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Kmw Frasa Kavowiaßoe.
“I aay," Mid a friend the other day,
•you pre •“ old hand at It. I have
only just got married, and don’t under
stand much about the business, but has
i* married man any rights left when
he once assumes the hymeneal respon
sibilities?”
“Rights? Yes, lots! He’s a right
to pay all the bills, _ to”—
"Stop. I mean this. Let me give
you an Instance. Every ..box and
drawer and portmanteau and, In fact,
every available receptacle of every
description Is stuffed full of my wife’s
property and vyhen I want to put away
a few cuffs and collars"—
“Hold hprd! I know wliatyou mean.
Listen, young man. If your bedroom
.■were"’ 200 yards long and Hued
from the floor to the celling with
drawers and you wanted a place,.,to
stow away a couple of collars, you
couldn’t And a nook that wasn't full of
hairpins, tufts of frizzes, pads, scent
boxes, old gloves, powder puffs, rings
and things. So just accept the Inevita
ble. Wrap your personal property In
an old newspaper or some brown paper
and bide Vie parcel under the bed."
The Inquirer smiled loudly and Ironi
cally and passed on a wiser If not a
better man.
Eskimo Throwing Sticks.
A “throwing stick," “throwing
board” or “spear thrower,” as ft Is
sometimes called. Is a contrivance for
casting a javelin or harpoon, which Is
employed by various savage races,
such as the Australians, some South
American tribes and especially by the
Eskimos, among whom Its use Is al
most universal. Roughly speaking. It
Is a narrow grooved board a foot or so
long, with one fend cut into a handle
and the other provided with a stud or
■pur for the butt of the spear to rest
against. It is used thus: Grasping the
handle as he would a sword, the man
fits the shaft of the spear Into the
groove, with the bntt resting against
the stud, steadying the spear with the
finger. Then, extending his arm and
bending back his band till the spear
lies horizontal, he alms at the mark
and propels the weapon by a quick
forward jerk of the stick. In this way
I have seen Eskimo boys casting their
forked Javelins at wounded waterfowL
When Buchanan Was Kin*.
George Buchanan was a scholar, his
torian. controversialist and the best
Latin poet of his age. Buchanan was
tutor to Mary, queen of Scots, and to
her son James, afterward James I. of
England. One day be caused himself
to be made king of Scotland, and this
was the way of it: Having observed In
-James a tendency to too ready" acqui
escence, he drew up a piper for the
royal pupil to sign. James did so at
once without having read It The doc
ument happened to be a transfer of the
royal authority to Buchanan for fifteen
days, and no sooner had the poet got it
Into his possession than be began to
play the monarch, even before the king
himself. James thought the man a lu
natic until the Instrument was pro
duced 'by which he had signed away
his sovereignty. This Incident was
used by the worthy preceptor to Illus
trate the day's lesson on the responsi
bilities of monarchs.
Monkeys an Nurses.
“Monkeys make poor narses," said a
boo keeper. “When they live near a
stream of water and one the colony
falls sick they Invariably toss him
overboard. They don’t want him
around. His sighs and groans annoy
them so. ‘Psst! Oft the dock!’
“Here In captivity I have to remove
at once a sick monkey from his com
rades' reach. Otherwise they would
soon kill him. When they can, well
monkeys take a strange Joy In tor
menting an Invalid. They bite the end
of his tail, they drag him about, and
they pinch him. Finally, when he
dies, as many as can find room sit on
his body, close together, very solemn,
as though engaged in some religious
rite.”
Fixed Bayonets.
It Is said that during the siege of
Ladysmith In the Boer war the assault
column of British, advancing in thick
darkness, climbed up an almost pre
cipitous wall. Once or twice they were
faintly challenged. At last a Boer rec
ognized them and shouted to the sentry
to Are on the “verdomde rooineks!” As
the crest w’as gained the fire broke out
A few of the attackers began to reply,
but they were stopped, and the voice
of the commanding officer was beard
to give the order, “Fix bayonets!"
