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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-17
BLuEBEARDs ARE BEATEN.
Taken Down the Line by Alley
Rats.

Rats.
From Thursdays Daily Gazette.
Not only did the Alley Rats van
quish the Bluebeards last night, but
they also enjoyed a g%ustatorial treat
at the expense Of the vanquished. Q
that was part of the agreement, that
the losers were to ''stand the supper"
Because of the mystery that attached
to the identity of the members OF. the
azure colored alfalfas a large crowd
was present at the alleys. When their
names were given out it was found
that they were sure enough Mis-
s~ourians. They were w. B. George.
Doctor Prickett and o. C. Ovren. The
Alley Rats we're, Tschudy, Richstein
and Sherman, with Salisbury as sub
stitute.
Following are the scores:
Alley Rats.
Tschudy, 172, III, 207, 1872, 211.
Richstein, 165, 1872. 1877, 183, 1913.
Sherman, 1852, IA.
SALISBURY, 212. 100, 149.
eluebeards.
George, POI. 2O4, 14S, 1875, 1S7.
Prickett, ITS, 1872. 191. TIA. 224.
Ovren, 1913, 157. 1856, 1856, 176.
1t will be seen that the total OF The
Alley Rats was 2.649, while that o.
the Bluebeards was 2.645.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-17

From Thursdays Daily Gazette.
Paul F. Belitz of Great Falls is reg
istered at the Grand.
The Honorable c. c. Bever returned
last night from a business trip to
Butte.
George G. Hough, manager of the
Bridger coal mines, vas in the city
last night.
A marriage license was issued last
evening to William B. Smith and An
ME Roark, both of this city.
Major S. G. Reynolds, agent OF the
Grow Indians, is a visitor in the city,
being his first appearance since last
winter.
r. H. Hathhorn and o. F. Goddard
have returned from Helena, where
they attended the United States dis
trict court.
E. B. Camp reports the sale OF the
w. Hansard residence in South Thir-
ty-first street to G. l.. Jones. The
transfer was completed yesterday at
~ternoon. Consideration $500.
While on a visit to Livingston a few
days ago Senator Yegen concluded
arrangements to establish a bank at
| Gardner in Park county. The insti-
tuition will be opened about May 1,
| and will be conducted in the name
| Of Yegen Bros.
" Sam Mitchell, one of the first men
to take up a government homestead
in the vicinity of Park City, intends
to leave in a few days for southern
| California for the benefit of his health.
| Mr.. Mitchell disposed of his ranch
property a short time ago to eastern
parties.
H. B. Segur, who has been at Hunt
ers Hot Springs for several weeks,
will return home Saturday night. He
is reported as considerably better and
it is believed his improved condition
VIII prove DIT least Tic
many friends of the gentleman hope
that such may be the case.
w. M. Macculloch, who resides a
few miles up the valley, is the proud
father OF a boy, who arrived a few
evenings ago.. While the stranger is
a trifie small to render much assist
ance in doing the spring work, the
happy parent thinks he will be able
to fill a mans place by fall.
A. C. Hoose, who until recently was
engaged in the jewelry business in
Montana avenue, left this morning for
Helena, where he and Mrs. Hoose,
who preceded him sometime ago, will
spend several weeks and then pro-
coed west with the intention OF max
ing their home in Idaho or Washing
ton.
An employee OF the Northern Pacific,
who had been deputized as special
deputy sheriff. arrived from Missouls
last night and took back William
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-17

