The Billings gazette. [volume], March 24, 1899, Semi-weekly, Page 3, Image 3

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TIBBS WAS ELECTED,
THE FLIGHT OF ORATORY THAT WON,
HIM A PAGESHIP.
Jimmie Was Not Bashful. and Hlh
Early Call on Senator Eldrldgi
Gave That Gentleman an Inspira.
tion In Words Tast Carried the Day
Below is printed the noted speech o;
Senator Eldridge of Shelby in nominat
ing Jimmie Tibbs, the Nashville news
boy, to be page of the senate. Senator
Eldridge had made the newsboy's cause
his own, though the little fellow came
to him unknown, with no stronger sup
plicancy than the boy's frail yet ener
getic appearance. Senator Eldridge hac
notified the senate that the man wh(
voted against Tibbs voted against the
senator from Shelby. and the sweetness
of revenge would come when the oppos
ing voter wanted the senator's support
on a local bill. The speech was as fol
b. lows:
"Mr. Speaker. I nominate for page
Jim Tibbs of Davidson county. There
can be no ulteriqC motive ascribed tc
this nomination. ·no railroad passes, nc
champagne suppers. no political pulls.
I come from the muddy Mississippi
river and Mr. Tibbs from the misty
mountain tops of middle Tennessee.
Mr. Tibbs has seen ten summers, but
many. many winters have shed their
snow on his sunny head. His freckled.
anxious face is standing there gazing
at me now. He is looking up now, but
for nearly all his life he has looked down
as he has shined the big feet of small
men.
"Mr. Speaker. Mr. Tibbs is not here
as a supplicant for pity or sympathy.
Mr. Tibbs is a man and the head of a
family. Mr. Tibbs has met the dizzy.
sinsick world and won out. He has not
become as dizzy or as sick as you and I.
and, therefore. I will not refer to the
humble home of Mr. Tibbs or the old
mother who, no doubt, is on her knees
praying to Almighty God for Mr. Tibbs.
I will not refer to the paralyzed brother
who, like myself, knows that Mr. Tibbs
cannot fail. But somehow I feel cold
when I think of that snowstorm out
yonder and how it must rattle the cur
tainless windows of Mr. Tibbs' resi
dence. And. Mr. Speaker, I somehow
do wish that the mother of Mr. Tibbs
would kindly mention this great senate
in that prayer, for, if she did. I believe
it would suit its constituents better, and
we would come nearer coming back next
time.
"Mr. Tibbs. like myself, has been
blown into this senate by the sublimity
of luck. Destiny chooses her disciples
with unerring aim, and those who op
pose Mr. Tibbs are fighting God. I will
tell you why I think this. I am stop
ping at the Tulane hotel, by the faith
of the host thereof. My wife and baby
are with me there. Yesterday morning
I had been up very early discussing the
question of a new constitution for my
self and my state.
"At 6 in the morning Sarah was soft
ly humming to the teething baby, rock
ing him back' to rest, to sleep and to
forgetfulness. which is the only rest.
The old refrain rose and fell as the nod
ding of a flower:
"Jesus can make a dying bed
Feel soft as downy pillows are,
While on his breast I lean my head
And softly breathe my life out there.
"Knock I knock I 'Come in.' I angrily
said, expecting a bellboy.
"Mr. Tibbs appeared. He came to
the bed and said : 'Senator. I am named
Tibbs, and I want to be page of the sen
ate. I want you to make the rest of
them vote for me, please sir.'
"'Mr. Tibbs.' I replied. 'does it not
occur to you that you are crowding me
somewhat? Don't you think for the
kind of a day and the time of day that
your visit is not the proper thing?'
"'Well, it is good daylight,.' he said.
'and I have been up some time.'
"'Yes, sir, all men should be ready
for business by this time.' was my re
joinder. 'but why do you come to me
and how did you find me?'
"'I saw you in the Climax saloon
yesterday, and Mr. Maddin. the bar
keeper, said you were a senator.' came
the unhesitating answer.
"I quickly glanced' at my wife, the
rocking had stopped, and the baby.
hearing a strange voice, had ceased his
complaint and was sitting up, looking
like a jack rabbit in a bed of lilies. all
eyes and ears.
"I said. 'Mr. Tibbs. I must ask you
to excuse me. I will call on you later.
" 'Yes. sir. I will see you.' he replied,
and went away.
