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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-02
NO WOOL SALES.
More 7uyers-crowers Not In a
Hurry.

Another day has come and gone
and nothing was done on the wool
market. 1t Is not because the buy
ers are not here or are not ready.
but the growers are not ready t, sell
just at this time. OF the wool that is
IN the city, which will probably
amount to close to 1000, 900 pounds,
there are but few complete CLIPS,
and this being the case there are
consequently no growers in the city.
The wool continues to come in rap.
idly and the mex few days will see
many clips completed and growers
Will then put In an appearance and
be ready to sell. No sales OF any
consequence are expected before, the
Fourth. 4
Among the new buyers on the hi
ket are T. s. Ba~rraclaugh, represent
ing J. Koshland & Co. Of Boston, j.
=. Salter Of Whitman, Farnsworth &
Thayer, and Leroy sayles, buying on
order. The buyers are non-committal
and will give nothing to the newspa-
pers for publication.
The buyers have issued the follow
ing bulletin for the guidance Of the
growers:
Owing to the large quantity Of
wool arrivinga at Billings and the large
number of buyers at that point, it
has been found necessary to adopt
the Great Falls system Of conduct
ing wool sales, and the buyers have
agreed to buy woods under the follow
ing rules-these rules being the same
under which the Great Falls market
has become so popular with the
growers of Montana:
aSales will be held at the Northern
Pacific warehouse between the hours
Of 10 a. m. and IL m. every day, and
at the Burlington warehouse between
2 p. m. and 4 p. m. every day, Sun
days excepted.
All buying is to be by sealed bids,
and NO bid is to contain a smaller
fraction than one-eighth Of a cent.
"1n paying for woods, all merino
and merino grade buck fleeces are
be figured at one-half the price of
The, straight wool, and tags at one.
third the price of the straight wool.
Tare-four pounds per sack.
THE grower reserves the right to
all bids. The buyer may pay
the wool on warehouse receipts
Or may elect to have it reweighed
pay on reweights, as he may de-
eide.
THE sellers, on their part, guar.
antee that their woods are honestly
put up and properly packed"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-02
MONEY POORLY INVESTED.

The person who has occasion to
consult a city directory is usually
in a hurry and has neither the time
FOR the inclination to read the ad.
yertisements which are to be found
between its covers, consequently in
telligent and successful advertisers
never make use of one of those pub
LEGATIONS as a vehicle for acquainting
the public with the class and char
acter of the goods they have to sell.
Time was when directory advertis-
ing was considered with favor, but
that time has passed, as it's lack of
merit has been fully established, un-
less it be in the direction of certain
s~pecialties, the sale of which is con-
fined to a limited number of persons
and localities, such as artificial limbs
and things of that kind. But the sue
cessful merchant who sells the ordi-
nary commodities. and n-ecessaries of
lie depends upon the newspapers of
his locality as the medium through
which to familiarize the people whose
trade he seeks with the class and
quality of his goods and the prices
at which they may be obtained. The
same may be said of programme and
other snap" advertising schemes.
While they appear cheap" they in
reality are dear at any price, as they
10 not produce results, which, after
all, is what the advertiser wants.
Just at present a number of fake
advertising schemes are being ex-
plotted in this city and strange as
1T may appear, all with more or less
s%unccess. The city directory is one
of them. The ~canvassers for it are
securing the advertisements of those
merchants who have not yet learned
the art of successful advertising and
who are willing to pay for space in
a book that is put on a shelf and
taken down only occasionally by
some stranger looking for the ad-
Oress OF some person on whom nc
wishes to call. This ascertained, he
puts the book down and it may re-
main undisturbed again for months,
while the man who paid for an adj
yertisement in it wonders why he
does not obtain any results from his
investment and when approached by
the representative of some local
newspaper soliciting advertising pat
ronage puts him of by saying that he
has spent immense amounts of mon
ey in advertising and never obtained
the slightest benefit therefrom. Ad-
vertising pays and pays big, but it
must be done intelligently and with
discrimination. The only medium
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-02
For Rent.

