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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-23
WHERE GAME is PLENTY.
1t Is Abundan In Spottsylvania
County, Va.

q
County. Va.
"A mar behind a gun he knows how
to use with SKILL said Dr.. James
Chancellor Of S~pottsylvania county the
other evening at the Metropolitan to a
reporter of the Washington Star, "can
have a great deal Of sport in my sec
ton these autumn days. Squirrels,
wild turkeys and deer abound in good
numbers, especially in the region known
as the Wilderness. AS for rabbits, they
are too common for us to pay much at
tention to them. Now that the leaves
are dropping from the trees a nan who
is a good rifle shot can pick off the
squirrels with comparative ease. Par
trfdges are also quite numerous, but
not more numerous than the wild hogs
that roam the vast forests at this sea.
son Of the year.
ut is the custom of the farmers to
let their hogs run wild and live on
the grubs they can dig up in the sum-
mer, while in the fall they fatten on the
acorns, %beechnuts and chinquapins
that fall to the ground. The female
hogs rear their young in the solitudes
of the vast forest, and they and their
progeny become as wild as those which
roam the forests of northern Europe.
The boars Of the herd are large and
dangerous animals to meet unless yor
are well armed, and the man who cor
ners one will find on his hands all the
excitement he is yearning for. When
the average farmer wants fresh pork,
he sallies forth with his gun and drops
a hog. skins him where he falls and
.replenishes his larder."
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-23
IN HUNTING.
Frenchman Projects Shooting Range
to Save Travelling Expenses.

frenchnE0n projects Shooting Range
to Save Travelling Expenses.
M. de Pontbriand purposes to organ
ize a shooting society and lay out a
shooting range. which will furnish all
the excitement of big game shooting
without the attendant Inconvenience
of a long journey at vast expense, says
a Paris cable dispatch to the Chicago
Record Herald. The proposed grounds
are to be circular. Enclosed by a high
bullet proof embankment. They will
be full Of trees and underwood, cut up
by five concentric, circular tracks; also
several alleys radiating from the cen
ter, where the shooters will stand.
There the game will be chased by
hounds round the outer track, and
sportsmen will shoot down the alleys.
The game would include everything
from wolves. deer and wild boars down
to rabbits.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-23
Wasted Water.

1t is about twelve months since the
boring operations in the Simplon tun-
mel let loose the unsupported reservoirs
Of water which have been flowing ever
since in a deluge that almost defies
imagination. According to the Tribune
de Geneve, the stream has been cease
less ever since, pouring through the
tunnel at the rate of about 200 gallons
a second, day and night-that is to say,
every week for the last year has seen
the absolute wastage Of 12O, 600, 900
gallons of water.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-23
No One Made "a Motion.

kin any II make Il motiOn?' asked
one of the audience. Gents" said
Alkali Bill, chairman Of the meeting.
as he laid his revolvers on the table,
'towin' to the general custom of wear
in weapons in these parts l trust NJ
one will make a motion."-Philadel-
Dhia Record,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-23
SIG WIN SErNriSeI.

Mrs. NeiGilbGrs- WHAT'S that awfuI
racket in the next room?
MIS-. lto:IGer-Oh, that's only my
husband dressing to go downtown.
Mrs. Npighbors-Indeed! I've heard
folk So: lie WAS Il loud dresser. but |
had IN .uaa it was anything like that.
-Cn.r..-O News.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-23

At an auction art sale the other day
a marine view was about 10 be knocked
down at a handsome figure when
bluff sailor. w'ao H.. happened to wan
der in. cEc!uiM i e"!neatly:
"My stars. if there amt Il vessel
drifting OH to the rocks with Il strong
breeze Elow!.- o~Gs..~ri.'
The artist tool his work hCMe to re
arrange the wind.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-23
An Oddly Of the Stage.

An extraordinary stage novelty is
announced from Vienna. Count Stag
ard. who is to play shortly the charac-
ter of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. will
have as realistic accessories a thousand
tame rats, which will follow him on
the stage as he pipes.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-23
FAMINE IN FINLAND,
Destitution and Starvation for 400.
900 People.

st. Petersburg, Dec. 21.-Four hun
dred thousand persons are reported
to be destitute and starving as a re
suit of the crop failure in Finland.
The Anglo-American church has I'm.
dertaken to feed and clothe the
school children of four Finnish par
ishes, and Pastor Francis has issued
an appeal for assistance in this work,
He says the conditions today are
worse than those of 1867. when 100
600 persons died.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-23
Coal to Be worthless.

