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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22
REASONS WHY BOTHA WOULD
NOT SURRENDER.
AMNESTY CHIEF OBSTACLE
Boer Leader Also Opposed Enfran-
chising Certain Portions of
Native Element.

London, March 21-The Daily
Chronicle, protesting to be able to give
an outline of the negotiations between
Lord Kitchener and General Botha
says:
The chief obstacle to a settlement
was Lord Kitchener's refusal to grant
complete amnesty to the leaders of the
rebels in Cape Colony. He offered
self-government on the lines Of ia
maica Immediately upon cessation of
hostilities, with Legislative bodies
partly elected by burghers. The gov
eminent agreed to provide II, 600, 900
pounds to compensate the Beers for
property destroyed and articles COM
mandeered by Beers on commando,
provided the signatures of the officers
who oommandee1ed the goods were
forthcoming. He also offered to
grant loans on easy terms for rebuild
ing and restocking farms. Moreover,
he agreed that children should be in
structed in English or German at the
discretion Of their. parents. The gov
eminent undertook to make no claim
on church property or funds, or hos
pital funds or upon private invest
ments.
No burgher of either state was to be
allowed to possess a rife, except by
special license.
General Botha was generally in ia
vor Of these conditions, but he dissent
ed strongly from the proposal to give
full privilege Of citizenship to prop
erty domiciled and registered blacks.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22
PUNCH OVER HEART.
Walcott Puts Out McKeever Near End of
Sixth Round.

Waterbury, March 21-Two thou
sand people at the Auditorium to-
night saw Joe Walcott of New York
easily put Charles McKeever of Phila-
delphia out of the running in the sixth
round of what was to have been a 30
round go. Walcott had the best of it
all the way through, for while Nc
Keever was quick and shifty on his
feet, he was no match for his dark
skinned opponent. For five rounds
he stayed gamely, receiving some ter
rible punishment on the body, but
shortly before the end of the sixth
round a punch over the heart did the
trick.
The men met at catch weights.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22
STORMS IN

London, March 21-The first day of
spring was ushered in with a heavy
gale and snow storm sweeping over
the channel. A storm has been raging
for three days on the North sea.
Storms are prevalent all over Europe.
In consequence the gale in the chan
mel, 800 steamers are anchored at the
various ports, SO crowding the anchor
ages that several minor collisions
have occurred.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22
THE DAILY
Report of the Commercial Fluctuations of
Interest to Montanans.
london Wool.

London, March 21-The offerings at
the wool auction sales today amount
to 1880 bales. Competition vas
brisk and prices were firm. Merinos
were in good request for Germany.
High prices were paid by American
buyers for suitable merinos and they
also bought a lot Of cross breds.
Following are the sales:
New South Wales $500 bales;
secured AID to Is Cd; greasy 3 to
9hd.
Queensland 300 bales, secured Is
1hd; greasy 61a to 1O1ad.
Victoria 1000 bales; secured 91ad
to is 61ad; greasy AZ to 111ad.
South Australia 200 bales; greasy 4
to 8db.
West Australia 800 bales; greasy
"A to SGD.
Tasmania 100 bales; secured Is to
Is Cd; greasy 4 to Sd.
Cape of Good Hope and Natal 1900
bales; secured 1O1ad to Is sd; greasy
Al to 7hd.
Live Stock.
Chicago, March 21-Cattle Strong
to 10 cent higher. Good to
prime steers $500 to $500; poor to
medium So. 70 to $3.50; stookers and
feeders steady $2.75 to 81. 90; COWS
steady SO. 70 to $40; Gamers So to
49, 5.
Sheep and yearlings strong to a
shade higher. Lambs active to 10
cents higher. Good to choice wethers
a. 80 to So 90; fair to choice mixed
81. so to 81. 80; western sheep $3.50 to
So. 90; western lambs S.. 10 to $5.45.
New York .MOney.
New York, March 21-Money on
call steady at az to 8 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper 319 to AZ
per cent.
Silver certificates 6111ss to 63 cents.
Bar silver sos cents.
Mexican dollars 40 cents.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22
INSURGENTS BURN VILLAGE.

Manila, March 21-Insurgents at
tackled and burned the ungarrisoned
village of Ugius, in the province. Of
South Ilocos. A detachment of the
Twentieth infantry overlook and chas-
tised the marapders. Colonel Schuy-
Ter of the Forty-sixth voluntary has
captured eight insurgent officers and
218 men at the village OF Ternat, in
Cavite province.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22
THE POPE.

