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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-13
strength of Rival Leagues.

The relative playing strength Of the
National and American leagues was a
question of warm conjecture last sea-
son. and nov that half a dozen promi.
Hent National players have deserted to
Ban Johnson's clans the discussion ia
sure to be renewed. 1t is probable that
q post series of games between the
winning teams of the two leagues will
be played at the close of the coming
season. Comiskey Of Chicago is a warm
advocate of the plan. and he endeavor-
ed to match his champion White Sox
against Barney Dreyfuss' Pirates last
year. but nothing came of it. The
scheme is feasible. would be profitable
and would definitely settle the oppos-
ing claims.
There is one blot on the shield of the
American league, and that is it's brazen
countenancing of contract jumping.
The American now has on it's rolls the
largest number of contract breakers
ever known. Breakers ahead" will
be the cry if this dishonorable support
Of lax business methods continues. and
the American league will be entirely to
blame. But anything to beat the Ma
tionai' seems to be the battle shout,
and it is not likely that the throwing
II of bait to weakminded but strong
playing ball tossers will soon cease.
Early last year Ban johnson took a
firm personal stand against contract
Jumpers, but he has been s~idetracked.
and the will of the individual mana
gers holds good.
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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-13
Goes Like Hot Cakes,

The fastest selling article have
IN my store" writes druggist C. T
Smith OF Davis, KY, 'is DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption,
coughs and Colds. because it always
cures. In my six years of sales it
a never failed. | have known it
to save sufferers from throat and lung
diseases, who could get no help from
doctors or any other remedy" Moth
ers rely on it. best physicians pres
cr1be 1t, and Chapple Drug Co. guar.
antee satisfaction or refund price.
Trial bottles free. Regular sizes soc
and $1.00.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-13
The Venice Episode.

New York, May 9.-Consul General
De Castro has collected, says a Rome
dispatch to the Tribune, the docu-
ments relating to the conduct at
Venice of the officers of the cruiser
Chicago, including the police report
to the judge, and sent them to the row.
eminent at Washington.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-13
Americas Famous Beauties

Look with horror on skin eruptions.
b%lotches, sores, pimples. They don't
have them, nor will anyone who uses
Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It gloriies
the face. Eczema or salt rheum van
ish before it. It cures sore lips, chap
ped hands, chilblains. Infallible for
piles. 25c at Chapple Drug Co.'s.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-13

Wanted-Foremen, camp cooks,
blacksmiths. masons and carpenters
for the Yellowstone Park during COM
ing season. Send applications to
Captain H. M. Chittenden, U. S. En-
gineer. Office; Yellowstone Park,
Wyoming. 1O4.tf
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-13
Tie SPORTING WORLD

P~rincetOn's Able Twirler.
W. H. Underhill. the leading pitcher
-. 4
at Princeton this year. should lead the
intercollegiate twirling list at the close
of the season. He wound up last years
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-13
Goats
More Profitable in Montana
Than Any Other Livestock
For Information and Prices Call on
or Address
Montana Angora Goat Company
JOHN w. FULTON, Secretary,
2425 Pittsburg Building, HELENA.
Buck Herd.

am now prepared to take care of
any number of bucks for the season.
One Dollar per head, April / to Dec. /;
Csc extra for ~shearing and hauling
wool to city. w. H. CLANTON.
km2S Billings.
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Quick, reliable shoe repairing. Post.
Office basement. 74-tf
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-13

Made by Electric Power. When you
build consider the use of brick and
the saving in insurance and painting.
It only requires about $3.50 worth
of brick for any ordinary dwelling.
All contractors will gladly give you
estimates.
Office, Real Estate Block. =
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Calling cards at Gazette office.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-13

The Only Performing Came!s.
The Great Triple Elephant Act.
The Only Riding Lions.
The $4,000 School of Seals.
The Wonderful Educated Zebra.
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.HoNORED BY ROYALTY.
Doors Of Austrian Court Opened
to Steel King Schwab.
WELCOMED BY EMPEROR JOSEPH.

Received Invitation to Court Ball.
Prince Metternich Entertained Him
at a Glorious Breakfast and Crowds
Cheered Him ut Budapest-How He
Startled Hungarians.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-27
LGcc-AIpkinC In America.

