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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-03
Washing Grtmy Things.

10 wash very grimy things. such as
overalls and working shirts, mix to-
gether equal parts OF kerosene. lime
water and %turpentine. Shake the mix
ture in a bottle until creamy, then add
a cupful to a boiler of clothes. 1t a
also be used with hot suds. rubbing di-
rectly upon dirty grease spots, allowing
to stand five minutes before washing
out and then rinsing in hot water. In
dampening clothes for ironing, hot wa.
ter is much better than cold, the mois.
ture is more ever and the clothes are
sooner ready for the iron. Knit under
wear, stockings and other rough pieces
should be merely run through the
wringer when dry OF folded and laid in
a smooth pile with a heavy board and
weight on top, the labor of ironing be
ing done away with.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-03
~rha Work.

M. Jules Cambon. the former French
ambassador. had a great regard for
the energy of the United States. He
desired to see this country prosper.
"for,' said he. when you have money
you buy from is. who have goods to
SELL"
When the successful tests of the Hol-
land submarine boat were called to NJ.
Cambon's attention he declared his dis
appointment.
81 grieve." he remarked. "You Amer
leans usually are fair in everything
and deal with others aboveboard. But
now l observe that you will. when nee
essary. have no hesitation in employ
ing underhand methods or go to the
uttermost depths in accomplishing your
desires."-Detroit Free Press.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-03
RAILWAY MOTOR COACHES.
Latest Development of Locomotive
En- engineering In Light Traffic.

Tie announcement that steam motor
COACHES are to be introduced on the
Great Western railway of England in
July points to an interesting develop
ment in locomotive engineering, says
the London Daily Mail. The London
and Southwestern Steam company al
ready built and tried a steam motor
coach, and a vehicle of Il somewhat
similar character will apparently be
adopted by the Great Western com
pany.
The London and Southwestern
fteall motor coach is destined for use
OIL suburban or main lines at those
periods Of the day when there - 10
great rush Of traffic.
Heavy morning and evening traffic
will be disposed of by the usual trains,
but when passengers are few il NUM-
Der the motor coach will be used. The
ry fifty-two persons of one class only,
but the l.. and S. w. vehicle will be di-
vided into two compartments, first and
third. carrying ten passengers in the
former and thirty-two in the latter.
Access may be had to the coach at
both ends from wide platforms, which
have openings on either side, these be-
ing closed when running by collapse
BILE gates. There is a luggage van capa-
BILE of holding one ton of luggage, and
Immediately in front of this is the en-
CINE. This is of exceedingly compact
design. The boiler is placed or the
center line and is of the vertical type,
with vertical and cross tubes. The
cylinders are inclined, and the connect
ing rods drive direct on to pins IN the
front wheels. A separate drag link
| serves to work the valve gear. There
| are no flexible steam couplings, the
boiler and the cylinders being on the
| same frame. The wheel base is eight
feet, and the wheels are solid. 3The
cylinders, of which there are two, are
seven inches in diameter, with a ten
inch stroke. 1t is calculated that in
service the rate Of acceleration will
give the coach a velocity Of thirty
miles an hour in thirty seconds.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-03
HE Aro1oG1zED HuMB1Y.

usual curt fashion and dismissed his
visitor. A few days afterward the bish-
op delivered his annual address to his
clergy and at the close invited conf
ment on anything that had occurred in
the diocese. Presently the poor old
vicar got up and after describing how
he had walked all the way from his re-
mote parish to the palace and back
without being offered so much as a cup
of cold water asked that a little more
consideration might be shown to those
of the clergy who We're old and poor.
The bishop said nothing. but after re-
plying to the other speakers turned at
last to the old clergyman, a%pologized
humbly and begged him to believe that
it was not want Of courtesy. but want
Of thought. which had caused his lack
of hospitality.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-03
Mint Julep Time.

