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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-26
MBoLS.

Boston Herald: We get further
substantial evidence of the prosperity
and generosity of our people from the
enormous Christmas gifts with which
the outgoing ocean liners have been
laden during the past week or two.
The great bulk of these tokens of re-
membrance, numerically at least, are
those of the comparatively poor, and
it is significant of the condition of
this class of people that their re-
mittances, in one form and another,
have been exceptionally large this
season. 1t is recalled how Mr..
Beecher once remarked that the gifts
sent from children in the new world
to their parents and relatives in the
old home were a symbol of love and
affection without parallel, and the
highest tribute to the character and
value of the newly arrived immigrant.
1t is apparent that the growth of this
sentiment is almost keeping step
with the enormous growth of immi-
grafton.
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Wealth and the Law.

A Boston clergyman made the state
ment from his pulpit a few years ago
that it should be illegal for any man
to be worth over 81, 100000. OF course
such a suggestion could have been the
emanation of only an impractical mind.
Even the selfish use of great wealth
benefits thousands, while it's unselfish
distribution blesses everybody. Wealth
is a great responsibility, but when i'll
the hands of those who realize that fact
and govern themselves accordingly the
more they have the better. 1t is not
fair to judge Il man by his possessions,
but only by the use he makes of them,
provided we can assume that he has
acquired them without trampling on
the rights of others and unscrupulously
crushing out weaker workers in the
general field Of competition. Many
non SO acquire wealth that it is a
blessing in the making as well as in
the Observation-Disclosures Transcript.
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The Liquid Fuel Question.

The adoption of liquid in place of
solid fuel has not taken place so rap
idly as some eXperimenters anticipated.
In the opinion of Mr.. Edwin l.. Orde
of the British Institution of Mechanical
Engineers. the trouble arises from the
exclusive use in boiler furnaces Of
crude oil. which contains a consider
able percentage of water, 10 per cent
at least, and this destroys the condi-
tons necessary for perfect combus-
ton. 1t is averred that some of the
crude oil shipped from the wells con
tains as much as 40 per cent Of water,
and when used on shipboard the con-
slant agitation prevents the separation
of this water. which consequently en-
tiers the furnaces. The experiments of
DR.. Paul show that liquid fuel is capa-
bic of giving 80 per cent more efficiency
than the best coal.
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son exists why the popular demand
should not be needed. At that time
the taxable property from which rev
enue could be derived was small in
extent and value and some such way
Of raising the required evenue was
necessary, but that time has passed.
Under existing conditions it is mani
testify unjust to compel certain
classes of men to pay what in reality
is a double tax-one on their proper
ty and the other %extorted for the
privilege of following their respec-
tive means of gaining a livelihood. In
no other state is this done and Mon
tana should not continue to be the
only one that has such a barbarous
custom. The Marysville Mountaineer
recommends that as soon as the leg
islature convenes it shall apply it.
self to the task of revising the laws
and to do it properly should use an
AK.
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The matter of the election of a
speaker of the coming house of rep.
resentatiyes seems to be of more con.
Germ to the democratic editors of the
state than to the men who will soon
be called upon to make the choice.
Just why they should be so profound.
ly interested in a question in the set
Element of which their party will not
be consulted is difficult to understand.
No matter who may be named on the
other side it is safe to assume that
no democrat will vote for him, conse
quently it is not quite clear why the
democratic newspapers should at
tempt to advise the republicans whom
they should elect. The solicitude of
the gentlemen is altogether unneces-
sary. When the time comes for &C.
ton the republicans may be relied
upon to elect a man and he will be a
good one. for there are no others
among the republican majority in the
next legislature, and Furthermore
they will elect a man who is accept
able to the party, no matter how he
may strike the democrats.
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TAXES.

