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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-21
"PENN THE RAPID RAMBLER"
BLOWS IN AND STAYS AWHILE.
ne IS GLOBE TROTIER
Has Beaten Railroad Companies Out
Of Fare for $4,000 Miles Every Year
His Adventures the Envy Of Jack
London.

His clothes covered with the dust
of travel and with a weeks growth of
beard on his face, Frank G. WEIGH,
known as Penn, the rapid rambler"
whose record runs by the brakebeam
routs are the envy Of Jack London
and have made him famous, blew into
Billings late Friday night on the
blinds and after staying here several
hours, continued his journey eastward,
yesterday morning.
WEIGH has travelled from ocean to
ocean without a cent in his pocket and
without paying railroad fare, times
without number. He has visited every
state in the union and won numerous
bets OF quick trips from New York
to San Francisco. His decision sever
al years ago to follow the Pittsburg
national league ball team around the
country, selling papers, made q wand
erer of him and since that time he has
lead a life more adventurous than
Jack London vel dreamed OF. He
beats the railroad companies of the
United States out of fare for more
than 10000 miles a year and since jan
uary 1 has Travelled 10000 miles.
Writing a Book Of Adventures.
WEIGH is writing a book OF his ad-
ventures and is journeying in easy
stages back to his home in Pittsburg.
Some time this fall he will start tour
ing the country taking with him four
angora goats, which he is training
for the long jaunt. He expects to
make his living selling copies of his
book.
In all Of his travels, WEIGH was
never "vagged" or arrested by the
police. After he lands in a town, he
washes up, puts ON as good a front as
possible under the circumstances and
despite the fact that he begs, has al
ways managed to evade the officers OF
the law.
His Record.
His record during the past few years
Is something like this:
1901-Crossed the Gulf OF Mexico
and went to Capetown, South Africa;
returned to New York six months
later; made a flying trip Of IL days
to Vancouver; returned through
Washington and California ON his way
to Texas; went to Mexico City.
1903-Took flying trip from New
York to Los Angeles; crossed the Pa
cific to Japan.
19O4-started from Seattle and
visited every capital in the United
States.
1907-Crossed the continent on q
bet OF $1,000, making the trip in mine
days.
l90s-Arriyed in San Francisco
June IA, making the trip In eight
days: went to Los Angeles and then
to Seattle. making latter trip In three
days, 23 hours.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-21
JAMES LAvELLE INJURED.
Billings Policeman steps or Of Side
walk In Helena.

walk In Helena.
Word to the effect that James La
velle, a patrolman Of the local police
force, was painfully but not seriously
injured Friday night in Helena by &C
cidentally stepping OF the end Of 9
sidewalk into q fume, q distance OF.
about four feet. reached this city yes
terday.
Mr.. Lavelle was in company with
Chief Talgo at the time. Because Of
there being no street lights at that
particular place, Nj. Lavelle failed to
notice the Jump OF.
It was feared for q time that his
back was broken but after being re-
moved to q hospital It was found that
such was not the case. He soon re-
covered suficiently and was able to.
leave the hospital yesterday morning.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-21

/ hereby announce myself as q can
didate for the republican nomination
for the ONCE Of county surveyor Of.
Yellowstone county, Montana. subject
to the wishes Of the voters Of said
county and the action Of the republi-
can county convention.
3. W. COTTON. c. =.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-21

! Latest styles n Job printing It The
Gazette ONCE.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-21

The charms and delights of camping in Wonderland are 50
superior to any other method Of seeing the Park that we have already
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with this famous touring company. .The Wyie Way" does away
with the formaity of hotel life and at the same time secures the
comforts and conveniences not possible in simple "camping." Il
secures for it's guests the maximum amount Of intelligent and thor
oueh sightseeing to be found in this Wonderland Of Nature.
What more attractive vacation can yu imagine? q trip through the yellow
stone National Park, with all expenses paid from the time o leave Billings till you
return? The trip of a lifetime. . ##
Pick out . deserving young lady send in her name and help her to win Have
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one to help some friend to this most attractive sunme outing Those who start first
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The Billings Semi Weekly Gazette
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
GAMBLERS HIDE IN coFFINs.
Twenty-Five Players, All Dust and
CobWebs, Rounded Up.

