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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-31
For Sale.

TX dairy farm, situated one mile
south Of Billings, consisting Of 26O
acres, together with farm implements.
Milk business with four cows and
dairy utensils can be had in connec-
ton or separately. Enquire on prem
ises. 94-8
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-31
It Saved His Lea.

P. A. Danforth of LAGRANGE. Ca,
suffered for six months with a fright
full running sore on his leg, but writes
that Bucklen's Arnica Salve wholly
cured it in five days For ulcers,
wounds, piles, it's 3ade best salve in the
world. Cure gaasanteed. Only 25c
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-31
Use DYNAMITE,

G~reensburg, Kas., March 26.-Three
men early today wrecked the vault
and safe of the State bank at Greens
burg with dynamite and got away
with $500. They escaped on a freight
train.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-31
we Are Here with the Goods.

We have a large and complete stock
of garden, flower, field and grass
seeds, namely, alfalfa, mi1let,. timothy,
blue grass, clovers, red top, spring
club soft wheat. Scotch fife hard
wheat, seed oats, rye, onion sets, 20
tatoes, ETC., etc. Order at once and
be sure of getting what you want.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-31
For Sale or Trade.

Four room dwelling and five lots In
West Side addition, will sell at .
bargain, or exchange for live stock.
Edgar B. Camp, Billings, Mont, Real
Estate and Livestock Broker. d-sw-tf
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-31
Was the Pastor s"pisorderiy.y

VIZ tne P60s0T OJS0TUetJy.'
Chicago, March 27.-Rev. ]. D..
Woods Of Evanston, who was accused
several weeks ago of tying his 17-year-
old son to a bed and chastising him
because the boy smoked and stayed
away from home evenings, wal ar
rested last evening on complaint Of
Justice Boyer IN a charge of disorder
ly conduct.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-31
Wanted.

Wanted.
To buy bounty CLAIMS. At once
front room over w. B. Ten Nyck's.
Montana avenue.
3Stf DIR. CLIFF LINDSEY.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-31
sHEARlNo PENS
At the Twenty.Mile Ranch, on Mus
selsheli Road.

The undersigned has established
shearing pens for the accommodation
Of sheepmen at the Newton ranch.
Every facility for the handling Of any
number Of sheep will be provided at
reasonable prices. For further infOr-
nation apply at the ranch or address
94-8f G. G. HESKETT, Billings.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-31

ST. JOHNS COUGH CURE WIN
:ure rour couch. Sod BY Chapple
Drug @,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-31
HAS SIX WELL KNOWN MON.
TANA,
pERHAM FOR FIRST BAsI
Story Getting Uneasy in East-Wouid
Like to Come West and
Play Ball.

Butte, March 26.-It was announced
yesterday that w. T. Perham of Red
Lodge has signed with John j. Nc
Closkey to play first base on the San
Francisco team of the Pacific North.
west league. The deal was consum-
mated by wire, McCloskey being now
in st. Paul or Minneapolis.
It is also understood that Mcintyre,
formerly third baseman on the Butte
team, is no longer under the official
ban and that he has signed with Nc
Closky. Joe Marshall, former cap
tain of the Spokane team, who has
signed with McCloskey, has been or
lered to report in San Francisco at
once, and it is eveident that McClos-
key has nearly completed his work
in the east. :
Old Butte Men.
Dave Zearfoss, Pete Bowling and
Lefty Houtz, all formerly Of the Butte
team, will play with McCloskey. This
gives Honest John" six men and
means that he will not have to look
about in the east for players as much
as was generally expected. They will
form a nucleus for his team and as
they all have regulations in the west
and northwest, the public will not
have to wait for them to try out be.
fore knowing what they can do.
Perham, McCloskey's latest acquisi.
ton, played last year with the Red
Lodge team. He is one of the fastest
first basemen in the west, is a heavy
hitter and is never known to lose his
head in a game. He has, since the
disruption of the state league, been re
siding in Red Lodge, where he is the
proprietor of a bowling alley, and
where he also follows the business 81
contracting.
Wants to Come West.
1t is reported that Bert Story, who
caught for the Red Lodge team las
year, and who is now in the east, has
manifested a desire to come wes'
again for the baseball season. He il
a heady receiver, a heavy sticker, ant
is always in the game. He has hat
several good offers from eastern
teams playing in minor leagues, but il
a letter to one of his Montana friends
states that the people there do mo-
seem to stay with the game like the
fans of the western states.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-31

