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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-15
OWNER HANDSOME RETURNS
GROWERS FEEL ENCOURAGED
Week Opens With Largest Days
Sales So Far Recorded
M This Season.
Mondays Daily Gazette.

from Mondays Daily Gazette.
Four hundred thousand pounds OF
wool is the record of the sales at the
Northern Pacific warehouse today. 1t
is the banner sales day of the season
and the price is a little above the
average of the price paid last week.
This is mainly accounted for by reas.
on of 100000 pounds in one clip sell.
ing for Is cents. This was the
Thomas Cruise wool which went to
Luce & Manning of Boston. This firm
has been represented on this market
for years past by Buyer Sharp, but in
recent years his firm has not been &C.
tive as buyers.
Growers are inclined to think that
by reason of the Luce & Manning firm
buying $685. 900 worth of the product at
one sale indicates that the east is not
glutted with wool and that the range
of prices for a good quality of f1eeces
will be in the neighborhood of Is
cents during the remainder Of the
sales season at this point.
The following are the sales at the
Northern Pacific warehouse this morn
ing:
Thomas Cruise, 100000 pounds, to
Luce & Manning, at Is.
Jacobs Bros, $4,000 pounds, to JUS
tice, Bateman & Co., at 1871.
John Bjunowski, $1,000 pounds, to
Hallowell & Donald, at 1874.
G. I. Haynes, 10000 pounds, to Jere-
miah Williams & Co., at 1885,.
H. o. Hickok, $500 pounds to Luce
& Manning, at 14%. Same firm 49,
900 pounds to- Brown & Adams, at IA.
w. E. Anderson, 10000 pounds, to
jeremiah Williams & Co., at 11A;
10000 pounds at 12k; 10000 pounds
at 1895. This all went to Williams &
Co.
j. M. Malen, $4,000 pounds, to Jere-
miah Williams & Co., at 10.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-15

Two-base hit-Harker. Three-base'
hits-French, Tobin. Home runs
Donovan, Dwyer. Bases on halls-By
Harker 4, by ShaLarker 5. Hit by
pitched ball-By Harker 1, by Sha-
barker 2. Wild pitches-Harker l..
Shabarker 1. Left on bases-Boze-
man s, Billings 8. Time Of game
1:5O. Umpire-Baker.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-15

Calling cards at Gazette once.
Smyrna times., 1902-11-26
NNhyH

A certain little girl named Mary was
noted for her propensity to ask ques-
tions. So fixed was the habit that she
seldom knew when she was asking
questions, and life became to her one
prolonged Interrogation. Her mother,
slightly worn by this popularity, some
times took the opportunity of speaking
"a word in season."
Mother" cried Mary, bursting into
the room one day, what shall l name
the kittens?"
II should think" said the tired moth
er, fixing upon her a meaning eye,
you might call one of them Why and
the other What"
The names seemed to strike the
child's fancy and were at once adopt
ed. But the moral refused to stick,
and indeed its existence was not even
suspected, as was shown a day or two
later.
Mother" said Mary innocently, look
ing up fIom a prolonged cuddling Of
her pets, why is Why's name WhyT"
Smyrna times., 1902-11-26
Prairie Flowers of Fancy.

A brief for the state in an early Ne
braska case INDUCES in the following
prairie flowers of fancy:
Plaintiffs in error are afraid that the
honor and dignity of the state will suf-
fer, and they invoke for the claimants
broad principles of natural equity and
the claim that neither the laws GOV
ern1ng courts nor the constitution ap-
plies to them. The logical sequence is
thls-that persons who hold claims
against the state are a favored class.
who can alone make wings of Justice
and right to fly to that mystic region
above and beyond the trammels of law.
and where such unjust things as con-
tracts and written constitutions do not
exist, but where for them a straight
and narrow pathway leads to the treas
ury, whose doors, without stint or de-
lay, turn softly on golden hinges to ad-
NIT them. Yet if | do not very much
mistake this court these wings will
unfeather in their flight, and claimants
against the state must fall to a common
level with all other litigants and stand
up to the rack where is fed that good
old fodder of Justice and right as ad-
mlnlstered by our courts"
Smyrna times., 1902-11-26
THE TRICK
THAT
BARRY DID
BY DAVID H. TALMADG
Copyright, 1901, By d. II. Tdlmddge

