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red over to the spot where Baser had disappeared
Just as started, Balser rose from the snow, and
his bear quickly rose beside him. Baser held his
long knife in his hand and was covered with blood
There had been death struggle under the snow sure
enough! l thought Balser was killed helped him
out of the drift and anxIousy inquired if he was hurt
90 / don't know, he answered; but the bear
hurt. Look out for him.!
Hardly were the words out of his mouth when
the wounded bear came toward us Balser, KNIFE IN
hand, looked like the incarnation of rage In place
of running from the bear, he toward it, and the
fight that had begun under the drift finished
above it. Baser struck the bear with his long knife
just back of the shoulder then he prang behind the
brute and struck it again and again The dogs,
having extrcated themselves to his relief, and
l then entered the combat Four against one did
not fair. especially as the bear was hardly
awake; but needs must when Old Nick drives, and
we killed the bear
The two other bears were still standing upright
in the snowdrift rubbing their sleepy eyes. Poor
brutes! we had disturbed their rest, and they could
not get their eyes open
.Balser who was the bravest boy l ever knew,
hurried back into the drift, dived beneath the snow,
got his gun right from under one of the BEARS and
quickly back to me.
H. ashamed to be behind Balser in bravery,
essaved the same daring feat; but when | got my
gun and rose to my feet the bear evinced a sudden
and affection for and in less time than
l tell it the brute had me in its great hairy arms
1t gave me one mighty hug, and thought another
squeeze like that would finish Tom Andy Bill. But
before the other hug came / heard the report of
gun close behind me. also heard bullet strike the
bears head within five inches Of my nose little
splash of blood struck in the face l felt the
bears hold relax, and the brute and l went under
the together for the second time.
7 MUST have lost consciousness for minute or
two; for the next thing | remember was Balser
dragging me from under the dead bear When he
helped out of the drift. pair OF beauties
Balser covered with blood looked like a demon
My face scratched and cut in twenty places,
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Domestic Despotism

