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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-30
KEEN HUMoR.

Portland Telegram: Already? So
soon? How tiresome it will become
ere a year and a half is over! Here
is q paper, Leslie's Weekly, figuring
out how the democratic party can win
in 1904. There's the solid south with
ISL electoral votes. Then New York,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-30
entered at the Billings P%ostottice as Second
Glass Matter.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 80, 1908.

Instead of complying with Vene-
Zuela's demand to raise the blockade,
the Germans continue to manifest a
strong determination to raise several
kinds of hades down that way.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-30

By his own admission Judge Harvey
will be debarred from pleading "sur-
prise" as a basis for a motion for a
continuance, should he desire to en-
ter II when brought before the sen.
ate in response to the resolution
adopted by the house.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-18
A NEW FEMININE MADNESS.
Ehe Powder Cham Ois Is Much in Evi- dence Nowadays in Public ! ~.1 Places

Tn order to make the most of their time it has come about that many of the women one meets in the restaur- ants and hotels, at the, theaters,. and in the shops, do lot of primping in public, says the Chicago Inter Ocean. Powder rags, eyebrow pencils, rouge brushes, are Haunted openly, and wo- man does not hesitate to put some fin- ishing touches to her toilet, wherever she happens to be. These finishing touches, by the way, seem to be needed every hour or so. - }..-
 "I have travelled a good deal," re- marked a middle-aged woman the other day, land I am sure that in no other part of the world do women keep face powder in such constant commits sion. And yet the American woman doesn't begin to make up so much as many women of other countries.
 '"The latter, however, when they do make up their faces for the day, sel- dom add another touch until evening anyway, whereas the American gets out her powder and daubs it on per haps a dozen times day. Her powder rag and she are insepara ble. r
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-18
HEARD IN PASSING

Mir Cleveland may or may not be the candidate of the democracy, but at least he will not be put on the official ballot until he Is nominated by some other power than the Honorable Mar GUS A. Hanna of Ohio.-New Haven Union.
 With $7OO,OoO lost in wages and star vation staring them in the face, the Lowell strikers may well conclude that striking is sometimes losing game for men and always a losing game for the women and children dependent on them.-New Britain Herald.
 Derby is disgraced by the very worst water in the state. It is of fensive to taste. sight, smell and touch. The reservoir is full of weeds of fishy taste and smell and the aqueous fluid for drinking and wash | ing purposes has to be carted from Ansonia. Under the circumstances
 there are some palliative reasons for
 Derbyite going "where the Wurzbur- ger, flows" Bridgeport Post.
 Dr c. A. Lindsley, secretary of the state board of health, gives a timely warning in his report for April as to the danger of infrequent collections of
 garbage. He points out that the stencil
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-18
SOME POLITICAL PRAYERS.
&tnguIav SuppIicataons Attributed t0 ChapIains of Several Legis-
 Iatkve Bodies.


 The Philadelphia Record recalls some political prayers made by chap lains of legislative bodies. It was inoffensive, but in poor taste, when a chaplain in the Delaware legislature prayed: "Oh, Lord, Thy servants are in deadlock. Give them the key" During the last Cuban insurrection a chaplain in a legislature prayed: "That the United States might supply with arms, if necessary, those in Cuba who were struggling for liberty" and that we might insist upon upholding the Monroe doctrine" The chaplain of the Illinois house prayed God to "con- tract the capacious maw of the penal reformatory institutions of Illinois. May they learn,to be content with less money, and may we who refuse to worship a golden calf also refuse to worship gold in any form"
 The chaplain of populist conven- tion in Arkansas prayed that the state might be delivered from democratic control. In the Colorado legis1at ature Dean Peck prayed that the populists and democrats might be resigned to their fate. A populist chaplain in Kansas prayed God to palsy the brain and still the heart of the Unreasonable conspirators.' to-wit, the republicans. In a Massachusetts campaign min lister prayed for the triumph of right eousness, and then broke out: "Oh, Lord, what's the use of beating about the bush? Give us Briggs for gov ernor."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-18

