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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-28

After Butte gets cured OF a few Of
its lesser ills in the gambling class,
like faro banks and pool rooms, II
may perk up and show courage enough
to tackle wildcat mining stock opera,
lions With something Aercsr than .
suckers bite.-Beaffy News.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-28

electric circuit VIII be put on In Red
Lodge. At present the capacity Of the
plant 4 o " In operation 10 taxed to the
utmost TO .seep the night circuit 60
I'M.
For the present Lac Northwestern
Improvement company 10 working it,
mines on q half SHIFT schedule, but
the management states That this win
be but . temporary arrangement.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-28
p. P. WORKMAN IS DEAD
Buidrer Of Wickes Tunnel Passes to
Great Heyond-son ls Lieutenant
In u. s. Navy.

Helena, Jan. 25.-D. F. Workman,
n Of the best known contractors in
the northwest, died here today after
q long illness. Mr.. Workman built
the Wickes tunnel on the Great
Northern, one Of the greatest engin-
eering feats ever accomplished in the
state.
His SON, Ward K. workman, is a
and 10 now Of the ~batt1eship Tonnes
Brooklyn and war 70 years old.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-28
Me- sMoxEsTAaks COME.
Coal Mines Are Working Half Shin
at Present.

Red Lodge, Jan. 25.-The three new
smokestacks for the Northwestern I'm.
sproycment company's new mine on.
the west side Of the city are nearing
completion. They : $50 feet high,
and 1t 10 believed that that portion Of
the city will suffer comparatively lit
tie from the smoke nuisance when the
mine 10 under opArahon. With
the completion Of the machinery
equipment ct the new mine. which II
u expected will be BY March !. 4 day
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-28
cLAGHoRN CHANGES JOBS.
Leaves Northwestern Improvement
Company.

Red Lodge, Jan. ga report Is in
circulation in Red Lodge, which has
not, however, been oficially confirmed,
to the effect that G. r. Claghorn Of
Tacoma, WASH, general manager Of
the Northwestern Improvement COM
pany, an auxiliary company OF the
Northern Pacific which owns the coal
mines at Red Lodge, has resigned his
position to take a similar position
with the Grand Trunk railroad In Can
au....
1t is also reporte.' that A. C. Blair.
CHIEF engineer OF construction for the
Northwestern improvement company.
has resigned and Will open a civil en-
gineer's Office Of his own a.. tacoma.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-28
THREE ARE RECRUITED.

EnIistments in United States Army
at Local Recruiting Office.
From Sundays Daily.
three recruits for the United States
army have been received at the local
recruiting Office this week. All were
enlisted Friday in the infantry, signal
corps and artillery. It is very probable
that Major Cheever will pay the local
Office a visit today, and the new re-
cruits will accompany him back to
Helena.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-28

An anti-Bryan democratic paper OBJ
serves that the opposition to Bryan in
the democratic party Is increasing.
Outside the party 1t is sufaciently
great q prevent his election.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-28
PREPARE FOR MEETING.

orscsrs 81 Best oroWers' Association
Arrange Program.
From Sundays Daily.
Preparations are being made for
the annual meeting Of the Beet Grow.
ers' association, which will be held In
this city February. s. The omcers Of
the association are arranging ~ pro-
gram Of papers which will be given
the meeting.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-28

The Hednze interests have been
ousted from . Hartford company. Are
there any more precincts to hear
-fromf-Mhsouliau.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-28
vANELLA GETS
! FIFTY YEARS
SENTENcg PASSED ON ITALIAN
AND ANTHONY GROVE.
10 ASK FOR new TRIAL
Alleged Murderer Of orasio May Never
cain His Freedom-cool. and Col
lsetsd When Sentence Was Passed
on Him.
Sundays Daily.

