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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-25

The Yorkshireman's Coat Of Arms.
Allow me to submit to you the York
shireman's coat of arms as it was CIV
en- to me many years ago by a York
shireman. 1t runs thus: A flea, a fly, a
magpie and a fitch of bacon-a flea,
because he will bite his best friend; a
fly, because he will drink from any
body's cup; a magpie, because he will
chatter with anybody; a fitch Of ba-
con, because he is no good until he is
hung.-London Spectator.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-25
YAMATo DAMAsHlI.
what It In and Where 1t Finds It's
Highest Development In Japan.

what It In and Where 1t Finds Its
Highest Development In Japan.
The ancestor worship Of the Japa-
nese is no superstition. 1t is the great
essential fact of their lives. western
people easily make fun Of it." says one
of their writer's, "but therein lies the
philosophy Of our patriotism" 1t was
of this feeling that Lafcadio Hearn
wrote: ut is probably the most pro-
found and powerful of the emotions Of
the race, that which especially directs
national life and shapes national char
acter. Patriotism belongs to it. Loyal
ty is based upon it. The soldier who to
make a path for his comrades through
the battle deliberately filings away his
life obeys the will and hears the ap-
prevail of invisible witnesses"
This is Yamato Damashii (the soul of
Japan). 1t found its highest develop
ment in the lives of the military
knights, the samurai of feudal days,
whose code of precepts formed the Blu
shido, SO cleverly %expounded by DR.. Nj
trobe. Since the beginning of the pres
ent war there have been many expla-
nations of the remarkable japanese
successes, but more than ever before it
has been shown to be 1.-THE spirit that
Q~uickeneth" which has "won the bat
ties on the Yalu, in Korea and Manchu-
ria," "the spirit that q%uickeneth" which
made the wonderful, long sustained at
tack on the superbly defended fortress
Of Port Arthur.
There is a widespread notion that
the Japanese soldiers are fatalists be-
cause when they join the colors in war
times they call themselves kesshitai
determined to die. But only in a re-
stricted can they be called fatal
lists. They count their lives as forfeit,
it is true, but only in the that
each mar is quite willing to die and
expects when his crisis comes to give
his life If necessary for the success of
his task. He hopes to come back, but
only as a victor. Better far his bones
bleach in a foreign land than that he
should return to his home defeated or
with his work unaccomplished. This
is the real meaning of kesshitai. 1t Is
not that the soldier is bound at any
event to throw his life away, but that
In any event where success may be &C.
complished by his effort he will win
even at the cost Of his life-he will sue
coed or die. The code Of the samurai
conceived the state as antedating the
Individual" and, 1.-THE latter being born
into the former as part and parcel
thereof, he must live and die for 1t or
for the legitimate incumbent Of its au-
thority."-Oscar King Davis in Cen
fury.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-25
A STRANGE DELUsIoN.
Why So Few Prisoners Escape Fr0l
the Andaman Islands.

why so rev PRISONERS Escape from
h Andaman Islands.
The number Of convicts who have
succeeded in making their escape from
the Andamans is comparatively small,
the natural difficulties of almost i'm
penetrable jungle with which the is
lands i densely covered and the wide
stretch Of sea separating them from
the Indian or Burman mainland pre-
senting almost insurmountable obsta-
cles to the enterprising runaway.
Among a large number Of the con-
victs there is a curious belief preva-
lent that the Andamans are in reality
a part of the mainland of India, the
long e voyage being merely a ruse
on the part of the sirkar, which en-
deavOrs to deceive them as to the real
position Of the settlement by making
the ship that brings them go round in
a circle for several days before landing
them IN the harbor Of Port Blair.
Many Of them accordingly are firmly
convinced that II they can only sue
coed in making their way through the
belt of jungle that hedges them in
they must eventually find themselves
back In their OWL country, and not
even the disastrous fate Of the mis-
guided few who from time to time
make the attempt only to perish miser-
ably of starvation or by an Andama-
nese arrow is sufficient to discourage
them or to destroy their faith in this
astonishing Observation-Disclosures Mail.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-25
PoiAsa FOR Cholera yicttn..