From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.
John Mccullough of Joliet is regis
tered at the Grand.
E. A. Richardson OF the Crow
agency is a Grand guest.
Lee Simonson took his departure
this morning for the Crow agency. o.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Allen left this
morning on a short visit to Forsyth.
Mrs. j. c. Banding and Miss
Eleanor Lennon OF Red Lodge are
guests at the Grand.
R. E. Levans, the Bear creek stock
man and rancher, vas in the city last
night, his first visit in several months.
Michael Flanagan, who resides
just beyond the western limits OF the
city, was receiving the congratula-
tions OF friends today on the birth OF
a son. Z
Eight carloads of sheep that have
been wintered by P. B. Merrill were
loaded this afternoon for shipment to
| Sentinel Butte, N. D., having been
bought by A. w. Stanton OF that place.
nMr. and Mrs. T. Okay, who reside
on the south side, are entitled to the
distinction OF being the parents OF the
first child OF Japanese %parentage born
in Billings The little addition to the
Okay family made his appearance yes
terday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Coleman, who
were married at Glendive yesterday,
arrived from there this morning and
for the present will make their home
at the Grand. All day hearty congrat-
ulations have been showered upon the
bashful groom by his many friends,
while the brides friends are wishing
ing her unbounded joy and happiness
III Every town of Importance in the
eastern part of the state is organizing
a baseball team for the season, with
the exception of Billings. The local
fans had a hard struggle to make
ends meet in a financial way during
the past three years and in view Of
past experience it is not likely that
this city will support a team the com
ing summer.
Owing to sickness in the family Of
the presiding elder. the Reverend
George D. King, it has been founG
necessary to postpone the quarterly
conference that was to have been held
tonight in the Methodist church
1t has been practically decided thai
no more services will be held in The
church until the first Sunday in May
when the Reverend Mr.. c. E. Miller
will take charge as pastor.
1t is very evident that the posta
service has not many attractions TO
the young men of these parts whit
may consider themselves eligible TO
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-17

appointment to 1t. So far not an ap-l
plication has been filed for examina-
ton under the civil service laws for
the positions of substitute. carrier and
clerk in the local office. An examiner
will be here May 6 to conduct an ex-
animation for those places.
%Doetors Rinehart and Lindsey, who
.Srerated on Claude Tillotson, the
young Dakotan who accidentally shot
himself on a Burlington train Mon
day night, this morning reported their
patients condition as much improved.
The bullet was not located, but from
the examination made by the physi-
clans they are satisfied that no bad
results will follow it's retention and
no further effort will probably be
madefo~remove it.
[V6e family of o. F. Goddard, living
IN the north part of the city, was
aroused last night by the noise of
some one who had entered the home
presumably to commit robbery. Mr..
Goddard is absent from the city, but
Mrs. Goddard was disturbed and pro-
coded at once to arm herself with a
s%ix-shooter and make an investigation.
| The man made his escape before be-
ing confronted by the lady OF the
house who desired to inquire into the
nature of his call.
Sheriff Potter Of Carbon county
| came down from Red Lodge last ev
ening in quest of Ralph Berger, for
whose arrest he held a warrant charg-
ing him with being an absconding
creditor. 1t is alleged that Berger left
owing a creditor in the neighborhood
of $3.50. The sheriff found the man
on the south Side and placed him un.
der arrest. Berger admits the debt
and said that he had intended to go
to Alberta. He claims to own some
property in Red Lodge and intimated
that he could settle the matter upon
his arrival at that place.
While no announcement to that eff
feet has been made, it is understood
fthat M~ayor-elect Foster will make q
number of changes in the city hal.
when he assumes the reins of munich
pal government. 1t is said that Nat
G. Carwile will become city clerk ant
that Judge Matheson will be trans
ferred from the clerks Office to the
position of city attorney. The presen'
city attorney, ". M. Johnston, is no
a candidate for re-appointment. There
4 is a lively scramble for the Office O
street commissioner, considered thu
best berth coming from the hands
of the mayor. From present indica
tions Will Schneider will receive tn
appointment.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-17

