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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-04
ODD LETTER.
Asks Some Peculiar Questions in Re
gard g the Customs Of the coun-
try--Fears AZ Set = Rest ~ Jean
i. Decker.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Jean p. Decker, the secretary of the
chamber OF commerce, receives some
amusing letters from farmers Of the
east, who are prospective Montana
settlers.
Yesterday he received one from a
rancher at Ninnikah, Okla, which is a
little out of the ordinary. The letter
starts off by saying that c. w. Mott,
the emigration agent of the Northern
Pacific, at St. Paul, had given him a
very glowing description Of the coun-
try tributary to Billings.
Further extracts from his letter are
as follows:
II have my own teams and would
like to bring them with me, should l
decide to locate in your section of the
country. / notice that the farmers
Of the northwest use horse teams.
NY teams are mules, large and heavy.
IS there any objections to them in
your country? Don't they stand the
climate as well as horses?
ttDo you use wide or narrow gauge
wagons? Is there any i'll feeling
among neighbors on account of their
religious or political views? Can you
walk up to the bar like a free Ameri-
can and take a drink, or do you have
o 'go to the back door like a thief and
buy your liquor through a key hole
and pay double price for it,"
Answering the letter, Mr.. Decker
gave the gentleman all the informa-
ton he sought concerning land val
ues, prospects, free homesteads, etc,
and assured his anxious inquirer that
should he decide to come to Billings
he would find no trouble in assuaging
his thirst in the evidently
the most popular with him, and that
he would find none Of his rights as a
free American abridged in the slight
est. He also assured him that he
would not have to submit to annoying
questions as regards his religious or
political views or preferences, adding
that 1--WE are too much engaged in
the agreeable occupation of settling
the country and establishing homes to.
trouble ourselves with such trifles.
All creeds, all nations and all politi-
cal views are welcome, SO long as de-
cent living, obedience to the law and
good citizenship mark the immigrant.
This is a community of Americans,
conducted on American lines and
every one is given an even show. All
must stand or fall IN their respective
merits"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-04
MILITIA WILL
HAVE PRACTICE
WILL TURN OUT in HEAVY
MARCHING ORDER.

Company K, Montana National
Guard, of this city, may have a prac-
tice. march next Sunday, at which the
company will turn out in heavy march
ing order and go through the various
evolutions.
Rations will be issued to the COM
pany and the entire day will be taken
UP with real field duty. The company
consists Of 55 men and the following
officers: Paul Mccormick. captain;
f. P. Neill, first lieutenant, and Ralph
Morse, second lieutenant.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-04
MINERAL EXHIBIT
RECEIVED HERE
COOKE CITY SENDS ORE SAM
Piles FOR EXHIBIT

Yesterday the Chamber Of Com
merce of Billings received from the
Cooke City Chamber of Mines, 100
pounds Of samples Of ore from the
mines of that section. s
The exhibit will lie arranged and
labeled and put in With the exhibit
OF the Billings Chamber of Commerce
at their building near the depot.
The specimens are very handsome
and include samples of gold, silver,
copper and lead ores. Among the
samples are some very rich copper
float, and the various samples peculiar
to that district. :
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-04
MADE Coon THE
STOLEN MONEY
THoMAssEN GETS LIGHT SEN.
TENcEl IN VIEW OF THE FACTS.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
William Thomassen, WHO stole S32
in money belonging to Mrs. G. "
Kahn, on last Saturday, was arraigned
in the court Of Justice F. J.. Mann yes
terday and pleaded guilty to the
charge Of petit larceny.
Young Thomassen, who comes fror,
a good family and is a Kentuckian by
birth, reimbursed Mrs. Kahn for the
money taken and in view of These
facts Judge Mann was 1enient in Civ
ing him. sentence.
He was sentenced to 60 lays in ths
county jail and was given a fatherl,
lecture by the Judge.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-04
TRIAL POSTPONED.