That there were no bayonets did not
matter. The men, taking up the cry,
rushed on t|ie Boer gunners, who fled
at the thought of the cold steel.
—
The Streets of Peru.
The streets of Peru, especially on
gala days or when they wear the spe
cial dress of some celebration, are said
to be among the most picturesque in
the world. In their narrow proportions
they resemble somewhat the streets of
China, and the variety and contrast of
the colors used in decoration may be
compared with the Chinese. There is,
however, a distinct Latin character to
the decoration, which lends them an
atmosphere entirely their own.
No Guarantee.
A a port Ing paper recommends a cer
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*>g. however savage. All one has to
do is to btand perfectly still and bold
one’s hand out. The dog. says the
writer, will take the hand in his
mouth, but will not bite It. But what
guarantee have we that the dog knows
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FREAKS OF THE LAVA.
Ha. Carious Incident. at On,
flow of Veaavia..
At one house, which had been entire
ly surrounded by the flood, but not de
stroyed, one saw people, on top of the
mass of lava, entering the upper win
dows with a ladder and bringing forth
their household goods to transport
them to a place of safety. One vine
yard was surrounded on three sides by
this dividing current, and It was pos
sible to walk Into It uiaoe< the lines
of trimmed vines and to perceive the
fire still glowing In the towering Avails
of lava on each side. Tho people at
tributed this remarkable phenomenon
to the miraculous Intervaatlon of tbelr
Madonna, “Our Lady of the Snows,”
with whoso sacred Imago they had con
fronted tho all devouring monster
sweeping Implacably down on their ap
parently doomed homos.
Step by step the priests and the faith
ful, singing the litany, retreated as the
awful flood swept on, and_ still the
sound of singing and prayer rose above
the fearful roar of the torrent aad the
thunder of the mountain above, belch
lug forth from the central crater fiery
bombs and enormous swirls of cinder,
sand and smoke, which rose to great
heights. Yard by yard the lava swept
onward. Now a palatial villa would be
surrounded by the torrent, crushed
down and disappear In smoke; now a
weeping peasant would see his little
cottage and vineyard, his all, go under
in an Instant.
One poor woman was thus watching
the fato of her earthly belongings from
a little eminence when a smaller crater
camo roaring forth at her very feet
She turned to flee, fall, rolled to tha
bottom of the little hill, and the next
moment the lara flowed forttrllke the
foam from a glass of beer and swept
over the spot where she had been
standing an Instant before.—William
P. Andrews in Century.
Glnitouooa Beklmoo.
The eating powers of the Eskimos,
if the tales told la the books of north
ern explorations are to be behaved, ara
most extraordinary. One writer tells
of a young man scarcely full grown
who ate four pounds and four ounces
of frozen sea horse flesh, four pounds
and four ounces of sea horse flesh
broiled, one pound and twelve ounces
of bread, one and one-fourth pounds
of rich gravy lu twelve hours. Besides
eating the above he also drank one
pint of grog, three glasses of raw spir
its anu nine pints of water.
Convalearenee.
When a sick pvrsou Is becoming con
valescent, the rule of a quiet time be
tween 2 and 4 o'clock In the afternoon
should still be adhered to until com
plete strength Is regained. Even if the
patient cannot obtain sleep the fact of
lying quietly in a darkened room will
rest both eyes and brain, producing
that feeling of wide awake brightness
which invalids so often feel lu the even
ing, to them the pleasantest time of ths
day In consequence.
Oasc Slnuder.
“Your husb:md," said Mrs. Hlgbmus
graciously, “Is decidedly interesting
and original, oven If he doos sometimes
blow bls own horn a little too”—
“It Isn’t so!” indignantly exclaimed
Mrs. G^pwell. “My husband always
uses his handkerchief!"—CJiloago Trib
une.
