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Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-21

Two nice upstairs office rooms fol
lent. JAS. PAsQuETH & Son.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-21

] F. coons and wife have returned
rom a visit In Fulton.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-21
6 King.

Mrs. p. s. Cave and children are
10 better to-day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-21


Tandy Gentry has returned from 0
huslness trip 70 Webb City.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-21

SPECIAL rRzxuuNs or vIEKzBsoS NuRsKRr AND
ORCHARD coxPASH.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-21
Leading Fall Styles In Ladies' Flint

In welts or cushionette turns. All
the new lasts manish effect. Vici
kid, box-calf and winter tans, extra
heavy soles. These are the easiest
walking shoes and the best values
10 America. All sizes and widths.
Boston SHOE STORE,
East Side Square.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-21

You will End constantly on hand the finest OF
rport meats-BEEF, VEAL, PORK, LAMB
NJ MUTTON. Everything goes at a very close
ash price. Phone No. a2. Try US.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-21

Although it had been intended to
take Jestsr from Mexico on the {
O'Clock train Monday night, he wai
taken on the 5:14 train. He was com.
PEELED to walk to the depot with hand
cuffs on and was barely able to hobble
along as it is necessary for him to use
q cane when walking and in hii
shackled condition he could gain but
slight support from his STAFF.
A ten year old boy could have taksr
the old man to Paris without 9 uhackle
on him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-21

moneys worth guaranteed with every purchase.
Come in and let us show you through our new store.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-21

$3.50, Black Flag; second, Weekly
Intelligencer one year, 81 so.
222 Largest pair young geese, any
breed, weightto determine, birds OF 90,
Morris, cash 81.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-10

Rural New Yorker, an apple, a seed
ling Of the G~ravenstein, of which MI.
Burbank wrote as follows:
"By this mail I send you a medium
to small sample Of my new Gravenstein
Seeding, six weeks later than it's parent,
ripening exactly with Baldwin and
Rhode Island Greening. The tree is a
grand grower and as productive as an
apple can possibly be. 1 think the quail
ity, tenderness and texture remarka-
ble."
Of the specimen in question, a half
section of which is illustrated, The
Rural says: The apple was slightly
shriveled when it was received. The
flesh is yellowish, exceedingly tender,
spicy, rich, subacid. 1t has a flavor all
its own, and we do not think, taking it
all and all, that we have ever eaten an
apple that more nearly approaches all
that we need over hope to get in an
apple. In appearance and coloring we
may say, in a word. that it resembles
the Ben Davis.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-10
Insanity's Debt to Medical Science

Insanity is now recognized as a dis
ease which is the result of some func-
tional OF organic disturbance Of the
brain or of some injury or malformation
of that organ. Be it said to the ever
lasting credit of medical science that it
has rescued the whole subject Of the dis
eases of the brain and nervous system
from the region Of myth and superstition
and placed it on a scientific plane along
with the other diseases and injuries to
which human flesh is heir.
The old lunatic asylums and the filthy
cells of the county jails with all their
horrors where the victims of dethroned
used to be confined and tortured
have been abolished and in their place
WE now have the modern hospital for
the insane, and it stands on the same
footing in every respect as a hospital
for diseases of the eye and ear or any
other medical speciality. 1t was not the
churches, but medical science, inspired
by a desire to benefit mankind, which
taught the world that the insane are
our brothers still and that to them is
due the same Christian charity and care
as to any others in distress.-Dr. John
Girdner in North American Review.
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w Park Man.

The Northern Pacific railway has
just Issued o new map Of Yellowstone
Park, that should be In demand. II is
u relief map In colors, II scientifically
made, ana Ia complete In topography
and nomenclature. The map 10 about
aaxss inches In size and Ia printed on
heavy paper thus making II suitable for
framing.
The map Ia specially adapted for
school aud elass rooms and will ha
mailed IN tubas 10 amy address hysChas.
y, Fea, Gen. Paas. agent Ut the North.
era Pacific. 81. Paul. Nina, upoli
seosipt of 10 cents. Ao.tf
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-10
How to Put I'm Alfalfa.

