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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19

Graduating exercises will be held
Saturday evening, May 81, instead Of
Friday. May 26.
Show a spirit of public enterprise
by attending the college mass-meeting
at the court house tomorrow night.
Hot weather goods, gasoline and
oil stoves, refrigerators, ice cream
%freezers, hose, etc, etc. -Babcock's. =
Forever DEVILS Auction at the
Billings opera house tomorrow night.
The play comes here we'll recommended.
Prepare yourself now to ~patronize
the Billings brewery. It is a home
institution and deserves encourage
ment.
The Forever DEVILS Auction"
which appears here tomorrow night,
bids fair to be a pleasing theatrical
event.
DIR. E. p. Townsend has removed
his Office from the Belknap block to his
residence on North Twenty-ninth
street.
Every citizen and property owner
should be present at the college mass
meeting tomorrow night at the court
house.
The Sheridan Post states that the
troops to be stationed at Fort Sheridan
were expected to arrive in that city
yesterday.
The Omaha refrigerator meats are
the best and choicest in the city. Give
the Central Meat Market an order and
be pleased.
The Hess Photo company takes
pictures rain or shine. Cloudy days
do not bother them. People should
bear this in mind.
Remember the graduating exercises
Of the Billings high school have been
changed from Friday, May 26, to
Saturday evening, May ~.
Memorial day excursion to Custer
Battlefield, only 81. 80 for the round
trip. Train leaves Billings at 8 80 a.
m. Splendid programme.
Excursion to Custer battlefield
Tuesday, May 80 Memorial day..
Only $1.5 0 for the round trip. Train
leaves Billings at $3.50 a. N.
&C. l.. Harris, attorney for Murderer
Brooks, has been notified that the su-
preme court cannot open his case before
June 10. and it may be later.
The Hess Photo company is ENJOY
ing a nice business because it turns out
a picture that does not fail to appeal to
the good qualities of a person.
An Italian working in the North.
ern Pacific quarry at Huntley got on
the under side of a stone Tuesday after
noon, the result being a badly bruised
leg.
Tudor & Co.'s eye specialist will
be at our store Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, June 8, 8 and 10. No charge
for consultation. Chapple Drug Co.,
Billings.
The Billings brewery will make a
splendid home market for the farmers
barley. It will be in full operation by
fall. Farmers, govern yourselves &C.
cordingly.
The comptroller of the currency
has approved the National Bank of
Commerce of Kansas City as the re-
serve agent for the First National bank
of Billings.
1t has been found necessary to
change the date of the graduating exer-
cises of the Billings high school from
Friday evening, May 26, to Saturday
evening, May az.
The little son of Frank Swim fell
Wednesday evening, striking his head
on " sharp stone "a9/outtins a cash
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19
Yellowstone Ferry.

On May 10, Edwards, Spear & Co.
will have completed and ready for use,
at Junction, a new ferry, consisting of
two boats and deck, built on the latest
improved plans. 1t will be the best
ferry on the Yellowstone and will run
the entire season. Terms most reason.
able and patronage invited. 4-f-4
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19
$4,000 Will Buy

An eighty-acre improved farm, five
miles from Billings; sixty acres in al
falfa; perpetual water right. Terms,
ST., 900 down; balance. 1, 2 and 3 years
at 10 Der cent. A snap. Carwile &
Bouton.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19
LOCAL ADVERTISING.

Under this heading we wiN publish
notices for Is cents per line for the first
insertion and 10 cents per line for each
subsequent insertion. A special rate
wiH be made for notices running one
month or longer. No advertisement
taken for less than Is cents.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19
DoN'T FORGET

That Lincoln Paint is absolutely pure. Don't forget
that if you doubt it you can have it chemically analysed
and if there are any impurities in the paint we will pay
all cost for %analyzing. Don't forget that Lincoln Paint
will cover more square feet of surface to the gallon than
any other paint. Don't forget that we guarantee Lin
coin Paint for three years. Don't forget that we are
agents for Lincoln Paints.
Very truly yours,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19
NORTHERN PACIFIC TRAINS.

