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IN A FIRE AT NIGHT.
A DRUMMER'S EXPERIENCE IN A BLAZ
ING HOTEL.
What He RBa Planned to Do In Just
Such a Contingency and What He
Really Did When the Opportunity
Offered Itself.
"It's queer-not to say a source of
chagrin-the difference between our in
tentions and our performances, isn't
it ?" said a commercial traveler at one
of the hotels the other night. "I was in
the Hotel Baldwin fire in San Francisco'
and lost everything I had along with
me. including a thousand and odd dol
lars' worth of jewelry and all of my
sample cases but one, and I was glad to
get out with my life at that. It was the
first hotel fire in which I had figured.
I had often mentally calculated upon
what I should do in case a hotel in
which I was a guest should begin to
confiagrate. I was going to be the cool
est headed man within a radius of many
miles. If the fire should break out in
the middle of the night while I was in
bed, I intended to get up very coolly
upon being awakened, deliberately slip
on enough clothing to keep me out of
the hands of the police upon making
My appearance, get my money and then
pick up my most valuable sample case
and the valise in which I had packed
articles of clothing in current use and
walk out, leaving the rest of my gear
to take its chance upon the fire being
squelchet On my way through the cor
ridors. in case I met up with any beau
tiful, supplicating maidens or ,any
aged, incapable women. I had it all pic
tured how I would drop my two grips
and take them down the seething stair
case, one on each arm. presenting a
heroic and inspiring spectacle as I
emerged from the caldron of flame.
"Well, what happened? Luckily for
me. I had a third story front room in
the Baldwin. The fire broke out in the
basement along toward 3 o'clock in the
morning. I snored luxuriously until
about a dozen engines were throwing
streams on the lower portion of the
structure. When I was in the middle of
a dream that I was standing in front of
a lot of big stores on a great business
thoroughfare. throwing croquet balls
through huge plate glass windows-it
was the smashing glass down below
that got me into that strain of dream
ing-I woke up. The glare in my room
was something luminous. Did I slowly
stretch, say to myself, 'Here's that long
waited for fire, and it's up to me to be
the man of the hour and the real thing?'
"Not much did II I just hopped up
like a man who finds a family of centi
peds in his bed. I grabbed a pair of
rubbers that were lying alongside my
bed and put them on the wrong feet
jiving all the time during the perform
ance a realistic exhibition of a man
undergoing a swamp chill. Then I
snatched a mackintosh that I had
thrown over my trunk on coming in the
night before and folded it after consid
erable difficulty, owing to my chill
tremblings. over my pyjamas. Then I
reached for a hat, and of course it was
about my luck to get the worst hat I
owned out of half a dozen scattered over
the room. Then I made for the door. I
want you to understand that I made for
the door in a hurry too.
"On my way to the door I stumbled
over one of my sample cases and kicked
it over in front of the door. I had to
pick it up in order to open the door.
and so I hung on to it and took it along
with me. I afterward found it to be
the least consequential sample case I
had, one that I could very easily have
dispensed with compared with those
that I lost. Jewelry? Money? Duds? 1
wasn't thinking any more of them
when I frantically unlocked and un
barred that door of mine than I was of
taking a balloon before breakfast in the
morning and starting for the north pole.
I just wanted to get out, that's all. The
halls were filled with smoke, I found,
but after ten years of stopping annual
ly at the Baldwin, generally in the same
room, I knew the stairways and the
route down to the lobby pretty well,
and I just put my free hand over my
mouth and nose and made the rush.
"D'ye suppose that if I had met 40
of the most beautiful maidens on the
globe-supplicating, imploring maidens
-standing there confused in that third
floor hallway I'd have picked 'em up
one in each arm and, permitting them
to gently nestle up against my mackin
tosh. have carried them triumphantly
down the stairs and out into the street
and under the broad arch of heaven and
all that? No. I wouldn't have. It's
grievous and grewsome to have to con
fees it, but I'd just have yelled at them
to follow my route and then have kept
on getting over territory myself. I fell
down the first flight of stairs, from top
to bottom, then picked myself up with
the one idea of getting out, scampered
to the head of the second flight of stairs
and fell down those. I lit on the flag
ging of the lobby, and in two more sec
onds I was in the street. When, a few
minutes later, I reflected upon my lose
and the general hamlike character of
my conduct, did I want to go back and
get my things and do the whole thing
over again right and in accordance with
any preconceived intentions in case of a
hotel fire ? Nope. I was content to stand
there in the street and figure how I'd
perform the next time I got similarly
caught. "-Washington Star.
