subjects taken by
tinsei artists as display Of their skill
a hundred years ago and over.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-30

Paul B. du Chaillu has announced
that he will go to Russia and gather
material for an impartial book upon
the dominion of the Gear.
Ida NJ. Tarbell has revised her INA
poleon," which has reached a sale OF
100, 900 copies. and will reissue it under
the title of Napoleon and Josephine"
Edgar Fawcett has written a new
novel entitled New York" 1t chron.
icles many strange phases of life In
that city and has a convict for hero.
Mr.. Fawcett now lives in London.
New Glimpses of Poe," by Prof.
James A. Harrison of the University
Of Virginia, will include certain phases
Of Poe's life and character which, 1t is
asserted, have been hitherto overlook.
ed.
Beulah Marie Dix, author of "Hugh
Gwyeth," has written a new novel OF
early colonial life In New England,
which will shortly be published under
the title of "rhe Making of Christopher
rtrTiuBnhm.
T. Edgar Pemberton has written a
volume concerning Bret Harte, which
takes the form of mild biography.
Mr. Harte has contributed a letter to
the book and incidentally remarks that
much which Mr. Pemberton has said
about him should be left to his tomb
stone.
The last literary work undertaken by
Alphonse Daudet, play based on his
story, la Petite Paroisse," has just
been brought out In Paris. The play is
both disgusting and stupid and those
most loyal to the authors memory re-
greet that 1t should have been given to
the public.
1t will be remembered that Arthur
Lawrence published some time ago a
volume entitled "The Life-Story, Let
tiers and "reminiscences of Sir Arthur
Sullivan" written with the composers
authority. He Is now at work on a
complete biography, which will be en-
tirely rewritten and contain much new
matter.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-30
Boy and Lion.

The author of I'm Dwarf Land tells
a wonderful story about young Toro
boy. The Toro people, It seems, stand
greatly In fear OF lions. A party Of
native hunters, returning. In single file
from their days hunt after small ante
lope, were attacked by lions. The man
at the end of the line was suddenly
seized from behind by the noness, and
instantly killed and carried away.
The rest of the party made of with
all speed, all but one little boy, the
son of the man who had been killed.
He, amazingly plucky little fellow that
he was, actually .lrned back. and,
armed with nothing but a small spear,
followed the blood-stained track
through the thicket. After little while
he came upon the lioness in the act of
devouring his father.
Without a moments hesitation the
brave little chap rushed at the huge
beast, and the lioness, becoming aware
of his approach, left her prey and
sprang upon the boy. By a merciful
pEOfluouCS tuS ny . DPCoA btAoNh 10
breast, and by the animals own weight
was forced into Its body, piercing the
heart. The great creature rolled over
stone dead.
The boy was utterly unframed. Rap
Idly Withdrawing his little weapon. he
went and knelt by the mangled re-
mains of his father, and while he was
bending over him In his sorrow the
male Hon came roaring through the
thicket.
The lad sprang up and with almost
superhuman courage rushed toward
the second lion, waving aloft his blood
stained spear and shouting, Come on.
come on! I'll kill you, toor'
But the lion was 80 discounted by
the unexpected approach OF the lad
that be turned tail and fed, leaving his
partner dead by the side Of her man.
gled prey. The boy then went home
to his village and called his friends to
come and bring the dead honess to the
king, and this was done.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-30
A Cheese Roast.

Those who insist upon eating cheese
should take the precaution to cook II
thoroughly before eating. 1t Is for this
reason that some people who are un
able to eat raw cheese find themselves
able to eat toasted cheese without diff
ficulty. ToastIng the cheese does not
however, Increase Its digestibility. but
rather the reverse. Its beneficial erect
IL any. is from the destruction OF the
yiruIent microbes which are present
and which are capable Of giving rise
to symptoms even more distressing
than those of ordinary indigestion. The
best method of dealing with cheese Is
10 give 1t to the pigs. as 1t Is nothing
more or less thun decayed milk. ht only
for a scavenger diet. = Sanitary and
Municipal Engineering.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-30
Mental Innocence.

The stupidity of servants Is a trial
to the most even-tempered mistress.
but 1t sometimes serves to amuse the
other members of the household. There
was girl who belonged to the familiar
category Of children and fools"
IF anyone should call this afternoon,
Mary, say that am not WELL" said
a mistress to a newly engaged servant
Pm afraid ate little too much of
that rich pudding for dinner. and 1t, or
something else. has brought on a Sc
we're headache. l am going to lie
down."
A few moments later the mistress,
from her room at the head of the stairs.
heard Mary say to two arlstocratIc la
dies who called for the first time:
"Yes'm, Mrs. B IL at home, but
she ate so much pudding for dinner
she had to go to bed."-London King.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-30
BARON sTEueEN's NAMEsAkEs.
BIuff ReyoIufio nary Soldiers Name
Ia

Bluff RevoIuti onary Soldiers Name
Borne by Many Others.
Baron Steuben, the bluff old soldier
of the Revolution. was greatly beloved
by his men. lie was called everywhere
"The Baron," and to one woman, who
came to him asking permission to name
her child for him, he said. "And what
will you call him." For, like all titled
personages, he had a profusion OF
proper names.
why" said the woman, "Tll call
him Baron"
Baron he was, and so were the other
namesakes. Indeed, when the old sol
der was urged to lay aside his title,
In the enthusiasm of the French Revo-
luton, he answered that 1t would be
of no use. There were too many Baron
Steubens In existence.
One full-grown namesake he ac-
Quired under peculiar circumstances.
When he was one day inspecting a
Connecticut regiment he found a fine
looking sergeant, named Jonathan Ar
mold. The baron had been one of the
court which had unwillingly condemn
ed Andre, and he detested the wretch
who drew him to DEATH" So he advised
the man to change his name.
"But what name shall take" cried
Arnold.
ANY name you please" answered
the baron. "Take mine. It's at your
service"
So Jonathan Arnold duly became
Jonathan Steuben, and under that
name fought bravely and well. When
he returned to his Connecticut home,
after the war. he married. and his son
was named after the old soldier, Erred
erick William" To him Baron Steuben
willed farm, and Frederick William
Steuben. good soldier in the War of
1872, died in the service.