South Norwalk, Conn.-So dead
game We're % players when a poker
club was raided that they sought Sc
curity in caskets and coffin boxes.
Others hid in an attic, and when
rounded up all dust and cobwebs, they
were sorry sight.
Norwalk is a moral place. Gam
bling is tabooed. That a poker club
existed under the guise of the Nor
walk Social club was never suspected,
but that is what the police and the
prosecuting attorney state they found
when they swooped down upon the
place at midnight.
Two dozen men were around the
tables. but two jumped 80 feet from
window into pile OF ashes and es-
capped. Others broke through a wood
en- partition to an undertaking place
and hid in the collins.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
Rev. Mueller Began to Read Miss
Kanke Into Matrimony.

mere fact of being bridegroom had
ratified him. The knowledge that he
was bridegroom to the wrong bride
paralyZed his faculties. Miss Kanke
only blushed and stammered. Those
symptoms are SO common in brides
that they held no special significance
for Rev. Mr.. Mueller and the cere-
mony was on fair way to make some
business for. judge when Miss Lo-
heide came into the church with AL
bert Maschmeier, best man.
The organist and Mr.. Mueller both
saw the mistake. The organist at
tackled his instrument afresh and
played all the nuptial music he could
call to mind in the next three min
utes.
BY this time Miss Loheide posted
herself by the side of Mr.. Reid, Miss
Kapke and Maschmeier retreated to
positions in the rear and the ceremony
was resumed.
After the wedding the party went to
the hcme of Mrs. Reds father. There
Miss Kanke was hailed as near bride
and the joke helped the celebration
considerably.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
The Policeman Was D1zed When He
Recognized His Prisoner.

local prize known as the Town Hun
dred."
This consists of 600, or $500,
which is advanced for II years, with
out interest to especially worthy
young men to enable them to start in
business.
The discovery of his burglaries
caused a sensation. In addition to
cleaning out three hunting boxes in
glaries in Leicester itself and in the
neighborhood of his own house.
These aroused keen local apprehen-
sions, for John Spencer, the model mer-
chant, Sunday school teacher and bur-
glar, organized public meeting which
he addressed himself and protested
eloGuently against the inefficiency of
the police protection of property.
He was caught in the act of robbing
place on April 9. He fought des-
perately in the dark with the police
man who captured him. When the
burglar was finally overcome and
dragged into the light the policeman
was so dazed with establishment when
he recognized his prisoner as the
model John Spencer that he all but
let him slip away.
In his burglaries Spencer used drugs
to stupefy the sleeping inmates of the
houses he entered. In one case a
child died from the effects of the drugs
he employed.
More than 40 burglaries have been
traced to the model merchant, but not
a single article of all the valuables he
stole has yet been recovered or To-
! Gated
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
BRIDESMAID HALF
welded At ALTAR
GIRL AND GROOM NEARLY MADE
MAN AND WIFE BEFORE DIS
coVERY OF MISTAKE.
ORCANIST WAS RESPONSIBLE
Preacher Begins Marriage Ritual
When Music Stops-ReaI Brides
Arrival UnraVeIs TangIe
Just in Time.