err than last season, both Of which
facts are given as reasons for the be-
lief that better prices will prevail.
Yesterday was the day set by the
supreme court of Wyoming for hear
ing the appeal of Joseph P. Walters,
under sentence of death for the muir
der Of Mrs. Agnes l.. Hoover, whom
he shot at Thermopolis something
over a year ago. His lawyers contend
that he was insane when he commit
ted the deed and the appeal was TAX
en- on the ground of alleged errors
made by the court that tried Walters.
The latter is we'll known here, having
at one time made his headquarters
in this city.
BY a stipulation between the at
torney for the state and the attorney
for the defense Judge Fraser, acting
as a notary public, this morning tooE
the deposition of F. l.. Resevesky, one
of the witnesses for the prosecution In
the case of the men arrested for vio-
lating the gambling law. Resevesky
expects to be absent from the city
when the preliminary hearing OF the
accused takes place. The defendants
are, A. Reilly, JEFF Brewer, G. Kerr,
M. w. Martin, Walter o. Lee and
Adolph Snyder. Their examination
has been continued until May g..
Charles Newman, who was appoint
ed trustee for Olof S. Erickson, who is
passing through the bankruptcy court,
returned yesterday from Bowler, Car
bon county, where the bankrupt's
estate is situated. He made count or
the sheep, which form the principal
asset of Erickson, and found that they
numbered 1869. These he gave in
charge of the custodian. also about
Al tons of hay and a wagon. The ex-
emptions we're segregated and turn
| ed over to Erickson. An effort is now
making to compromise the matter OF
the preferred claims, objection TO the
allowance of which has been made by
| the other creditors.
Sarah Lamphere, the girl whose
sensational entry into the city ocodr-
red a few weeks ago, was sent east
this morning v e the Burlington,
ticketed through to her home, Gill
bertsville, N. Y. Between the EFFORTS
of the Salvation army and the gener-
osity of the different church organiza-
tions sufficient money was secured to
pay her. fare and also enable her to
subsist on the way. She was placed
on board the train by members OF the
Salvation army and her ticket given
in charge of the conductor, together
with a letter to conductors of the diff
ferent roads over which she will have
to pass requesting them to look out
for her and see that she shall reach
her destination. a 'H- 70
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-06
THIS AND THAT.

The wrist contains eight bones, the
palm five and the fingers IA.
Tamarisk timber 1900 years old
has been found in perfectly sound
condition in ancient Egyptian tenn
piles.
There are 1904 languages in the
world, and more than l 200 religions.
The number of men is about equal
to the number of women. The aver
age length of human life is about 33
years, and of 200 persons only one
reaches the age of 100 years.
The pepper plant nt-piper nigrum
which produces the white and
black pepper Of commerce, is climb
ing, vine-like shrub, found growing
wild in the forests of Travencore and
the Malabar coast of India. Pepper
is entirely tropical in its require
ments. The white pepper is the
black pepper decorticated by macer-
alton and rubbing.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-06
IF BULLETS WERE BUTTER.
Glass Can Be Penetrated by Very
Soft Objects.

Somebody-probably that inde-
fatigable interviewer Lord Mahon-
once asked the duke of Wellington
why Souham did not press him more
closely in that terrible retreat from
Bourgas in 1912, during which, out
of a total of 81 900 men. he lost 1000
by disease, struggling and desertion.
Because he replied, ''the French
had learned that our bullets were not
made of butter!" No doubt they
were very awkward "pats," those
leadep spheres weighing 12 to . the
pound, which Brown Bess spread
with such deadly result up to her eff
fective range of little over 100
yards, and the lesson had been read to
French conscripts upon many
bloody field. What would have been
the bill of mortality had these bull
lets really been made Of butter? An
idle question, it may seem, says Her
bert Maxwell, in Pail Mall Gazette,
yet one upon which | was set cogitat-
ing the other day by singular Incl.
dent.
Returning one evening to my own
house, | noticed a large round hole in
the plate glass window of the library,
as if football had been driven
through it. Upon reaching the IL
brary found the floor covered with
shattered glass, showing that the i'm
pact had been from the outside, but
nothing was visible within to account
for it. The hole in the plate glass was
round and clean; the remainder of
the sheet was firm in the window
frame.
More puzzled than ever, sum
moned my better half to discuss the
problem. She, being of practical
turn, began to look under the furni-
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-06
DRIFTING AWAY.

] read in your bright eyes the dreams Of
Life's day;
But I'm drifting away from you-drifting
away!
am drifting afar
From Life's storm and ite star
And l would / could answer the prayers
that you pray!
But I'm drifting away, dear-I'm drifting
away!
] would strike from your liferoad the
thorns that would slay;
But I'm drifting away from you-drfting
away!
The sorrow-the pain
You may strive with in vain,
i would bear; But / go; and come not
again.
I'm drifting away, dear-Fm drifting away!
You must reap for yourself in Life's Winter
anu May;
For I'm drifting away, dear-Tm drifting
away!
] have given you bread
And a shelter oerhead,
And may God light the lonely, long way
you must tread
For I'm drifting away, dear-Fm drifting
away.
IF. L. Stanton. in Atlanta Constitution.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-06
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
Knowledge for Business Purposes,
But Not Personally Applied.

