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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24
JUST GLIMPSE.
A Man of Mature Years Sees I
Strangely Familiar Face In a Mirror.

| "A MAN OF M01WCG 90 Il ears gees u
Strangely Familiar Face In a Mirror.
Here. said a man of mature years,
was an experience that I fancy others
have had. You know we don't realize
the change in our W appearance as
the years go by. We feel young, all
right. and imagine that we look SO, and
never realize that we don't. But COM
ing down from an upper storyaof a tall
building in an elevator the other day
and thinking Of something else I hap
pened to see a face in a mirror in the
side of the car.
'slt had a curious interest for me
somehow. It was the face of a man of
middle age, tolerably well preserved,
but with hair pretty gray aud with
marks at the outer corners Of his eyes
showing where the crow had stepped
on him-lightly, to be sure, but the
marks of crows feet nevertheless, the
face of a man Of years. But. old and
gray. the most curious and fascinating
thing about it was its striking resem-
blance to my own. This was almost
startling, but a moment later, when as
l 4oOhCu az ~ 1 . q S11S1U VI LILY
W head reproduced with a correspond
ing movement by the head in the mir
ror, I realized that what I saw was in
deed a reflection of my own face, and
that for a moment I had seen myself as
l was.
"But when I got home I looked in
the glass there. And did l see any mid
die aged folks now? Not by a jugfull /
saw the man / wanted to see. A little.
gray perhaps ? Yes, a little gray. Crows
feet? Yes; if you want to call 'em SO.
I'm no spring chicken. I don't set out
to be that-that is, not this springs
but I'm a young man still fer all that,
and I'm going to remain so for many
years to come despite what the mirror
in the elevator said. New York Sun.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24
Vanity In scmaliland.

If you wish to make a Somali woman
absolutely happy, you give her a look.
ing glass. She will never before have
seen one. but feminine instinct will
teach her how to use it. Mrs. Alan
Gardner, on one Of her big game shoot
ing expeditions in Somaliland, gave a
native woman a looking glass for q
Christmas present. She was SO delight
ed with the first clear sight Of her dusky
countenance that she sat through two
entire days and nights outside Mrs.
GARDENERS tent gazing with rapture at
her own reflection.
On the morning Of the third day the
fame of the looking glass had spread
through the country, and a row Of 40
Somali women, collected from far and
near, was engaged in taking an admir-
ing turn at the magic mirrcr. When
Mrs. Gardner came on the scene, she
was greeted by 40 feminine Somali
voices joined in chorus and each beg
ging for u looking glass ''all to her
self" But, alas, for the limitations Of
a sporting outfit, the dusky bellies were
obliged to content themselves with the
communal mirror. And the woman
with the looking glass remained for
many weeks the most important person
in observation-disclosures Illustrated
News.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24
DENs OF HORROR.
The Prisons of Morocco Are Hotbeds
of Deadly Disease.

The Prisons of Are HOtbeds
of Deadly Disease.
The prison system and treatment Of
prisoners are worse in Morocco than in
any other country in the world.
Men are arrested-often merely to
spite some one whom they have teen so
unfortunate as to offend and who pos
sesses some power-and flung into pris-
on, where they would be left to starve did
not their relatives or friends bring them
food, for no arrangements whatever are
made by the authorities for the feeding
of prisoners. All that is provided is a
prison, generally crowded with prison
ers dying in the most loathsome and in
fictitious diseases, dark and unventilated,
and custodians who are quite as brutal
and savage as the prison system itself.
Prisoners are cast into these hotbeds
of disease, generally without the most
farcical pretense of a trial, to die and
rot if their crimes are light or their
enemies impotent. Otherwise they are
probably tortured in some way or an
other. Starving merely is too good for
them in the opinion Of the authorities.
Not long ago a merchant who had
dared to claim payment for goods sup
piled to a friend of one of the court Off
Gals was cast into prison without trial,
and after suffering torments in the
midst of a mass of diseased humanity
for months was taken out, showed into
a barrel fitted with long spikes and
rolled down a high steep hill. The bar
rel eventually plunged into the sea with
it's torn and mangled cargo. lmprison-
ment, torture and death for daring to
present his billl-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24
Honesty Is the best Policy.