"Sarah turned her head and said.
'Will. I am for Tibbs.
"Mr. Speaker. I arose and raised the
curtain of the window. The east seemed
flecked with a swarm of golden bees:
the sun, that had been away. was
knocking at the front door of this plan
et. Sir, who can tell of the systems and
cycles he had smiled upon, of his un
speakable glory and sublimity? The
light of this sun will fade by and by.
At one time it was born. at one time it
must surely die, but, sir, the fire I had
seen in the eyes of Jimmie Tibbs will
not die. It is older than the sun. It has
stood floodls of storm and wrath that
would quench that sun. One is of to
day, but the faith, the courage and the
hope of Tibbs make us dream again of
the immortality of the soul "
Tibbe was elected.-Nashville Amer
ican.
Ne1lected Poe.
According to the English papers,
Austin . Dobson is accredited with the
following lines, written in a copy of the
works of Edgar Allan Poe:
I wonder when America will know
That much her greatest bard is Edgar Poe'
I say this reminiscent and defiant
Of Boker. Tabb and Longfellow and Bryant.
Evils in the journey of life are like
the hills which alarm travelers upon
their road. They both appear great at a
distance, but when we approach them
we find that they are far lees insur
mountable than we had conoeived.
Colton.
., Barbers oft estria.
Austrians are very mothodical in
many things. and they take no chances
with their barbers. The Barbers' and
Wigmakers' union of Vienna sees to it
that only competent persons are ad
mitted to practice. Barbers must. of
course. have a thorough knowledge of
the practical side of the subject. and
they are questioned as to keeping razorn,
brushes. etc.. clean, and the general
idea of antiseptics must be well under
stood by them. When the barbers ap
pear before the committee, they have
their razors dulled on a pine plank. and
they must then sharpen them and ý-- .
teed to shave a subject.
These subjects are recruited from the
poor and from among those who are
fond of getting something for. nothing.
[f the apprentice performs his work to
the satisfaction 6f the judges, a certifi
:ate is issued to him, and he must serve
is an apprentice for two years before he
an open a shop of his own. Provision
.s also made for women barbers who de
sire to carry on the business of their
iusbands. To do this the women have
,o be enrolled as apprentices for three
Pears, and they must exhibit a great
3roficiency before they are allowed to
)pen an establishment of their own.
the barber business in Austria is not
articularly lucrative, as one can be
bhaved for 5 cents and have one's hair
u:t for about 8 cents. -Scientific Amer
Lcan.
How Queen Deas Dined.
The setting out of the dinner of
Queen Elizabeth was a ceremonionE
function. First came a gentleman witt
a rod, followed by a gentleman carrying
a tablecloth, which, after they had
knelt reverently three times, was spread
upon the table. Then came two others,
one with a rod. the other with a salt
cellar, a plate and bread, They knell
three times, placed the things on the
table, knelt again and retired. Nexl
came a lady in waiting, followed by a
second. The first lady, dressed in white.
after kneeling three times, approached
the table and solemnly rubbed the
plates with the salt.
Then entered 24 yeomen of the guard,
clad in scarlet, and each carrying a dish
of gold. These dishes were placed upon
the table while the lady taster gave to
each of the guards a taste from the dish
he had brought. in. for fear of possible
poison. These guards were selected from
the tallest and stoutest men in all Eng
land. At the close of this ceremony a
number of unmarried ladies appeared
and with great solemnity lifted the
various dishes and carried them to the
queen in her private apartments. The
queen dined and supped alone, with few
attendants, and it was seldom that any
one was admitted at this time and then
only at the intercession of some one in
power.
She Got the Money.
In Berlin they tell a pretty story about
Fran Blumenthal, the popular wife of
the witty playwright and director of
the Lessing theater. Herr Blumenthal.
it appears. had great misgivings regard
ing the success of his new piece. "Zum
Weissen Roesse. " One day, when he
was nearly ready to throw the manu
script aside, his wife, who did not share
his view, said to him: "If I had only
20 marks ($5) for every 1.000 it will
bring you I should be quite content. "
"All right, you shall have them. " said
Herr Blumenthal.
"Zum Weissen Roesse" (White Horse
Inn) met with an immense success. Ev
ery night the frau director-for in Ger
many the wife shares in her husband's
titles if not in his tin-went to the
cashier and levied on her 20 marks per
1,000. On one occasion, after the piece
had been running some months, bad
weather caused a falling off in the re
ceipts below the $1.000 marks, and con
sequently Fran Blumenthal was not en
titled to her "tantieme" of 20 marks.