Lace-naking is no longer q rad but
q serious and established factor in the
commerce of American arts AMI in.
Custcie5. writes Lillian NJ. Siegfried in
Coed Housekeeping. Had Catherine
S.oper-who was considered the orig.
mater CT lace designs eating back to
15Co a. D.-possessed the facilities of
tie present day, tic centuries CT un.
told labor and rrivation, when lace.
rla-icG was cnlJ in its infancy. might
only havc been 4 question of q year
or two to reach the present perfection.
There never has been q reason why
the American woman could not vic
with the European pcasal: (as neary
all imported laces are the work CT the
peasaa0 il lace-making, If SIG on'y
had the courage Of her convictions ard
the the and patience.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-27

tigate the whole troupe for himself.
And sure enough that night, when the
vans were all loaded he rounded up
the whole company, read al awful lee
ture about the marshaPs complaint,
and said that If he ever caught any
of his employees engaged in any fraud
ulent games, or even any games Of
chance he'd spend his last dollar prose-
cutting the culprit. We knew all of
our fellows pretty well then, and 1, for
one. didn't believe that any of them
We're crooked. But Price was suspi-
cious. He used to stink around half
the time spotting the men, but try as
he might he couldn't get any proof
against them. He did catch Criff
Whelan playing casino with a bar
tender one night, and though Criff was
frst-rate elephant man Sin dis
charged him without hesitation. The
worst Of it was that every town we
made after that developed some kind
of complaint about the circus crook
who lad cheated somebody. Some.
times three-cards was the game; some
times the shell game was used, and
again it was the dash-roll. Price was
frantic. He used to hang around the
dressing tent peeklng under the can
vas, and he got his wife to come earlier
than ever so that she could help him
catch the rascal.
ut got 50 that II was ringmaster,
you know-I never could tell when to
expect Sim to gallop into the ring on
his trick mule. While we were all per-
forming In the ring he'd be outside
somewhere prowling after the swind-
Ter who was following us or who was
one of our own people, so closely did
he tag our trail. We had plenty of de-
town policemen had described him the
same way-short, stout, dark hair and
Cropping black mustache. We had at
least three men who came near that
appearance, but incessant watching
had failed to even hint OF their guilt
Besides, they were all acrobats, train.
crs or riders, and the frauds were al
ways committed about the time VIC
were busiest in the ring.
"Well. ore day Sim loitered so long
that 1t was nearly time for the chariot
race and he hadn't made his appear
ance. 1 slipped out to the Dressing
tent to see If he was there, and euro
enough. back of the little canvas par
tition that he always kept for Lis cwr
and his wife's privacy he was smear
ing his face with grease-oaiat in hur
ried preparation for Lis e1trcc.
helped hin onto his mule ard wa,
| buttonlng NJ the back CT his baggy
pantaloons when a stranger tuckct
under the wall of TIE tent and laic
his hand ON my arl.
+ "'WEere did that fellow 20 that Just
came In hereT he asked &c excitedly
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-27

somebody-mostly for drunkenness, l
admit, but always fer something.
thought he was too exactinS with the
men, but in spite Of all 1 could say he
wouldn't tolerate any kind of loose
ness of speech. habits or manners.
The preacher habit was so strong in
him that he thought nothing at all Of
discharging a hostler for cursing one
Of the animals, and as for drunken.
ness-no man ever came back to the
tent drunk more than once.
well, we were down in West Vir-
ginia somewhere doing one-Gay stand
when the town marshal dropped in on
Sim and me while we were at supper
after the show. He said that one of
our people had fiEl-fammed a number
Of the townsfolk right il the shadow
of our main tent. Sim was furious, of
course. 1 denied that any of our pco-
pie could practice such fraud, but
Price solemnly declared that he'd iavcs-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-27

Many of the tests at experiment sta.
tions have shown better yields from
planting moderately early, rather than
very early; from planting n larger
number of kernels per acre than most
good farmer think advisable; from
planting small growing varieties in
rows closer together than is best for
large varieties; from giving shallow
and level cultivation rather than deep
and ridged cultivation; from planting
rather shallow early and deeper in
late planting. Other trials have seemed
to show that very frequent cultivation
does not repay its cost; that it is i'm
portant to cultivate as soon as may
be after rains; that deep cultivation
while the stalks are small may be
helpful. If followed by shallow culture,
says the Hartford Times. 1t also adds
that the farmer will be better satisfied
If he tries some experiments of this
kind himself, and tries them more
than one season, that he may be sure
that the change in method and not the
season has changed results.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-27
Lake Wettern and Boden See.

