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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-17
Kaf1ir Swimming Feats.

The Kafiirs are great swimmers. They
can do things in the water which other
folk would look upon with astonish-
ment. For example, a Kafir boy can
ford a stream shoulder high, running
as swiftly as if shot from a torrent.
The way they accomplish the feat is
thus: just before entering the water
they get a huge stone, sometimes as
heavy as themselves, and with the help
of a companion place it upon the head.
A weight like this gives the boy bal
ance, and he can keep his footing
against the heaviest stream. If he were
to drop the stone, he would be SO light
that the water would sweep him off his
feet. And this is just one of the Kafir
tricks to accomplish things against tide
and flood,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-17
A Sarcastic Congressman.

Ex-President Benjamin Harrison at
a banquet told the following story on
himself:
'Judge Martindale has recalled the
time when / was the very youngest
and very smallest elder. which reminds
me of an occurrence at Washington
when a number of very anomalous bills
for public improvements were intro
duced. l decided to veto some of them.
l remember that there was a New York
representative who had an interest in an
appropriation of $3.50, 900 for a public
building on the Hudson. A friend
learned from him that it had been We
toed. See the president, suggested his
friend. The representative responded
that that was his intention, and next
day went to the White House, where
he was informed by the secretary that
the president could not be seen. Good
gracious!' exclaimed the representa-
tive. Has he got SO small as that2'"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-17
Mend Your Birds Legs.

Young chickens and other birds fire.
~quently break the bones of their legs,
and if properly attended to these frac-
lures a be easily cured with very lit
tie trouble. AS soon as the injury is
noticed the fracture must be carefully
cleaned and washed with warm water
and then wrapped with a bit of antisep-
tic cotton. Splints are then prepared
for the fractured limb, preferably Of
split elder wood, the pith Of which is
taken out. These splints are fastened
to the cotton with a drop of glue, and
held tightly in place by being wound
with linen thread. The bandage and
dressing are left u%ndisturbed for from
three to four weeks, then the leg is
soaked in tepid water until the bandage
comes off easily. The fracture will have
completely healed in that time.
Canaries and other pet birds can be
similarly treated in case Of a fracture
of a leg, only the elder splints ale sub
stituted by pieces of cardboard and the
bandage is left but two weeks on the
little winged patients.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-17
The Way to Go to California

Is in a tourist sleeping car-personally
conducted-via the Burlington route.
You make fast time. You see the
finest scenery Oh the globe.
Your car is not SO extensively fin
ished nor SO fine to look at as a palace
sleeper, but it is just as clean, just as
comfortable, just as good to ride in,
and nearly $40 cheaper.
The Burlington excursions leave
every Thursday, reaching San Francisco
Sunday and Los Angeles Monday.
Porter with each car. Excursion man
ager with each party. For folder Civ
ing full information call at nearest B.
& M. railroad depot or write to j.
Francis, general passenger agent, Oma-
ha, Neb. 6-26-99
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-17
FORESTS OF STONE.
They Exist In Various Parts Of the
World.

They Exist In Various Parts Of thu
World.
Old forests are apt to get into the
most impossible places and to turn into
the most preposterous shapes. All our
coalfields are ancient forests far under
ground, then crushed and cooked into
a hard mineral substance. The are for
ests Of plants which nee grew as
mighty trees, for outside of fairyland
who would ever imagine a majestic
woodland of club moss and reeds and
the little sand weed called the horsetaill
In Greenland, right under the ice
fields, a buried forest has been found in
which the plants were all palms and
tropical creepers, proving that once the
arctic regions were as hot as the Indies.
In the Wash, between the counties
of Lincoln and Norfolk, there is an old
forest under the sea, with stu,nps Of
fallen oaks and elms still visible IL
places when the tide is low. Tbs vas
all dry land in the days of the ancient
Britons.
Out in the desert Of Arizona there is
a dead forest on the surface Of burning
rock and drifting sand, where no plant
save the cactus can now find any wa
ter. When the place was first discover
ed, a negro cook thought it would be an
excellent place for camping, 50 he too1
an ak and delivered a mighty GLOW
upon the fallen trunk Of a big red pine.
His ak was ruined, the haft smashed
and his fingers go badly hurt hat he
sat down and howled. for that tree
was changed to massive rock, which
looked as fresh as though felled but
yesterday. The whole PROSTATE forest
Of big timber had been changed into
valuable and beautiful onyx. jasper
and agate. Chicago Tribune.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-17
South or East. Which?