An Undertakils.
"Isabel, does your husband get angry
when he tells you to wake him early
and you don't do it '
"No, dear. Hlie knows that I know he
doesn't mean it. "-Chicago Record.
Action repeated becomes habit. Habit
long continued becomes second nature.
We are today what we were accu
tomed to do yesterday and the day be
re.-I.ymafn Abbott
S r aP the German empire
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* opatrk.
He Caught O'Connell.
Daniel O'Connell, the famous orator,
when taking a ride in the neighborhood
of his house, had occasion to ask an
urchin to open a gate for him. The lit
tle fellow complied with much alacrity
and looked up with such an honest
pleasure at rendering the slight service
that O'Connell, by way of saying some
thing-anything-ask!ed :
"What's your namet: 'ly boy ?"
"Daniel O'Connell, s:r." replied he
stoutly.
"And who's your father?" demand
ed the astonished liberator.
"Daniel O'Connell. sir."
O'Connell muttered a word or two
below his breath and then added aloud:
"When I see you again, I'll give you
sixpence."
Riding briskly on, he soon forgot the
incident and fell to thinking of graver
matters, when, after traveling some
miles, he found his path obstructed by
some fallen timber, which a boy was
stoutly endeavoring to remove. On
looking more closely he discovered it to
be the same boy he had met in the
morning.
"What!" cried he. "How do you
come to be here now?"
"You said, sir, the next time you
seen me you'd give me sixpence, " said
the little fellow, wiping the perspira
tion from his brow.
Somebody's Mother.
A ragged woman was crossing the
corner of a public park in a large city
where the children of the poor are ac
customed to play, many of them bare
footed. A burly policeman stationed
at the corner watched the woman sus
piciously. Half way across she stopped
and picked up something which she hid
in her apron. In an instant the police
man was by her side. With a gruff
voice and threatening manner he de
manded:
"What are you carrying off in your
apron?"
The woman seemed embarrassed and
refused to answer. Thereupon the offi
cer of the law, thinking that she had
doubtless picked up a pocketbook which
she was trying to make away with,
threatened to arrest her unless she told
him at once what she had in her apron.
At this the woman reluctantly unfold
ed her apron and disclosed a handful of
broken glass.
In stupid wonder the policeman ask
ed:
"What do you want with that stuff?"
A flush passed over the woman's face;
then she answered simply:
"If you please, sir, I just thought I'd
take it out of the way of the children's
feet. "-Detroit Free Press.
Too Much For Belief.
One of the brethren went to Knox
ville last August and fell by the way
side-he got drunk down there. After
several months the news of his fall
reached his rural home, and he was
brought tip before the church.
"Brethren," he said, "I admit I got
drunk in Knoxville last August, but I
didn't mean to do it. Hew I have suf
fered in my conscience and in my pride
God alone knows, and I trust he has
forgiven me. Brethren, I want you to
forgive me. I didn't go to get drunk. I
took a glass or two of light wine with
a friend, and later took a bottle of beer
on ice, and then"
"Brethren," interrupted a good old
brother in the amen corner, "I would
be willing to forgive the brother for his
fall if he would make a clean breast of
it and tell the truth. But I move we
turn him out for lying. He has lied to
us. Whoever heard of ice in August?"
And they turned him out because he
dared to say that he had seen ice in Au
gust.-Sweetwater (Tenn.) Telephone.
Her Age at Monte Carlo.
A curious story comes from Monte
Carlo the heroine of which has lost a
large sum through excusable female
vanity. She entered the gaming saloon
while a former friend of hers was win
ning in a sweeping style that seemed
destined to break the bank.