; Apropos Of Lord Kelvin's assertion
that in 400 years the coal Of the world
will be used up. NJ. Cartlcux, chief ell
gineer of the Northern Railway of
France, says that in ten years, between
petroleum and alcohol, coal mining
will not pay.-Baltimore American.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-23

Siberian merchants are loudly CON-
planning that Manchuria and ports in
Siberia are flooded with American,
German, Japanese and other foreign
goods and hat Russian trade is dis
appearing. Energetic measures are de-
manded. particularly a frontier guard
sufficient to prevent smuggling.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-23
A Mean

Magjstrate-It's very disgraceful that
you should beat your wife.
Prisoner-Well, yer honor, she ag-
graw"ted ME by keepin' on sayin' she'd
ave me hup afore than bald eaded hold
'uMl;lg. melnin' yer honor.
agistratr-IOU'rc discouraged.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-23
A Bachelor. Cost Of Living.

II the average bachelor, with a mil
hona1re's income, not the fellow who
goes in for ~eXtravagant fads. but the
man who maintains good social posi-
ton and who entertains literally, were
to balance up his personal account for
the year, it might contain these charges
without comparative extravaganza:
House or apartment and service..... $40, 900
.valet 500
CLUBS LOCO
restaurant and entertaining. ....... IL, 900
Clotnlng 5000
automobiles 5000
Chartered yacht 10, 900
Cards 5000
Bad loans 5000
Horses. coach, groons, etc........... 10, 1000
These are the more or less fixed
items If expense. and any one who
has ever attempted to keep Il personal
account knows, that when YOU have.
put down the necessary expenses you
may add almost as much fer the
thousand and one things that may be
grouped conveniently under the head
OF Incidental expenses" In a gen
eral way it may be said that the mil
liOnaire bachelor who spends from
$4,000 to 100000 a year is living his
life in accordance with the demands.
Of Ii time Oh men of wealth.-Ains-
lees.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-10

France, 10 lie enriched with the art
treasures that great wealth can alone
command. to excel in the extravaganza
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-10
Rockefeller's Three Palaces

beauty than now. It is simply a large
white wooden dwelling.
The lodge is all of stone. and al
though il has but one story its peaked
roof gives IL an impressive appearance.
The only occupants Of the lodge are
the gatekeerer and his family. but
there are a number of apartments for
those who go TO Forest Hill to see
Mr.. Rockefeller or the members OF his
family. The principal room is the re-
ceptlon hall, which occupies the larger
part of the ground floor. Here those
who go TO see MIR. Rockefeller wait
while the residence is communicated
with to find Il whether or not Mfr.
Rockefeller will see the persons who
call. The p-ortecochere is large enosgh
so hat two or three carriages may
stand under 1t at . tine. and callers
can go from their carriages to the re-
ception room without leaving It's cover.
Inside the lodge the walls and floors
are largely of white marble, and there
are English windows. wide llreplaces
ana whatever else Is needed TO make
the lodge comfortable and beautiful.
The lodge stands just inside the large
iron gates at which some one always
stands unless they are locked. The
whole OF the Euclid avenue front OF
Forest Hill is shut off from the street
by n high fence. and the white lodge
inside the fence gives the approach TO
the Rockefeller home a feudal appear
nce OF protection that always attracts
the attention of strangers.
The beautiful grounds. with the
handsome residence on the eminence
in the distance, is quite a Mecca for
visitors to the city. It Is regarded as
one of the sights OF Cleveland. IL can
be seen from the main railroads east
and west and from most of the street
cars which traverse Euclid avenue.
Not long ago Mr.. Rockefeller gave to
the city 600 acres OF land in this vicin-
ity for a park and the city is now i'm
proving it with beautiful d~riveways
and walks.
The New York city residence of the
family of John ID. Rockefeller is In
West F%ifty-fouTth street and is not
especially imposing and not a. all os-
tentatious. Here the financieT, after
his days routine work. has loved tc
spend his evenings with his family
1t is u beautifully furnished house
despite the early economies of the mas.
ter.
Another favorite residence of thu
family is located at Greenwich, Conn
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-10