Ranch, 800 chickens, ducks and tur-
keys, Z hogs. Wheat and garden.
viii rent either with or without
fouls. One mile east Of Billings,
214 MRS. A. NJ. KYES.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-11-28

into his service, but he does not yet
avail himself of the unlimited power
wasted by the mighty, restless S a. He
still fails to gather any transnissibic
power even from the inmClsurlble IL
force Of the tides.
Lately NJ. Gehre, q German cng.n-
eer, has invented buoy whose merit
consists in that wave action lights it
electrically. The apparatus needs 10
attention for months at q time. Even
the lightest waves generate the light,
while the heaviest storms fail to put
it out. Furthermore, il this device,
wave action also operates large bell,
three resounding strokes being given
before every flash of the light. Thece
buoys are now being largely employed
in the shallow waters along the Ger
man coast.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-11-28

cannonaded: but, although he made n
large breach in the western side, he
was not able to lay bare the chamber
containing the riches.
The first regular excavations We're
made in 1S65-66 by Berbrugger and
Mccarthy under ;apoleon III. They
cleared away part OF the outer wall,
and made soundings to find an internal
cavity, but it was only after four
months that it was found. By tun-
mel under the south panel they arrived
in vast gallery, admirably preserved.
and thus discovered the internal ar
rangement of the structure. Unfortu-
nately nothing whatever was found in
this vault. The gallery, chambers and
corridors are paved with large flags
and built of well-cut stone. The body
OF the monument is solid. and consists
OF rough stone and tufa blocks, irregu-
larry placed and joined by a mortar of
red or yellow earth. 1t was found that
the monument had been entered once,
or perhaps several times, for the pur-
pose of pillage. The stone doors were
broken, and whatever objects it con-
tained were carried off long ago.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-11-28

situated near the coast of the Medi-
terranean. about thirty miles from
Algiers, and was at that period near
the ancient port of Caesarea now
CherchelD. 1t stands upon n high
hill in the narrowest part of the Sahel
range. and thus dominates the sur
rounding territory. It's form is that of
an enormous cylinder resting upon a
square foundation and surmounted by
a ne-shaped part which is built up of
Il series of steps reaching to the sum-
nit. At the base it measures 19I feet
in diameter, and its present height is
102 feet, but it must have been over
100 feet high originally. This monu-
ment remained an enigma for long
period. The Arabs called it Kbour
Roumia, or Tomb of the Christian, on
account of the cross upon the northern
panel which was still preserved, and
their imagination invented many leg
ends in which We're associated buried
treasure, fairies and sorcerers. These
legends excited the Pacha Salais- Rails
Q552- 1866 to try to find the hidden
treasure, and he had the monument
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-11-28

NAL has been discovered which has
attracted unusual attention among ZOO
logists. Stanley, at the time of his
second journey in this region, had
heard from the natives of a peculiar
striped animal that was neither ante
lope nor zebra, and yet as large as 4
horse. He never had an opportunity
of seeing this creature, a fact that he
ascribed to his caravan, which was so
large that wild animal would flee be-
fore it. Sir Harry Johnston, the Brit
ish plenipotentiary in Uganda, was
more fortunate. He received from
the natives two dark brown striped
hides, which he sent to England. Mr..
Philip L. Slater, the well-known secre-
taIy of the London Geological Society,
gave it as his opinion that the animal
might be considered a new species of
zebra and christened it accordingly
Johnston's zebra QEQuus JohnstonD.
Soon after Johnston received from an
officer named Ericsson, stationed in
the Congo Free State, not far from the
Senliki River, a complete hide with
the hoofs, together with two skulls.
With this material it was finally as
certained that the new animal was a
ruminant related, perhaps, to the gir
affe, but still more closely related to
the Tertiary genera of Halladotherium
and Samotherium Boissiori. The gir-
affe family, Of which these fossil ami
mails and the newly y-discovered crea-
mr. har, ic itler tiGlo Il
from all extinct and living ruminants
in so far as the space between the eye
tooth and the first molar is greater
than the similar space in any other
animal and that the eye tooth is pro-
vided, not with a single, but with a
double crown. Eye teeth and incisors
are found only in the lower jaws in
most ruminants. Moreover, all camel
opards have an elongated neck and
long forelegs and somewhat shorter
hind legs, so that the spinal column
slopes down sharply to the tail. The
okapi is perhaps one-third the size
of the giraffe. AT least this would
seem to be the relative size from the
hides sent by Johnston to London.
LIE Hdlr ol tHe oh'ipi Is snoft anu
straight, as in the horse. Nowhere is
the hair very long, with the possible
exception of the forehead, where it
projects in the form of a short, bushy
growth over each eye. The neck, the
headquarters and the crown of the
head are a dark chestnut brown; the
face is white and has a foX-red stripe
on each cheek. The deer-like ears are
a bright reddish brown, moderately
long and tuftless. The forelegs from
the carpus to the shoulder are ringed
with white. The rear members are
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-11-28
What King Edward VII. Will Wear.