You kin talk about yer fancy drinks.
Yer pussy cafes an SIGH,
Yer champagne wine that's only drunk
BY people wot is rich,
Yer beer that's fer the Germans that
l allus passes by.
But Uncle Ben is happiest when
The mint is in the rye.
It sorter gifts up in yer nose
An trickles down yer throat
An makes you feel as eff on beds
OF f1owery ease you float;
There's nothing like it in the land
Nor in the heavens high;
Yer Uncle Ben is happiest when
The mint is in the rye.
I go to church on Sunday, an
I chip into the plate.
An Wednesday night prayer meetin'
seldom
Finds me very late,
Except when spring comes on, an then
The mint smell makes me dry;
Yer Uncle Ben is happiest when
The mint is in the rye.
There's no use talkin'; there's a time.
Likewise there is a place.
When every Christian has a chance
To tumble down from grace,
An when mint julep time comes round.
No matter how / try.
Yer Uncle Ben INDUCES when
The mint is in the rye.
Philadelphia Record.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-03
NEW o STORIES
Erred In the Air.

Apropos Of Senator Foraker's recent
statement that the president was
'tGllic.s on the trigger. but not too
quick G. b. Stackhouse Of Omaha
tells an amusing story of the presi-
dents western trip, says the New York
Tribune. The presidential train had
pulled into Hastings. tie end of Il divi-
sion, and, following his usual custom.
MIR. Roosevelt sent for the fireman and
engineer and, shaking hands with
them, made a complimentary little.
speech on the skill with which they
had handled his train, concluding with
these words:
you and ! have a right to be on fra
ternal terms, for, you know, | am an
of Locomotive Firemcn."
THE remark was received with dead
silence, to the presidents Amusement.
and the men departed without reply
ing.
Turning to a railroad official, Mr..
Roosevelt inquired why his little
speech fell SO fiat and was told that at
the time of the Burlington strike the
engineers and firemen on that road sew
cred all connection with the unions,
and the men whom he had addressed
We're what his brother firemen" would
| contemptuously term "scabs."
'That," says Mr.. %Stackhouse, was a
time when the president Vas too quick
on the trigger"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-03
Carbonic Lemonade.

Sparkling lemonade is made by sub
stituting carbonic for plain water. To
five persons allow three dozen lemons.
three pounds of %granulated sugar, six
oranges, one pineapple, one box of
strawberries and four quarts of car
bonic water. Squeeze the juice from
the lemons and remove the pips. Put
it into the punch bowl with the sugar
and stir until dissolved. Slice the or
anges. shred the pineapple and hull
and wash the berries. Then add them
all to the lemon juice. Put a large
cube of ice in the punch bowl and just
before serving add the carbonic water,
which has previously been chilled.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-03
TRIUMPH OF OUR HENS.
Have a Big Lead In International
egg Laying Tournament.

Have a Big Lead In International
egg Laying Tournament.
Word comes from Australia that the
eighteen hens sen from the United
States to compete with the hens of
that land in an egg laying contest have
distanced their rivals and are still lay
ing, says a Chicago special to the New
York Times.
Three coops Of six hens each were
sent from Chicago in February and ar
rived in Sydney on March Is after a
particularly trying voyage. They were
Immediately set to laying in competi-
ton with some sixty-ive others.
Miller Purvis, editor of Commercial
Poultry, recently received a report of
the progress Of the contest from A. A.
Dunnicliffe, Jr., of the Sydney Tele-
graph. The report states that the
three pens of American hens stand
first, second and fourth respectively on
the tally sheet, the leaders having such
a start of their rivals that it is doubt
full if the latter can catch up. The con-
test will last one year, and the owners
Of winners will receive appropriate
prizes
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-03
Mushroom. ON Your Lawn.

1t is not impossible to grow mush-
rooms on an ordinary suburban lawn.
according to an authority. A dollars
worth of spawn is enough to expert
ment with. 1t should be bought of a
reliable scotsman. Break the spawn
into pieces the size of a hickory nut
and put them just under the sod,
which is lifted with the point of a
trowel or the edge of a spade. then
press down with the foot. The middle
of May is the best time to plant. and
the result of the planting depends IN
tirely on the weather. Mushrooms
spring up on warm mornings following
showers. Dry weather is discourag-
ing to them.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-03
Rhubarb Jam with Ginger.