It is a common fault to be never
satisfied with our fortune nor dissat
isfied with out uruLerstaudlng.—Eocbo
toucauld.
Why He Wn« < «»01.
Average Man -There’s a run on an
other bank. Just look at those deposi
tors crowding In. The foolsl Thal’a
what makes money tight. The whole
Fowd should be carried off to a luna
tic asylum. Friend—You are allowing
your deposit to remain. I presume?
Average Man—Um—er—l haven't any
funds in that bank.
Subtle.
“What did you got out of that will
ease?*’ iiKked the first lawyer.
“Two hundred and fifty thousand
dullnra,” . replied the second lawyer.
••Good round sum, eh?”
“Yot; but I thought the old man left
more than that.”
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
A man Isn’t beaten as long ns he isn't
flscouraged.
Most family skeletons refuse to stay
In the closet.
Be sure that you have an alm In Ufa
before pulling the trigger.
Never do any worrying today that
you can just as well postpone until to
morrow.
When a man gets a chance to dispose
of ills troubles be always heaps up the
measure.
Yes, you may draw the salary, but
your wife earns half the money; don’t
forget that.
Of course it's all right to be born a
leader, but the man In tho rear has a
better opportunity to get away.
Many a city chap laughs when be
bears of a farmer buying a gold brick.
Then he goes to the race track and
hands over his money to the book
makers.—Chicago News.
Tlie Printer’s Devil.
Why Is the printer's errand boy
called tbo “printer’s devil?” Accord
ing to Moxen, writing at the end o?
the seventeenth century, because
I "these Boys In a Printing House -com
' monly black and Dawb themselves
whence the Workmen do Jocosely call
.them Devils, and sometimes Spirits,
and sometimes Flies.” It is related,
however, Jbat Aldo Munuzlo, the great
i Venetian - printer of the fifteenth cen
tury, bad a black slave boy, who was
popularly supposed to have come from
i below. Accordingly ho published a no-
Mee: “I, Aldo Manuzio, printer to the
doge, have this day made public ex
posure of the printer's devil. All who
think be is not flesh and blood may
some and plncu him."
A Good Answer.
I A shopkeeper had for bls virtues ob
talned Jhe name of “the little rascal.”
A stranger asked him why the appel
lation bad been given to him.
“To distinguish me from the rest of
my trade,” quoth he, “who are all great
rascals." —Jxmdon Mall.
I 1
A nrat Eaoir In Houekeeping. f
Mr. Jones—What Is It, my pet? Mrs. I
Jone»—This rabbit (sob) —I’ve been 1
plucking it (sob)—al! the afternoon, and 1
it isn’t half done yet!—Punch.
I ‘ KILLED THE LAUGH.
The Story of the Prayer In ItOHsini’n
“Moae In Egltto."
The sublime prayer of the Hebrews,
when preparing to cross the Red sea,
Is, perhaps, one of the most solemn
and majestically grand compositions
that can be found in the choral reper
tory, yet, at tile same time, simple to
a degree. This was an afterthought
of the composer and was not Intro
duced until the second season of the
production of “Mose In Egltto” at Na-
The oftera then, as now, terminated
with the passage of the Red sea by
the Israelites; but, although the audi
ences were entranced with the music,
they Invariably saluted the passage of
the Red sea with peals of laughter, j
owing to want of skill of the machin
ist and scene painter, who contrived
to render this portion of the affair su
perbly ridiculous and brought down
the curtain amid uproaitous mirth.
Rossini exhibited his usual Indiffer
ence, but poor Tottola. the poet, was
driven nearly crazy by this unwel
come termination of his literary la
bors and Intensely chagrined at the
idea of so sacred a subject exciting
laughter. This lasted throughout the
first season; the next It was repro
duced with similar brilliant success
(on the first night), for the music, and
similar laughter at the end of the op
era. The next day, while Rossini was
indulging In bis usual habit of lying
m bed and gossiping with a room full
of friends, in rushed Tottola, in a most
excited state, crying out:
“Evlva, I have saved the third act!”