ST. loHN's HEADACHE CURE
VII sure your headache. Sold by
Chapnle nrug CO.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-31

Mrs. Hardness, Mrs. Hammond and
Mrs. Hathhorn entertained the Ladies
Aid of the Congregational church
Wednesday afternoon. The meeting
took place at the residence of Mrs.
Hathhorn. The ladies brought their
own fancy work and the occasion
proved to be a very social one, as
well as quite a success financially.
Ice cream, cake and coffee were serv-
ed for which 10 cents apiece was
charged. Mrs. Drum and Mrs. Bair
assisted in serving refreshments. The
next meeting will be held at the
church and will be strictly a business
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-09-26
Engine Room Heroes.
rom benjamin brooks in serIbner.

From Benjamin Brooks in Scribners.
Nobody who has not been to sea can
imagine all the things that can happen to
a ship machinery nor properly estimate
the cleverness and ingenuity used up in
repairs The youth who leaves his shop
full Of wonderful and costly machines has
another complete education waiting for him
at sea in the wonderful things that can be
accomplished in time with plain, ordinary
hammer and chisel. rather wornout file
and great deal Of ingenuity. | should
ike to have been aboard that steamer dis
abled in the Red sea where they took a
boat dayit, Strengthened it out in rivet
forge. made new boiler feed pump piston
rod out of it and went on again, or, better
still, on the ship that lost propeller and
the end of her tail shaft off the west coast
Of Africa, to replace which they were
obliged to move her cargo, pump her for
ward compartments full to sink her bow
aud raise her stern out Of water, drag the
broken shaft, several tons in weight, out
through the long alley too low and cramped
to stand up in, plug up the hole behind
it, drag in the spare shaft and couple it up
and lower the new propeller down over the
stern, all while she kicked and wallowed in
heavy sea, and finally had to lower the
chief engineer over after the propeller,
where he sat tied to a flimsy staging max
Ing all fast and secure while the vessel
iouneed him up and down in the sea till he
bled at the nose and ears and the crew kept
the sharps at bay with pistols aud boat
hooks to prevent them from eating him up
before he finished the job. That was sew
enty two hours in which the young and
aspiring engineer might learn hest of
valuable and interesting things.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-09-26
Charles CarrolTs Bravery.

League Prize story in the September St Nicholas
There is one episode in history which
made great impression on me the hrst
time | remember hearing about it, and
that impression has not been lost or even
become fainter in the years that have
passed since.
1t happened in July, l776, when
group of men, the representatives of the
American people, were gatherd together
about a table, singing their names to that
great work known as the Declaration of
Independence.
Among the last to come forward was
man from Maryland, and after writing his
name. Charles Carroll, one of the others
said to him, ''If England ever gets us in
her power we are sure to be hung as trai-
tors. But there are other men in the
colonies by the name of Charles Carroll,
so YOU have more of chance to escape.
For moment there was silence then
Carroll picked up the pen and after his
signature wrote the words OF Carroll
ton the only man in all those ffty-six
to tell the name of the town in which he
lived
Other things, perhaps, of far more i'm
portance to the world have taken place
than when Charles Carroll wrote the name
of his town after his own; but the remem-
brance of his unselfshness and bravery
will ever be treasured in my mind as an
evidence of those qualities which | most
admire.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-09-26
Useful To Know.

The very best way of doing up fine
handkerchiefs and pieces of lace is to spread
them, when ready for drying, evenly upon
the surface of mirror. When dry they
will fall off, looking as if beautifully ironed.
After removing kid gloves from the
hand when it is very hot breathe into them
once or twice This helps to prevent the
kid stiffening.
Stains on marble can often be removed
by rubbing with salt Polish afterward
with soft cloth.
Soap should never be rubbed on silk
underwear. Put the garments in soap
suds and sqeeze gently between the fingers.
They should be pressed on the wrong side
with a moderately hot iron.
Lettuce can be kept fresh best by set
ting them stem downward in a shallow
bowl of cold water. If inconvenent to do
this, roll them up in newspaper to keep
the air from them.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-09-26
His Second Thought.
From Lippincott'S.