The trial of Guy White, charged
with larceny as bailee, whom it is
alleged took $S2.5O, which was given
him by his companions with which to
pay a grocery bill which they owed
equally, came up yesterday in Justice
Mendenhall's court and was contin-
ued until Friday afternoon, at 2 p. M.
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JUDGE MANN TIES
KNOT ARTISTICALLY
NuPTtALs OF two ou-.oF.TowN
PEOPLE.

Justice Mann yesterday spoke the
words which united tht, hearts and
souls of Maurice J Jones Of Red
Lodge and Amanda II. Brnle:t Of
Miles City.
The Judge as a dispenser Of Justice
has but few equals on IA bdnch in
courts of the class IN MoAafa bn'
when it comes to a wedding eefemony
the judge shines.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones will, after a
short trip over the state, make the's
home in Red Lodge.
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POLICE COURT.

The blind goddess had little to do
ii the police court yesterday. Only
two victims answered the roll call.
Edward Kicker was given five days
in Jail and Leo McGinnis, a plain
drunk, was fined IS, but was released
during good behavior.
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FORMER BILLINGS PASTOR DEAD

News a received in Billings yes.
terday Of the death of Rev. Alfred H.
Brown, who was the first Episcopal
clergyman in Billings, and who was
well known and liked by the old resi-
dents Of the city. His death occurred
at Denver, Colo, November %.
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CHAMBER BOARD MEETING.

There will be a meeting of the
board of trustees of the Billings cham
Der of commerce on next Friday after
noon at 4 p. M, at which there will
be some important matters to come
before the meeting. The secretary,
Jean P. Decker, requests that every
member of the trustees be in attend
ance.
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OKLAHOMA is FARMER WRITES BUSINESS MEN PRESENT THEIR
ODD LETTER. PETITION.
WANTS TO COME HERE CITY COUNCIL WILL Act
Contract Awarded for Sewer Con-
s~truction in Districts 2e and ~
Officers Make Reports-other Mat
ters Of General Interest.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Last night the resolutions of the
business men, on the liquor question,
was presented to the city council.
Sheriff HEREFORD, who was chairman OF
the committee appointed by the bus
mess men, presented the paper,
which read as follows:
Billings, Mont, Nov. 80, 1908.
"To the Honorable Mayor and City
Council Of the City Of Billings.
AT a meeting Of the business men
of Billings in the rooms Of the Bill
ings club tonight the following resolu-
lions were adopted and the under
signed were named as a committee of
five to present them to the city coun-
Gil for consideration.
Resolved, that it is the sense of
this meeting that we do not consid-
er the present an opportune time for
the adoption of local option in Bill
ings.
Resolved, that it is the sense of
this meeting that the business men of
Billings favor the proper regulation
of saloons in Billings.
Resolved, that is the sense Of the
business men Of Billings assembled at
this meeting that the city council
ought to pass an ordinance provid-
ing for the closing of all saloons, in
the City Of Billings from IL o'clock
p. M, until 6 o'clock a.. M.
Resolved, that it is the sense of
this meeting that the city council
should pass an ordinance providing
for the closing Of all saloons in the
city until 1 O'Clock p. M, on Sun
days.
Resolved, That it is the sense of
this meeting that the saloons in Bill
ings should be limited to the present
number until the city reaches a pop
ulation Of $4,000.
Resolved, that is the sense Of this
meeting that the penalty for the VIC
lation of such ordinances should be
on the second offense revocation of
the liquor license Of the offender
wv. A. SELVIDGE,
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NEW TREATY DISCUSSED.

PARIS, Dec. 1.-The new American
Japanese declaration in the far east
was among the subjects discussed at
the meeting today OF the French cabi-
net.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-04
CHAIRMAN,
"R. G. L~INEBARGER,
Secretary,
JOHN D.
u. H. JOHNSTON,
~. B. HEREFORD,

"Committee."
The petition was after being read,
referred to the committee on ordi-
nances It will take It's regular
course and will undoubtedly be acted
upon at the next meeting Of the coun-
Gil.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-04
j. c. cow,E DEAD.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. IL. G.
Cowie, formerly a we'll known cotton
buyer and prominent in Memphis so.
cial life was found dead with a bullet
hole in his temple late this afternoon
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-04
JAPANESE DELIGHTED.
New Treaty Causes Rejoicing in the
Land Of Nippon.

