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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-05
WEEKS RESUME OF BOSTON
WOOL MARKET.
SOME DEMAND BY MILLS
Business as Yet in Spots Only
Spectators are Buying
Secured.

bOSlOn, July 5-Ihe American
Wool and Cotton Reporter will sa,
tomorrow Of the wool trade:
The market has been more activ.
and prices have ruled firm. The bus
mess has been in spots, however. L
is probable that a half dozen houses
have tranacted the bulk of the bust
ness done and they have succeeded
in moving some large lines of wool
including territories, Texas and Cal
ifornia woods, secured as we'll as fine
washed and understandable feeces
Some speculation, especially on
secured woods, has been in progress
but the amount has not been great
Both large and small mills have been
reported in the market.
The sales for the week in Boston
amount to 5,935,OOO pounds domestic
and 26O,OO0 foreign, making a total
of 6,195, 900, against a total of 1885,
900 for the previous week, and a
total of 1921 900 for the correspond.
ing week last year.
The sales since January l amount.
ed to 110,969, 900 pounds, against g.
966,6O0 pounds for the corresponding
time last year The receipts of wool
in Boston this week amounted to IT,
ia bales, against 21,O15 bales last
week and 9,265 bales last year.
! The total receipts since January 1
have been 245, 1872 bales domestic and
s77,515 bales foreign, against 151,S25
bales domestic and 1O1, 219 bales for
3eign for the corresponding period of
1900. This is an increase of 93,297
bales domestic and a decrease of 49,.
702 bales foreign.
Shipments of wool for the week
ending July 1 are as follows: Tues
day, June %, 544, 500; Wednesday,
June rs, l,594,ss0; Thursday, June
27, 555,4s5; Friday, June %, 63O,735;
Saturday, June 20, 1877, 200; Monday,
July J., S63,79O. Total 4,436,s $40
pounds. This shows a decrease of
s212,719 pounds over shipments of A.
l599,33O pounds for the previous week.
Since January /, the total shipments
amount to 122,339.365 pounds.
Boston Wool Market.
Boston, July 2-There is a better
tone to the wool market here this
week and a more buoyant ' feeling
prevails, but the improvement is not
sufficient to advance prices material
~. Prices are stronger, however, and
buyers who were afraid to- buy woods |
at market price two weeks ago are
now paying it. Woods are quoted at
l4O@42 cents for fine medium and
n secured staple in, while the
strictly staple article calls for 44@45.
Zine Australian woods are firm and
costing on the secured basis of 700
q for superfine and clothing grades.
Quotations.:
Territory, secured basis-Montana,
line medium and fine, 1904; scour-
ed, 4o@42; staple, 14@15; secured,
f4@45. Utah, Wyoming and Idaho,
hne medium and fine, 1904; %scour-|
ed 4O@42; staple, 14@14K; secured.
1904.
Australian, secured basis, spot
prices combings superfine, 71@72;
good. 68@70; average 6O@67.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-05

Moving Sidewalk In PapisSap Streets,
Paris is threatened with an elevated
structure In its finest streets. 7 is pro
posed to build q moving sidewalk like
that used In the late exposition to run
. long the Avenue de rOpera. the grand
~bouleyards. the boulevard Sebastopol,
she Rue Turbigo and the Rue de Rivoli.
! s:.cnit Of about six miles.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-05
Baseball

American league: Milwaukee, 5;
Detroit, z. Cleveland, 8; Chicago, 4.
Boston, 8; Baltimore, /. Washington,
z; Philadelphia, 9.
Western league: Kansas City, 8;
st. Joseph, 2. Minneapolis, II; st.
Paul, /. Des Moines, 9; Omaha. Z.
Denver, /; Colorado Springs, 3.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-05
Live Stock.

Chicago, July Seattle: Receipts
1000, including Texans. Choice
steady; others slow. Butchers stock
weak. Texans slow. Good to prime
steers, $5.25@6.4O; poor to medium,
$4.10@5.15: stockers and feeders,
weak, at $2.30@4.6o; cows, $4,000
AGO; heifers, $2.5o@5.0O; Gamers,
$2@$2.50; bulls, slow at $2.5O@4.5O;
calves slow at $4.OO@6.25; Texas fed
steers, $4.25@$5.25; Texas grassers,
$3.40@4.15.
sheep-Receipts $4,000. Steady to
strong. Choice a shade higher. Grass
sheep easier. Lambs steady to strong.
shorn up to $4.75; spring up to S..
Good to choice wethers, $3.4O@4.15;
western sheep, $3.35@4.1O; western
lambs, So. 50@5.OO
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-05
Latest Kansas Industry.