Poihsu For Cholera victins.
"Some years ago I found myself In
the city Of Buenos Ayres at a time
when the cholera was raging in that
capital" said a traveller.
1T happened that as l walked along
q public thoroughfare one day while
the plague was at it's height I saw a
man fall to the ground, and l sur
missed that he had been stricken with
the dread disease. Before reaching
him I noticed a policeman approach
the unfortunate and administer a
drink t. him from a bottle which I
had no doubt contained a restorative
or some kind Of medicine. At the
same time the policeman blew his
whistle for an, ambulance.
"The vehicle came very quickly, and
yet before it arrived the man was
dead, and 1t was a corpse that was
removed. l remarked to the officer
that the medicine had been Of NJ avail.
Certainly not, senor,' he answered; 1t
was not medicine / gave him, but a
deadly poison. That is the way we
have to do now to check the spread Of
the cholera. Besides, the man would
soon have died anyway.
II never experienced a deeper feeling
Of horror in my life and looked on the
policeman in the light Of a murderer.
Yet he doubtless regarded what he had
done as in the nature of a disagree
able necessity, and, politely bidding
me adios. went his way."-WashingtOn
Post.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-25
Machinery Tones.

Engineers judge of the condition Of
their machinery by the tone it gives
out while running. Every engine,
whether stationary or locomotive. has
a particular tone Of its OWL. The en-
gineer becomes accustomed to that,
and any departure from it at once ex-
cites a suspicion that all is not right.
The engineer may not know what is
the matter; he may have no a for
music, but the change in the tone Of
his machine will be at once ~perceptible
and, being instantly recognized, will
cause him to start on an immediate in
vestigation.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-25
How Patent Leather 1s Made.

Japanned leather, generally called
patent leather, was first made in Amer
lea. A smooth, glazed finish is first
given to calfskin in France. The leath-
er is curried expressly for this purpose,
and particular care is taken to keep it
al free as possible from grease. The
skins are then tackled on frames and
coated with a composition of linseed
oil and lumber in the proportion of
eighteen gallons of oil to five of UNI
Der, boiled until nearly solid and then
proper consistency. Lampblack is al
80 added when the composition is ap-
piled in order to give color and body.
From three to four coats of this are
necessary to form a substance to re-
ceive the varnish. They are laid on
with a knife Or scraper. To render
the goods soft and plant each coat
must be very light and thoroughly
dried after each application. A thin
coat is afterward applied of the same
composition of proper consistency to
be put on with a brush and with sufl-
cient lampblack boiled in 1t to make
a perfect black. When thoroughly
dry it is cut down with a scraper hav-
ing turned edges, when it Is ready to
varnish. The principal varnish used is
made of linseed oil and russian blue,
boiled to the thickness Of printers ink.
1t is reduced with spirits Of turpentine
to q suitable consistency to work with
a brush and then applied in two or
three separate coats, which are scrap
ed and pumiced until the leather is per-
fectly filled and smooth.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-25
Keeping In Touch with onesell

Keeping In Touch With Oneself.
It's good to have money and the
things that money will buy, but it's
good, too, to check up once in awhile
and make sure you haven't lost the
things that. money won't buy. When
a fellows got what he set out for In
this world he should go off into the
woods for a few weeks now and then
to make sure he's still a man and not
q plug hat and a frock coat and a wad
Of bills.-Saturday Evening Post.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-25
she Knew.

A certain old lady always knew ev-
erything before anybody else. One
day her niece saw her passing the
house and ran out to meet her. "Do
come in, aunty," she begged, land help
LIS. We are making charades."
Certainly I WILL" answered the old
lady. II knew you were making them
because I smelled them as I came
along"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-25
JAMES E. FREE, M. ..
TELEPHONE 1857 oLnNGl~lAAf
10 GRUWELL BLOCK ou~uAuy
whichs

. WhlchT
A very %loquacious lady asked a friend
what position he would give her were
she a man.
"I'd make you superintendent Of a
deaf and dumb asylum" was his re-
ply.
"WhyT'
because either the inmates would
learn to talk or you to keep SILENT
New York Times. "E "
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-25
Babies and Q

Gypsies carry their babies in old
shawls slung over their shoulders and
tied about the waist. North American
Indians carry their babies on the backs
Of squaws-cradle and all. But the
Eskimo women of Labrador carry their
babies in their boots. These boots come
up to the knee and are wide at the top,
with a dap in front. In these the little
brown babies live and are happy.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-25
Might Have Been Worse,

Biggs-Castleton was out driving
with the Widow Grasper the other
day, when the horse ran away with
him, and he's laid up in the hospital.
Griggs-Well, it might have been
worse; the widow might have run
away with him.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-25
she Got 1t.

