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The Billings gazette., 1899-03-24
LUCKY DEUCE OF SPADES.
Remarkable Run of Luck. but All
For the Other Man.

For the Other Man.
One by one the old superstitions are
being torn from us. People nowadays
walk ostentatiously under ladders and
suffer no evil consequences. Friday is
quite popular day for the commence
ment of a long journey. and sitting
down 13 at dinner is frequently unat-
tended with untoward results A deep
" rooted superstition among card play
ers is a belief in the lucky properties of
the two Of spades. The present writers
faith. however, was severely shaken by
a phenomenal coincidence which occur
red only a few days ago.
Sitting down to game of whist, he
thoroughly shufled both packs of cards,
and happened to notice that the two of
spades was the bottom card of one of
the packs
''This ought to bring me luck. :" he
remarked to his friends.
He then took up the second pack, and
was astonished to find that the two of
spades was also at the bottom Of that
Words failed to express his amazement
when. in drawing fer partners and deal
the cards had been shuffied again-he
once more drew the two of spades
The odds against this triple event oc-
curing must be enormous, but more
was to follow. The deal fell to the
writer, and the turn up card was the in
evitable two of spades
After this the dealer felt justified in
believing he was In for good evening.
As matter of fact, he lost six rubbers
In succession. London Mail
The Billings gazette., 1899-03-24
Played Out.

Dull headache, pains in various parts
OF the body, sinking at the pit OF the
stomach, loss of appetite, feverishness,
pimples or sores are all positive evidences
OF impure blood. No matter how it be-
came so, it must be purified in order to
obtain good health. Acker's Blood
Elixir has never failed to cure Scrofulous
or Syphilitic poisons or any other blood
diseases. It is certainly q wonderful
remedy and we sell every bottle on a
positive guarantee. Sold by Chapple
Drug Co.
The Billings gazette., 1899-03-24
WHEN LAMPS ARE Low.

Let the ruin beat
And the W ind without blow down the street,
And the echo come of the city's hum,
And the distant hurry of horses feet
For rest within with my love tonight,
And the lamps are low, and the hearth 10
bright.
All, love is best
That neer is more than half confessed
Just half, say; eternity
We're all too short to tell the rest!
So we rest within with our love tonight,
And the lamps are low, and the hearth is
bright.
A. Boyd Scott in Madame.
The Billings gazette., 1899-03-24
Inspiring Hope.

The Doctcr-Bear up. I must tell
you the worst-you can't possibly re-
cover
The Client--That's a pity, for if I'd
lived a bit longer l should have come
into fortune: as it is, l haven a pen
ny to pay you with. doctor.
The Doctor-Well. now, don't give
up hope Wen try to mend you. Well
try. Illustrated Bits.
The Billings gazette., 1899-03-24
Not Mentioned.

Everybody seems to have been men
toned for the Office except you OBJ
served the sympathizing friend.
"Yes. - replied the disappointed pol
itician. ''My name is Pants.
"Then, Of course. soothingly re-
Joined the other. ''you might expect to
be among the unmentionables -
And silence like poultice fell
Chicago Tribune.
The Billings gazette., 1899-03-24
Young MOthers,

Group is the terror of thousands of
young mothers because it's outbreak is
SO agonizing and frequently fatal.
Shiloh's Cough and Consumption Cure
acts like magic in cases of Group. It has
never been known to fail. The worst
cases relieved Immediately. Price 25
cts, so cts. and Sl.OO. Sold by Chapple
Drug Co,
The Billings gazette., 1899-03-24
Diamond &c" Soap is a wash day
friend. Cultivate it's acquaintance.
Many a Lover

Has turned with disgust from an other
wise lovable girl with an offensive breath.
karls Clover Root Tea purifies the
breath by it's action on the bowels etc.,
as nothing else will. Sold for years on
absolute guarantee. Price 25 cts. and
30 cts. Sold by Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette., 1899-03-24

Sick headache absolutely and posi-
lively cured by using Moki Tea. A
pleasant herb drink. Cures constipa-
tion and Indigestion, makes you eat,
sleep; work and happy. Satisfaction
guaranteed or money back. 25 cents and
so cents, Sold by Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette., 1899-03-24

