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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-16
4 long nOH.

A Indy living on Park avenue, Wal.
nut hills, was reces tly presented with a
full FLOODED imported dachshund, a liv'
Ing exempliication of the saying,
"Man wants but little here below, but
he wants that little long This dog In
particular has all the fine points of a
true dachshund, Its length IN at least
four times its height, and its legs are
stnnpy and have the conventional crook
Of a golf stick at the foot, The lady
has several other dogs and IN quite a
fancier Of cnnines, The other evening a
gentleman called who had hrmd a great
deal Of the celebrated amin a. As he
entered the darkcned parlor a small
yellow dog of no particular breed arose
from Il rug In front OF Tho crate and,
unnoticed by the gentleman, slowly
walked toward the door, The dog
crossed half way over the threshold and
stood in such a position that a person
In the parlGr conld Just see itS hind
legs and tail, At tAat moment the mail
lighted the gas, and the dachshund
pokea its head inqSiringly through an
other open door, W. gentleman gazad
In Amusement at the head Of the dnchs'
hund peering at him from II doorway
and the headquarters Of another dog
visible In the other doorway, and then
In the hearing of the servant calculated
"Lord a-mightyl heard that rh''
dachshund Of hers was a long one, bat
this animal certainly heats my time!'
Cincinnati Enquirer,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-16
Hunting Marsh Hogs.

Hunting wild marsh hogs is an ex-
citing but somewhat dangerous pastime
In southern Texas" said G. l., Fielden
of that state. 'In the swampy lands
along the gulf these wild hogs have
their habitat, and to hunt them it IS
best to have several companions and
numerous dogs that understand the
ways of the ferocious porlSers. The dog
will find the game for you, bay 1t and
hold 1t in check until you can take a
shot or two, Then everything depends
on your aim, II you succeed in pierre
ing a vital part with your Winchester
bullet, all Is over except dragging the
carcass to some convenient point where
1t can be handled.
"But dangerous is your position If
your aim Is a trite defective and your
shot only wounds the animal. Some
good and true shooting must be done
instanter then by you and your com
rades, or else an Infatuated boar will he
rending you with his tusks. have seen
more than one Of these old bears shot
through the body go or more times and
in that condition fight man and dog
until several balls had been fired into
his head,
'In the marshes there is no possible
way of escaping an attacking wild hog
except by killing him, The hunter can
make no Roadway through the tall.
rank grass and boggy soil, and there
are no trees that offer him refuge, For
these reasons he Is compelled to kill his
game when once 1t is flushed or become
himself n victim, In the fall of the year
these marsh hogs are fat, and their flesh
ia of a very pleasing flavor. Wash
ington Post.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-16
BERMUDA ONIONS.
Reasons why They Are So Popular
In American Markets.

nowhere perhaps in the world are
onions grown to. such a state of perfec-
ton as in the Bermudas, said a whole.
sale produce merchant to a writer re-
Gently, "The balmy climate and rich
soil CT these islands, together with the
careful methods Of cultivation, have
| combined to produce an onion that, for
size and flavor, Is peerless, The vege-
table will average from one half pound
to one pound and Il half in weight. 1t
is always sonnd, juicy and crisp, and
these good qualities are so well appre-
ciated by Americans that about 3OO,-
900 crates of the onions are annually
shipped to the United States,
preparations to supply the markets
of this country every spring with the
vegetable are made early in January.
and when gathered in March and April
the onions are carefully selected and
packed in crates, weighing, when filled,
100 pounds, The onions are then taken
to the general receiving wharf, where
they are subjected to a rigid inspection
by government officers. II the quality
of the produce Is not good and any i'm
perfect or decayed specimens are found,
the farmer Is made to pick the goous
over and replace them. The onions are
then passed by the inspector, and when
the crates have been closed and marked
by the shipper they are loaded on board
a steamship, which, after a voyage Of
4s hours, lands them, principally in
New York. Here consignments of from
4, 900 to 5000 crates, each containing
100 onions, are received semiweekly.
The vegetable Is usually sold by the
weight and Is worth about 8 cents per
pound retail. ~ Washington Star.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-16
Her Turn.