When a trip is contemplated it is al
ways we'll to prepare in advance in order
to avoid little inconvenience which are
often annoying. The two fast trains
leaving Minneapolis and st. Paul daily
via Wisconsin Central lines for Milwau-
kee and Chicago make close connections
with trains east and south. Being ele-
gantly equipped with sleeping cars, par
lor cars and day coaches, they are fully ap-
preciated by the travelling public. Your
nearest ticket agent will give you com
plete information and furnish you folder
of the Wisconsin Central lines.
Jas. G. Pond, General Passenger
Agent, Milwaukee, Wis
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-17
Adverttsed Lss,ers.

List Of letters remaining uncalled fol
in the ~postofice at Billings, Yellow
stone county, Montana. for the week
ending March ID. 1899.
Biliett,, s.: Chadwick, A. D.; Chap
man. q. L.; Conner, Thomas; Drake,
p. p; Finn. Bernard; Finn, j. M.
.Forbis. W. g.; Haase, R. c.: Hauk.
Frank; johnson, Geo.. McKiernan,
Thos. E.; McMahon. Miss Mary E.
Odell, William; s%tarbird, Mrs. W.
D.; Story, Stanley s.
Persons calling for the same will
please say advertised.
L. F. Babcock. Postmaster.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-17
THE TRUE MANIA.
Intervening Facts About a Lichen of
h Saharan lesser

h9H.Hk E- the AnATAM De00Ets .E#
According to M. Chastrey, the true
mama Of the Scripture is the thallo-
phyte, known to botanists as Canona
esculenta and Lichen esculentus.
The nomads of the Sahara and south
Algeria call it Ousseh-el-Ard. It is also
found in Persia, Arabia and Mesopo-
tamia. It is grayish, about the size Of
a small pea. and farinaceous inside.
Some say the spores are brought by
wind and develop with dew. Others
think it leaves a germ or seed behind it
when it perishes. It should be collected
in the morning of its appearance, be.
cause it dries in the sun and is lost in
the sand. It a be preserved in a closed
vessel. The lichen does not cling to any
foreign body, but lies on the sand in a
layer sometimes nearly an inch thick
and can be collected easily. It is rather
sweet in taste.
The Arabs, whose lives it often saves,
boil it in water, and thus get a gelati-
nous paste, which they serve in various
ways. To preserve the mamma they dry
it in the shade or they wrap the paste
in skins. Analysis shows that the lichen
contains is parts Of water, ID Of nitrog-
enous matter, 30 of non-nitrogenous
matter, 5 of mineral matter, 80 Of sug-
AIRED and amylaceous matter and 4 of
fats. The Arabs of Chaambra and the
Algerian douars never fail to gather it
after dews and rains as a welcome ad-
dition to their diet aad a gentle laxa-
tive. Francisco Chronicle.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-17
The Money They Bring.

Statistics in regard to The amount Of
money brought to this country by Euro
pean immigrants show that the German
Is the richest, with an average of
$52. So, while the Englishman is q close
second, with $52. The Frenchman has
az. 90 and the Belgian $40, while the
Irishman brings but SIS, the Russian
$12. so and the Italian $40.
Probably the Italian takes more back
to his native land, however. than any
of the others New York Tribune
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-17
Can't Twiddle Their Thumbs.

The gorilla and chimpanzee, which
belong to the higher order of apes, have
many points of resemblance to man,
but there is n thing they cannot do
that is, twiddle their thumbs.
In the gorilla the thumb is short and
does not reach much beyond the bottom
Of the first joint Of the forefinger. 1t is
very much restricted in its movements.
and the animal can neither twiddle his
thumbs nor turn them round SO that
the tips describe a circle.
There are the same number of bones
in the hand Of a gorilla as in the hand
of man, but the thumbs Of the monkey
have no separate fexor or bending mus
Gle. This is why a monkey always keeps
the thumb on the same side as the fin
gers and never bends it round any OBJ
ject that may be grasped.
In the gorilla the web between the
fingers extends to the second joint, the
fingers taper-to the tips, and there is a
callcsity on the knuckles on which the
animal rests when walking on all tours.
There are many other strong points
Of resemblance between the ape and
man. but-well, we wish to be charita-
BILE to our fellow man and will there
fore drop the subject.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-17
ouaintly Expre.sed.