In writing to the state board of agri-
culture a Kansas ranchman says: The
third crop Of alfalfa is soft and retains
nearly all the sap, as it is put up in the
fall when the weather is cool. The cool
weather also admits of stacking it much
greener than could be done in hot
weather, as it is not 30 liable to heat.
In order to have the hay most valuable
for hogs 1t Is necessary that it be put
up in the best possible condition. With
first class hay less grain Is needed. I
am OF the opinion that the first, second
or third crops conld be put up for hog
hay by emitting when the plant IL very
yonng. just before II blooms, hut for
the reason above stated l think the
third crop preferable, In putting up
alfalfa for any purpose II should be
raked ~ oon ~ possible after being
ent. and allowed 30 cure In cocks, IN all
tho leaves are reclaimed In this way,
while II allowed 70 dry before ruiine
and shocking the leaves drop IN, ana
We have osly the stem. which IL III liz.
w vslns' for hog feed especially.
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He wanted . Pension.

Opie Read tells a funny story Of a
colored mar who had conceived the idea
that he could get q pension from the
government He went to q pension
agent to lean. what steps it would be
necessary for him to take to bring about
the desired result.
Were You really in the army. SAM
asked the agent.
"EYas. sab. Indeed I was. sab. / was
in dc army for more'n a year, sab.
What regiment were you in, Sam2'
"Waal. sab, | don't just this minute
recommended, but I'ze gwine to bring
you all de papers. and dat will explain
de matter"
But you surely remember whom you
were with, SANS"
all right. was wild my young master"
''Oh. then you were in the C%onfeder-
ate army. were your
"'Yas. sab: yas, sab.
"Were you ever wounded, Samf"
"Yas, sab; indeed I was. See dat
scar, sab? got dat scar in de army.
sab.
What wa it hit you, Sam7"
"Waal, sab. it was a skillet. sab. In
deed it a A big iron skillet. sab.
"Now, see here. Sam, what chance
al you have to get q pension? In the
first place you were in the Confederate
army, and then the only wound you re-
ceived anyway was from q skillet.
What in the world has our government
got to do with your case?'
"Waal, sab, it was a government
skillet. sab. Chicago Times Herald.
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Malicious Interference.

''I'l get even with that printer, .
said the editor Of the Plunkville Bugle,
"if it takes me the rest of my life"
"What printer?' asked his friend.
''That tramp I took on while my wife
was visiting her mother. l got a $40
write up out of old Hiker. who is lay
ing his pipes for the senatorship, and I
raid that some day his little son would
make as big a mark as his father, and
that villain fixed it that she young 'un
would be as big a mark. etc. In
lianapolis Journal.
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A woman's way.

"Here is something that I would like
to approach very gently" said Mr..
Stoggleback. $50 as not to give any Of
Tense.
1.-THE new woman wants her rights
and her privileges, too, and as a matter
of fact I am very glad she does cling to
her privileges, and / hope she always
will, which means that I hope she'll
stay a woman. But the way in which
she mixes her rights and privileges up
is sometimes a little confusing. For in
stance:
when walking along the sidewalk
woman holds her course and let's the
man turn out, and she does this just
the same down town in the busiest
streets as she would in a calm and quiet
residence street. You might think that
a business woman working among bust
ness men in q business part Of the town
would adopt business methods in every
thing, and that when you met her in
the street she would turn to the right
as you do and as all men do, but she
doesn't. She holds her course, which is
very likely to be along the inner side Of
the walk, and expects you to turn out
for her, even if it carries you to the left
instead of to the right. She doesn't
care about that.
"No matter who she may be or where
you meet her woman expects man to
turn out for her, and I hope she always
will. New York Sun.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-10

Il is not likely that any English
speaking people understand so keen and
punctilious a devotion to the niceties Of
language as that which characterizes the
French grammarians. We may help
ourselves to understand it perhaps by
reading a story told of M. Lamany.
One night lately he awoke and spran.
out of bed with a wild cry. His wife
came running. He vas in alarm and
despair.
"Why, what is the matter7' she
gasped.
II dreamed" said the professor
"Oh. l had a horrible, a heartrending
dream.
"What was it3'
81 dreamed I was talking, and I dis
tinctly heard myself utter a sentence
which had a grammatical error in it. :"
-Yonth's Companion.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-10
ABouI COMPOSING.
How to Build a Compost Heap-The
Question Of Profit.

