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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18
STORlETTES.

"A western congressman was asket
II he did not think President Roose
velt certain to reelected, barring an,
"big mistake" the candidate might
make. EYES," was the reply, but lei
me tell you that the biggest mistake
he possibly could make would be tC
allow the crops to fail next year."
A friend of Edward Mcdowell at
tended 4 recital given by mediocre
teachers pupils, and when he met the
American composer, he remarked: 81
heard one Of the pupils, a little girl
Of eight, play your To a Wild Rose,
The composer sighed dejectedly. 81
suppose" Mcdowell remarked, that
she pulled it up by the roots"
During the protracted sessions Of
the Parnell commission, Justice Day
habitually sat with closed eyes. II
was commonly supposed that his lord
ship was sleeping, and the late Sir
Frank Lockwood, observing that the
learned Judge was very much awaken
ed by little tiff between the presi
dent and Sir Charles Russell, exclaim
ed. quite audibly: This is the dawr
OF Day."
Chauncey NJ. Depew declares thai
when King Edward, as Prince Of
Wales. visited the United States, the
old Duke of Newcastle used to scar
the accounts of expenditure. At the
end OF one hotel bill he one day found
charge which he couldn't make out
whats that charge for" asked the
duke of the hotel proprietor. "Fo,
making such damned FUSS" was the
immediate reply.
General Nelson A. Miles says tina
during the civil war there was one con
scription fakir who made thousand:
81 dollars before the authorities re
strained him. This rascal would SEM
letters broadcast, wherein he said hi
would communicate for two dollar:
4 sure means of escaping the con
scription. Letters, Enclosing tWo.dol
lar notes, poured in on him, and in
reply to each letter he would send {
printed slip reading: Join the near
est volunteer regiment"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18

Piso's Cure Is the best medicine we ever
rsed for all affections Of the throat and
lungs.--Wm. o. Endsley. Vanburen. Ind.
Feb. TO- 1900
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18

No chromos or cheap premiums,
but q better quality and one-third
more Of Defiance Starch for the same
price Of other starches.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18

Speaking OF votes, it isn't quality,
but quantity. that counts.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18

YELLOW CLOTHES ARE UNS1GHTLY
Keep them white with Russ Bleaching Blue.
Get the genuine. All grOcerS, 1Oc.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18

Ada-"Do ycL get much exercise?"
May-"Why, yes. have no maid, ana
have a waist that buttons in the
back"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18

A woman may say There's no use
talking" but she never thinks SO.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18

No woman is heroine in the eyes
of her cook.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18

No, Maude, dear; the rubber in a
Turkish bath doesn't always talk
rubbish.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color
more goods, per package, than others.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18

1t costs q merchant lots of money
not to advertise.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18
Sl.OO BIG 5OO-POUND STEE1.
RANGE OFFER.

II you can use the best big 500-pound Ntee1
yange made in the world, and are willing to havo
ltplaced in your own home on three months free
trial. just cut this notice out and send to SEARS.
ROEBUCK & Co., Chicago and you will receive
free by return mail big picture Of the steel
range and many other cooking and heating
stoves, you win also receive tho most wonder.
the best steel range or heating stove in the
home OF nny family, such an offer that no family
in the land, no matter what their circumstances
without the best cooking or heating stove made.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18

When some men have to walk
home on very wide street it takes
them all night to get there.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18

An actress doesn't always fare well
on her farewell tour.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18
THE STUDENTS STORY.
by WIN. w. REEVES.
Copyrighted 1907, BY The authors PubisAino Company

follow, which consisted of removing
the epidermis from the entire Wis.
cera, or in other words, in stripping
the entire chest Of everything but the
intervening thin membrane. so the &C.
ton of the various organs could be OBJ.
served while the patient was yet alive.
1t was thus that Agathos expected to
pry into the secrets of the Almighty
and observe the transit OF the human
soul.
1,,oc o1oo~ <ho ~.1oV~ >.>..
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18
A New Oklahoma Line.

Bad luck generally follows in the
wake Of bad habits.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18

A man may become ignorant by
reading too much.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18

If money makes the mare go, what
makes the money go?
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup
For children teething, softens the gums reduces In.
dammation alays PAIN cures wind collie Csc bottle.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18

Social salvation must have spiritual
foundations.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18

HOUSEKEEPERS, ATTENTION
Try n package OF Russ bleaching Blue and
you will Lsc no other. l0c " groCerx
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18
Magnet Pile Killer Cures Piles.