Great Falls Tribune: 1t is under
stood that at the coming session of
the legislature a bill will be introduce
making taxes payable semi-annual,
ly, instead of annually as now. The
taxpayers of the state should be con
sidering meantime whether they
want such a law passed.
Some of the states in the union
have tried this plan and it is said that
it works admirably. Washington has
such a law and Minnesota taxes are
paid in this way. The experience in
these states should be of value tC
Montana. AS the Tribune under.
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a matter so serious and grave as the
one at issue. Much as he would have
preferred to allow the international
court of arbitration at The Hague to
pass upon the dispute, the president
will no doubt accept the delicate and
annoying dutv the others seem de-
termined to put upon him and exert
his best endeavor to bring about an
understanding and put al end to the
deplorable conditions now existing in
a part of the continent to the south of
us. That he will be successful and
discharge that duty in the same earn
est honest, conscientious and honor
able amer as he has the many others
that have been forced upon him since
his entrance into national and inter-
national life the people of the world
have no doubt.
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SENATOR MORGAN'S LATEST.

Philadelphia Record: No promoter
in the land carries more speculative
bees in his head than Senator Morgan
OF Alabama. His latest scheme is
to %colonize the American negroes in
the Philippine islands. He would
have the government undertake the
necessary transportation, giving free
passage and a twenty-acre homestead
as inducements to emigration, with
out consequent impairment of any of
the rights of American citizenship.
No doubt there are climatic argu-
ments which would Justify such a
movement. The negro flourishes un-
der tropical conditions that enervate
or destroy white men. If only Mr..
Morgan were quite assured that the
transported negro would work, once
domiciled in Luzon, Panay or Minda.
mao. his %colonizing plan might also
work; but there's the rub.
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The trouble seems to be that both
gentlemen are too popular.
DON'T BE A

January Success: One Of the great
est enemies Of contentment and real
happiness is a habit of comparing
ourselves with others-comparing
financial conditions, possibilities,
homes environments. '
1t is a strong man who dares to be
himself, who does not envy others,
and who can see his neighbors grow
prosperous while he only makes a
good living. This constant comparing
unsettles character and makes one
dissatisfied with his lot. One of the
greatest triumphs for an ambitious
young man is to learn to be contented,
to be satisfied with doing a good, hon
est days work; to be contented to
live humbly, if necessary, while his
neighbors roll in wealth.
A burning desire to fill a high place,
to do something unusual to attract
public attention, to do that which
must be accomplished with ire
mendous strain and stress Of the fac
ulties-a straining after effect-this
morbid ambition is one of the curses
of the age.
No one can live a true life who
| measures it's worth tv what others do,
or think, or say Be content to be
! yourself, to be self-contained. Con.
tentment, after doing ones level best,
brings a poise and sweetness into the
life "a balance to the character, which,
can never develop under fostering,
o~ver-anXicus. abnormal ambition.
The man who is ALWAYS tif,nming
his sails-backing and a%poloslzing be
cause lie las not bean abl2 to do this
or that, who is not content to be him,
self, who is always trying to be some
body else, will never develop a strong
character.
The world admires a man of bal.
ance, M who is equipoised, who is
self-suficient, who believes in him
self, trusts himself, who does not
cover, whine or apologize, but stands
erect and dares to live his own creed.
The world ~instinctively hates a
trimmer, the man who fawns, the man
of "ifs" and "buts." 1t likes a straight,
clean-cut article, without mixture or
amalgamation.
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stands the matter neither would
think of going back to the annual
payments, and if such is the case it
should be conclusive that the present
plan is satisfactory.
The advantage of the plan is that
it does not tie up a lot of taxpayers
money in the county treasury where
it is of no benefit to anyone-except,
treasurer. AS it is now all taxes are
paid in November, and much of the
money SO paid is not needed until the
following November.
Under the six months plan half the
money could be paid on or before the
first day of December. Thus the tax
payer would have the use of half the
amount of his taxes for six months.
For instance the amount of money
treasures will run the counties until
next December. At that time, in
stead of paying a full years taxes,
the taxpayers would only need to pay
half, and the other half the following
June. OF course details would have
to be arranged, and assessments fix
ed so as to permit of this, but that in
brief is the principle Of the change.
The only objection to the change
that the Tribune has heard urged is
that it would make a good deal more
work in the county t~reasurer's office;
but that is an objection that should
not have much weight. provided the
advantages on the other side are as
strong as has been urged. The mat
ter is worthy of consideration.
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UNION JACK.
1t Is Not the Flag Which Generally
IzfGiven That Name.