Some dryasdust has fished up in
England an old drawing ny Sir George
Nayler, at that time Garter King at
Arms, showing George Nv. as he ap-
peared in his coronation robes, and
this, it is said, has been approved by
King Edward VII. as correctly Illus
trating the garments he will wear
when he is formally crowned in West
minister Abbey next summer.
This is supposed to show that Ed
ward VII. will emulate the splendor
which attended the coronation of
George ". rather than the modest
displays made by William w. and
Queen Victoria. The crowning of the
fourth George cost $5,000,000. his man.
tie of crimson velvet and ermine alone
costing $4,000, while the coronation
of Queen Victoria only entailed an eE-
penditure of $1,500,000
First in Importance among the gar
ments the King will wear is the i'm
perial or dalmatic robe. 1t is three
cornered mantle, fashioned like a cape.
One side is about three and a half
yards in length, to cover the shoulders
and hang down in front; the other
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-11-28

of many small and very successful
racing craft. and of the ninety-footer
Independence" Unlike her prede-
cessors, the new schooner is to be con.
structed throughout OF steel. There
are three complete decks which will
be of steel plating. the upper deck,
forecastle and poop-deck being wood
covered. A collision bullihead will be
worked in at a suitable distance from
the stem.
The lower masts throughout the ves-
sci will be built OF steel, with Tapped
edges, flush butts, and stiffening an
giles extending inside for the full
length. The masts are all 135 feet in
length from the mast step to the top
of the upper band, and they have Il
uniform diameter throughout of thir-
ty-two inches. The top masts will be
OF Oregon pine. They will be fifty
eight feet in length over all, tapering
from eighteen inches in diameter to
ten inches, except the foremast, which
will be siXty-four feet in length and
twenty inches at its point of greatest
diameter The booms of the first five
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-11-28

degree the use of pneumatic tires. His
latest design is shown in the accom-
panying Illustration. The wheel is
constructed of Sheffield steel, with an
ordinary cushion tire and twin-spriDg
spokes, "having perfect lateral rigid
ity without vibration" The idea evil
dently is to take up the vibration in
the wheel itself, instead OF in the tire,
with the thought of dispensing with
pneumatic tires, with their liability TO
puncture.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-11-28

similarly marked, but the stripes are
extended up the headquarters to the
very tail itself.
Johnston estimates the number of
the okapi in the forest of. Semliki at
2O0O or 1000. The animals have an
elongated upper lip, which may possi-
bly, serve as means of prehens on,
since the food taken consists of foli-
age of trees and bushes. The animal
is beyond doubt a surviving species
of an old extinct genus closely related
to the Halladotherium and Samothe-
rum of the middle Tertiary, and may
possible be related to the now extinct
many-toed ancestors of the horse.-Sci.
entific American.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-11-28

have been well developed. But they
are not, being the one thing in which
Japan has not advanced. They are,
indeed. woefully inefficient.
Hand engines that can be carried by
two men and buckets comprise the
whole outfit. Valuables are not kept
in the dwellings In every village there
Is a massive tower, with iron doors
and window shutters, and in this
building the inhabitants store what
ever they possess Of value to save it
from loss by fire.-New York Herald.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-11-28
!, SEYEN.MASTED STEEL SCHOONER
coCoCccccoocccooocccco4coC