A fool is a man who laughs at his
own folly
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18

Many a man goes to the bad be-
cause he attempts to pose as good
fellow.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18

Magnet Pile Killer Cures Piles.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18

It is no use to pray for a thing if
you do not work for it.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18

There Is certainly enough money
spent on the road to ruin to keep II
in excellent shape.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-02
UNEXPECTED TESTIMONY.

Minneapolis Journal: The beet
ing that not a cent be taken off the
duty on Cuban sugar imported into the
United States. They say that it would
injure their business. w. b. Curtis,
Washington correspondent Of the Chi
cago Record-Herald, says that one OF
the Michigan factories has paid divi-
dends as high as 40 per cent and
many of them 25, 80 and so per cent.
The Charlevoix Sugar company es-
Inmates that the profits on 10000 tons
of beets would be so % per cent, and
100000 tons, SS 2-5 per cent. 1t is no
wonder that the Michigan sugar MAX
ers are so hot for no interference
with tariff.
But what becomes of the claim thar
beet sugar can't stand Cuban com
petition? In a private circular letter
the Charlevoix people say that a re-
duction of 20 per cent on Cuban sugar
would not interfere with their bust
ness even if it meant a horizontal re-
duction of 20 per cen of the tariff in
the price of their product, but they
significantly add that as the price of
sugar is made in Hamburg, the re-
duction would be absorbed in the mar
ket and the Cuban planters would get
the benefit of the reduced tariff. These
are true words, and the fact that they
now come from beet sugar raisers
ought to be enough to dispose, once
for all, of the political influence of the
disgusting greed of the beet sugar
men.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-02
FIJI BILLINGS GAZETTF.

or figuring shortly afterward, do not
use the "the"-nen such as Jefferson,
Chancellor, Kent and Bancroft-and
it is: ridiculous to suppose that they
would have dropped it had it been the
custom to use it. The assumption
that there is superior wisdom or ele-
gance in the use of the phrase 1.-THE
congress" appears to be gratuitous.
This does not c%ontravert the right
of a person to use such an expression.
1t is merely intended to show that
there is absolutely nc reason for pre-
ferring it to the usual method of
speaking of congress. AS there are
fully 10000, 900 of American citizens
who speak of congress and not of the
congress-" it is a matter of some i'm
portance for them to feel that when
they do SO they are committing no of
Tense against good taste. Congress
will survive, whether it be called "the
congress-" "a congress" or congress-"
all of which epithets are bestowed on
it by the constitution, but to call it
simple congress will not convict any
one of a capital o%ffense.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-02
REPUTATION AT STAKE.

Although it is very evident that it
was not done with any intent or pur-
pose of fraud, still the very manifest
fact remains hat in connection with
the recent special election the law
was violated in at least one instance.
The charge is made that there were
other violations, both at the general
and special election which grew out
of the former as the result oil a tie
vote between two of the candidates.
Without wishing to be considered
captious and over particular and with
every assurance of a complete absence
of feeling of enmity toward anyone,
yet The Gazette is of the opinion that
the matter should not be permitted to
rest where it now is. If, as now appears
the law has been trangressed an in
vestigation should be made. Despite
the many close and warmly contested
political campaigns that mark the his
tory of Yellowstone county, never be-
fore has the question of the validity
of the vote of any precinct been rails
ed and has the charge of fraud
been made. No matter how fiercely
fought past political battles may have
been, they have always been conduct
ed honestly SO far as the actual vote
has been concerned and no scandal
attaches to the name of the county
in this respect. Care must be taken
that the good name and repute which
cal heritage are kept inviolate and the
.unenviable reputation we have must
not be permitted to be furnished. The
people of Yellowstone do not want
their county to gain the ill repute in
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-02
TITLE OF OUR CONGRESS.

Baltimore American: Several of the
papers are discussing the use OF the
expression, "The" congress-, which
there seems an inclination to substi-
tute in some quarters for congress.
Periodically the expression hobs up
and when it does it is generally used
under the impression that it is SUI
perior to the plain word congress,
both dramatically and in elegance.
There is an assumption, moreover,
that authority is to be found for it's
use in the constitution itself and the
early custom of the republic. These
people have evidently read only one
part of the constitution.
That document speaks of congress
in both ways. The" seems to be used
when it is intended to designate con
gress as a distinct and separate
branch of the government-that is,
to distinguish it from any other con-
gress-while in other instances the
article "a" is used or both of them
are dropped. Writers contemporary
with the adoption of the constitution.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-02