THE newspapers and comic journals print many
Jokes concerning the unfortunate fiat dwell
lcrs subsection to the all powerful Janitor. AS
matter of fact, however, the American has in this
respect advantage over Europeans, in that he
has at least no Z door opening" tax to pay when he
leaves his home.
1t would seem that the resident of Vienna who
does not wish to be out of pocket must keep early
hours for after o'clock he IS taxed on entering
his house apartment or, for the matter of
that any house. The sperrgeid, door opening tax,
is peculiar Vienna, but is also found in other
capitals of the Continent.
The two million residents Of the Austrian city
practically imprisoned in their srongholds from
ten clock in the evening until six the morning
They may go in only by paying the equivalent
of four cents to the antor as he IS styled there
the housemaster.
Vienna is built On the fiat apartment house plan.
Mllionaires and working people alike live in quarters
of this description The houses are large, having
five or six floors with four flats floor: SO it is
not unusual to find upward of hundred persons
living under roof. There is common entrance
FRI m the street. and after ten oclc * at night this
door is bolted and barred. From ten to twelve all
that go in must pay the tax of four cents.
After twelve the charge is doubled
The tax must be paid every time passes
through the doorway without exception One who
has dned with friend must, If he stays late, pay
four cents get out of his friends house, and four
more to get into his A telegram the night
requires the payment of the before the messenger
boy
The housemaster also collects and keeps duplicate
copies of forms, which every individual in the
and religion his exact occupation, and other per-
nal details that the Austrian authorities insist
knowing. Nor does the power of this important
parsonage end here. From the little guard
room that he occupies at the foot of the stairs he
everyone that goes in or out. He ascertalns
with amazing accuracy the amount of each tenants
income, the events of his family life, and the charac
ter Of his visitors His far reaching power enables
him to terrorize every servant in the house into
terng his intelligence department, and thus he spies
on the innernost life Of the subjects in his fve-story
kingdom.
In some the housemaster IS more powerful
than in others. On occasion an English resident
obliged to move from an apartment which he par
tcularly liked because he could not venture to speak
with any degree of sharpness to the at his door,
even when the remiss in his duties. The
fat owned by railway belonging to the State.
This made the housemaster State official, insult
whom is a very serious ofense in Vienna. repn-
mand for delaying letters would be construed into
an insult, and the Englishman deemed it best to
move to other quarters.
Thousands of people in Vienna live in such terror
of the housemaster that it is said they never make
an apple tart without giving him half.
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it's great snowdrift said Baser. The
must be five SIX feet deep in there.
:" He threw away his switch, and we watched the
dogs burrowing into the drift. They dug rapidly
Soon their heads disappeared in the tunnel they
were making then their bodies and after little
time nothing was visible but the tips of their tails
They understood the art of tunnel making. They
broke the snow with their front feet and threw it
back then they stood on their front feet, and with
their hind feet the flying out through the
mouth of the tunnel behind them.
Balser and l supposed that the dogs would ind
a frozen covey of quails, or perhaps fox; but we
let them have their way, as they seemed deter
mined on it, and watched the process OF tunnel
making with ever increasing interest AS the oogs
burrowed into the drift they continued barking and
their voices came to us in muffled bowls and whnes
from beneath the snow.
SUDDENLY, while we were watching the white hill
- side it raised up in little mountain of snow as
if there had been a volcanic upheaval l confess
that l was frightened to see the apparently solid
earth acting in such an unusual manner
'''Give my gun, quick quick! crled balser.
Don't YOU know what 1t is!
Il handed him his gun still watching the heaV-
ing hillside with a curiosity that oordered on
timidity.
and he II kill the dogs if we don't help them! They
can't fight under there in such close quarters and
there bear there it will claw them to pieces IN no
time
the upheaval and followed close by his side Sud
denly nv foot touched something soft. Immediately
another upheaval took place, and was part OF II.
felt myself lifted into the air. and then went down
backward head first into the snow. As tell saw
Balser taking part in another upheaval not SIX feet
from me- shall never forget the comlcal expression
of surprise on his face, and though was frgntened
almost out of my wits, could not neip Laughing as
I went under the snow | scrambled out pretty
quickly and as / brushing the snow from my
face Balser also up from the "hte dePtns.
We had lost hats. and our guns were at the bot
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tom of the snow some place.
BY George said Balser,
suffering and blowing and
rubbing the snow from his face.
L believe there's a nest OF
bears in there! Let's get our
guns.
We waded back after our
guns. and while ! was feeling
about under the snow tor
mine. a bear which seemed to
be about two sizes larger than
a mule rose right out OF the
snow not two feet in front OF
me, and shook himself. ! lett
my gun where it was. You
see, | didn't want it SO badly
as ] had thought | did.
The snowdrift where | had
fallen was breast deep, and l
could not make rapid retreat,
though l tried as hard as |
ever tried in my life | was
very busy; but l had time to
glance toward Balser, and saw,
standing in front of him,
another monster bear which
had lust risen from the snow.
AT the same instant there was
an upheaval Of snow between
us, and a third bear showed
itself, apparently ready TOR
fight.
This all happened in a few
seconds. / tried to go back
ward, but stepped on one of
the dogs and fell. AS / went
under the snow, my bear came
down on top of me, and l
thought my day had come.
The dogs were under the snow,
and of course could help
neither me nor themselves.
| too was completely under
the snow; but worse still / was
under the bear, and it seemed
to weigh a ton. expected
every instant to feel it's great
horny claws in my flesh, or to
have my bones crushed be-
tween its fearful jaws; but to
my surprise nothing of the kline
not move, and concluded that
to smother me to death.
A FTER long time.-it seen
- could not have been many
of the dogs growing near my
bear trying TO rise / crawlee
quickly as possible and made I
get away. l succeeded, and W
there stood two of the bears M
there was no Balser, no dogs,
concluded that Balser and the
gagged in a death struggle unde
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THE LION AND THE MOUSE"

@WE%&NET W&E@8HStS S5S& ~ NN&FH
Attraction at the New Theater Wed
nesday evening-Exceilent Cast
Those who were fortunate enough
to 9 Paul Everton and Josephine
Lovette in the production Of "The
Lion and the Mouse" during It's west
ern tour last season, will welcome the
announcement that 1t will be at the
new theater Wednesday night. Mr.
Everton will again essay the role Of
John Burkett Ryder, while Miss Dor
othy Donnelly. who is SAID to be even
superior to Miss Lovette, i~nterprets
the part Of Shirley Rossmore.
Butte and Helena papers, where the
piece has been presented are high In
their praises All Of the papers west
of here say that 1t Is undoubtedly the
best attraction, which has been on the
western circuit this year.
The story is such that it holds the
interest OF the audience throughout.
The acting is said to be W better
than in the western tour last year, so
that the play should be exceedingly.
entertaining. It is well staged, the
eastern productions being given in It's
entirety.
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WEEK lNBILLINGS SOCIETY
rom Sundays Daily.