from decaying garbage is disgusting nuisance and pollutes the atmosphere in way which may be dangerous, and that animals fed on such garbage are liable to become diseased. Then they are killed for food.-Hartford Times.
 To the law abiding decent citizen it always seems strange that there are specimens of humanity who take de light in transgressing the laws made for the protection and welfare of the general public The "hoodlum" is the criminal in it's creeping stage. The smart Alecks who float about town, just keeping within bounds and occa- sionally overstepping them, oftenumes are boys who ultimately do something which lands them behind the bars.- Meriden Record.
 The Providence Journal, which is as censorious as there is any real call for and particular enough as to what it says and does, makes the pertinent sug- gestion that some of the newspapers which have been slandering General Wood and are now hedging on what they have said, should do the square and manly thing. "Why not apolo- gize?" it suggests, flor the state of mind that finds pleasure in questioning the motives of honest men and in mag. nifying their weaknessesT It is not of much use to put conundrums of that sort to such journals.-Bridgeport Standard.
 The fact is that there is a good deal left of MT Bryan. It is not merely his fiuency or his arrogance or his good opinion of himself. He is the exponent of ideas which have domf- mated the democratic party in two presidential campaigns. Defeat in one campaign on a platform embody- ing these ideas only led the party to "reafarm'' them more -emphatically four years later, and to nominate the same exponent of them. While that experiment will not be repeated, it is idle to expect that party which has
 voluntarily subjected itself to such principles and such leadership in two
 successive gampasgns can at once shake itself free from them.-Boston Journal.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-18
THE ARREST ON THE UM5RlA.
Mrs. Bedford Arrested Charged With
 False Pretenses.


 Mfrs. Bedford Arrested Charged with
 False Pretenses.
 LONDON, May 1S.-Mrs. Cunning S. Bedford, who was arrested by detec- tives from Scotland Yard at Queens town upon the arrival of the Cunard liner Umbria, upon which vessel she was saloon passenger, will be charged in Bow street police court with making a false declaration of birth. Mrs. Bedford's husband, who lived in London, died recently in Paris, leaving property estimated to value $5O0,0O0 to his wife and child. Rela- tives who are contesting the will al- lege that Mrs. Bedford had no children and that she procured child, pretend ed 1t was hers and deceived her hus- band for the purpose of securing his entire property.
 It is alleged that on Dec. IS, 1902, Mrs. Bedford, representing herself as the infants aunt, registered the birth of the child, Eugenie, as having oc- cured in London on Dec. IT. Two months later Mrs. Bedford is said to have gone to the United States to claim the money. Having failed fin this, she was on her way to Paris further to prosecute the child's claim. The prose 'ution asserts that no child was born 1t the address given in Woborn place, London, for three years prior to the date given. s& .:v,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-18
NOSES AND EYEGLASSES.
Lack of Adhesion When the weareR 1s Troubled with Cold i'm
 the Head.

When man who wears glasses gets a cold in his head he has hard time. That fact is apparent to anybody who gets about town at time when grip is prevalent and watches the antics of the sufferer, says the Philadelphia Public Ledger. It is not the watery condition of the eyes that gives him trouble, it is his nose. Not one man in 8 thousand can keep his glasses on when he blows his nose; consequently he who per- forms that nasal office frequently has considerable difficulty.
 The wise man in glasses never tries to read when suffering with cold. He gets no satisfaction out of the printed page.
 Dreadful accident on the" he reads, and then, before he can find out where 1t was, his attention is forcibly directed elsewhere, and 1t is only in snatches that he gets the details of the disaster. A man who has had expert. ence with colds seldom even puts his glasses on when so afflicted. He only has to take them off every two or three minutes, and until somebody invents device warranted to prevent their dislodgnent during nasal contortions he prefers to go it blind.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-18
Science Guards Antiquity.