Tom Barry, conductor of train No.
"a, a freight which leaves Goose River
Junction each morning, running the
devious length of branch to Dorling-
ton, and returns each night, is a man
marked among his fellows. There are
several reasons for this, although one
is sufficient to prove the statement
he has never yet been known to lose
his self possession. To quote Banley,
who is the poet as well as the engineer
Of No. "a, "he never rattles though all
the world may shake" which is put
ting it pretty strong, as any reasonable
person will readily admit.
1t goes without saying, therefore,
that Tom Barry is a man of nerve,
His acquaintance will tell you sto-
ries If given half a chance which
make the records Of a score of gilt
laced soldiers whom 1 might mention
pale into the most sickly insignificance.
Yet / suppose the space his exploits
have occupied in the newspapers would
not exceed sixteen inches in its entire
ty. The only mention, for instance. of
the exploit known on the branch-as the
affair Of the circus special was this
item in the Darlington Gazette:
I'VE hear that the morning train
broke in two shortly after leaving the
junction Monday of this week. The
excursion train for the circus at Wheel
Smyrna times., 1902-11-26
AN UNCHANGED BILL.
Nhe Clothing Merchant Was Too
Much For the CnIIn.rl


Much For the COIIe.re Profa.so,,
Ex-President Gates of Amherst col.
Iege was man with three salient char
acterlstics-belief in compulsory wor-
snip as means of grace, nicety of Ian
suage ana fondness for bargain hunt
ing that was almost feminine. AS iIlus-
uatlVe OF the latter it is told that on n
certain occasion Mr.. Gates bought for
% pair of trousers that had been
marked at So and had them charged.
Inc hrst of the month a bill came in:
10 one pr. pants, So"
MIR. Gates crossed off the "pants" and
substituted trousers" then remailed
the bill. The first of the next month an
other bill came in:
10 one pr. pants, So"
This time the bill was returned. as
Defore, but with the following legend:
Dear Mr.. Thompson-I am ALWAYS cara.
1ul about the language 1 use and like 9th
er people to be the same.
The first of the third month Mr..
Gates received bill:
To one pr. pants, $3"
1hls Time he went in person to visit
MI Thompson. He explained his posi-
ton. Thompson looked at him a mo-
ment and then replied:
President Gates, I've been in the
clothing business for twenty-five years,
an during them twenty-five years ev-
erythlng in my shop above So has been
trousers and everything below So has
been pants. It's pants you got, and,
egad, sir, it's pants you'll pay for
New York Times.
Smyrna times., 1902-11-26