How to Build a Compost Heap-The
Question Of Profit.
The subject Of composing is treated
at some length by John M. Jamison of
Ohio in The Orange Judd Farmer. He
says in part:
On my farm of SO acres I have han
died annually for 10 or 10 years $50 to
900 tons Of manure. Much of this is OBJ
tanned from neighboring towns for the
hauling. The crops grown in a regular
three year rotation are corn, wheat and
clover. I have given a good deal of
thought to the plan Of composing, and
three or four times have built compost
heaps. Ny aim has always been to put
the anu when possible on the fields
as hauled. When this has been incon-
venient or impracticable on account Of
the land being soft or for other reasons,
I have resorted to composing.
Ny plan in building the compost heap
has been to make it circular and four
or five feet high. Drive the wagon
around it as the anu is being I'M
loaded. Then tramp by leading or driv.
ing the horses over it. If I found there
was danger of burning, I hauled water
and applied it when necessary. On one
heap Of 90 large loads I put at different
times 80 barrels Of water. This heap
was built in a corner of a field where
the was to be used. This all en-
tailed hard work, and a good deal Of it.
Making the compost heap in the barn
lot, I can haul to it any time and with
any load that can be hauled upon a
good gravel pike. / do not compost be-
cause I think it profitable, but as a make
shift or matter of convenience. When I
dump the anu in the barn lot, I
scatter shelled corn over it for my
brood sows. In gathering the corn they
fine the manur and compact it so that
it never has to be watered. The other
stock in the lot, horses and cattle. help
with the tramping.
/ would in no case consider it profit
able to gather road or street scrapings
for the compost heap. They contain too
much sand and gravel. I sometimes
gather the leaves from four acres of
timber and put them in the barn lot
compost heap. Wheat straw which is
not needed for bedding also goes through
this heap. Clover haulm 1 scatter on
the fields from which it was taken and
pillow under in the late fall and winter.
Going through the compost heap adds
nothing to the manure Hence why
haul it to the heap dry and haul it
away wet, entailing cost and hard la
Dor? By my system of handling ma
nure I have been able to increase my
clover and corn crops. My OPP
portunities for obtaining off
farm have made it possible to speed
lly bring the farm up to a state Of high
Fertility. Had these opportunities been
limited, or had.I been confined to the
:arm for the manur supply, I would
lot have made a practice Of compost
ng, because I do not think the profit
accruing would justify the outlay Of
abor required.
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voted to it's cultivation either alone o.
as a bycrop with wheat. Next to the
cereals gram forms the largest part o.
the food used in India and in portions
Of northern Africa, Spain and othe1
countries bordering on the Mediter
ranean.
This plant is a branching annual,
with many upright stems from the
same root. The leaves resemble those OF
the vetch, having seven pairs of small
leaflets. These are oblong, soft, hairy all
over, one-half inch long or less, and
sharply toothed OF the margins. The
flowers are borne singly in the axis of
the leaves on short stalks about me
half inch long. The pods are bladdery,
inflated, from one-half to three-fourths
Of an inch long and finely pubescent,
with glandular hairs. Each pod con-
tains one, or very rarely two, large
seeds, which are wrinkled and bear a
fanciful resemblance to a rams horn,
whence the Latin name arietinum. The
seeds are a little larger than those of
the common garden pea, to which they
are quite similar.
The Idaho pea was cultivated in 1895
and 1895 al the Colorado experiment
station. Professor Cooke states that it
sshas demonstrated it's ability to make
4 large growth with plenty Of water
and a fair growth with a very limited
supply 1t belongs to the pea family,
and is grown in rows 80 inches apart,
and the plants so to 10 inches apart in
the rows. It's growth indicates that it
can be raised for about 1 cent a pound.
About 80 to so pounds of seed are
used per acre, depending upon whether
it is sown in drills or broadcast. All
authorities agree that it is better suited
to arid and semiarid regions than to
humid ones, the crop apparently re-
quiring a great many sunny days dur
ing its season Of growth. Better results
are obtained in growing it with irriga-
ton than without, although it makes a
fair yield on comparatively dry soils.
If continued experiments with this
plant in the west prove that it's average
yield is as high as has been claimed, it
will undoubtedly prove a valuable ad-
dition to the list Of forage plants suit
able to semiarid regions.
The gram plant is very sensitive to
cold. The seed should be sown not a r
ier than May Is, or, at the higher alti-
tudes, about the 1st of June, and if
some Of the short season varieties are
procured there will be less danger Of
their being caught by early frosts.
Gram is sown in India as a winter crop.
It is said to be adapted to almost any
soil from light sandy to heavy clay or
loan, apparently preferring the latter.
It might prove Of some value in parts
of the southern states as a winter crop
and soil cover or lands which are un-
suited to the vetches and the crimson
clover. It requires only moderate
amounts Of moisture and is said to be
injured by prolonged cloudy weather or
abundant rains, which cause it to flow.
er p~rematurely and thus materially af-
6ects the yield of seed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-10