The development of the multi-masted
merchant schooner, which has ad
vanced with such rapid strides during
the past few years, is one of the most
ing industry of the Atlantic Coast.
The latest of these giant schooners is
the great seven-masted vessel shown
in the accompanying illustration. 1t
has been built from designs by 3. B.
Crowinshield, of Boston, the designer
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-11-28

masts will be forty-five feet in length
by fourteen inches in diameter, the
spanker boom Deing seventy-tive feet
in length by eighteen inches in diam
eter. The total sail area of the lower
sails and topsails will be 40,G17 square
feet. The total cost of the vessel de-
livered will be about $250,000.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-11-28
Burial Monuments
Of Murth Africa.

Y N North Africa are found two
great burial tumuli or mausole-
ums, which date even before the
Roman occupation, and We're, no
doubt, built by the native kings of
Mauretania and Numidia. The first
of these, shown in the engraving. is
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-11-28

The jeweler is liable to suffer from
the most violent Of all solid poisons,
diamond dust. Cataracts and loss of
sight are common ailments among
those who set jewels.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-11-28

sides slope into train reaching about
Il foot upon the ground.
The dalmatica was anciently worn
by persons of the highest rank; it also
signifies a part of the attire of an
archbishop, and is shaped like a ''Y"
and decorated with small Crosses
New York Herald.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-11-28

In New Orleans within a year sew.
enty-eight persons died from the eff.
fects Of gunshot wounds.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-11-28
A New SDrinS-Wheel.

An English inventor has devised
wheel for bicycles, automobiles, in
valid carriages and the like. which he
claims makes unnecessary in large
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-11-28

An electrical typewriter has been
invented with which twenty perfect
carbon copies can be struck off at one
time.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-11-28

Since 1896, when the Boston dispen-
sary was founded, it has treated L.
SD, 1888 patients.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-11-28
Japan's Primitive Fire Department.

japanese dwellings being of the finn
eiest kind are particularly liable to de-
stluction by fire, and the fire depart
nents might therefore be supposed to
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-11-28

New Blockhorses in South Africa.
This is a blockhouse near Aliwal
North, South Africa, and is one Of the
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-11-28
Waves Furnish Buoys With Lirht.

Man has long since succeeded in
pressing the running waters-the rush
ing brook and the majestic stream
New-York tribune., 1901-08-31

rous conduct in the campaign OF the Carolinas. On
March Z. 1867. he appointed captain of
gineers. and in June. five years later pro-
NOTED to the rank OF major About this year he
was assigned TO duty in the Black Hills and with
the Yellowstone expedition of the early eighties
Afterward he put in charge Of the construction
OF important river and harbor works and forti-
fcations along the Atlantic coast. In 1852 he
promoted TO the grade OF Iieutenant-coOnel. and
In the following year was appointed chief
gineer of the Philadelphia Water Department. He
was engineer commissioner of the District OF CO.
lumoia, lSS6-sS, and had charge of the river and
haroor and lighthouse work the Great Lakes.
lSS-'S. lie was military attache to the United
States Embassy at London 1885 In the sue
ceeding year he elected president of the Mica
raSua Canal Commission. and also had charge of
the forthcation and river and harbor work at
New-York City in 1897 and 1888
At the outbreak Of the Spanish-A American War
General Ludlow vacated his commission as lieu
tenant-colonel OF engineers TO become brigad;er-
general Of volunteers on the staff of the COM
mander OF the army of invasion. and was sent 10
Cuba At the attack on Santiago by the land
fes forees ne was IN command OF the first brigade OF
SIeheraI I-awtonS division Here his efficient and
At FL Caney General Lawton attributed much Of
{nS success or mis- division 10 the coolness. good
@SePtember sept I'm q 1Nss ne was promoted to maJor-gen-
OF the Second DYSON Of the First ARM GnTns
The following December he appointed military
and civil governor OF Havana, where ne achieved
ISemarkaole success III improving the sanitary
dluons and police regulations of the city.
tienerdI LudlOW'S health was badly IMPAIRED
when he returned to the United States in the lat
ter part of 1899 On July l.. last year shortly
Stter MS selection as president of the War College.
ne sailed Tor a three months tour in Europe by
qlrecton or the War Department He visited
London. Berlin and Paris. devoting his time TO
the study OF foreign military establishments and
particularly the organization of the general star
or the German and French armies. A few months
ago ne was ordered 10 the Philippines but per-
formed no active duty and was invalidfd home
lie was the third ranking b~isadier-g general and
army. % O
IN IN personal appearance General Ludlow was a
typical army offtcer. He a man of magnificent
physique, OF handsome features and OF erect md
soldierIy bearing. He over six feet tall and
was well known throughout the army for his fine
manners; He was married in 1S66 Genevieve
Anira SpriSg, OF 81. Louis cousin of Mrs VIM
neld - Hancock They have one daughter, who is
the wife of Clement A. Ciriscom ir
New-York tribune., 1901-08-31