Guests were expected to dinner at
little Flossie's home the other evening
and she was In consequence hustled OIL
to bed and milk and bread an hour ear
Her than usual
"Here yon grown up folks she sigh
cd az she VIA laid away, ''are going to
ait up in your best clothes all evening
and eat all those nice things, while I've
got to 30 up stairs with nothing to eat
but old bread and milk and go to bed
early Never mind, after a reflective
pause, "After a while III grow up, and
then I'll have all the nice things, and
you'll all be dead, kansas City Star
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-16
SeIwyn'a Curious Taste.

George selwyn had a strange but not
uncommon passion for seeing strange
bodies, especially those of his friends,
He would 90 any distance to crafty
this pursuit. Lord Holland was laid up
very i'll at Holland House shortly before
his death, George Selwyn sent to ask
how he was. and whether he would like
to see him. Lord Holland answered
"Oh, by all meansl II I'm alive tomor-
row ! shall be delighted to see George,
and | know that II ! am dead no will
DO delighted to see mel'-Letter OF
General Fox,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-16
An Inference,

"such ara the decisions to which the
human senses and understanding are
susceptible, :" remarked the man who
doesn't care whether You comprehend
him or not, THAT, logically speaking,
II IL absolutely impossible to be abso
lutely snre of anything"
"pear mel exclaimed Miss Cayenne,
~ didn't know you were one"
"What9"'
"a weather prophet, - Washington
Star,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-16
PASSING OF THE NIGHTcAP.
Our Catarrhal Troubles Are Largely
Due to Its Abandonment

ASus ~ = "sN":
eff the American people would only
put on nightcaps when they go to he'd,
there would not be neG" so many cases
of catarrhal trouble as t,Iere are now,
said a Chicago physician. He contin'
ued; ut is we'll known that az a ma.
ton the percentage of catarrhal CON.
plants Is greater among us than in Any
other nation in the world and shat there
are more cases among men than among
women, The reason for this dispropor.
ton Is the absence of nightcaps and the
habit of smoking in the open air, Wo-
men, II they smoke at all, do not do So
in the open air, and if they do not wenr
nightcaps they are in 4 measure pro-
tected by their heavier heads of hair
Men, on the contrary, habitually wear
their hair close cut, are c~srelcss about
the temperature of the rooms in which
they sleep, and while all the rest of the
body Is carefully protected the head
may be exposed all night to n zero tenn
perature and that at the very time
when nature is at its lowest ebE and
car do the least to protect itself, If we
would begin by ni%ghtcappins all our
children and induce them to keep up
the habit in later years, within Il gen.
Grafton or two catarrh would be a COM
paratively rare disease in the United
States,
"Enslishmen and the people Of the
continent know IN American by two
things-~his liberality with money and
his habit of hawking and splitting.
They cannot understand the latter, rs
cntarrh is an unusual complaint abroad,
But nightcuis are not. They are recog-
nized part Of the night toilet through
out Europe, and to this is due the free.
dom of the people there from Il distress
ing complaint.
."Who ever sees u nightcap in this
country2 But in England it is so much
a matter of Lourse that its great writer,
Dickens, Frequently mH"tiGrri it in cT.
de" 10 save (Nn p'ritr tUU"l 81 renii-m
IT, l.A GI&.&}uAS, "- l..4vlsI iML2r
Ocean,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-16
The Time to Go to California

Is in summer-this summor-late in
June or early III July-when sea and
sky and vine-clad slopes are at their
best-when the rate Is little more than
halt as mach AS usual.
If you take the Burlington route you
will have cooler weather and kfiner
scenery than via any other line to Cali.
fornia.
Information and California literature
on request. j. Francis, general passen.
ger agent, Omaha, Neb. 1918.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-16
As early as the year AZ B. G. the
great Alexandrian library contained
over 40. 900 valuable books.
or Int rest to Inventors.

