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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-27
PUT ON II BRAKES.
Blow Up, or Before You Know 1t You
May BE On the Track.

The limited goes sixty miles an hour,
In the smoker men joke and play cards
and tell risque stories. The day coach
es are crowded and comfortless. The
heavy sleepers as they sway to and
fro make only a gentle rocking for the
people who chat and read and nap.
! Crash! Engine and cars and flesh and
blood are ground up together in u
shapeless, horrid mass. Off the track!
i SO goes ~humanity's train. Here is a
boy who got to running on a fast
schedule. He began by pilfering from
his fathers till. AS he grew older he
made faster time. Down grade he
goes, and soon comes the crash. News.
boys cry a murder and a suicide. The
crowd hats for a moment. His friends
murmur, II never thought he was so
bad! A young man is off the track!
A young girl thinks her mother is
TOO slow for these record breaking
times. Mother is "old Fashioned The
girl goes to places her mother has
warned her she should not frequent.
The bloom is brushed from the fruit.
80 One day a brazen, drunken crea-
ture, cursing and shrieking, is loaded
into the patrol wagon. A woman is
off the track!
A man gets in a hurry to be rich.
His father went slowly, carefully, sue
cessfully. But fathers methods will
not do. What's the use of moiling and
toiling when a quicker way may we'll
do the business? So-and-so has spec
ulated successfully. Surely 1 am as !
shrewd as he. y A pistol shot. A
man is off the track!
Our age is Il rapid one. Business and
society go at a sixty mile clip. Rather
than be sidetracked for a time men
will drive their trains into the ditch.
Many of them run wild. There are
frequent collisions and wrecks innu-
merable by getting off the track.
Look out, thriving but venturesome
merchant and reckless young woman
and gay young man! The race is not
to h swift alone. Put on the brakes.
Slow up, or before you know it you
will be off the track.-Milwaukee Jour
nal.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-27
A Costly Jest.

1t was a jest pure and simple that
brought about the war between Eng
land and France in 1887 and ultimately
cost the great William his life. Will
liam, of course, was 'great" in more
lenses than M So stout was he in
fact by reason of his idle and luxurious
life that he could not walk from place
to place, but had to be carried. One
day his contemporary, Philip Of
France. delicately remarked at dinner
that William was like a fillet of beef
On casters and ought to be exhibited at
a prize monarch show Naturally Will
liam heard of this and in Il furious
rage ordered his troops t. invade at
once This Was done. and Il war COM
menced which ended in tie English
king being thrown from his horse and
killed while experimenting the siege
OF Nantes.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-27
HEROiSM IN
IL Not More Uncommon Than Ii
Brute Maternal Affection.

A writer on natural history complains
ina men are prone to regard mascu-
line courage in defense of others as a
virtue purely human. In reality self
sacrifice for the female sex or for the
young is part OF the scheme of nature.
and every male thing is strong and
splendid In appearance because he is
the descendant of those who have
proudly held and guarded 1.-THE priyi.
lege OF DEATH Another writer tells a
story which illustrates this point. Two
entomologists, hunting at night. clam
bered over a gate with their swinging
lanterns and found themselves in a field
filled with sheep. The result of their
coming was panic and a furious stam-
pede. The sheep charged heller SHELTER
away from the lanterns and huddled to-
gether at the far end of the field. But
was a ram among them, and as
the flock scurried away this creature
stood firm, covering the retreat. Then.
steadily and majestically, the huge ram
advanced with lowered head toward
the mysterious lights and pressed them
back to the gate. This is ONLY one
graphic story of many that might be
told of masculine courage throughout
nature. Man has some virtues which
animals, so far as we can Judge. know
nothing about: but heroism-the pride
of affording protection to the weak !
and daring death for the security of
the fock-is not a human attribute
any more than is maternal af.
lection. |
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-27
CARR YlNG MONEY.
xAe Wide Difference There IL In Men
In This Particular.