''What do you think Of brass
bandsY' asked he, thinking of the free
concerts at the park.
BRASS bands are better than none,"
replied she, contemplatively gazing at
the third finger of her left hand, but
what's the matter with a gold bandf'
Fort Worth Record.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-25
Broken Hearted.

A lady had just lost her husband. A
gentleman living next door, on calling
to see her, found her. to his great sur-
prise, playing on the harp and said:
Dear me! expected to find you in
deep distress"
"Ah," the lady pathetically replied,
"you should have seen me yesterday"
-ArleQuin. .a.-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-25
A Pointer.

"Say, Mr.. Smartie," whispered lit
tie Tommy, slipping from behind the
portals, "for a nickel I'll slip you a
pick in the parlor tonight"
what do I want with a pick" ask
I'd Mr.. Smartie in astonishment.
"Why, I heard sister say you were
going to break the ice tonight"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-25
Mistake,

cts a mistake to marry too young"
remarked the wise guy.
"Well, at any rate, it's a mistake
that isn't often repeated" murmured
the simple mug.-Philadelphia Record.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-25

! When q man has greatness thrust
upon him he has mighty little inclina-
ton to dodge.-Puck.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-25
Accounted For.

"Young Spendem insists that he
doesn't care for money"
"Of course not. He has none to care
for."-Detroit Free Press.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-25

The same thing over again Is betts,
than nothing.--Dallas News.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-11-02
FOUR-SToRY EUCTURE At MEM.
PHIS, TENN, FALLS WITH
TERRIFIC CRASH.
MANY PEOPLE MlRACUL oUsLY ESCAPE
80 FAR AS KNOWN BUT ONE MAN
is,MlssiNG AND HE MAY BE
ALIVE IN DEBRIS.

Memphis, Tenn. Nv. with a
terrific crash the building occupied by
the Continental Savings Bank at Is
Madison street collapsed at 10 a. m.
burying a number of persons in the
wreckage So far as known only one
person, a negro saloon porter, remains
under the debris. The other victims
were quickly rescued by the fire anc
police departments. Joseph Fisher, E
tailor, who had shop in the building
is the only person known to have sus
tanned serious injuries. He was badly
bruised about the body, but will re
cover.
That many people were not killed is
almost miraculous.
The building, which was recently
detached from a similar structure. was
a four-story Office house. Excavations
had been made at the corner adjoining
and fifty workmen who were employed
there heard a peculiar cracking noise
and it was seen that the bank building
was in danger of falling. The lahore: s
Immediately sought safety and reached
the street just in tire, as the building
fell with a loud report a momen1
later. Those in the bank and offices
also heard the warning noise and
many reached the street in safety be
fore the crash came.
All of the occupants of the building
have been accounted for and the negro
saloon porter is believed to be alive in
the cellar.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-11-02
THREE ARMIES IN F|ELO
RUSSIA PLANS TO HAVE FIGHT
ING FORCE OF OVER HALF
o.. ..e- d, VIZ, .... ...
,. MILLION MEN.