1 BEGAN TO DROP THEM BETWEEN THE
CAR AND THE CABoosE.
erville was a short distance behind.
ana 1t narrowly escaped being bumped
into by the runaway cars"
Banley brought the paper to me and
pointed out the item with a trembling
forehnger. Wouldn't that crimp you"
he exclaimed scornfully. -Four lines
10 cover as pretty a bit of heroism as
was ever spelled by an elocutionist!
Not word about Tom! We hear-nar-
rowly escaped being bumped into
Lord! He crumpled the paper into
wad and threw it to the ground, grind
ing it beneath his heel.
Il don't suppose Tom cares. Do
your 1 said.
TON? No. By George! Just be-
tween you and me and the steam
gauge l don't believe he realizes that
he did anything worth printing. 1t
takes q sort Of coward to appreciate
1t. But, all the same, if 1t hadn't been
Tor him there'd have been a sInashup
tnatd have sent a shudder clean from
Oshkosh to Yuba Dam. Eight hundred
people-men, women and children-on
that special! Think of it! Two hun
dred Of 'em, as such things 90. would
have been killed outright; 400 would
nave been hurt. Heaven only kno
how many dollars worth of rolling
stock would have been knocked into
splinters. And it narrowly escaped
being bumped into-bumped into, mind
you-bumped! l tell you, Toms life
wasn't worth a shovelful Of cinders
While he was doing the trick that
saved all the trouble-no, not a tea.
spoonfulr'
What Banley said was true. No. "a
mad pulled out CT the junction that
Monday morning with twelve box cars,
Tour hats loaded with ties and the ca
Ooose. 1t is a steady climb for twelve
miles at that end, when a trains nose
Is pointed Inward, as the boys say,
and the last five miles Of the stretch
are the sharpest grade ON the run. At
Morton' seven miles up, Tom had in
dulged in his regular morning spar
ring match with the station agent, and
the station agent had knocked his pipe
from his mouth, in reward for which
achievement Tom had made him free
gift of the pipe. Two miles farther on
the accident occurred.
The train was putting and groaning
up the hill at a rate of about ten miles |
an hour. The brakeman was sitting |
on the tender, exchanging jokes with |
the fireman. Tom was In the caboose
alone, busy with some report blanks. |
The thought occurred to him presently |
that something was not exactly right. |
lie was conscious, he said afterward, |
OF sensation similar to that Of being |
in a balloon. The sound of the putting |
was gradually becoming less distinct.
The forward pull was gone
Before he had fully aroused himself
the caboose stopped and slowly began
10 run backward. Then he understood |
plainly enough what had happened. |
He rushed first to one platform, then to
the other, setting the brakes, but the
caboose, with two heavily loaded cars
behind 1t, did not stop. He hurried out
to set the brakes on the cars, but found |
that on one the ties had jolted down
against the rod so that he was unable
to turn It, whileion the other the brake
was a "freak',-it would not set tight
!
,ls8unS
Smyrna times., 1902-11-26
Smallest T r,opIc In = yor.d

Smallest T eoplc In = .yOr:d.
The inhabitants of til AALarlan is
lands are the smallest rIce of p ople in
the world. The average height Of a full
grown Andaman Is 1t inches, and
few weigh over Sey uty-siX pounds.
They are marvelouSly swift of foot
and as they smear themselves over
with a mixture Of oil and red ocher
present very strange appearance
Few travellers care to encounter any of
these bellicose little people. for their
skill in throwing the spear and in using
the bow is onll equaled by their readi-
ness to attack trangers.
Smyrna times., 1902-11-26
A Sound sIeener-

AT the Francais theater in Paris one
evening during the performance of n
play by Sonnet a spectator was OBJ
served to be slumbering. Look" said
Dumas to the author, who was sitting
near him, you see the effect produced
by your tragedy" But the next even
ing at the same theater it happened
that the play was one Of Dumas own.
anu IL happened also that man
IN the stalls was ovcrpowP teep.
ooumet being present not and,
with infinite salts. action Du-
mas on the shoulder and the
offender, he said, "Plta >, my
dear Dumas. that your p \ send
people to sleep rs wei g. "Not
at all" was tie read.y that's
our friend Of yea,ertay has not
woke up yet"'
Smyrna times., 1902-11-26
His RInR Won.

Thought your dad wasn't going to
send you back to collegeY
"Yes, dad did kick at the expense,
but l threatened to stay at home and
help him run the business, and he de
cided college would be cheaper."-De-
trOit Free Press.
Smyrna times., 1902-11-26
supply at Hand.

Employment Agent ,have cook
that will just suit you. She is a young
widow and is very fond Of children.
Mrs Richleigh-But we have no chill
dren.
Employment Agent-Oh, that'll be all
right, ma'am. She has six Of her own
Chicago News.
Smyrna times., 1902-11-26
A snhstItute.

