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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-21
Mr.. DESMOND SURPRISED.
Birthday Anniversary Made Occasion
~ of Pleasant Conspiracy.

'SdSdUt conspiracy.
From Thursdays Daily Gazette.
Cornell Desmond reached the TWEEN.
ty-third milestone of his life's journey
last Tuesday, and in celebration of
the occasion his wife gave a surprise
party in the evening at their home
in North Twenty-sixth street, and a
most happy affair it proved to be.
|There were about 20 guests present
to welcome Mr.. Desmond when he
returned home from the store, and
after the first pleasure of a complete
surprise had passed, the evening was
taken up with whist.
Partners for the game were chosen
by means of segregated advertise
ments, and proved to be quite anus
ing, After the close of the series of
games refreshments were served, in
the dining room. partners being
chosen in a unique manner.
A huge bedecked saw-dust pie was
brought in, and each guest with the
aid of a fork procured from it's hid
den depth a part of the title to some
well known song, the one having the
remaining part being the partner for
the luncheon which followed. The
guests were principally young people
and the evening proved a very merry
one.
Whist Parry.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Row.ey enter
tanned a dozen of their friends Tues
day evening with an informal card
party. Whist was the game played,
a highly popular form of amusement
with the society people of the city,
more especially when the players are
of both sexes, in consequence the ev.
en1ng proved a pleasant one to the
guests. After the games refreshments
were served.
A Sewing Club.
The ladies of North THIRTEEN street
have formed themselves into a sewing
club, and instead of each one attend
ing TO the sewing for her own house.
hold, all meet together at the differ
ent homes and in addition to the sew
ing done, a delightful social time as
well as a luncheon. are the unfailing
accompaniment. The club met Tues
day afternoon with Mrs. j. R. Goss,
and the meeting was a profitable as
we'll as a pleasant one.
Episcopal Guild.
The members of St. Luke's Guild
and a number of their friends passed
a pleasant afternoon, yesterday, with
the Misses Panton.
The early hours of the afternoon
were spent fashioning dainty articles,
which will be disposed of after the
close of the Lenten season, after
which refreshments were served by
the ~hostesses. The rooms were pref
thy decorated with cut flowers and
blooming plants. which. together with
and bright sunshine and balmy at
m%osphere, breathed a royal welcome
to the many guests who were pres
ent.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-21
St0CkWell's ss ssss::
z6O7L2 Mont. Az
Phone No. III.
Help Wanted.

Help Wanted.
Girl for general house work, city.
If you are out of work and want a
situation, call.
Situations Wanted.
Reliable help furnished on short no.
tice.
Miscellaneous.
For sale-Small heating stove.
II you want to buy, sell or trade,
call and see what l have to offer.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-21
Teachers Examination.

The regular teachers examination
will be held in the court room, in the
city of Billings, Yellowstone county,
Montana, beginning Friday. February
rs, at 8 O'Clock a. M. and continuing
on Saturday. March /. 1902.
1876 Marguerite M. Strang.
County Superintendent of Schools.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-21
A Nearly Fatal Runaway.

Started a horrible u!cer on the leg
of j. B. Orner. Franklin Grove. Ill.
which defied doctors and all remedies
for four years. Then Bucklen's Ar
MICA Salve cured him. Just as good
for boils, burns, bruises, cuts, corns.
scalds, skin eruptions and piles. 25c
at Chapple Drug Co. 5.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-21

Folev's Honey and Tar is the best
Tor Group and w%hooping cough. con-
tains no opiates. and cures quickly.
Careful mothers keep it in the house.
Sold by Holmes & Rixon.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-21

Winter cOuehs are ant to result in
consumption if neglected. Thew can
he 500 broken I'm hv usino Folev's
Honey and Tar. Sold by Holmes &
RiXon.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-15

Opposite Patent once. washington. D c
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-15