'Searchlighting' for frogs is the lat
est industry in Kansas. A big electric
light is flashed upon the ponds. and be-
fore the croakers recover their sight
they are scooped up In nets.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-05
MISCELLANY
Case He Couldn,t cnr>

An exceedingly clever swins.le has
been worked on a Paris physician
whose specially is the cure Of KEEP
tomania by hypnotism. 1t cost the
doctor $4,000 to satisfy himself that
he couldn't cure all cases. One day re-
Gently a man Of gentlemanly appear
ance and a woman of mature age. ac-
companied by a pretty and fascinating
girl, We're ushered into his consulting
room. The male visitor introduced
himself as a marquis. said that the
elderly woman. was his wife and the
beautiful damsel their daughter. The
marquis drew the physician into q cor
ner and in low accents unfolded to him
this touching tale: His daughter was a
charming girl. She was accomplished.
amiable, and when she married she
would have a very respectable dowry.
Unfortunately, although lavishly pro-
vided with pocket money and supplied
with everything that she could posi-
bly, desire, the young woman was a
confirmed kleptomaniac.
Then, coming to the point, the mar
quis asked the doctor whether he would
be willing to undertake the cure Of this
distressing case. He pulled out a bun
die Of bank notes and laid them on the
table. The physician, impressed by
this practical method of t%ransacting
business, consented to take the young
woma for a course Of treatment into
his w house, and the next day saw
her installed there with a maid provid-
ed by her family in special attendance
on her. The girl was to be cured Of
her thievish ~propensities Though the
medium of hypnotism.
All went well for four or five days,
much to the satisfaction of the doctor.
When, however, he returned from his
round of visits the other evening, he
found, to his infinite bewilderment,
that the birds had flown and that bank
notes and Jewels to the value or $4,000
had disappeared with them.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-05
Aatomatic Flaeman For Trair..

Automatic Flagman o Trains.
With a view to preventing accidents
at level crossings and collisions in the
neighborhOod Of railway stations a
very ingenious mechanism has recently
been tried in France. It consists es-
sentially Of a huge hook or catch made
of iron, which is connected with a
lever at the station by means of a
wire, through which a current Of cleo
tricity passes. When it is lying in Its
place, the train passes over it quite
easily, but as soon as it is raised it
catches a lever which is attached to
the engine. The lever thus caught
causes the air valve on the engine to
open automatically and applies the
brakes at one SO that the whole train
is brought to a standstill within a very
short distance. In foggy weather the
use of such an apparatus cannot be
overestfmated, as it is calculated to
prevent a train from running into an
other which happens to be delayed at
a station.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-05
New York Money.

New York Money.
New York, July 3-Money on call
firm at 6@25 per cent; last loan Is
per cent; ruling rate 10 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper 4@5 per
cent.
Silver certificates nominally 6Oc.
Bar silver $685..
Mexican dollars AZ.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-05
a Baby canary's Mnsic Lesson.

a Baby Canary's MHsic Lesson.
In the account Of a pair of canaries
and their offspring which is published
In The Ladies' Home Journal Flor
ence Morse Kingsley tells how the old
est baby bird. as soon as he had learn
ed to fiutter from n perch to another
and to reach for a seed and crack IT,
was put into a cage by himself and
hung out On the veranda near the IA
Their bird. who was named Wee Willie
Winkie and was a superb singer. Then
the baby birds education began. First,
be learned to jump fearlessly into his
china bathtub and autter his wings and
get himself glorious]y wet, just as IA
Their did. Next. he cuddled himself in-
to a delightfully."- comfortable little
bunch on his perch and listened atten-
lively while Wee Willie Winkie sang
his wonderful song. The second week
we heard q funny, sweet little chirping
and gurgling. 1t was the young canary.
One day he trilled a little trill, and the
next day he had learned three new CUR
giles, and the day after that he wove
the trills and the gurgles together and
addedza longer tril on q higher key. In
six weeks time we were asking, IFS it
Wee Willie Wrinkle who is singing or
the babyY'
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-05
Duke.