st. Louisville momentary stopping
of an organ at a time when Rev. T. L.
Mueller, Of the Bethel Evangelical
English Congregational church, was
inpatiently waiting to perform a we'd
ding almost precipitated Miss Clara
kanke into wedlock with Charles l..
Reid, her friends fiance.
Rev. Mr.. Mueller had begun read
ing the marriage ceremony when the
error was discovered through the ar
rival Of Miss Caroline Loheide, the
cal bride. Miss Kanke and Mr.. Reid
we're so much excited and embar-
assed by their predicament that they
were unable to stop Mr.. Mueller Ions
enough to explain that all the require
:nents OF a wedding but a bride were
on hand
When the mistake was corrected by
the marriage of Miss Loheide and Mr.
Reid, spectators in the church were
10 longer able To suppress their merri-
mcnt and burst into loud LAUGHTER. .
Miss kanke volunteered To act as
bridesmaid and went to the church in
'OlHFdIy WIN MI. Reld. Iney, q
flower girl and two other attendants
lrew themselves into line before the
altar
The organist had been playing Wig
o~ously. He looked from his loft and
decided that there We're enough in
he party to supply bride and bride,
groom. He silenced the organ and
lung over the railing to witness the
ceremony.
Taking the stoppage of the organ
as a signal that it was time to marry
some one Rev. Mr.. Mueller opened his
itual and began reading Miss Kanke
into matrimony.
Miss Kanke nudged Reid, hoping to
prompt him to some explanation. The
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
BAD ITCHING HuMoR.
Limbs Below the Knees Were Raw
Feet SwolIen-Seep Broken
Cured in 2 Days by Cuticura.

Some two months ago I had hui
NOR break out on my limbs below my
knees. They came to look like raw
beefsteak, all red, and no one knows
how they itched and burned They
were so swollen that l could not get
my shoes on for a week or more. /
used five or six different remedies and
got no help, only when applying them
the burning was worse and the itching
less. For two or three weeks the SUI
fering was intense and during that
time did not sleep an hour at time.
Then one morning I tried a bit of
Cuticura. From the moment it touched
me the itching was gone and I have
not telt a bit of it since. The swelling
went Gown and in two days 1 had my
shoes on and was about as usual
George B. Farley, SO South State St,
Concord. N. H, May IA, 1907"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
In The Same Roa+

I'VE get some sad cases.. said the
attendant at the Lumpton lunatic
asylum to the interested visitor, and
opened the door of the first cell.
Inside was man sitting on a three
legged stool, gazing vacantly at the
wall.
His is an unhappy story" said the
attendant. HE was in love with a
girl, but she married another man,
and he lost his reason from grief"
They stole out softly, closing the
door behind them, and proceeded to
the next inmate.
This cell was thickly padded, and
the man within was stark, staring
mad
WHO is this?" inquired the visitor
':This?" repeated the attendant
This is the other man!"-Tatler
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
THE FIRST TASTE
Learned to Drink Coffee When I
Baby.

If parents realized the fact that cof-
fee contains a -caffeine-which
IS especially harmful to children, they
would doubtless hesitate before CIV
Ing the babies coffee to drink.
When l was child in my mothers
arms and first began to nibble things
at the table, mother used to give me
sips of coffee. AS my parents used
coffee exclusively at meals l never
knew there was anything to drink but
coffee and water.
And so l contracted the coffee habit
early. l remember when quite young,
the continual use. of coffee so affected
my parents that they tried roasting
wheat and barley, then ground it in the
coffee-mill, as substitute for coffee.
But it did not taste right and they
went back to coffee again. That was
long before Postum was ever heard of.
l continued to use coffee until was 81,
and when l got into Office work, be-
gan to have nervous spells. Especially
after breakfast 1 was so nervous
could scarcely attend to my CORE
spondence
AT night, after having coffee for
supper. could hardly sleep, and on
ris3ng in the morning would feel weak
and nervous.
"a friend persuaded me to try Post
um. My wife and 1 did not like it
at first. but later when boiled good
and strong It was fine. Now we
would not give up Postum for the
best coffee we ever tasted.
Il can now get good sleep, am free
from nervousness and headaches. /
recommend Postum to all coffee drink.
ers.
There's Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read The Road to Well
vil,e," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
Interest
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
FIND BEATTIE ROBBER
TOWNS MODEL YOUTH
MAN WHO TOOK s25, ooo IN JEWELS
is TEACHER IN SUNDAY
SCHOOL.

London.-Fhe burglar who robbed
the wife of Capt. Beattie, daughter OF
the late Marshall Field. of $4,000 in
jewels last fall, taking them from her
hunting lodge at Rugby, has been dis
covered, but no trace of the princely
loot has been found.
The burglar was an artist BY day
he conducted a small dry goods bmsi-
necs in Leicester, being one of the
highly respected merchants of the
place, and by night he piled his trade
as a burglar
Sunday he taught in a Sunday
school, and his particularly exemplary
life and character won for him the
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
cut AVIAN 1oo Pounds of Eat.