WEST BOUND.
ARRIVES. DEPARTS.
Mail No. .......... 1:O5 q. m. 1:15 a. m
Mail No. ...........1 1903 a. m. 1913 a. m.
EAST BOUND.
ARRIVES. DEPARTS.
Mail No. ...........1O :55 p. IN. HOS p. m.
Mail No. 2............ $50 a. m. 600 a. m.
RED LODGE BRANCH.
ARRIVES. DEPARTS.
Accommodation $50. 200 p. m $40 a. III.
Daily Except Sunday.
sGEBO, BRIDGER & CARBON BRANCH.
ARRIVES. DEPARTS.
Accommodation ...... $3.50 p. m. 7:3O a. IN.
Daily except Sunday.
II. N. KENNDY, Agent.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19

l have for sale, a few miles from Big
Timber, Mont, 1875 head of two, three
and four year-old heifers, mostly
springers. Also % head of yearling
heifers. There are about Is calves
already dropped and more expected
from now on. Any one wishing to buy
such young stock can correspond with
me at Big Timber, Montana. I can.
on short notice, deliver at any stock.
yard on the Northern Pacific road east
of Helena. any number up to 400 head.
8'2 Fl. Engemoen.
Big Timber, Mont. May ., 1899.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19
TRAINS.

BURLINGTON TRAINS.
EAST BOUND.
DEPARTS.
Passenger No. 49,. ............ $3.50 a. m.
Freight No. as. 1908 a. IN.
WEST BOUND.
ARRIVES.
Passenger No. 1903 p. m.
Freight No. As 900 a.. m.
j. L. HARRINGTON, Agent.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19

WANTED.-A position as housekeeper
in a family in Billings. Address
Miss M. Schroeder, Red Lodge, Mont. 2tf
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-04
GOOD SEASON FOR DEER.
Plenty of Game 10 BE Found In the
North and South.

Plenty of Game 10 BE FOund In the
North and South.
From the far north and far south Of
our country come reports that show
that the present deer season is good
one. Few think Of the south us Il deer
shooting country. and yet we learn
that this year the wild swamp forest
belt between Savannah and the high
lands of Georgia is swarming with
game. Deer have been protected there
for some years now. but as Il fact the
nature of the country is their best pro-
lection.
Imagine leaving the city of Savan-
nah at 10 o'clock in the morning and
At IL o'clock calmly surveying a SPLEEN
did buck just fallen from your bullet
That was the experience a few weeks
ago of DIR. Corbin of Georgia's chief
seaport. A few days after that Albert
WylIy left Savannah at go in the
afternoon for Bourquin's plantation. Il
few miles out in the woods. and within
IL minutes after his arrival started up
four deer. He did not get any of them,
but the next day, being better pre-
pared. he had better luck.
1heSe TWO instances snow what IS
going on in Georgia in a deer hunting
way. From the other end of the coun-
try the reports are quite as lively.
Maine has so many deer this fall that
they are appearing on the outskirts of
many large towns. The Portland Press
reports that deer dashed across coun-
try into the city limits of Portland the
other day and escaped before any of
the astOnished citizens could get their
guns.
Even the moose are wandering out
of their Businesses. These great ami
mails seem TO belong exclusively to the
big woods. For one TO venture on to a
railroad track in long settled region
like the town Of Bridgton was very
surprising. but it is not an isolated
case.
In the town of Winslow one recent
Sunday a large moose was seen and
pursued for some distance. Winslow
is the next town 10 the busy city of
Watcrville, and its settlement dates
back more than a century and quar-
ter. 1t is many miles from the game
regions. and the presence of a moose
there indicates that the great animals
are wandering far and wide.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-04

teenth street yesterday afternoon at
O'Clock to the Christian church. where
services were conducted by Rev. I.
W. Grafton. Interment was At Chippi-
Iannock.
| Owing to the late arrival OF the out
side exhibitors, the Tri-City Midwin-
ter Fair and Pure Food show at Saen-
lgerfest hall, Davenport. viii not open
until tomorrow evening. All COM
Iplimentary tickets issued for tonight
will be honored.
The entire front of the store build
ing occupied by H. X. Walker will be
torn down Jan. l. and he has decided
if possible to close out his entire stock
before that time. This will mean IN
heard of bargains. Secure some be-
fore they are all gone
A union gospel meeting i to be held
at the First Baptist church tomorrow
night. There i to be an address by
Mrs. Huntoon. of Moline. upon Our
Responsibility, vocal solos by Mrs.
Paul Hamilton and Miss Josephine
Woodin and selections by quartets.
Help the King Daughters to cstab-
lish an old ladies home by patronizing
morrow evening. Dec. >. beginning at
Z o'clock. Quotation books. fancy
work and culinary articles viii be on
sale. Both the ladies and he gentle
men are cordially invited to attend.
Observer Sherier'S meteorological
summary for the month of November
shows the mean temperature to have
been 40: the highest 40, on the 18th,
and the lowest IS. on the 4th. The
prevailing winds were from the north
west. The total precipitation was 80
inches. There were 10 clear days. s
partly cloudy and IA cloudy.
William Campbell. arrested on COM
plant of Plumbing Inspector Joseph
Rosentield- on a charge OF violating
the city plumbing ordinance, was
given a hearing IN Justice David
Halves court this morning. The jury
returned a verdict OF not guilty. Lu-
dolph & Reynolds defended and City
Attorney j. X. Scott prosecuted
John a. Calvin. of this city. has
been granted by the government Il
patent for an invention on a ventila-
tor. The idea projected by this pat
ent was his own. and came to him
after careful study of the defects and
disadr antagcs possessed by similar
devices now on the market, over all
of which his i decided improve
mcnt.
The amount contributed by Rock
Island school children Thanksgiving
was 1924. II will be turned over to
the Associated Charities. The contri-
buttons were a. follows: High school,
$2.45; Hawthorne. S7.11; Washing
ton. $3.50; Kemble. 1918; Lincoln,
S13.O2; Eugene Field, 1858; Irving.
1874; Longfellow. $5.5S; Horace
Mann. 50; Grant. 1886.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-04
AnUnexpected Answer.