st. Petersburg, Now 2.-According
to the days advices from the thealer
of war no general engagement has yet
begun. There was some skirmishing
Monday, but nothing serious. No Japa-
nese offensive has developed so far,
the official reports show, although ad-
vices from the extreme east are be-
lated. r. =, t.t$ =. :&r .
General Kaulbars, who is to succeed
General Kuropatkin in command of the
first army, has arrived here. He
passed the entire day closeted with the
general staff and with General Alex
Jeff, director Of the bureau Of opera
lions, studying the details of the cam
paign in the light OF secret dispatches
and the war office archives. Kaulbars
is Kuropatkin's personal selection. ~.
. Kaulbars' reconstructed first army
will include the First, Tenth and Sew
enteenth European corps, one corps OF
rifles and two others to be sent out.
The second army will consist of the
Eighth, Third and Sixteenth corps, one
rifle corps and two others not yet
designated. s., sz.'
ss The third army will be composed OF
six Siberian corps under General Line.
Witch. INC. IS .4,5t 1>-.
When the present plans are realized,
which will not be earlier than the
spring, Russia will have three armies,
each of six corps, altogether over $780,.
600 men, in the Far East The rifle
battalions, which are now beginning
to start for the front, will provide two
OF the corps intended for the first and
second armies. 5.fs. Y r.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-11-02
VERY WARLIKE MOVEMENTS
GIBRALTAR GARRISON MANS BAT
TERlES AND CHANNEL FLEET
CLEARS FOR ACTION.

Gibraltar, Nov. 2.-The garrison has
been modified and the artillerymen
have been ordered to take up their
positions at the different batteries Of
the rock.
The channel squadron has been Or
dered to be in readiness at an hours
notice.
At ESQ p. H. Vice Admiral Beres-
fords flagship, the battleship Caesar,
fred gun recalling all the officers of
the channel squadron on board their
respective ships.
All the ships are cleared for action.
British warships strictly patrolled
the straits all night. They intercepted
collier, the London Bridge, bound
from Barry Or Port Said, and brought
her in here at noon.
The preparations cause disquietude,
as the regular mobilization terminated
Oct 80.
All the euickfring batteries have
been manned and detachments of in
fantry have been detailed for duty on
the commercial and detached moles.
The searchlight station is being
strictly guarded.
All the British ships are now lying
at anchor, but they are all ready to
sail.
The departure of company of the
royal garrison artillery, which had been
ordered to start for Sierra Leone Nov.
., has been countermanded.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-11-02
CRISIS SEEMS TO BE ACUTE
Breach Of Agreement Is Charged In the
Sailing OF the Russian Fleet From
Vigo.

: London, Nov. 2.-London has been
bewildered all day long by alarming
reports indicating a renewal of the
Anglo Russian crisis and showing that
the utmost activity is prevailing at
Gibraltar. ,&
The first news received announcing
the sailing of the Russian squadron
from Vigo, leaving only four subor-
dinate officers to- give evidence at st.
Petersburg and then testify before the
international commission, Is consid-
cred here to be a breach Of the agree
ment and the interchange of visits be-
tween Ambassador Benckendorff and
Lord Lansdowne followed, the foreign
secretary subsequently seeing various
members of the cabinet. Il !.
Count Benckendorff at p. m. went
to Buckingham palace and spent near
ly half an hour with the king. Later
in the afternoon the ambassador again
visited Lord Lansdowne, who also re-
ceived Lord Selborne, first lord of the
admiralty; Premier Balfour, Captain
Prince Louis Of Battenberg, the di-
rector of naval intelligence, and Ad-
miral Sir John Fisher, senior lord of
the admiralty. All this renewal of
activity created apprehension in the
public mind and late in the afternoon
the Press association issued the fol
lowing: >1,&" y
Dangerously Near Acute Stage.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-11-02

1.-THE Press association has reason to
believe that the action of the Russian
admiral has again brought the Anglo
Russian crisis dangerously close to an
acute stage. Count Benckendorff ar:
rived late in the afternoon to see Lord
LansdOWne.1 Mr.. BalfOur, who had al
ready seen the first lord of the ad
miralty earlier in the day, has just
received a visit from Lord Selborne
who was accompanied by Admiral Sill
John Fisher y l'..-.~, .5..s. ~,
A dispatch to a news agency from
AldershOt camp says orders have been
issued for strong drafts of all branches
of the royal engineers to be in .readi
ness to leave for Gibraltar at short
notice.
Ambassador Benckendorff said tt
the Associated Press late in the even
ing that there was absolutely no rea
son so far as he knew for the excite
ment over the situation. There were
no developments to warrant the I'm
easiness. a
The admiralty refuses to discuss the
reports of activity at Gibraltar, but il
is intimated that the movements are
part of prearranged plan rather thar
the result of orders following the an
nouncement of the departure of the
Russian squadron from Vigo.
In the meanwhile the London news
papers are absolutely without any
official information calculated to allay
the excitement and the widest rumor!
are circulated. - -
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-11-02
BURGLAR TOOLS BESIDE HIM.
Prominent Alabama Young Man Dea,
in Rear of Bank.