String some rhubarb, cut into short
lengths and weigh. Put into a kettle
and add just enough water to prevent
burning. When it has become quite
pnund of rhubarb. Stir well until the
Jam becomes rich and sirupy. For
each pound take about a teaspoonful
of ground ginger. rub it smooth with n
little water and add it to your jam.
Boil up jam again. stirring well; put
into glasses and when cold cover. If
a large amount of rhubarb is at COM
mand a high grade of brown sugar is
very good The only difference seems
to be that the jam is not quite so clear.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-03
RANK OF THE WHITE HOUSE
In Point of Architecture 1t Is In a
Class by Itself.

In Point of Architecture 1t Is In 81
Class by Itself.
One moonlight night in June, 1902,
While strolling through the grounds
with Mr.. Charles Il. Mckim, oneFof the
members of the park commission. we
seated ourselves on one of those
mounds which tradition ascribes to
John Quincy Adams taste in landscape
architecture. That afternoon crowds
of people arraTed in joyous costumes
BETTING the semitropics had come
from the hot city to rest under the
trees and listen to the Saturday CON
cert of the Marine band. The m7lsi-
clans, clad in white duck, were located
in, a little depression. so that the sound
of the music rolled up the slopes to the
attentive audience.
A year before we had observed the
same effect at Versailles, and both the
similarities and the differences Of the
two pictures were being discussed as
we sat in the quiet night behind the
locked gates where not a sound from
the city streets broke the grateful noise
Of water splaslling in the fountains.
On the high portico the president sat
amid a group of dinner guests, and the
lights of their cigars were ECHOED by
the drowsy fircties fitting about the
grounds. only The brilliantly lighted
| windows of the s~ecretary's office even
| suggesting the workaday world. The
moonlight, shining full on the White
House, revealed the harmonious lines
of it's graceful shape.
'Tell me-" asked the architect,
"among the great houses that have
been built during recent years in the
general style of the White House
many of them larger and much more
costly-is there any that in point of
architecture surpasses it?'
mo; there is not n in the same
class with it." lie replied deliberately,
a Judgment confirmed later under the
monday sun.-Century.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-03
A CandlesticE Rack.

To make a candlestick rack buy a
small bracket, enamel it white and fix
it firmly over a long piece of board.
sandpapered and enameled white also.
Into this at intervals fix large brass
hooks, and between the hooks neatly
bent so as to hold a box of matches be.
longing to each landlestick dependent
on the hooks. In the center of the
board, under where the top bracket is
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-03

A CONVENIENCE.

fixed, nail a small slate, gild or enamel
the framework Of it and attach to it.
by a small piece of brass chain, a slate
pencil. On the top Of the bracket put Il
small fairy lamp, which can be lit
when the stay at home inmates go to
bed, thus saving the gas. The candle
sticks belonging to the others will be
found by them waiting their arrival.
and the slate is intended for the out
goers to write their names OF and to
scratch out as they return, so that "last
in bolts the door.
Of course this is only a plain rack
and you can elaborate the decoration
in many ways pleasing to yourself, but
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-03
The Doctors Certificate.

Letters come by the thousand to the
pension bureau and among them many
strange ones. This is one received from
a ''doctur" in North Carolina in refer
ence to an application for a pension:
While milkin me kows He cum to me
and he seq saz he I Eel a mizery in mi
insides. 1 Civ him sum medison which
don him Know good, and he Never will
bee If the government don't cum to his
Releef. DOCTUR BROWN,
Moth Klina.
I never seen the pashunt until he was
berried, he died from the service of wich
you AVE his alement in your Buro. but
his mother sails this is the case.
I never seen his mother, she is ded for
a long time. The pashunt had no father
his mother was q widow n old.
Washington Star.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-03
Rose pongee For Young Girl,

A pale rose pongee dress for a young
girl has a box plated skirt made rath-
er long on the sides and trailing in the
back. The waist is also box plated
even to the sleeves. There is a deep
yoke, pointed in the front, but straight
in the back, of Irish crochet lace.
Shoulder caps of the lace extend
about four inches down the sleeve.
Soft black liberty ribbon is laced
through the lower edges of the yoke
and falls in two separate sets of bows
and loops in front.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-03
PIANO PLAYING MATCH.
St. Louis and Milwaukee Musicians
to Thump the Keys on $500 Bet.