Honest goods, honest prices and
honest dealings will surely bring sue
cess. Every hour proves it. The last
days Of the nineteenth century show
nothing more clearly. We believe this
fact and our works demonstrate our be-
lief. Our goods are warranted to be
exactly as represented, that is honest;
our goods are guaranteed to give per-
feet satisfaction, that is honest. If any
article of jewelry Of our manufacture
does not give perfect satisfaction we
will refund the money paid for such
articles; that, too, is honest.
James Wheeler Of Billings, Mont.
has a complete assortment Of our goods
in his store for sale at prices that defy
competition. These goods are made
from rolled gold, gold filled or solid
gold stock, and are warranted to give
perfect satisfaction or the money will
be refunded.
If this notice should reach anyone
living too far away from Mr.. Wheeler's
store, or any other customer Of ours to
permit their purchasing the goods Of
u customers, we will sell the goods
at retail to such persons, under the
warranty, and deliver by mail. We
will also send printed instructions as to
the care Of the jewelry, how to clean
it, ETC., on application.
W. r. MAIN CO.,
Eastern Factory corner Friendship and
Eddy streets. Providence, R. I.
Western Factory Largest in the worldly
under process Of construction at
East Iowa City, Ia. Over $4,000
feet of floor space. 82-f4
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24
The Exception to the Rule.

Halsted-Queer thing happened over
on the west side last night.
Wabash-What was it
Halsted-A young man playfully
snapped ar unloaded pistol at his sweet
heart, and
Wabash-And the funeral takes place
tomorrow, Of course?
Halsted-No; that's where the queer
part comes in. The weapon failed to go
of. --Chicago News.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24

Here is a personal" that appeared
not long ago in a London newspaper:
willie, return to your distracted
wife and frantic childrenl Do you want
TO hear Of your old mothers suicide 7
You will IL you do not let us know
where You are. Anyway, send back
your fathers colored meerschaum."
And yet we say the Briton has no
very lively sense OF humor.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24
A Remarkable Letter.

A young lady Of very extraordinary
capacity lately addressed the following
letter to her cousin: 1--WE Is all well,
and mothers got his Terrix, brother
Tom Is got the Hupin Kaugh. and sister
Ann has got q babee. and ! hope these
few lines will find you the same. Rite
une Ycur aphectionate kusxen. -
London Fun,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24
One Qualification

Mrs, Mann--You can't wash and
iron o make the fire (satirically)f
Perhaps you might be abba " sit In the
parlor and read the morning paper after
my husband hMs got through with IL
The Wovklady-l think ! could Do
that, ,aea, N the paper had ssosiss In
u. Hoston Transcript.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24

Fuzzy-They say that Faddist has
become a Christian Scientist and Ia
successfully giving the absent treat
Ment.
Wuxzy--l guess that's 80, He bor-
rowed $50 from me y month ago. and
whenever ! call TO ask tor u he's out
New York Tribune,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24
What Is 6htloh2

A grand old remedy for Cough, Colds
and Consumption; used through the
world for half a century, has cured in
Vulnerable cases of incipient consump-
ton and relieved many in advanced
stages. Ifyou are not Satisfied with the
results we will refund your money.
Price 25 cts, so cts. and $1.OO. Sold by
Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24

A dutiful German son advertises In
the Leipsic Tageblatt; Marriage
seek for my father, u strictly respectable
man with q quiet business. nm elderly.
solitary widow on maiden with some
property In cash. Address. with y stats.
mont of conditions. -~,"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24
The old oaken Bucket.

1.-THE Old OaEen Bucket was in
spired by the following conversation
Woodwork. the author. said to a
friend. There is no drink better than
brandy"
The friend replied. Yes, there is
a drink from the old oaken bucket that
hangs in the well at home.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24
The Honeymoon.

An early Anglo.Saxon custom. strict.
y followed by newly married couples.
was that Of drinking diluted honey Tor
~ days after marriage. From this n
tosn cosiss the word honeymoon or hon.
eywouth.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24
Neuralgia
Completely Cured
BY Hoods ~sarsaparIna.