which some of the other counties Of
the state are held, and to that extent
will insist that the laws be observed
in letter and in spirit. In order that
this shall be done it will probably be
advisable that in future only men of
known intelligence he selected to act
in the various capacities of judges and
clerks OF election. Often what may
appear on the face as something of
fraudulent intent, when simmered
down will be found to be no more than
the result of ignorance, as vas the
case which only a few days ago threat
ened no end of trouble. Had the men
appointed to supervise the election in
this instance known and obeyed the
law the excuse for a protest would
not have existed. The nan who is
said to have voted illegally would not
ballot and probably all would have
been serene. He might have availed
himself of the alternative-to "cuss"
the judges-and there the matter
would have ended.
The law is very plain and specific.
Persons not registered cannot vote,
no matter what the excuse they have
to offer. 1t is to prevent fraud, to
make repetition as nearly impossible as
it can be made by the exercise of hui
man ingenuity and to prevent
colonization that registration is made
a prerequisite to the mere act of vot-
ing. The judges have no option and
care must be taken that only men who
understand this are appointed. The
day of swearing in" votes, except
iii the case of a properly registered
person who is challenged, is past. If
necessary the law should be so
amended as to make possible the pun
ishment of judges who ignore the pro-
vision governing them in this regard.
But whatever may be said and done,
this above all else stands out pre-
eminently and irrevocably-nothing
must be permitted or tolerated that
will cause the state to consider Vel
lowstone as another Silver Bow or
make possible the frauds which pal
pably have been committed in the
neighboring county to the east.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-02
listing parties will be shaken if not ut.
terly wiped out.

listing parties will be shaken if not ut.
terly wiped out.
1t will be observed that honest as he
is in regard to his own party's atti-
tude On the trust, he is not willing to
admit that the republican party may
be relied upon to solve the question
that he declares fills him with awe
whenever he contemplates it. This,
however, is but natural, for the sena-
tor is still a partisan, whatever else
he may be. While realizing the fulfil
ity of expecting relief from his own,
he is not liberal enough to confess
that better may be expected from the
opposition. In that respect he shows
himself to be the true democrat. But
he might have gone further in his pre-
diction of a political revolution. Such
a revolution may occur, and as he
says, shake both parties. In fact it
is not to be considered as among the
things at all unlikely, but both parties
will not go out of existence. The
republican party will survive the
shock and emerge stronger and more
fully having the confidence of the
masses than ever. If the leaders, the
men entrusted with the duty and re-
sponsibility of carrying out the party's
behests, prove recreant there will be
undoubtedly a shaking up, such as will
be long remembered. The direlicts
will be deposed and men selected to
fill their places who may be relied
upon to do that which is demanded
of them and to which the party stands
pledged. The party has ever proved
greater than the individual and so 1T
will in this instance. The trust ques-
ton is one that must be settled and
settled right, and the republican party
may be trusted to make the settle
ment.
The same cannot be said of the par
ty of which Senator Morgan is n
of the great and honored members,
as he himself candidly admits.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-02
ARE STILL EXPERTS.

Judging from the e S.lmony hat is
brought out at F'orsyln The good,
OLD" ways that in days gone by en-
aDied the democrats to carry Mon
tana are not by any means mere mem
orlas. The newer generation seems
to have protited by the examples set
by the old fellows and improved on
their methods. Colonization as prac-
ticed in Rosebud county has probably
never been equaled in the state, not
even during territorial times, when
that was one of the regular demo-
cratic methods of carrying elections.
The state saying in regard to the
f%orehanded knowledge required by the
democrats to enable them to be sue
cessful still holds good. Given a
stated republican majority to over
come, it is a poor democratic man
ager who cannot furnish the neces-
sary number of votes to offset and
beat it. Ordinarily Rosebud, like it's
parent, Custer, is a republican county,
but when the men up Butte way take
an interest in an election held there.
it is very likely to be democratic on
the face of the returns, no matter what
the ultimate and final results may
show.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-02
FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1908.
MORE GAMBLING LEGISLATION.