@. a. Snow Il Co., Il of the Oldest
and most successful firms Of patent
lawyers, whose offices are opposite the
United States patent office in Washing.
ton, D. G., and who have procured pat
ents for more than 10000 inventors,
say that, owing to the improved condi.
lions in the United States patent office,
patents may now be 0 promptly
procured than at any previous time III
their experience of twenty-five years.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-16
The Gun Barrels Grew.

In the early days in the northwest,
when the Hudson Bay company laid the
foundations of great fortunes by trade
with the savages, and a gun paid for IA
many beaver skins AZ would reach to
tho muzzle of it, the skins packed fiat
and the gun held upright, II was alleg-
cd that the barrel OF tho weapon grew
and grew with each successive year IN
til the Indian, after he had bought II
with the peltry, had to borrow a file
and cut off n foot OF uaeless metal, -
Dan Francisco Argeaant
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-16
First Publication June 10, lSo9.-a
Notice OF Sale Of Real Estate at Public
Auction.

First Publication June 10, lSW.~3
Notice of Sale Of Real Estate at Public
Auction.
Notice is hereby given that in pun.
suullce of an order Of sale mudh and
entered by the District Court Of the
Seventh judicial District Of tho State
Of Montana, in and for the county of
Yellowstone, Oh the goth day of April,
1899, in the matter of the estate OF W.
r. Finch, deceased, tho undersigned,
administrator with the will annexed,
of said estate, will sell at public auc.
tion, subject to confirmation by said
court, the following Described ren1 prop
or,y. viz: Lot numbered three CD il
block numbered ono hundred eleven
(111) in the original town (now city,
of Billings, in the county Of Yellow.
stone, in the state of Montana. together
with the building known as tho pho.
tograph gallery thereon situated. to.
getheI with all the appurtenances there.
unto belonging or in anywiso appe1tain.
ing. Said sale will be made on the
9th day Of July 1899, at 10 O'Clock a.
m. at the place where said property is
situate in the city Of Billings, in said
county Of Yellowstone, in the state Of
Montana. Terms of sale are cash. an,.Tr.s@s
Dated May 81, 1899.
GEO. M. HAYS,
Administrator with the Will Annexed
CT the Estate Of W. r. Finch, De.
ceased.
Jas. II. GOss,
Attorney for Administrator.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-16
A Catfish In u Fla,

Last summer while seining | caught
q catfish that was literally starving,
with food In hia mouth He had at
tempted to swallow d smaller catfish,
but its fms had caught In his mouth
and pierced through on both sides
Nearly all but the head had been d.
gested, taink this Ii going Tantalua
one better, Forest and stream,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-16

An Assyrian tablet In the cellar Of
the British museum has ON II 4 repre-
ssntation of tho hanging gardens OF
Babylon according TO Herr bruno Meiss'
81. II 10 In right, this Ii the first testi
rpouy 10 their existence found among
ths cuneifurm inscriptions
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-16
Played Out.

dull headache, pains in various parts
of the body, sinking at the pit of the
stomach, loss of appetite, f~everishness,
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 poisone or any other blood
diseases. It is certainly a wonderful
remedy and we sell every bottle on a
positive guarantee. Sold by Chapple
Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-16
First Publication June 2, 1895
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Office at Bohemian, Montana,

May 20, 1899.
Notice il hereby given that the fol-
lowing-named settler has filed notice of
his intention to make final proof in
support Of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before r. A. WILL
Jams, clerk Of the District Court, at
Billings, Montana, OH July g., 1899,
viz: II
JOHN Fl. ROSEAN,
Fl. Z. No. 1918, for the N - SCI,
SW4 NE14 and SEA NW4 section 8,
township 2 south, range 20 east, M. p.
M.
He anne the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation Of said land, viz: Pat
Lavelle, Of Columbus, Montana George
A. Berky, Of Billings, Montana; Frank
j. Davis, Of Columbus. Montana;
William j. Norton, Of Columbus, Mon
tnna.
A. l.. LOVE, Register.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-16
Marriage Ii n Serious Thing.