81 contracted . severe cold while work.
In the mines. As . result, I was laid up
with rheumatism In my limbs and hips.
l suffered severe pain much Of the time.
I tried many medicines, but with little
avail until I began taking Hoods sarsa-
parilla and Hoods Pills. After I began
the use OF these medicines the lameness
and soreness disappeared, and the pains
OF rheumatism finally left me altogether.
I continued to improve, surely and stead
lily, and am now . well man." JOHN A.
QUIRK, Helena, Montana.
ct was q sufferer with neuralgia. I
have taken a few bottles Of Hoods Sarsa-
qarilla and have been entirely cured"
MRS. D. J.. LAMBERT, D~emersville, Mont.
Hoods s sss;n.
Is the best-in fact the One True Blood Purifier
All druggists. 81; six for IS. Get HOOPS.
Hoods pills are the ~favorite cathar-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24

A million silver dollars would occu-
Ply, in round numbers. 1870 cubic feet.
Therefore a room OF rather a box 6 feet
long, . feet wide and 4 feet high would
accommodate them comfortably.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24
To Yell.

Tommy-P Papa, what is it time to do
when the clock strikes /?
His Father-Time to go to dinner.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24

Tommy-Then what is it time to do
when III strikes oneY-Jewelers'
Weekly.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-24

Montana Avenue, Center of Main Block
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25
FLEETEST OF SHIPS.
Inventor Claims Speed of Hundred
Miles an Hour.

The sea train is the name of the
most striking of new inventions for the
sea. Giuseppe Michele Mangone, a
man of real attachments as an in
ventor, says the New York World, has
invented this new sea fiier. He is now
negotiating with the Italian govern
ment for a test of it's merits.
Dry batteries will be used, and the
electrical propelling machinery is spe-
cially constructed for iightness Of
weight and tensile strength. The shell
is to be of the finest steel and alumni
ium, each par1 weighed carefully be-
fore being fitted into place to secure
exact results. The displacement will
thus be reduced to a minimum, the
idea prevailing all through the con-
struction being that 1ightness will con-
duce to speed fully as much as power,
for great power in the usual ship in
dicates great weight and correspond
ing retardation. Mr.. Mangone says he
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25
Quick Firing Rife.

The Austrian press has been giving
prominence to the alleged invention of
a remarkable quick firing rifle. This
truly wonderful weapon will in the
hands of trained soldier" emit no
fewer than 2,7OO bullets an hour, or 40
in one minute. Thus in an engage
ment which lasted several hours each
soldier could loose off a CARLOAD of
ammunition, if he had it at his elbow
and an army of $4,000 men-a mere
handful of men as continental armies
go-would require $4,000 carloads
with the firing line in one serious en-
gagement. For campaign Of invasion
each soldier would require to be fol
lowed by a magazine. and shell eX-
ploding in a company would produce
as many devastating explosions as
there were men. If, on the other hand,
each soldier marched with, say, his
own 200 rounds. he could fire them all
off in less than five minutes and be left
without ammunition for the rest Of the
engagement.-San Francisco Post.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25
TREATMENTOF SUNSTROKE.
Points on PreventfOn-HOw to Rem
der Aid to Victims.