Lady Dufferin, in her "reminiscences,
gives some instances Of the variations
Of the English language as she is spoke
by the learned baboo, whose European
education has given him a little knowl-
edge which is dangerous. The gratifica-
tion expressed in the following sentence
has something pathetic in it: ''You
have been very good to us. and may
Almighty God give you tit for tat"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-17

A small piece of p~araffn wax, which
melts and spreads in an alright layer
over the surface of the liquid, is found
by a German chemist to prevent change
in the taste of milk on boiling.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-17
Declining Love.

Lottie-I'm afraid Fred doesn't care
tor me as much as he did.
Edith-Nonsense! What makes you
think SO?
Lottie-I got a letter from him to-
day. and there were at least three places
where he might have put in a ''dear"
or a darling and didn' t.-Boston
Transcript.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-17
wanted-A Playfellow.

The Two-Mrs. Reagan. can your lit
tie Jamesie come an play wild us7
Mrs. Reagan-Yis. Yez are good
byes ter let little Jamsie play wild yer.
What are yez going to play2
One of the Twc-William Tell. We
want Jamesie ter stand wild de apple
On his head. Skinny is William Tell.
He hain't q very good shot. an l was
afeard to stand myself. Harlem Life.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-17
His Object.

Mr.. Bunsby--ff that young mans
coming here to see You every day in the
week. you had better give him a hint
to come after supper.
Miss Bunsby-Idon m t think it's neces-
sary. pa. That's what he comes after. -
Tit-Bita
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-17
How Is Your Wife,

Has she lost her beauty? If so, con-
stipation, indigestion, sick headache are
principal causes. Karls Glover Root
Tea has cured these ills for half astcen-
fury. Price % cts. and so cts. Money
refunded if results are not satisfactory.
Sold by Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-17
True Greatness.

The fellow who dwells within his lit
tie eight by ten creed can gee the whole
thing at a glance, but the man on the
high hill of truth realizes there is much
that lies beyond the range Of his vision
and the power of his comprehension. -
L. A. W.. Bulletin.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-17
Does Thi Strike You?

Muddy complexions, %nauseating
breaths come from chrome constipation.
Karl's Clover Root Tea is an absolute
cure and has been sold for fifty years on
an absolute guarantee. Price 25 cts.
and so cts. Sold by Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-17
Do You Know

Consumption is preventable? Science
has proven that, and also that neglect is
suicidal. The worst cold or cough can
be cured with Shiloh's Cough and Con-
sumption Cure. Sold on positive guar
antee for owe fifty years. Sold by
Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-17

French judges and judicial officials
are prohibited by the. etiquette of their
profession from riding in an omnibus.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-17
Cornish Diamonds.

"Please Cod said Aunt Mary Bun
ny, '.if I live till this evenin and all's
well I'll send for the DOCTOR"
81 shan't name no names, said I'm
Gle Billy. ''but Jack Tremenheere's the
man.
John Carter, the famous smuggler of
Porthleah, went throughout Cornwall
by the name of the King Of Prussia. A
M%ousehole man, on hearing news of the
real king of Prussia's defeat at jena,
remarked: s'Misfortunes never come
single. I'm sorry for that man. Not
more'n six weeks ago he lost 800 key O.
brandy, by information, so I'm towld."
All the crew had been saved, but one
poor fellow was brought ashore uncon-
scious. The curate turned to the by
ISLANDERS:
"How do You proceed in the case of
one apparently drowned?'
"S'arch his pockets. Cornish Mag
azine.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-17

A Swiss law compels every newly
married couple to plant trees shortly
after the ceremony of marriage. The
pine and weeping willow alone are
prescribed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-17
willow Baskets.

The question is sometimes asked why
some willow baskets soon become brown
and discolored while others keep white
SO much longer. Those that discolor are
made from willow from which the bark
has been removed by steaming. The
imported baskets, made where labor is
not such a big factor in cost, are woven
from willows that have been peeled
with knives, and these hold their clean
white color to the close of their exist
ence. which is a much longer period
than that of the domestic product. If
one only knew how to distinguish
'st'other from which. now!
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-17
Easy.

Sea Captain-Now, Pat, what would
you do if you were left on a barren
rock in the middle of the ocean,
Pat-I'd pull out me teeth an live
on their roots.-Harlem Life.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-17

About 400. 900. 900 pounds Of soap are
used in Britain yearly.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-17
a.voutsiie Pupil.

