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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-29
Wanted.

Annually, from 100 to 500 /, 2 and
3-year-old steers to run until matured
for shipment; also a party to turf over
100 or 250 head of stock cattle and
take an interest, or let out on shares
she stock or mixed; 200 square miles
of excellent we'll watered range di.
rectly tributary; $4,000 in equipment,
pastures, etc.; incorporated. Address
The Marias Ranch & Cattle Company
inc, box s, Fort Benton, Mont. If
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-29
Notice.

The undersigned gives notice to the
property owner of Billings to at once
begin to clean up all manure, rub
bish, refuse, etc., from the rear OF
their yards and places and in the al
leys AUDITING their property, under
penalty of prosecution under the city
ordinance. No further notice will be
given property owners, and all viola
tons of same will be fully prosecuted.
WIN, P. SCHNEIDER,
Street Commissioner.
Billings, April IS, 1904. 101-4
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-29
LOCAL LODGES UNITE IN cELE.
BRATING IMPORTANT EVENT..
ORDERS GREAT GROWTH
Vast Amounts Annually Expended in
AIleviating Distress and Sue
coring the Needy.

Last Tuesday marked the 85th ami
versary of the founding of the order
of Odd Fellows in the United States,
an event that was celebrated in an
imposing and highly successful man
ner by the local lodges. The cele-
was open only to Odd Fellows and
their families.
The first part of the programme
was devoted to ritualistic work, after
which followed a abnquet and then a
dance. Henry White, in the capacity
Of district deputy grand master, acted
as speaker and delivered an address,
i'll which he gave some Of the facts
and figures in connection. with the
growth of the organization and the
work that it is accomplishing
History of Order.
April ,26, 1919, Thomas Wildey and
four others, all Englishmen-for Odd
Fellowship is of English origin-met
at Baltimore and organized the first
lodge of the order in America. From
this small beginning American Odd
Fellowship has grown until now al
most every hamlet and town has it's
lodge or lodges. Although founded in
England, in this country the order
has had it's greatest growth and de-
velopment. Gradually the work has
been amplified and new degrees added
until today little semblance remains
between American Odd Fellowship
and that of the parent country. The
Rebekahs,A encampment and several
other degrees in existence in this
country are unknown in England,
where the order still remains as at
first instituted.
Has Phenomenal Growth.
AS shown by the census of the Or.
der taken in 1902 there were in that
year 1929 subordinate lodges in ex-
istence, with a total membership of
1909, 9O6; 6,027 Rebekah lodges with
AL, 995 members, making a grand
total membership of 1%,329,956. The
census for 1903 will not be made
known until the sovereign grand lodge,
the national supreme body, meets at
San Francisco next September.
In Montana there are Il subordinate
lodges, numbering 4,025 members, and
AZ lodges of Rebekahs, which have
1000 members, a total of both Of 5,
625. Predictions are made that when
found that the membership in the
state has fully doubled.
Much for Charity.
In Montana alone the expenditures
for burials, relief and charity in 100;
footed up the magnificent sum O
$4,000.
Up to the taking Of the last census
the order national had paid out 500,
O0O, 900 in relief, charity and burial:
of deceased members, a daily outla,
of about $1,000.
The lodges that participated in tn
happy event were Billings Star an
Eureka, Little Horn encampment ant
Zelda and Olive Rebekah lodges.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-29
Piano Tuning.

Arthur Wales, premier plano tuner
Thirty years experience. Leave or
ders at Holmes & Rixon's drug store
Montana e 57.tf
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-29
Now Is the Time

To have your lawn mowers sharpen
ed. We can do it and do it right.
10 3-11 BEHRENDT BROS,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-29
Teachers Examination.

The regular teachers examination
will be held in the court room, Bill
ings, beginning Friday, April 20, at
9. a. M, and continuing Saturday,
April 80, 1904.
MARGUERITE M. STRANG,
97-8 County Supt. Schools.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-29
Eggs For Sale.

Pure Barred Plymouth Rock eggs
81 per setting of 10.
1929 MRS. T. C. ARMITAGE.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-29
Situation Wanted.

By competent lady ste%nographer.
References furnished. Address box
304, Hillsboro, N. D.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-29

Latest styles in job printing a
The Gazette Office.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-29
Reqin Now.

Begin Now.
Billings Business College, Gruwe
block. Day and night sessions. Terms
reasonable. 71-tf
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-17
THE WONDERS OF THERMIT.
Melts Both Iron and Steel in Short
order--Burns at Temperature
of 5,4Oo Degrees.

