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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-19
DR.PRICES
Greg" Baking Powder

Each time the United States Government
has officially tested the baking powders
the report has shown DR.. Prices Cream
Baking Powder to be Of superlative
lcavcning strength, free from alum, abso-
lutely pure and wholesome.
This is gratifying, for Dr.. Prices Cream
Baking Powder is Suspended upon BY mil
lions of people to raise their daily bread
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NOTE. These Government inquiries also
developed the fact that there are many
PHsce BAkiNo POWDER co. mixtures upon tine market made in mi
C*seAea tation OF baking powder, but containing
s alum or other causkc acid whose uSsi 10
food is dangerous s
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-19

Somerville Journal: No man real
ly has a sense of humor who isn't
willing to tell a good joke on himself.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-19

Vienna, Sept. 1.-THE Vienna
newspapers are inclined to treat M.
Pelletan's speech at Bizerta seriously
and to read the French minister OF
marine a severe lesson for his lack of
tact.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-19
Astonishes the English.

London, Sept. 17.-The English
press while paying much attention
editorially to M. Pelletan's amazing
speech, as it is generally termed, deals
with it Q in the light of polite
establishment at such a breach OF
manners than in any spirit of seri,
u fcrebodings with regard to it's
effects upon the peace of Europe. In
deed, there is a somewhat humorous
solicitude on the part OF leading Lon
don organs anent the feeling that M.
Pelletan is likely to have aroused in
Berlin and Vienna, to say nothing OF
the horror that is attributed to the
more responsible members Of his own
government.
marks humorously and commiserates
his fellow cabinet members. Relaps
Ing for a paragraph into a serious
strain the paper says:
ct is fer M. Pelletan's colleagues
and countrymen to remember that cir
cumstances might easily have arisen
In which a similar incontinence OF
tongue might entail the most serious
consequence and for them to reflect
whether it is prudent to expose
France and the world to such dangers
while M. Pelletan is growing accus
toned tc be q minister"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-19

Calling cards at Gazette ONCE.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-16
TOBACCO AND DEAFNESS.
Sense of Hearing and Is Related
to Catarrh.

Any relation between deafness and
the use or, rather, the abuse of to-
bacco is generally due to the irritant
effect of the latter on the upper pas
sages, whereby catarrhal conditions
are induced which may spread up
the euStachian tubes to the middle
ear. Thus the best explanation Tor
the chronic hardness of hearing some
times observed by smokers is that it
is due to a simple middle ear catarrh.
The possibility of chronic neuritis
of the auditory nerve analogous to
tobacco amblyopia, which Moss as
sumed to be the cause of smokers
deafness and tinnitus aurium, canndS
be denied; but, 50 far, no adequate
proof CT its occurrence has been
placed before us. In the December
number of the Birmingham Medical
Review, however, Stanley published
the interesting case of a soldier, in
valided home from South Africa for
enteric, who, on the voyage home,
smoked largely of a coarse, strong
twist, the only merit of which APP
peared to lie in it's cheapness. He de-
yeloped tobacco heart from this in
diligence, and with it complete deaf
ness. The condition was evidently
one of internal ear deafness. The pa
tient was told to give up smoking,
and when this order had been car
ried into effect for a month both
heart and hearing were greatly i'm
proved. 1t is unlikely that the deaf
ness can have been due to the enteric
fever, as the labyrinthine complica-
tions following that disease are very
unfavorable, and are certainly most
unlikely to improve without treat
ment. AS far as we can judge, the
case must have been one of auditory
neuritis due to tobacco poisoning,
condition of such rarity as to make
the case referred to of great impor-
tance.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-16
ss'35ssAGGA;5a9&!!(g;!Els
N0 -egA. -
THE FIREMAN'S PARADE.
the Elimination of Whisky
and Beer.