A few years ago we owned a large
dog by the name of Duke, writes Jo-
sephine Mcguire to the Philadelphia
Ledger. He was a wise old fellow
and loved to play with children. He
would allow my little 4-year-old broth
er to pull his hair and sit on him. The
dog would not show the slightest an
noyance. One moonlight night we were
all sitting on the front piazza except
my mother, who had gone up stairs to
put our little brother to bed. She re-
marked as she came down again that
we had better come in and have some
music, as 1t was getting cooler. Some
hours after that we were annoyed in
the middle Of the game by Duke
scratching on the piazza floor and 9TH
erwise behaving as no dignifed old
dog should. We paid no attention to
him, but he commenced barking and
scratching again. At last my brother
walked out, and Duke went on ahead,
wagging his tail and looking behind
him. Down at the very foot Of our
garden was q small river, and there my
brother found our little brother lying
on the bank fast asleep. The wee tod
dler had walked out in his sleep, as my
mother had left the door open. OF
course she was frightened when she
saw my brother come in with the child
whom she had put to bed some time
ago. Duke was a much petted dog
after that, and many offers were. made
to buy him, but we all said that we
would not sell him for his weight in
gold.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-05

A rocking horse. with a painted mans,
All battered and broken with play,
Was left with 4 fuzzy wooden dog,
Just at the close Of day.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-03-28
POULTRY POINTS.
sure way.

Crushed bone and oyster shells make
good egg-shel1 material and either may
be bought in almost any town in the
country.
The business side of poultry breeding
is coming to the front more and more
The farmer who pays careful attention
to his poultry is no longer considered as
devoting his time to small business.
Pure-bred poultry is better than mon
grels any time. It need not be exhibit
ton stock, but it should be pure bred
It looks much better to see a flock of
hens all Of one color than to see one in
which every color is mixed.
Poultry breeders sell their surplus
stock in the fall much cheaper than
they will in the spring. Buy some good
pure-bred cocks and begin to breed
your f1ocks up. In four or five years
the flock will look like pure-bred stock.
What we feed hen brings one OF
two results, either flesh or eggs, moi
generally both. 1t can be readily I'M
derstood, therefore. that feed is i'm.
portant. Old-fashioned people used old.
fashioned methods, and the feeding o!
twenty years ago was mostly to sus
tain life; in other words, hens, like
all other animals, had to be fed in or
der to exist. This idea still prevails
among our farmers, and what they feed
they suppose is all that is necessary.
both to maintain life and to produce
eggs. Skillful breeders understand this
differently. What they feed is to pro
duce eggs. and it is also sufficient to
maintain both life and health. Eggs
should be the first consideration, be-
cause they represent the earning quail
ity of the animals, the same as milk
represents the earning quality Of a COW.
No dairyman would keep a poor or in
different mixer, but rather would re-
place her with a better specimen.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-03-28
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Chicago News: A dogs tail is some
thing of a wag.
Watches and rivers seldom run long
without winding.
Toatsts are often drunk, yet they are
never intoxicated.
The ardent lover is like tailor when
he presses his suit.
When a woman's teeth chatter they
usurp her tongues prerogative.
A woman knows that her husband
has faults, but she won't admit it to
other women.
Says an old bachelor: Marriage is a
means of grace-when it leads to re-
pentance.''
Nothing pleases an astronomer or a
theatrical manager more than the dis
covery of a new star.
A Kansas man was bitten by a rat
tIesnake seventeen years ago. and he
is still taking whisky to cure the bite.
Marry a woman who will be of some
resistance to you; or in other words,
get a piece of calico that will wash.
A woman says that solomon's wis
dom was due to the fact that he had 700
wives whom he consulted on all occa-
sions.
A woman sometimes sues a man for
breach of promise merely to let the
world know that she is still in the
market
Whisky is evidently nonconductor
1t never conducted wealth into a mans
pocket. happiness into his home or re-
spectability to his character.
The plaintiff and the defendant in
lawsuit are like two boys ducking
their heads in tub Of water-each dar-
ing the other to remain under the long
est.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-03-28