If you, have ever gone into a wine
merchants office and sampled different
vintages, says the Philadelphia Ledger,
you will have observed that the dealer
never swallows the wine he puts into
his mouth, but holds it there for time
while he lightly breathes through his
nose. His palate tells him whether the
wine is rough or smooth, but his sense
of smell detects its aroma and is large
ly depended on to determine it's quality.
OF course it is the brain to which the
smell is communicated that is really
instrumental in fixing values, and as
the effect on the brain is only mo-
mentary a great deal of wine may be
sampled in this way without Ill eff
fects. but when the wine is permitted
to pass into the stomach the fumes
which arise from it continue to assail
the brain as long as the liquor remains
there in its original state and If taken
in large quantities results in muddling
the brain.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-15
1t Was a Monkey.

l was invited, along with other Euro
peans on the beach, to one of the big
gest plays that have been seen in Opo-
DO. At the feast all kinds of fish. fowl
and soup, cooked after the native fash
ion, were served. Every one thoroughly
enjoyed the feast until, near to the fin
ish, the chaser (dessert) was brought in.
This dish they called palm oil chop.
While it was being served there rolled
out of the vessel what to all appear
ance was a human skull. Suddenly all
the Europeans turned pale, as though
suffering from an acute attack of sea
sickness, and the symptoms they de-
veloped were identical. for that dinner
would not stay down.
The chief. in alarm. inquired what
had made his friends so i'll. One of the
sufferers, whose eyes protruded from
their sockets, and afraid TO trust him.
self to speak, placed his handkerchief
to his mouth and jerked his thumb in
the direction of the skull.
The chief grasped the situation and
with unaffected concern tried to com
fort his sick guests by saying: 1T be
all right He be no man. He be mon
keyp-Chambers Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-15

There's many a cause for headache.
Men are not often troubled by headaches.
When they are it is generally due to bill
iousness or indigestion. But women
have headaches which seem peculiar to
their sex, frequent nervous throbbing
headaches. Does it not seem az If such
headaches peculiar to women must be at
once related to woman1y diseasef Wom-
en- who suffer with diseases peculiar to
the sex do not realize the drain of vital
strength and nerve force they undergo
as a consequence of disease. 1t is this
which causes the familiar headaches OF
sick women.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
cures such headaches by curing the
cause = irregularity, weakening drains,
Inflammation, liberation or female weak
ness. cFavorite Prescription invigor-
ates and tones up the entire system, en-
courages the appetite, quiets the nerves
and gives refreshing sleep.
III was troubled with congestion of the uterus
and female weakness for five years" writes Mrs.
Pobt Kerwin, of Albert, Hastings Co., Ont.
any work Had severe pain In back, also dizzi-
ness and pain in head. My heart would beat 50
hard and fast at times would have to sit still
till got all right again But after taking four
bottles of DIR. Pierce's Favorite prescription and
one of his Golden Medical Discovery felt
entirely well. also used one box OF Lotion
Tablets and one of Suppositories' as directed.
All the symptoms of my trouble have disap-
peared and am completely cured. thank you
Tor your kind advice and your medicine"
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets clear the
complexion and sweeten the breath.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-15
WINTER IN JAPAN.


The Natives Make Little Effort to
Combat the Trying Conditions.
The Japanese winter is most trying
on account of its continual dampness,
but the japanese are content to remain
cold. They make almost no effort to
overcome it. The old "bushido'' (chiv-
alrous) idea of the "samurai' Qznights)
was that it was effeminate to feel cold,
and such is their severe training that
they do not really feel it as we do. The
wearing OF some extra "kimonos' and
the use of a "hibachi" or brazier in
which are few tiny sticks of lighted
charcoal are the only concessions to
winter weather. With the "hibachi''
they never pretend to heat more than
their finger tips, which they hold over
the Goals. 1t is used when the house is
entirely open.
The houses, as every one knows, are
built of thin, light wood, and the slid
ing panels which serve for doors and
windows have paper panes. They are
as apt to be open as closed during the
day. The coolies wear thin blue cotton
clothes and are always padding
through the mud. The storekeepers sit
out in their open booths, and the wom-
en- go bareheaded about the streets. In
the houses of the rich the still cold be-
hind the closed panels is often more
intense than that outside in the sun
shine. where the air is stirring.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-15