In the course of an address DR.. Co
nan Doyle told a quaint experience of
his n the Sudan Wishing to find out
whether one of the black soldiers was
4 MclIammedan or a pagan, he asked
him. Whom do you Worship"
Il worship my colonel" came the an
swer. pat.
The lessons of history would suggest
TO Sherlock Holmes that the man
was 4 Mohammedan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-04
Only One Fault.

'srhere's only one fault TO be found
With your comedy work, old mar"
said the dramatic critic.
Whats that" asked the aspiring
young actor.
ITS tragic"-Chicago Post
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-04
Try yeg-E-To

At Charles Ullemeyer's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-04
HINES.
AT McCABE'S.

Today marks the beginning OF the
holiday trading.
The toy basement is open for bust
ness. in full swing. and we had a
crowd for the 3 o'clock sale this after
noon. On page five you'll see the
special bargains for Tuesday and
"Wednesday at 3 O'Clock. We've never
had such a variety in the products OF
Tovland before; they'll be the delight
OF all the little folks later, and its wise
to buy now. before the crush OF the
closing holiday trading. Well store
until Christmas for YOU. on request.
Tomorrow the China and Crock
cry Opening.
These china and crockery openings
of ours have grown to be festival
event for lovers of unique and charm
ing holiday gifts. They really mark
the commencement of holiday china
buving for this vicinity. and we al
WAYS make it point TO have some
thing different.
Tomorrow and Wedn. Sday and
Thursday we shall try to surpass all
previous records in our china and
crcckerv openings. There will be
crowds of people. everyone welcome,
whether TO buv or not. and each one
will be gratifed. we think by dis
play and sale OF dainty china. as well
as medium priced wares, absolutely
unequalled hereabouis.
The store will be decorated in 4
entirely new manner, and (not to tell
it all in this al there viii be more
attractions than we talk about here.
Come and see.
L. 9. McCABE q CO,
Daily camera., 1899-02-18
THE DETESTED ROSAS.
4 Character Which by any Other
Name Would Smell Sweeter
in South Africa.

For extraordinary. incredible, dia-
hClical wickedness the name Of ROsas
las become a prOverb in South Amer
ica. 1t is barely 20 years since he died;
yet when the people Of the River Platte
peak of him, we seem to be hearing
Of some half-mad Ethiopian sultan or
hero of the Ara bian Nights;" crea-
tare Of other clay than ordinary men;
Il being, half deviish, half divine.
slavishly worshiped by all. capricious.
vindic1ive, ruthless, staying in the dark
by some mysterious power his enemies.
his refractory slaves and even those
who dreaded and hated in silence; not
to be caught unawares; proof against
plots, free from ordinary human in
tirmities; knowing neither fatigue nor
fear; violent, too, and fantastic, strik-
ing astonishment and kind of super
stitious dread by his mad freaks, his
dangerous banter and his fits of say
age generosity or cruelty.
Such is the Rosas of popular tradi-
ton; nor does the picture so drawn
''SNhi NAoSS SldLCtl LII Uilt llSul Ol du-
thentic records. But Rosas was more
than this; he it was who gave the first
real solid government to q young ma
ton which numbers to-day 100000
souls, and has the largest city Of the
southern hemisphere for its capital
He practically secured internal peace
with brief interruptions-to a coun-
try torn by incessant revolutions and
civil war. He was the creator of the
Argentine confederation-by force,
perhaps; but force was the order of the
day: and he arose from among crowd
of caudillos, party chiefs, half soldiers,
nalf brigands, mostly as despotic in
spirit, as regardless of law and re-
straint, as contemptuous of human life
as Rosas himself. To him more than to
anyone it is due that Argentine is one
country instead of containing half a
dozen rival and discordant republics
Cornhill Magazine.
Daily camera., 1899-02-18
MEXICO's MONEY.
What 1t Was Many Years Ago and
How 1t Is Manufactured
at Present.