Humanity. which swelters in a heat
of 80 degrees, and withers and dies II
the mercury runs up 10 or Is degrees
higher, finds it hard to realize a heat
OF 5,4OO degrees. Yet. says the Brook
lyn Eagle. that is the heat developed
in the combustion of thermit. a heat
which Yields together pieces of the
most ponderous machinery. which
makes it possible to mend iron cast
ings weighing tons which heretofore
had to be replaced at great expense of
labor and time; which can unite iron
rails so perfectly that the jolting can
scarcely be seen or felt. and rail can
be made miles long instead of 50 or
a hundred feet at the outside
This thermit is compound discov-
cred by DR.. Hans Goldschmidt. of
Essen, Germany. who has been lee.
turing in this country before chemi-
cal and engineering associations on
this chemical discovery of his that is
so full of engineering possibilities; a
discovery that, unlike so many sCien-
titic discoveries. is not merely inter
esting to the scientist. but CONNER
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-17
.& ~
BULLET-PROOF CLOTH.
Wonderful Things Related of an
Italian Invention which May
ReVOIutiOnize Warfare

The world is at present intensely in
terested in a new Italian bulletpruof
cloth. and since the; Italian govern
ment is negotiating for its use it is
of Importance that We see Just what
the results are. although it is neces-
Sary to state that the invention re-
mains a secret, ana this notwithstand-
ing attempts to discover its details
Thus We shall have TO deal with gen
eral description and with the results
OF experiments
The armor is a sort of felt. the stuff
being capable of adaptation to any
form whatever, for example, a breast
plate with collar or a sort of coat
which completely envelopes the wear
er and absolutely guarantees him from
gunshot wounds. The thickness of the
protector varies from one-sixteenth to
seven-siXteenths Of an inch. according
to the arm the effects of which il Is
designed TO destroy Against the
armor of seven sixteenths of an inch
the regular ordnance revolver WITH
steel covered ball is powerless, and
also the gun of the 1891 model charged
with smOkeless powder In the numer-
Gus experiments which have been
made-in firing at a distance of sew
eral yards-the ball. whether it be OF
lead or steel, when it strikes the pro
tector is arrested and deformed, in
some cases rebounding and in others
being almost reduced to a pulp. Thus
iC ,1,,n ,,Ft h. h,ll
but reformation as well, and in this
reformation the force of the ball is
converted. While there should be
high degree of temperature at the
point touched by the ball it seems
that the ball alone feels the effects. for
the protector does not seem to be
burnt in the slightest
These results are not limited 10
ballistic effects, for in the recent ex
periments it was sought to pierce the
armor with a dagger driven with all
possible force The point of the arm
however, could not penetrate the felt
and was bent into a shapeless mass.
1t IS natural to suppose that the
force of the ball would be communi-
Gated TO the armOr and that this
would be driven violently backward
resulting in a disagreeable shock and
one which at times would be danger
GUS to the wearer. To demonstrate
The incorrectness Of this view Signor
Benedict attached his protector to a
horse and fired upon the animal only
six feet away with an ordnance re-
volver. the ball falling at the feet Of
the horse while, he freed from his
halter, walked away as if nothing had
happened. 1t is to be noted that with
the same revolver a piece of steel had
been previously pierced. The same eX-
pertinent was made with a chicken
covered with breast piece of the felt
the cock. after being rid of his new
shell, quietly pursuing the even tenor
of his way.-Philadelp Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-17
Two Hundred MILES an Hour,

Some interesting experiments have
been carried out with a new mono
rail system devised by a French engi-
neer, NJ. Devic. The inventor has
built model upon the scale of one
tenth of what the actual train is to
be, and with this train he has attained
speed of 10 miles an hour. The
train is to be propelled by electric
power. and in order that high speed
may be attained the inventor relies
upon two factors-diminution of
weight and more effective grIrping
of the drive wheels upon the single
track of the railroad. He claims to
have designed a rail which will afford
the wheels sufficient grip, irrespective
of the weight which they are carrying.
Further experiments are to be carried
out with much larger mouel at
Nemours to prove the utility and ad-
vantage of the system. NJ. Devic is
sanguine of attaining a speed of 200
miles an hour.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-17
FRANKLY OWNED HIS FAULT
Incident of Recent Occurrence Illus
trating French Army Discipline
"A Grenadier's offense.

Although there has been complaint
of late about a growing lack of disci.
pline in the ranks of the French army,
the decentralization has not, 1t is BE-
lieved. progressed seriously, as the
following incidents, coming from u
French naval port. will illustrate:
A general holding a high command
made his appearance a few days ago
at the barracks of an infantry regi.
ment, which, in obedience to his or.
ders. was promptly drawn up in the
yard. Then he explained the reason
in brief address. He said that as
he was walking in the town attired
in multi on the previous day a man
belonging to the corps. who was the
worse for LIQUOR. accosted him rudely
and asked him to stand him a drink
Let him step out of the ranks Ire
concluded.
Immediately a bugler emerged, and.
saluting, said: 1T is |, mon general"
The incident is characteristic and
aprOpos OF it one is reminded of such
an adventure which befell certain
French marshal. A grenadier. who
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-17
Telephone Girls Become Bald.

