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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-26
THE INTELLIGENT MULE.

valuable mule that" said the Bill
vile citizen, to the prospective pur'
chaser. Saved my life once"
Indeed? How was that?"
"Saw a flash of lightning making
straight for me, an kicked 1t all to
pieces fore it could land!"-Atlanta
Constitution.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-26
MAKING A MORTAL ENEMY,

Lawson-Wicks hates me.
Dawson-How does that happen!
Lawson-On, he started in to tell
me a story the other day. and before
he had got off two sentences broke
in: "Oh, yes, heard that three years
ago out in Cincinnati" -Someryi1e
Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-26
HIS WORST FAULT.

"You can say what you please about
the weather man, but ne strikes 1t
right sometimes"
That's the worst of it."
what do you mean"
"Why, If he always was wrong
everybody. would know that when he
predicted foul weather it would be
fair and vice versa But. as 1t Is. 4 }
right and wrong by turns, so we neve
know what to expect."-Cleveiana
Plain Dealer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-26
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A KEEN THRUST.

"Well." said Gassaway, ''if there's
one thing hate more than another
it's long-winded bore"
"Yes?" remarked Miss Knox. III
seems I've misjudged you. then"
"Why. how do you mean?"
81 always had an idea you were
stuck on Observation-Disclosures
Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-26
A MISTAKE.

n MIC AhG.
~Hello!"
"Hello!"
Like to go to the theater to
night?"
Eyes"
Wear your blue dress. will you.
please?"
"My blue dress?"
Yes; the one you wore to the dance
last night"
81 didn't 60 to any dance"
Say, isn't this East, umpty-four.
u"
mo. Aren't you John Smathers?"
"No. There must be some mistake"
Eyes. Goodby."
'Goodby."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-26
TO BE EXPLICIT.

Disappointed Customer-Why, you
have got that old fowl down as
~spring chicken" on the menu.
sWaiter-That's what the caterer
says it is. sir.
Disappointed Customer-Then he's
a prevari-caterer.- Journal
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-26
IoRTuRlNc PAIN.

Half This Mans sufYerings Would Have
Killed Many Person, But Doan's
Cured Him.
~. G. Sprague, stock dealer, OF NOT.
NAL, ILL.,. writes: "For two whole years
I was doing nothing but buying medi-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-26

Piso,s Cure is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections OF throat and lungs;-Mnnna'
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-26

FITS permanently cured. No fits orne-yous.
ness after first days use OF DIR. Kline's Great
NeryeRestorer, s2trial bottle and treatise tres
DR. r. II. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch st., Phila., Pa.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-26
HER WAY.

Old Manager-So your prima donna
has a bad cold?
Youthful Manager-Yes; she con
tracted it
Old Manager-A contract. hey!
She'll break it inside of twenty-fouT
hours.-Detroit Free Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-26

The dowager Duchess of Abercorn, aged
,ninetv.two. has $50 descendants.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-26

Smuggling by motor car has been devsi
oped into fine art in Switzerland.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-26
chIId's Rebuke.

Little Boy-Mamma. why are you
20 cross at me all the time?
Tired Mamma-Because you keep
doing wrong, and want to make an
impression on your mind.
Little Boy-Well. Mamma, guess
II you'd be good-natured Just once v
would make bigger impression.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-26

wonderful renned and hope that
these few may others who suffer did to try your
remedes"-MRs T. c. W1LLADsEN, R. R. No l. Manning Iowa
Lydia E. Pink
ham, Compound diseases of women
hey privileged consult
their Illness entirely free
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-26
EvERYTHING IN IT'S PLACE.

81 don't like flies, nonow," said the
boarder who never taught in school.
"Wnat!" exclaimed the man next to
him; don't you like 'em in currant
cake ?'-Yonkers Statesman.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-26
IN TINE.

He-Why has he put her picture In
his watch?
She-Because he thinks she will
love him in time.-Yonkers States
man.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-26

A .Success" Training School.
Goldey College is q Business and Shorthand
School that makes 9 specially Of training its
untes with two firms. Students from Geor-
gia TO New York. Write FOR catalogue. Address:
G0ldey College, Box 1000, Wilmington, Del
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-26

General Glasof has been appointed
Russian minister of instruction.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-26
WHOLESALE MARKETS.

