The Billings News. (Billings, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, September 11, 1903 Page: 1 of 10
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The Bii......lings News.
VOL. IV.
BILLING*, NOBLE COUNTY. OKLAHOMA, FKLDAY, SEPTEMBER 11. IMPS.
NO. 52.
CONCERNING CORRECT SPEECH.
Oh why should the spirit
Ot Grammar bo proud
With such a wide margin
Of margin allowed?
Of course there’s a limit
“knowed” and “I saw,”
“1 seen” and “done it,”
Are rather too raw.
But there are others
No better than they
One hears in the talking
I Ie hears every day.
“Where at?” asks one person.
Quite thoughtless. And; “Who,”
Asks another, “did Mary
Give that bonnet to?”
Hear a maid as she twitters
“Oil, yes, I went out
With she and her fellow
lo his runabout.”
And iiear a man saying:
“Between you and l,
That block of Pacific
Would make a good buy.”
And this from a mother
Too kind to her boy:
“1 had rather you shouldn’t
Do things to annoy.”
And this from a student,
Concerning a show,
Who says to the maiden:
“Let’s you and I go.”
There’s lots of good people,
That’s talking like that
Who should learn from we critics
To know whore they’re at.
William F. Lampton in the Reader
The candidate for the democratic
presidential nomination who ccu’d boast
I of a popularity equal to that of the
Reliance could regaid himself as “a sure
ithing.”
SHALL WE SLU.7ISER.
: now resume the even down
i of their humdrum way
Hast tenor j
If our people would keep Billings o
the front J*e want to assure them that a
can’t be accomplished by letting things
run themselves. Wo have a good natural
, location and if our business men will
The maneuvers and attendant explo- ! puiitogether we can accomplish some-
sion of blank cartridges having been j thjnK However, when such an unport-
completed, the people of Portland wilt ^ matter js yp for considerntion as the
location of a good flouring mill, as was
the case a week ago, ana barely half a
* * * dozen men attend, it certainly displays
What is the occasion of the stagnn- R iril 0f iu^(, warmness that won’t be
j tioti which permeated the Pustoffice Things afire,
investigation? There lias wren “nothing *Some wj], that they are tired with
doing” for a month—but that dues nut
i mean that the rascals have all been
caught.
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“German lead pencils” are all made mHnif,.st an interest,
m the United States. E. ^DeL tht! I other than that of complaining?
German manufacturer, established ms
factory in thts country in lhtfl. He The News is not try,ng to uphold past
uses Flonda cedar for the outside of the mismanagement, but appeals to our
citizens to pull toother and
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HIVE
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the way things have been handled here-
tofore. In this event, isn’t it the wise
tiling to do to see that they are managed
better in the future? How is this to
pencils.
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.Statisticians have figurered out that
'tins year’s 4th of July celebration
caused the death of 415 children. And
yet we object to a wedding celebration
m Benin. which only come near causing
j the deatu of one American vice-consul.
see that
similiar mistakes are not made in the
future. Our school district has been
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Our buyer has returned from the mar
kets where he purchased
$10,000.00 Worth
of goods of the latest styles in Dress
Goods, Cloaks, Capes, ready=made skirts
Waists, Muslins, Knit Underwear, Dress
Trimmings, Laces, Embroideries, Gloves,
Hosiery, Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Caps, and in fact almost
. i44 ”a new stock of goods big enough for an Opening Stock,
can we afford to sacrifice our child- j Tfr The goods are arr iving daily and it w ill pay you well to
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One-ttujd of the college graduates
are women. Fourteen per cent of the
wage earners are women. In Europe
i the percentage of women wage earners
varies from 25 per cent in Germany and
1 England to 40 and 47 per cent in Italy
; and Austria.
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SHORT, SHARP AND SNAFPY.
An average of 2,003,003 people in
London never go to church.
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And now it is reported that Professor
"Langley's favorite song is “Fly With
Me.”
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The poor Iselan baby will have to go
though the world explaining why it was
named “Reliance.”
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There will be no lack of cider this fall
as a result of the industry of the ener-
getic little codling moth.
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Someone’s lack of accuracy in trans-
lating the cablegram from Beirut came
very near having serious consequences.