.Judge-Of course / might let you off,
Casey, If you had an alibi.
Casey-Shure, yer honor, oi haven't
wan about me. but here's me lastn
quarter if that'Il tlmpt ye.-Philadel-
phia Bulletin.
The Jamesburg record., 1902-01-18
that they are wavY and curly.
HERE, THERE AND ELSEWHERE

1t is illegal to practice hypnotism
in Belgium.
The output of gold in Madagascar
increased from $4,000 in 1898 to $685.
600 in 1900
Nearly all the silk of Spain is pro-
duced in the province of Murcia.
This year its value was about $270,-
600.
Holland acquired all the remaining
private railroads in 1890. They are,
however, operated by two private
companies.
Until recently medical missionaries
were the only doctors in Madagascar.
The capital now has a school of medi-
cine and hospital.
England's hop crop approximates
100000 hundfedweight, while Ger
many's has fallen from 558, 800 hun
dredweight in 1900 to 313,50O in 1901.
The work of strengthening the
foundations and structure of the
Parthenon has been making progress.
The king of the Hellenes frequently
visits the temple and shows the keen
est interest in what is being done.
The Jamesburg record., 1902-01-18
BRITISH NAVAL CUSTOMS.
An Interesting Account of the Orfmtw
of . Number of Regular
Practices.

A fact not generally known is that
the black silk handkerchief which
Jack knots around his throat was first
worn as mourning for Nelson. and has
ever since been retained. The three
white stripes around the broad blue
collar of the sailors jumper commem-
crate the victories of Trafalgar, Copen-
hagen and the Nile. Thus, it has been
remarked, the Nelson legend affects
not only Jacks work, but his food and
clothing as well. The broad blue collar
itself is older than the great admiral
1t was first adopted at that period
when sailors plastered their hair into
a stiff pigtail with grease and powder,
says the London Family Herald.
At nine o'clock each night the sentry
in every ship in harbor fres off his
rifle. For the origin of this custom
we may have to look back to the days
of flint locks. Then, in order to test
the priming and see that his weapon
was in usable condition, the sentry had
to fire it off each night. There is no
necessity for such a test with modern
rifles, but the nine o'clock firing ia
religiously carried out.
Every officer or man climbing to the
quarter deck salutes. The origin of
this usage dates back a long way.
When England was a Roman Catholic
country crucifix stood on the quarter
deck of all ships. Every time any one
of the crew approached this holy SYM
boil he crossed himself. Out of that
has grown the custom of saluting the
quarter deck.
The Jamesburg record., 1902-01-18
FLOATING BUTTON FACTORY.
Boat on the Mississippi River with
Everything Needed-PrincipaI
Material Used.

Taking the factory to the raw
material, instead of bringing the
material to the factory, is an in
novation just put in operation on
the Mississippi river by button fac
tory, and it is plan that has many
practical advantages, says the New
York Herald.
This factory is boat 40 feet long
and 12 feet wide, fitted with all OF
manufacture of buttons, and provid
ed with three horsepower engine
for its work.
The principal material used by this
factory is mussel shells, which are
found at nearly all points along the
river, and one of the great expenses
in conducting the business hereto
fore has been the cost of transport
ing the shells. Now the factory has
reversed the operation and will GO
to the mussels.
When bed of the shells is found
the boat will drop it's anchor and &C
to work. When the bed is exhaust.
ed it will move on to a new location
In this fashion it will go from state
to state, from Minnesota to Louis.
lana, passing along with the seasons,
and always enjoying the most desir-
able weather of the Mississippi val.
ley.
On the boat the workmen have
their home, with all its comforts,
and with freedom from land rent and
the visits of tax collectors.
The Jamesburg record., 1902-01-18
CHILDREN OF THE CZAR.
All Girls and Their Care Is Intrusted
to an Irish Lady-An Affection
ate Father.