TOXIC, Dec. 2.-The text Of the
diplomatic agreement signed and ex-
changed at Washington made by Sec
reatry Of State Root and Ambassador
Takahira, setting forth yhe articles
III the new Acknowledgment agree
ment relative to the policy Of the two
governments in the far east, was pub
lished here this "wednesday morn
ing. 1t was warmly welcomed on all
sidss.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-04

Nine out Of ten persons who say
they are pleased to meet your when
introduced are liars H
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One Of
Essentials

of the happy homes of to-day is a vast
fund of information as to the best methods
of promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge of the worlds
best products.
Products of actual excellence and
reasonable claims truthfully presented
and which have attained to worldwide
acceptance through the approval OF the
Well-Informed of the World; not of indi-
viduals only. but of the many who have
the happy faculty Of selecting and obtain
ing the best the world affords.
One of the products Of that class, of
known component parts, an Ethical
remedy, approved by physicians and COM
mended by the Well-Informed of the
Worldas valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the well-known Syrup of Figs
and Elixir Of SIENNA. To get its beneficial
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featured by the California Fig Syrup Co.,
only, and for sale by all leading druggists.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
Korea's Captive Emperor.

There has scarcely ever been d
more pitiful figure in history than
that of the ex-Emperor Of Korea,
who, since his deposition by the jap
anese conquerors Of his country, has
been kept a virtual prisoner. At the
time Of his forced abdication Of the
throne, the ruler was wealthy, his for
tune being estimated at $40, 100000.
But all that money has been turned
into the public treasury, and to-day
the ex-Emperor Is a pauper, living In
a small cottage in one of the palace
Enclosures at Seoul. He Is closely
guarded by Japanese police and spies,
and nobody is allowed to communi-
cate with him except in their pres
ence, says Leslie's Weekly. Even
his son, who now occupies the throne;
is not allowed to visit him except un-
der Japanese escort. 1t Is explained
that these precautions are taken by
the Japanese because the ex-Emperor
is suspected Of inspiring the acts Of
Instruction recorded from time to
time in various parts of the kingdom.
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needle should be procured. Thread
it with a piece of fine thread about a
foot in length and run it lengthwise
through the body Of the paper eagle.
The most important thing Of all to
secure is a very strong magnet. You
place the theatre or table in such a
way as to enable you>to stand direct
ly behind the stage, where you can
use both hands at the same time.
Take the magnet in your right hand
and place it at the point marked A
behind the mountain and out of sight
of the audience.
The ~needle-eagle starts to fly to-
ward the invisible. magnet. You in
stantly check it's flight by pulling
backward on the thread, the end of
which you have grasped in your left
hand.
Now you gradually move the invis-
ible magnet upward in the direction
indicated by the dotted lines.
The astonished audience sees the
eagle slowly fly up the mountain side.
This seeming miracle is easily accom-
plished by holding the thread end so
that the attracted needle-eagle will
be just far enough away to get the
full strength Of the hidden magnets
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
Trance Makes Girl Taller.

The case of Clara Konter, the eigh-
teen-year-old girl who became un-
conscious recently, is growing more
peculiar. The father of the girl said
his daughter had grown fully two
inches taller in the past three days,
and every dress she has worn is too
small for her.
The girl is 10 perfectly ration
AL" said DR.. C. P. Kerr, who exam
ined her. He advised the parents
that the girl should not be spoken to
on the subject, and even the county
detectives, who have been prying into
the case, were forbidden to question
her. - Pittsburg Telegram to the
Philadelphia Record.
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The Answer.

A rather pompous looking deacon
in a certain city church was asked to
take charge of a class of boys during
the absence Of the regular teacher.
While e%ndeavoring to impress upon
their young minds the Importance OF
living a Christian life, the following
question was p~ropounded: =,
"Why do people call me a Chris
tian, children" the worthy dignitary
asked, standing very erect and smil-
ing down upon them.
Because they don't know you"
was the ready answer Of a bright
eyed little boy, responding to the
in%gratiating smile with one equally
guileless and winning.-Lippincott's.
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The Struggle For Liberty.