Lake Wettern. one of the links IN
the waterway between Stockholm and
Gothenberg, is a beautiful sheet OF
water, lying in the center of group
of lofty hills, and is noted for sew
eral remarkable peculiarities. There
is no bottom at one place-at least,
none has ever been found-and q be-
lief widely prevails that it Is con.
nected by an underground passage
with the Boden See IN Switzerland.
1t is asserted that when there is
storm in one of the lakes the other
Is agitated, and that when the water
In one is low the same conditions ex.
Ist in the other. There is also story
that corpses in Swiss costume have
come to the surface on Lake Wet
tern, and that bodies of men who have
been drowned in Wettern have been
recovered in the Boden See. Other
evidences are found in the occasion
al appearance of timber and vegeta-
tion that does not grow in this local
ity, but is common in Switzerland.
Scientific men, however, dispute the
theory and ridicule the stories that
care told by the peasants. 1t Is ad
mitted, however. by every one that
the extraordinary phenomena OF NIL
rage have frequently been observed
upon Lake Wettern, so much so as to
attract the observations OF the entiro
population for miles around, creating
CONSERVATION among the ignorant
peasants and awe and wonder among
all thoughtful people. Marching
armies of cavalry, infantry and artil'
lery, with banners and glitterinS
weapons, have appeared upon the sur
face of the lake; churches, palaces,
castles and ships have been seen 20
rise from the water and remain for
hours: caravans of camels have
crossed from shore to shore within
full view of multitudes Of people In
their right minds and without ordi-
nary superstitons.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-27

To keep pace with the modern i'm
provements and conveniences for the
home, one would need really to build
a house every spring. Wanting that
experience, it is a good plan 10 go
through the new house of some friend
just as it is ready to be occupied. In
one thus visited recently it was no.
ticed that in compartment in the
refrigerator which was, of course, 4
cold storage box, and finished in white
tile that was beautifully clean and
attractive, a rack to hold eggs was
fitted. This had round holes large
enough to hold the eggs standing on
end, and thus combat the careless
ness of the average cook, who will
put them IN the ice-boX in a paper
bag even, and will wonder TO find
them crushed against heavy jars and
dishes. Another innovation in this
same house does away with shade
cords, those torments of the house
keeper, that have until recently been
considered necessary evils. In every
room in the house stands a slender
rod of wood. tipped with a brass catch,
to be used when the shade flies up to
the top of the window. These poles
are neatly finished, the metal work
highly polished. Their use permits a
much neater handle or finish to the
shade than when the ugly little ring
and knotted cord must be relied upon
for control Of the sprlng.-New York
Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-27