A years subscription free to nearly
any one of the standard magazines to
users of Diamond 'C'' Soap.
The Billings gazette., 1899-03-24
A Sure Rule,

De Canters-Is there any sure way
to tell the age of horse?
De Trotter-Yes; ask the dealer and
multiply by one-haf. New York
Weekly.
The Billings gazette., 1899-03-24

You receive prizes for using Diamond
&c" Soap. Your grocer can tell you
about 1t.
The Billings gazette., 1899-03-24

It's long life, but devotion the true interests and
prosperity of the American people has won for it new
friends the years rolled by and the origninal mem
bers of its family passed to their reward and these ad-
mirers are loyal and seadfast today with faith in it's
teachings and confidence in the information which it
brings to their homes and fresdes AS natural con
sequence it enjoys in it's old age all the vitality and
vgor of its youth strengthened and rpened by the ex
perlences of half century. 1t has lived on it's
merits, and the cordial support of progressive
Americans. 1t is
The Billings gazette., 1899-03-24

Your washing is early on the line if
you use Diamond &c" Soap.
The Billings gazette., 1899-03-24

All grocers sell Diamond &c" Soap.
1t has no superior for laundry use.
The Billings gazette., 1899-03-24

Send all subscriptions to THE GAZETTE.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06
Eating Snails,

The stories about Frenchmen eating
snai!s are believed by many paepls 10
have no foundation 10 fact, bat saails
are eaten, and to a very considerable
extent, in France. Nearly 100000
pounds weight of snails are sold daily
In the Paris markets to be eaten by
jewellers in that city. They are care
fully reared for the purpose in extern
sive snail gardens in the provinces,
and fed on aromatic herbs to give them
a fine flavor. One such garden in
Dion is said to bring in to its propris-
tor several thousand francs q year.
Many Swiss cantons also contain
large snail gardens, where they are
reared with great pains. They are
not only regarded as a great delicacy,
but are considered very nutritious.
Hygienists state that they contain
seventeen per cent of heterogeneous
matter, and that they are equal tc
oysters in nutritivs properties.
Snails are also extensively used al
an article OF food in Austria, Spain
Italy and Egypt, and the countries or
the African side Of the Mediterranean
Indeed. the habit of eating snails az
food has existed in various parts O.
Europe for many centuries.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06

Benjamin Berdell, a wandering
clock repairer, is death on flies. Three
years ago, when at Railway, n. j.,
during q storm he was picking cherries,
when the tree was struck by lightning.
Berdell received g severe shock. 1t
transformed him into an electric man.
Anyone who shakes hands with him
now receives q severe shock. By
pressing the blades of O knife between
his thumb and finger during storm
he charges the metal so thoroughly
that heavy weights can be lifted. When
flies alight upon him they drop dead.
When he is in dark room sparks
fash from his flesh and his eyes shine
like incandescent lamps. Whenever a
storm approaches Berdeli becomes
highly charged with electricity and it
is dangerous to touch him. He says
that he feels no inconvenience except
that he will not go near moving loco
motive for fear Of being drawn against
it and killed. New York Press.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06
! GOOD ROADS NOTES.
Tarred Maca,Iarn Roads.