From Lippincotts.
Back in the good old days when nerves
and railroads were little known an old stage
road ran from Lake Champlain to Ogdens-
burg, n Y, passing through the little
town of Sodom. This village nestled in
valley between two great hills, over which
the white ribbon of the road wound steep
ly.
Upon one of the trips of the stage the
regular driver, who had been at home for
some weeks recovering from an illness, was
riding inside, while the red haired, mild
featured. biz boned Irishman acting as his
substitute occupied the driver seat upon
the box The day was a beautiful one,
and the passengers were enjoying their
drive keenly, their appetites increasing as
the diitance lessened between them and
the town of Sodom, with its promised pause
for refreshment
suddenly as the heavy stage numbered
over the brow Of the hill, down which the
road plunged at sharp angle, running
through the little town at its foot and as
cending the hill beyond the passengers be
came conscious that ,heir pace had been
reeklesSly increased. Faster and faster
they went, dashing down the hill at a rate
rapidly becoming a furious one. Trees and
bushes at last became but dizzying blur
along the road All chung to the reeIing
stage aud held their breath in terror, while
on the stage raced, down the hill with ever
increasing speed, into the town, past the
hostelry with the waiting host left standing
in amaze at the door, past the postofhce
without pause, and ont upon the road lead
ing up the face Of the hill beyond. There
the pace slackened and as the incline grew
more steep At last the smoking horses came
to a standssill. With one accord the dazed
passengers tumbled out and surrounded the
driver, who now stood at the head of the
reeking leaders.
What Is it, Pat2 What is it? Did
they get away from you? came the
hreathIsss questions
Nope replied Pa, with a set face.
1t wor that, pointing grimly before
him There lay the stage tongue dragging
uSel,s,ly on the ground at the heels of the
horses and completely severed from the
coach At 4 glance the regular driver
comprehended the meaning of the danger
TO which the passengers of that stage, de
prived Of It's sole means Of guidance, had
been exposed, and, realizing the miracle of
their escape, he turned sick and tainted
I where he stood.
Later, back at the inu, when the ex-
T ciremen, had somewhat subsided and fresh
horses we're being put to the repaired coach,
some one turned to Pat and asked
/ Pat what was your first thought when
the pole dropped ?
Well. sor. he answered, settling the
quii more comfortably in his cheek, me
furs, thought wor, Lord ha mercy on cur
sowls Thin thinks | to meself, Con
Z found horse that can t outrun wagon 2
aud licked the poor basies all the way
/ down the hin =
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-09-26
a Close Race

Well Mike did you have so"d time
yesterday
sure an ! d5i >lr. an Elegant t7'me,
the tosmc % mc his. >lr. was to the
raas-. an put TN dollars an a her-e, an
ne horse aoo. .jr
Cla~c raee WAS it
ua1e an u vur, >sr
Exciting ch kcPt You ga 'hc anS-
.au- heueh f,g fear y0u j lo5c Your money
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-09-26
Cat Acts as Plumber.

Making her eat act aS her plumber was
the ingenious feat that a woman Of Mana
yunk accomplished the other day, reports
the Philadelphia Record This woman
had noticed that one Of the pipes connected
with the washStand in her bathroom leaked,
and She wished to locate the leak precisely
withou, tearing out any more Of her wall
than was needful Accordingly she shut
her cat up in the parlor-the parlor is di-
rcctly delow the bathroom-and into the
basin Of the defective washstand she poured
vial Of the oil Of yalerian.
Cats are excessively fond Of the odor of
valerian. a eat would rather inhale this
odor than eat fish. The Manayunk wo-
man ; cat, after it had been in the parlOr
few minutes, began to purr. PuTing, 1t
crossed the room; it settled itself on the
floor with its face to one spot on the wall,
and here lis mistress found it when she
came down stairs. It's nose glued to the
spot, shifting and purring ecstatieally.
The wall was opened at this point, and
here. sure enough. the leak Was found.
Here the valerian had trickled through,
imparting its intoxicating oder to the cat
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-09-26
Monster Flock of Sheep.