With the accumulated hundreds of
millions that have come to John ID.
Rockefeller he has established sew
eral of the finest residences to be found
In America. The two most notable OF
these are Forest Hill, on East Euclid
avenue, Cleveland. o.. and near larry
town. on the Hudson.
Mr.. Rockefeller purchased his coun-
try residence and the surrounding
grounds in 1894 for SG53. 600. To this
he added in 1897 $4,000 worth OF land
in Sleepy Hollow. Then he bought 2O7
acres. comprising the Kingsland farm.
Tor which he paid 5000 an acre.
1t is on the bold emlnence of Kykuit
hill, overlooking the Sleepy Hollow
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-10

promised to do great Things II elected
One day, as the rival candidates
went down the street together, they
were Joined by the judge of the court.
He stepped in between them, taking
each young man by the arm. What
arc you boys making all this fuss
about?" he Queried.
I'VE want to be states attorney. -
they replied In unison.
'Well,' said the judge. laughing. IL
ought to take some interest in the
matter. but / don't. No matter which
one of you is elected. there will be TO
criminals sent to Jail"
Cannon, telling the story. says that
h, was elected, but whether II was be-
cause he was the better or the poorer
lawyer, he has never been able to
tell.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-10

and magnificent surroundings. would
rank with many of the fine city resi-
dences. but at Forest Hill IL becomes
the central figure of an immense estate.
The immensely Of Mr.. Rockefeller's
holdings here would indicate that he
does not propose to be outdone by even
the lords and barons Of monarchical
lands. Eight hundred acres, with for
ests. brooks. gardens. walks, drives,
golf grounds and residences OF atten-
dants. form one of the most interest
ing sights of the buckeye state.
The Rockefeller residence is even
larger than it appears in the picture.
II towers above the old shade trees.
which are on a level with 1t. There
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-10
RocKEFELLER's rARRYToWN CASTLE.
Handsome structure ON the Hudson Bunt by the Millionaire.

entrance when the family is to go for
a drive. The porch is n wide one and
here and there is furnished with rugs.
small tables and chairs of fine wicker.
There are, too. some very common
looking chairs, and several of the porch
rugs cannot be said to possess any
particular elegance. The interior of
the house is finished In the dark-col-
ored woodwork Of the day In which II
was built. The interior, though hand
somely furnished. does not differ ma
terially from the ordinary fine resi-
dence Of the wide and long hall type.
Not a single Cleveland workingman
was employed in the erection o: the
elegant stone lodge at the entrance to
Forest Hill. 1t is one of the most
n%oticeably beautiful pieces of architec-
ture on the outer portion of the ave-
nue.. Architecturally it is the creation
of Charles w. Hopkinson of Cleveland.
but when it came to putting the archi-
tect's plans into stone Mr.. Rockefeller
brought the workmen from his place at
Observation-Disclosures
Although the building Is only a
lodge, il is really a more imposing
structure than the Forest Hill house it.
self. The house Is OF wood and not
particularly impressive in any way,
having been erected years ago, when
less attention was paid 10 architectural
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-10
PROGRESS IN TREE SURGERY.
lives OF Many Are Now saved 10y
Timely Operntions.