4EE An THIS t~Oft1Cul0T.
did you notice. said a man to 8
friend with whom he was dining
''that young fellow at the next table
who just left? He reminded me of the
Inference there is in people when il
comes to carrying money. That youth
had a roll Of bills as big as his arm,
and he wanted everybody to see them,
although he made believe to hide them.
They We're mostly ones and fves. His
0heck was 40 cents, but he paid with
i've. Then when he ordered a cigar
out came the accumulation of a life
time again, and he handed the waiter
another five. Ii he has his shoes shined
he'll break a five dollar bill and keep on
until he has nothing but ones and
twOs. He likes to give folks the i'm
preston that his capital is
although it isn't, Judging from his ap-
pearance. Then there's the man who
always has $500 or 5000 in his pocket,
but it's In an inside pocket and it's in
big denominations-tifties and hun
dreds. He seldom shows any real
money. He has small bills handy for
ordinary use, but he doesn't mean to be
caught. IT there's an argument with
q bet in it he can put up on the spot.
And a good many men don't carry
enough. money to scrape through the
day. You'll find millionaires who have
to turn themselves inside out to settle
for a a fare. Some lug what | call
money in every pocket. It's
twisted and deformed and out of
shape that you can't count it unless
you smooth it over with a hot tlatiron.
Others fold their money neatly. There
are all kinds, but as a rule the chap
who pulls out a bloated collection of dol
Lar bills is carrying every penny he has
In the world and a good deal more than
hell have many hours unless he's care
ful."-Providence Journal.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-27
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
How MarcOni Received His First
Transatlantic Message.

One cold December day in 1901 Gu
glleimo Marconi sat still in a room il
the government building at Signal hill
st. Johns, n. t., with a telephone re
ceiver at his ear and his eve on the
clock that licked loudly near by. Over
head flew his kite bearing his receiv.
Ing wire. 1t was 1890 o'clock on the
American side of the ocean. and Mar
conf had ordered his operator in farotf
Poldhu. 1000 watery miles away, to
begin signaling the letter S-three dots
of the Morse code, three flashes of the
Dlulsh sparks-at< that corresponding
hour. For six years he had been look
Ing forward to and working for that
moment. the final test of all his eff
fort and the beginning of a new tri-
umph. He sat waiting to hear three
small sounds, the br-br-br of the Morse
code 5, humming on the diaphragm of
his receiver. the signature of the ether
waves that had travelled 1000 miles to
his listening ear. AS the hands of the
clock. whose ticking alone broke the
stiffness of the room, reached thirty
MlLules past Il the fecelVer at the
inventors ear began to hum, br-br-br,
as distinctly as the sharp rap of a pen.
Gil on a table. The unmistakable note
of the ether vibrations sounded i'm tie
telephone receiver. The telephone re
was used instead of the usual
recorder on account Of it's superior ser
Transatlantic wireless t%elegraphy was
accomplished f~act.-From 'Stories
OF Inventors" by Russell Doubleday. /.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-27
ORIGIN OF PARISHES.
They Were Founded In 86S by the
Archbishop Of Canterbury,

~ d"
Theodore. archbishop of Canterbury
In 66S, is regarded as the founder of
the parochial system. Parishes were
originally measured by and made to
follow the lines of existing townships,
a parish being. in short. the township
In it's ecclesiastical character. Where
a township was too small to require
or to support a separate church and
priest two OR more townships We're
united to form one parish.
In other cases the clergy of immortal
churches built by the mobiles had no
Jurisdiction owe a parish extending to
the limits of their lords estate. Thus
no legislative act was needed, and par
1shes were mapped out gradually. as
he multiplication of churches and cler-
gy. which Theodore did so much to eff
feet, made it desirable to define clearly
the areas within which the clergy had
to work. 1t was not till long after
Theodore's death-Green saws about
the middle of the eighth century-that
this division Of the country into par
1sbes was completed. - London Tele-
graph.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-27
The Folly nf Reffinr

Lord Brampton, better known as Sill
Henry Hawkins. the great English
criminal lawyer, Judge and sportsman
in his "reminiscences. in telling of what
Hill. n of tie "characters' of latter
sails, gave him this piece of advice as
a youth:
Mr. Hawkins. l see you come here
pretty regularly on Sunday afternoons.
but | advise You not to speculate
among us. for if yoa do we shall beat
you. We know Il business Meter
h y"n do. ana You'll gat nothing ont
OF us amy more item we should get ont
OF you if we woe II = tn Gabble in
your law. for you know that business
better than we do" d.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-27
The Tarantnin.

