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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-19

A MODERN LAWYER.
The Enormous Amount Of Work He
Gets Through Daily.

the Enormous Amount of Work He
Gets Through Daily.
know, says a writer in the Worlds
Work, a prominent New York cor.
poration lawyer who is out Of bed at :
O'Clock In the morning and after taking
exercise is ready for breakfast ut G:3O.
He is at his Office in Wall stree at 8
O'Clock. Els secretary and his stenog-
rapher await him. Dictation begins at
Once Of the rough outline of a brief to
be prepared. He follows this with die
tating memoranda for his clerks, speci-
flying certain questions of law and of
fact which he desires looked into dur
ing the day.
At 8 o'clock he reads and nswer
important letters which his secretary
has sorted out for his attention. At
$50 he is ready for consultations with
clients. From that time until 4 or 5
O'Clock in the afternoon he is in con-
tinuous attendance, either before courts
generally of appellate jurisdiction), at
meetings of boards of directors or in
consultation.
At perhaps 4:30 o'clock the lawyer is
ready to receive reports from his
clerks. They are required to report
solely upon the point intrusted to them.
Little or nothing is left to their judg-
ment or discretion. It is merely de-
sired to know what the law and the
cases are upon some particular point.
They are expected to report accurately,
toncisely and quickly. This miscel-
l~aneous work continues until perhaps
$50 o'clock, when the days labor
downtown is at an end.
Some lawyers even make use of the
time consumed in going home. During
the summer months William Nelson
Cromwell spends his nights on the
New Jersey coast. He goes down by
boat each afternoon, but a large state
room on that vessel is equipped with
desk and typewriter and stenographer,
that full use may be made of the pre-
ciOus hour devoted to the trip. During
the winter he will probably be ready
for dinner at 7:3O o'clock. An Office
boy has gone ahead of him, carrying a
green bag full Of books and papers
which are to be considered during the
evening.
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NEW SHORT STORIE
No such Word.

$780,. 49, SNNAA
The talk about Sir Henry Irving's
retirement from the stage reminds me
to tell of an incident of his first visit to
Chicago. Slason Thompson and 1 at
tended the performance Of "Richelieu.'
Just in front Of lie sat a mar who in
his enthusiastic admiration of both the
play and the player became somewhat
OF q nuisance by reason Of his frequent
commendatory remarks.
"What a beautiful thought" he
would exclaim to the woman beside
him, or. isn't that wonderful acting? p
When Irving uttered the lines, .'In
the lexicon Of youth, which fate re-
serves for a bright manhood, there is
no such word as fall" he drew the last
word out to an almost ridiculous
length.
"Ah" sighed our enthusiastic neigh
Dor. "How true! How true!!"
$50 1t is" said Thompson to me. "In
the lexicon Of youth and, l might add,
In all the lexicons from johnson to
Webster and Worcester there is no
such word as 'fa-a-a-a-a-ail.'"
The enthusiastic %interrupter didn't
peep again during the performance
Brooklyn Eagle.
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Wanted Il to show,

John 8. Sargent while he was paint
ing the portrait Of James Whitcomb
Riley in Philadelphia narrated some Of
the vicissitudes of a portrait painters
life. "Once, I remember" he said, II
did a half length Of a rich Londoner.
The man was a coarse, high colored
type. He made rather a good subject.
When the portrait was done he stood
OF and studied it very closely. 'Well?'
said I. Well said he, it's excellent,
only he added, you have left out one
very essential feature Excuse me,
but I faltered, 4 thought you wouldn't
care to have the-er-er-wart repro
duced.' Hang it, he said, I'm talking
about the diamond pin, not the wartl' I"
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Punishment by Proxy,

School Superintendent Maxwell often
hears funny tales of woe from his
corps of teachers, ana this is the latest:
An east side mother brought her little
son for his first time to school last
winter and said to the teacher. This
boy O. mine is very delicate, as he Is
afther a fit of harmonic on the loongs,
but if he does anything bould, an ]
know he will, bate the wan next to
aim, an twill frighten him."-New
FORK Times.
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had been discussion about the wisdom
of appropriating a lump sum annually
for keeping the sidewalks and streets
Of Washington free from snow and
ice. MI. Allison was drawn into the
discussion.
"Snow has been falling on the streets
and sidewalks of Washington for many
years past" observed Mr.. Allison.
"And will for many years to come"
interposed Senator Spooner.
"As to that" rejoined Senator Alli-
son, Il will not prophesy."-Washing-
ton Post.
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Their Industry,

TmS1F In0UStrye
Visitor lat Put-in-Bay)-What do you
do out here all summer?
Native-Loaf and fish.
visitor-And what do you do in the
winter?
Native-We don't fish.-Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune.
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Johnnie. Criticism.