London, March 21-In the house of
commons today Balfour, the govern
ment leader, replying to a question on
the subject, said a special ambassador
had not been sent to the pope, but that
tile death of Queen Victoria and the
accession of King Edward would be
notified to the pope in q letter.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22
VAR DEAD.

Milwaukee, March 81 ~ E. NJ.
Sharpe, one of the oldest telegraph
men in this country, died here this
morning Of acute pneumonia. Mr..
Sharpe had been chief operator Of the
Western Union Telegraph company at
this point for the past S5 years and
served through the civil war az
operator on the STAFF Of General Grant.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22
TO HELP
Company of American Volunteers Join
Generals Command.

London, March Alt is reported
here, says the Amsterdam correspon-
dent Of the Daily Mail, that a company
Of American volunteers, mostly Bos-
tonians, recently landed at Kobi bay,
Tonga island, crossed Swaziland and
joined General Louis Botha.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22
CUBANS WILL ACCEPT.

Washington, March 2l-Represent-
alive Mercer of Nebraska and Downer
OF West Virginia, who accompanied
the river and harbor commission to
Cuba, were at the white house today.
They believe that the constitutional
convention ultimately will accept the
propositions of the United States,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22
AN ANTWERP RUMOR.
Report That Beers Have Executed Gener.
al French.

Antwerp, March 21-A rumor is in
circulation here, which is not gen.
orally credited, to the effect that the
Beers after capturing, then l~iberating
and subsequently, recapturing General
French finally executed him for not
keeping his promise not to fight
against them again.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22
BOTH WITHDRAW TROOPS.

London, March 21-Foreign Score
tary Lansdowne in the house of lords
today announced that Russia and
Great Britain had agreed to withdraw
their troops from the disputed terri
tory at Tien Tsin and reserve the con-
troversy Of title and proprietary right
for subsequent examination.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22
ONE BOTHA L

London, March ala Capetown
special says C~ommandant Philip Botha
was killed in the recent fighting at
Gutenberg. He is a brother of the
general. His two sons were wounded
at the same time.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22

He was also greatly concerned about
the position the Jewish capitalists
would occupy in the country and was
told that Jews and Christians would
enjoy equal rights, no distinction be-
ing made in the matter of concessions.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22
NEGRO MINERS KILLED.

Birmingham, Ala, March 21--Four
negroes were killed in the Schloss.
Shefield Red Ore mine today. The
men had made a shot and loosened q
huge mass of ore. 30 tons of which
fell upon them.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22
D"IsCREDITED IN LONDON.

London, March 21-The Antwerp
rumor Of the execution of General
French by the Beers is absolutely dis
credited in London.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22
WOLCOTT NOT "IT.',

Washington, March 21-.Ir is au-
t~norltatively stated that Wolcott Of
Colorado is not to succeed Secretary
Hitchcock.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-07-27
A WORTHY SUCCt sS0R.
"SomethIng New Under
rho Sum-"

All doctors have tried to cure CA
IARkH ny the use OF powders, aclc
gases, lnualtr rs and drugs ia pasCe
1urm. Their powders dry up the mu.
cuouS mempran,s causing Lhem te
crack open and bleed. tne powerful
acldS used III the lnnalerS lave entire.
ly eaten away the same membran,s
tnat their makers have aimed tu cure,
Wnile pastes aud ointLents cannul
reach tine disease. An old and exper.
fenced practi ioner VINO has Tor man,
years made u close study ana specially
0f The tr- atmeLt OF CATARKH, has
at last perfected a Treatment which
when faithfully used. n 1t only relieves
at once, but permanently cures "a.
IARRH, by removing the Cause, stop.
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inf1ammati.n n. L. is the only remedy
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the afflicted parts. This wonderful
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the GUARANTEED CATAR RI
CURE" and is sold 1T the extremely
low price OF Que Dollar, each package
Containing internal and external med
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treatment and everything necessary t,
it's perfect use.
"SNUFFLES is the only perfect
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now recognized as the only safe ana
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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-07-27
FOLDED