An Atchison mothers boy married
recently, and his wife made him shave
off his mustache before she would make
him any soup, Of which he was very
fond. When he lived at home, he got
his whiskers in the soup every day, and
his mother took it as a compliment to
her cooking. -Atchison Globe.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-16
First Publication May 10, 1so0-0.
DESERT LAND, FINAL PROOF. NO.
TlCE FOR PUBLICATION,
United States Land Office

Bozeman, Mont, May y, 1885.
Notice is hereby given that Marcus M.
Klein Of Lavina, Mont, has filed notice
Of intention to make proof on his desert
land claim No. 1852, for the NJ NE4
QfractionaD section 4, township 4 north,
range 10 east, M. ?. NJ, before II. A..
Williams, clerk of the district court, at
Billings, Mont, on Friday, the 23rd day
of June, 1899.
Tie names the following witnesses to
prove the complete irrigation and recla-
nation of said land: William M. Muir.
ply Of Lavina, Mont; Jefferson u.
Brewer of Billings, Mont; George Sar-
gent Of Lavina, Mont; John Knapp of
Lavinm,' Mont.
A. l.. LOVE, Register.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-16
You Try 1t.

If Shiloh's Cough and Consumption
Cure, which is sold for the small price Of
% cts, so cts. and S1.OO, does not cur
take the bottle back and we will refund
your money. Sold for over fifty years
on this guarantee. Price rs cts. and so
cts. Sold by Chapple Drug Go.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-16
What Ii Shiloh

A grand old remedy for Cough, Colds
and Consumption; used through the
world for half Il century, has cured in
Vulnerable cases Of incipient consump,
ton and relieved many in advanced
stages. If you are not satisfied with the
results we will refund your money.
Price 70 cts, so cts. and S1.0O. Sold by
Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-16
The differences,

"Pa, what's the difference between
talent and ganiusf'
"A man with talent Ia able to build
for himself tha finest monument In the
country, The public usually has to
provide the monument for a genius, ~
Boston journal,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-16
The Dear Child.

"What are you after, my dearP" said
a grandmother to a little boy who was
sliding along a room and casting furtive
glances at a gentleman who was paying
a visit.
II am trying, grandma. to steal
papa's hat out of the room without let
ting the gentleman see it, He wanta
him to think hes out
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-16
sick Headaches,

The curse of overworked womankind,
are quickly and surely cured by karl's
Clover Root Tea, the great blood purifier
and tissue builder, Money refunded II
not satisfactory, Price 25 ets. and 10
cts. Sold by Chapple Drug &c.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-16

There are annually killed in Africa
a minimum of SO, 900 elephants, yield
ing the production Of a quantity of raw
ivory, the selling price of which is 49,
200, 900.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-16
The Method.

"Here's a case of a nan who went
to law in order to get the girl he loved
away from her parents"
"Took out a writ Of attachment.
suppose. "--Chicago Post.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-15
UyFAvoRABLE COTTON REPORTS,
SUMMARY OF A STATEMENT BY THE DE-
PARrMENT OF AGRIcULTuREs
STATISTICIAN

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE statistician OF the De-
partment of Agriculture. in report sent 70 press
to-day. says that the fact that the PRELIMINARY
of1cial estimate OF the cotton crop several umes
has turned out 70 be underestimate mas oeen
due IN every instance TO failure to keep pace
with the rapid expansion Of the productive area
When therefore, the very large crop or last year
made II manifest that the acreage had increased
beyond both official and almost all commercial
estimates Il was determined to institute speciai
and thorough investigation into the entire crop
situation this year
The productive area last year Is found to nave
been 250OO000 acres and that for the present year
to be about g. 10000. with probability that the
Anal returns will show the present acreage 70 nave
been below rather than above the amount Steteu
The Investigation discloses one OF the smallest aV
erage Yields per acre In many years ana IN es'I-
mating the total crop at a maximum Oh '"'oV"
bales a substa initial and most ample allowance mas
been made for any tendency to make pessmistic
view Of the situation the actual indications a' inc
present moment pointing 70 crop Oh less t"d"
600 900 bales The report further says:
In his capacity as cotton expert 70 the Ih' ~
States Commission the statistclan mas har o.
nreoaratlon OF the United States cotton exhIDt TOT
he paris Fxposition and his duties IN tnat e3 on
nection Rave afforded him additional laciItes ~.
ascertainlng the actual condition OF the crop ~
eyerv mart OF the country. The unimpeachaole eVi
49, tbat has come to him In that capacity 10 IN
everv way conhrmatory Of the most unia'oidoi7
reports.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-15
PROF. BOURNE on ALEXANDER HAMILTON.