From Sundays Daily. N
Reception It Congregational Church.
The auditorium of the Congrega-
tional church was the scene Of 9 very
Important social event On Wednesday
evening when the Ladies' Aid OF the
church rendered a reception to their
new minister and his wife, Rev. and
Mrs. Samuel Fritsch. Rugs, divans
and ported plants changed the ap
pearance OF the large room into 9
beautiful reception hall. In the re-
ceiying line were Mr.. and Mrs. john
ston, Mr. and Mrs. Rowley, Mr.. and
Mrs. Camp, Mi. and Mrs. Morse and
MI. and Mrs. Smell. Judge Goss pre-
sided during the evening and several
pleasing addresses yer made. Mr..
johnson gave the address Of welcome,
while Mr.. Reed Of the Sunday school.
and Mr.. Pabst Of the Young Peoples
society welcomed Rev. Fritsche In be
half Of their departments. Mrs. But
ton and Miss Landon played q beau
tiful plano duet and Miss Stroupe ac-
coompanied ~ Miss I4andon sang sew.
eral pleasing solos. In the church
parlors ices, cake md coffee were
served from q table beautifully deco
rated. Mesdames Morse, Smith, Cath
. and Holmes presided at the table
and were assisted in serving by the
young ladies OF the church.
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viously put to him. replied:

to say yes
It developed later that Palmer was
largely responsible for the long de-
liberation of the Jury. So insistent
was he that Walsh be acquitted that
he forced his fellow jurors to take
separate ballots on every n Of the
$50 counts in the indictment.
HE is such an old man-over 20
years." is said to have been the on
slant plea Of Palmer. "He was tech
tnically guilty, but none of his depos-
itors lost, and what is the use Of send
ing an old man to prison." he was
quoted as having urged upon the other
jurors time after time. he is said to
have wept at times in the jury room
as he begged the others to consider
the age Of the defendant and have
compassion.
Walsh unmoved.
Walsh, the subject Of his compass
sion, who sat at q table surrounded
by his attorneys, appeared less moved
by the result of the long trial than
almost anybody else concerned. He
was Immediately surrounded by a
score Of friends, who pressed forward
to offer words of sympathy and en-
couragement. To these he made brief
replies, smiling family as he shook
the profered hands. Appealed to for
an expression Of opinion as to the
finding, he said:
The fight has just begun. I have
nothing further to say.
Almost Immediately he left the
courtroom.
The verdict was the resu-. Of nearly
SO hours elaboration. Soon after the
verdict had been announced, District
attorney Sims ~telegraphed the result
of the trial to the United States comp
troller Of the treasury, and received
the following reply from T. P. Cane,
acting comptroller:
'verdict a Just one. Should serve
as a salutary warning that banking
laws cannot be violated with IMMUNITY,
no matter what may be the size Of the
bank or the standing Of a banker in
the community"
The district attorney estimated that
the trial had cost the government
$780, D. The district att rney's of1ce
was engaged early a year preparing
the case.
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Unique Farm Dinner.

DR.. and Mrs. Carroll gave an un-
usually pleasant farm dinner on Fri.
day night at their home on North
Thirtieth street. Clever bits Of verse
were sent out bidding each guest to
wear farmers clothes, the host and
hostess doing likewise. The center
piece displayed a house surrounded
by barnyard fowls. The place cards
were turkeys and geese on the back Of
which were written limericks. A de-
.licious two-course dinner was served,
the sailed nuts being served in egg
shells. At the table were Judge and
Mrs. Goss, Mr. and Mrs. Lou Chapple,
Mr.. and Mrs. LaMott, Mrs. Heppner,
Misses Sleeper. Dudley, Heppner and
Clarence Dudley.
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cATARRH A GERM DISEASE.
Success Of Hyomei Guaranteed b,
the ChappIe Drug Company.