A thousand firemen paraded on a
hot July day without drinking beer or
whisky, and this is how it came about.
a charming village in western New
York, renowned for its life-giying
ozone, fine sanitarium, public library
and its freedom from saloons, begged
the privilege of entertainingth he County
Firemen's association for its annual
meeting and parade. For weeks the
public spirited folk made lively prep
arations for the coming of their guests
1000 firemen from IS towns. 1t was
to be a grand gala day.
Barrels of beer have been stored
in room in the engine house" was
whispered about shortly before the
eventful date. The white ribboners
were astonished and grieved, but timid
because influential voters and town dig
nitaries had put money into that beer.
What was to be done?
The proprietor of the sanitarium,
the lady elect of the town, was a
woman with the sort of gospel which
is both love and law. The courageous,
fearless spirit that burned in her was
like that of her grandmother, who rode
90 miles on horseback to urge John
Quincy Adams to legislate against the
sale of alcoholic liquors. She and a
few others rallied the faint-hearted
women, young and old. ane many
brotherly-hearted men gladly stood
by them. At a meeting of the union
committees were appointed and the
work Systematically arranged.
1t was a typical July day. of blazing
heat, when the thousand firemen in
costumes of blue, green, scarlet and
gray arrived, each company with its
band. How gay they looked, how stir
ring was the music and how they
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-16

marched with their hose carriages
loaded with flowers. from the station.
through Main street, past the hotel, to
the band stand in the square.
Not so feet away from the hotel a
novel and cheering sight greeted the
eyes of those perspiring, thirsty men.
1t was pretty rustic booth with white
draperies. festooned with evergreens
of hemlock and cedar. 4 conspicuous
sign across the front made the well
come announcements: ''Lemonade.
strawberry lemonOde. RASPBERRY
lemonade, currant lemonade. pine APP
pie lemonade, grape juice lemonade.
hot ginger tea, iced tea, and ice water,
All Free to Firemen."
1t was astonishing how soon the
front compartment of the little booth
was filled with firemen. They were
deity served by pretty and womanly
girls in holiday attire who stood be-
hind the counters that were in gor-
geous array. with their shining glass
pitchers and crystal tumblers filled
with cool, delicious fruit juices and
lemonade. In the rear compartment
on an oil stove a singing tea Kettle
was alwas ready to provide hot ginger
tea or hot lemonade. Here the women
received from the basement of an adj
jacent church the supplies that had
been prepared the night before. There
were two great crooks containing ten
gallons of lemon juice and sugar and
the merry hearted young workers had
taken extra pains to strain out every
seed. Near the crooks were great milk
cans of ice water and glass cans of the
brightest and clearest grape and berry
juices.
Relays of young women went to the
weary musicians with trays full of
tempting drinks and. the bands PLAYED
their liveliest airs with fresh vigor.
after draining the glasses trimming
with the unfermented juices of the
grape, currant and strawberry
"cups that cheered but did not inebri-
ate" After each march young men
with pals of lemonade and baskets
of tumblers hurried about among the
fremen until their thirst was salts
fed. The little white ribbon bow was
everywhere in evidence; the mother
hearted women were praying for the
boys as they worked.
Early in the day the ire of some of
the men was aroused when they saw
what the woI1c3 were doing and this
so scared one prominent woman that
she went to the leader and said: "I'm
afraid we've made a mistake-the men
are angry and say we are taking the
entertainment of the firemen out of
their hands. One man swore a great
oath and said he would keep the fire.
men away from us and our booth"
Still the good work went on cheerily
and swimmingly throughout the long
hot day.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-16

Where was the beer that had beer
purchased by the local chief and his al
lies for the delectation of the guests?
Safely locked up in the room where it
was stored, and the key mysteriously
lost; at least, no one seemed to know
where it was.
The firemen cheered the women and
their booth as they formed in line of
march for the station. and returned to
their homes sober and decent men.
The next week the village paper
contained letters from the different
companies thanking the ladies for
their delightful entertainment.
How far little candle throws its
beams In the weekly paper of an
other town in the same state this no.
tice recently has been printed.
NO Intoxicating liquors will be
served in the rooms of any of the fire
during the firemen's cOnven-
ton, in accordance with an agreement
with the ladies who assisted at the fire
mems fair."-Elizabeth p. Gordon, in
Union Signal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-16
TEMPERANCE GINTS.