“How?” asked Rossini lazily.
“Why,” replied Tottola, “I have
written a prayer for the Hebrews be
fore crossing the dreadful Red sea,
and I did It all in one hour.”
“Well,” said Rossini, “If It has taken
you an hour to write this prayer I will
engage to make the music for It in a
quarter of the time. Here, give me
pen and ink,” saying which he Jumped
out of bed, and in ten minutes be bad
composed the music without the aid
of a piano and while bls friends were
laughing and talking around him.
Thus, owing to the blundering Igno
rance of a stage carpenter and scene
painter, the world is indebted for the
most sublime pregbiera ever penned.
Night came. The audience prepared
to laugh as usual when the Red sea
scene came, but when the new prayer
commenced deathy silence prevailed,
every note was listened to with rapt
attention, and on its conclusion the
entire audience rose en masse and
cheered for several minutes, nor did
they ever again laugh at the passage
of the Red sea. .
The Optimist.
Small Boy—Pa, what Is an optimist?
Pn—An optimist, my son, Is a man who
doesn't care a blank what happens, so
that It doesn't happen to him —Life.
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NOTICE FOR PDBLICATIOH.
Notice is hereby given thst
DELMEK J. LUKE
of Chinook, Mun.tn^ bM filed node. of hi. in
tenl.on to make fin., five year proof ,n .nppon
or his olnlm. viz:, Homestead Entry No
mat e ^eptembe-t 17, 19<5. for the iwU aec ”
ne Ba ae H “nd **** ne‘ 4 . sec. 8, tn 81 d. r 11’ h
und th-ts Hid proof will be made before D I ’
BlacMtone, L.B.Cmn , st hie oflioe in Chinook
Montana, on December 10 1906,
He uamw the following witnesses to prove bia
ooutlnuona residence upon, and cultivation
the laud, viz:
Charles OlmjU, Bans Hanson, Moses Aoderaon
auu John D. BhcdstoDe all of Chinook, Mont
. J. M. BURLINGAME,
” Register.
First pub. Sept 20, 1906.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior. lend Office at
Great. Fails Mont. Nov. i H i., 1906.
Notice is hereby given that
EDWARD A. LAROCk
has filed notice of his intention to make final
nvoyear poof in support of his claims, viz:
Homestead Entry No. 12,581 made Aug. 3, 1901
’or thet-w’.* se 1 4-n‘4 remand se 1 * senate 30
tpß3n r23eßnd that said proof will be made
before George W. Vennum, u. S, Cnmmiseioner,
?o I?* °^ ce * n I**^l®®* Montana on Decmber,
t He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation of
land viz:
William C, Hensen. Joseph Ostle, Geo, W.
ctow and Milo Larock, all of Harlem, Montan
J. M, BURLINGAME
Register
DESEKT LAND. FINAL PROOF,
. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
u. s. lend Office,
Great Falls, Mont.
November 1. 1906.
Notice is herol y given that
GEOKQE VENNUM
of Harlem, Montana, has tiled notice of Intention
to make proof on his desert-land claim No. 427
for the bee 7 wW nw sec 8, tp 32n r 23 e M. M
before D, L, Blackstone. U. 8. Commissioner
at his office at Chinook, Montana, on Monday the
ICth day of Dec. 190 f.
He names the following witnesses to prove
the complete irrigation ana reclamation of said
land:
Jnlui A. Sidler, ftc.srt A. GUtander, Edward
DaiocK and Lt udon Minngh.
J. M. BURLINGAME. Register,
CONTEST NOTICE.