Despite the Indictment weather there was A good
attendance last evening at Cooper Union when
Professor Edward G.. Bourne, Of Yale University
delivered lecture before the Peoples Institute on
Alexander Hamilton. The speaker said that In es-
tablshing the Government three nen were con-
spicuous-Washngton, Madison and Hamilton
Washington. by leadership OF the armies secured
independence; Madison WAS the principal Trainer OF
the Constitution. and a member OF the Ist Con-
gress brought In bills for establishing the Execu-
tive Department. while Hamiltons work in
the Convention Of 1871 and as the main author OF
THE Federalist" the champion OF the Constitu-
ton in the New-York Convention. and the first Sec
Rotary OF the Treasury In establishing the Govern
nent on a sound financial basis.
Professor Bourne said that Hamilton did not be-
lieve in democracy, but in limited monarchy like
that of England. He recommended for instance.
that the President should hold once during good
behavior which might be for life. and that all
State boundaries be wiped of the map. II the
saes could rave been obllteIated. urged the speak
err IL is far 10 say the country would have saved
thousands OF lives and millions or money, az, ne
said there would have been no Civil War.
Gouverneur Morris said that Hamilton was con-
ceited and vain. and Professor Bourne declared II
was obvious these qualities wo<ild not make a man
good party leader and as such he was inferior
narily oapnbl" executive official. as appeared from
his creative work In establishing the Treasury De-
partment reorganizinR the Army in 1875, establish
Ing State edrca tional system IN New-York, and
Point. which WAS subsequently established. Ham-
ton vas the great founder Of protertionlsm-that Ia
ne supplied the ordinary stock arguments In favor
Or ~, rihonsh OF eouse, there were protectlonsts
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-15
DOMESTIC EXCHANGE BANK ORGANIZED
IT WILL DEVOTE ITS ATTENTION TO THE COL

IT WILL, DEVOTE ITS ATTENTION TO THE COL
LEcr1NG OF OUT OF TOWN CHECKS
The Domestic Exchange National Bank OF New
York capltal 10000, which was authorized few
weeks ago by the Controller of the Currency. was
orqanized Yesterday at meeting called for that
purpose The following directors wero chosen:
Robert D. Kent David Hochstadter. OF Alfred
BENJAMIN g. Co.. clothing manufacturers; Ethan
Allen Doty. OF Doty & Scrimgeour, No. 20 Duane
st.: Thomas H. Cullen, special partner OF Converse,
Stanton & CO.. Worth-st Charles D. Spencer. with
the H. B. Cahin Company; William Kent. Of the
Engineering News" Edward S Peck, attorney at
law; William p Aldrlch. president OF the Worthen
& Aldrich Company
This Board OF Directors Immediately met and
elected the following officers: President Robert D.
Kent: vice-president, William Kent; cashier and
secretary, Charles II. Spencer.
a committee 10 secure banking rooms APP
pointed and the other necessary steps taken
TO enable the bank TO begin business as soon as
its books and stationery can he prepared. and the
clerical force organzed-probably within four
weeks.
The new bank will have as it's exclusive bust
ness the collecting OF out OF town checks for banks
and large business houses Much thought and at
tention have been given TO this subject by Robert
y Kent its presidont-a successful banker fo- more
than twenty-five years. who has made the coec-
ton OF out of town checks study, and Is au-
thority on the subject. Mr.. Kent for several
years connected with Of the Philad elphia Ma
tiona hanks and subsequently for eighteen
years the service Of various banks IN Ncw-Jersey
as cashier Of the Atlantic City National Bank. and
the Passaic National Bank. which latter post he
has resigned TO take the new presidency. and as
vice president OF the Rutherford N. - National
Rank and Of the Passac Trust and Safe Denost
Company which two Offices he will continue 10 fill