They Increase n COnd uctOr's Work
and Are Trying to His Temper.
"Some people have no sympathy for
street car conductors said one of their
number after he had had a. peculiarly
lively time in making change and Civ
ing and collecting transfers. says the
New York Times.
"Now." continued the conductor,
there is n little matter that would
save us lots of trouble if the people
would only bear it in mind. aud that Is
the way they hand in their transfers.
Some men and u few women know
enough to hand us the little strips Of
paper just as they receive them-that
Is, spread out In such n way that we
can glance at them, see that they are
all right and then place them with the
package already collected. The ma.
jority of people don't do this. and as a
rule the women are the worst of the
lot.
when a woman gets a transfer, she
folds 1t up into as small a space as
possible and then slows it away In her
80 ~ aNt ~ tItiiN III W NOlIVGL
this from her. she fishes the wad of pa
per out of the purse. hands it to the
conductor and sits back in her seat
content with what she has done.
1.-THE conductor has to unfold this
piece of paper to see If 1t is really the
proper transfer. This takes time. and
when there are a dozen women on the
car all doing the same thing the poor
conductor has more than he can do to
keep his temper. Men as a rule don't
fold their transfers. but content them
selves with showing the slips into their
pockets and then producing a crumplpd
piece of paper when ii is called for.
tossing 1t to the conductor. who has to
smooth it into shape.
"The same people would never think
of handing in n railroad or theater tick
ct in the same way"
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-07-27

%Stowaway brides are not as rare at
the barge office as one would believe.
1t is quite easy for a girl to slip aboard
an outgoing steamer and stow herself
in n of the hunks below decks, lying
quietly there until well at sea. A case
happened a little while ago. the girl
coming to meet her fiance here. AS
both were pocr. the former resorted to
this perilous .Xpedient to accomplish
the desired end. One would think
that such a heroic endeavor would de.
serve a better reception. But on arriv.
ing. having been worked very hard on
shipboard for passage. worn and wor-
ried almost to distraction. the maiden
was so changed by her ordeal Of love
that when her betrothed met her be
refused to marry her. A few days
later, while being taken back to the
ship for deportation. she leaped into
the bay. Rescued CALAMITY. she llnger.
ed a prisoner In the charity hospital.
but died some weeks later. literally Of
4 broken heart.-Ainslee's Magazine.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-07-27
HOW ZULU WOMEN SEW,
They Use Skewers FOL Needles and
Giraffe Sinevs For Thread.

uATuue StucNNB rOr InTea0.
The skill of the Zulus Of South Africa
In sewing fur is a household word in
South Africa. and some of the other
tribes compete with them. The needle
employed is widely different from that
used by the ordinary needlewomen. In
the first place, it has no eye: in the
second. it is like a skewer. pointed at
one end and thick 1t the other.
The thread is not of cotton. but is
made of the sinews of various animals.
the best being made from the sinews
in the neck of a giraffe. 1t is stiff,
inelastic. with a great tendency to
"kink" and tangle itself up with any.
thing near it. Before being used 1t il
STEPPED In hot water until it is quite
soft and is then beaten between two
smooth stones, which causes it to sep
arate into tilaments. which can thus be
obtained Of any length and thickness.
Thus the seamstresS has a considera.
BILE amount of labor before she COM
mences with the real work in hand.
Finally she squats on the ground
flor no native stands to work or do
anything else who can possibly help
IT. and. taking her needle. bores two
holes In the edges of the rug or gar
ment on which she Is working. The
thread is then pushed through with
the butt Of the needle, drawn tight,
and two more holes are made with
a like result. the skewer progressing
very slowly. but fast enough for a
country where time Is of no value
whatever.
The skin upon which the seamstress
Is working Is damped with water be.
fore she commences, and as the damp
thread and hide dry out they bring the
work very closely together.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-07-27
Strength In Aluminium,

In reply I the question which, It Is
said, metal workers frequently ask.
"What Is the strength of aluminium
The Alumni. UNI World says that cast
aluminium IA about equal In strength
to cast iron N tension. while In resist
ing compression 1t Is comparatively
weak. Under transverse strain alu-
minimum is not very rigid, but 1t will
bend nearly double before breaking.
The tensile strength Of aluminium Is
greatly improved by forging and press
ing at a temperature Of 600 degrees F..
and aluminium alleged with nickel Is
much stronger than the pure metal
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-07-27
SAVED BY THE BEARS
THEY ROUTED THE REVENUE MEN
WHO WE'RE HUNTING WHISKY.