There is a royal order duly recorded
In England that the union jack shall not
be worn except upon the ships of the
royal navy. Lord Knollys, the kings
private secretary, has recently ruled,
however, that the owner of a merchant
ship may always ely" the jack. The
distinction between the words worn
and "fy" has excited something Of a
controversy in England, and that con-
troversy has developed the astonishing
fact that the union jack as now com
monty understood is not, in fact, the
real union jack at all.
that the craftsman who prepared the
design for the original union jack did
not conform eXactlystO the words of the
royal decree. The orders concerning
the jack We're drawn at the time of the
formation of the British union in 1900.
In the register of the priyy council of
1901 appears the recommendation Of a
committee that "the union flag should
NC dSSoluIAS W liz uIuL AldIh-,
ed G. which is herewith humbly sub
mitted to your majesty and in which
the cross of st. George is conjoined
with the crosses of st. Andrew and st.
Patrick"
The colOred designs accompanying
this document were signed by Isaac
Heard, garter king at arms, and here
the union jack is described as 'the un-
ion f1ag-viz, azure, the crosses-saltires
Of st. Andrew and st. Patrick quarter
ly per satire counterchanged argent
and gules, the latter fimbriated of the
second, surmounted by the cross of st.
George of the third, timbriated as the
! satire"
According to this order. the white
cross on which the red st. George cross
is superimposed in the flag generally
used should not be a white cross in
reality. The white should be merely
a narrow border or '~'timbriation'' to
separate the red st. George cross from
the blue ground in accordance with the
heraldic law that color is not to be
placed upon color. The artist who
made the original design, however, did
not follow the order. He gave the
wide white border which has since
then been universally followed.-New
York Times.
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ROCkEFELLER'S AMBITION.
Standard Oil Masnatc IA Fireman.
and He Is Happy.

"Now is the boyhood dream OF my
life realized" said John d. Rockefel-
Ter, head of the Standard Oil compa-
as he proudly read an official look
ing document. 81 am a fireman at
last, after nearly sixty years of pa
tient waiting. No policeman "a now
fan me outside the fire lines in North
Tarrytown, N. Y, at least. If he tried
it, l could turn the hose OH him"
1t is a question who is the most
pleased, Mr.. Rockefeller Or his fellow
members of the North Tarrytown fire
patrol, says a New York dispatch to
the Philadelphia Press. He has just
been chosen an honorary member of
that famous body Of fire fighters.
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LONELY LAMB IN GUAM
Bleat of Woe Waited to His
Fellow Members.
APPEALsTo OLD oHUMs FOE CHEER
DR.. Crnndall. a HOmesick Navy Sur
Club Members to Write, and Scores
Sent Messages of Wit, Wisdom and
Poetry to Tighten His Gloom.

Dear F~rank-For the love of humanity
write to me-. Tell the fellows to write.
The desOlatiOn here I heard an earth
quake coming and had to stop in the
middle OF my sentence and run outside so
the walls would not fall on me. They are
frequent here. One has to dodge them as
he would street cars in Sixth avenue. But
as I was saying. the desolation is some
thing intolerable. Do write.
And they did write. One hundred
and fifty members of the Lambs club
and 100 other bright fellows sent to
faraway Guam the other day probably
the most interesting collection of epis-
tolary wit, wisdom, art and poetry
ever consigned to mail bags, says the
New York Herald. The letters are all
addressed to r. Percy Crandall. sur
geon of the United States navy, now
stationed at Guam. "Sunshine sailor
man" they have called him in the
Lambs club for ten years. for there
was always sunshine and something
jolly going when Crandall was there.
During the Spanish-American war lie
was on the Iowa with Captain Bob
Evans and was the sunshine sailor
there. When the wal was over, he
was sent out to various parts Of the
United States to enlist recruits for the
navy and made friends wherever he
went. Then last July came the order
for hin to take charge Of the naval
station in Guam. The change from the
Lambs club to the whispering :sllms
and the earthquakes of Guam was
more than the surgeon could bear in
silence, and he appealed to Frank I'm
ger to write. The response was like
magic. a
There were letters in every known
language and many dialects. There
were pictures, poems, quotations, coun-
sci and consolation. De Wolf Hopper
sent a missive in iambic verse; Dixey
wrote a sonnet; Frederick Remington
Enclosed. & companion piece sketch of a
convivial scene in a cozy Lambs club
corner and opposite a man seated un-
der a solitary palm looking out to sea.
Ed Campbell, Bob Reed and a dozen
other artists sent sketches: Clay Green,
Tom Clarke, Wilton Lackaye, Nate
Salisbury, Mckenzie Gordon. Victor
Harris and others wrote cheering let
tiers; Esau, ape man. took pen in hand
and sent a few words Of cheer.
Far and wide Mr.. Unger sent tele-
grams, and every club from San Fran
cisco to Boston responded, and dozens
of friends forwarded their greetings
The jolly family at the Lambs club
await with great interest the answer
that shall come from their Sunshine
sailOrman.'
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Hot Springs Bath. For Horses.