lg7N4ag trIENH
From Sundays Daily.
Robert vanella WIS sentenced to 50
years at hard labor in the state peni.
Tertiary by Judge Fox in the district
court yesterday morning for the muir.
der Of Rafael Orasio. He was found
guilty OF murder in the second degree
~ q jury last Wednesday morning.
The charge on which he was tried
was murder in the first degree.
Anthony u. Grove was sentenced to
five years in the state penitentiary
and to pay a fine Of $4,000 for assault
In the second degree on the person OF
Charles Moe. Grove was tried for as
sault in the first degree, but the jury
found him guilty Of assault in the sec
ond degree and recommended that
the maximum sentence, five years,
should be imposed.
Vanella' attorney, Fred II. Hath
horn stated last night that a motion
for a new trial would be made in a
few days. Counsel for Grove, Will
liam Gallagher and Fred H. Hathhorn
have both stated that a motion for q
new trial would be maze in the Grove
case also. 1t is understood that new
" discovered evidence will be con-
tanned in the grounds for new trials
OF both cases. It is said that If the
attorneys fail to get a new trial, an
appeal will be taken to the supreme
court and every means of legal pro-
ceedure will be exhausted before at
tempts to secure acquittals are aban-
doned.
No Legal Reason.
When Vanella was called up for
sentence he appeared equally as cool
and collected as at any time during
the trial and when asked If their were
any legal reasons why sentence
should not be imposed replied. in the
negative. There was nothing in.
Groves appearance when he was
sentenced to indicate that anything
unusual was taking place.
Unless he is acquitted, pardoned or
outlives the three score and ten years
allotted to man, the sentence imposed
yesterday "a life Imprisonment
for Vanella, as he is a man approach.
ing the prime of life. Grove is an old
man, two years older than his brother.
Pat Grove, whose hair is already turn.
ing gray.
Both men will probably be taken to
Deer Lodge in a few days to start
serving their terms.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-28
WILL TALK AT Y. M. ca.
~. p. George 20 Address Young Mems
Club Today.

From Sundays Daily.
w. 3. George will address the
Young Mems club at the 7. M. c. a.
auditorium today, and has chosen for
his subject "The =. M. G. A. as a Fac
tor in the Development OF Civic
Pride" Mr.. George is especially de-
slr0us that a many high school boys
will attend a. is possible, as he has
prepared an address especially for
them.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-28
LICENSE TO WE'D GRANTED.
From Sundays Daily.

Wife.
From Sundays Daily.
License permitting William 4. Rob
ers to wed Mrs. Laura "A. Bell was
issued by the clerk of the district
court yesterday. The prospective
groom is a resident of Dayton, Wyo.,
and his fiancee a resident of Sheridan.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-28

Foster, Jan. 25.-Postmaster J. G.
Foster was called to Helena this
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-12
Econooteat.

II believe l have found the prize
woman economist said an east side
baker the other day. "She has lust
moved into my neighborhood, and I
understand the family is by no means
poor. The wife came into my place
Monday and bought dozen small
Gates. l supposed they were for tea
that evening. Imagine my astonish
ment when she came buck Friday
evening carrying a small paper sack
from the depths of which she carefully
drew forth three of the identical cakes
had sold her four days before. Nod.
ding her head toward them, as she set
them down on the counter before me,
she said sweetly. Won't you please ex.
change these for some fresh onesy at
the same time indicating batch that
had brought from the oven not half
an hour before"
We'll. what did you do?' asked tbs
bakers sympathetic friend.
DO? l gave her three of the fresh
ones. think must have been mes.
merlZed. Next thing know she will
be bringing back the bread crusts to
have new loaves put inside them."-
Columbus Dispatch.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-12
The sKYRocKET.
How 1t Is Made and the Reason
Rises In the Air.

How 1t Is Made and the Reason 1t
Rises In the Air.
Of all fireworks none is more beauti-
full from Il pyrotechnic point of view
or more generally popular than the
skyrocket.
The powder ingredients are sulphur,
charcoal and saltpeter, roughly in the
proportions of fourteen, twenty-siX and
sixty respectively. Except In the case
of military or life saving rockets. the
cylindrical case is of paper or paste
board, somewha. CONSTRUCTED ut the
fuse end. Into this the powder is
rammed tightly, a conical space being
left for the insertion of the quick
match which passes through the CON
striction, or "choliehole," into the mass
IF powder.
This forms the body of the rocket
which is closed at the top with a plas-
:er Of paris plug. Through this a
small hole filled with fuse commune
Gates with the conical shaped head,
holding stars, seipents, crackers or gold
or silver rain. The whole is, of course,
attached TO Il slender stick to direct it's
flight.
On the fuse being ignited and the
main cylinder of powder exploded the
enormous quantity Of heated gases gen.
Grated force their way downward
through the narrow box, urging the
rocket upward III the air-Pearson's.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-12