The pupils were being examined
on the subject Of personal hygiene.
A boy was asked: "What have you
to do in order to keep your teeth
sound and white?"
"Clean them,'' was the prompt re-
ply.
S'When ought you to clean them?"
Morning, noon and night"
"What are they to be cleaned
WITH"
"With a toothbrush.
every good; have you a tooth
brush?"
"No, sir"
HAS your father toothbrush:"
SNo, sir.''
ssHas your mother toothbrush"
'SNo, sir.''
"But how do you know about the
use of toothbrushes?"
owe sell them, SIR London Tit.
Bits.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-06
THE RANGERS STORY
BY HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH.

BY HEZEkIAH BUTTER w OHTH.
Z The old time travellers, cattle men
and pack peddlers between Fort
Wayne and Chicago carried with
them stock of stories, some of which
were very curious. These story tell
ers were called raconteurs and their
stories courier de bois" tales. One
day as some cattlemen were lying
down before a road house in view Of
the floral sea of the prairie under the
cool and rippling trees, post rider,
who was known as ''wood ranger"
came to his encampment. He was
good man and his thoughts preached
wherever he went. He told riddle
stories"
The post rider carried impor
tant dispatches and valuable treas
ure. He had become overbur-
dened with his mail, and he
needed trusty assistant with
new horse. He found that trusty
horse could be purchased at the road
house, and he knew that all of the
cattle men. and boys on the green
would be glad to enter his service on
government pay, but whom should he
select? After resting for time the
men began to talk of their forest
journeys in the north, around the
great lakes. Some of the men were
rude and passed very severe judg-
ments upon those whom they met
on the roads. The post rider did not
like the tone of these suspicious He
was asked to relate a story. His
stories were often like parallels. They
discovered character. A little lad
lay on the grass with bare feet and an
earnest face. The post rider said to
the men:
81 do not know you now, but / will
tell you story and from it l think
! may be able to find out something
about you all.
'"Tell me what kind of a town you
come from and I will tell you what
the town will be to you where you
are going," he added.
The men and boys did not under
stand him, but they all faced him.
lying on the cool, green grass. He
began his story:
ut is Of Pierre, French boy. His
ancestors had come over to Mon
treal with Champlain, and had set
tied on the st. Lawrence, near the
city of Montreal, but had returned
to France. Their names were Mon
treville, an old French name. The
pioneer Montreville was supposed to
be poor, yet he always seemed to have
money, which came to him as if by
magic. After time the supply
ceased and he used to say: oh, if I
could only get to Montreal again, /
would know where could supply my
wants. | would be no longer empty
handed
"They knew not what he meant,
but thought that he must have buried
money near Montreal. People buried
money in the woods in those days.
He died suddenly, leaving his family
poor. Pierre was his grandson, and
he had true loving heart.
s'Just before the old man died he
called little Pierre to him and said:
4 buried a leather bag Of gold and
silver in America, under the great
elms by the high rock near the cabin
where | used to live Tell no one,
but when You grow up, go out to
America and find it. twill make you
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-06