I The cards were shufHed; the dean was
made,
And some one, just little afraid,
Opened the Jackpot easy and light
And the neXt man hoisted it out of
sightt
Round and round the board it went,
Each one raising and each intent
In bluffing his neighbor and raking the
All save the ''Parson." who. with a
Raised each time as it came his turn.
Cad! There were money and chips to
burn!
Gold. stacked up in a glittering heap;
Silver and greenbacks- elbow deep;
Tickets for cattle and vouchers and
dues;
Chacks and collateral and 81 o. US"
Everybody was in that pot,
And everybody was blufhng hot.
At length the 'Parson" pushed in all,
And his form with weakness seemed to
fall;
His head and his hand he slowly bent,
And his fate to cruel Fortune lent.
The greatest bet Of the night was there,
And Gambler Jim raised up his chair
He Wrinkled his brow and he skinned
his cards,
And he glanced around at his gambling
pards.
One by one they laid 'em down.
''Tu CALL" says Jim, eff he does me
brown.
Now, Whatever got? I'll call yer bluff.
Mines deuces-say, amt them enough?'
But the Parsons" soul has passed
away
He had cashed in his chips. as gamblers
say.
So they turned his cards to see what
he had.
Jim scowled as he said. '.say. I feel
kinder bad,
But I'm glad that he won. for he made
a good stand"
There were jacks and Fights in the
dead mans hand.
The gray streaked morn in the sullen
east
Glowered dull and low, like an angry
beast.
A wee winsome girl and a mother, too,
Had sat there and waited the long
night through.
In the struggling rays Of the daylight
dim
Was seen the gaunt figure of Gambler
Jim.
He blinked his eyes and his breath
came hard.
When he told of the death of his gam
bling pard;
And he. poured the silver and gold on
the floor,
And he choked as he never had choked
before.
He gave the receipts for the cattle and
land
All the wealth that was won by the
dead mans hand.
This is the tale from beginning to end
The story as told by the dead mans
friend.
r. F. Outcalt, in New York Herald.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-03-28
SALT AND INSECT.

We are assured that an application
of salt will kill the white grub in the
ground. It is mistake, unless the
amount of salt is enormous-suff1cient
to kill the ground for years. A dress
ing Of salt is often beneficial to land
used, but the use Of salt to kill insects
and weeds must be on a scale that is
and three to seven bushels per acre are
prohibitive for large areas. Very
strong brine is used to kill grass in
walks, but even here there are better
materials. A strong solution of sui
phate Of copper shows more lasting eff
fects. think used it at the rate Of
one pound of blue vitriol to gallon of
water. The only sure way of killing
an insect in the ground is to dig after
it, get it between two rocks and mash
it. But we continue to seek for other
sure ways.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-03-28
FARM NEWS NOTES.
= ~
FARM THEORY AND PRACTICE

FARM THEORY AND PRACTICE.
Feeding Catt1e-There is no section
Of the world where good beef can be
made more economically than 1t is in
the corn belt Of the western states
The industry was formerly leading
one of fertile valleys in the eastern
states, and some of the old feeders give
it up most reluctantly, many cattle still
being brought eastward for feeding, al
though the net profit is unsatisfactory
in most years. But the market for fat
cattle has been moved to the west, and
the relatively cheap feed is there. Not
few feeders find it necessary to pay
freight on cattle from a western mar
ket in order to secure the stock for
feeding, and then send the fattened cat
tie back to the same market, thus put
ting their land into even competition
with cheaper and richer land much far
Their from the seaboard. The results sat
isfy the owner of the higher-priced
farm.
''But what can take it's place?'' asks
the old catt1e-feeder. In many Sec
lions dairying has done so, but there is
a limit to that. Feeders remain in the
localities that have not good trans
portation facilities for milk, and they
are not accustomed to the work of the
dairy, anyway, and do not like it. The
dairyman is narrow who insists that
others are all wrong because they do
not convert all feed into high-priced
dairy products. Only small percent
age of soil products can be utilized in
this way, and let those do it who have
the best facilities and liking for the
work. There is little of value in all
this argument about the returns from
feed converted into beef and into but
ter. If all the feeders went into dairy
ing butter would not sell at any price
anywhere.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-03-28
FASHION NOTES.