"I am so glad to see you here, prince,
and in such luck, too!" she exclaimed.
"Do tell me a lucky number. It is sure
to win, for you are uow in the vein."
The prince generously placed a pile
of gold louis before the vivacious lady,
whose beauty had successfully defied
the effects of 36 winters, and said:
"Put it all on the number of your
years and reap a golden harvest."
The lady reflected, hesitated and then
placed the pile on 27.
An instant later the croupier sang
out:
"Thirty-six red wins!"
"HeavensI" muttered the lady as
she fainted. "Thirty-six is exactly my
age!"
age!"'
Burning Heretles.
The following items, copied from the
municipal records of Canterbury by
The Windsor Magazine, show that the
burning of heretics in 1535 (the time
of the genial King Henry VIII) was an
inexpensive amusement:
To bringing a heretic from London..... 14s 8d
For wood co burn him .................... 2s Od
3or gunpowder.. ..................... d
A stake and staple............. .......... 8d
Total.................................... 17s Sd
They Have No Nerves.
A German tourist declares that what
principally distinguishes Chinamen
from us is their utter freedom from
nervousness. No matter how much they
exert themselves, they always remain
phlegmatic, and they can sleep any
where, in any position and in any
amount of noise.
A Person to Be Avoided.
"Palanquin is certainly a man to
avoid. People have told me stories
about him which are not edifying."
"Really ? You do well to tell me, for
I need not now give him back the
money he loaned me. "-Figaro.
The best watchmakers' oil comes from
the jaw of the shark. About half a pint
is found in each shark,
A TWO HOUR BREAKFAST.
It I. One of the Institutions of New
Orleans.
There is a place in New Orleans that
strangers are always glad to halv point
ed out-Begeuy's, over in the French
quarter, kept by Mmo. Begeny (pro
nounced Bigaay, with the accent on the
last syllable), and famous for the hreak
fasts it serves at 11 o'clock every morn
ing.
Originally this breakfast was intend
ed for the butchers, and they cortribut
ed to it the daintiest meats that the
splendid French market in New Orleans
provided from day to day Gradually
outsiders began to come in, and now
one must engage a seat at breakfast two
days ahead. The morning the writer
was there a distinguished judge of the
supreme court was the principal visitor,
and he. with his family and several
guests from Boston. sat at the head of
the table.
One long table occupies the little
dining room, to which one climbs by a
rickety flight of stairs. Every French
man. when he gets up, takes a cup of
coffee and a roll, and at 11 o'clock eats
his real breakfast. This is the meal that
Mme. Begeuy serves, and it costs $1
The kitchen is right off of the dining
room. and there is no pretense of adorn
ment. Everything is as plain and sim
ple as it can be. excepting the food, and
this is the perfection of the gastronomic
art. A bottle of claret stood at each
place. which, with water imported
from Germany and called "blue label.'
was all there was to drink until the lit
tle cup of black coffee finished the re
past.
The first thing served was duck. It
was excellent, and so was everything
else included in the eight or nine
courses that came on. and that con
cluded, singularly enough. with liver.
so cooked that the only regret was that
the piece was not larger. It takes two
hours to eat a breakfast at Begeuy's,
and you get enough to last you for all
day. -Leslie's Weekly
A GRIM CEREMONY.
An Emperor's Death Hastened by
Rehearsing His Own Funeral.
Emperor Charles V of Spain brought
about his death by rehearsing his own
funeral. For the last two years of his
life, after resigning the scepter of Spain
and the Netherlands to his son Philip.
in 1556, Charles retired to the monas
tery of Yuste in Estremadura. and
there lived a cloister life in close inter
course with the monks, devoting much
time to religions exercises. During this
period, prompted it may be by the ex
ample of Cardinal de Ia Marck, who
for several years before his death, in
1528, had annually rehearsed his own
obsequies, the emperor. in the summer
of 1558. formed the resolution to cele
brate his own funeral before he died.