Points on PreventfOn-HOw to Rem
der Aid to Victims.
SunStroke is caused by excessive
heat and especially if the weather is
''muggy." 1t is more apt to occur on
the second, third or fourth day of a heat
term than on the first. Loss of sleep.
worry, excitement, close sleeping
rooms, debility, overeating and the use
of liquor in any form predisposes to it.
1t is more apt to attack those working
in the sun, and especially between the
hours of II o'clock in the morning and
O'Clock in the afternoon On hot
days wear thin clothes. Have as cool
sleeping rooms as possible. Avoid
loss of sleep and all unnecessary IA
t1gue. If working indoors and where
there is artificial heat-laundries,
etc.-see that the room is wen venti-
lated.
IL working in the sun, wear a light
hat (not black, as it absorbs heat,
straw, ETC., and put inside of it on the
head wet cloth or a large green leaf;
frequently lift the hat from the head
and see that the cloth is wet. Do not
check perspiration, but drink what wa
ter you need to keep it up, as perspfra-
overheated. Have, whenever possible,
an additional shade, as a thin umbrel-
la, when walking, a canvas or board
cover when working in the sun. When
much fatigued, do not go to work, es-
peciaIy after II o'clock in the morning
on very hot days, if the work is in the
SUM- If feeling of fatigue, dizziness,
headache or exhaustion occurs, cease
do fa1x 1io IN, che
and cool place; apply cold cloths to and
pour cold water over head and neck.
Any one overcome by the heat
shOul be Immediately removed to the
nearest shade and the collar of shirt or
dress should be loosened Send i'm
mediately for the nearest physician
and policeman and give the person
cool drinks of water, black tea or cof-
fee, if able to swallow.
If the skin is hot and dry, place the
person in a sitting position against a
tree, wall or anything that will be 6
support to the back. Sponge with or
pour cold water over the body and
limbs and apply to the head pounded
ice wrapped in a towel or other cloth.
If there is no ice at hand, keep a cold
cloth on the head and pour cold water
on it as well as on the body.
If the person is pale, very faint and
pulse feeble, lay him on the back; let
him inhale ammonia for few minutes
or give him teaspoonful Of aromatic
spirits of ammonia or tincture of ginger
in two tablespoonful of water. Use
no cold water upon the head or body,
but rub the back, hands and feet and
apply warm applications to the same
until the circulation is restored. For
the latter purpose use mustard-table-
spoonful to quart of water.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25
RED MEN.

Change In Method of Representation.
Along the Trail.
At the recent session of the great coun-
ell of the United States held at Washing
ton an important change in the method
of representation was adopted. Hereto
fore the representation was limited to
one delegate for each 1000 members, but
from now on there will only be one dele
gate for each 1,5OO, the total number of
delegates from each great reservation not
to exceed eight
Chattahoochee tribe of Philadelphia is
q hustler. During the last three months
it has adopted over 40 palefaces.
Tradition has it that the ancestors of
of Tammany Hall in 1913, as it is said
Taminis society of New York, from
which the great political organization de-
rived its name.
In 1876 the Society of Red Men was
formed, and in 1888 the Improved Order
of Red Men began its existence.
The first great council of the order was
convened in Uncas wigwam in Baltimore
in 1S47.
Logan tribe, No. 1, was the first tribe
and was organized at Baltimore March
II, 1884. The motto of this tribe, Free
dom, Friendship and Charity" became
the motto of the whole order.
The report of the finance committee
shows that the great council of the Unit
ed States is in first class financial stand
ing
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25


honee for Iowa and by persistent effort
spread the order SO that in G. S. D. 1874
the great council fire of Iowa was kim
died. Mr.. Wiley was made great proph-
ct and elected representative to the great
council of the United States and reflect
ed each year thereafter. He was also in
G. S. d. 397 unanimously elected great
sachem of the Iowa reservation. At the
session of the great council held at Bing-
hamton he was appointed great tocakon
and at subsequent sessions elected great
junior sycamore and great senior saga
more in succession.
The report of Great Chief Of Records
Conley shows a total membership in the
United States Of 5000, an increase of
1900 during the last year. The total
worth of the tribes in the United States
is nearly 100000 and the amount ex-
pended for relief nearly $575,OOO.
The 'long talk of the great incohonee,
Hon. George e. Green, at the great coun-
Gil shows that harmony exists in the Or
der, and a wonderful increase both in
membership and wampum has been made
during the past year.
William A. Jordan is now great sachem
of the Massachusetts reservation.
1t is estimated that there are nearly
10000 members of the order now serving
in the United States army.
Receipts of the order last year were
1427 4O5.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25
A HANDY WAGON.
Made From Old Material In the Farm
Workshop.