lives of Many Are Now saved 10y
Timely Operations.
here has also been very great progress
n tree surgery or the methods of
t%reating trees and %shrubbery when IL
becames necessary to apply the knife
Or pruning shears. Many u tree Is
living today hat would have died a
few years ago from causes that would
hen have brought on death, but which
today are successfully treated.
An instance of this progress can be
seen in the Simon Cameron tree, as
the spreading elm near the footpath
eading from New Jersey venue to the
south wing of the capital in washing
ton Is called. This tree received its
While surgery as applied TO man has
made great strides I'm recent years,
name by which it is universally known
now when the elder Olmstead laid out
the capitol grounds and provided for a
footpath which would have made nee
essary the removal of the stately old
elm that was so greatly admired by
Senator Simon Cameron. Mr.. Cam
eron interested himself in saving the
tree with the result that 1t was al
lowed to stand in the center OF a
space that would otherwise have been
covered with a granolithic walk.
The tree fiourished until a year ago,
when an amputatlon became neces-
sary. One of It's big limbs, showing
signs of decay. was cut Off. The OPP
Grafton was successful enough. but the
wound being left open, in the course Of
time decay set in. The decay vas
working into the very yitals of the
elm and would have killed 1t in a few
years, but recours was taken to an
operation that Is o very frequently
applied in tree surgery. The decayed
portion was scraped on and "A cover
ing of asphaltum was placed over it TO
arrest further decay. The tree is now
as well off. says the Washington Star.
az would be a man with a limb am
putated and properly dressed with an
tiseptics. In the course of time the
wound will probably be healed and the
tree will be perfectly healthy again.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-10

Of its interior establishment Of rare
marbles. costly bric-a-brac, priceless
tapestries and plate.
John ID. Rockefeller, Jr.. proposes
that the new house OF Rockefeller
shall be the finest country seat in the
country.
The new stable on this estate is
about complete. 1t cost $3.50, 900 and is
built OF highly polished granite. The
building cover more nan 500 square
feet. II is three stories high. count
ing the basement, which will be used
for farm wagons. II is replete with
the most modern improvements, in
Guiding spiral stairways. two electric
elevators. grOoms' rooms finished in
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-10
A Filipino Graveyard.

81 saw a great many peculiar thingA
in my travels TO the Orient last sum
mer," observed Mr.. Kahn OF California
to a Washington Post reporter, as he
paused a moment in the House CORR
dor, but the most grewsome OF all
was the Pace cemetery near Manila.
DO you know that they follow the
custom of many Spanish communities
there In the interment of their dead?"
asked the ex-actor. THE poor people.
OF course, fare worst. Those with
wealth can buy a niche in the eme
terry for $l2S Mexican, which Is approx
imately $65 in our money. There they
may bury their dead permanently. But
those who are unable TO purchase a
niche secure a place temporarily for
something like 500 in Mex, the short
word for that kind OF silver in the
east. AT the expiration of five years
the skeletons OF those poor people are
taken u OF their resting places and
dumped into a black hole. a veritable
boneyard. | don't know when | have
seen anything that so Impressed me
with its horrifying phases as this
dumping ground for all that remained
OF the pool Fillpinos. | visited the
Ponca cemetery on a rainy day. and
the CHASTITY heap in this depression OF
the earth rises before me in my dreams
and haunts me-
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-10
COOKING BY THE SUMS RAYS.
Novel Plan Invented by Man from san
Francis co.

ENONtl 81 hhfNhh's ~ "'h " P"h
Francis co.
Cooking by the heat of the sun Is a
novel idea. but suggests economy. and
is certainly practicable II there is no
exaggeration in the claims made by
a San Francisco inventor in behalf OF
a newly patented contrivance.
The apparatus consists OF a sort of
over made in the shape of a r%ectangu-
lar box, open on one OF its four sides
Through glass; to the direct rays OF
the sun, and similarly exposed on an
other side to solar rays reflected
from a series of prismliko mirrors.
Inasmuch as the box and mirrors are
adjustable at various angles. the rays
OF the sun may be concentrated upon
the inside of the oven at any hour OF
the day.
The oven Is set upon one edge.
Whereas the upper two sides are of
glass. the lower two sides are OF wood.
and the whole box. save for the two
glass sides, is double-walled and lined
with felt and sawdust. Thus, glass
being also a nonconductor. the heat
that enters the box does not easily get
out again. In fact, II there were water
inside, it is claimed that 1t would
| quickly boil on a sunshiny day.
The internal arrangement OF the
oven consists OF three shelves which
remain horizontal no matter at what
angle the box is placed. On these
shelves baking is done. Along the
top edge OF the box extends a Nat
piece OF metal, hollow inside. into
which hot air Is admitted from the
oven beneath. This is a broiler. and
the inventor says that one may cook a
steak on 1t nicely.
One advantage of the solar method
Of cooking it that it is clean. No fuel
has to be supplied. and there are no
ashes to emove. II Is a process that
recommends itself most strongly,
therefore. to the neat and thrifty
housewife.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-10