A meeting of the Women's union of
the Church of England Temperance
society deplored the lot of the 100000
women employed in drinking bars, and
urged that barmaids be done away
with.
In order to prevent their employees
from entering the saloons at East
Pittsburg, Pa, the Westinghouse
Electric d Manufacturing company
has established at cost of $4,000 an
institution known as the Casino.
DR.. Lee, of Mississippi, declares that
if a man will eat raw onions and drink
whisky he will never have malaria.
Such man certainly ought to be an
object of fear if not of respect even
to malaria.-Chicago Chronicle.
A new convalescent home has been
opened at Brighton, England, by the
Sons of Temperance. At the dedica-
tory services Lady Henry Somerset
was represented by Mrs. Ward Poole,
who presented a portrait of her lady
ship to the home. 1t was received with
a vote of thanks.
The French Academy of Medicine has
advised the government to prohibit
by law the sale of absinthe, anisette,
vermouth and chartreuse. as well as
gin and all classes of ''bitters." Alco-
hol has been the bugbear of previous
opponents of the drink habit. but the
academy finds more dangerous con-
stituents than alcohol in the COM
pounds named and in some others.
Menelek, emperor of Abyssina, has
forbidden the sale of intoxicants in
any part of his dominions, and the
culprit who infringes this law Is liable
to the heaviest penalty. 1t is said that
the emperor felt compelled to take
these stringent measures by reason of
the lamentable excuses to which many
of his mobiles gave way. The emperor
is himself total abstainer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-16
Bishop Nicholson on Tobacco

Referring to the recent order of the
Northwestern Railroad company, for
bidding smoking to its employees while
on duty, Bishop Nicholson, of Milwau-
kee, in a letter issued to the clergy
men of his diocese, says that some of
the clergy may learn from this action
a useful lesson in morals and in those
measures which make men.
I'VE have never yet" he declares,
heard of any argument in favor of the
persistent use of tobacco. except that
of purely selfish indulgence. Men
whose vocation calls them to a daily
crucifXion of the flesh. and who are
supposed to be on duty day and night,
have no right to use such an argument.
We have never yet met with one sin
gle trace of moral good or of spirit
ual help of physical gain resulting
from the use of tobacco, but we have
seen untold evils and grave decadence
following in its train"
TO the clerical smoker we COM
mend this vigorous protest of this
fearless, moral and spiritual bishop.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-16
INNDUS1N&@a5
: .@zMEcHkhNss
DURABILITY OF WOODS.
Scientific Experime nts from the Re-
suits of Which Many Practical
Lessons May be Learned.

Experiments have been lately made
by driving sticks, made of different
woods, each two feet long and one and
one-half inches square, into the
ground, only one-half an inch project
ing outward. 1t was found that in five
years all those made of oak, elm, ash,
fir, soft mahogany, and nearly every
variety of pine, were totally rotten.
Larch, hard pine and teak wood were
decayed on the outside only; while
acacia, with the exception of being
also slightly attacked on the exterior,
was otherwise sound. Hard mahogany
and cedar of Lebanon were in tolerably
good condition; but only Virginia ce-
dar was found as good as when put in
the ground. This is of some impor-
lance to builders, showing what woods
should be avoided and what others
used by preference in underground
work. The duration of wood when
kept dry is very great, as beams still
exist which are known to be nearly
LOO years old. Piles driven by the
Romans prior to the Christian era have
Deen examined OF late and found to be
perfectly sound after an immersion of
nearly 1000 years. The wood of some
tools will last longer than the metals,
as in spades, hoes and plows. In other
tools the wood is first gone, as in wag-
ons, wheelbarrows and machines. Such
wood should be painted or oiled; the
paint not only looks well, but pre-
serves the wood. Petroleum oil is as
good as any other. Hardwood stumps
decay in five or six years, spruce
stumps decay in about the same time,
hemlock stumps in eight to nine years,
cedar eight to nine years, pine stumps
never. Cedar, oak, yellow pine and
chestnut are the most durable woods
in dry places.-Boston Budget.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-16
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Marine insurance is first mentioned
in 43 A. d. The Roman Emperor
Claudius insured one of his ships.
1t takes year to visit the islands
of Maine if one is visited every day.
There are just 365 of them.
The spoon is very ancient, and many
fine specimens are in existence that
were used by the Egyptians in the
seventeenth century b. C.
The most curious cemetery is stu
ated at Luxor, on the Nile. Here re-
pose the mummified bodies of millions
of sacred cats. Their remains are side
by side with the bodies of kings and
emperors in mausOleums.
Iowa has a law which provides for
the combining of habitual drunkards in
insane asylums. 1t is popularity known
as ''the old topper law" and its en-
forcement is reported to be having a
wonderful effect. Many men who for
years clung to the habit of getting
drunk regularly have reformed and
become more or less useful as citizens.
New York city revenues last year in
cluded $35.25O from concert licenses,
$31,S00 from theater licenses, $4,000
from a charitable bequest, $4,000
from railroad franchises, $3S, $40 from
licenses, $500 from the conscience fund
Exclusive of $25 contributed to this
same fund in Brooklyn and unclaimed
salaries and wages to the amount of
$4,000.
What is described as an ancient
drafts board" has been discovered in
Crete. 1t must by all accounts be
fine piece of work, since it is composed
of natural crystal, ivory, gold and
silver, but it is by no means unique.
Chess, drafts, or the game from which
both are derived, was known to nearly
all the ancient civilizations, and Greek
and Egyptian boards are by no means
uncommon.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-16