Zeb White Tells How the Pesky
varmints Sampled His Moonshine
Juice and the Result, and Mrs. Zeh
Has a Word to Say About Brains.
copyright, 1900. by c. B. Lewis.l
WED bin maxim moonshine wills.
ky over in the big ravine fur about
three weeks" said the old possum
hunter of Tennessee, 'when a thumpin
big bar cum down out of the thicket
IL day and acted in a mighty GURUS
way. 1t was in the summer, and he
was sheddin his fur, and, though l
had my rife handy, l didn't keer to
shoot him. That bar smelt the whis-
ky, and he shifted and snuffed and
seemed to want a taste. l hollered at
him and driv him off two or three
times, but ne kept comm back. My
ole woman had come over with my
supper. and arter watchin the bar fur
awhile she said:
"'Zeb, that bar wants a drink Of
con juice suah's yo'r bon, and I'm fur
givin it to him.
81 laughed at the idea, but as he
continued to hang around the place
the old woman poured about a pint Of
the stuff into a pan and set it on a
stone 30 rods away. She had skassly
turned her back befo' the bar was
lappin it up. and he smacked his lips
over 1t jest like a man. In a leetle
while he walked off, and later on we
heard SIGH a row down around the
bend that we crept down to see what
1t was. 1t was ouI bar and his mate.
That pint of whisky had made our
bar feel mighty jolly, and he was In.
sistin that the other bar dance around
and roll over with him. One was drunk
and jolly and the other sober and mad.
and the way they carried on was as
good as a circus. Next day both bars
showed up fur whisky and went off as
jolly as you please. and half an hour
later l walked right up to them as
they slept and snored. l wasn't fur
givin away any mo- Ticker. but the
ole woman thinks 1t over and says:
"'Zeb. the fur of them bars won't be
with shucks fur three months. but
what's the matter with shettin the
varmints up in Jul outdoor cellar fur
the rest of the summer? | reckon we
kin manage to feed 'em. and each hide
will fetch SIS as soon as the fur Is
prime
II decided that 1t was a good idea,
and we put out a hull quart of whisky
fur 'em, but fur some reason they had
left the nayburhood. The old woman
reckoned they'd got ashamed Of them
selves and gone off to avoid temp.
tashun, and I kinder figgered that they
was off spreadln the news and invitin
other bars to come along and sheer
a good thing. We'd about given up
seein 'em ag'in when they showed up
! was all alone at the still that day.
but I had ropes at hand to tie 'em up in
case our plan worked. and | poured
two full quarts Of whisky into the pan
and set It out In the old place. Them
bars had bin roamin around and keep
in sober fur 50 long that they was
dyin fur a spree, and they Tapped up
every drop of that Ticker and licked
their chops fur mo-. They didn't git
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-07-27
VEGETABLES.
Why Are Some Vulgar and Others

ArtstOcratlc!
Why do we respect some vegetables
and despise others? The bean Is a
graceful, contiding, engaging vine, but
you never can put beans into poetry OF
into the highest kind Of prose. There
is no dignity in the bean.
Corn-whlch in my garden grows
alongside the bean. and, so far as l can
see, with no affectation Of superiority
is, however, the child of song. 1t
waves in all literature. But mix it with
cotash Is vulgar; it Is the bean In 1t.
The bean Is a vulgar vegetable, with
out culture or any flavor Of high socie-
ty among vegetables.
Then there is the cucumber, like so
many people. good for nothing when II
is ripe, and the wildness has gone out
of 1t. How inferior to the melon. which
grows upon a similar vine! The Gu
cumber Is a sort Of low comedian In a
company where the melon Is a minor
gentleman.
The lettuce is to me a most interest
SLS oNuStJs AAVNAuCC 10 INV COuNCIS u LtOu
it must be fresh and crisp. so sparkling
that you scarcely notice the bitter In 1t.
Lettuce. like most takers. though. Ia
apt to run rapidly to seed.
Blessed Is that sort which comes to
a head, and so remains-like a few peo.
pie I know-growing more solid and
satisfactory and tender and whittier at
the center.
Lettuce, like conversation. requires a
good deal Of oil. to avoid friction and
keep the company smooth: a pinch Of
Attic salt. a dash Of pepper. mustard
and vinegar. but so mixed that You
will notice no sharp contrasts. and a
t;ifle OF sugar.
I feel that | am In the Test society
when l am with lettuce. 1t Is In the
most select vegetable circle. -CharIes
dudley Warner in'"My Summer In a
Garden"
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-07-27