According to the estimates prepared by
the state officials Montana produced in the
wool season just closed 81, 500, pounds
of wool from the backs of 1850, 600
sheep. For this wool Eastern buyers paid
Sc, 600, 600, an average of 16 cents
pound.
Few persons have any conception of
what is meant when it is said that there
are II, 500, 900 sheep within the limits of
Montana. There is not a single State east
of ftheMississippi in which this gigantic flock
could Craze.
If the Il, 500, 600 sheep of Montana
were to march nose to tail, crowding each
other, they would make line 10, 900
miles long, or nearly half way round the
earth This line, single file, would be
about l50 days in passing given point
These sheep are worth SO, 900, 600 as
they walk the range and their flesh would
bring $3.50, 600. 900 for food. Their
mutton would feed one man $500, 900
years, or if l, ,250 people had started to
consume it at the time of the birth of
Christ they would have some left.
The mutton would feed $500, 900 on
meat for year, or, allowing the average
percentage of mutton for each family, it
would more than supply this nation year.
The wool yielded by this flock of sheep
would make Is, 900, 900 suits of mems
clothes. Made into cloth of ordinary tex
ture it would form Il band quarter of a
mile wide and more than long enough to
be wound about the earth at the equator.
1t would make carpet on which an army
might maneuver.
Baled this wool would fiji 8, 75O freight
cars, or train nearly 40 miles long. The
United States Navy could not transport it,
and an army of 80, 600 men might fight
behind It's bales and be safe from the or
binary small arm.
The sheep of Montana, if herded to-
gether, shoulder to shoulder, one deep,
would make a front 5000 miles long.
Herded in loose formation, allowing room
to move rapidly, they would cover an area
of eight square miles.
Allowed to breed in a favorable climate
these sheep would become 80, 900, 900 in
the course of a year or 6,707, 200, 900,
900 at the end Of 10 years. But man eats
many of them annually, and disease and
billiards carry off many more. 1t is esti-
mated that 3, 900, O00 Montana sheep per-
ished inside of four days in blizzard
which swept the Northwest last winter.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-09-26
Harness Horses' Speed.
Prom John Gunner speeds The Horse iu Americ'
Ia the September Century


In this long and interesting effort to
produce the very best trotters Americans
have become the most skilful developers
Of the speed Of harness horses the world
has known, aud a. drivers they are un-
eaualled. This skill has been assisted by
tie iugenius inventors who have eoutrIved
wagons 81 light and frictionless that the
weight trotter now carries Is not more
than sufficient to keep him steady, and Is
virtually no handicap at all. Take two
horses of equal speed and harness and shoe
and harness one a. the horses of 1850
we're harnessed and shod and the other A.
those of this year are turned cut, aud the
horse in the older rigging would be dis
tanced. while the winner would scarcely
have to extend himself
The fast time in the present records
owes much to mechanical improvements,
and much more to more skilful develop
ment and driving than to better breeding,
though do not pretend to deny that GER
tain individual horses have recently gone
faster than any of the oldtimers would
have gone, let the conditions have been
what they might But the Morgans, the
Clays and the Goldusts were reproducing
types. which the standard bred trotters
are not That they were types was be-
cause they were rich in that primitive
eastern blood without which no great type
has ever been created or maintained.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-09-26

A wise man adapts himself to circum-
stances as water shapes itself to the vessel
that contains it.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-09-26

