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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21

of this city, left last night for a two.
weeks visit with friends and rela,
tives at his old home in Chicago.
w. r. Adams OF Columbus stopped
over In Billings yesterday, while on
route home from Newcastle, Wyo.
where he recently went on a business
trip.
D. L. Chamber of Thirtieth street
and Second avenue north, left yester-
day for Columbus, o., in response to q
telegram informing him Of his fathers
death.
MI. and Mrs. G. E. Inderland OF
North Twenty-eighth street returned
yesterday from a visit with friends
and relatives in White Sulphur
Springs.
G. s. Marvin, cashier. Of the First
National bank Of Laurel, visited
friends in Billings last night and at
tended the production at the Babcoch
theater.
John N. Tolman, stock inspector Of
Carbon county, was a Billings visito,
from Red Lodge yesterday. Mrs
Tolman accompanied her husband tc
this city.
Mrs. w. B.. Nutting, wife of the
president Of. the Red Lodge State
bank, and a prominent society woman
OF Red Lodge, is visiting Billings
friends this week.
Miss Constance Chapple left Sun,
day for Minneapolis to resume he1
studies at Stanley Hall, after visiting
her mother, Mrs. H. E. Armstrong, fol
several weeks.
M. "A. Perkins, a travelling salesman
who makes his headquarters in Bill
ings. returned yesterday from a triple
the Musselshell which he took via For
syth, on the Milwaukee railroad.
49,. A6v1pI lOAA4CEAy VI lie
Billings club. returned yesterday from
Minneapolis. Mr., Davis has an,
nounced that he. will take . position
IS travelling salesman for q Minneapo
lis house in q few days.
Or. and Mrs. s, M. souders and Mr.,
and Mrs. Edward Olcott are visiting
Billings friends. DR.. souders Is ply.
stefan and surgeon for the Northwest
ern Improvement company and Mr.
Olcott is q lumberman Of the coal
camp.
Mrs. L. p. Abbott of Animose,s N. D.
who recently came to Billings to at,
tend her daughter, Mrs. G. H. Bar;
stow, during her last illness, left yes.
terday for Pasadena, Cal, accompa-
MED by her son, g. ]. Walker, whose
home is also in Animose. Mrs. Abbott
has been in poor health since her ar.
rival in Billings and it is in the hope
Of getting relief that she is going to
California.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21
INDIAN PRINCE SAILS.

New York, Feb. 1o.-Nawab Sultan
N Mulk Buhadur. the Indian prince,
sailed for Europe today.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-04-01
DepIorabIe levitv.

Eve students can stand good many
things" said the college girl, "but this
last missionary was too much for us,
He preached or the glories Of the mis-
slonary calling for women. He told US
we ought all Of us TO go and help the
heather. That was all right.
But then he worked up to glow
Ing finish. Now, appeal to you, us
college women, how much better than
mere learning and mere books 1t Is to
go forth into the world ana become
fishers of mem
THAT was too much. OF course we
smiled. In fact, some of us snlckercd
audibly. Then the missionary com
planned to 'prexy' that he couldn't help
noticing Il deploroble spirit Of levity
apparent among the students."- Phila.
delphln Ledger.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-04-01
MURDER OF THE SEAL.
The Way the Animals Are Slaughtered
by the Hunters.

The Ice echoes no footballs, so the
murder of the seal Is n stealthy act.
Yes, II seems like murder. On the pan
Hes whiteeoat alone. Up to 1t hur-
ries one of the hunters. Lifting his
bat above his head he measures the
distance, then, swinging downward the
Iron shod point. he strikes the skull of
the seal such blow that 1t Is crushed
In us II of pasteboard. Tossing aside
the bat and whipping out the scalping
knife, while the creature Is still CULVER
Ing with n swift undercut and two or
three side strokes the keen blade has
severed the hide and the layers Of fat
beneath so they can be rolled Into n
pelt tho hide holding the fat In its
folds. The next whitecoat Is with its
parents. Their hide Is coarser, but
worth having. so the gunner takes a
quick aim, lodging n charge of shot in
the head of the growing mate just at
the base of the brain. Here the skull
Is thinnest One of the batters stands
guard over the blowhole to prevent
the mother from escaping, while an
other bats the cub. Then the female.
who would desert her offspring to save
her own life, Is dubbed on the head.
"A few strokes Of the knives and three
more bloody carcasses crimson the ice.
The pclt Of the first seal Is piled with
the other three In pan. The fIaginan
sticks flag by its side, and the hunt
ers hurry forward, leaving the pelts to
be lowed back to the ship when the
hunt Is ended.
Thus the slaughter continues hour
after hour until nlghtfall only ends the
stroke of the bat and thrust of the
knifc. If 1t began at daybreak the
Held may be strewn with thousands of
dead seals. for IL the pan of Ice Is
thronged with them, us Is sometimes
the case, hundred men will kill ten
times their number In a day, since most
OF the seals are harps, which seldom
try to protect their young, and are
slain without attempting to defend
themselves.-Day Allen Wiley In Met
rOpolltaH
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-04-01
WHOLE NO. lS4S
WORKED HIS WAY.
The Job an Energetic Student Took to
Cross the Atlantic.