What you call liberty l call l1Der-
ties, and what I call the struggle FOR
liberty is nothing but the constant
living assimilation Of the idea OF free
dom. He who possesses liberty 9TH
erwise than as a thing to be striven
for. possesses it dead and soulless;
for the idea of liberty has undoubt-
edly this characteristic, that 1t de-
yelops steadily during its assimila-
ton. So that a man who stops IN the
midst of the struggle and says, Now
I have it," thereby shows thai he
has lost'it.-Heprih Tbsen-
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The Worcester Gazette declares
there is an unwhipped gang Of young
sters in that city, found in nearly
every quarter, and so slightly re-
strained by the police that they are
rapidly being nodded into the stuff
from which roaring mobs r made.
It is to be feared that Worcester is
not alone in the possession Of such a
gang. Probably a duplicate could be
found in any city Of the Common
wealth, and no town of any size is
free from a similar if smaller group
of youthful disturbers. It Is generally
agreed that the responsibility for the
existence of such gangs rests on the
mollycoddling spirit Of the time,
which is reflected in some Of the fool
legislation relative to juvenile Offend
ers now on the statute book.-Lowell
Courier Citizen.
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An Example.

AS the teacher read out to her class
q norton of Sir Walter SCOTS ivan
hoe. she came upon the word
"eloped." Now, which little boy
she asked, "can tell me what the
word 'eloped' sfgniies?" A dead ST.
lence following, she explained. III
means ran away carried. away,
she explained. do you understand!
Well. and which little boy can now
give ME a sentence with the word
'eloped' in it," Il can, miss, an
swered a small boy at the back of the
classroom. Mr.. Green's dog has
closed wiz my faryer's dinner. -
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Lame Back Prescription.

Considerable discussion is being
caused among the medical fraternity
by the increased use"of whiskey for
lame back rheumatism. It is an al
most infallible cure when mixed with
certain other ingredients and taken
properly. The following formula is
effective: ITO one-half pint Of good
whiskey add one ounce Of Toris Com
pound and one ounce Syrup Sarsapa-
rilla Compound. Take In tablespoon
full doses before each meal and before
retiring" II.
Toris Compound is a product Of the
laboratories Of the Globe Pharma-
ceutical Co., Chicago, but 1t as veil as
the other ingredients can be had from
any good druggist
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Strengthened by Strain.

Temptation is that which puts to
the test. Trials sent by God do this.
A test is employed for the pur-
pose of injury.
A weight is attached to the rope,
not to break, but to certify it's power
of resistance. The testing process
here confers no strength. But when
a sailor has to navigate his ship
under a heavy gale and in a difficult
channel, or when a general has to
fight against a superior force and on
disadvantageous ground, skill and
courage are not only tested, but i'm
proved. The test has brought ex-
perience, and by practice is every
faculty perfected.
So faith grows by exercise, and pa
thence by the enduring of sorrow.
Thus alone it was that God did
tempt NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Hall.
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How It Looks to the Audience.

A small toy theatre stage presents
the best. setting for the trick, al
though it can be done on an ordinary
table, but with the stage setting by
far the best effects may be obtained.
you can easily fashion a set of
mountain scenery by cutting out
mountains from colored pictures in
old magazines and setting them up
either in the Sits Of the stage or on
small wooden stand mounts If you
have no toy theatre. =
Two wings" of mountain scenery
will be enough - that is, the front
wing which is the mountain side in
the foreground, and the other wing"
made up Of the hills in the back
ground as shown in the picture.
Now cut out a very small picture
Of a sheep and paste it on the wing"
IN the foreground at point A.
Now cut out a small eagle from
ane tissue paper. A small sewing
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
NO SKIN WAS LEFT ON BODY.