When a trip 10 contemplated II 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 fer Milwnu-
kes and Chicago make close connections
with trains ssst and south. Being clio.
gantly squlrisd with slseping cars, par.
Tor cars and day cosches.shsy are fully sp.
pssoiatsd by tAs travelling public. Your
nearest ticket pgent win give you cou,.
plsts Information and furnish yoM folder
1T the Wlseoasln Central lines.
jos. q. rcud. General Passenger
AgeEt, Milwaukoe. Wiz
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-10
JUST A CURTAIN r

------ ZrssN E&#EE.eH
It Was In a Girls Boarding school
ana Did Complicated Damage.
A fire in a skyscraper may be thrill
Ing, but for dramatic episodes and I'M
expected complications a fire in a girls
boarding school surpasses it. The board
ing school fire is usually what is known
among insurance men as 9 curtain fire,
but a curtain fire in a girls school is
more exciting and causes more casual
ties than an ordinary blaze anywhere
else.
One evening last week two girls. who
occupy 8 microscopic hall bedroom in .
swell up town school, took the globes
off the gas fixtures for hair curling pur-
poses and left them off. because it was
easier to do that than to put them on
again. Then the girls raised the window
q trife in order to cool the room and
dutifully sat down to write home let
tiers. The inevitable happened, and
when girl number one poised her pen
in the air and glanced around the room
in search Of inspiration she saw the
curtains in a blaze. She screamed Girl
number two looked around and echoed
the scream. Then, with promptitude
and discretion, both girls tainted. The
screams had attracted the attention Of
the other girls, who rushed to the scene
and then did varioas and sundry stunts,
according to their several dispositions.
One tainted, several wept, a few ran
out of the house. and the rest shouted
for the one man IN the premises.
When he arrived, things looked rather
hopeless. Curtains and woodwork were
blazing finely. The floor was Uttered
with PROSTATE forms, and when three
girls have tainted on the floor of a hall
bedroom there isn't much space in the
room for promenading. The man picked
his way across the PROSTATE forms and
ordered all the girls who were not in a
dead faint to leave the room, but they
didn't go until he lost his temper and
spoke with d force which isn't common
in boarding school circles. Then they
fled; but, unluckily, there was an enc
in the rear. A vigorous and practi-
cal woman from Texas had been inspir-
ed to 60 after some water. Returning
in mad haste with a large pitcherful
of water borne triumphantly aloft, she
collided with the ~retreating forces at
the door. The pitcher struck the leader
of the retreat squarely in the face and
knocked cut two Of her front teeth,
whereupon the injured girl made the
fainting trio a quartet and the water
carrier dropped her pitcher and went
into violent Mysteries.
Hysteria, as boarding school teachers
know to their sorrow, is contagious,
and the one case touched off the crowd.
By the time teachers arrived upon the
scene the fire was out, but the survivors
were in a bad way. It was necessary to
put nine-tenths of the school to bed and
order wholesale doses of bromide. Even
now the girls insist that they haven't
recovered from the shock sufficiently to
do hard studying, and the victims Of
the water pitcher are both under the
care Of trained nurses. AS for the man,
he gave up his place the next day and
confided to the cook that he was going
to look for a job in a lunatic asylum,
his boarding school experience
would be of value to him.-New York
Snn
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-10