Some years ago a well known Amer
lean pianist gave a concert at which he
played a duet for two pianos with a
pupil. The pupil, a young man Of great
talent, had come from a small town,
and one Of the well to do natives of the
town went to the city for the sole pur-
pose Of attending the concert. On his
return he was asked what he thought
Of the young mans musical achieve
ments.
"He's doing as well as anybody could
wish, and he'll do better yet" replied
the prosperous townsman, with deci-
sion.
HE played a piece with his teacher
that was 20 pages long. He gave the
teacher the start by five minutes, and
then he clipped in, and they came out
at the end nip and tuck, if You'll be-
lieve me. Well, sir, when I heard that,
I made up my mind we needn't worry
another mite about how George would
succeed.
"His teachers considered the best
piano player in this part Of the coun-
try, and. if George could do what he
did at that concert it won't be many
years before he'll beat him out and out.
you can just rely on that.
''I'd be willing to bet, if l was a bet
ting man, that in two years time that
teacher won't dare to undertake one of
those two piano pieces with George
unless George gives him a good ten
minutes start of him!"-Youth's Com
panion.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-07-19
RUTLAND RAILROAD.

Time ablecorrected to June 8. 1899. Tra1nl
will leave Bellows Falls as follows
GOING NORTH
els q. m. MIXED for Rutland and interme
diate stations.
hngton, st. Adams, Richford, Montreal
and Ogdensburg.
800 D. m. GREEN MOUNTAIN FLYER for
Rutland, Burlington, st. Adams and Mon
treal, Wagner Parlor Car to st. Adams and
Pullman Sleeping Car st. Adams to Chica
go without change due at Chicago $40 p. m
next night.
FLOP m. LOCAL EXPRESS for Rutland
and intermediate stations.
1901 p. m. Night Express daily Tor Montreal
Ogdensburg, Ottawa and the west. Through
Sleeper for Montreal.
sos a. m. SUNDAYS only. Passenger FOL
Rutland and Burlington.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT BELLOWS FALLS
2.2O a. m. Night Expr ess daily from MOI
treal, Ogdensburg and the west.
S.l6 q. m. LOCAL EXPRESS from Rutland
and intermediate stations.
1.25 p. m. EXPRESS MAIL, from Rutland,
Burlington. st. Adams and intermediate
$40 p. m. GREEN MOUNTAIN FLYER from
Montreal. st. Adams. Ogdenburg, Richforo
and Rutland.
$50 p. m. MIXED from Rutland and inter
mediate stations.
Trains run daily except Sunday unless othe,
&. T. McKEEvER. Gen. Pass. Agent.
81. A. HODGE,
Traffic Manager
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-07-19
BUSINESS NOTICES.

SSToRE WANTED-Suitable for general
stock in a good live town on or near rail
road. Would purchase small stock, give
full particulars. Address Box As Barnard,
Vt.
II For all pension business send to j. E.
Eldredge & Co. Randolph, VT. Advice
free.
II BLACKsMITHING-Shoeing 90c, tire
setting 81 40; all kinds of woodwork. f.
M. Wheeler, Rockingham, Vt.
TWANTEp-1OO pair Of boots, shoes and
rubbers OF all kinds to repair. Peoples
Cobbler.
Washing and ironing to do
at home. Mrs. Joseph Wier, No. 4, New
Terrace.
TFoUND-A horse at Cold River. Owner
can have the same by paying charges and
proving property. William McGuirk.
TSTRAYED-A three. year old heifer new
mich, red and white with star in forehead,
horns slightly spreading. w. H. Craigue,
Springfield, Vt.
TLosT-Monday somewhere between
Chsse's Court and Green street, boys
SILVER watch ard double cnaln. rlnueI
please leave at DR.. Knights.
Pure, clean blood and healthy liver re-
suit from the use OF DeWitt's Little Early
Risers, the "famous little pills" They
cure constipation, biliousness and sick.
headache. Pierce's Pharmacy o. A.Gast
mgr.
HFoR SALE--A six-tenement block or
Atkinson street. Rents for ten per cent Of
money invested. Tenements never vacant
Inquire of S. S. Villas or address John q.
Miller, ClaremoLt.
1.-THE proof of the pudding is in the eat
ing. No matter how cheap you can get
work done as long as it is done well and
wears well. We guarantee all our work
to be perfect in every particular. We have
an excellent trade which is the proof OF
the pudding. Peoples Cobbler.
Thomas Rhoads, Centerfeld, O., writes ::
II suffered from piles seven or eight years
No remedy gave me relief until DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve, less than box OF
which permanently cured me-" Soothing,
healing, perfectly harmless. Beware OF
counterfeits. Pierce's Pharmacy; o. A.
Cast, mgr.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-07-19
Helen M. Penniman Estate.