water are fed into the hopper at the
rear end as the drum is revolved, power
being obtained either from electric
motor connected to the trolley wire
or from steam engine. As the mate
rial becomes thoroughly mixed and
ready for discharge the pivoted beam
on which the drum rests is tilted for
ward, without interfering with the
rotation of the mixer, which then de-
livers a portion of its contents into
barrow set beneath the mouth, to
be wheeled to the exact spot where it
is needed in preparing the roadway.
or by keeping the machine in close
touch with the workmen the concrete
may be delivered direct to the road
bed without further handling. As the
machine can be built with large ca
pacity and is thorough in its work it
will probably be found more econom-
zeal in use than the fiat mixing boards
on which the concrete is now COM
monty mixed with hoes in the hands
of laborers. William j. Judd, of New
York city is the patentee.-Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-16
IN BEHALF OF THE LOBSTER.
United States Fish Commission to
Increase supply of Him In the
Future,

IL the lobSter-which comes near
to being the national sea foods
not preserved it will not be the fault
of the United States fish commission.
The commission has worked with ex-
ceptional industry this year to in
crease the number of Holsters in the
waters off the New England coast,
and there are signs that some prog
ress is being made, although the de-
mand is growing, says the New York
Mail and Express.
The great trouble about cultiva ting
Holsters is that if you put IL lob
sters-little fellows-into a vat, and
one happens to be a little older than
the others there will be but one lob
ster in the vat at the end of week.
This one lobster will be the Oldest
of the outfit, and the other Holsters
will be in him.
The lobster appreciates to the full
est extent the sweetness of his own
meat, and in addition there are many
species of fish that feed upon the
lobster. So, between the fondness
of the human race, the fishes of the
deep a1d Holsters themselves for
lobster meat the government has had
a hard time to prevent the extermi-
nation of the species.
The latest systems for Matching
and cultivating Holsters, however,
are proving n success, and there is
expected to be a gain in the supply
in the next few years. 1t may be
noted that crabs, both hard and soft
shell, are also nigh determination
from the same causes that get the
lobster into trouble. Crabs and beer
are quite the thing in Washington
in the summertime, but during the
present season the crabs have been
dispensed with because the supply
was not equal to the demand.-N. Y.
Mail and Express.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-16
ROTARY CONCRETE MIXER.
Designed to Replace the Bulky and
Clumsy Mixing Boards Now in
General Use.

While the apparatus shown below
may look a little like a cannon, it is
intended for the more peaceful service
of laying and repairing street pave
ments. With the machine concrete
can be mixed rapidly and discharged
at intervals as needed, the feeding of
the material and rotation of the
mixer not Interfering in any way with
the delivery. AS will be seen, rotary
drum is mounted on rollers on sup
porting carriage, with discharge out
let at one end and charging opening
at the other. The stone, cement and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-16
Some Facts About Moss.

familiar belief is that moss grows
chiefly on the north side of trees. The
notion is not established by science,
and an examination of many trees has
shown Prof. Henry Kraemer, Phila-
delphia botanist, that ten per cent.
had the moss on the west side, ten per
cent. on the northwest side, ten per
cent. on the north side, 90 per cent.
on the northeast side, 35 per cent. on
the east side, and Is per cent. on the
southeast side.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-16
FLAT-RooFED HOUSE FOR NARROW LOT

4 n HE perspective view and floor plans
NE as here shown represent plans and de-
signs for very neat, attractive and
low priced fat-roof dwelling house, suit
able for a narrow lot.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-16

coat Of wood filters and two good coats OF
interior varnish
Plans and designs for this house are
made by Stanley A Dennis, architect. Of
go Broadway, New York city.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-16
Cooking Reduces Meat Bulk.