FINAL YACHT TRIALS,
CONSTITUTION AND COLUMBIA BEGIN
THE LAST CONTESTS AT NEW
PORT TO-DAY.

Newport. r. l.. Aug. SO.-The final series of races
between the Constitution and the Columbia will
begin over the Newport course tomorrow. OF all
the contests that have taken place between the
American boats this season. these are the most
important. for their result depends selection
of the defender TO sail against Shamrock II. in the
great races for the Americas Cup off Sandy Hook.
No challenge committee OF the New-York Yacht
Club has ever had much difficulty in selecting
the American boat. Out OF sixteen already
finished. each .-acht has eight. So close are
the two boats in the matter of speed that many
good yachtsmen say that whatever the outcome of
the trials. will still be hard test to choose
between them.
Commodore Lewis Cass Ledyard. chairman; Rear
Commodore c. L. F. Robinson. secretary; J. V. S.
Oddie. c. Oliver Iselin. J. Malcolm Forbes J. Pier
pont Morgan S. Nicholson Kane. Edward NJ Brown
and Archibald Rogers. 1t is understood that ].
Pierpont Morgan, who is one Of the owners OF the
Columbia, Will either resign from the committee or
take part in the selection Of the defender. E.
D. Morgan. the Coumbias managing owner. has
already resigned. and his place been filled by the
appointment OF Archibald Rogers.
at the finish of the trial races next Wednesday
the regatta committee, consisting of former Com
modore S. Nicholson Kane. Chester Griswold and
Newbury Lawton. will turn over to the challenge
the data regarding all the races between
the Constitution and the Columbia. Thus they will
take into consideration all the previous races. as
well the three trials. and make up their opinion.
But. inasmuch the two boats are now even. more
depends on the coming than all the others.
Both racers at their moor1ngs in the harbor
tonight fit for the fray The Constitution has
been put in the best possible trim by none other
than her designer. Nat" Herreshoff. whose Illness
has hitherto prevented him from devoting much
10 the boat
His inability TO take part in the management OF
the Constitution has been a serious loss and now
that he himself has been able to prepare her for
the trials her friends expect greatly improved
formances. The last mainsail. that first tried
in the Seawanhaka races will be retained, as 1t is
by far the best of all.
The new boat given a trial spin down the
bay to-day. and the sails had a good stretching.
The headstays which slackened when the boat
hauled out, We're also set taut and all the rigging
given a thorough overhau uling. The Columbia
also given final touches to-day, and both
boats ready TO show the best speed there
is in them
Sir Thomas Upton. owner of the Cup challenger.
will be spectator of the race on Monday He has
accepted an invitation to be the guest OF Commo-
dore Ledyard AT dinner that day. and the event
will be made the first official welcome the British
yachtsman by the officers of the NewYork Yacht
Club. Other guests will be the owners of the Con-
stitution and the Columbia