The Job an Energetic Student Took to
Cross the Atlantic.
Jack had paid his way always. Out
Of the poverty of his childhood he had
fought his way through the university.
After graduation he felt he must see
Europe, and with the little accumula-
ton he had he CROSSED the pond,'
trusting to good luck to get home
again. But, his trip OF sightseeing
over, he found himself In Liverpool
without money and with no means of
getting any.
lie thought lie would just go down
to the steamship, go on board and see
how it would seem IL only he were go
Ing home.
AS he wandered over the big liner
his attention was attracted by a cry
Ing baby The mother was travelling
alone, and while she was attempting
to see to all the thousand and one de-
tails Incident to the beginning of an
ocean trip the baby had resented the
neglect he felt he had received and
was crying The mother was at her
wits end.
Jacks kind heart prompted him to
say: Let me take the baby, madam.
Perhaps | can keep him quiet until
your preparations are made"
This request So unusual from
stranger and especially from man
stranger, naturally filed her with sur
prise, but she looked Jack squarely In
the eye for n second and trusted him
Il wish you would" she said.
Jacks care was extremely satIsfac-
tory to his babyship, and when, In u
half hour, the mother was ready to
reclaim her child she found a happy
baby cooling and trying to devour u
bunch of keys at one gulp
She laughed rs she took the young
ster and thanked Jack. Then she add
ed. quite In fun, II wish you were GO
ing clear across
Jack saw his opportunity. He said:
| MADAM. I'm u college student, out OF
| funds and longing for home II YOU
VIII pay my passage to America l will
take care Of your baby oil the way
| across"
| Ills proposition was accepted, and he
kept his word. He Is u prominent law
yer now, and he looks back with con
siderable amusement to his experience
In getting home from Europe Youths
| Companion.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-04-01

jacks Lucky BAD.

The annual publication OF the bri.
gade of midshipmen Mt Annapolis goes
by the name of "The Lucky Bag even
as that of the corps Of cadets AT West
Point bears the military appcllation of
"rhe Howitzer" on board shin Is
kept what Is called a lucky bag. Into
this are put all sorts of articles that
are left around the decks or ont of
their proper places by the men. At
the end of each month the lucky bag Is
opened, and the men who have lost
different articles gather around It In
the hope that they have been lucky
enough to have had their possessions
find their way into the lucky bag. At
the end Of the month the bag generally
Is filled with a great variety OF articles.
In 1t are jaekSnIves, pairs of shoes.
plugs of chewing tobacco, sewing kits.
caps, photographs, writing materials,
and so on through practically the Ell
tire list of the sailors possessions
New York Tribune.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-04-01
America ON Ion.

Some years ago, while on n tour
through Europe, Sir Henry Roscoe
paid visit to Vesuvius, which was al
the time IN eruption. lie there met an
American, who spoke In depreciatory
terms of the magnificent spectacle,
well" remarked Sir Henry, "wheu
all Is said and done, you have nothing
Ike this In America
mo" replied the other, "but we have
river that would put the whole
darned thing out In five minutes"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-04-01
Shooting Stars.