Meat in cooking loses much Of
its bulk from evaporation - small
pieces more than large. In late expert
ments a pound piece of lean beef lost
45.6 per cent. in weight, but a five
pound piece was reduced only 1913 per
cent. Loss in nutrition was much less
than this would indicate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-16

This house as here shown can be erected
In most locations for about $1,000.
The floors throughout are of hard N. C.
pine flooring boards, finely tongued and
grooved
The sun., 1902-10-09

East fremont, Robert Edml,,on to Thomas
Booth 3yrs . -. 5000
rnlon av 6gI az Abraham n Iyon TO
Title Guarantee & Trust Co. ?yrs 7.in
Washington aN. e E 1875 lO5th st. Mar.
carrt + Ncbel TO Henrietta Schubert. due
Oct !. 1906. ..... 1000
White Plain, ri. n cor 6th 81. Wakefield
John Bauer. Jr 10 LOUIS Fleischmanu
due Var h ~. 1909. q per cent 5000
10th ~, :. 3n5 ith a., Makcfrld Paul
9 Peterson to Ar,in ? Kcccr yrs 1000
iio'h -. = sl?B Wills aN Theodore
kocrige to Elkau Kahn, lEs'als due
oct /. ip0j. ~ per cent ' 5000
ii7'h 81, n : i32 10 . bergen AN, Aubrey G.
HYtcheSon to Title lnS 90 of y y. .3yrS. II no
Lots al and ii2 block P amended map
p Rose, Mapts estate Theodoyr II SCnrcp
pei 20 Hudson Rose. prior mtgc 9 sOn
due Nov /. 1895 eco
Lot rs, map Sec !. ~ Raymond Park Lib
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!. 1893 .... ......... a35
Lot IS map Nclll Estate Katherine Ian
caster 20 adelaide GroSSnan, instals
per cent, gold .......-',.',..' 80
The sun., 1902-10-09
Recorded Lenses,

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RarAelr Ia porla and nno, 3 yrs. ....... s3enO
18th -. 60; f. William Connolly. by com.
mlttee. to James Smith, yrs ... ....... 5ss
sth av, 93l Oulngcr Bros TO Herman Bros.
yrs ..,.. .... ......... ....... :2oo-o 600
3lst ST. ~ "; Louis l. seaman TO Gustav
Sat'lcr and ano. 10 80 5 900
Hcl,c, iyrs.,.,.. '..,..'.|." 5000
Avenue \. %, n " cor 9th ST. Frcdericllc
StrOhcim ct al, trustees. to Solomon
Kaz, W. ........,. ,;........,. I.,io
Dclanccy 81. ., sam Goldberg TO FinRcl-
stein. ? yrs ? mos: -. ,-... ,.''".'. 7,o
Rvin Vion 81. 1853; NJ Kcrnpc to Beer & Roscn-
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sd ST. n =, 2753 e sth av, 10. .axS aXieexli7 7i0
William Engel vs. William p Donnelly, atty l. y
Goebe
97Ih st. g. "a " Centra, Park West. is,iOoIi
Jos.pha Young, cXcr, &c, VS. John \ Rockford
ct al. atty " Powell,
Morton 81. Ss 40: william 4 Boeckei vs. Thomas
Eagleton ct al; atty. r. Jacobs,
ili,h 81. n cor sth av. l2syl0o.li and Ii7th II,
IS, 15O W sth av, OIlOoli, four actions Donald
II Touccy VS. James II Cassidy ct al. atty, " 4
Elliott
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ct al; attys. Lindsay, X X 4 p,
Rivlngton st, Sw cor Mangin q. "a +ix7S; broadway
Trust Go VS. Abraham y Harrison atty. l.
Bamhcrgcr.
The sun., 1902-10-09
Mechanics Liens.

?O2d 81 ~ 81 I: George Koerhcr VS. David
De Nenny. Jr ............ ......... ........ s37
Lexington av. 57i. John J Falihcc vs.
Amelia Brundagc ......... ..,........... II
West End av 5li same VS. Ann : Young o
9th -. 10 ~ "; lippner 4 Gordon VS.
Catherine " HoeZlc ,.--...--..... ........ $40
Broadwey 3i3a s. and 600 " i25ih St
Alfred u MacLaughlin vs. John Jordan o
5s,h 81, Is 10 z; Christian Huber ~ Henry
I TODlity ........ ............. ia