ture for the instrument of destruc-
ton; while | stood idle, considering
such search superfluous, mutely
speculating how the deuce a plate
glass window was to be replaced in
remote corner Of western Scotland.
For, mark ye, it was in the first days
OF the recent frost, and a keen north
wind was blowing through the orifce
Presently my wife exclaimed. 'Here
1T is, poor thingp Between large
armchair and the fireplace crouched
hen pheasant, which I caught. 1t
showed no wound or sign of damage,
and struggled vigorously to get free.
When it was released upon the ter
race it flew a short distance, alighted,
ran away strongly, and was seen no
more. 1t seems to me very remark
able that bird should fly uninjured
through plate glass as simply as a
circus rider jumps through a paper
hoop. One has always been told that
any man of ordinary strength can
drive his fist through door panel.
The only one | ever knew to attemt
it succeeded, indeed. but at the cost
OF dislocated little finger knuckle.
1t was explained to him that if he
had aimed at point foot behind
the panel, instead of the panel it.
self, his hand would have passed
through without scratch. But who
is there of fortitude to put that to the
test? How often has one not
cause to wonder at the thickness and
strength of an oaken rail through
which the slender cannon bone of
horse may be driven, often without
even an abrasion of the skin. Re-
verse the process: let the horses leg
be stationary, and the oakcn rail be
driven against it at high velocity,
and who can doubt which would be
shattered?
A signal example Of the imperious
nature OF momentum was given few
years ago, when horse ran off with
its rider in the Mall or Constitution
Hill q forget which), charged the
high railings in front Of Bucking-
ham palace, made a clean breach in
them, and both landed unhurt with
in the inclosure. Force is undoubted-
ly one Of the most intangible, mex
plicable of mysteries One is warned
against the use of anthromorphic
terms in discussing it, which tend to
divert the intellect from precise
analysis, and we are bidden to regard
it as no more than the rate per unit
of length at which energy is trans
ferred or transformed. But this car
ries the ordinary mind not very far.
in fact, no distance at all, in appre-
hending what avails in the transfer
ence Of energy from soft substance
to hard one, to protect from injury
such vulnerable surfaces as the skin
on horses leg against oak or iron,
OF a hen pheasant's head against plate
glass.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-06
Marriages in Hungary.

The proportion of married people
to the population is highest in Hun
gary, where 407 per 1000 of the peo-
pie are married. Portugal stands at
the other end of the list with only
$40 married per 1000.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-06

lIidt was saved! w nat Ulu lie uO De-
hind the rock?"
HE lost his life in trying to keep
the gold," said the landlord.
Would you yourself not have
done that?" said the wood ranger.
''He threw overheard the gold, but
it was too late" said drover named
Dennis.
''Would you not haveheld onto the
gold to the last?" said the ranger.
''He saved himself and the gold, :"
said boy, called Holiday, 'and
found a friendly wood ranger on the
shore, and both went back to France" ;"
"You have hopeful soul, with
rainbows in it," said the wood ranger.
"You, | think, make happy situations
in life wherever you can"
81 think that he was accidentally
drowned in seeking to keep the gold
for his family and that he was a no.
Bile Pierre"
Il think you would give up your
self for your family" said the wood
ranger. "You are oble Pierre"
The little boy with bare feet and
earnest face rolled over and over, as
if turning over the problem in his
mind.
"Well, what say you, my barefoot
lad?" asked the wood ranger. "What
became of Pierre?"
Il think that he threw over the
gold for his souls sake, and that he
chose his life to the keeping of the
gold, and that he thought of the
wrinkles of his mother at home in
France. I>would, and then"
Here all the men and boys started
up to listen
"What then, my barefoot"
81 think that he escaped to the
shore and went back again to search
for the gold in the rapids. l would
have done that, only have no moth
er. And | think that he found that
the leather bag had gone down in the
deep wells of the rapids, and could
not be found; that he fished for it,
and fished, and was thrown against
the rocks, when one day new
thought came to him as with wings"
"What was it, my barefoot
''He thought, can go home and
earn my own gold and give it to my
mother. He became a new kind Of
boy then and prospered and his moth
er had happy old age. ! think
that"
"You have true and noble soul to
think such thoughts as that, said the
ranger. Il have bought a new horse
and will take you along with me.
'What We think another would do,
we would do in like situation he
continued. st is rule of life that
we see others through our own char
acter. Good conduct in ones self
makes good opinion Of conducts in
others in all doubtful situations, as a
rule. I like those people the best
who have the best opinions Of others.
AS rule they are the best"
The barefoot boy went away with
the post rider.
Reader, what became of Pierre?-
Prairie Farmer.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-06

of O a
of
M Mitchell
naog and the south and BY rail for the Of the
j. j. and "a into the heart the with
burning the bridges and destroying the track behind them
captured Big Shanty
swiftly they pursued that they
motive All es among
them Andrew
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-06
Wood for Pianos.

Wood intended to be made into
pianos requires to be kept 40 years to
be in perfect condition.