The red ribbon which superseded the
titular distinction of pre-Napoleonic
days has rarely been given to women,
but it has a feminine side for all that.
Napoleon, after Austerlitz. founded
three splendid educational establish
ments for the daughters Of the deco
rated. Most of the women who have
been admitted to the order have been
superintendent of these establish
ments. Marie Laurent was honored
not as an actress. but as president of
one of these institutions. An excep-
ton was made in the case of the late
Rosa Bonheur, upon whom the cross
of the Legion was conferred in 1865.
Nine de Stael's witticisms. at the ex-
pense Of messieurs les honores contrib
uted to the causes of her enforced ex-
lie
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-15
HER CARRIAGE LUXURY.
1t Doesn't Last Long. but 1t Fills Her
with Exquisite JOY

1t Doesn't Last Long. but 1t Fills Her
with Exquisite JOY.
"Of course" said the New York
young woman who earns her own hv-
ing though natural born lady," 81
can't afford to ride in carriages, and
ordinarily l get around in the street
cars, but there is moment or two in
by life when l rise superior to COM
mon things and take to wings.
II have some friends who are able
to live at the Waldorf, and l go there
to see them once or twice a month. But
do | go in the cars? Never. | come
down from home in the cars, but at
Thirty third street and Broadway get
out and interview a cabby at the stand
there l always pick out the incest
looking turnout, and l offer the driver
90 cents to drive me to the Waldorf
He looks at me as if l were daffy, but
l tell him | know what l am about
and if he wants to earn so cents In
about two minutes he has the oppor-
tunity.
HE smiles and tells me to get in
and l order him to drive up to the
Thirty third street entrance with q
whirl and dash. There are always
two or three funkies there, and it does
make me feel too good for anything
just to swing into the curb and have
the crowd Of them simply fall over
themselves to wait on me and bow
me in.
1T is all over in a very few seconds
but such exquisite pleasure as l gel
out of it couldn't, in the nature OF
mortal things, be of long continuance
The human system couldn't stand it.
New York Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-15
A STORY OF BROWNING.
The Poet Was Just ms Well as Gem
erous With His Servant.

On certain day Browning met one
of his servants whose JOY it was to
wait upon him carrying a rather heavy
basket of grapes and other fruit on her
arm.
"Oh, Giuseppina." he cried. "let me
help your and seized the basket sud-
denly from her hand
The woman, overwhelmed by such
condescension, protested, ''Troppo onore,
signore"
"Nonsenser' said the poet. "You are
always helping me. Won't you allow
me for once to help your"
Still the woman resisted, saying, at
is not for such as you. o signore."
This was more than he could bear.
I'VE are all made of the same clay.
Giuseppina," and, gaining his point
for who could withstand his will?-he
held one handle of the basket until
they reached the palace door.
This same worthy woman is fond of
relating a story of her master which IL
Illustrates another side of his character.
He had paid her weekly account. and
there remained l centesimo as change.
The woman showed the little coin, say
ing shyly, 81 cannot offer this trifie to
the signore."
Yes, my good Giuseppina," he said.
taking it from her hand; sit is one
thing to be just and another to be gen.
erous. You do right to return it to me"
And not long after this" continues
the woman, che made me such grand
! resentp'-Century Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-15
MAN Eatine Wild Mem.

In the celebrated "Travailes" of Ed
ward Webb (159W are dozens of stories
that would make Munchausen turn
green with envy. One of the most cele-
brated of these is his story of the wild
men of Prester John, which is as fol-
laws:
'In the court of Prester Iohn there is
a wilde man and another in the high
street of Constantinople whose allow
ance is every day quarter of raw
mutton, and when any man dyeth for
some notorious offence then they are
allowed every day quarter of mans
flesh. These wilde men are chained
fast to a post every day, the one in
Prester Iohn's courtd, the other in the
high street of Constantinople. each of
them having a mantell about their
shoulders. and all over their bodyes
they have wonderful long haire. They
are chained by the neck lest they
speedily devour all that cometh within
their reach
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-15

The lover of ferns will find 1t an
easy matter to domesticate many of
the most attractive varieties If he or
she will be content to take young
plants. They should be removed from
their native haunts with good
amount of soil adhering to their roots.
Give them, If possible, shady place
to grow in, and make the soil as light
as that in which they originally grew.
1t is well worth while to get a wagon
load or two of soil from the woods for
the especial use of these plants. In
lifting them wrap each in a deep bas-
ket, applying enough water to saturate
the soil clinging to the roots. Do not
plant them in the border until after
shutdown. If the next day is sunny,
shade them well and shower them fire.
quently. In some instances most of
the old fronds will die off, but if care
is taken in lifting and planting and
the necessary amount of shade and wa
ter is given few of the leaves will be
lost-Eben E. Rexford in Lippincott's
Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-15
Leomin.ter,s old Duckine stool.