Accordingly, on Aug. 30 of that year,
the grim farce was carried out with the
most elaborate ceremonial. The imperial
domestics marched with black tapers in
their hands, and the emperor. clad in
sable weeds, himself followed, wearing
his shroud. While the solemn mass for
the dead was sung before the high altar
in the cathedral Charles gave up his ta
per to the priest, typifying thereby his
resignation of life, and was solemnly
laid in his coffin. The ceremony closed
with sprinkling holy water on his body:
then, all the attendants retiring, the
doors were shut, and Charles rose from
his narrow bed and withdrew to his pri
vate apartment.
The damping of the graveclothes in
duced a chill, which, aided no doubt by
the mental depression caused by the
grewsome ceremony, induced a fever
which ended in his death three weeks
later, on the 21st of September. 1588.
A Missing Link.
It will doubtless surprise many who
have never even heard of the brute that
there still exists on the island of Java
an animal, or rather a reptile, which
seems to be the missing link between
the ichthyosauri of prehistoric days and
the well known saurians of modern
times.
This animal is known to the Javanese
as "linguin. " It fell to the luck of
Baron Alfonso Pereira, consul general
of Austria-Hungary. to shoot one of
these beasts some years ago. Its length
was between nine and ten feet, and it
looked a cross between a snake and a
crocodile. Though the beast was cut
and wounded in its encounter with
Baron Pereira it did not bleed.
Pennsylvania Sand Mines.
There are all kinds of mines in Penn
sylvania. The greatest are of course the
iron and coal mines, but few people
would guess that the next extensive
mining industry is the sand mines in
western Pennsylvania. These mines are
rarely underground, however, and many
of them are viewed with wonder by
passengers on the Pennsylvania, ap
proaching Pittsburg. Whole mountains
are being dug away. and the granular
rocks forming them are being reduced
to sand for the manufacture of glass in
and about Pittsburg. -Philadelphia
Call.
The Omnipresent Rose.
Every continent on the globe, with
the exception of Australia, produces
wild roses. There can be little doubt that
the rose is one of the oldest flowers in the
world and, perhaps, grown from the
wind blown seeds in Paradise.
In Egypt it is depicted on numbers of
early bas-reliefs, dating from 8000 to
8500 B. C. Rosewater, or the essence of
roses, is mentioned by Homer in the
"Iliad, " and the flower is spoken of in
the Proverbs of Solomon.
Lamblike Resignation.
Charles Lamb, when reminded by his
sisters of the days when they were poor
and capable of enjoying the smallest
treat with the keenest relish, so differ
ent from the days when they were rich
and surfeitad. said, "Well. Mary, since
we are in easy circumstances we must
endeavor to put up with it."
Too .Inch For ll;34
It is evidently one thing to work
without knowing how much we do and
pnot hter thing to have o:ir labors mapped
ont bc:'cre us in d~ :i. FoUr several
months a business hIluie in this city has
enjoyed the ministrations of an un
usually faithful colored janitor. Always
prompt and faithful, unerring in the
discharge of his various duties, Tom
was a great favorite with the firm, and
the prospect was that he would abide
with them many years.
One day it occurred to the senior
partner that a little more system in
Tom's routine would be advisable and
perhaps render his work a trifle easier,
so he wrote out in plain characters an
outline of the chores Tom had been do
ing every week, arranged perhaps with
more convenience to the firm and to
Tom. Unfortunately Tom could not
read, so the list was given to another
man employed on rougher work, with
instructions to read it to Tom and ex
plain to him each day's prescribed du
ties.
When the schedule was read to Tom,
however, the effect was astonishing and
disastrous. He listened quietly, but his
eyes grew bigger and his black wool
seemed to bristle on his head. At the
end he reached for his cap and said to
the porter: "Good gracious! I ain' goin
to do all that work. " Then he walked
out and hasn't been seen since.-In
dianapolis Journal.
Tricked the Vicious Camel.
A valuable camel working in an oil
mill in Africa was beaten by its driver.
Seeing that the camel had treasured up
the injury and was only waiting a fa
vorable chance for revenge, the driver
kept a strict watch upon the animal.