"say, pa" queried little Johnny
Bu~mpernickle, "are you a self made
man"
Eyes. my boy, and I'm proud Of it.
replied the old man.
"But, pa" continued the inquisitive
youngster, ''why didn't you use a look
ing glass ?"-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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same % with u.

She-The spider mothers remember
their offspring after an absence of
twenty hours. but forget them when a
full day has elapsed.
He-Then the spider mothers must
know what it is to have spider lapdogs.
I suppose.-Yonkers Statesman.
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The senator wouldn,t Prophecy.

The Senator Wouldn't Prophesy.
Senator Allison's wariness Of direct
statements is proverbial among public
men in Washington. The anecdote
about a friend winning a wager Of a
cigar from an Iowan that the senator
would not state in SO many words that
a flock Of sheep approaching had been
sheared has become familiar.
"They seem to be sheared on this
side" the senator is quoted as having
said.
Recently in the senate this anecdote
was duplicated after a fashion. There
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sumcient to the Day.

"I'm told you play golf on the Sab
BATH" said the Rev. Goodman sternly.
EYES," replied Miss Kute, but on
that day l only s the sticks l won
at our church al r."-Philadelphia
Press.
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His Reeempense,

a popular physician was much
pleased with certain aerated wa
ter and by his s.ssiduous recon-
mendation procured. for it celebri-
ty it justly deserved. The doctor
acted solely in the interest of hu-
manity generally and expected no
return.
To his surprise there came one
morning an etfusive letter from the
company, stating that his recon-
mendations had done them 80 much
good that they chad ventured to
send him a hundred"- Here the
page came to an end.
"This will never do," said the
doctor. cit is very kind, but I
couldn't think of accepting any
thing" Here he turned the page
and found the sentence ran:
"Of our circulars for distribu-
ton"
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Wise Man OF che Trolley.

EYES," said the conductor as he
gave the motorman the double ring,
81 can tell what day Of the week It
is by the size of money these young
fellows have. Now, there is that
kid in front just gave me five dol
lar note and made me hustle for
change. That's his salary. He'll
be walking downtown next Friday
morning. That young woman there
who just gave me dollar. bill had
to look through a pocketbook full
OF samples on Saturday morning to
find nickel"
etBut this is Monday" remarked
the obseryant patron, "and I saw a
man give you S cents just now. How
do you account for that ?''
ooh, that's easy," said the knight
Of the, cord. He's married. Bal
5timore News.
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Dedaina q Duke.

One time the aged Duke of Sa-
voy, king of Cyprus and Jerusalem,
was in love with the beautiful young
Nine. de Valentinois, who had an
estate at Monaco. Says the remi-
niscences of Nine. de Crequy: tsHe
often came to Monaco without
sound of trumpet or drum 80 as to
give her an agreeable surprise. Mime.
de Valentinois did not care in the
least for her neighbor, who, more
over, was q septuagenarian and
humpbacked like q sack of nuts. In
order to put stop to his visits she
used to have his movements watch
ed, and directly he passed her from
tier he was saluted from all her
batteries. Twenty-one guns was the
precise number, sufficient to pro-
claim for miles around that his
grace was taking an outing"
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A Sarcastic Mi1lster.