Although no boy has hitherto
blessed their hearth, four girls have
been born to their imperial ma ajesties
Olga, the eldest; Tatiana. Maria and
the more-recently-ar ba by, whose
sex was such disappointment to
the Russian nation. The care of these
children devolves upon Miss Edgar, an
Irish lady, and two Russian under
nurses. The children, however, occu-
py the same bedroom as their head
nurse, and the older ones also take
their meals with her, says Pearson's
Magazine. In their playroom the
mighty ruler of all the Russias is fire.
quently to be found gamboling with
his young daughters, whilst he never
allows a night to pass when he is at
home without making his way TO kiss
them before seeking his own room.
Self-interested kinsmen may ridicule
his efforts al reform; ak grinding and
imaginary plot discovering officials
may try to render his life terror, but
there is at least one pleasure of which
they cannot rob the czar. and that is
in connection with his home life.
The Jamesburg record., 1902-01-18
FLIES SPREADING TYPHOID.
Insects Are Chief Cause of Mortality
Among British Troops i'm South
Africa.

A British army surgeon who has long
been at the front in South Africa writes
an interesting letter to London med
ical journal from Harrowsmith. He
expresses the conviction that flies have
a great deal more to do with the raw
ages of typhoid fever than has been
generally suspected. He believes that
they are the chief cause of the fearful
mortality from the pest in South At
rica. He argues that inasmuch as ma
ture has designed them to convey pol
len on their legs from one plant to an
other, it is only reasonable to suppose
that they are equally capable of carry
ing and distributing the germs of dis
ease. He points out as remarkable
fact that, although there was terri
bic outbreak of enteric in Ladysmith
during the famous siege, when flies
abounded everywhere, there was none
last year, when there wa S also a nota-
Bile absence of flies. This latter phe-
nomenon he ascribes to the treatment
of all meat and other articles pecul-
iarly attractive to these winged nui-
sances with some sort of chemical
preparation which effectually kept
them off. The pernicious activity of
the fly obviously would make him a
most efficient agent for the diffusion of
poisonous microbes
The Jamesburg record., 1902-01-18
GIANTS CAN BE GROWN.
With Proper FOod and Exercise the
Growth of Man May Be Ac-
celerated.

The common notion of the physiolo-
gist that growth and development
are due to suitable diet and exercise
has formed the subject of some pecul-
lar experiments on the part of a
French doctor. He claims that he has
abnormally accelerated the growth of
children and animals by feeding them
on prepara ton of cereals, and that he
can make giants of those whose organ
Aaton in any way permits of such
extension.
A certain Bishop Berkeley succeeded
in similar feat long ago. He took a
male child and fed him in accordance
with system of his own. BY the time
the boy was 16 years of age he had at
tanned height of feet inches.
Moist foods, such as drinks of tea and
milk and other similar beverages, tend
to increase the stature, while dry and
splced foods and alcoholic drinks tend
to stop the development.
The Jamesburg record., 1902-01-18
ABOUT THE wooDcHUcK.
The Animal Is n Cousin OF ihe SH
reI-SIeeps All Through the
Winter.

Perhaps no wild mammal is more IA
miliar to country people than the
woodchuck. Every hillside and mead
ow is dotted with the small piles OF
earth which mark the doorway to his
home. The woodchuck prefers a hill
side or a knoll in which to dig his
hole. for here he can easily make the
end of his den higher than the begin
ming. thus avoiding the danger OF be-
ing drowned out.
What could be more snlike in gen
eral appearance than a woodchuck
and a squirrel? Yet they are cousins,
both belong to the same family OF
mammals The trim body, sharp claws
and agility of the squirrels make it
possible for them to lead an arboreal
life, jumping recklessly from branch
to branch, while the fabby form and
short legs of the woodchuck better
adapt him for digging than for run
ming or climbing.
The nature of the food of the wood
chuck is such, says a writer in Country
Life in America, that he cannot lay
up stores as the chipmunks do, nor is
it of such kind that it can be OBJ
tanned during the winter. The case OF
this creature during the winter seems
to be, therefore, one of "sleep long and
soundly or starve." During the win
ter's sleep or Information life proc
esses go on very slowly. Breathing is
reduced, and the heart-beats become
so slow and feeble that they cannot
be felt. They come from their win
ter's sleep about the 1st of March in
New York
The Jamesburg record., 1902-01-18
CO. IN rAvAL WARFARE.
fhe Fuei ply Is Great Factor
in success of Our
hurShIps.