"How much have you taken?" she
asked the cashier.
"Only 997 marks. " was the reply.
"Well. give me a seat at 8 marks.
then," said Frau Blumenthal. laying
down the coin. "Now you have 1,000
marks, give me my 20. " She got them.
Both Helped.
Zimmerman. the eminent physician,
was sent from Hanover to attend Fred
erick the Great in his last illness. Oie
day the king said to him, "You have, I
presume. sir. helped many a man into
another world ?'"
This was rather a bitter pill for the
doctor, but the dose he gave the king in
return was a judicious mixture of truth
and flattery
"Not so many as your majesty, nor
with so much honor to myself. "
Where the Czars Are Buried.
It is not generally known that the
remains of all the czars of Russia since
Peter the Great lie in a memorial chapel
built on one of the islands of the Neva.
All the cenotaphs are exactly alike.
each being a block of white marble.
without any decoration whatever. The
only distinction by which one is marked
is the name of the deceased emperor.
Men Who Wear Corsets.
More men wear corsets than is gener
ally believed. A certain London corset
maker states that he makes hundreds
every year and recently had in hand
one pair of pink satin decorated with
flower-de-luce and another of nile green
satin adorned with lotus. flowers, one of
these being for an officer in India.
Sorry He Asked.
Swell-Why is it .that every clown
has such a stupid face Is he obliged
to look stupid ?
Clown-Certainly. If I had your
face, my salary would be doubled at
once. -Fun.
The tree known as the "grizzly giant"
of California is 275 teet high and no
lees than 98 feet in circumference.
Tamania has one of the moat won
jbrtal ian t inmn in thwerd. slc d
Ihe Mount Blachat mine.
SHE SANG FOR DEATH.
The Pathou and Tragedy of Emma
Abbott's Passing A ?ay.
One nighlt in be city of Dnver.
located at the fo-:t and in plain vi, c, of
the Rocky mountains, Emma Ahbactt
was billed to appear in "Faust. ' In the
I same city a most attractive and beanti
rful 18-year-old girl, belonging to one of
the wealthiest families, lay in the last
stages of that fell enemy of the human
race-consumption. Some weeks before
the arrival of the comnrpany she said to
those around her: "Oh. I hope the sun
will shine and the weather will be warm
and geninaL so I can hear Miss Abbott
sing once more. I think I could then]
pass away peacefully and without i,
single regret. " But there came with t ii
queen of the lyric stage a northern h:-r
ricane--with the very air charged with
icicles, which penetrated the lungs
Some one told Miss Abbott of the griev
ous disappointment of the dying girl.
She went to the opera house and never
sang more sweetly. and as soon as it
was over and the audience dismissed
called her carriage and directed it to
drive to the home of &ne young lady
The scene which followed was worthy
of the finest brush ever wielded by the
grand old masters. There lay the dying
earth angel, with pallid lips, hectic
cheeks and lustrous eyes and the light
of immortal beauty shining upon her
face. Standing beside her, in one of her
richest robes (the one she had worn that
night), sparkling with pearls, rubies
and diamonds, stood the almost divine
mistress of earthly melody.
The first piece rendered was "The
Old Folks at Home, " and then followed
"I Know My Redeemer Liveth." The
finale of this weird scene was "'Rock of
Ages Cleft For Me. Let Me Hide Myself
In Thee." And then Miss Abbott bent
over the frail form and kissed her an
eternal farewell. Soon after the spirit
passed into the wild winds which rang
through the wild mountains near by
set sail for that haven from which the
first homeward bound bark is yet to
be seen-the stainless soul wafted to
the stainless heavens by the sweetest
music ever heard on earth-into the
melodies of paradise birds.
Miss Abbott returned to her room at
the hotel and retired. Some time dur
ing the night she awoke with a pain in
the left lung. It rapidly grew worse. A
physician was summoned. Then anoth
er, and another, who applied every
remedy they could command. All to no
purpose. It was typhoid pneumonia in
its worst form. The black camel was
kneeling at her door. Angels of the
heavenly choir had that night listened
to her voice in the sickroom and sent
for her to come home to them.