Before Mexico was invaded by the
Spaniards coins were unknown in this
country. the natives using in the place
of money the smallest cacoa beans re-
ceiving those Of larger size and better
quality for the manufacture of liquor,
to which they are much addicted.
About IA years after the conquest
that is to say, about the year 1885, Cas-
tilian coin commenced to make its ap-
pearance III Mexico. AS it arrived. how
ever, only in very small quantities, it
proved itself insufficient for the needs
of trade, even though the latter was
still of very insignificant proportions.
1t was then that the rulingviceroy. un-
der authority Of a royal decree, ordered
the manufacture in the City of Mexico
of small pieces of silver of certain
weight. These pieces were not stamped
with any coinage whatsoever, and
their value was determined entirely by
their weight and size. From this was
derived the name peso" which has
outlived the first attempt at making
money in Mexico up to the present.
These pieces of silver remained in cir
culation a number of years, and pieces
of gold and of copper were also added
in time. Soon, however, it was found
that this sort of circulating medium
made fraud and abuse extremely easy,
and the Spanish government, taking
cognizance of this fact, established by
royal decree three mints, granting
them a perpetual existence for Amer
lea These mints were located in San
Luis, Santa Fe and the City of Mexico.
The same decree also provided that
in San Domingo. on the Spanish island
known to-day as Porto Rico, only cop
per money should be made, according
to the regulations governing the mint
of CASTLE in the year 1859. The coin
age of Mexico was actually begun dur
ing the reign of Niceroy Antonio de
buildings belonging to Marquis del
Vale. Here it remained only short
time. being transferred first to the
council buildings and later to the Vice
royal palace. During al this time the
coinage was of considerable amount,
and the facilities of the establishment
were not sufficient to meet the demands
made upon it for coins, for which rea-
son frequent demands foi minting ap-
paratus are found in the ancient rec
established in the Apartado building,
and has continued since then in the
street of that name. From the dec
laration of independence until the year
lS47 the mint was rented out to pri-
vate parties, who. supplied with coin
all the states of the repnblic that had
no mints of their own.--El Nacional
Daily camera., 1899-02-18
ERYntiQn MOralittea.

Here are some extracts from the ad-
vice that Ami, an Egyptian scribe gave
his son in, the thirteenth century before
Christ:
''If man cometh to thee for counsel,
let this drive thee to books for informa-
ton"
''Consider what. hath been; set before
thee a correct rule of life as an exam
pie to follow. The messenger OF death
will come to- thee as to all others to
carry thee away; yea, he standeth
ready"
Take heed with all diligence that
thou woundest no man with thy
words"
Then who, having received much,
eiveth little, is as one who committeth
an injury"
"Whosoever speaketh evil receiveth
no good"
when thou has arrived at years Of
maturity and art married and hast
house, forget never the pains which
thou hast cost thy mother, nor the care
which she hath bestowed upon thee.
Never give her cause to complain of
thee. lest she lift up her hands TO God
in Heaven, and He listen to her com
plant
BE watchful to keep silence. West
minister Review
Daily camera., 1899-02-18
TIDES IN ENGLISH CHANNEL.
Heads of Great Britain are AnxiOus
to Reduce Its Dangers to
q Minimum.