Time passed away. The camel, know
ing that it was watched, was quiet and
obedient, and the driver began to think
that the beating was forgotten, when
one night, after several months had
gone by, the man was sleeping on a
raised platform in the mill, while, as is
customary, the camel was stabled in a
corner.
Happening to awake, the driver saw
by the bright moonlight that when all
was quiet the animal looked cautiously
around, rose softly and, stealing toward
a spot where a bundle of clothes and a
burnoose thrown carelessly on the
ground resembled a sleeping figure,
cast itself with violence upon them,
rolling with all its weight and tearing
them most viciously with its teeth.
Satisfied that its revenge was complete,
the camel was returning to its corner
when the driver sat up and spoke. At
the sound of his voice and realizing the
mistake it had made, the animal was
so mortified at the failure and discov
er9 of its scheme that it dashed its head
against the wall and died on the spot.
Easy Wnay to Be Generous.
In the Baptist church of a New Eng
land village was an old man who had
all the Christian graces save one, and
that one was the grace of liberality.
He would do anything in the world for
the cause of religion but give up his
money. At the close of the financial
year 1869 the church found itself $400
in debt. A church meeting was called,
and it was voted to circulate a subscrip
tion paper on the spot and endeavor to
thus raise the sum needed. This was
done, and the old gentleman did not
put his name on the paper. The result
was rather disheartening, $200 only
having been pledged. Silence reigned
for a moment, when one of the most
generous men in the church moved that
"we double our subscriptions." In
stantly the old gentleman was on his
feet, and with extraordinary fervor
cried. "I second the motion."
He evidently felt that he was thus
doing his part in hastening a most de
sirable result. -Harper's Round Table.
What Love Ic.
Miss Sophie Loury employs an ex
ceedingly communicative old colored
man to attend to odd jobs about her
studio now and then, and his sayings
have become proverbial among Mise
Loury's familiars. He came to work
one day not long ago very full of the
goings on of a young man he knew,
who was in love.
"But what is love, uncle?" asked
Miss Loury.
Uncle wagged his head wisely.
"Miss Sophie," he said solemnly,
"love is dfzziness, unizziness and in
attention to business. "
And really I donet know of any defini
tion more concise, complete and alto
gether adequate than that. -Washing
ton Post.
Study It Out.
Here is a highly interesting paradox,
which may amuse or bewilder, as the
case may be. It is supposed to have
been invented by Socrates: A. says that
all Athenians areliars. A. is an Athenian
and therefore a liar. Therefore his
statement that all Athenians are liars
is not true, and consequently all Athe
nians tell the truth. A. is an Athenian,
and hence tells the truth. Wherefore
his statement that all Athenians are
liars is true. Therefore he is a liar and
his statement false, and so on.
Force of Waves.
In a high gale mile long waves, 200
feet from trough to trough and 40 feet
high, roar along the sea at the rate of
20 miles an hour, with a weight of 60,
000 pounds for every foot of their
length.
Upon these a 600 foot ship, such as the
New York or the Paris, will rise like a
floating leaf, but if the ill fated ship
'drifts upon a lee shore blows of 100,
000 tons, delivered with remorseless
fury, crush it like an eggshell.
A Matrimonial Musing.
The average young man thinks he is
in a position to marry if he has $250
in the bank and a steady job. Hope is a
great factor in a love affair. After the
man is 40 he wonders how he ever did
it, and when he eats pie at night and
has the nightmare he always imagines
that he is marrying again on $6M0.
Atchison Globs.
HONESTY THE BEST POLICY.
Honest goods, honest prices and
honest dealings will surely bring suc
cess. Every hour proves it. The last
days of the nineteenth century show
nothing more clearly. We beliee hibis
fact and our works demonstrate our be
lief. Our goods are warranted to be
exactly as represented, that is honest;
our goods are guaranteed to give per
fect satisfaction, that is honest. If any
article of jewelry of our manufacture
does not give perfect satisfaction we
will refund the money paid for such
articles; that, too, is honest.