Once young preacher in Scot
land who had charge of mission
station with small salary was ap-
pointed to the chaplaincy Of jail.
On the Sunday previous to leaving
his charge and before he began
his sermon be announced the fact
and said that he had three rea-
sons for his departure. "In the
first place." he said, 81 leave you be-
cause you do not love God, for very
few of you come regularly to
church. In the second place, you
do not love one another, FOR there
have been no marriages among you
during the three years I have been
your minister, and in the third place
you do not love me, for you con-
tribute very little to the small in
come l get. I have nothing more
to say on this subject. You will
find my text in the fourteenth chap
ter of st. Johns gospel, second
verse, I 60 to prepare place for
you.'"
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A BRETON LEGEND.
Huge Granite Bowlders In Which Arc
Imprisoned Pagan Souls.

imprisoned Pagan Souls.
Over all the valley Of Plouna-
mach, most thickly along its sea
edge, huge strange shaped powders
of red granite are scattered singly
OF are heaped up in wonderfully
balanced mounds. The mere geolo-
gist will tell you that these rounded
rocks have been dropped by gla-
cier and that the valley is the site
OF terminal moraine. ANY we'll
uneducated Breton Of course knows
that this explanation is all non
sense. Ny driver, being checred by
his pilgrim draft, gave me the more
satisfying information that in every
one of these scattered powders is
imprisoned pagan soul; that thus
are held fast until the day of judg-
ment the Bretons who rejected the
blessed teachings of Christianity
and who paid for their stiff nccked
SHINING by being cast into stone.
Once "a year the enchantment is
lifted. Then the accursed ones. re-
sumo their human forms and 90
down to the sea to drink-to drink
long and deeply, that they may lay
in q supply of deliciously cold salt
water that will ease them through
their coming twelvemonth of tor
ment in Internal fires. On the night
of that great drinking it is we'll for
all good Christians to bide at home
behind barred doors. At cock crow
the accursed ones come back from
their sea cooling to the places where
they belong, changing from men
and women into rocks again as they
surge onward, and surely crushing
any spying mortal in their way.
Only one escape is recorded from
the charge of that fearsome compa-
ny, that Of poor good man who in
charity had carved on one of the en-
chanted rocks the blessed Cross. In
gratitude for that loving act the
Cross marked bowlder, q monstrous
misshapen mass, a human form
partly merged again into rough
stone, halted before the poor good
man who had sought to comfort it
and so protected him until the evil
host, dividing, had passed on, and
he was saved. Then the grateful
one, carefully skirting him as he
Ley on the ground in fainting terror,
went on also to its place.-Thomas
A. Janvier in Harper's Magazine.
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EATING AND DRINKING.
Results of an Excess of Food and the
Effects of Fasting.

Effeets of Fasting.
Every living body requires
quantity of food that is commen-
surate with the tissues it consumes
in the performance of its functions.
When nourishment is withheld, the
body is forced to subsist on its own
tissues. The fat is first appropriate
ed, then the muscles and other
structures. The emaciation and loss
Of strength are so rapid that life has
rarely been maintained longer than
ten days when neither food nor
drink was taken. If, however, an
abundance of water is drunk, the
wasting is greatly retarded, and life
can be supported for a much longer
time, provided that the body be
kept at complete rest. Thus re-
stricted, fasting is often 2 valuable
adjunct to other measures in the
treatment of disease. A limitation
OF the diet is more frequently re.
sorted to than an entire withdrawal
of nourishment.
Restriction of diet is often valua.
bic also as means Of preventing
illness. Most persons not employed
In manual labor eat more than is
requisite for their support. Overeat-
ing seldom yields an increase OF
nutrition. The excess of food, on
the contrary, imposes burden
upon the liver, kidneys and other
organs whose Office is to free the
blood of effete matter. When this
burden becomes excessive, illness is
induced. Headache, 10, 9 of appe-
tite, lassitude and all other symp-
toms commonly assembled under
the term sebiliousness" are the usual
manifestations of it. The accumu-
lation of poisons is further favored
by neglect Of drink, when too little
water is taken into the system to
maintain the secretions and carry
off the waste.
The waste products which result
from an overindulgence in meat are
more acutely poisonous than those
from vegetables. They belong to
the uric acid group of poisonous
substances, which are regarded as
particularly active in the produc-
ton Of gout, rheumatism and neu-
ralgia, or if the quantity of ami
NAL food taken be so excessive and
remain SO long in the intestines as
to undergo decomposition through
the action Of bacteria, ptomaine
poisoning is produced, and it may
be so severe as to be distinguished
with difficulty from typhoid fever.
In the less severe cases relief is
promptly secured by abstaining
from meat for few days, fastening
the removal of the toxic matter by
the drinking of as much pure water
as the stomach will tolerate or by
means Of laxative mineral water.
Muscular exercise and bathing are
also advantageous for prevention.-
Youths Companion.
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usina Milk.