| t now, and it is with something
of self-depreciation that he
sometimes spins a yarn Of the
old days when he was in the circus
business with Simonides Patroclus
Price. A hot lunch and a few friends
nearly as old as himself got him
started the other night, and he told one
like this:
"There amt any use going back to
the particulars of how 1 got in the
show business further than to say that
I sold up old Pap RockwelPs show for
q feed bill he owed me, tried the game
for three performances, and made so
much money that turned the store
over to my brother and set out for a
professional circus man. Rockwell cut
out and left as soon as he'd introduced
me to his general manager-Sim Price.
Besides being manager of the show,
Sim was the clown, and, by the way,
to this day think he was the funniest
clown that ever wore grease-paint. He
was bit sore when he found out that
l had seized the show, swore that he
and assume the proprietorship himself.
But I'd had taste Of the game-I
was young then-and Sims talk con-
vinced me that had hit on q good
thing, so resolved to freeze on. Sim
got real mad then and sent me his res
ignation. 1 couldn't afford to lose him
for all the paper we had was splashed
all over with his pictures. I agreed at
last to take him into partnership We
had lot Of new posters struck off
reading: Rockwell Simpson Price
Great Triple Mastodon Circus, Mena-
gerie and Hippodrone," and with that
high-sounding title we left Indianap-
oils one Saturday night and struck into
the backwoods for ten weeks of one
day stands. Those were the days
when circuses Travelled by wagon only,
and we weren't two hours on the road
before l was blessing my stars that
Sim had come along.
HE knew more about the show bust
ness than ever learned or could learn,
and no dilemma was too difficult for
him to wriggle out of. Then he was a
good and elevating influence with the
thirty-six people we carried. 1 found
out that he'd been educated for the
ministry and had even conducted a
church in some interior town of Aus
tralia. His morals We're above re-
proach, and his wife-Mlle. Du Barry,
the equestrienne and bareback rider
was the bright, particular star of the
troupe. They were really an edifying
couple, seemed to have plenty of
money, Travelled in private carriage.
and in every way added-if such a
thing is possible-to what l might call
the tone Of the outfit OF course the
whole business was small compared
with these big modern, three-ring cir
cuses, but it was quite a model in its
way, and l was pretty well through
my first season of it before 1 found
my self-respect IN any danger. But
that will come later.
LAS said, besides being an excel
lent clown. good manager and a reg
ular martinez for discipline Mr.. Price
i never called him Sim in those DAYS
was always ready with the cash to
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-27
Combination of Feeds Best.

A good feeder is always good,
successful business man, and indeed,
it is half the battle. But good
feeder is one who knows how far to
carry economy and when to stop. 1t
means a combination of feeds that will
give the greatest results for the least
expenditure of money. Hay is by all
odds this year in many parts of the
country the cheapest food we can give
to stock and dairy cattle. Good,
bright hay especially timothy, has
enough nourishment in it to keep the
animals doing we'll when supple.
mented with fair amount Of grain
How much grain will suffice for bal.
anced ration? have found that about
half as much grain in weight as good
timothy hay produces most excellent
results. That is, to twenty pounds of
hay ten pounds of grain Of mixed va
riety will keep the animals in fine
condition. l should recommend about
equal parts Of wheat bran, corn and
oat meal, and either oil meal or 1ne
gluten meal, whichever is the cheaper.
This makes a balanced ration which
any one can mix, and by adapting it q
little to the prices ruling for different
foods, get economical results without
in any way affecting the health of the
animals or the yield of milk.-J. r.
Wooster, NJ. D., in the Cultivator.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-27
NOT A BADGE OF A POLICEMAN.
Officers Long Hair Mystified an Intoxi-
Gated Woman.


George Innes, Jr., the son of the
great landscape painter, tells a story
on himself with great delight. Like
Peter Newell, he has been connected
with town government in New Jersey
He served on the town council in
Montclair-in fact, he was the head
of the police commission-thec chief of
police.
I'm this capacity" he says, 81 had
about six policemen under me, whom
l sent forth to do their duty. | used
also to go about myself in search of
wrongs to be righted and nuisances to
be abolished. One day l saw coming
up the main street a woman very
much the worse for drink. l said 10
her: My good woman, have you no
place to hide yourself in, no home
where you can conceal your shame?'
'Shure-and who the divil may
you be?' was her retort.
Never mind who | am I answer
ed. You will obey me and go home,
or I will arrest you
"'You artist mel she cried in as
tonishment How kin you arrest me
whin you amt no perlicemon?'
But | am a policeman said /,
18th dignity
"She looked at me moment in as
ionished silence. Then she said:
Thin, if you are a perlicemon, fur
hivin's sake go home and git yer hair
cutr'-New York Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-27
Sunfiower Seeds For Layers.