Shooting stars are not real stars Mt
all, but are small bodies which the
earth runs into and which are made
SO hot by friction In the atmosphere
that they are burned up. The real
stars. as those of the Dipper are very
very far away, so far that no one
knows the distance. They are bright
bodies like our sun, but seem like
points of light because they are so far
Off. AS the earth moves about the sun
It frequently meets little bodies. 1t
Is moving so fast that when 1t strikes
them the friction In the air Is very
great, and usually they are burned up
They seem like moving stars, but are
really only few miles above us In our
atmosphere. Sometimes one Is so large
that It comes through the air without
being wholly burned up and falls on
the ground.--St. Nicholas.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-04-01
COSTLY MATTRESSES.
The Kind That Are Used on the Big
Plate Glass WAGONS.

| Probably about as costly sort of
mattress as any Is one that is made
not TO sleep on at all, but to spread
on the long, broad table or platform of
the wagons built for carrying plate
| glass.
These mattresses, which are made of
curled hair. are very thin, scarcely
thicker than n comfortable, and must
be made with the greatest care to In
sure perfect uniformity of thickness.
A lump anywhere would be likely to
break the plate of glass resting upon
II. and there would be still greater
danger II the weight of two plates of
glass was rested on the lump at once.
A mattress for n plate glass wagon
costs, according to size. from $50 to
$75. In use the corners of smaller
| plates carried on ii cut into the tick
ing covering, and sooner or later 1t has
to be made over Simply to make over
such a mattress costs from $50 to $50.
On the table topped and mattress
covered glass wagons the biggest
plates are carried with confidence and
| safety. The table Is built TO remain
absolutely rigid. and the thin but uni
form mattress protects the plate from
| jar.
Before plate glass store fronts had
| come Into common use, when the han
ding of a big plate was counted as
| good deal more of Il job than 1t IS now.
they used TO carry a great pane Of
| glass In Il sort of frame, which was
put on the wagon with the glass in 1t.
| At Its destination this frame or sup
| port was worked carefully across the
| sidewalk TO the store front, where the
! glass was dislodged from 1t to be set,
and altogether the setting of a great
| plate of glass was then quite an I'M
| dertaklng.
Now. with the setting of such plates
a common daily occurrence and with
| men skilled In the handling of them
| they simply carry big plate out and
| lay II on their mattress covered table
topped wagon and carry Ii to where
| 1t Is to go and there slide 1t off, to rest
| 1t for a moment on blocks on the side
walk. and then they pick 1t up and
carry II TO the window front.
Then they run under the lower edge
Of the glass lifting straps, by which
men standing inside the window as
well as men standing outside can lift
on II when the glass is put into place
In the window frame. There again it
IS raised on blocks until the straps can
be withdrawn. and then the blocks are
taken out and the glass secured in
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-04-01
THE WORLD OF HOMER.
Ancient idea of the Earth and Its Mar
DIN of Mater

Sh' VI sNaASi
Let us consider for one moment what
the idea of the world was-not, indeed,
Mt the earliest period of which we
have any knowledge, but at the dawn
of written history or of written history
among that lndo-Germanic people
whose descendants have overspread SO
much of the earth. The world of Ho
mer was Il small. fiat surface, In which
civilization was hemmed in by foreign
races, who again were surrounded by
Il great ocean or river over which no
man had ever passed The world of
which Homer had any definite notion
was Grcece-a Greece which hardly
extended rs far rs the Balkans on the
north and which scarcely included the
Levant and the islands in the Aegean
sea. No doubt he had some general ac-
| quaintance with Il world beyond these
narrow limits. He knew. at any rate.
some of the leading features of north
ern Africa. He had heard, as was only
natural. of Egypt, whose civilization
had made such marked advances and
was exercising so much influence He
had some knowledge of the great river
on whose recurring floods Egypt de-
ponds for her prosperity He had even
heard of the pygmies and of the Ethe-
plans who dwelt higher up its stream
Some reports had reached him of
southern Italy. But It Is hopeless to
attempt TO fit the geography of Homer
to the actual facts. If man were to
search today for the precise spot on
which Captain Lemuel CULVER was
wrecked in the first of his famous voy-
ages he would find that the Liliput of
Swift was in the heart of Australia,
and much in the same way, to quote
Mr. Gladstone's language, "the key to
the great contrast between the outer
geography (of Homer and the facts of
nature lies In the belief of Homer that
a great sea occupied the space where
we know the heart of the European
continent to lie.p
1t Is another Indication of the small
ness of TIomer's world that the ten
years war, of which he has given us
the concluding episode, was not. as
even lierodotus has described IT, one
OF the opening chapters of the great
struggle which has endured throughout
historic times between east and west.
but n contest between men of common
origin. 1t Is not II mere poetica IL
cense which makes Greeks and RIO.
mans address one another in the same
language. Yet the world of Homer,
small MS it seems TO MS, seemed large
to him. Compared with the mighty
oceans which men now traverse the
Mediterranean is but little landlocked
sea. The Mediterranean of the "Iliad"
was only the Aegean. yet for Homer II
had terrors which the Atlantic has not
for us.-Sir Spencer Walpole In Con.
temporary Review.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-04-01
Humor ane Philosophy
TIMELY WARNING.
BY DUNCAN NJ SMITH