In the old Priory church of Leomin-
ster is very interesting specimen of
the old cucking or ducking stool, uni
versal mode of punishment Of scolds,
scandal mongers and women with too
long a tongue. 1t was also inflicted on
brewers and bakers, etc, transgressing
the law, who in such a stool were i'm
(stinking water). This mode of pun
ishment dates back to Saxon times,
and the Leominster specimen was the
last used in England of which we have
any record in 1909. Several other spec
linens still exist about the country, as
at Montgomery. Warwick, Fordwich
and Leeke-Travel
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-15

Beautiful. beautiful silken hairw
Philip murmured fondly. toying loving
ly with one of her nut brown tresses.
soft as the plumage of an angels
wing, light as the thistledown that
dances on the summer air, the SHIN
mer of sunset. one glitter Of yellow
gold, the rich red brown of autumnal
forests blending in enhancing beauty
in its
And just then it came off in his
hands. and he forgot what to say next.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-15
The Human Voice.

OF all the marvellous and mysterious
things about the human body the voice
is perhaps the most wonderful No one
has ever seen it, and no one can tell
what it is.
The soprano pours from her throat
notes of the sweetest melody, reaching
chords so high it seems something
must surely snap. The basso drops his
voice till it goes so low as to make you
wonder how he does it. The baby cries.
The orator and the actor move people
to mirth or sorrow.
By contracting or expanding the mus
cles of the throat and by inhaling and
exhaling air the throat produces the
thousands of sounds that we call
"voice."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-15

The old ''poesy rings" are a much
sweeter souvenir than more modern
ones. > A friend has one which had be-
longed to her grandmother, such
harrow gold circlet. The motto, en-
graved inside in old lettering, was as
follows: God above increase our
love" The "'Claddagh" rings Of Ire
land are now very difficult to procure
that is, the genuine specimens, of
course. There are many limitations.
These rings were heirlooms with the
people Of the Claddagh, distinct gyp-
sylike race of fishermen, and were
handed down from mother to daugh-
ter as a wedding ring, marriage be-
ing scarcely considered legal if an or
binary ring were substituted. They
were made of massive gold, decorated
with a heart, bearing a crown sup
ported by two clasped hands, signify
ing loyalty, love, friendship.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-15

A woman who has an absentminded
husband who will bear watching was
startled few weeks ago on her way
down the church aisle to see that the
good man. who had preceded her. was
still wearing his hat. She transmitted
a signal to him to remove the objection
able article. when she was still further
Mortified by seeing him remove his
teeth instead.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-15
Two Tours to the Pacific Coast via Pennsyl-
Vania Railroad.

Leave New York August 2, visiting
Chicago, Denver, Colorado Springs. Salt
Lake City, San Francisco, Del Monte
Monterey, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles,
San Jose, and Portland on the going trip.
Returning, Tour No. will run eastward
through the magnificent Canadian Rockies
by leisurely daylight trips, with stops at
Glacier, Banf Hot Springs, and other
points, reaching New York on August 81.
Tour No. will run eastbound via Yell
lowstone National Park, including the
usual six day trip through that interesting
preserve, arriving New York September 4.
Special trains will be provided.
Rates from New York, Philadelphia,
Washington, or any point on the Penn
sylyania Railroad east of Pittsburg, in
Guiding transportation, Pullman berth,
and all meals on the tour except during
the FIVE days spent in San Francisco, when
Pullman accommodations and meals are
not provided
For Tour No. I $500. Two persons oc-
cupying one berth, $3.50.
For Tour No. 2, $3.50, including all ex-
penses through Yellowstone Park. Two
persons occupying one berth, 81 70 each.
A preliminary announcement outlining
the various details will be furnished upon
application to Ticket Agents, Tourist
Agent, IIo6 Broadway, New York, or Geo.
w. Boyd, Assistant General Passenger
Agent, Pennsylvania Railroad, Broad
Street Station, Philadelphia.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-15
Didn't Care to Try.