Not So Good or Lasting as the Old
Fashioned Kind.
The men who wrote history ON tab,
lets of stone III ages gone had diff
cult task 70 perform ana had to cult
vatc the habit of brevits," says writ
or i'll a German paper, ''but what they
wrote : preserved. Ii will be differ
ent VIII ne newspapers and books of
the present time. The paper upon
which they are printed will disinte-
Craze in a few years and the records
historical, scientific and literary--will
becon.c dust.
Il saw two papers recently which
told the whole story. One contained
an account of the death of Napoleon
'oaaparte. 1t was printed in 1921,
rs In state of perfect preservation
Il looked as though it might last
..h ordinary care a hundred yeao
ne other paper was kept heca;s:c lis
'cading article described the surrender
of Sedan, which had taken place n day
before. Although 1t had been printed
nearly fifty years later, the Sedan pa
per had to be handled carefully to pre-
vent its tearing in the creases. One of
these papers was printed on old fash
Toned paper and the other on the mod
ern kind.
with the two specimens before me /
cannot refrain from urging once more
that few numbers of all books and
newspapers, enough for all first class
libraries. lie printed on good paper for
the benefit Of those who will live after
us.'
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-12
She Thouaht Ho Wa, Dead

Maginnfs had been Ill for some time.
and, like great many invalids, he
was somewhat irritable, and when
things failed to meet his approval the
next unfortunate who came within
range was pretty apt to be reminded
of it in a way far more forclble than
polite. He fingered in this condition
for several weeks. daily growing weak
er, but sttll holding his own sufficient
" to mafst things lively and more or
less Interesting for those about him.
FinsBy one day when the family doc
tor called he met the long suffering
Mrs. Maginnis coming out of the sick
room, and. rubbing his hands, he cheer
lily remarked: "Ah. good morning, Mrs.
Maglnnis! How is our patIent today 2"
ITS dead tile poor mon is, Dim
afther thinkin', hivin rist his sowl!
was the resigned reply.
"You think he is dead? Don't you
know whether he is or not?" demand
ed the doctor.
Not fer shure," responded Mrs. Ma
ginnis briskly, but thin he bethrays
livery symptom of 1t. l wint into his
room jist now, an he didn't t'row any
thing at me!-London Tit-Bits.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-12
Beauty of lnsoualitx


The beauty as well as the happiness
of the universe requires inequality.
Equal lines, smooth surfaces and eter.
nal plains have no beauty. We must
have hill and dale, mountain and val
ley, sea and land. suns of all magni-
tudes, worlds Of all sizes, minds of all
dimensions and persons and faces of
divers casts and colors to constitute a
beautiful and happy world. We must
have sexes. conditions and circum.
stances-empires, nations and families
Universities In person. mind. manners.
in order to the communication and re-
ception of happiness; hence our nu.
merous and various wants are not only
incentives to action, but sources Of
pleasure, both simple and complex
physical, intellectual and moral.-Alex-
ander Campbell
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-12
Pats DRAINS.

A physician not long ago was called
to see an Irlshman and among other
directions told him to take an ounce
of whisky three times day. A day or
SO later he made another visit and
found the man, while not SO sick, I'M
deniably drunk.
"How did this happen:" the physi-
clan demanded of Pats wife, who was
lowering about solicitously.
"Sure, dochter, an tits just what you
ordered an no more that he had" she
protested.
81 said one ounce of whisky three
times day. That could not make him
drunk" the physician said. "He has
had much more than that"
..Nivur drop more, dochter, DEAR"
she declared. "Sure, an OF didn't
know just how much an ounce was, SO
OF wint to the drug store an asked
an the lad-he's broth Of n boy, too
told me that m ounce was sixteen
drains, an Pat has had thin regular
an no more. "-London Tit Bits.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-12
A Sensitive Monkey.