The prince of Wales is greatly exer-
cised over the recent accident in the
English channel. As peer expressed
it. his royal highness does not like
10 feel that he is living upon an island
defended and barricaded like the feudal
barons of old, by high seas that dash
TO pieces friend and foe alike"
The crown, it is asserted upon the
best authority, will shortly offer prize
to be tried for by competition which
will be opened to all civil engineers
of the world. The prize offered will be
no less than a fortune sterling for a
plan by which the English channel can
be reduced from rolling torrent to a
calm, peaceful sea.
Crossing the channel for years has
been the dread of the transat tlantic
Journey. Tourists who travel as far
as London in safety are unable to cross
the channel to France without suffer
ing untold tortures of seasickness.
Traffic across the channel at certain
periods of the year is absolutely dan
gerous. and at times commerce isgreat-
Iy delayed by the uncertainty of the
voyage. The journey, which, under
ordinary circumstances, ought to be
taken in little over a night, is some
times prolonged 80 hours, and then
upon the very best steamers. Upon
slow-going freight steamers it is almost
indefinite. The highest type of mac
cry is required to make the journey on
time.
At times various schemes have been
proposed for stemming the current or
undertow from the North sea and the
North Atlantic ocean around the Brit
iSh isles. The isles act as a dam to the
water. which, sweeping southwark by
a mighty undertow, is caught by them
only to break and sweep through the
channel with incredible rapidity.
Many of the schemes have been al
most unique, notably one advanced by
a Danish civil engineer for building Il
hreakwater north of Wales. This,
which was to extend for many hun
drcd feet into the water. was to be
constructed south from Denmark and
north from Wales. leaving small open
space through which boats could sail.
This. the engineer claimed. would have
a tendency to allow less water to sweep
through the channel, and would thus
calm the tide. Other schemes of break
water have been proposed. the most
cXtravagant of which was the.tilling in
of the channel by means of mud scows.
so that. instead of being a deep pas
sage, it would be in places very shall
low.
Modern engineering has become such
a highly developed science that moth
ing seems impossible to it. and it is
thought that some engineering genius
will have remedy by which the Eng
lish channel can be made calm.
Prominent engineers in this country
shake their heads at the suggestion and
say ''impossibe." but English engi-
neers are more sanguine.
At present one of the features of the
channel is the life-saving service, which
is the strongest in Europe.-Philadel-
phia Press.
Daily camera., 1899-02-18
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Australia is capable Of supporting at
least IL, 100000 inhabitants.
The best hotel in San Juan, Porto
Rico, charges two dollars a day.
Of 1,0OO deaths in Europe, 16 are by
violence; in the United States, Al.
Humptulips is the name of a settle
ment in the state Of Washington.
The first advertisements known were
placed on the doors of St. Paul's cathe-
dral.
The state historian of South Carolina
estimates that that state furnished a.,
600 men to the service of the cGnfed
eracy.
More than - .OOO, 900 acres of the Sa-
hara desert has been made useful for
raising crops with the aid of artesian
wells.
Bacteria multiply rapidly, and they
do it in curious way. A single one
breaks itself in two, then each half
grows until il becomes as large as the
original.
Little lizards crawl along the walls of
the habitations in the Philippines, dis
regarded by the human occupants, and
make themselves useful by catching
flies and mosquitoes.
\ single wheat field in Clovis.
Madeira county. Cal. comprises $4,000
acres, or 40 square miles. The owner
is Clovis Cole and work this immense
field he employs 200 men 1000 horses
and the most improved machinery.
French violin makers report that
aluminium when used for stringed in
struments produces richer sound than
wood, especially with The higher notes,
and the experiments with the new ma
terial have been entirely successful.
Mr.. George Bush, aged 80, anG Mrs.
Lucy Prophet. aged SS of Little Rock.
.Nrk., lately applied to County Clerk
Martin for marriage license. He said:
well. | think yCu are cid enough to
marry without your parents consent" ,"
and he promptly filled out the license.
Daily camera., 1899-02-18
,Iack'A Wish.

AS Jack entered the Darn with his
uncle his eyes opened wide at the sight
of great pile of apples heaped up on
the floor. As he wistfuIIy gazed ct the
same his uncle reading tie desire in his
glance, exclaimed: Help yourself,
Jack; take all you wish. Jack sprang
toward the enticing pppinS, and, after
gathering up all that his pockets. hat
and shirt waist could held. Strengthened
himself up and stood gazing Tor some
time at the apparently urdir7' 'rished
pile. Observing his apparent dilemma,
his uncle asked: What 5 the matter
now, Jack?" oh, nothing" replied
Jack, ''only ! wish l was twins. Gin
cinnati Commercial Tribune
Daily camera., 1899-02-18
An EnterprIsing Druggist.

There are a few men more wide awake
and enterprising than Streamer's Drug
Store, who spare no pains to secure the
best Of everything in their line for their
many customers. They now have the
valuable agency for Or. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds. This is the wonderful remedy
that is producing such Juror all over
the country by its many startling cures.
1t absolutely cures Asthma Bronchitis,
Hoarseness and all affections OF the
Throat, Chest and Lungs. Call al above
drug store and get trial bottle free or
a regular size for 80 cents and SI.oo
Guaranteed to cure or price refunded.