A large proportion of telephone girls
employed by the big companies in New
York give up their places rather than in
cur the risk of becoming partly bald.
This effect of the steel band or hood
which telephone operators wear over
their head is plainly noticeable in the
case of those who have scanty hair On
boys who act as telephone operators it
Is even more noticeable than with girls.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-17
NEW HYDRAULIC PRESS.
Unique Apparatus ISed in England
for HemOVinE screws from
Steamship shafts.

In English machine shops greater
variety Of hydraulic presses is used
than in America. In this country. per
haps the most notable service performed
by such apparatus is the forming OF
armor plates for battleships A mass
of soft steel is forged thereby with al
most the facility displayed by a cook
in kneading dough for pie crust One
of the kinds of work done abroad by
hydraulic power is setting wheels ON
aXles and removing them A duty
which is somewhat akin to this is
loOsening a screw propeller from the
shaft Of a steamship. if repairs of either
shaft or screw become desirable
When a propeller is originally put on
a shaft it is fastened with pins running
inward radially or with keys wedged
in between the shaft and the hub of the
screw. Additional security is obtained
sometimes by shrinking the hub on.
The diameter of the hole through this
latter is made a hairbreadth less than
that of the shaft, but is temporarily en-
larged by heating. When the hub coOlS
II shrinkS and thus takes a firm hold
The need of fastening a screw well is
apparent when one remembers that II
is expected TO rotate with the shaft :;
and that this latter is often made to
turn by an engine of 10000 OF $4,000
horse power
In taking a screw off from the shaft.
then, the first step would be to put the
vessel to which it belonged in a dry
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-17
NEW DAREDEVIL FEAT.
Variation of LOOD-the-LOOp.I Invented
by Charles Il. Culver. New
England Athlete.

If man really has the desire to make
money in hurry, let him devise some
new sensation and spring it on the peo-
pie, the more dangerous and blood
curdIing the better, from the monetary
point of view, as hundreds of people
will always flock to see some new
scheme which seems to give promise of
all accident sooner or later. OF course,
the majority of these devices are not
really as dangerous as they look to be
to the outside public, as the performer
has the opportunity 10 practice in Sc
cret with safety appliances which will
prevent serious injury until he reaches
the point where he can go through his
act without feeling the need of taking
precautionary measures. Looping the
loop on d bicycle is probably one of the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-17

dock and drain off the water so as 10
expose the hull completely The next
would be to pull out the pins or to drive
oul the keys from their seats For this
purpose mallets would probably suffice
Finally, it would be necessary to detach
the hub of the screw from the shaft by
eXering pressure in such way as 10
make it slip along the latter If this
shaft had only a slight taper. of course
only a little movement in the right d.
reCtiOn would serve the purpose, but
the force requisite to start the hub
would be great
A passing allusion to the hydraulic
apparatus for performing this service is
made in Casters Magazine which also
supplies the illustration here repro
duced. Though no explanation is sup
piled. one can readily conjecture how
the device is used. The bolts which con-
meet the four segmentS OF a circle should
be relaxed and one OF the joints opened
sufficiently to allow the machine to be
slipped past the screw, 50 as to embrace
the shaft al a point Just back of the
propeller. BY a chain and suitable
tackle the whole mechanism would be
temporarily suspended al the stern of
the ship from the deck while these ODD
eratiOnS are going on. The press once
being loosely in position right behind
the hub of the screw. it should be tight
ened about the shaft by a proper ad-
justment of the bolts al the four Joints.
The thing VIII not work unless a perfect
grip has been obtained
To understand the final procedure one
should take it for granted that the four
segments are hollow Water having
been forced into one of them. quickly
distributes Itself by the coiled pipes that
connect it with the other three. Thus
the pressure is equal in all. The two
light colored. bean-shaped areas on each
segment represent plates which can be
made to move away from the surface of
the segment by pressure within These
eight plates would bear against the hub
OH the screw with equal strength and
slowly push the latter from its original
position
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-17
Risked Life to Save Dog.

A story comes from the Wichita
mountains, in which 1t is stated that
John Jackson, a homesteader, leaped
into den of panthers where one of his
faithful dogs was being torn to pieces, to
save his pet dog from death The dog
was killed, though Jackson, badly
wounded, succeeded in stabbing to the
heart two of the old panthers and then
made his escape from the den.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-17
Falconry In Turkestan

In remote part of Turkestan DR.. Sven
Hedin, the explorer, few years age
discovered the ancient art of falconry il
full flower. Among the horsemen were
eight falconers," he writes, two OF
whom carried eagles. the others falcons
all duly hooded. In this part of the
world falconers form an indispensable
adjunct in any formal parade or process
sion. Later in the day they gave us ar
exhibition of their birds powers by let
ting them kill four hares and a deer
all of which were presented to me-"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-17
TWO TREES.