Tn consequence of the construction of the great Assouan dam on the Nile, 600 miles above Cairo, the. famous temples on the island of Philae are partially submerged when the reser- voir is full of water. But the civilized world would not willingly see these magnificent relics, of antiquity de- stroyed, and accordingly an elaborate system of underpinning the buildings was adopted. Some of the colonnades and temples were found to be resting on fractured stone beams, broken by subsistence of the soil. Heavy steel girders, inclosed with rubble masonry and mortar, which protect them from corrosion, were placed under the broken foundations, and the masonry was carried down to bed rock beneath. The work was done in the face of con- siderable danger, but without acci- dent.-Youth's Companion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-18
The people of the United States hay

The people of the United States have a strenuous president in the White House, and he also is very costly proposit;un when you come to cuu i the dollars he has cost the taxpayers of the country since he entered the mansion of the chief executive of the nation, writes Washington correspon- dent Aside from the half & million dollars it has cost to repair and refur- nish the building during the past year, the cost of maintaining the establish ment has increased enormously. There was $65, ,0OO spent on a presidential the White House, and members of con- gress who have expressed an opinion of it say that 1t looks like a stable. It certainly is about the orneriest looking affair for the office of le chief execu- tive of 8 great nation to have cost so much money that any man ever saw. On first beholding it nearly every man says to himself that If that little cheese box cost $65, ,000, then some man cer- tainly got in his graft good and hard. Then there are other expenditures that the people of the country never heard in connection with ,RooseveIt's short occupancy of the White House. There has been an increase in the running expenses of the White House, since the Roosevelt advent, of over $25, 900 a year; new furniture and fittings for the Mayfiower, the presidents yacht l over $1O0,000; the cost of keeping the Mayfower in commission for two
 months last year, about $15, re
 pairs and ref1tting the Mayfiower last
 year about $S4,O00; repairs and refit
 ting the Mayfiower this year about | $30,O0O. All this with the half million
 dollars spent on the White House
 makes approximately about $75OO0( that the strenuous president has cos
 the taxpayers of the country more thar | he or any man in his position should 1 have cost them. @rA'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-18
Bound i'm Frogs Skins.

Prom Calcutta comes the strange news that the skins of frogs are now being used to considerable extent throughout India for the purpose of binding books. Frogs abound in that country, and bookbinders claim that their skins can be exquisitely col ored, and when turned into leather are pliable and durable. The cost of dyeing and tanning is, however, some what greater than in the case of ordinary skins, and therefore for the present only choice books and those which are not intended to be handled roughly are covered with frogs skins
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-18
Attorney-Genera1 Knox ts in


 Attorney General Knox is in a quandary. He is like the fellow who was drunk and was hugging a lamp post If he let go he would fall. and if he held on, he would freeze. MT Knox has shown that successful prosecution of the trusts can be con- dueted, and he doesn't want to injure the trusts. They are, creatures of the republican party, and the party is their creatures. If the party, is going to turn against it's friends there. is going to be trouble, If Mr Knox does not go on the people will make life bur- den for him, and if he does go on the trusts will smash him. And that's what's the matter with Knox.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-18
ohso,s Centennial Anniversary.

CHILLICoTHH, O., May 1S-The centennial anniversary of the adnis- sion of Ohio into the Union will be celebrated this week with an exten- sive programme, which will continue until Thursday night All of the sur viving former governors of Ohio will be here. with Governor Nash; also Senators Foraker and Hanna, Ohio members of congress; all the state off, ceTs and members of the legislature and others. Chillicethe was formerly the state capital. The city has been elaborately decorated for centennial week.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-18
THE ITALIAN IMMIGRANT.
He Is Industrious and Thrifty, Rut
 Does Not Become Fully AmerIcanized.

Italy is still sending over sea swarms of her people who risk the hazards of new fortunes in the United States, and the steamships from the Mediter- ranean brings hosts of steerage pas sengers to Ellis island, says the New York Tribune. The sturdy sons of Italy toll industriously in their new homes, and almost every one of them saves money in the new world. But too many of them go back to their old homes to live on their savings. Foo many persist in remaining Italian in heart and soul, in habits and sym- pathies and ways of living, and refuse to cast their lot in this hemisphere to the end of their days and become thor ough Americans.
 The Italian element, both in North America and South America, is numer- ous and important. Too large a part of 1t, however, is transitory. Immi- grants from Ireland, Germany, Swe- den and all the Scandinavian peoples cross the Atlantic with the purpose of staying permanently in this half. of the globe. But the passion for the old scenes and the old conditions appears to be almost inextinguishable among the descendants of the ancient Ro- mans.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-18
10 Ansvver For aas.acre.