April showers
Bring May flowers.
Said the poet long ago,
And We let II
Go at that.
For the fellow ought TO know.
II that were
The only thing,
II would give us much relief.
But, alas,
These showers likewise
Bring the bad umbrella thief.
Put II for
A moment down
In the office or the store
When outside
The rain descends
And you'll see II ncvermore.
Some ono who
Has heretofore
Led life that's hlameless Will
Swear he paid
For 1t himself
With n new two dollar bill.
And how ripping
Mad you get
When it's spirited away.
quito forgetting
You yourself
Stole 1t somewhere yesterday
Hut you curb
Your rising wrath
A. You murrnur. Whats the use?
Aud proceed
To look around
For another lying loose.
Here's the mystery
For fair
Deeper than problem play.
Who Is II.
DO you suppose.
BUYS the new ones anyway
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-04-01
Runiona and Rank

ut is extraordinary" writes Sir Hen
ry Drummond Wolff In Rambling Rec
elections" "to observe In England the
weakness that most people have for
boastlng Of their friends in high places
and the Difference that they show to
them. The daughter of lady of very
high rank had some pain In her foot
which the mother asked the governess
to be good enough to look at The lat
ter after examining 1t said, If 1t were
not for her ladyship's exalted rank
should say II was bunlon'"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-04-01
Conditional.

When the snow IL whirling down
From dark, low lying cloud.
When the blizzard strikes the town,
Puts to flight the lettering crowd.
Then II blaze upon the hearth
Makes the heart OF mo rejoice.
Full of merrlmcnt and mirth
Is the music Of my voice.
Then | feel that ! can brag,
Feel ! can 20 IN and win,
II there's -four In the bag.
IL there's coal down In the bin.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-04-01
Nauu Is Never Done.

A navy. like railroad. is never
done. There never comes the grateful
moment when the work can be said to
be finished and the sole task left TO be
discharged is that Of operation. AS tho
roadbed, track, equipment OF rail-
road must be constantly maintained
and improved, so II there Is to be any
navy at all equipment must be con-
SANITY improved and brought up to
date, even under the policy of ire
placement and Boston Tran
script
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-04-01

This Earthly STAGE.

"rhe SUM- remarked the kindly citi-
zen. "shlncs for ALL"
"And that's what worries some pee.
pie" ayerred the caustlc citizen. ''rbey
seem to think the sun ought to be han
died as spot light."-Loulsvlllc Cou-
rier-Journal.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-04-01
DOG INTELLIGENCE.
The Clever "Malamutes' That Carry
the Mails In Alaska.

| tUc MahS w f>taSNa.
The Eskimo begins to train his dos
for sedgc work before It Is month
old. One of the most interesting fea
lures of Eskimo villages are puppies
| tied to the pole of n tent. They pull
on the rope with all their puppy
strength in the effort to break away
and Join In the frollcs OF their elders.
Not until dog bred for mail service
is one year old Is II put in training for
the trail. 1t begins by running ten
miles with the team; then II Is dropped
out. Next day 1t runs the same dis
lance. Gradually the distance Is In
creased until 1t reaches It's fifteenth
month Of life, when II becomes part of
the regular service, The life of a mail
dog Is from three to four years. No
greater punishment can be inflicted
than to lay n dog off from service.
When unruly they are often threat
ened with lay-olf, and with almost
human intelligence they seem TO I'M
derstand the disgrace II implies In the
eyes OF their fellow workers ON the
trail. All fight TO be leaders, A con-
slant spur TO an unambltious dog Is
the outsider" who will quickly take
away the leadership not only in the
mail service. but in teams maintained
chiefly for the pleasure of the sport.
The intelligence of the malamute is re-
markablc, its scent wonderful, its IN
stlnet, as a rule, unerring.
Some dogs are better trail followers
than others, as some are better lead
ers. In blizzard the best OF them
lose the trail, but invariably find II.
When on the trail they never cat but
once a day, then at the end Of Il jour
ney. After feeding, like weary chill
dren, they fall asleep and are never
quarrelsome. 1t takes on an average
twenty pounds Of food II day for II
team of eleven dogs on hard route
Ida Rose McCabc In st, Nicholas.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-04-01
A Careful M an.