The cheap and convenient homemade
wagon illustrated is made from the
CASTOR drive wheels of two combined
reapers and mowers. The man who
built it has described it as follows in
the Ohio Farmer:
In hauling manure to the fields, stone
off of work land and for various other
purposes where low down wagon is
needed, it is worth many times its
cost and has many advantages over a
common farm wagon. Being low it is
easily loaded and unloaded, while the
broad faced wheels will permit haul
ing over meadows or soft ground with
out damage, when narrow tired wheels
could not be used at all.
The cash outlay for it was a mere
trif1e. We got one pair of wheels and
spindles from an old machine that we
had worn out on the farm, the others
were bought for 80 cents at a nearby
sale. We bought also less than so
cents worth of bolts, all told, at our
village hardware store. The rest of the
material was furnished from our lum-
Der pile and shop. The work was done
by the writer at our farm workshop
where we have a forge. Three or four
days work at odd times were required
for the purpose. The woodwork is all
in the rough, no plane or paint being
used, as utility. not beauty, was our
aim in constructing it. By making the
bolster in front three inches higher
than the wheels and iron braces and
supports Gin one) of old wagon tire the
same height on rear axle, we were able
to make the platform-or bottom of
bed-project out over the wheels. This
feature of the wagon we find of great
advantage in many kinds of work.
BY removing the side boards-one of
which is removed and lies diagonally
in the cut-and erecting a suitable
standard in front and extending the
platform a few feet in the rear with
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25
Heard Forty Miles.

A whistle has been constructed at
Atlanta, Ga, which is audible at Ma
con, 40 miles distant. 1t is eight feet in
height and consists of three bells of
special composition of bronze and bell
metal, arranged between two disks of
steel. The largest bell has its mouth
turned upward and the other two their
mouths turned downward. A 3 inch
pipe conveys the steam through shall
low openings in the circular disks. The
bells are tuned to an eighth and fifth
of a chord and harmonic as accurate
ly as the best tuned piano. Through
the peculiar arrangement of the gongs
they chime with the accuracy of set
Of we'll tuned bells, and the vibrations
are such that the sound Of the whistle
is not harsh, but soft and low, and yet
of such power that it can be heard for
40 miles. The amount Of steam re-
quired to sound the bell would run a
70 horsepower engine. Two steel wire
cables are required to open and close
the conical valves that admit the
steam.-Pittsburg Press.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25
Checking the Plague.

If we are to judge of the evidence
given before the plague commission,
says the London Hospital, the evacu-
alton of the villages attacked, and
even Of towns of considerable size in
which epidemics have occurred, has
been by far the most successful
method of dealing with such out
breaks-that is, IL combined with dis
infection and measures for insuring
the cleansing of the houses and their,
exposure to light and air. What is
still more interesting is that it was
observed in the Punjab district, India,
that even when plague happened to be
reintroduced into a village which had
been evacuated and disinfected it
showed little tendency to spread, so
that the evacuation of a few houses
was sufficient to check the second out
break. This seems to give the clew,
not perhaps to the causa cauSans, as
it has been called, which we must adj
NIT to be a bacillus, but to those con-
tributory causes which are at least so
important as to be essential to the
epidemic prevalence of the disease
namely, lack of air and light and the
presence of dirt and vermin. Clear
these away, and even in the presence
of infection the outbreak dies down.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25
Note. From the Crop Circular.

The average condition of corn on
Aug. 1 was 800. This was 90 points
higher than at the corresponding date
last year, 81 points higher than on
Aug. 1, 1897, and 80 points above the
mean of the August averages for the
last ten years.
Preliminary returns indicate a re-
duction of "a per cent in the hay
acreage OF IA states moving 1,0OO,-
600 acres or upward last year, only
Missouri, Kansas, South Dakota and
California show increased acreage.
From all but a few states reports as
to the condition of the apple crop Aug.
1 are even more unfavorable than they
We're the preceding month. The ex-
ceptions are an improvement of two
points in Ohio and three points in
Michigan and Virginia.
The average condition of potatoes
on Aug. 1 was 90. This was O.S point
lower than one month ago, but 8. 1
points higher than on Aug. 1, 1898,
ISL points higher than at the CORE
spending date in 1897 and SO points
above the mean of August averages
for the last ten years. The whole of
the 13 states, having 100000 acres or
upward in spring wheat, show de-
cline in condition as compared with
July 1.