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A new departure in belts brings the
| ibbon down to a point at the front
IT the bodice, producing the fashiona-
ole long-waisted effect. The belt is
made of double-faced satin ribbon, as
well as of velvet and gros grain, and
S drawn through a patent buckle. fin
lshing in long ends with metal spikes
Another style of belt is made of inch
wide satin ribbon laid on a foundation
IN narrow folds and closing under full
pompon Of the ribbon, with four
streamers of varied lengths ending in
metal spikes.
! One of the pretty new fancy waists
| is made of white chiffon over white
| silk, and partially covered by bolero
and short upper sleeve of Irish lace.
| The belt and collar band are formed
Of silver braid and black taffeta ribbon
Black and black and white effects are
to be quite as dominant as ever in the
spring fashions, and certainly nothing
can be much more useful or appropriate
for a greater variety of purposes. Es-
pecially is this true of the extreme ex-
amples represented by weIl-made
tailor gown and dressy evening cos
tune. With these two gowns and some
fancy waists a woman is fairly well
equipped for the ordinary exigencies of
dress.
Ready to wear hats are destined to
be as popular as ever during the COM
ing spring. Something new in this line
is the low-crowned sailor, the scarf
trimmings draped on the brim, which
scoops considerably. Its novelty will
recommend it to many, as it is entirely
unlike anything seen previously. Javas,
smooth straws and fancy braids can
be found in this shape.
Another effective shape is the low
crowned, dip front, drooped-back hat
it's effectiveness heightened by the
broad AIsatian bow of taffeta in front
with a striking buckle laid across the
brim. In these the brilliant braid and
rough Japanese straws are most sought
after.
Parasols in black and white will be
used extensively this year, their utility
in combining with vari-coIored Co.'S
tunes being undisputed. In trimmed
parasols extremely beautiful effects are
seen in accordian plaitings. The "rain
and shine" umbrella. is dressy enough
to pass as a, parasol, yet perfect pro-
lection in rainy weather is always in
demand.
Lace sashes, very wide, and round at
the ends, are an important feature of
dance dresses, and they are finished
all around the edge with a stitched
band of taffeta silk. Sashes of all
kinds are very much in evidence, espe-
cially those Of chiffon, which are some
times hung from the neck Of the low
cut corsage in something of Vatican
effect.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-03-28
PRESIDENT SCHWAB'S SALARY.


King Edward VII is not a hired man.
Mr.. Schwab is.
The same conditions apply to Presi-
dent Mckinley. He receives how much :
Fifty thousand dollars a year. But
this money is not wages. This is to
run his household and preserve his off,
cia1 dignity. The people of the United
States paid him his salary in the Nigh
ty honor they conferred upon him by
electing him to his great Office.
The same statements may be applied
to other presidents and rulers. The
only men on earth who receive more
money than this same Charles NJ.
Schwab of Pittsburg and New York are
kings, and there are very few Of them.
Count them-Edward WI of England,
Emperor William of Germany, Gear
Nicholas of Russia, Franz Josef Of Aus
tria, King Oscar Of Sweden, the Sultan
of Turkey, the Shah of Persia, the En-
peror of China, and possibly King
George of Greece. Count them-nine-
count them. Surprising all other hired
men in the world from a money-making
point of view, is this unassuming, ma
tive born American, SO years old, whose
love for mechanics is so great that he
regretted his transfer from the prac-
teal end to the business end Of the
great Carnegie steel plant
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-03-28

on the doorstep, and VINO stood god
mother. st. John is the name of the
chapel.
Between Little Alice's mothers the
greatest rivalry exists as to who shall
make her the greatest number of dress
es, who shall prepare her food and who
shall sit and rock her while she sleeps.
A continual sowing bee goes on in the
home, and the sisters are kept busy
threading needles for the old ladies
whose sight is growing dim. Alice did
not bring trunk with her, but by
this time no reasonably endowed baby
possesses a larger and more varied
wardrobe.
There is just one matter that
should like to have set right said Mrs.
Crispin, one of the busiest Of the moth
ers. "Some of the papers have said
that we are all eighty years old. Now
we are not. I am only seventy-eight.
don't believe that Miss Rice is eighty
yet, and there must be several as young
as Miss Rice and me. It's ridiculous.
Eighty, indeedg'