Success Of Hyomei Guaranteed by
the chappIe Drug Company.
Catarrh is not a blood disease, but
is caused by germs that lodge, and
grow in the air passages, causing
irritation with poisonous and offensive
mucous discharges. It Is an insidious
disease of most destructive tendency.
It's approaches are unalarming, and
Its victims are well on the road to a
chronic state or to dread consumption
before. they realize their danger.
Stomach dosing is Ineffective In
the treatment of catarrh. The only
healing agent is Hyomei, which is in
hailed with the air you breathe, killing
all catarrhal germs and driving them
from the system.
The sooner you use Hyomei the
sooner you will be free Of catarrn.
The Chapple Drug company will sell
won a dollar outfit with the under
standing that II 1t does not give salts
faction your money will be refunded.
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be- accompanied - far a. Salt Lake
by Mr.. lChapple.
Miss Mae Rodney Of Minneapolis is
visiting her uncle. F. IA. Staples Of
North Twenty.eighth street.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. 4. Simonson, father
and mother Of Lee Simonson of this
city and former residents Of Absaro-
kee, returned Friday night from Cal
ifornia, where they have been spend
ing a couple Of months. MI. and Mrs.
Simonson will make their future home
In Joliet.
Mrs. R. b. Shepherd and daughter,
Helen, are spending some time at
Hunters Hot Springs.
= =
Miss Mable Cardwell, who has been
q guest at the Miller ranch at Merrill,
has returned home.
Miss Ellen Farrell spent last Satur-
day and Sunday at her home in Joliet.
MI. and Mrs. F. Antrim left for
Dayton, o., last week. Ii
Frank Wheeler is visiting friends in
Great Falls.
Mrs. seabolt Of Homer, Ill, is Wis
iting in the city.
Charles Foley is spending a few
days in Billings. Mr.. Foley has been
visiting in Helena and Butte and is
On his way to North Dakota.
Mrs. George Kesselhuth is visiting
friends in Miles City.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Baker Entertain.

On Thursday night MI. and Mrs.
r. G. Baker entertained a party OF
young people at their home on South
Twenty-ninth street. Progressive whist
was played and late in the evening
a delicious lunch vas served. The
young people who enjoyed. the even
ing were Misses Bernice Deckert, Re
becca McKetchem, Bessie. Jessie and
Melissa Snyder, Josie and Freda La
vigne, and Messrs. Robert Bower,
Emmett, Albert and Frank Baker and
Hart Van skike.
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Party at Mcconnell Ranch.

on Friday evening Of last week a
party of young people numbering
about 15 chaperoned by Mrs. J. A.
Morgan drove to the home Of Joe Nc
Cornell about five miles west of the
city. After all had arrived the young
host entertained his friends in q most
delightful name
Games we're played and q Jolly good
time enjoyed. Refreshments ere
servedsby the host, assisted by Mrs. ,.
A. Morgan and Mrs. P. 3. Nielsen.
Those present were: Messrs p. q.
Nielsen, Sam Mitchell, Max Sidney.
Charlie Zimmerman James Steele, jr.,
Bruce Cook; Misses Anna Steele,
Dora Morgan Mary Zimmerman,
Annie Pickins, Pearl and Ruth Doole,
Mrs. P. E. Nielsen and Mrs. j. "A. Nor
gan.
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Current Topic Department.

bhEN &Ef EEA WE
The current topic department Of the
Woman's club met on Monday in the
club rooms, Mrs. H. M. Brayton pre-
siding. An unusually interesting pro-
gram was given the subject for the at
ternoon being "The Peace Conference
and Its influence upon the world. Mrs.
Lindsey read a paper "The Peace Con-
ference in 1892, National Arbri-
tration and the Peace Conference in
New York. was the subject Of Mrs.
Albert Newman's paper. peace Con-
ference Of 1907" was discussed by
Mrs. Firth. Mrs. Esselstine read q
paper on THE Recent Central Ameri-
can Peace Conference" and Mrs. Paul
Mccormick read T~olstoi's view on
peace. Mrs. Esler reviewed Jane
Adams book ideals Of Peace" while
Mrs. >. j.. Mccormick read "Mr.
Dooley IN the Peace Conference
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q. 8. .. Gus.

Miss Mary Dunlevy entertained the
s. o. G. club at her home on Tuesday
night. This was the first meetin- Of
the club and was a success In every
respect. Progressive whist was play
ed and Tony Gerharz having the high
est score received q handsome book.
Miss Dunleyy served her guests. with
q delicious lunch. The members Of
the club are the Misses Edith and
Josie Lavigne. Myrtle and Edna Car
roll, Helen Kerchics, Wayne Convey
and Mary Dunlevy; Messrs Tony and
Hugo Gerharz, Bob Carroll, Tom Ross.
Harry McCune and George CORDOBA.
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Parry for Miss Routon

-Nu
Thursday evening Miss tladys
White gave one Of the most enjoy
able entertainments Of the week at
her home in honor Of Miss Esther
Bouton's birthday. Whist formed the
entertainment Of the evening. Miss
White was assisted by Miss Esther
Birley and Catherine White in serving
an elaborate supper. Miss Bouton re-
ceived many beautiful gifts from her
friends. The invited guests were Ruth
Heppner. Kate Matheson, Lelah Allen,
Imogene Bartlett, Esther Bouton, and
Messrs. Howe, Spar, Hays. Rich,
Rowley and Wilder.
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WEAK KIDNEYS MAKE WEAK
BODIES.