A method, of laying macadam roads,
in which each stone is coated with tar
before it goes into the roadway, is used
and advocated by the city engineer Of
Canterbury, England.
In his system the stones are pre-
pared for the tar by heating them,
either in the open, CT in an oven or
kiln. When done in the open, they
are spread out on q fat bed, some
twelve inches thick, and covered with
three or four inches ofcoke and breeze,
with little wood to aid the fire, and
in this way a stack Of stone about five
feet high is formed. 1t is frequently
made conical and closed at the top.
Then it is fired and allowed to burn
for seven or more days. AS this meth.
cd, however, causes the disintegra.
ton of many stones, an oven or kiln,
with its more equable temperature, is
preferable.
Tar of good quality should be used
and heated long enough to assure great
tenacity. 1t may be boiled il fifty
gallon kettles, for three Or four hours
and, after half bucketful of pitch is
added, boiled o little longer.
The stones to receive their coatings
of tar, should not BIO warmer than the
palm of the hand can bear comfortably.
II they are used when too hot, the
value of the tar for building is des-
troyed, and, they are not hot enough,
the tar will be so thick that it will
soften in hos weather.
When the stone is proper tempera-
ture it is screened, SO as to secure
three distinct sizes-one to two inch
for the bottom layer; one-half to one
inch for the middle layer and one
quarter to one-half inch for the top
layer. The bottom layer is three to
four inches thick and is thoroughly
rolled with a ten-ton roller; then the
second layer of half the thickness is
laid and thoroughly rolled, and very
thin top layer is laid and also thor.
oughly rolled. A final top-dressing
Of quarter-inch and smaller granite
screenings is put on, and traffic is ad
mitted to work this fine material down
into the tarred roadbed,
A road so formed is said to be capa
BILE of CARVING the heaviest cnuntry
traffic and to be good for seven years
with an outlay of four cents q square
yard for repairs, when more extensive
repairs may berequired. The cost fol
depth of four-and-a,half inches is To-
material thirtY-six cents per sqaar
yard, excayating eighteen cents; broker
brick ballast, twenty cents; labor
eighteen cents; rolling, six cents; con
tingencies, ten cents, a total of $40
a square yard
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06
Don,t Trarel in One Track

The last report of the Massachusetts
Highway Commission states that an
important outlay" in maintaining
stone roads is caused by the tendency
Of drivers TO travel in one track, there
By causing 80 single line OF road to be
worn for o width of one-and-a-half to
two feet, . and making necessary re-
pairs that would not be called for if
travel spread out little over the sur
face. Signs reading, 'ssDon't drive in
the middle OF the read, have been
placed on roads where thia tendency
has been most marked and have been
respected in many cases The roads
would be still further preserved if
wide tires and axles of unequal length
were used on heavy vehicles.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06
The Reason Why.

A good story is told of an English
naval officer, whose ship was stationed
off the coast of Ceylon, and who went
off for a days shooting along the
coast, accompanied by native attend
ant we'll acquainted with the country.
Coming to particularly inviting
river. the officer resolved to have a
bath, and asked the native to show
him place where there were no alli-
gators. The native took him to pool
close to the estuary. The officer
thoroughly enjoyed his dip, and, while
drying himself, he asked his guide
why there was never any alligators in
that pool. Because, sar," promptly
replied the Cingalese, "they plenty
'fraid of shark"
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06
Hoods pills cure all Liver Ills. Is cent
Russian COurtshlp.

One Of the national eccentricities
in the Ukraim Russia is that the
maiden is the one that does oil the
counting. Wien she falls in love with
a man she goes to his house and tells
him the state of her feelings. If he
reciprocates all is we'll, and a formal
marriage is duly arranged. If, how
ever, he is unwilling, she remains
there, hoping to coax him into bet
ter mind. The poor fellow cannot
treat her with the least discourtesy or
turn her out, for her friends would be
sure to avenge the insult. His best
chance, therefore, if he is really de-
termined he will not marry her, Is to
leave his home and stay away as long
as she is in it. This is certainly Pc
culiar way of turning man out OF
house and home.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06
nae Crusade in Paragraphs.

Start road Improvement now. The
longer the delay, the greater the cost.
Ii we had all the money bad roads
have cost we could almost pave them
in gold.
Remove loose stones from the high
ways. To many States the law ex-
pressly requires road oyerseers to do
it.
"Good social life," says f. W.
Blackmar, (which rests largely upon
the economic, is essential to the we'll
being Of a community, Good facili-
ties for exchange and transportation
lead to better political and social con.
ditions, and we become acquainted and
harmonic our interests so that q bet.
ter life is developed"
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06
With n floral.

A correspondent Of the L. A. W.
Bulletin says: My neighbor, DIR. s.,
is a practical man. On visit to one
of the suburban settlements OF Harris.
burg, Penn, he met the county road
master and his gang, at work, and
spoke as follows: Here you are at it
again, just as l saw you last year and
year before that, shoyeling the dirt
out of the Cutters and piling it in the
centre of the road, just as your grand
daddies did, to have the first rain
wash it back again. Now, why don't
you take the small stone, waste and
broken rock from this quarry and lay
it five or six inches deep on your road,
after dressing it off smooth, so next
year you won't have to work here
again?" He says his acquaintance
scratched his head, and said: cts
true, and, by gol, I'll try it." SO
next year, when the doctor went down,
he found several hundred yards of fine
macadam, and the roadmaster at work
again, who said, "Aha! Doctor, we
are working on your plan now, and it
works SO we'll ] guess we'll keep at
it."
The doctor concluded: "Now there
are at least two miles of the finest kind
of road that only needs little patch
ing and looking after to keep in ele-
CANT repair, where before the whole
road had to be soraped up and dumped
into the middle, only to be worked up
into mortar by the passing vehicles. "
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06
When . Candle Burns