Richmond. Va.-Andrew Bazzle. 81
years old. the heaviest man in the val
ley OF Virginia, is a patient in St
Luke's hospital, where he has just un
dergone an operation. Dr. Stuart Nc
CURE removed nearly 100 pounds OF
superfuous flesh from the mans alb
Gomen. Bazzle experienced great re
lief after the removal of the tissue
He will probably be able to, return to
his home in few days. Bazzle
weighed 400 pounds before the opera
ton. His weight began to tire him, SC
he declared he could no longer stand
It, The big patient is married and has
4 large family.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
This IA, cheMs Tobacco.

New York.-A gray-bearded wharf
rat at the Aiken lumber yard, Perth
Amboy, N. j., chews tobacco.
Ed Thompson. Waterman at the
yard uses a plug that reeks with lie
orice and molasses.. Thompson left
his plug to dry in the sun on pile of
boards; he saw rat take big chew
of the tobacco.
After that Thompson, who is not
selfish, and who is lonesome at the
yard, left chew of tobacco for the
rat every day. and they. became fast
friends. Now the rat has the habit
and comes to the Waterman for its
chew.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
Triumph of Mind,

Victim of Delusion-Doctor, I'm
awfully afraid I'm going to have brain
fever
Doctor-Pooh, pooh, my dear friend!
That's all an illusion of the senses.
There is no such thing as fever. You
have no fever, you have no br-h'm-
no material substance upon which
such a wholly imaginary and suppo-
sitious thing as fever could find
any base of operation.
Victim-Oh, doctor, what a load you
have taken from my-from MY
have a mind, haven't l, doctor?
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
Straw Hat Saves Man,s Llfe.

York, Pa.-Gored by a savage bull
on his farm near Loganville, William
Miller aged Go years, is lying at his
home in a critical condition. To lis
straw hat he owes the fact that he
is even alive
The bull chased him about the barn.
yard, and after tossing him was about
to trample upon his body when his hat
blew off.
The bull started after his hat, and as
it did SO the old man crawled under a
fence. Muscles and ligaments of his
NECK are torn and several ribs broken.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
ANNUAL SALES OVER NINE
NIL ION

Good, reliable quality is appreciated
by the smoker. Over Nine Million Co.
000.000) Lewis Single Binder cigars
sold annually. The kind of cigar smok-
ers have been looking for, made of
very rich, mellow tasting tobacco. It's
the judgment of many smokers that
Lewis Single Binder straight SC cigar
equals In quality the best Zoe cigar.
There are many imitators of this cele-
brated brand. Don't let them fool you.
There is no substitute.
Tell the dealer you wish to try a
Lewis Single Binder.
Lewis Factory, Peoria, H., Original
ors Tin Foil Smoker Package.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
FACTS FOR SICK WoMEN.

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, ornervous prostration.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
Wore Out Robby's Patience.

Bobby was on visit to his uncle,
a good old orthodox deacon, in the
country. The two were the best OF
friends, and Bobby always sat at the
deacon's right hand at table.
and Bobby was very hungry. Finally
in the midst of it his patience gave
out; he pounded on the table with his
little fist Amen, now, Uncle Hor-
ace! Amen!"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10

There more Caarrh in this section OF the country
than ali other diseases put together and until the last
Few years was supposed to be fncurabe. For great
many years doctors pronounced it local disease and
prescribed local remedies and by constantly failing
10 cure with local treatment pronounced 1t ncurable
Science has proven Catarrh To be constitutional dis
ease and therefore requires constitutional
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j. Cheney
Co., Toledo, Ohio, s the only Constitutional cure on
the market 1t is taken Internally in doses from IL
drops to teaspoonfu 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any # fails to cure Send
for circulars and testimonials
Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Hairs Family Pills for constipation.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
Girls Hair Is Torn of.