Prominent Alabama Young Man Dead
in Rear of Bank.
Nashville, Tenn, Nov. "A special
from Montgomery, Ala, says:
The body of James Hendrix, aged
twenty-five, one of the most prominent
young men in Montgomery, was found
on shed in the rear of the American
National bank. Beside him were bur-
glar tools and stick of dynamite. In
his pocket was pistol. He was killed,
apparently, while trying to cut an cleo
trio wire that ran into the bank, as the
flesh had been burned by the current.
Much mystery surrounded the finding
of the body and the burglar tools.
The police are making every effort
to ferret out the mystery which sur
rounds the death of Hendrix. Hen
dirk was dressed in his militia uni
form and his citizen clothes were
found at the armory of the Montgom-
cry Greys. A complete set OF burglar
tools was near him and on Hendricks
person were nitroglycerin, dynamite,
fuses, q glass cutter and pistol. The
coroner's jury returned a verdict of
death by electricity The friends of
the dead man are astonished beyond
expression. Hendrix was very promi-
Dently connected.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-11-02
:, SITUATION rs PULLING,
Neither Russians or Japs Willing to
Assume Offensive.

Neither Russians or Japs Willing to
Assume Offensive.
Mukden, Nov. 1.-The situation is
rather puzzling. Neither side ap-
parently is willing to assume a genu-
inc offensive, although the Japanese
are showing greater activity. They are
fortifying themselves, however, as if
they intended to winter in their pres
ent positions. Two Russian cavalry
attachments on Friday night carried
out reconnaissance along both sides
Of the Hun river, in the direction of
Eachantun and Sandiapu, and Satur-
day night some volunteers reconnoi-
tered the Japanese trenches in front
of Lone Tree hill. Firing from three
signal posts created great excitement
in the Japanese lines.
The weather is fine and crisp. The
curling smoke of campfres is every
where to be seen. Some of the Rus
sian officers scurry about in automo-
biles. Monday there was a splendid
spectacle when Major General Kondra-
tovitch distributed 418 crosses Of St..
George to his Siberian division for
services covering the fighting from
Vafangow to the retreat from Lao
yang. The division has been constant
ly in the thick of the fighting. Many
Of the heroes designated for decoration
have since been killed or are scat
tered in the various hospitals between
here and Hardin.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-11-02
RUSSIANS ARE DRIVEN OUT
Japanese Capture the Last Fertilization
On Ruhling Mountain Near Port Arthur.

obviously be Impossible for them to
hold the position in the face of the
fire which would be sure to be direct
ed against them from other forts.
1t seems to be the intention of the
Japanese to enter several cooperative
forts simultaneously or not at all. The
Japanese have found it impossible to
remain in any solitary fortitication
while the other big forts we're able to
concentrate a FIRE upon them.
The Japanese also have advanced
closer to Itze mountain, having occu-
pied a position above the cremation
works. On the night of Oct. 80 the
Japanese flag was seen flying over two
new positions, the names of which are
not known to the informant of the
Associated Press correspondent.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-11-02

Chefoo, Nov. 2.-The .meager addi-
tional details reaching Chefoo concern
ing the last general assault on Port
Arthur, which began in a preliminary
way on Oct. "a and later developed
into the third attempt of the Japanese
to secure commanding position, dis
close that on the night Of Oct. % the
Japanese, who on Oct. 26 had daringly
entrenched themselves on the slope OF
Rihlung mountain, forced their way
further and drove the Russians from
their last trench before that fortifca-
ton. The Russians retreated from
their trenches to the other side Of the
mountain.
1t is alleged that the Japanese might
have entered the fertilization, but they
refrained from doing so. as it would