Nothing is lost when a candle burns.
If che smoke and invisible yapors be
collected and weighed, it would be
found that they would weigh rather
more than the whole of the original
candle weighed before a match was
applied to 1.-THE extra matter being
derived from tho oxygen Of the air.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06
Brazil Has a New Cabinet.

A special dispatch from Rio Janeiro
says a new cabinet has been formed,
as follows: Minister OF finance, Senior
Murtinho; minister OF war, Senior Nal
let; minister of foreign affairs, Senior
Demegalhaes; minister of marine.
Senior De Silyeira.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06
Protection for Hallway.

On the new Russian military rail-
way from Europe to Andijsn, on the
borders of the Chinese empire, tree.
like shrub called the sascaoul had to
be planted all along the line through
the desert to prevent the rails being
covered by sand. For further pro-
lection ribbon OF wild oats runs
along both sides of the railway.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06
Death of a JohnstoWn Hero.

Joseph Lafrance, hero at the
YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, food, dropped dead
FRIDAY, while at work, of heart dis
ease; which dated back to the day of
the great food, when he ran at a rapid
speed from the Gautier mill warning
the people along the way of the coE-
ing water aud thereby saving many
lives. He was a native of Montreal,
Canada, and was born in 1S47.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06
Carlists Have Obtained a Loan.

The London Daily Nails GORE.
spondent at Biarritz says: 'sThe
Carlists declare that they have oh.
tanned loan, but not from England.
Proof that the situation is serious is
seen in the general alarm, and the
strict censorship in Navarro.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal
Ky. NEW YORK. N. T.
Beware OF Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never he
used except on prescriptions from reputable
physicians, as the damage they will do is ten
fold to the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. ]. Cheney d. Co.. Toledo, o.. contains
no mercury and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system In buying Halls Cstarrh
Cure be sure to get the genuine. 1t is taken
int rnally, and is made in Toledo. Ohio, by
+. J. Cheney d Go. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists, price T5c per bottle.
Halls ia milY Pills are the best
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06

Clean blood means clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
Danish pimpies. beiIs, blotches. blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,--beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed l0c 25c. SOC.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06
THEY WANT TO TELL
These Grateful Women Who Have
Been Helped by Mrs. Pinkham.

~ Women who have suffered severely
and been relieved of their Ills by Mrs.
Pinkham's advice and medicine are
constantly urging publication of their
statements for the benefit of other wo-
men. Here are two such letters:
Mrs. LIZZIE BEVERLY, 25S Merrimac
St., Lowell, Mass, writes:
alt affords me great pleasure to tell
sllsufering women of the beneftIhave
received from taking Lydia E. Pink
har9s Vegetable Compound. Icanhard-
Oh s. glyfndwords toexpressmy gratitude for
n whabshe has done forme. My trouble
rs 3 sTvas liberation of the womb. Twas un-
der the doctors care. Upon examine
ton he found fifteen very large ulcers,
buthe failed to dome good. took sew
eralnottlesot Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
.I.g table Compound, alsoused the Sanative
M Wash, and am cured. Mrs. Pinkhams
RS medicine saved my life, and / would
- recommend it to all suffering women"
y \ Mrs. AMOS TRoMBLEAY, Ellenburgh
X, CTR, MY. writes:
81 took cold at the time my baby
was born, causing me to have milk
legs, and was sick in bed for eight
weeks. Doctors did me no good. |
surely thought would die. was al
SO troubled with falling of the womb.
Fl 1could not eat, had faint spells as
often as ten times day. One day
lady came to see me and told me of the
benefit she had derived from taking
Lydia E. Pinkhams rsedicine, and ad-
sn44. vised me to try it. I did SO, and had
taken only half a bottle before was
.ilh saa able to sit in chair. After taking
II S s9ftl three bottles could do my own work.
v9 am now in perfect health"
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06
An Actress Dies Suddenly.