STATE OF VERMONT, The Probate court
Westminster, IS. for said District. To
all persons interested in the estate of Helen
NJ. Penntman, late of Rockingham, in said
district, deceased.
GREETING.
Whereas, SolonW Earle ,ad administrator upon
the estate of Helen NJ .Penniman, late of Rock
ingham in said district, deceased, has
fled his petition in this Court setting forth
that the sale of the whole of the real estate
of said diseased will be beneficial to the
heirs and to all persons interested therein,
and praying for license to sell the same
and at the same time filed in this court what
purports to be the consent in writing of all
the heirs residing in this State to such sale.
Whereupon 1t is ordered that the same be
heard at the session of said Court to be held
at the Probate Office in Bellows Falls on the
9Th day of August, A. ID. 1899, when and
where you may be heard in the premises If
you see cause.
ZINA II. ALLBEE, Register.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-07-19

10 There is rumor that the foundry will
be moved from the north end down to the
Island near the machine shop, but as vet
there is nothing certain about it.
Eugene Blaisdell, clerk for the N. Y
N, H., & IL. r. r., now stationed in the
new station at Boston, is visiting his cousin.
Eugene Griffith, Tor short time.
y Mr.. j. 7. Riley arrived last night
The new superintendent and his wife will
Immediately begin housekeeping in the
house OF Mrs. John Robertson, which they
have, rented.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-07-19
AT the Mills.

The office of the International Paper
company is being remodeled and new
tram-way has been built between the sui
phite mill and Barrett's side. /.
The wood room adjoining the su'phite
mill has been painted red. This is but q
beginning as it is reported that sll the
buildings belonging to the international
company will be painted the same color
Number 4 paper machine has been shu
down three weeks now, under the process,
of being remodeled. 1t will probably no
be ready for business for three week.
more.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-07-19
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Charles Mali, for the past SO years Bel
gian consul in New York. is dead.
| The president has appointed J. ]. Bart.
lett postmaster at Portsmouth, N. H.
| Henry Dubois Is years old, fell from q
boat at Pawtucket, R. L., and was
| drowned.
| Frank Landers, Is, was drowned while
bathing in the Connecticut river al
| Holyoke, Mass.
Martin Strid, aged "a, was struck by
a passenger train at Berlin, Conn, and
died from the injuries.
The large steam bakery of Henry
Wauklin at Roxborough, Pa, was en-
| tirely destroyed by fire. Loss, SIS, 900.
John T. Sutcliff, aged SO, is dying as
the result of falling from the roof of a
building while at work at New Haven.
c. p. Porter, U. S. M. c., has been pro-
NOTED to grade of lieutenant colonel in
that service and placed on the retired
list
Henry Chambers, 65, hanged himself at
Guilford, Conn. Domestic troubles are
supposed to have been the cause of the
deed.
Florence M. Hatch, years old, while
riding on an ice wagon at Hartford, was
struck in the head by falling cake of
ice and killed.
Thomas c. Reilly, aged 70, fell from a
tree while picking cherries at Cromwell,
Conn, and was instantly killed. His
neck was broken.
The banking house of ]. & w. Seligman
& Co., New York, has undertaken to
finance the consolidation of the various
gas companies of Buffalo. The capt.
talization will be $4,000 600.
The war department has let the con-
tract for repairing and refitting the
transport Thomas to the Cramps COM
pany, Philadelphia, at s239, 500.
The proposed ove.trust, with capt.
tai of s15,O00,000, is likely to fall through
as the result of meeting of manufactur-
ers who supply the jobbing trade.
The president has completed the selec-
ton of medical officers to serve with the
regiments of volunteer infantry to be
organized for service in the Philippines.
The new steel steamer Chester w.
Chaplin, -ch is designed to ply be-
tween New York city and New Haven,
was successfully launched at Baltimore.
Secretary Niger is very anxious to have
the new re iments recruited as far as
possible frc-l men who served in the
state volunteers during the Spanish war.
General Merritt is in Washington to
consult the president and secretary of