The problem of naval success in war
Is problem of coal. A feet cannot oP-
crate with success if it must limit itself
10 defensive operations with homo
base; it must be ready to strike of
fensive.y in the spot where the stroke
will be the most effective, and TO DO
this it must have access to coal supply
at widely distributed points.
The report of Admiral Bradford,
chief of the equipment bureau of the
navy, shows how we are progressing
toward provision of sources of coal
supply. The progress is slow, but
gain is being made. We are is yet
without proper equipment of coa.ing
stations on our own coast; and while
we now have coaling stations on Mex
lean and japanese territory, we have
none in Cuba, and none in the direction
of Europe. In the Pacific and in Phil
ippine waters we shall soon be so we'll
equipped in this line that we shall not
be at a disadvantage in the far east.
An immense sum has properly been
spent in the last fiscal year to deposit
American coal at these widely scat
tered stations from Pichilinque. Mex
leo. through Hawaii. Tutuila and Guam
to Japan and the Philippines. Another
war would not see our navy so nearly
paralyzed by coal famine. says the
Black Diamond. nor so dependent on
the friendly offices of another power,
as it was in the Spanish war.
The Jamesburg record., 1902-01-18
WU AS AN ART CRITIC.
The Minister'S Outspoken Opinion of
Vos' Portraits of Chinese
Celebrities.

WI Ting Fang, the Chinese minis
ter, was exploring the Corcoran art
gallery one day last spring, evident
ly with the idea of impressing on his
mind the fundamental difference be-
tween the oriental and occidental
brands of art, says the Washington
Times.
Hubert Vos, the noted Dutch paint
er, happened to have on exhibition in
the Hemicycle number of portraits
of representative types of various
races. Mr.. Vos had strayed far
afeld in collecting his gems, and the
display included the presentments
of Tibetan Lamas, Indian rajahs,
Arabian chiefs, Japanese mobiles, and
Chinese mandarins. Among the lat
ter were the portraits of Prince
Ching and Ii Hung Chang.
The artist, with the diplomat in
tow, paused before these canvases.
'Who is that?" asked Mr.. WI,
pointing toward the picture of
Ching.
THAT is Prince Ching" replied
Vos.
''It don't look like him." was his
only comment, and the party passed
on to Earl Ii.
'Who's that?"
"That is Ii Hung Chang"
"It don't look like him." said the
minister again.
but it's only a three-quarters
view, you know said the artist,
apologetically.
sit don't look three-quarters like
him." said WI.
And later, when the remark hit
the chorus of sweet girl art students
who had been forming an animated
background, they retired without
and giggled.
Ambiguous.
Bella-But why did you refuse him
If you loved him?
Dora-Wel, you see, he said he
couldn't live without me, and il
aroused my curiosity!
The Jamesburg record., 1902-01-18

man from Dunedin once visited
the town of Wellington. An Irish
friend insisted upon the visitor STAY
ing at his house instead of at a bo-
tel, and kept him there for a month.
playing the host in detail, even to
treating him to the theaters and 9th
er amusements, paying all the cab
fares and the rest. When the visitor
was returning to Dunedin, the Irish
man saw him down to the steamer.
and they went into the saloon to
have parting drink.
"What'll you have?" asked the
host, continuing his hospitality to the
very last.
"Now, look here" said the man
from Dunedin, 'I'n hae nae mair o.
this. Here ye've been keepin' me at