In three days that voice which had so
often raised the souls of men and wom
en to the noblest, the grandest heights
in holy ecstasy. was forever stilled in
death-gone forth into-the night.
So fades the summer cloud away,
So sinks the gale when storms are o'er.
So gently shuts the eye of day,
So dies the wave along the shore.
-H. C. Stevenson in Atlanta Consti
tution.
GERMAN MILITARY SERVICE.
A Carions Method by Which It May
Be Avoided.
Anybody can emigrate from Germany
before he is 17 years old without run
ning the risk, in case he should-return,
of'being forced to join the army. but he
will be allowed to remain only nine
months in Germany. If he stays longer
he becomes again a German citizen and
must do military service. If he leaves
when he has been a little less than nine
months in the country and stays away
for two or three weeks he can return
without- running any danger and can
stay another nine months. If he does
this every nine months he can live as
long as he likes in Germany.
As soon as a man is 17 years old he
cannot leave Germany without serving
in the army. He can, however, get per
mission to leave the country until he is
20 years old if somebody is willing to
give bond that he will return and serve
his term.
In case a man forfeits his bond he
cannot return to his fatherland before
he is 45 years old, as he would be
promptly arrested, and sentenced to
serve a longer term than the original
one. After a man is 45 years old hecan
go back to Germany without being pun
ished and live there as long as he likes.
In case a deserter is caught in Ger
many before he is 45 years old he is sen
tenced to two or three years' imprison
ment in a fortress and all his personal
property is confiscated. - New York
Herald.
An Eye to Business.
The doctor hurried in and called the
druggist to one side.
"I've just been called to attend the
Craesus baby." he said. "and I've given
a prescription that calls for nothing but
paregoric. When they send it over here.
you must tell them it will take at least
an hour to put it up and the cost will
be $8.50. That's the only way to make
them think I'm any good. the medi
uine's any good and you're any good.
and I want to keep their business. "
'hincao Post
Proof Posltive.
His Honor-What's the charge, offi
cer? Drunk ?
Officer-No. sor--crazy.
Hid Honor-How do you know?
Officer-Well. sor. he is a proprietor
of a daily paper. and I heard him tell a
man that the paper probably had the
smallest circulation in the city, and so
His Honor-The padded cell--quick!
--Harlem Life.
Legal Repartee.
"Gentlemen of the jury, " said the
pompons lawyer, assuming his most im
posing. mien. "I once sat upon the
judge's bench in Iowa. "
"Where was the judge?" quickly
inquired the opposing attorney, and the
pompous gentleman found the thread
of Dhi argument hopelemly entangled
-Detroit Free Pram
Advretlsed Letter".
List of letters remaining uncalled fo
in the postoffice at Billings, Yellow
stone county, Montana, for the wee]
ending March 18. 1899.
Chapman, W. J.; Clafland, D. F.
Davison, Geo. ; English. J. M.; Farris
C. A. (2); Hull, Mrs. J. M.; Ingler
Ande; McGregor, Mrs. A. ; Miller
.hnams B.; Neal, William; Ongley
Mrs. L. G.; Reed,'Miss Nellie; Shove
lin. H. M. ; Smith, Louis; Thurston
Mrs. George.
Persons calling for the same' wil
please say "advertised. "
L. F. Babcock. Postmaster.
Diamond "'C" Soap is a high grad,
laundry soap that can be used in hart
or soft water.
Call for Iides.
Office of The County Clerk and Re.
corder, Yellowstone county, Billings,
Montana, March, 17 1899.-Bids will
be received at the county clerk's office
until 10 o'clock a. m., March 29, foi
certain repairs at the county jail, ac.
cording to memorandum on file in th(
office of the county clerk. Bidder(
must furnish specifications of work th
be done.
By order of the board of county com
missioners.
94-3 Nat G. Carwile,
County clerk and clerk of said board.
There's a difference in soaps. You're
safe when you buy Diamond "C" Soap
Nothing Liberal About It.
Wilkins-- understand you are giv
ing your son a liberal education.
Hobbs-Liberal? Not a bit of it.
They don't give any tieing away at the
college where he is. I have to pay for
every plaguy thing he gets.-Boston
Transcript.
That plants when injured suffer from
fever is a new discovery by a British
botanist. Plants suffer in a similar
manner to animals under like condi*
lions. The rate of respiration increases
mnd the temperature rises, reaching a
maximum within 24 hours.
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