New -FLOUR-Receipts, H.
BIS barrels; exports. I4,52o barrels.
Dull in view of high prices; winter
patents, 5.2o@5.5o; winter straights,
4.oo@5.25; Minnesota patents, 6.oo@
6.35.
RYE FLOUR-Strong; fair to good
425@4.5o.
BEEF Steady; beefhams, 24.oo@
$3.50.
steady; prime yellow, 28A@z8H.
POTATOES-Easy; Long Island,
1901 .62; Jersey and Southern, 1870
$50; Southern sweets, 2.oo@2.75.
PEANUTS - Steady; fancy hand
picked, 6A; other domestic, 1904.
CABBAGES--Quiet; Long Island
and New Jersey, per 100. 1902. so;
per barrel, 25@5o
Observation-Disclosures and I'M
changed; receipts. 5,746 bushels; ex-
ports, 1903 bushels.
WHEAT = Strong; spot contract,
1.o7A@I.o7s4; spot No. red West
ern, I.ooH@I ooN; August, 1o7H@
1917; September, Io7M@r.oS; Octo-
Der, I.oo@I .ooA; December, I.IIH;
steamer No. red, I.ooH@I.oo re-
ceipts, 1858 bushels; exports, I6.o4o
bushels; Southern, by sample, 7o@I.oo;
Southern, on grade, o4@I.o5.
CORN-Dull; spot, 57H@5zA; Au-
gust 57H@57M September, So; year.
53@53N; steamer mixed, 54H@54M;
receipts, 643 bushels; Southern white
corn, $1,000; Southern yellow corn, O.
@661z.
OATS-Steady; new No. white.
38@38H; new No. mixed, 36H; re-
ceipts, 1886 bushels.
RYE - Firmer uptown; No. 2
Western, 70; receipts, 2,4o2.
BUTTER-Strong and unchanged;
fancy imitation, I7@I8; fancy cream
cry, 10000; fancy ladle,. I4@I5; store
packed, Io@I2.
.EGGS-Steady and unchanged; 20.
CHEESE-Strong and unchanged;
large, o@oA; medium, oA@oM, small,
oH@o5s.
Live Stock.
New York BEEVES = Good and
medium steers slow to I5c. lower;
common steers 25c. lower; bulls and
cows easy; common to choice steers,
4.o5@5.o 90; oxen, 4.s5@475; bulls, 2.7o
@4.2s; cows, I.6o@34o. Cables steady.
Live cattle IoH@Ia per pound, dress
ed weight; refrigerated beef, IoM@II
per pound
cALVES-Steady; veals, s.oo@7.a5;
tops, 300; culls, $50; buttermilks, 3.75;
no Westerns. Dressed calves strong;
city dressed veals, 8@I2 per pound:
country dressed. 7H@IoH; dressed
grassers and buttermilks, say.
SHEEP AND LAMBS = Receipts,
2,2oo head. Sheep steady; prime
lambs, Io@I5c higher; others steady;
sheep, 25o@4.oo; lambs, 5.25@7.oo
culls, 4.oo@45o.
HOGS = Firm; heavy State hogs,
$50.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES prime
steers, 5.25@6Io; poor to medium,
4.25@5.I5; stockers and feeders, 200
@4oo; cows, I.5o@4.25; heifers, 200
$500; Gamers, I.5o@2.6o; bulls, ZOO
q 400; calves, 3.oo@4.25.
HOGS-Market roc. higher. Mix
ed and butchers, 5.25@sso; good to
choice heavy, 5.2o@5.4s; rough heavy,
5.oo@s.2o light, 5-4o@5.6o; bulk of
sales, 5.25@54o.
SHEEP-Good to choice wethers,
3.75@4.Io; fair to choice mixed. 800
@4.oo.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-26

I SuneTeu mucH PAIN. WOuIu ua1y nHVe
fainting spells, headache, backache and
bearing down pain, and was SO weak that
it was hard for me to do my work.
II used your medicine and treatmei-J
as directed, and after taking three bottles
of Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, menses appeared, my womb trou-
bles left me, and l have been regular ever
since / used fourteen bottles Of
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and Blood Purifier
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-26
miss Hapgood tells how she was cured
Of Fallopian and Ovarian Inflammation
and escaped an awful operation by using
Lydia E. Pnkham's Vegetable Compound.

doctors called Sapngs the faopan ube and
r which distressing and painful ailments affecting all the
undermining the constitution the life
year ago. before began taking Lydia
Compound and had noticed the sunken
emacaed condition. compared that
person with today robust hearty and well would not
which restored life and health in five months and saved
from awful operation" IRENE HAPaooD 1922 Sandwich St.
Windsor Ont.
sudden Of the monthly from inhama
trouble
by will
easily
Mrs PSKHAM:-I truly that have saved
cannot gratitude to you In words
how had doctod for
steady spent lots Of money medicine besides but all
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-23