Dcpartr ci.t l! the Interior. United States Land
Office
a rr • . M ont * Oot - 4 «
A sufficient contest affidavit having been filed
tn this office by Paul Klotz, contestant, ngainst
Desert Entry No. 1058, made July 22nd. 1903. fo^
o'? B a W \ ?? » nd f nw eec 83 ’ tp 24 n, r
U e by John P Boyle Cnntestee. in which it is al
leged that John P. Boyle has not done any work
on the land, built no ditches, dams, no irrigation
cultivation, nor done the work required by law
to be done every year, said parties are hereby
notified to appear, respond and offer evidence
touching sn:d allegation at 10 o’clock n m. on
November 14.10 before J. E. Bush U. 8. Com.
mis«ioner nt his office at Zortman. Montana (nnd
that final hearing will be held at 10 o’c'ock a. m
od November 21st. 1906 before)* the Register and
Receiver at the United States Land Office in
Great balls, Montana,
The mid contestant having, in a proper affi
davit, filed Oc t. I. 11106. set forth facts which
show that after due diligence personal service of
this notice can not be made, it is hereby ordered
and directed that such notice lie given by due
anil proper publication.
J. M. BURLINGAME, Register
notice for Publication
Desert tanda, Final Proof
Consolidated
Department of the Interior United States Land
Office
Great Falls, Mont ana,November, 22 1906.
Notice is hereby given that the following nam
ed settlers have tiled Lotices of their intention to
offer tinal proofs under tneir dessrt lano entries
as described, before Geo. W. Vennum, U. 8,
Commisaioner, at his office at Harlem. Mont- on
Wednesday the 9th day of January, 1907, viz:
MARY HEMNA of Harlem, Montana, who
made desert land application N 0.223 for 160
acres of unanrveyed land in Chouteau county.
Montana, beginning at a point on Woody Island
creek one mile up the creek from the point
where said creek and Dry Cotton Wood Coulee
come together, forming Big Cotton Wood Creek
said point of beginning being marked Stake No.
1: running thence north 1 mile to stake No. 2;
thence west oDe-qurrter mile to stake No 3;
thence south one mile to stake No 4; t hence east
one-qnaeter mile to stake No. 1, the place of be
ginning. And
SOLOMON HEMNA of'llarlem, Montana, who
made desert land application No. 224 for 220<?crea
of unsurveyed land in ( houtenu county, Mont.,
which whenedrveyed will prybably be described
as the est and mH ne k sec. 25, tp, 36 n, r. 27
e. M.M.
They name the following witnesfos to prove
the complete irrigation and relumation of said
lands, viz:
Edward A. Swanson, Chris Maloney. Mi>-e Mur
phy and Gabiel Parontp. ad of Harlem, Montana
J. M. Burlingame, register
No. 7644
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF TUB
FIRST NATIONAL BAI
' OF HABLEM
At Harlem, in the State of Montana, at
the clote of business, Nov. 12, 1906.
RESOURCES.
Ixiana nnd diaconnta — .... I 55,645,31
Overdrafts, secured and unsecnrvd.... 625.(f2
U. S bonds to secure circulation 6,250.00
Premiums on U. 8. Bonds 292.97
Banking house, furniture and fixtures 5,92&85
Due from National Banks (not reserve
agents) 23.431.39
Due from State Banks nnd Banket a . 1.55f>.10
Due from approvtd reserve agents 40,477.62
( hecks an«l other cash items 56.15
Notes of other National Baid a 800 00
Fractional paper currency, nickels and
cents 8.30
LAWFUL MONEY RESERVE IN BANK.
VIZ:
Specie $ 3,330.60
Ix-gal-tender notes. 2,500 5,830.60
Redemption fund with U. 8. Treas., (5
per cent of circulation) 812.60
Total ’ iso.iu.si
LIABILITIES
Capita l stock paid in t 25.000.00
Kuiphifl fund 1,000 CO
Undivided profits, less exiienses and
tuxes paid 2.182,38
NuliotJM Bank Noles outstanding.. 6 250.00
Individual deposits subject to check . . 7<*.1P0.50
Demand certificates of acp<»sit '26.457.77
Time certificates of cep«*it 8,044.16
Total il39.iij.Ki
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