SIT. PETERSBURG, May 19.--Lieu- tenant General yon Rsaben, governor of Bessarabia, the capital of which is Kishineff, has been summoned to St. Petersburg, A ministerial circular for. bidding the Jews to defend themselves has been issued, It is expected that this step will stimulate Jewish emigra- tion to America. Three thousand suits for damages have been instituted against the state at Kishineff. The damages demanded amount to S1 ,500,- 900.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-18

Bridgeport took a tip from Water bury and helped out its police depart ment by calling out the fremen during the riot yesterday. It was good idea, for water is more effective than bullets sometimes. Bridgeport should be able to line up the mob element in quick time. If not the officials down there are dead slow. They must have known this strike was coming. It has been in the air for more than q month. And then they should have prof1ted by Waterbury's experience of two or three months ago. It came on Us unawares, like thunderbolt out of a clear sky, as it were, and Waterbury was for the moment at the mercy of the disorderly element. We recovered quickly, how ever, and put the law breakers to rout. It remains to be seen what Bridgeport will do. The press of that city laughed and jeered and hurled in- sulting epithets at this city. At that time the Democrat asked Bridgeport and the other Connecticut cities what they would do under like circum- stances. Bridgeport now has chance to answer the question. It is 8 time for the cooler heads to get together and bring order out of chaos. The mob element should be handled with firm hand right from the beginning. If this is done there will be fewer apol- ogies to make and less cut heads to bandage up later on.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-18
Insane On Eve OS Mmwrfm@e.

SARATOGA, N. Y., May IS. -~ ". Frink Ingham, an insurance agent, is under treatment at the CoEastock hos pital, having become apparently in. sane on the day set for his last bach elor dinner prior to his marriage About score of MT Ingharn's friends who gathered to attend the dinner at his cottage on Saratoga lake were shocked to find that their hosts con dition was such as to demand imme- diate medical attention.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-18
Paawrinn. wala Homer vvyndham.

LONDON, May 18.-At the first am nual dinner of the Pilgrims society, to be held here shortly, Lord Roberts will preside. The guest of honor will be George Wyndham, chief secretary for Ireland, whose work In parliament, es~ pecially in introducing the Irish land bill, has made him one of the most prominent men, in Britash public life today. Many notable Hnghshnaen, in addition to the American members of the society, will be present at the an. nual dinner
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-18
spain wfaY Fortafy Ceuta.

GIBRALTAR, May 18.--owing to the troubles in Morocco, Spain has thrown up defenses at Ceuta, 8 sea port in Morocco belonging to Spain,
 nd will ship thither six heavy guns which have been lying at Algeciras snce the Spaniah-American war.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-18
Trade Trn,or,n+., strike ovor.

OMAHA, Neb., May 18.-The strike in this city of trade unionists seems to be nearing an end so far as the shut ting down of business is concerned
 The first break in the teamsters' ranks came when twenty-five men employed by one of the large delivery companies decided to return to work. A meeting of the Teamsters' union also decided to withdraw the objectionable features of their demands on employers.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-18
There Is No Room


 in our Trunk department; it is literal ly packed with the choice line we car ry. If you asa in need uf TRUNK or DRESS SUIT CASE or HAND BAG. perhaps our stock will furnish the very Kind desired, especially since we are offering such bargains on account of our removal Don't wait too late-will save you money this time DON'T BE DECEIVED by any peddlers or out siders. Come direct to our old estab- lished and reliable Umbrella store. We make all our own Umbrellas from 4Oc up Take notice-will move to 153- 1855 Bank street where Jones, Morgan & Go are now soon as they vacate the premises. Yet at the old stand, at low prices, 179 Bank, corner Grand street Waterbury Umbrella and Trunk Mfr. Trunks and Bags repaired.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-18
THOMAS FENTON, PROp'R.