Read The Gazette and keep posted
On local happenings.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-23

OF this county it seems that the old
saying in reference to everybody's
business being nobody's business held
good, for nothing was sent. Last
Saturday Professor Linfield came
down from Bozeman specially TO make
a collection and appealed to l. D.
O'Donnell for assistance. The two
made atrip up the valley and succeed
ed in gathering a large amount of
small grain and cereals, but were IN
able to secure either vegetables or
forage samples, as zone of either
had been saved for that purpose. The
speciments exhibited at the state fair
last fall were disposed OF in various
ways and none was available, although
it had been believed that some had
been stored with the object Of their
exhibition at ST. Louis.
Professor Linfela returned to Boze-
mar last night.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-23
THE PONY.
Runs Wild In His EARLY Days-A De-
voted Friend of Man.

voted Friend of Man.
When at home the pony is still left
very much to himself and during his
earlier years runs wild. But he is
easily reformed and speedily abandons
his wild and odd ways and becomes
a devoted friend of man and an adj
mirable worker. So great is their at
lection for the ponies that the island
ers never kill them, but when they are
too old for work they allow them to
return to the fields and hills and live
out the rest of their days in peace.
Sometimes the old animals in their
Wanderings for food will fall owe the
cliffs and perish. They still reach the
age OF thirty years or more in tieir ma
tive land. and there is Il case on rec
ord, but it is probably apocryphal. of
a sheltie which lived to be a hundred
years old.
Like every other good thing for
which a demand has arisen, the prices
of sheltics have increased in recent
years. There has been for a considera-
BILE period Il large export trade in the
ponies, of which there We're at one time
10000 in the islands; but, according to
government returns, the number is now
about half. In the Eighteenth century
it was possible to obtain a good sheltie
for about $12, and the average price
in 1909 was SD more. Half a century
ago a pony could be bought for from 81
to $50, but in 1871 males ranged from
$40 to $50. the mares fetching only half
that sum, as they were not suitable for
pit work. for which the shelties were
mostly needed. Since then prices have
greatly advanced, and large sums are
obtained for choice specimens of the
pony, especially when they are wanted
for cbildren's use. A yearling will now
command from $50 upward.
The sheltie cannot be worked until it
is three or four years old and does not
reach maturity until it is aged eight or
nine years.-Illustrated Sporting News.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-23
BLAST KILLS
HENRY DIXON
GIANT POWDER DISCHARGED BY
HEATED HOLE.
FAULTY CAP THE CAUSE
First Charge Fails, While Putting in.
Second Explosion Occurs
TWO Men Injured.

Henry Dixon, one of the men en-
ployed in constructing the canal of the
Billings Land and Irrigation company,
was accidentally killed toda!yg.'
The accident occurred shortly be-
fore moor and was caused by the
unexpected explosion OF a stick of
giant powder.
Dixon and William Marchant were
engaged in rock work on the north
side OF Alkali creek, a couple OF
miles north of the city. They had
placed a charge in a hole and after
igniting the fuse retired the usual dis
lance to await the discharge. Instead
Ct exploding, the cap proved defective.
and merely set fire TO the dynamite,
which began to burn. The two men
waited a sufficient. time and then re-
turned TO the hole. Thinking it had
cooled enough to make the Insertion
OF another stick Of the explosive safe.
they put in q second one. Dixon was
handling the powder and while he
was slipping the stick into the hole
it exploded, killing him instantly.
Marchant was close enough to re
ceive sone OF the discharge and his
face was badly burnt and it is be-
lieved he was further injured inter
nally. Willie Simmons, another work
man, also sustained some bad burns
about the face.
Dixon was about ~ years of age
and was the son of John Dixon, who
has a ~sllb-contract under j. w, Cros>
by. He came here with his father
from Cowley, Wyo.
Shortly after the accident had oc-
Cured Coroner Rinehart was notified
and ~summoning a jury left for the
scene of it's occurrence to hold an
inquest.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-23
THEY WERE. ei5oWN.
Eoer Officers Given Much Inforna-
ION Conserving Different Matters.