Secretary Hitchcock of the interior
department recently forwarded to Liv-
eryman Simon Cooper of Hot Springs,
Ark, the documents authorizing him
to have the waters of the Hot Springs
pumped to his stable for the cur Of
horses, says the st. Louis Republic.
The liveryman has installed large horse
baths, where the thoroughbreds will re-
ceive Il like treatment as given the
mass of humanity that visits that re
sort in search Of health.
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The nearer draws the time for the
legislature to V the more in
sistent becomes the demand from all
over the state for a revision of the
present license laws. No doubt at
the time of their enactment the condi-
lions were such as to warrant their
adoption, but things have changed
materially since then and no good rea-
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New Roller Coaster.

George G. Jontz and Elmer A. Gault
of Akron, O.. have invented a new
kind of roller coaster, to be known as
the "whirl the whirl." says the Pitts'
burg Dispatch. 1t consists of Il fifty
foot tower. twelve cars and 5000 feet
of endless track. 1t will take nearly
two and Il half minutes to complete all
the various circles of the whiri and
V the entire distance after the car
leaves the top of the tower.
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The Tumbleweed.

The tumbleweed is a curious plant,
Indigenous to the western prairies. 1t
grows in all directions from a central
stem, making a large fiat head, close
to the ground. In the fall, after being
touched by the frost Or dried by the
weather, the stem breaks off, the head
becomes the sport Of the wind and is
driven off across the prairie, scattering
seeds as it goes and finally bringing up
against some obstruction which arrests
it's progress. These weeds have been
seen piled ten feet high against a
fence, driven there by the wind.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2e, 1902.
CHRISTMAS.

Or all the happy, gladSOme days OF
the year, there is none that brings
joy and happiness to so many as
Christmas, the day above all others
dedicated tt love and friendship. To
almost everyone come messages Of
love, tokens of friendship and remem-
brances from the loved ones, whether
near or far. Pitied, indeed, is to be
the one who on this day is so friend
less, so unfortunate as to have no one
who thinks of him and by word or
act makes him feel that no matter
how he may have failed in his struggle
with life and fortune there are those
who think of him and would make
him happier. To the little ones, of
course, comes the fullest need of
earthly joys. The eager expectation,
the consuming curiosity of weeks give
way to happy realization. That mys-
FERROUS old gentleman, Santa Claus,
has made his rounds and unloaded his
sled of its treasures. Joy beams from
childish eyes and childish hearts are
filled to overlooking with pleasure SO
great as TO be almost beyond human
endurance. Households ring with
shouts and scream of delight and lit
tie feet patter up and down stairs to
view and exhibit the marvels that
have come during the night.
Well as it is that happiness and SUI
preme delight shall come to the lit
tie ones on this day. it is also we'll
that the older ones shall be children
again and for a few short hours dis
miss carking care and again tread
the merry maZes of childhood. to en-
ter into the joys of the occasion and
to become participants in innocent
pleasures. Make presents, whether
great or small, but remember those
whom you love and who in return love
you. Forget that you are old, wrinkled
and cross. Allow your thoughts to
dwell on something else than shop or
office. Danish recollections of I'M
paid bills and slow debtors. Be a
child once more and share with the
less fortunate ones some of the many
things with which XII fortune has
blessed you. If you are one of the
u%nfortunates who have neither kith-
nor kin, remember the poor, bent
shoulder, old woman who does your
washing: think of the children of
your poor neighbor and be Santa
Claus to them. Put a few moments of
sunshine into their bitter young
lives and send them to bed tomorrow
night believing that the world is after
all not only for the rich and that the
poor have the right to expect more
than biting povtrty and want.
Above all remember that tomorrow
will be Christmas.
To its readers and friends The Ga
zette extends the compliments of the
season and wishes all a Merry Christ.
mas and hopes that none will be over.
looked in the distribution of the pleas.
ures and joys of the day.
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CONFIDENCE IN "TEDDY."