natural pine. electric lights and motor
fans.
Work is already going forward in the
matter of laying out the grounds which.
the Rockefeller castle will dominate.
The estate will be transformed into a
splendid private park, with game pre-
serves. artificial lakes brooks. gar
dens. greenhouses full Of marvellous
'growths, waterfalls and miles of ro-
mantle walks.
Mr.. Rockefeller's Cleveland home has
no ~brown-stone front, not even one
of brick. 1t is a frame building,
painted white. with but little trim
ming. IL stands three stories high,
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-10

made immortal by Washington lrv-
ing and sacred, therefore, in the an
mails of American literature. the an
cestral palace of John ID. Rockefeller.
the first Millionaire, will shortly be
erected.
This magnificent castle to be built
by the richest man in the world. will,
when completed, be conferred upon his
son, john ID. Rockefeller, Jr.. who, as
lord of the Pocantico hills. will rule an
estate vast and imposing.
The Rockefeller castle is to cost, at
the very least computation. 81, 900, 900,
to initiate all that is most imposing in
the feudal castles Of England and
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-10

Representative Cannon began his
political career by running for states
attorney in his town. His opponent
was another young lawyer, who, like
Cannon, had not made much Roadway
in the practice of law. but both can
didates wen upon the stump and
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-10

are two main entrances to the spacious
halls of the first floor. One is at the
front, the steps from the porch at this
point leading directly to the lawn
within a few feet of the long slope.
The other entrance is opposite the
carriage porch on the east side. The
family carriage pulls up in front of this
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-10

It's worse to bleach your hair than
to wear a wig, but you could offer o
million dollars reward for a woman
with hair on her head that would agree
with you, and you'd never find her.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-10
sultan's Pet i.ious.

Among the pets of the Sultan of Nc,
rocco are seven lions. These he per-
mits to range the courtyards of the
palace at night, to act as guards to the
royal harem.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-07-24
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS
MR.. DEMPSEY HERE TODAY
MAKING ADMINISTRATION.

J. Fletcher Dempsey, one Of the
railroad commissioners, is in the city
looking over the |. O. property here.
He came down to attend the oonven-
tion and at the solicitation Of the
mayor remained over long enough to
make an investigation. The mayor
during a recent trip to Frankfort in
vestigated the !. O. property assess
ment and found that in the year 1901
they gave in 2.97 mileage and this
year 3.2s. A further examination did
not show that they had ever given in
the river front property here and this
is what Mr.. Dempsey Is looking up.
He will make a report today probably.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-07-24

The daily paper had problems OF
this kind, but it is laboring to live
them down. Each day must bear its
own news and earn its revenues.
There can be no idle days, no suspen
sion, no interruption of the current.
The manager who looks to long dull
period in any business, who accepts it
as foregone conclusion, should read
just himself to prevailing conditions
or give place to some ADLER man.
Mosi failures in business are due to
"a tired feeling" The business man
cannot afford to get tired. He must
labor necessarily to alter cd verse con-
ditions. He must strive and strive in
oessantly to create traffic, whether he
is managing a newspaper, a novelty
factory, a department store or rail
road.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-07-24
GRAND LARCENY.
NEGRO CHARGED WITH STEAL.
ING SEQ AT A DRUG STORE.

Allie jackson. colored, was arrest
ed this morning by Officers Tom Orr
and lobe Etter on the charge of grand
larceny.
1t is alleged that he took $40, one
ten dollar bill and two Ave dollar bills
from the cash drawer Of the Yeiser
and MoElrAth drug store on South
Third street. Mr.. Joe Yeiser, one Of
the firm, had Just placed the money
in the cash drawer while the negro,
who was employed to do odd jobs
about the store, was seated in the
rear of the building. Mr.. Yeiser was
called to the front of the store and
then out on the pavement and when
he returned jackson was emerging
from behind the counter. He was
asked what he had been doing behind
the show case and he made some tri.
vial excuse and left the store. The
money was soon missed and the war
rant issued.