The most pathetic of all monkey
stories is one which Grant.Duff has
somewhere recorded The Dublin zoo
had famous ape whose delight was
the friendship of the principal Of the
establishment. He never passed the
cage without handshake and q
friendly chat until once a member of
the royal family went visiting. That
day the principal, too engrossed with
the duties of showing the august guest
round the place, overlooked his poor
relation. The ape grieved and sullcd
and when he went again to its cage
turned savagely from him. The hui.
man friend was sent absolutely to
Coventry by his humble admirer And
straightway the health of the sulking,
sorrowing animal began to decline. 1t
fell victim to consumption. When
the end was obviously at hand the
principal went to look. The ape seem.
ed to brighten up at his approach. 1t
crept feebly to the front of its cage,
thrust out its hand for grasp of
reconciliation and forgiveness, then lay
down and died.-St. James Gazette.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-12

The raison d'etre of the family who
can't live ON $4,000 yenr is usually
ZONE other family who won't.-Puck.
A Wasp's Mistake.
1t is generally supposed that instinct
unerringly teaches birds and insects
the best way In which to build their
homes or nests and also to provide for
their offspring. The following incl
dent will show that instinct is not nj.
ways infalllble:
A naturalist placed three small emp.
ty walls In an open box Oh n shelf in
an upright position in close contact,
and they We're uncorked, A short time
afterward 1t was Il matter of surprise
to find that these had been appropri-
ated by female mud wasp. She had
placed goodly number of spiders In
the center vial, doubtless intended to
serve as food for her future brood,
then proceeded to deposit her eggs In
those OH either side. She next closed
tightly the mouths of all the recepta-
cles with a hard lime cement. Having
finished her work, she then doubtless
went OH her way, satisfied all had been
done for her offspring that Thought.
ful mother could do Bat lust think
OF the sensations OF those little wasps
when they conc into existence, for,
while starving in their sealed cages,
they can plainly see through the i'm
renfsetrable glass walls tho hountifnl
suppl o. food which was provided for
their use
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-12
Snuff as Medicine.

"Oh, yes" said the tobacconlst, us he
tapped q jar filled With cinnamon col
ored powder. II sell an ounce or two of
snuff occaslonally-to the old, as a
rule. The young will seldom look at
snuff. And those who do use 1t i'm
pute medicinal virtues to 1t. Thus old
fashioned watchmakers, gem cutters
and tailors think that II pinch of snuff
now and then improves the eyeslght.
They think 1t refreshes and fortllies
weary eyes rs u cup of tea refreshes
and fortifies weary brain. Others
think snuff cures a cold. Others take
1t for the headache. Others still be-
lieve that It wards off Goptagion. Per-
sonally believe that SNUFF taking is
less harmful than smoking Its effect,
too, is pleasanter than the effect Of
smoking-lt is u most soothing and
fascinating effect once you get used to
tt-but the habit is untidy and there.
fore 1t can get no hold upon us in this
aesthetic age."-Los Angeles Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-12
A Divisea Ar.,.,..

The country mind sometimes works
slowly, although with an enyiable
weight and accuracy, but the country
moue OF expression is usually to the
poi;:t Even It's pauscs serve their
tUi'. The are always of rhetorical
vni;c. M Old fisherman sat by the sen
VEL ~ki,'Nins cels which wore that
fc3ennan to- - packed in ice and .sont
to Il city .mari-et. y young woman. n
visitor in town. stood by watching the
unusual occupation aud quite fascinat.
ed by the ease and dexterity with
which it was carried on At length
she felt the necessity of making talk"
What do YOU get for eels?" she
asked.
"Nothin'," returned the old man en-
phatically, stripping off n skin. Then
with the same precision and lightning.
like haste he peeled" another and
another, leaving his visitor to wonder
III the cccentricity which prompted
him to take SO much trouble unreward-
ed. 1t was only after she had given
up the question as bad job that he
calmly finished his sentence-''to what
I'd ought to-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-12
How slsen La Caused


Just how sleep is brought about is
one of the unsolved problems that have
been before science since the earliest
times There are three general ex-
plantations Of sleep. They are called
the circulatory. the chemical and the
astrological theories. The first two
have subdivisions. The astrological
theory is now pretty well accepted.
The nervous system is made IN of
thousands of nerve cells. These are
connected like huge net by nerve ele-
ments. little branching fibers. Each
nerve element is structurally interde-
pendent, but functionally dependent.
Neurologists tell us that the fibers be-
come disconnected in sleep-that is,
each nerve cell is separated from its
neighbors by the elements. or connect
Ing tibers, becoming disconnected. The
nerve cells build up themselves while
separated. as they have no messages
from the body to bear to the brain.
AS the sleeper regains consciousness
the nerve fibcrs unite and once more
begin their duties. st. Louis Post
Dispatch.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-12
The wrano eold,n,ith.