From Helena comes the announce
ment that the legislature will be ask
ed to enact some more legislation in
regard to gambling. AS is to be ex-
pected, the proposal will come from
the sporting element, although they
will have the support, it is said, of
men who have arrived at the conclu-
sion that the existing law, like the
one which it displaced, has failed ut
terly of accomplishing the purpose
for which it was enacted. Those who
are advocating a change do not in
tend to have the present law repealed,
being content that it shall remain on
the statutes. but they will ask that it
be changed by an amendment making
it lawful to collect monthly fines for
each game conducted in the state.
The pro-amendmentists, it must be
admitted, are not entirely without
argument on their side. They right
fully hold that in spite of all that has
been said and is being said to the con-
trary, there has been but little, if any
ediminution in gambling since the
present law went into effect. There
is about as much gaming as ever, and
the taxpayers receive no benefit, not
1withstanding that it is almost equally
well known that in a majority of cases
the games are permitted to operate
only upon the payment of generous
sums by the operators. This money
does not find its way into the public
treasury, but into the pockets of men
with elastic co%nsciences, who by vir-
tue of the positions they hold are en-
abled to compel payment of it. So
long as it becomes necessary to put
up" for somebody. the gamblers and
those who are in favor of the propos-
ed amendment say they would rather
pay it in such a manner as to benefit
the taxpayers. beside it would be
cheaper in the long run They claim
that they would be winners even if
compelled to pay a monthly fine of
several hundred dollars, especially in
the larger cities, if thereby released
from the blackmail they aver they
are now obliged to pay.
By an amendment of the kind sug-
gested it is held the state would still
have a law prohibiting gambling,
while at the same time a revenue
would be derived without placing the
state in a position where it could be
charged with licensing the evil of
gaming.
The men who have begun the agita-
ton are in earnest and the attempt
will be made. Whether a majority of
the legislators a be induced to view
the matter in their light is, of course,
another question.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-02
THE BOUNTY DUE

What seems to be one of the best
and most sensible suggestions yet Of
fered in connections with the vexatious
question of state bounties on predatory
animals is the one in regard to con-
certed action by the states of Mon
tana, Wyoming, North and South Da-
kota. If possible they should come
together and agree upon a uniform
with the standing temptation ever be-
fore the scalp hunters of importing
the necessary trophies to enable them
to secure payment of the bounty.
Possibly, however, because Montana
is the most liberal of all in it's reward
of the men whose business it is to
rid the ranges of wolves and coyotes
the neighboring states might be in
clined to oppose any such agreement,
for, if, as is continually charged, the
"wolfers' trap and kill the animals
ir the adjoining states and bring their
scalps here, the other states are nee
essarily the gamers. So long as they
are rid of the animals and Montana
rays the bounty, they may fail to see
wherein they would be benefited by
any action or agreement that would
most likely result in a division of the
load now seemingly burdening this
state the heaviest.
Just now interest in the question is
unusually great. 1t is we'll known that
the amount of the outstanding bounty
claims is out of all proportion to the
amount of money available to redeem
them and the disparity seems to be
getting greater as time passes. AL,
ready there is something like $780,
600 difference and how to make up
the deficit and meet new claims as
they arise is one of the matters that
is troubling the stoakmen. AS it now
appears either the bounty tax will
have to be increased or the amount
of the bounty paid on the various
kinds of animals reduced. Neither al
tentative is viewed with much cheer
fulness. The tax is about as high as
those who must pay it think it should
be, while to reduce the bounty might
result. they fear, in a relaxation OF
effort on the part of the trappers and
hunters.
oJ~,,l,foJ1 oroD+hSr,r will hN- 0t
tempted during the coming session of
the legislature to remedy the difficulty
now existing, but what that something
will be is hard to conjecture.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-02
THINKS OUR SCHOOLS BEST.
Argentine Adopting Our Methods and
American Teachers.

New York, Dec. 29.-Only five wo-
United States to the Argentine repub-
lie five years ago for the purpose OF
introducing American educational
methods into that country. The re-
suit of the schools of the great re-
public of the south are modelled on
the system born and developed here.
AS a further result, Argentine has
sent James Fitzsimon, director of the
National school of commerce of
Buenos Ayres as a special commission.
er to the United States to make a
study of the latest school methods,
to buy school supplies and to engage
seven competent directors of the
new normal schools that are to be
opened next year.. sSazss
Mr.. Fitzsimon has been in c%onsulta-
ton with Mayor Low and Superin-
tendent Maxwell of the New York
schools and from both of them receiv-
ed promises of assistance in making
his mission a success. He will visit
Washington for a conference with the
Argentine minister. Before returning
to South America, he will make a tour
Of the United States, studying the
common school systems in the vari-
u states. He will also visit the uni
versities where 80 Argentine youths
are being educated at the expense of
their government.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-02
N AT LA GUAYRA.
The Steamer Marachabo Arrives and
Enters Port.

La Guayra, Dec. 29.-The Red y
liner Maracabo arrived this afternoon
at 2 o'clock and entered port. She
landed her passengers and mail and
received passengers and mail from La
Guayra. Afterwards she left for Will
lemstad.
The British cruiser Charybidis pass
ed this port yesterday going in a west
erly direction. She communicated
with the British cruiser Tribune. The
Charybdis returned from the west
this afternoon and continued in the
direction of Trinidad.