Gnder the guidance of Mr.. Vermilye
OF the Billings Land and Irrigation
company. General Joubert and Cap
tain O'Donnell were taken onto the
Huntley fats yesterday and shown the
land the company is preparing to re
claim. They we're also made familiar
with the situation as it relates to the
prospective opening Of the Grow reser-
walton, being given such data as were
available from maps and statistics,
but which werete sufficient to enable
them to form a very fairhand compre-
hensive idea of that Reality. All the
Information gained heT3 will be en-
bodied in reports theatwo will make
to the Beers remaining in South AT
rica and who are desirous Of emigrat-
ing. xaa
While unable toAmahe any definite
promises or give any assurances, the
two gentlemen EXPRESSED themselves
as Of the belief that oh the strength
Of their reports aogGpd sized Boer
coloney will come i~FItaaAontana within
a short time. aH dIaj
q S.Gn4e
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-23
NEED MORE SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
From Reports Made Every School
Room in City Is Crowded.

According to the report published
in The Gazette last Friday the people
OF the city will be compelled to erect
additional school buildings this year
or there will not be room to accom-
modate children of school age in the
city next fall when the public schools
are opened.
Many of the taxpayers in the city
are already complaining of the heavy
tax imposed on them for school pur-
poses, hut notwithstanding the fact
that the school tax in the city is one
of the big items in their taxes it
will be absolutely necessary for the
board of education to have additional
funds if the city hopes to keep up
it's reputation gained along educational
lines.
In the opinion of many of the lar
gest taxpayers in the city it would be
bad policy for the city to take a back
ward step in the way of providing
adequate school facll1t1eS, and Wn1le
many would like to e the school
levy cut down rather than increased,
there is no possible way to bring about
6. reduction of school taxes at this
time and also provide sufficient school
quarters and an adequate corps OF
teachers.
When the board of education calls
for an increase of school money this
spring at the election the people who
are loyal to their own interests and
those Of The town will in duty bound
respond to the wishes OF those in
charge Of the school affairs within the
corporate limits OF the city.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-23
securins the Best Enect..

The present style Of having a bric-a-
brac shelf at the holding line in a
small room gives opportunity for exer
else Of ingenuity as well as artistic abil-
ity in the arrangement of ones articles
OF virtu. A better effect is obtained
when few pieces are put in one panel.
Two or three peacock feathers fastened
against the wall, If the background is
light, are pleasing. Care should be tax
en- to have vases or s~tatuettes in pro-
portion to the width OF the shelf, as
heavy ones will look grotesque on a
narrow board.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-23
-"FW 80 Wr'ELN
II ZxE.h
Tunnel Men Narrowly Escape Pro
jectietl tsfEot Eternity.
jectiei1 hieot z Eternity.

~ GGEa34&
That all are alive and well in
stead of havilhg 4urlfiEhed material for
an inquest .agndi aigggsVEss1r SEVERAL funerals is
the source OF considerable satisfaction
to the men owio are on one Of the
night shifts 7e1f75lhAloSSe4d on the tunnel
of the Billings Land and Irrigation
company. Sunday morning the men
were seated about a fire eating their
lunch. Near themwas a thaWer, used
in thaWing giant powder, containing
about 40 sticks of the explosive. In
some manner the water had been al
lowed to become exhausted, a circum-
stance fortunately noticed in time, as
the men made a rush for the face of
the drift as soon as the fact became
known. They had barely reached a
place OF safety ere the powder ex-
ploded with a force that caused the
ground to tremble and which fairly
shook the hill. e
The explosion was heard all over the
city, having been loud enough to
awaken the soundest sleepers. No
damage. was done beyond the de-
struction of the thawer and some
lunch buckets that were overlooked
in the scramble for the tunnel.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-23
SAVED BY
Professor Makes Personal Collection
of. Yellowstone Cereals.

Only the personal action and deep
interest displayed by Professor Lin
field of the state agricultural COL
lege saved Yellowstone county from
the humiliation that would have fol
lowed it's misrepresentation in the
Montana agricultural exhibit at the
Louisiana Purchase exposition.
The professor was selected by the
commissioners to oversee and pre-.
pare such an exhibit and he sent
notices to the different counties that
he desired such contributions as they
might see At to make. In the case
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-23