Ethel Marlowe, cousin Of Julia
Marlowe, died ut the Knickerbocker
theater, New York, during perform.
ance of 'The Christian. She was "a
years old,
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06

Before fire brigade can start for q
fire in Berlin the members must ali
fall in line in military fashion aud sal
ute their captain. This proceeding
wastes at least three minutes.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06
Eleven Mer, Killed.

During dense fog Friday a'Penn-
sylvania train ran upon gang of
workmeu on the Hackensack Meadow,
near New York, and eleven men were
killed.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06

VULUMbbS, VA, aug. u, IoTI.
DR.. G. j. MoFFETT,-Dear Doctor: We gave
little grandchiid with the happisst results.
The effects were almost magical, and GER.
TAINLY MORE SATISFACTORY THAN FROM ANY
THING WE RyEa USED. Yours. very truly,
JOSEPH &. KEY, Pastor of St Paul Church.
(Now Bishop Southern Methodist Church.)
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06

The Mushrooms Life.

The mushrooms life is measured
by hours, but it fourishes long
enough for an insect to hang its egg
on the edge of the umbrella" and
for the eggs to become an insect
ready to colonize the next mushroom
that springs up.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06
Largest Battleship in the World

The ram battleship Formidable W
launched Friday at Portsmouth, En-
land. She is said to be the large
warship in the world, being of Is, 0
tons displacement. She is 400 fe
long, has rs feet beam, and draws
feet, 8 inches of water. She &C
over 81. 100000 and is estimated
steam eighteen knots.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inftamma-
ton, allays pain. cures wind collie. &c bottle.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06

The female brain commences to decline in
weight after the age of thirty; the male not
until ten years later.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06

It has been estimated that single plant Of
the Russian thistle six feet in diameter pro-
tiuces :, 000, 600 seeds.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06

Piso's Cure for Consumption relieves the
most obstinate coughs.-Rev. d. BUCHMUEL-
LER, Lexington, Mo-, February 81 1894.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06

1t is customary in China to congratulate
fat man, because it is taken for granted that
he must be rich
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06

A naturalist of eminence says that land
birds make their journeys in the daytime and
water birds at night
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06
To Cure q Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund money ifit fails to cure. &c.

It is calculated that the men and women Of
today are nearly two inches taller than their
ancestors
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06

There are $50 glaciers in the Alps said to be
over five miles in length.
In square inch of the human scalp the
hairs number about l,01.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06

Lyon & Co.'S s'Pick Leaf'' smokins Tobacco
stands at the top for its delicious aroma
Good as can be- made. Try it.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06

Fits permanently cured. Nofitsor nervous.
ness after first days use Of DR.. Klines Great
Nerve Restorer S2trial bottle and treatise freq
DIR. R.H. KLINE, Ltd 83l Arch St.. Phila., Pa.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06

The only two animals whose brains are
said to be heavier than that of man are tho
whale and the elephant.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06

The next International congress of
chemists will be held in Paris in 1900.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06

Educate Your Bowels With Cnscarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
10c, 25c. If c. &. c. fail druggists refund money.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06

A single oyster in season produces about
LOCO GOO young.
The nails on amputated fingers continue to
grow.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Liz. Away

To quit tobacco easily and forever be mag
netic, full oflife, nerve and vigor take No-To-
BAG, the wonder-worker thatrakes weak mon
strong. All druggists, SOC or 81. Cure guar
anteed. Bookletand sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06

Ex-Governor Peck, of Wisconsi
went by Admission to see the boys
the Fourth Wisconsin regiment q
carnped there.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06

No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. Soc, 81. All druggist.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06

A Milwaukee Judge recently granted
a divorce, with the provision that the
wife pay tie husband alimony.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06

Howard Conkling, candidate for
congress in the Twelfth New York
district, is nephew Of the late Sena-
tor Roscoe Conkling.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06

John W. Kelley, the inventor of the
Kelley motor, died Friday at his home
in Philadelphia from pneumonia.
Natchitoches populist., 1899-01-06

Resignation is the name of the angel who
carries most of our souls burdens.