to Thump the Keys on $500 Bet.
A contest i'll sharps and flats, ragtime
and waltz. popular and classical music,
is to be held in st. Louis this summe
to decide the long endurance piano
playing championship of the world.
says the Chicago Record-Herald. Pro
fessor j. M. Waterbury of st. Louis
and Paul Scheiderer of Milwaukee,
who recently claimed he had played
twenty-eight hours without a break.
will be the competitors.
The match is to be for $500 a side.
Waterbury made his first record in
1895 at the Lambs club, New York,
playing eighteen hours. He soon after
made Il record of twenty-five hours.
Waterbury then met all corners when
the forfeit money was deposited. Only
once has he stopped to hear his oppo-
nent play.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-03
Nothing New.

A young medical student at ,Bow.doin
college nee asked the late Professor
Parker cleveland if there were not
some more recent works on anatomy
than those in the college library.
"Young man." said the professor.
measuring the entire mental caliber OF
the youthful scholar at one glance.
"there have been very few new bones
added to the human body during the
last ten years."-Youth.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-03
A stem Inward.

Citiman-I suppose your town is get
ting a bit more fashionable now?
S~ubbubs-Yes. indeed; we used to
complain of our 'cLills and fever" but
now everybody refers to it as "mala-
ria. '-Thilalelphia Public Ledger.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-03

is made with two side plaits down the
front, which are corded, and cords out
line a hip yoke.
The short jacket has wide tucks at
sleeves and lower edge Of fronts
notched in the center to relieve the
plainness. The neckband and epaulets
are of white lace framed in bands of
gray taffeta. There is a gray silk belt,
and the jacket is to be worn over white
and gray silk blouses.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-03
The bishop Apologized.

When DR.. Temple, late archbishop Of
Canterbury. was bishop of Exeter he
sent for the vicar Of a remote Devon
shire parish on a matter of business.
The vicar, who was poor and had to
tramp a long way into Exeter, arrived
just as the bishop was at lunch. DR..
Temple dispatched the business in his
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-03
St. Louis Fair Feature.

The Louisiana Purchase exposition
will have a representative refriger-
ating exhibit. The various uses to
which mercantile refrigerators are ap-
piled will be exhibited. There will! be
a skating rink. and at certain fixed
hours during the day there will be a
snOWS.orm.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-03
His Chance.

Father-Wouldn't It be funny if l
should become Il little boy again:
Bobb!e-Mayhe it wouldn't be so fun
ny for you, pa. II yoa VIZ to be Ii
TERN me / onk I'd square up q few
things.-DeYver News.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-03
Largest Submarine. Boat.

The French admiralty will build a
submarine boat larger than any hith-
erto attempted. 1t will be 100 feet
long, 800 tons burden and will cost
S25O,OOO.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-03
Lace on the Blouse.

As the season advances it is easily
seen that the broad epaulets of lace or
embroidery are very much in demand
on blOuses. 'Tfv7r
A clever way to arrange for this eff
feet is to carry the lace in a straight
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-03

Zine from collar to cuff. The picture
shows just how it is done. The baya-
dere band of lace around the blouse
seems to be as essential as the epaulet.
This hat, by the way, is one Of the
wicker braids considered SC. smart for
young girls. 1t is simply trimmed with
a huge bow OF ia ffeta ribbon.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-03
WOMAN M FASHION


This color In the shade known as
iron is very stylish for gowns that
must sec service. Mciair is particular.
ly good in It. and that fabric GEMS
more In fashion than ever. The skirt
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-05-14
Sayings and Extracts.

Some people rather believe an Opt
mistic lie than a pessimistic truth
Probably it were better SO. There is
more comfort in cherishing a cheerful
delusion than dismal certainty.
The world is ever hunting for the
best: the best men, the best work, the
best merchandise, the best material.
Nothing is troublesome that we do
willingly.
Our grand business is not to see what
lies dimly at distance, but to do what
lies clearly at hand.
Men with polished shoes ought to
shine in society.
Chief among the successful mans
virtues is audacty.
The man who has the floor is sup
posed to stand to reason.
A crank is a man with large hobby
and a small conscience.
Kind words are pleasing to the ear,
but they won't fill an empty stomach.
Occasionally the stock ticker is a
fortune teller-but more often it isn't.
If man is slow to express an opinion
he might eoonomize by sending it by
freight.
A woman can hold a dozen hairpins
in her mouth a great deal easier than
she can hold her tongue.
The man who invests his coin in a get.
rich quick scheme seldom has to bother
about making bis will.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-05-14
Choice Extracts.