.James Wheeler of Billings, Mont.,
has a complete assortment of our goods
in his store for sale at prices that defy
competition. These goods are made
from rolled gold, gold filled or solid
gold stock, and are warranted to give
perfect satisfaction or the money will
be refunded. W. F. MAIN CO.,
Eastern Factory corner Friendship and
Eddy streets, Providence, R. I.
Western Factory (largest in the world)
under process of construction at East
Iowa City, Ia. Over 52,000 feet of
floor space. 929--4
Sick headache absolutely and posi
tively cured by using Moki Tea. A
pleasant herb drink. Cures constipa
tion and indigestion, makes you eat,
sleep; work and happy. Satisfaction
guaranteed or money back. 25 cents and
50 cents, Sold by Chapple Drug Co.
Save Diamond "C" Soap wrappers and
get many valuable prizes.
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Shuart Earth Grader
H AS large capacity for moving earth
S and for grading same to perfect
surface for irrigation. Hundreds
iu use all over the irrigated west. For
descriptive circular and price address
The Babeoek Hardtuare Co.
BILLINGS, MONT., or
The Shuart Grader Co., Ifrs.
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EGGS FOR 1AiTClING
There Are None Better to Be Had
Than Ours.
Our breeding pens were se
lected and mated by I. K.
Felch, President of the Amer
ican Poultry Association.
Light Brahmas (strai),
B. P. Rocks,
WYhite Leghorns,
WVhite Wyandottes.
Eggs $2.50 per setting
Two settings for $4.00
A limited amouht of stock
for sale. Address
Riverside Poultry Co.
TOSTON, MONT.
95 9
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Notice of Hearinlg.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
Seventh Judicial District of the
State of Montana, in and for the Coun
ty of Yellowstone.
In the matter of the estate of Clar
ence Durbin, deceased.-Notice of time
of hearing petition for probate of will.
Notice is hereby given that Agnes Y.
Soule has filed with the clerk of this
court a petition praying for the probate
of what purports to be the last will and
testament of Clarence Durbin, deceased,
and that Friday, 14th day of April. A.
D. 1899, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon
of said day, that being a day of a regu
lar term of said court, before the judge
of said court, at the court room, at the
court house, in the city of Billings, in
said county and state, has been set as
the time and place for hearing the said
petition, when and where any person
interested may appear and show cause
why said will should not be admitted
to probate and why said petition should
not be granted.
Dated this 3rd day of April, A. D.
1899. T. A. WILLIAMS,
Clerk of Said Court.
O. F. Goddard,
Attorney for Petitioner. 99-3
First Publication March 10, 1899-ti
CONTEST NOTICE.
Department of the Interior,
United States Land Office,
.Bozeman, Mont., March 1, 1899.
A sufficient contest affidavit having
been filed in this office by Henry Terrell,
contestant, against homestead entry
No. 1821, made June 1, 1893, for lots 3,
4, SE% SW 4, SW% SE%, section 18,
township 3 N, range 22 E, by Robert B.
Stephenson, Jr., contestee, in which it
is alleged that said homestead has been
wholly abandoned by said Robert B.
Stephenson, Jr., said parties are hereby
notified to appear, respond and offer evi
dence touching said allegation at 10
o'clock a. m. on April 20, 1899, before A.
Fraser, U. S. commissioner, Billings,
Mont., and that final hearing will be
held at 10 o'clock a. m. on April 20, 1899
before the register and receiver at the
United States land office in Bozeman,
Mont.
The said contestant having, in a
proper affidavit, filed March 1, 1899, set
forth facts which show that after due
diligence, piersonal service of this notice
can not be made, it is hereby ordered
and directed that such notice be given
by due and proper publication.
A. L. LOVE, Register.
WANTED - SEVERAL TRUSTWORTHY
persons in this state to manage our busi
ness in their own and nearby counties. It is
mainly office work conducted at home. Salary
straight $900 a year and expenses-definite. bona
fide, no more, no less salary. Monthly $75. Refer
ences. Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope.
Herbert E. Hess, Prest., Dept. M. Chicago. 10-7-6