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The most encouraging feature of the
Panama canal situation is that South
American statesmen seldom stay bought.
ren’s future or the future of our town
because we have been buncoed on a
building contract? Not by any means, j
We are glad to find so many who are ;
willing to stand together on this propo-
sition. It is woll known that it is not I
the policy of the News to dictate but we j
want to suggest a word to those who are
still holding back in this matter. By so j
doing, we assume you either fail to j
recognize any absolute necessity for our
* * having any public school, or you are
i Columbia will not ratify the Panama win;nK to let your neighbors who are
j canal treaty; Columbia will ratify the | raUyjng to its rescue bear their own
treaty eventually; Columbia will insist, part the burden and yours too. It is
| on amending the treaty, and will then • nQ(, because you have a grievance on
! ratify it. Columbia will amend its con- aacount of the way things have been I *
stitution so that it can ratify the tieat.y maaaged, for your grievance is no
i negotiated. lake your choice, but grea(er than that of those who are now
watch that little cloud of revolution in ; ,.ominK forward and putting up
Panama.
examine our stock and prices before buying your fall sup=
||| ply. All we ask of you is a careful inspection of our stock
ijt and you will be surprised at what you can find in Billings, W
i A. S. Cades, Prop.
of Billings Largest Dry Goods Store.
^ ^ s; ^ 51c 5E 5£ 5 S It
WHEN THE GHOST WALKS.
‘ ‘When the ghost walks,” as synon-
.......TheTanTy“ou"ukr.s"r8im'PT'y I >mous with ‘salary day’ is a familiar
loading them up with their share of the j ^ on'gin,’"^ a veter-
money.
It is a curious fact that flies will not: burden and with yours too. It does not
passthrough a net, even though the ; help matters to claim that you are al-
meshes be amply large, unless they ean ready taxed high enough, for you know
see a bright light, as from another win- lhal they are equally taxed. Let us .
dow, back of it. It is maintained that, I conftider this in the light of a cold I
in the ease of a room with but one win- blooded business proposition and we will !
dow, flies would not enter if the window
were covered by a net with one inch
meshes.
an actor.
“Like most of the ‘technical’ expres-
sions of the stage land, th.s phiase
comes from England.
“In the days of Macready, a provin-
uiooaeu »•»»«.. , any waB playing ‘Hamlet’ at
realize that unless we want to he placed Cl >l comi any v v
in a position of willingly accepting | Lavenhatn, m buffo*.
I charity from our neighbors on the; “Salaries were constantly ,n arrears
* - i matter of school privileges, we must ! and the suspicion began to grow^ among
| Chekib Bey, the Turkish Minister, L.ome forward at once and join in this j ot the company that tne
says that if the United States took j moat yjtai 0f an business enterprises. manager intern a to i ' mu 1 nl'
i charge of its medical colleges, his Several families are already looking! “On the last night o t n engage
| government would have no objection to for other locations on account of the un- ! “H went pleasantly enoug ^ up o ia
j permitting American physicians to certainties attending the school situation j passage of the trage y
practice without further examination 1 here while others are waiting to see ' r,,snnnears. an.
j tiut when many American states insist i what will be done. Thus you can easily
• on examining the medical graduates of j Hee Why we term the Educational ques- I
* * * : other states, he cannot see why this tjon a]a0 a vital business enterprise.
Last j ear the farmers of this country uouatry should object to his country gbow us a community anywhere in this
expended for labor an average of $75 . taking the same precaution.—F. D. : day and age which fails to maintain, at
per farm, $11 per farm over three years ; whatever cost, good school privileges
aB0i , , A COMPLIMENT UNCOMPLIMENTARY I an(j w0,jj show you business, social and
* * Although Secretary Shaw is a man of |
The Chicago University declares it is ; diplomacy he enjoys losing an occasion-
a sin to play marbles “for keeps.” How | a, shafL of 8atire. All official who takes j
about playing Mr. Rockefeller “for: great pride in his dress, but who, ini
„ i spite of his elaborate toilets, is not con- : Recollect time
in which the
ghost disappears, and Hamlet says:
‘Perchance 'twill walk again.’
“Then from behind the scenes came
YES,
the ghost’s voice in a tone distinctly
audible to every one: ‘No, this ghost
will walk no more until his salary is
paid.” _____________________
Devoured by Worms.