New York.-Kate Gorham, cashier
of a Williamsburg department store.
is ar hospital in acritical condition
as the result of a peculiar accident.
While she was standing in her booth
a wire parcel basket attached to a
cable caught in her hair. which was
stripped from her head. Nearly her
entire scalp was torn away, and the
hospital surgeons have little hope of
saving her life.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10

was in misery, and had despaired of
ever getting cured when l decided to
try Doan's Kidney Pills One box helped
me so much that l kept On until en-
tirely cured"
Sold by all dealers, so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10

A BIG MARKET FOR PRODUCTS.
Highest prices always obtainable, Rich
soil, Pure water, from 10 to $40 acres
and town lots of the richest land
in Southern Texas for $40. payments
SO per month. Write for informa
ton, DR.. Chas. F. Simmons. San An
tonic, Texas.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
FARMERS WAKE UP. Your

FARMERS WAKE UP. Your last
chance to buy a farm in the Garden
Spot of the United States, in Atascosa
County, Texas, near San Antonio,
From 10 to $40 acres and two town
lots for $40. Write for literature and
views. DR.. Chas. F. Simmons, San An
tonic, Texas.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
How He Got It,

Had comp'ny TO dinnah yistrdy.
Nah husban' stopped at Mr.. Green's
store Saturday ebenin' an done got a
fine spring chicken"
"Yaas?" replied the jealous neigh
Dor. Dat Mistah Green sho' is de
mos keerless, onsuspectin' mani
Philadelphia Press.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10

ago / began to notice
sharp pain in the
kidneys and a bear
ing down sensation
through the hips,
dull headache a n d
dizzy spells. Dropsy
appeared, nd my
feet a Id ank ! e s
swelled so 1 could
not get my shoes on.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10

Write for literature and views of
the richest and best watered land in
South Texas, now being sold by me
from 10 to GAO acres and two town lots
for 500 at $40 per month Dr. Chas
F. Simmons, San Antonio, Texas
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
poN,T MISS This oPPoRTuNT.

DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY.
Write at once to DR.. Chas. F. Sim
mons, San Antonio, Texas, for in
formation about how to buy from 10 to
$40 acres and 2 town lots of the most
fertile land in Texas for $210. payable
$40 per month.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
Youth the Time TO Build Wisely.

Youth is the best time for the
building of character and the forming
Of principle, and the future depends
on the decisions and aStions of the
present.-Rev. G. DentVh.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10

A farm in the most fertile part OF
South Texas. of from 10 to $40 acres.
including town lots for 500, at SO
per month. You can buy, if you ap-
ply at once to Dr. Chas. F. Simmons,
San Antonio, Texas.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
Wonders,

I'VE live in an age of wonders" re-
marked the inventor
Yes" answered his disconnected
spouse; wondering when the money
went out and where it's going to
come from"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
Unklnd ANALYSIS.

HE seems to be very Thoughtful
and serious man." remarked one
statesman.
That's an optical Illusion" replied
the other. He's merely sitting down.
taking life easy and letting his mind
wander"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
poubtlna II.

"Sir." said the imperial ruler of all
the Russias, do you realize what a
gulf OF inequality yawns between Or
binary humanity and an autocrat?"
Dear mel" answered the doumaite
in mild surprise. rs this gulf PROPOSE
ton a czarchasm?"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10

One must look downwards as well
as upwards in human life, though
many have passed US in the race,
there are many we have left behind
Sydney Smith.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10

FITS. St. Vitus' Dance and Nervous Diseases per-
manently cured by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer
send for FREE EGO trial bottle and treatise DR.
T. H Kline, Id, ISL Arch Street, Philadelphia. Pa
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
LYDIA z. PINkHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

to conquer all female diseases.
Mrs. Norman r. Barndt, of Allen
town, Pa, writes:
"Ever since 1 was sixteen years of
age 1 had suffered from an organic de-
rangement and female weakness; in
consequence had dreadful headaches
and was extremely nervous. Ny physi-
clan said must go through an opera
ton to get well. A friend told me
about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and I took it and wrote you
for advice, following your directions
carefully, and thanks to you 1 am to-
day well woman, and I am telling
all my friends of my experience"