Baby was Expected to Die with &c.
zema-Blood Oozed Out All Over
Her Body-Now Well-Doctor
Said to Use Cuticura.
"Six months after birth my little girl
broke out with eczema and I had two doc.
tors in attendance. There was not a particle
of skin left on er body, the blood oozed
out just anywhere, and we had to wrap her
in silk and carry her on a pillow for ten
weeks. She was the most terrible sight l
ever saw, and for six months I looked for
her to die. I used every known remedy to
alleviate her suffering, for it was terrible
to witness. DR.. 60 gave her up. Dr..
B recommended the Cuticura Remedies.
She will soon be three years old and has
never had a sign of the dread trouble since.
We used about eight cakes Of Cuticura
Soap and three boxes of Cuticura !Oint-
ment. James j. Smith, Dumid, va, Oct.
IA and %, 1906" X,
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Good Paw. Short Hours.

A certain cottage and its old mis-
tress had improved so greatly'in COM
fort and appearance that a visitor
shrewdly surmised that the son OF the
house, a azyne'er-do-well, had turned
over a new leaf. Heinquired about 1t.
Eyes, sir, my sons in work now"
said the smiling .old mother. "Takes
good money, he does, too. All he has
to do is to go twice a day to the cir
Gus and put his head in the lions
mouth. The rest of his time e as TO
tn himself."-Youth's Companion.
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attraction without quite being able
to touch it, and as the magnet is
raised upward behind the mountain
the eagle naturally arises with 1t.
The audience sees only the eagle,
and, of course, is greatly mystiied.
If your hand is steady you may d.
rect the eagles flight at will, being
careful to always keep the magnet
out of sight behind the scenes
PHILADELPHIA Record.
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How's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o..
We, the undersigned, have known F. j..
Cheney for the last IS years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING, K1NNAN & MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, D.
Halls Catarrh Cure SYSTEMATICALLY, act
n gdirectly upon the blood and mucuoussurs
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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Improved Wrench.

The tool illustrated in the accom-
panying engraving embodies several
improvements over the ordinary
wrench. 1t is provided with oppositely
disposed jaws, the jaws o. one side
being set at an angle, so as to per-
NIT of using the tool in or
places that would render the use of
the ordinary wrench inconvenient or
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16

,mpracticable. The improved wrench
Is of the quick acting type. The
shank of the tool is provided with a
liked head, and is formed with a
recess in which a half thread is cut.
The movable jaws carry a feed screw
adapted to fit this threaded recess.
The feed screw is mounted in a
singed carriage or frame, and when
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16

no cure for me and ] was given up 60
die. Being urged, ! used Doan's Kid
ney Pills. Soon | was better and IN a
few weeks was about the house, well
and strong again."
Sold by ali dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. 7. .
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engaging the threaded shank is held
in place by means of a spring latch.
When it is desired to quickly adjust
the wrench to the work the frame Is
swung upward, so that the screw will
clear the frame, and the movable
jaws may then be set to any position
misunderstanding American.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16

South Russia has among its valu-
able minerals rock salt, coal, copro-
lites, kaolin, sands for glass making
and other purposes, manganese and
iron ores, the latter being easily first
In Importance, free. OF phosphorus and
with little sulphur. al
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F'Or years "oS
weak and run down,
could not sleep, my
limbs swelled and
the secretions were
troublesome; pains
were intense. | was
fast in bed for four
months. Three doc
tors said there was
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16

Trimmed with fifteen ostrich feath-
ers, each measuring two yards, the
HAITI be worn by Miss Madge Temple
at the London Coliseum. is valued at
$500. N. Y.-4S
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A Good Trick.

Draw a big U on cardboard or stiff
paper and then, with a sharp knife or
scissors, cut it out. Laying it on the
table, ask who can, in two cuts, divide
it into seven pieces. That seems
a difficult thing to do, doesn't it?
But it is quite easy. The picture
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IL. >f-t-t:}::

shows how you may do it. First cut
across from 1 to 2, which will divide
it into three pieces. Then place the
pieces side by side, and n cut where
you see the dotted line will give you
v pieces.-Good Literature.