Children often cry, not from pain, but
moral stagnation such as you never from hunger, although fed abundantly,
dreamed. Shall we or shall we not The entire trouble arises from inanition,
prove ourselves equal to the occasion, their food is not assimilated, but de-
even though the requirements are hard? voured by worms. A few doses of
is of vital interest and White’s Cream Vermifuge will cause
us for his beauty recently at-j each day’s delay is disastrous to all of them to cease crying and begin to thrive
; tempted to grow whiskers. Evidently J U8. The time for criticism is past; at once, to the surpise and joy of their
physicians who ordered Hanna, Gates,: pjg effort stirred up domestic objection, action is necessary now. mother. 25c at Robertson's Drug Store,
and Schwab to keep quiet for months for a few days ago, after three months |
to prescribe for Mr. Bryan? of assiduous cultivation of a black but;
* * somewhat reluctant beard, he appeared J
We do not doubt that Turkey could j clean shaven again, explaining to his
turn 1,000,000 men into the field, but we colleages that it was his wile’s birthday
l^umber jQealers!
THAT is our business, unil we are always ready and
will ini' to figure with you on anything you are think-
ing of purchasing in our line and can give you just as
good prices its anyone else. All we ask is for you to
come ttnd get acquainted. We are not strangers to
you hut our new man is and when you got acquainted
with him you are sure flh give us, at least, a fair share of your
patronage, which we are bound to merit.
F. D. TREKELL, Prop. SSL
Cannot someone purstiade one of the
I spicuou
seriously doubt the Sultan’s ability to
feed them after he gets them there.
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There are 19,500,000 Catholics in the
United States. They are ministered by
1 cardinal, 100 bishops and arch-bishops
and 12,500 priests, in 11,000 churches.
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Persia buys over $15,000,000 worth of
and that in her honor he had removed ;
what she bewailed as an unnecessary
disfiguration.
Forthwith he showed himself to j
Secretary Shaw, craving commendation, j
“Yes, I congratulate you,” said the j
Secretary. “Your ease reminds me of
the good wife who, venturing on a!
change in wearing her hair, timidly
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B.n. SLUYTER,
)MAN(
PAINTER,
SIGN WRITER
and PAPER MANGER.
foreign goods. Of this trade
Britian gets 40 per cent, the United
States one two-thousundth of one per
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The only exclusive plumbing
house in Garfield-co.
Plumbing, and
Steam fitting
We carry a full line of
Bath Tubs, Closets.
Lavatories and Sinks.
Pumps and Windmills.
Glazed Sewer Pipe •
and Fittings.
Wrought Iron Pipe and
Fittings.
We employ oompetent men, only.
Estimates Furnished.
SaW*""*"- Enid, Ok.#
H. B. HAZELTON, Manager. ||
Great her husband if he thought
coming.
“ ‘Bless you, no!’ he exclaimed, try- j
ing his best to be complimentary; ‘any
change would be an improvement in j
you.’ Ex.
MRS. LANGTRY'S ODD MESSAGE.
New York, Sep. 2— Mrs Langtry saw
Signor Marconi for the first time the
other evening, and the incident caused
her to tell her own peculiar experience
with wireless telegraphy. “I had dined
with a triend the night before I left for
London," she said and when we passed
by a vessel 1 telegraphed by the new
method,'The ocean does not part us/
! “Ten days later 1 had a telegram back
from my friend with a request to explain
I what it meant. It read: "The ocean
has no punts on."
For Farm Loam on short or long
time see Claud* Macy at the Billings
State Bank. It will aave you money
to do business with him.
Fsr Farm Loans sss tha Darning Invaatmsnl
Co. at Parry. Monty paid at toon at papor,
ara signed. Lowut Rats* and Easy Ttrmt
BILLINGS,
A BLIND MAN
A VISIT
To our Opening Sale Sept. 12th will be
worth remembering. We are agents for
NEW IDEA FASHIONS.
The New Idea Patterns are guaranteed to give per-
fect lit if eut as directed.
All Patterns lO Cents Each
We have tin* New Idea Fashion book on sale, only
j Sets. Henutifill i)ict ure frames uivrn away. Ask for particulars
Mrs. 0. W. Hutchison.
AY BE EXCUSED for passing by a good thing, but
that is no excuse for you. Don’t forget that the
man who is wise uses good paint, and the statement that
there is nothing as good as Crown Cottage
Colors is a correct one. It will cover more surface
than any other paint, and every can is guaranteed by the
manufacturers, as follows;
--- — We Guarantee ^^5=
That when properly applied on a surface in proper
condition, CROWN COflAGE COLCRS will give better
results than any other paint (including white lend)
and in all cases where it does not, and it is the
fault of the material used, we will do the work
over again at our expense.
'Bradley (SLVrooman Co.
I For Sale By |
Lowe Hardware and Drug Co.
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