81 am very fond of my home.'
"But | notice that you don't stop
there very much"
"rhats because | am SO careful of
It,"
"What has that to do with itf'
II don't want TO wear 1t out"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-04-01
Why2

Is one always chilled to the narrow
Is an explorer always intrepid?
Is a swoop always fell swoop?
Is statesman always eminentI
Is a newspaper man always well
known newspaper man!
Is q bargain always extra specialY
Is drapery always clinglng?
Is sweetness always cIoying?
Is ruffian always burly?
Is one always within an inch or
death? Why not two inches?
And why, why. why, Is conclusion
always foregone ?-Cleveland Press.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-04-01
ROYAL Crowns.

Royal crowns have tended to become
lighter. Thus, one made IN the middle
ages weighed over seven pounds, that
Of George ~. weighed five and one
half pounds, while Queen Victoria's
crown. containing the great ruby
which belonged to the Black Prince,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-04-01
Siun of Precocitu.

II behave" declared the Irlshman,
thot me Youngest sons born t be .
surgeon"
"Phwat leads We T. say thotf" asked
his friend.
"Ol caught him usin' III scissors on
u book ORG lately bought an before
OF cd stop him he cut out tn appin.
bohemian.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-04-01
JOY

Joy In life Is like the oil In the lamp
wick burns with glimmering red
flame, filling the air about 1t with Il
back smoke. Life also without little
Joy burns unprofitably, filling the air
with depression and sadness
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-04-01
Olive Oil and Long Life.

Many have wondered at the great
age men attained IN Biblical times. An
age of 100 years was not at all I'M
usual In those days for men to attain
In full possession Of their faculties be-
fore they were gathered unto their
fathers. There Is a cause for every
lining, and Is II unreasonable to attrib-
ute this long life, in part at least, to
the fact that all these men perhaps
daily freely used olive oil? They lived
In the land of the olive and regarded
1t as one OF their greatest earthly bless
ings, for /. gave them health and
"langth of days. Homeopathic Envoy
1.-THE best lightning rod for your pro.
lection" says Ralph Waldo Emerson,
"is your own spine"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-04-01
Mutually Helpful,

Husband Smlkcson's wife Is away,
and I'm going over there this evening
to cheer him up. Wife-Why don't
you bring him here? Iusband-Well-
erin not feeling very well and need
a little cheering up myself.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-04-01
A Good TaIker.

"They say her conversational pow
ers are immense"
"Is that So
"Yes, sir. They tell me that girl once
talked clear through Parsifal.' -
Louisville Courier journal
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-04-01

"Wbat does become Of all the pinsT'
cried Mrs. \. rs she valnly sought for
one on her dressing table.
Il know, mamma" cried her little
son, who had just begun tostudy Latin.
"They fall to the earth and become ter
raplns. -1farper's Weekly
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-04-01
Undoubtedly.

"You never can tell what woman
will do next"
"Perhaps not but there Is one thing
that YOU can gamble on and not lose.
"What is itfp
"That no matter what you do she
VIII get next
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-04-01
He Was n Married Man

He Was a Married Man.
ADO you ever get any prlzes%
'1ots of them"
"flrst or boobyY
"Surc."
"Whatf'
'"That's surprises"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-04-01
Miaht and Name.

Tom Hood, the punster, once descrlb
ed the meeting of man and lion,
and In doing so he said, "The man ran
off with all his might and the lion with
all his name
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-04-01

Manner Is much. A man always
looks better when he carries himself
we'll than when couple Of friends are
trying to carry him.
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Ihn Reason.

Nun wants but little here below,
You've often heard II said,
But that's when lie 3 constructed 40
1t goes straight 10 his head.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-04-01

talented person Is not often tact
full person; but, then, he does not have
to be
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-04-01

"What school did you go tor
1.-THE school of experience.
Lets sce-what state ~ that INF"
"The statc OF suspense mostly"