Tarantulas are plentiful in the rough
broken country in the southern part of
CaL1ornla. They are repulsive looking
creatures. with fat, hairy bodies, over
Plentiful wiry legs and cruel poison
mandlbles. They stay in their bur-
rows during the dry season, but as
soon as the rains begin they sally forth.
Ihe tarantula constructs a very skill.
Iui burrow and nest in the ground. 1t
mas a v so nicely fitted that it can
scarcely be detected from the surround
ing soil. The cover opens and shuts
upon a hinge, and on the inside are
holes. into which the occupant thrusts
MS mandibles and thus 'holds his fort"
against intruders.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-27
Colchester. THANKSGIVING Pies.

Many funny stories are told Of the
early Thanksgiving days. The town of
colchester, for instance, calmly ignored
the day appointed by the governor and
held its own Thanksgiving a week lat
er, when the sloop from New York
bringing a hogshead of molasses for
pies a arrived. In Revolutionary
times Thanksgiving was not forgotten,
The council of Massachusetts econ
mended that Nov. 16, 1776, be set aside
Tor Acknowledgements for mercies en-
1oyed." In the next year Samuel Ad-
ans recommended a form Of Thanks
giving proclamation to the Continental
congress.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-27
Escaped the "Might Have Been

Escaped the ''Might Have Been.o
YES said the gentle optimist, 81
confess l an superstitious enough to
wear a lucky stone"
And do you really think it gives you
luck?"
"Oh, l am quite sure of it."
Did you have it with you yester-
day."
"Certainly."
And in spite of it you lost a five dol
lar gold piece, tore your coat by catch
ing it on a nail, sprained your ankle
and failed to close the business deal of
which you expected so much.'
"True," replied the gentle optimist,
but think of what might have hap
pened to me if l hadn't had my lucky
York Press.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-27
Exiated.

A number of lawyers were excharx-
ing stories of their experiences with
illnesses under examination. One of
the parties told the following: He was
questioning a witness and said: you
nave lived in New York a number of
years. How long?" "Just twenty-five
years. Where did you live before
that time" asked the lawyer, hoping
70 prove an important point. 81 didn't
i've" replied the witness. Il was sin
gle!!"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-27
Apple Eating.

A good ripe raw apple is one of the
easiest substances for the stomach to
manage. and while the apple is worth
more as a health giver in it's natural
state it is also exceedingly wholesome
cooked. Apple sauce eaten with pork
assists in the digestion Of the meat.
ard many persons who cannot eat pork
without discomfort can do so if accom-.
panied with plenty of well cooked ap-
pie not too sweet.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-27

George ~. from Tire time he was q
young man constantly carried Il peck
etbook. into which be tli"1st bank
notes. letters. trinkets a"l keepsakes.
AS soon as tie pocketbook became fall
he used to put it away and substitute
for 1T a new one. This when filled was
laid aside and replaced i'm like manner
When the kin" died it devolved on the
Duke of Wellington to examine the
monarch's effects. and he discovered
an entire chest of drawers filled with
TAT pocketbooks. which contained not
less than $4,000.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-27
Business Is Business.

I Aunt Jane-Did Mr.. Sweeser %
last evening? Carrie-How did Won
happen to guess it? Yes, and I'm going
20 take out a policy for 1000. Aunt
mercy's sake, what do Won
mean! Carrie-Well, YOU see. he be.
gan to make love to me. but the chance
70 get a new applicant was 50 strong
he couldn't resist. He's a life insur-
ance solicitor. you know. = Boston
Transcript.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-27
A HUSBAND.
\ Bold and Dashing Lady Was til,
Mother of Bruce,