N. B.-s5.O0 worth of, Trading Stamps given with one pound of Best Mixed Tea, roc.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-08-28
CORN PALACE PRICES
Executive Committee Has Determine
on Prices for Admission to
the Corn Palace.

At a recent meeting Of the execu-
tive committee Of the cor palace the
rates for admission we're decided up
on, and they are as follows:
Season tickets, good for afternoon
and evenings and Sundays during
the ten days: 81. 90; season tickets
good for evenings, including Sunday
evening, only, 50. so; season tickets
for children under II years, good for
afternoon and evenings and Sunday,
50. 90. 1t should be understood that
none of the foregoing tickets are
transferable and must be presented
at the door by the person to whom
they were issued, and whose name
appears on the face Of the ticket.
The rate for season tickets is some
higher than in previous years, owing
to the fact that the expense of the
attractions this year is much greater,
and it certainly IS a very low price
for the eXcellency Of the concert. In
fact the season tickets in the past
years have been altogether too low,
in comparison with the price of gen.
eral admission. There ought not to be
the slightestaebjection to the rates
established this year. taking into
consideration the high attractions
that have been secured for the inter
Tor of the corn palace. 1t is hoped
that the citizens will make their pur.
chases Of season tickets in goodly
numbers just as sOon as they are
placed on sale.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-08-28
TALKS TO SCHOOL OFFICERS
superintendent Coursep Offers Sug-
gestiOns at Beginning Of Fall
Term of School.

y. W. COurSey, county Superlnten-
ent Of schools, has just issued a cir
cular of information and suggestion
to the school officers Of the county
with reference to the beginning Of
the fall term CT school in the rural
districts. The superintendent sug-
gcsts at the outset that the bad con
dition of many OF the school houses
ir the country should be improved
at once to make them comfortable
for the winter. He believes that
much Of the sickness in the country
among the children is due to the
lack Of warmth in the school houses.
One Of the most important features
Of the circular is the superintend-
ent's reference to teachers and their
salaries. The money paid teachers
in the country is so small in many
cases that they have been forced to
seek more remunerative fields of en-
ployment. Concerning better salar-
les for the teachers the superintend-
ent says:
Teachers are scarce. Unless they
are paid better salaries they will
o. all be dIiAen cut Of the profess
liSOn to seek more remunerative en-
| ployment. In a small county like
ours, with two good high schools and
a University ''grindine OUT teach
ers, .here should be an abundance :
yet seven schools report that thus
far they have not had d single appli-
cant.
Prosper township with five schools,
and Badger township with four, have
each raised the salaries Of their
teachers to S35 for second grades,
and $40 for first. The good teachers
have fucked to these townships and
the boards have practically supplied
all Of their schools with first grade
teachers. Three Of the independent
districts have also raised the scale
OF wages to the same standard.
There is, however, a new fe%ature..of
the wage question to be considered.
The state department has ruled that
teachers who ha e n%ot.taugbt at least
six months cannot be issued any
thing but third grade certificates.
n gives TO US three grades OF
teachers. What shall VIC do? A
large per cent Of those who are COM
PEELED to take third grade certificates
regardless of their standings, are
normal graduates who will be entit-
led to state certificates. good for five
years land rcnewable), after they
have taught for a year. Some of
them are graduates from a four years
high school course, fully competent
to pass a first grade examination if
permitted so to do. Would it be
right to make a distinction Of five
dollars per month between their GER
titicates and those holding second
grades under the old law? Certainly
not | beg leave to recommend that
you do not make 4 distinction of over
one or two dollars between these two
grades Of certificates, and that none
be paid less than thirty dollars. No
teacher a afford to spend her time
and money in acquiring a profession
al education and then work for less
than n dollar and fifty cents a day
at a job that furnishes employment
only one-half Of the year, l care not
what the circumstances may be.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-08-28

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Veterinary Carbolisalve we gain an
other friend and you gain freedom or
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sores. 1t always heals without scars
and renews the hair in it's original
color. Be sure to get COLES. It's
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