With the matter left to the judg-
ment and honesty Of President Roose-
welt, all the parties to the Venezuelan
mix-up may rest assured of receiving
exact justice and that the rights of
each will be duly observed. In view
of the fact that to a certain extent
the United States may be said not to
be exactly a disinterested party, be.
cause of the peculiar relations the
nation sustains to the countries OF
South America, the selection of its
president as the one to arbitrate the
questions at issue is a compliment
that was hardly to be expected. Not
w~ithstanding that we stood prepared
to uphold by force if necessary a law
of nations of our own making to shield
the weaker nation against the strong
Ell ones had the time come when We
would have felt justified in assert
ing ourselves, the head of this nation
is chosen by the M feeling them
selves aggrieved to decide the mat
tiers at issue; and as parties to an
arbitration are usually supposed to be
bound by the decision of the arbitra
tor, no higher proof could be asked
of the confidence which President
Roosevelt enjoys among the rulers OF
foreign lands than that contained in
the request that he act as arbiter in
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A French pudd.nhead Wilson.

Bertillon. the expert. has at last vim
Dictated his claims for his system of de-
lection. A mysterious murder was
committed in Paris lately, and no cleW
was left by the murderer except GER
tain finger marks on a window pane.
The streaks were photographed and
enlarged, and Bertillon identified them
as belonging to Il man who had under
gone the anthrOpometric system eight
years ago. The man vas found and ar
rested, and the murder has been proved
against him.
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qsaGiuI,,.

Professor George f.. Barker Of the
University of Pennsylvania has shown
that radium. the singular clement OBJ
tanned from ~pitchhlende, which pos
sesses the power of throwing off an in
visible radiance. may be used as a
cheaper substitute for X rays in pho
tegraphing concealed objects. No en-
ergy has to be expended upon the ra-
dunn, for it acts spontaneously and
continuously. without apparent loss.
1t readily defines the bones through
the flesh and other tissues, and a pho
tograph can be made with it in half a
minute.
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has ever attempted to keep a personal
account knows that when you have
put down the necessary expenses you
may add almost as much for the
thousand and II things hat may be
grouped conveniently under the head
of incidental expenses" In a gen
eral way it may be said that the mil
lionaire bachelor who spends from
$4,000 to 100000 Il year is living his
life in accordance with the demands
of the time on men of wealth.-Ains-
lees.
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She N:-s riSeu,

Mrs. Neigh; rs '. ,,at's that awful
racket in the Ip.t rocin?
Mrs. I~.ounIvi- Oh. that's only my
husband dressing II 20 uoWItUWn.
Mrs. Nei"hLorS-lndeuu. I've heard
folk Say IL was IL loud dresser. but 1
had no idea il WIS II! tAinS like that.
Chicago News
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One special election was fun, but
to crowd another onto them may
cause the people of Yellowstone coun-
ty to begin to think that possibly
they a get along without a repre-
sentative.
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NJ Cr:r I,.nGV. Il Motion,

"Kin Il n make u motion:" asked
one of the audience. Gents" said
Alkali Bill. chairman of the meeting,
as he laid his revolvers Oh the table,
''owin' to the general custom of wear
in weapons in these parts | trust M
one will make a motion."-Philadel
phia Record.