AAN Auuy "GS tnG
Mother OF Robert Bruce,
Many a marriage suggests to an ir.
reverent curiosity the question, did
the Woman propose it," But one sell
dom finds actual historic proof that she
did A recent delightful book Oh Scot
iand has an interesting and apparently
authentic story OF a case where the wo-
man not only took the initiative, but
took it in a high handed fashion.
The young Countess of Carrick was
left a widow by the death of her hus-
band while On one of the crusades.
The king became her guardian, and she
had good reason to fear that he would
Iorce upon her a marriage of policy.
She was a famous horsewoman and
often rode for a day through her own
forest, attended only by a small mount
ed guard. One day she encountered a
young man to whom she was at once
much attracted. She asked him to re-
turn with her to her castle, but he had
some gallant adventure already in
hand and ungraciously declined the in
vitation.
At a word from her her men-at-arms
made him a prisoner and bore him eff
to Turnberry castle.
1--we weeks Imprisonment brought
him to a proper sense of the charms of
his fair hostess. and knight and lady
We're welded with the reluctant CON
sent of the king.
The son of this romantic marriage
was Robert Bruce. whose splendid
patriotism and brave deeds are well
ntted to Justify his mothers coura-
geous audacity.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-27
Not a Bit Like a Cat.

Lady Nisitor-Your little girl seems
70 De very much taken with me, Mrs.
stepsWell. Mrs. s'tepswell-Yes, and
she doesn't often t" Ike to strangers. You
thlnk Mrs. kippur is real nice, don't
you, Agnes! Agnes-You said she was
a cat. mamma. t she doesn't look a
DIT like one.-EXcl.ange.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-27
Wouldn't Be Diverted.

Miss Kremey Gin bookstore)-Have
you Moore's poems? Clerk-Yes, miss;
vi get 'em for you. By the way, here's
a splendid story called 'Just One Kiss
Miss Kremey (coldly)-I want Moore
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-27
Paying Trials.

"as2spE-Jones is very wealthy, bat
ne says his life is full of trials, Wages
by Yes; that's, what makes him
wealthy. How SOP Hes a law
yer."-Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-27
The Judge at Repartee.

ibid you ever try any of our whisky.
Judge? asked the dealer.
NO replied the Judge, "but l tried
. man today who had."-Judge.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-27
Unsafe Depository.

TITS odd in what peculiar places PEG.
pie put their money and then lose it."
Eyes, I once put some of mine on a
horse. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-27

More Information Needed.
Ward-What do you think of a man
VINO sells his vote? Street-Which s,d.,
Old ne sell it to?-Boston Transcript
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-27

IN Yncatan there are no fewer than
Fetxty-two ruined, and abandoned cities.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-17
THE FLOWER SHOW.

The first public opening of the Wom-
ans Club this season, and a most at
tractive event, was the flower show
held in its pretty new rooms on Liberty
street yesterday. The flowers were ex-
quisite, and their arrangement most
artistic, the vista of the rooms as one
entered being charming. A few hand
some sword ferns were banked on the
stairs that led to the rooms above, and
on a small table in the hall stood a
vase of deep-colored chrysanthemuns
from Mrs. Raymond M. Demere's gar
den.
Entering the drawing rooms, at the
right, against the windows, was a mag
niticent group of chrysanthemums from
VOLTS conservatories. There was a
half circle of pink, white and yellow
chrysanthemums, of enormous size and
great beauty, each plant bearing many
perfect flowers. Just In front of them,
outlined against their bright color,
stood a tall vase filled with several
dozen American Beauties. There were
several small palms and a pot OF red
chrysanthemums, and, besides the pot
ted plants, a great earthenware Jar
filled with single white yellow and pink
chrysanthemums Of extraordinary size
and perfection. Smaller vases Of the
flowers stood on the mantel. VOLTS
collection was the largest In the rooms
and unusually beautiful.
One OF the most admired pieces
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-17