The ultimate outcome of all knowl
edge is mystery.
The three great factors in most
human lives ale care, work and worry.
Difference in ideas makes difference
ia civilization: between man and man
it makes difference in social standing,
Influence and manliness.
1t was time when the elemental
forces of both the organic and inorganic
worlds seem to e0nspire to tn Tart a
tiny atom-man.
Nature always wins the game at last
however ardently the gamblers play.
What were they all struggling after?
How absurd they seemed caressing and
pluming themselves. OF course they
would fail in the long run, no matter
What they were struggling after.
Nothing is so demonstrative az sue.
cess. Its capacity for self revelation is
intin to
There's nothing in life to make a man
genuinely happy, and it's shere hypoc-
risy to try to appear SO.
The common people had tinge of that
brutality which the broad, facile life of
wealth leaves on people whose whims it
daily gratifies.
he'd seen more of life l suppose
sometimes, | think the more we see of
life the less we know it.
1t was during the French Revolution
and the Napoleonic era that men actual
ly took society in hand to make it over
There is no period of human history So
packed with tragedy and comedy, so
rich in demonstrations of all the varying
possibilities of human nature. Nor is
here any equal period 80 chaotic, SO
bswildering, SO difficult to systematize
and to reproduce.
Civilization is only thin veneer.
just beneath the surface lie lurking and
latent the malign forces of savagery
and barbarism.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-05-14

LEALTH is fully restored by the
III great Alternative and tonic, Hoods
Sarsaparilla, and you remember the
old saving, health is WEALTH.
Jim-@ hat ia you tell the old man when
he said h. cou dn't allow you to SEE his dauRh
ter Fred told HIM didr't care TO see her
that il du't been my fault, at any time,
when the gas was turned on.
For Over Sixty Years
Mrs MISSIONS SOOTHING SYRUP has been
used Tor over sixty years by millions of mothers
for their children while teethng, with perfect
success. II sooths The child. softens the gums.
allays all pain, cures wind collie and is the best
remedy for diarrhoea. 1t will relieve the poor
little sufferer imu ediateiy. Soid by druggists
in every part of the world. Twenty five cents a
bottle BE sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing syrup " and take no other kind.
Gents" said the clerk OF the summer hotel
"you are making too much roise. Mr. Long
hare, the sui nor is ia The next room, and he
say he cat rite That's so?" replied one
OF the roysterers; tell him everybody knows
that
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-05-14
The Old StatehOuse,

Now that the last tenant, for purely
business purpose, has left the old State
house, a feeling is strongly manifesting
itself among the admirers of patriotic
landmarks that henceforth no part Of
the historic building should ever be lea
ed by the city again for purely CONNER
cial purposes, but that from street fl9ol
To garrett it should be devoted excluslv-
" to the purposes of a patriotic museum.
The old Statehouse is the most pictuf-
egq que aud historically interesting edifier
now remaining In Boston, nbt excepting
the Old South Westinghouse. II H.,
business men of Boston only knew i,
the old Statehouse, preserved purely n
a historic relic, Is one Of the best POI
sible investments for the city, for, TO
gelher with the fine collection OF an
Equities maintained within its walls by
the Bostonian Society, it is one of TIN
chief attractions that annually bring
thousands of well-to-do tourists hert
from all parts Of the country. Last year
about 10000 strangers visited the old
|Statehouse.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-05-14

Women as farmers are receiving
many good words nowadays from the
agricultural and other journals.
At the Illinois farmers institute
round up 1t was resolved that teachers
in public schools should be prepared to
teach the elements of agricultural sci
ence.
The largest asparagus farm Of the
world is said to be one of LOO acres
near Stockton, Cal, and near it are 9th
err large farms, bringing the acreage
up to $500.
Different experiment stations have
found that blood meal absolutely cures
and prevents scours, which causes so
much trouble with skimmilk fed
calves.
Men who cannot change with the
times will profit by getting out of the
stock business.