The proper use of milk is little
understood. Thousands Of people
drink a glass of milk without re-
moving the receptacle from their
lips. No sooner does this mass of
milk reach the stomach than the
gastric juices curdle it and form
masses of hard, tough and impene-
-trable curd. If the digestion is suf-
ficiently vigorous, it may be taken
care of, but few have such a diges.
tion. If the milk were taken slow
", at the same time piece of bread
being eaten, it would be finely di-
vided, the curd would be broken up
and the processes of digestion would
proceed rapidly. Hence it becomes
an evident rule that milk should
never be drunk rapidly in any con-
siderable quantity. It should be
slowly slipped OF taken with spoon
or in connection with bread or some
dry cereal.
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THE BARBER'S SIGNAL.
q Little Light Conversation That Con.
tains q Hidden Meaning.

1t is hardly probable that the
BARRIERS union has any set rules
governing the acceptance of tips by
IT'S members, but it is a certainty
that in some shops the tonsorial
artists have q code Of signals for
mutual welfare. This was illustrat-
ed in one of the best patronized
shops in that section of Broadway
known as "The Great White Light
District" a few years ago.
a customer of an inquiring turn
of mind, who was undergoing the
whole tonsorial process, from hair
cut to shampoo, was greatly puzzled
at the conversation exchanged be-
tween the BARRIERS. The monotony
of the phrases seemed to indicate
that there was some hidden mean
ing behind them.
"Seen Jim today?" one barber
would ask.
"No. How's he looking?"
"Oh, pretty fair"
Sometimes the answer would
vary. Jim was looking "pretty fair"
or "out of signt" or mighty badly"
"Nes, it's sort of signal that we
exchange" admitted the man at the
first chair. "You see, there are reg
ular customers who generally wait
for their own particular barber to
shave them. Sometimes they are in
hurry and take the first man that
happens to be idle. That man does
not know whether to throw in few
extra frills or whether he would be
wasting his time-a tip, you know
SO he asks the man who is in the
habit. Of shaving the customer,
'How's Jim?' The answer guides
him in his treatment of the man
under the razor. Pretty fair means
Q small tip. 'Out of sight means
put in all the extras you cam
Mighty badly signifies that the
customer never tips, so don't waste
any time on him." - New York
Press,
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Needed All the Water.

in little bayou SO near the beach
that the low tide rose and fell on
the overgrown banks a 'flat bot
tom," padded by an old darky, was
shelved on a mud bank. The mud
was too deep for him to get out and
push, and his maneuvers with the
paddle were proving less and less
effectual.
In his evaporation he saw wo-
man STOPPING down at the landing
some yards above to fill her pail
from the stream.
sect out O datp he called out
angrily. "Ef we takes a drop outen
dis yere bayou till I gifts afoat ag'in,
I'll mex we pay fer it eff I hev ter
wade asho' ter do it'll"
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Tho Honnnc Bird,

The hoopoo is essentially bird
Of the desert. A pretty tradition
regarding the crest upon this birds
head tells that the crest was a gift
from King Solomon in gratitude for
shelter from the midday sun provid-
ed by fight Of hoopoos. The first
decoration was crown of gold, but
as this brought unwelcome atten-
tions from fowlers the monarch
changed the crown to a crest Of
feathers. The characteristic note
Of the hoopoo is produced as fol-
lows: The bird swallows as much air
as possible and then taps its beak
upon the ground. The escaping ai1
produces the "hoo-hoo-hoo" which
has earned for the bird its popula,
name.
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Tho Jan Fon.