"a friend of mine." said political
orator. was once a good deal annoyed
while addressing meeting by n man
in the front row who howled like a
dog. AT every telling point in my
friends argument this man would emit
frishtful howls and spoil the effect.
MY friend asked the name of the
man and was told that it was Harry
Loft. Then he said in a loud voice:
"'Mr. Loft, it is plain that our friend
Goldsmith had you in mind when he
said:
"The watchdogs voice that bayed the
whispering wind,
And the loud Loft that spoke the vacant
mind.
"'He said that, did he?' cried Loft
furiously, and he turned and struck q
little fat man behind him hard blow
over the head.
at was only after five minutes
scrimmage and much profane abuse
that Mr.. Loft was convinced that the
Goldsmith referred to was the long
dead poet and not the little fat man Of
the same name"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-12
THINGS He Saw.

A gentleman in Liverpool restau.
rant the other day thought he would
have joke with the waiter and asked
him If he had ever seen sausage roll
Yes" replied the waiter. ~ have
not only seen sausage roll, but j
have seen a biscuit box, table spoon
bicycle pump, penny stamp, O
chimney sweep, chain link, nose
gay, camera slide. a garden fence, a
sword fish. spoke shave. wall flow.
err
But when he got to "a fire escape
the gentleman thought it was time he
escaped too.
As he was going the waiter went on
with "a tap turn, cake walk, noun
tain climb, n sky lark, a honey comb"-
But by this time the customer was
hurrying down the street in n dazed
condition.-Liverpool Mercury. ~
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-12
Origin of His Name.

In correcting the exercises of her
class teacher recently observed a
new name inscribed on one of the pa
pers-Tom Brown.
She looked round the class, but could
see no new boy. Not little puzzled,
she requested Tom Brown to stand.
Up jumped Tommy Smith, and the
teacher got more puzzled still.
Your names Smith," she said, mot
Brown"
Tommy looked not a little abashed
and shifted uneasily from one foot to
the other.
please, ma'am," he said, "its ow
Ing to family trouble. l didn't do it,
please, ma'am."
But" she said sternly, 81 repeat,
your name is Smith,"
please, ma'am." said the boy, Its
changed now. Mas married the lodg.
er.'-London Mail.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-12
The eu,l,.gnr.

We went to Il bullfight and wished
we had stayed away. 1t is quite as
unpleasant as people say, and the
cruelty to the horses turns one sick.
If 1t was merely an affair between tie
men, who are undoubtedly very Skill
full, and the bull, which is probably SO
mad with rage as TO be past feeling
much pain, one could shrug ones Shout
ders at the queer game and find some
excuse, but for the torture of those
poor old Dlindfolded screws there can
be no shadow Of palliation. After three
bulls had been killed we had seen
more than enough, especially rs the
horses In the third encounter had al
ready been badly sored In the second,
and the third bull was not killed neat.
ly, but ran about believing for awhile
with the cspada's sword sticking out
of his shoulders.-B lacliwood's Maya
zine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-12
Rescued a "Foxy" squirrel,


man In New York state who owns
several fine cats stepped out of his
house one day to see two of his feline
possessions crouched in the grass, and
eQuidistant between them sat com.
mon striped squirrel, not daring to
move a hair lest he invite the sharp
claws of one or both of his enemies.
but the anxious brown eyes rolled from
side toside as lie calculated his chances
OF escape between the two The man
walked on toward the squirrel, and
when he came within jumping distance
the squirrel seized his opportunity and
leaped upon the mans trousers and
ran ntmbly to his shoulder. Then the
man backed slowly toward tree at
no great distance from him. Again
when within leaping distance the
squirrel jumped into the tree and dis.
appeared amid its branches.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-12
Possible Population of the Earth.

Possible Population Of the Earth.
BY the best reckoning the earth's
population for some two centuries or
so has been increased at the rate of
about million year. From now on.
on account of improved material condl-
tons and the diminution OF the slaugll-
ter consequent to war, the increase
bids fair to be much greater. 1t has
recently been estimated that the earth
under present conditions might be able
to support number treble that of its
present population = that is, about
1900, 900, OO0-four thousand five hun
dred millions. By means of scientific
appliances and the reclamation Of arid
and swamp lands 1t has been calculat-
ed that the figure given might be dou-
bled or ever trebled, giving ten or pos
rsibly fifteen thousand millions as the
ultimate limit of the earth's popula-
tion.-New York American.