among it was d cluster of carnations.
palest pink and palest yellow, that
stood on small stand near the door.
Further down the rooms was his most
remarkable exhibit and one of his most
beautiful, a single chrysanthemum
plant, bearing forty or more open
blooms, quite large, and of an exquisite
shade of deep pink.
The prettiest private exhibit was that
of Mrs. Raymond M. Demere. which
embraced fifteen chrysanthemum
plants, with flowers of unusual size and
color. These were grouped in a corner
to the left of the mantel, and vases of
cut blossoms stood on the mantel in the
first room and on cabinets in the other
two rooms. They were yellow, white.
and deep pink in color, and one large
plant bore blossoms whose petals were
deep red inside and yellow outside.
Two or three dozen American Beau
ties were sent by Mr.. Shotter from
Greenwich House gardens. These stood
on mantel in the second rooms and
were much admired.
A very beautiful exhibit of roses,
Towering plants and small palms was
made by Oelschig. The first of these
were seen on entering, to the left of the
door, where stood a low reed table filled
with pink Towering bagonlas, and fol-
iage plants. The greater part of the
exhibit was, however, in the rear room.
Palms and other fine tropical plants,
about fifteen in all. were grouped in
the most part, in d corner near the
window, and near them was a table of
fragrant roses. There was a tall vase
of American Beauties, d vase of la
France roses. one of white nephetos
roses, and one of delicate pink brides
maids roses and white roses together
A bowl of pink and white sweetpea.5
was on the mantel. This collection,
while less snowy than the chrysanthe-
NUNS, was very beautiful and greatly
admired.
Opening out of this room was the tea
room, of which through the doorway
there was charming glimpse Even
here, there were yellow chrysanthe-
NUNS on the mantel, these from Mrs.
Demere's collection. An open fire burn
ed in the CRATE, making the room, with
its pretty Mission rockers and easy
chairs, a pleasant retreat. The table.
in the center was beautifully appointed.
1t was covered with an exquisite tea
cloth of linen with deep lace edge, and
a smaller piece of handsome lace lay
beneath the central vase of delicate
pink half-opened roses. These were
from OelSchig'S. There were four sim
gle silver candlesticks, each with a
silk shade in the design of a pink rose.
and many pretty accessories of silver
and cut glass. Mrs. George Cam had
charge of the tea table. Tea was
served in the afternoon by Miss Mabel
Stoddard, Miss Mary Wayne, Miss
Georgia Wayne, Miss Anna Hunter,
Miss Julia Hunter, Miss Lily LYMAN,
and Miss Edith Thiot. Receiving were
Miss M. e. johnson, Mrs. George J.
Baldwin, Mrs. Brown Caldwell, Mrs.
William Harden, Mrs. Frank B. Screw
en-, Mrs. A. A. Lawrence, Mrs. Charles
Ellis, Mrs. Edward S. Elliott, Mrs.
Henry B. Skeele, Mrs. Robert Billing
ton and Miss Meta Thomas.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-17
AN APRON SALE AND TEA.
For the Benefit of the Free Manual
Training School.

oCAAOO-f
with philanthropy so much the fash
ion this week and people already plan
ming their Christmas gifts or buying
them ahead of the holiday rush, the
afternoon tea and apron sale to-day
under the auspices of the Bishop
Beckwith Society of Christ Church is
an opportune event, and should be
most attractive. 1t will take place at
Mrs. Lawtons, beginning at o'clock,
for the benefit of the Free Manual
Training School. The object being
purely philanthropic. one and unde-
nominational. it is hoped that all Who
feel interested in it will attend.
The Free Manual Training School,
which is conducted by the Bishop
Beckwith Society in Yamacraw,
offers agreeable and educative oc-
cupation to about thirty boys
and girls. in the afternoon, after school
hours are over. The good it accom-
plishes among these young people, who
would otherwise be idle on the street,
and the pleasure 1t gives them, can
hardly be over-eslimated. Under the
direction of a trained instructress, they
learn much that is useful and inter-
esting. and the hours which would
otherwise be wasted are made profit
able, as well as delightful IL is 20
further this work that the sale will be
given this afternoon.
The many pretty forms which that
very prosaic little article, the apron.
may be made to take under deft fin
gers suggests all sorts of delightful
possibilities In an apron sale, that
should make II attractive to Christmas
shoppers, as well as to housekeepers
with autumn thoughts on the linen
closet. Sewing aprons, embroidery
aprons, frivolous bits OF lawn and lace
serving aprons, nurses aprons and the
kitchen gingham-tho varieties are
many and tempting. This. In addition
10 the satisfaction OF helping a good
cause, should be sufficient reason 10
make the entertainment a success.