A woman In railroad station the
other day had great deal of trouble
with one Of her children, boy of sew
Ell or eight. and man who sat near
her stood it as long as possible and
then observed:
MADAM, that boy of yours needs the
strong hand Of father"
''Yes, l know it," she replied, ''but
he can't help it. His father died when
he was six years of age, and I've done
my best to get another and failed. He
can't have what l can't get. Would
you care to try yourselfT
The listener had fed.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-15
The Unattained.

The quickest way to make any man
weary Of his life is to give him all his
hearts desire. The struggle for the
una ttained is the secret of joy. Here
is man who has been giving his years
to II reckless round Of pleasure. Now
you see him waking up to find that the
deepest needs Of his soul are still un-
touched. Or there is another man who
has given twenty-five years to the ac-
emulation of knowledge, and at last
we see him, like Dr. Casaubon in Mid
dlelnarch," dying with the stores of
knowledge all around him, which he
does not know how to use.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-15
SUMMER TOURS TO THE NORTH.
Two Tours to Canada via Pennsylvania
Railroad.

Two Tours to Canada via Pennsylvania
Railroad.
For the Summer of 1902 the Pennsyl,
vania Railroad Company has arranged to
run two personally-conducted tours to
Canada and Northern New York. These
tours will leave July Io and August 10,
including Niagara Falls, Thousand IS
lands, Rapids of the ST. Lawrence, Que
bee, The Saguenay, Montreal, Au Sable
Chasm, Lakes Champlain and George, and
Saratoga, occupying fifteen days; round
trip rate, $I25.
Each tour will be in charge of one ofthe
Company's tourist agents, assisted by an
experienced lady as chaperon, whose es-
pecial charge will be unescorted ladies
The rate covers railway and boat fare
for the entire round trip, parlor car seats,
meals en- route, hotel entertainment, trans.
fer charges and carriage hire.
For detailed itinerary, tickets, or any
additional information, address Tourist
Agent, Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
IIe6 Broadway, New York; Court Street,
Brooklyn; 7So Broad Street, Newark, N. J..
or address Geo. w. Boyd, Assistant Gen
eral Passenger Agent, Broad Street Sta.
ton. Philadelph1i..
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-15

1t is no uncommon thing in Suffolk
to see on some country platform a girl
starting for her first place in service.
with the whole family assembled to see
her off. There is bitter weeping and
much expenditure of Kisses of mater
nal injunctions and presentation of
flowers. If you watch the inexperienc-
ed traveller. you will probably find that
her destination is no farther than the
next station. distance of perhaps five
or ten miles. To go beyond London is
considered the worlds end.-Eastern
Counties Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-15

Hedgehogs are very strong in the wa
ter, swimming with ease against a
rapid stream, and with their muscular
claws they turn up the nests of trout or
salmon and make goodly haul there
from. They will breast very rapid
stream, and cold water. as near the
freezing point as may be, seems to
have no terror for them. The eggs Of
the salmonid9 are welcome prey to
nearly every animal that will face wa
ter. Aquatic birds, rats Doth house
and water). hedgehogs. beetles and
their larvae, the so called fresh water
shrimp. are deadly foes.-London Opin-
ion
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-15
&1.5O FOR THE ROUND TRIP To SEA
GIRT, OCEAN GROVE, ASBURY
PARK, AID LONG BRANCH.

Popular One-Day Excursion via Pennsyl-
Vania Railroad.
Commencing July 8, and every Tuesday
and Friday thereafter until August 2o, in
elusive, the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany will run an excursion to Sea Grit,
Ocean Grove, Asbury Park. and Long
Branch, for which tickets will be sold at
the extremely low rate of $3.50 for the
round trip. Children between FIVE and
twelve years of age halfprice.
The tickets will be good only on special
train in each direction on day of issue,
leaving Mount Holly at SIS A. M; re-
turning, leave Long Branch 6.Io P. M,
and Ocean Grove 6.25 P. M. 27-4t