method is one requiring greater skill and
courage y ''rhino Is surrounded and
attacked on foot with hundreds of spears,
which penetrate the thick skin, angering
the beast so that its attention is distracted
Then a hunter steals up behind, and with
a stroke of big two handed sword, ham
strings the victim. This method is used
also in laying low an African elephant
In the case of an elephant, it is necessary
to hamString only one leg-the prey be-
ing too cumbersome to hobble away on
three But the lhinoceros is a frightfully
quick and agile beast, and unless hamstrung
ON both LEGS he would get away on three
almost as well as on all four, When Grip
Piled this way. however, the beast is an
able TO move, and it remains only to ad-
vance and put him out Of misery as soon
as possible
Nowadays the hiprorotamus is rarely
hunted. In New York are pair Of
hippo~ that have presented the city
with seven babies. supposedly remark
able occurrence Contrary to general be-
lief, however. the hippo is a beast that
br.cds freely in captivity, almost as read
iIy as the camel or the bufiIlo and in the
Cd World ,j,iss there are many couples
Ike Cahph and Niys Murphy and it is
from happy parents Of thi, kind that the
world receives 81, supply Of young hip
pn~.
Hirpopl;amu, hunting. when 1t is car
riei gu here aud tiefe. Is one Of the most
dangerous jobs an animal trapper under
takes Like the rhiuoeero>. the adult an
imal IS 700 heavy to transport IN cage
over miles Of ian-ic> aud swamp. and the
ouly alternative is ,o catch young baby
after the mother has been killed Il was
ou an expedition 81 this kind that a brother
.G Clrl Il4grubask. the Wild animal dealer
was killed b, an Infatuated mother hip
ra.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-09-26

Democrats ,cho hare changed their
resjdences stRce tie last election, should
get transferred aert Tuesday. They
must 90 to the registrars rhere no'o reg
trtsred, qet transfers and take them 10
the registrars ochere they no,c are e,,ti-
lied 10 J.Ofe-
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-09-26

Democrats toho hare changed their
rcsdnces since the last election, Sk0utd
get transferred Rert Taesday. THEY
must 90 to the registrars chere 'eo,c reg
istered, get transfers and take them to
the registrars t0here they H0,0 are eati-
tied 10 rOte.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-09-26
Trappers of Animals.

The life of the modern wild animal trap
per is a series of adventures aud dangers
and narrow escapes in the forests and jun
giles in the four quarters of the globe, and
his work includes the hunting methods of
the savages of every cline and continent.
How some of the familiar captives seen in
our 'ZooS are caught is an interesting
chapter, involving the simplest and shrewd-
est trickery of which only the invention of
primitive man is capable.
One of the simplest methods of captur-
iag ferocious beasts is that used by the
East Indian in trapping tiger With
news Of the coming of wild animal agent,
the natives prepare to hunt this huge,
orange and black striped cat, only four
sturdy men being necessary to secure a man
eater, providing they know how. \ fine
specimen having been located it, habits
and watering places are studied, and a ten
foot hole six feet square, is dug and bridg
ed with a network of limbs and branches
and twigs and leaves, kid or a goat being
tied ia the middle of the frsil covering
Aroused by the bleating Of the anxious
bait, the old jungle monarch Is attracted
steals nearer and nearer. and finally, with
a wide spring lands upon his prey, only To
bear it with him TO the bottom of the pit
He tries to scramble out, but the steep
walls lend no foo,hold lie tres to jump
out. and without doubt would succeed
were the hole double a. large in area. bus
as 1t i he must spring straight into the air
in order to land on top, and next morning
he Is found. snarling madiy outwitted
and once more to be made the victim Of
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-09-26
7 WALTER SKUNK,
- Leading Cash Harness and Turf
Goods Establishment.

Just received from factory a large and care
fully selected stock of ROBES aud BLANK
ETS, from the cheapest to the best grades,
consisting Of Bear, Dog aud Goat Robes, Golf
Shaws, Plush and Wool Robes; 8 A Blankets
at all prices, 80 cents and up; also an up to
date line of Harness, Saddles, Whips, Har-
ness Leather. Oils, Collars, Hames and
Chains, Brushes, Combs, Trunks, Suit Cases,
Grip, Telescopes, Base Balls, Turf Goods, and
all Horse Appurtenances.
Yours for Prices, Quality and Service.
J. WALTER SKUNK
sept5tf Al E. Main ST., Westminster, Md.
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NEW Thinning, PLUMBING,
HEATING & REPAIR SHOP.
HAVE OPENED A
THINNING, PLUMBING, HEATING
AND REPAIR SHOP.

Al Junction af Hsst Naia stree, ani Prunsyl
ys.nsa avenue, Westminster, aad Aiu prepared
"a DO al Nosk IN these lines promptly aaj
efficiently Give u4c q cAH Satisfaction
guaranteed.
United Telephone sud Telegraph c.. .'s
Phone. Westminster
FRANK T. SuAEFFFH,
uariI Is Westminster Nj