In Japan the use Of the fan wae
general from the sixth century to
comparatively recent days, when
every person, from the mikado on
his throne even down TO the school
children, welded fan Of special
design, according to rank, profes.
sion or social standing. Lovers were
wont to exchange fans as tokens of
fidelity. The fan is still used by
umpires in wrestling and other
matches to give emphasis to their
decisions, much as the auctioneers
hammer in this country clinches a
bargain with a buyer.
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The house fy, with total life Of
about ten days, develops'in these per-
periods: Egg from laying to Matching,
one-third OF day, Matching Of larva
TO first moul.. one day; second mouit
TO pupation, three days; pupation to
Issuing Of the adult, Eve days.
- When q man drowns HE troubles
in drink he always browns what little
common sense he has also. *
" ~ The Lord hasn't time. TO help a
man who is too lasy 70 help himself. !
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- A process Of preserving meat has
been recently patented which consists
Of hanging .he mes. Or 60 s!eotrods IL
o preservative eoln.!es, IL which is
also hung The electrode Of opposite po-
larity. A current Of electricity is
then passed from one electrode to the
other through the solution and also
through the meat.
- In some cases it appears that
silence is silvern aud that speech 10
golden.
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ILLINOIS CENTRAL r. r.
DIRECT ROUTE TO THE
ST. Louis EXPOSITION.

Two Trains daily, in connection
with ~. & A. r. r. and N. G. g. ST..
l.. Ry from Atlanta. Leave Atlanta
1925 a. m. and arrive St. Louis 7:O8
a. M. F; leave Atlanta $3.50 p. m. and
arrive St. Louis 1856 y. m,
Through Sleeping Cars from Geor-
gia, Florida and Tennessee.
Route of the famous Dixie Flyer.
Carrying the only morning sleeping
car from Atlanta to st. Louis. This
car leaves Jacksonville daily at sos
p m, Atlanta S:25 m, giving you the
entire day il ST. Louis to get located.
For rates from your city, Worlds
Fair Guide Book and schedules, sleep.
ing car reservations, also for book
showing hotels, boarding houses, quot
ing their rates, write to
FRED, D. MILLER,
Travelling Passenger Agent,
No. / N. Pryor ST., Atlanta, Ga.
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Aa tho Romans Did.

"Paw," asked the inquisitive kid,
"when you were in Rome that time
did you do as the Romans do?"
II suppose SO, my son."
Well, then, all I've got to say,
paw" chuckled the lad, who evil
IDENTIFY had before his minds eye the
wrong set of pictures, els that you
must have looked mighty funny 60
ing around in broad daylight wear
ing nothing much but a long tailed
shirt and Roman nose."- New
York Tribune.
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A Financial Manager.

Mrs. Peterby is woman with a
head for business.
Gust see here. I have bought a
beautiful rocking chair at auction
worth So and only paid So for it.
So, you, see, I have 81 clear profit.
Don't tell me after this that the
women have no business sense"
'Do you need the rocking chair ?''
asked Mr.. Peterby.
"No."
t.Then what did you buy it for?'
"To save money of course. How
could i have saved 81 if I hadn't
bought it, stupid?"
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A Useful Medal.

Tess - 1t was Maud Singleton,
wasn't it, who won the gold medal
for her graduation essay on "Wo-
mans Right to Public Office" last
year?
Jess-Gracious! Not last year.
It was two years ago at least.
Tess-Are you sure?
Jess-Positiye, because I saw her
baby cutting his teeth on that medal
the other day.-Philadelphia Press.
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The Diminutive.

Bertie-Pa, a little stream is a
streamlet, isn't it.?
M .PaYes, BERTHE.
Bertie-Well, pa, is outlet lit.
tie cut and hamlet a little ham
and gimlet a little gim and a
pamphlet a little pamph?
aOh, go away, Bertie! / want
q little quiet.
BERTHE Well, why didn't you sa,
you wanted a quietlet2
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Satisfactory Reason.

Give Just been making my will.
/ have bequeathed everything I pos
sess to my wife,"
"Then you did it in about ten
words"
''Not at all. The lawyer who
drew it up for me used four sheets
of paper"
"What did he charge your"
Give dollars"
"Then he's an honest lawyer. He
wanted to make the service worth
the fee" Chicago Tribune.
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Sepa,a s ing and becoming recon
oiled isnss s patch q; the problem OH
not sep psrating and beconaipg reconssSi
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Botanic Blood Balm CB.B.B.1is
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years. Composed Of Pure Botanic Ingredients.
Strengthens Veal. Kidneys and Stomachs. cures
dyspepsia. Sold by all Druggists, 81. Per Large
Bottle with complete direction home cure SAM ,o
sent Free by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta Ga.
describe your trouble. and speclai free medic advice
70 suit your case, will bo sent ip sealed letter,
Evans PRaaHsmRa