Dried sunflower seeds are egg pro
ducing, and can be fed sparingly in
place of meat scraps, as they contain
goodly supply of oil. The suntiower
heads are fine thing for fowls TO
peck at on a cold winters day to eX.
tricate the seeds. Thus they get ex.
ercise that gives them warmth and
health.
When one has spare ground near the
hennery 1t is a good plan to plant a
plot of sunfowers for the fowls to
work at during the fall. 1t will keep
them out of mischief elsewhere. We
break down several heads each day
for the layers to eat.
These seeds give the fowls a glossy
coat, a red comb, activity and gen
erous supply of eggs.-New York Tri'
bune Farmer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-27
GNoUSEHoLO
* ~ RECIPES: s


Curry of Lobster in Rice Cups-Cook
cupful of rice in salted water until
tender, then line with it cups, or "A
large mold, IL preferred. Fill centres
or centre with lobster meat cut into,
small pieces and mixed with cup of
seasoned white sauce to which is added
tablespoon of curry powder. Put
in dash Of horseradish if liked. Cover
with more rice and bake in pan of
water thirty-tive minutes. Garnish
with pickles and parsley, and, when
fresh lobster is used, with lobster
claws.
Lemon Sandwiches-Trim the crust
from a loaf of bread; put in a large,
covered dish and surround with lemon
peel. Take sufficient butter cover in
grated lemon, cover in wax paper and
put in the covered dish with the bread
allowing this to remain over night. In
the morning take out and rub the.
butter down until it is little soft.
spread on the bread, adding gradually
little piece of the lemon and a small
quantity of finely chopped parsley. Put
two slices of the bread together and
cut in the desired shape.
Potato Omelet-Cut cold boiled DO.
tatoes into dice a quarter of an inch
square; NIX them with enough white
sauce to well moisten them. Place
tablespoonful of butter in a frying.
pan; when the butter is hot put in the
potatoes and saute them until Drowned
on the bottom, loosen them from the,
pan, and turn them like an omelet
into fiat dish; or this preparation
may be put in Il baking dish, sprinkled
with crumbs and grated cheese, then
put in the oven to brown and serve in
the same dish.
Preserved Peaches-Plunge ripe but
not soft peaches into boiling water
and pare them by rubbing off the
skins. Halve and stone them. and
reserve about one-fourth the number
Of stones, which open and remove
the pits Weigh the fruit, and to
every pound allow three fourths of a
pound of sugar. Make syrun bv
boiling the sugar with one cupful OF
water to each pound. Skim until the
syrup Is clear, then add the peachea
and the pits and cook until the former
are transparent. Pack in glass lars
and seal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-27
Handsome Porch Shade.

A new porch shade is something oil
the order of the old time japanese
shades, only instead of being made OIL
reeds it is made of Stats twice as Thick
it is colored moss, green red or mot
tied, and is very effective. 1t Is not
only a porch shade, but makes a deco
rative accessory to the summer home.
They are shown to match blinds or
shingles or any other color feature ot
the house.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-27

Asparagus dishes are gorgeous things
IT color, the body of the platter III
green usually, and representing long
stalks of asparagus. IL some of the
dishes the china asparagus stalks are
curved up at the sides to hold the
vegetable better, and in still other
dishes this curved part is separate from
the platter proper, and is perforated
so that the asparagus may drain OH
the serving dish. One dish, having
the stalks in green, has a representa-
tion of red rosebuds ut the sides, and
at one edge of the platter there is n
standard and pitcher to match the
platter for holding the sauce.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-27
Fattening Diet For Hogs.

Hogs fed on milk or grain alone
hogs similarly fed in small pens.
Those fed on milk in the pasture gain
more per day and require less dry
matter than hogs fed in the pens. On
the other hand hogs fed milk and grain
in combination do better in pens,
gaining more per day than those on
pasture, and require practically the
same amount of food to make a pound
of flesh.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-27

a piece of land on the corner of VIII
liam street and Exchange place, in the
heart of the New York financial dis
trict has changed hands at the third
highest price per square foot ever re.
corded in the real estate history of the
city-S3OC.03 per each square foot. A
part of the land occupied by the bank.
ing house of j. p. Morgan K Co. In
Wall street, at its intersection with
Broad street, was sold to its present
owners for S34S per square foot, and
another place directly opposite cost
$3.50. These three are the highest
prices yet paid.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-27

~ is suggested that every farmer
should have his name over his farm
gate. 1t is more difficult sometimes to
find farm in the country than house
in the city, as the latter is numbered.
If every farm could be designated by
the name of its owner, or even by
number, 1t would be an improvement
over the present system of using
nothing at all