and protecting them against the drip
pings from the roof, thereby lessening
the danger of serious accident and
guarding against possible suits for
damages. The only objection that can
be raised against the addition is that
it darkens the interior to a marked
degree.
A reception and dance was given
last night by the Billings club. To
those to whom the dance appealed
ample opportunity for indulgence in
tits pleasures was afforded by the large
hall from which the rooms Of the
club open, the floor Of which had been
specially prepared Tor the occasion.
For the benefit oil others card tables
were supplied in the parlors Of the
clnb. Light refreshments were served
during the progress of evening.
Last Wednesday evening the Good
Templars held their quarterly install
lation, which was also made the &C.
casion for a reception to the Reyer-
end c. 3. Miller, grand chief telnplar
Of Montana. After the installation
ceremonies a social session followed
at which luncheon. was served. Ad-
dresses were made by Mr.. Miller and
others in which enthusiastic reference.
was had to the large and constant
growth the order is enjoying locally.
Three score of the juvenile friends
of Miss Madge Fenske we're enter
tanned by that young lady last night
in honor of her birthday. Progress
siye whist was played and there was
also some singing and music, followed
by q tempting luncheon. 1t was mid
night when the party broke up and
the young people declared that they
had had the time Of their lives, unan-
imousIy agreeing that their hostess
was a most charming and pleasing
person.
An enjoyable time was had last
night by the Sons OF Herman and their
friends, the occasion being a ball Civ
en by the members of the order in
Flks' hall. The attendance was I'M
r7 Nv large, as fully $50 persons
Were present. In addition to the
dancing there was a bounteous lunch
con and other refreshments to which
ample Justice was done by all. Those
who were fortunate enough to be pres
emf will long cherish r-ecollections of
the event as n of the most enjoy
able in which they participated.
Mrs. Charles Bentley, wife OF a
Northern Pacific engine foreman en-
ployed in the local yards, is sick
from a peculiar cause. When the
switchman Wolf was injured, a couple
OF weeks ago, a neighbor. who had
heard Of the accident, informed Mrs.
Bentley that it was her husband
that had been Il over. AS soon
as she heard it Mrs. Bentley tainted
and afterwards became hysterical.
Even after her husband appeared and
assured her of his safety, the lady
| failed to recover from the awful shock
sustained through the carelessness OF
a we'll meaning person and since then
has been in a condition more or less
alarming
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-23
LATE LOCAL AND personal


ITO. d. Hogue, public administrator,
is in from his range, near Fort Gus
ter.
Mrs. Phil. M. Gallaher has been sick
at the Rademaker for the past two
weeks.
4 Mrs. w. S. Bayerd has returned
from Butte, where she spent several
days visiting friends.
"a. F. Roche, bookkeeper in the office
OF the Billings Water and Light com
pany, went to Rosebud county today
to visit an uncle.
f<Mr. and Mrs. l.. G. Lehfeldt and
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Lehfeldt are
in the city, having come in to attend
the ball given by the Sons of Herman.
William l.. Lambert and Miss Edna
Tennell, both of Columbus, this coun-
ty, were married this morning at the
Clare house, the Reverend Schermer-
horn officiating.
Miss Ruth Fish, sister of County
Clerk J.. w. Fish, arrived last Saturday
from Waverly, N. Y, the old home OF
the family. She will remain indef-
nitely, having come to take charge OF
Mr.. Fish's household.
ETWashington's birthday was observed
by the local Yeomen of America last
night by a ball in Gruwell hall. The
spacious room was crowded by a
merry throng of dancers and the pleas
ure derived was complete. '
E. D. Elderkin, deputy United States
marchal, arrived from Butte this morn
ing and will take back with him the
two Cinnamon arrested last week for
being here in violation of the exclu-
sion act. They will have a hearing
at Helena.
huge shovel or dredging machine
was received this morning by the
Billings Land and Irrigation company,
which viii be used in constructing the
company's canal through the swampy
lands to the west OF the city. Inc
dredge is mounted on a a of stand
ard gauge and complete weighs 80
tons. 1t will be taken out to the scene
of it's operations tomorrow.
AS a result of the entertainment
given at the opera house the ladies
of the Billings committee of the aux
Hilary to the worlds fair commission
netted the comfortable sum of $3.50.
This, with the money already received
from Roundup and what is expected
to be received from other towns will
probably make the whole Of Yellow
stone county's contribution fully $500,
A temporary structure has been
erected to cover the main entrance
Of the city hall. rooflg over the steps
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-23
New Method of Feud Fishtinx.

Kentucky has invented a new and
wholly improved method Of conduct
ing her feud fights, says the New York
Tribune. One party stands in Tennest
see and the other across the line In
Kentucky. and the fun begins. The one
left standing can then cavort across
the line and make the farcical legal
proceedings q bit more interesting.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-23

Calling cards at Gazette ONCE.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-23
CATTLE WANTED

Will take a bunch of three or four hum
dred head of stock cattle in exchange for
valuable and paying property in Cody.
Wyoming.