III do ! OhA
thew snarled and growled and wanted
to pick a fuss with each other. MeDpe
q bar is like a man about flhKih'
Let him git too much. and he's ugly
instead of jolly. l waited awhile ana
then follered .em. hopin to ina EN-
asleep, and that's how | cum to see u
sight to make my ha'r stand up.
"Down around the bend In the ra-
vine was a grassy spot. n what l
saw was them bars rollin four men
over the ground. 1t wasn't a mint
bpfO' l knowed who them men was.
They was revenoo fellers who he'd got
news of INV still and IA sneakln up
the ravine to ketch me red hae
The bars had met 'em and pltcheu
right in. ! reckon the fellers was too
surprised to fire a shot, though all a
pistols, and the way them bars dla
slam 'em around was a caution. Two
of the fellers broke away as soon as
got thar, but the other two was so PAD
" clawed that arter the bars left EN-
they could skassly crawl, and I'm suah
they laid out in the woods all night. l
was much obleeged to the varmints. as
yo' may reckon. as they he'd saved me
from a surprise, and In my gratitood
said to the ole woman:
81 amt gwine to play no tricks on
a varmlnt what has saved me from
ruin, and l shan't try to captur' en-.
Deed. but I'll furnish 'em with free
CON Juice and let 'em hev a good
time
.They was back next day fur their
drink, and. rememberin how a quart
had made 'em ugly drunk, ! only sot
out a pint. They Tapped 1t up and
looked fur mo-, and when no mo was
fo'thcomin they gin US a surprise party.
Thar was To- men Of us at the still
that day. and arter growlin around fur
awhile them bars cum chargin down
upon US. We had to scatter mighty
sudden. and they kept us away fur an
hour. Thar was no whisky to be got
at. and they tore down our shanty,
clawed our blankets into strips and
went off growlin at each other. We
didn't see 'em ag'in fur u month.
Then one day as I was carryin a keg
of the stuff on my shoulder along a
mountain path run full tilt into the
two of 'em. l knowed 'em in a mint,
and | jest counted on hevin a fuss with
'em. 1t was no use tryin to git away,
and I put down the key and stood back
to gin 'em a chance at it. But they
didn't take it. They walked up and
shifted about. and as soon as they rec
ognized the smell they sorter shook
their heads and walked off and gin me
a clear road. AS l iggered it, them
bars had tried whisky and found that
it brung nuthin but headaches and
ightin and hard knocks. They'd jest
made up their minds that it was bad
stuff and he'd gone back on it, and that
keg was no temptashun. Yes, sub, they
walked off and let me pass on, and I
never shall hear the last of it from the
ole woman. l never hev taken a nip
of con juice since then that she wasn't
ready to speak out:
"'Thar yo' 60 aG'in, Zeb White!
Law me, but II yo' only he'd the brains
of a bar, what a happy woman I'd
NJ. QUAD.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-07-27
Troubles OF a. MirIs ,ev.

: To benefit Others Rev. J.. T. ". Vernon.
had q running sore on my leg ] tried
many remedies without benefit, until l
used a bottle Of Electric Bitters and a
box Of Bucklen's Arnica Salve. which
cured me sound and we'll Sores, Erupt
Ions, Boils, Eczema, letter, Salt Rheum
show impure blood Thousands have
found In Electric Bitters a grand blood
purifier that absolutely cures these troub.
les. Salts faction Ia guaranteed or money
refunded by Tarlor Drug Store. Large
bottles only TOO.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-07-27

T~rotter-lt's a favorite amusemor,
among the eastern fakirs to twist them.
selves into some muscle s%trainino
nerve racking. bone cracking posture.
and
Miss Rivalton-Isn't it funny how
those odd oriental ideas find d~isc,nlas
here?
Trotter- What do you mean?
Miss Rivalton-Really. haven't vou
ever seen Maud Wayuppe play golf?-
Harper's Bazaar.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-07-27
Fire and uitOes.

italian peasants living in swampy re-
Rions still follow the old custom OF
lighting fires for the purpose Of purify
ing the air of malarial poison. AS a
matter of fact. this is the worst thing
they could do, as the fire attracts mos
Quitoes, which are now known to be
transmitters of malarial fever.