A well known professor says that
over a large area o. central Russia til.
magnetic needle does not point north
or south. It is in one part DETECTED to
the west, and at another part to the
east, and at one place it points due east
and west.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-10
SONG.

Al, what IL better than this, my deaR.
What ID better than thisf
The thought Of a night which has lost its .
Between tomorrow and yesterday;
The full Of the tide and the gray Of the sea,
And q gull that circleth endlessly;
The breath from a wind which bloweth we'll;
A sail that hasteth new ports to tell:
Il aught is better than this, my dear,
| find it not here, I find it not here.
Blanche Trask in stThe Land of Sunshine"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-10
sick Headaches,

The curse Of overworked womankind,
are quickly and surely cured by Karl's
Glover Root Tea. the great blood purifier
and tissue builder. Money refunded if
not satisfactory. Price IS cts. and so
cts. Sold by Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-10
A Useless wish.

"Oh," sighed the poetic lady. had
I the wings Of q birdl''
"Don't!' protested her husband.
"Dcn't wish for the wings of a bird. If
you had them, some other woman
would probably be wearing them on her
hat before the season is over. Wash
ington Star.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-10

Il IDAHO PEA.

Seeds Are Said to Possess High
Feeding Value.
The Idaho pea is being talked Of
lately as a new forage plant, and its
cultivation has been highly recommend
cd in the west on account Of the value
Of its seeds for horse feed and as a sub
stitute for coffee. From the forage
plant Investigations Of the department
Of agriculture it is learned that gram,
Idaho pea or chick pea (Cicer arieti-
nnm) has been in cultivation in eastern
countries longer than any other legu-
minous crop. It is estimated that there
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A side Hill Poultry House,

II the land slopes to the east, dig in
to the bank SO as to make q level floor.
Dig a trench and fill with loose stones
Tor a foundation. On this build a CO.
ment wall of rough stones as shown.
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Has turned with disgust from an other
wise lovable girl with an offensive breath.
Karl's Clover Root Tea purifies the
breath by it's action on the towels etc.,
az nothing else will. Sold for years on
absolute guarantee. Price Is cts. and
80 cts. Sold by Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-10

The eggs of a bluebottle fly, if placed
in the sun. will hatch in W or three
hours.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-10

|Nho NJ " WooLln Nn.Lnno has an Agricultural Department
Lie N. /. WttkIV |IIII|0r of the highest merit, all important
~ AAD news of the nation and world,
comprehensive and reliable market reports, able editorials, interest
ing short stories, scientific and mechanical information, illustrated
fashion articles, humorous pictures, and is instructive and entertain
ing to every member of every family.
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D.N.uu. no..u. gives you all the local news, po itical and
liz D|||UX (I1NbI|h social, keeps you iu close touch with your
~0 neighbors and friends, on the farm and in
the villages, informs you as to local prices for farm products, the
condition of crops and prospects for the year. and is a bright. newsy,
welcome and indispensable semi-weekly visitor at yourhome and
freside.
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Many q Lover

While there's life there's soap-Dia-
mond &C" Soap.
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Cleanliness is next to godliness--use
Diamond &C" Soap in the laundry.