Kidney Diseases Cause Half the Com
mon Aches and ills Of Billings
People.
AS one weak link weakens a chain,
so weak kidneys weaken the whole.
body and hasten the final breaking
down. .
Over work, strains, colds and other
causes injure the kidneys, and when
their activity Is lessened the whole
body suffers from the excess of uric
poison circulated In the blood.
Aches and pains and languor and
urinary ills come. and there is an
ever-increasing tendency towards dia-
.betes and fatal Bright's disease.
There is no real help for the sufferers
except kidney help.
Doan's Kidney Pills act directly on
the kidneys and cure every kidney i'll.
Mrs. r. B. Overhouse, of 10 East
Mendenhall street, Bozeman, Mont,
says: we moved from Bridger last
August and when living there, like
to the water in that country being
very poor and full of alkali, / had
trouble with my kidneys. / suffered
lTOM UdChdcu0 duu QUIET yMpIOluS
which generally follow in the wake of
either weakened Of .~overexcited kid
neys. Suffering from an attack, Mr..
.Overhouse procured me a box of
Doan's Kidney Pills. A few doses
proved conclusively that l had got
hold of the right medicine and a con-
tinuation stopped the last attack. Up
to date, there has not been a symptom
of a recurrence
Plenty more proof. like this from
Billings. people. Call at a drug store
and ask what customers report.
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
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Lady Maecabees Install.

The Lady Maccabees installed Of
1cers at MeCormick's hall last Thurs.
day evening. Mrs. Buns, was INSTALL
ing officer. After the installation cere-
mony a delightful lunch vas served
by the ladies.
Following were the officers install.
led: Lady, Mrs. Jennings; past com
mander, Mrs. Disch; lieutenant com.
mander, Miss Anna Nanan; record
keeper, Mrs. Beeman; finance auditor,
Mrs. Trott;; sergeant, Mrs. Pierce;
mistress at arms, Mrs. Lifton;; senti.
mel, Mrs. Fwin; picket, Miss Chase.
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What vast differences are to exist
In Montana politics this year as COM
pared with the conditions in former
years! While some old faces are yet
TIC be e and old schemes remain to
be commended with, q younger genera
ton in both parties will have some
thing to say that should even carry
weight with the older wiseacres.-
Missoula Herald.
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o. N. o. Club.

The O. N. o. club was entertained
on Wednesday evening by Miss Opal
Walker at her home on North Thirty
first street. After spending several
hours playing whist. a tempting lunch
was served by the hostess. The
guests were: Misses Neva Todd,
Nina Franklin, Essie Summers, Ethel
Mcbride and Mrs. Theodore Stanton;
Messrs Clair Todd. Frank Boyer,
Ralph Kuschke, Dick Logan. Theo-
dore Stanton and Edward Swietzer.
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THOMAS A HEAVYWEIGHT.

Los Angeles, Cal, Jan. 1s.- Joe
Thomas, the California pugilist will
make his bow as a heavyweight when
he meets Jack Twin Sullivan here
next week. The mill Is carded to go
ten rounds, and will be held under the
auspices Of the Pacific Athletic club
on Tuesday night. Thomas has taken
on eighteen pounds In the last year
and in the future will be compelled to
meet the big fellows.
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The Poetry Club.

A delightful afternoon was enjoyed
at the home Of Mrs. ]. d. O'Donnell on
Thursday afternoon when Miss Roeser
entertained the Poetry club. James
Whitcomb Riley was the poet studied
and each one present gave elther a
quotation or reaoing from his works.
Light refreshments were serves at the
close Of the evening by the hostess.
The members OF the club present were
Mesdames Ham j. ]. Mccormick,
Lindsey, Rixon, vermilye, Fritsche,
Sherman. Jones Putnam, Hathhorn,
and Sylvester.