Through lonely years an a,garoba stood
Her only company the wand ring wind;
And Oft she tossed her green bOugEs toward
the wood
And dreamed that Heaven was fellow
ship OF kind
One happy day the solitary one
Awoke to find little palm tree near.
Whose waving leaves were shining in the
sun.
Whose stately grace hat moment made it
dear.
Through months and years the twain
grew, unafraid,
Ard for the palm trees need the other
gave
The shelter Of her boughs. their flmy
shade
The storms they faced as comrades true
and brave.
Together drank the sunlight and the dew.
And ever when the twilight winds did
blow
They whispered each to other all they
knew
OF life and love. and waxed in beauty so
The gardener came; their mingled leaves
he saw
Too wel!-beboved the young tree. and
straight
Lest all unrnindful Of its inner law
The palm be dwarfed. he moved It from
its mate.
Again the algarOba is aoue
The pangs Of parting stii! are unforgot.
But love sings song of JOY in place OF
moan
For she can see. though tar. his glorious
lot
o lonely one, dost sorely miss thy friend?
Royal his state-skalt see when life doth
end
Too close thy love did cling about him. so
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-17

cially valuable in the industrial world.
granulated or powdered aluminium
with some metallic oxide most fire.
quently oxide of iron. This mixture
looks not unlike gunpowder, or to
a housewife would suggest mixed tea,
the light granules being aluminium
and the dark ones oxide of iron. In
burning this mixture creates a tenn
peraturc as DR.. Goldschmidt ex-
pressed it in a paper read at the an.
nual meeting of the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers, about equal
to that of the electric arc light"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-17
VARIATION OF LooP-THE-LOOP.

most dangerous feats ever performed,
owing to the difficulty OF keeping the
center of the track while in such swift
motion. and to the necessity of stop
ping the wheel quickly after complet-
ing the loop, In the apparatus here
illustrated the trouble in stopping the
wheels seems to have been eliminated.
though possibly not to the complete
satisfaction of the rider, who has to
dive head foremost into a bag suspend
ed just AT the end of the short journey
But that is not the worst of it. He is
compelled to enter the bag with his
head down and feet in the air and his
wheel bottom side up above him. the
latter portion of the trip being taken
in that position. AS soon as the per-
former enters the bag it is released
from the hangings and swings outward
on the suspending rope, the counterbal-
ancing weight on the opposite end OF
the rope aiding in overcoming the mo-
mentum with which the man shoots
from the track into the bag-Louisville
Courier-Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-17
The Family Hat in Corea.

A Philadelphia man who has been in
Corea, over which the Russians and Japs
are at war, long enough to grow familiar
with its customs says one of the most
unique and picturesque of them is the
family hat, that descends from father TO
elder son. This hat, made from the hair
of the family ancestors, is priceless
possession, and so carefully handled that
it never wears out.-Philadelphia Rec
ord
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-17

was eXasperated at some injustice
that had been done him, pointed his pts.
tol at him and pulled the trigger, but it
did not go off. without moving a
muscle. the veteran cried: -Four days
in the cells for keeping your arms In
a bad state" The bugler's honesty
can scarcely have failed to be an ex,
tenuation of his offense in the eyes
of the general
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-17
Germans in Brazil,

About 5000 of the 100000 inhabitants
of Sac Paulo, Brazil, are Germans. I'm
like the Italians, who go back to their
native country after earning cempe-
tence, the Germans make Brazil their
permanent home and help to pay the
taxes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-17
Clever Dog Thief.

1t was found the other day in Lo.-
don. that a stolen dog, which failed to
identify its owner. had been dosed with
aniseed by the thief. Aniseed destroys
the sense of smell temporarily. The dog
did not recover for two or three days.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-17
High Altitude Kills Germs.

A Swiss scientist has been testing
the presence Of bacteria in mountain
air, and finds that not a single microbe
exists beyond an altitude of 1000 fee
above the level of the sea-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-17
Radium Has an "Organ.

LIE Radium is the title of new period
ical which is to be issued in Paris ere
long. 1t will contain monthly records
Of the progress made in the utilization
Of the costly new substance.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-17

Anatomists, to separate the bones of
skull, frequently fill it with small
beans and place the whole in basin
of water. The beans swell aud slowly
split the skull. The force which the
beans are capable of exertIng under
these conditions is equal to the aver
age pressure in the boiler of q steam
engine.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-13
From 148 to go Pounds.

One of the most remarkable
cases of a cold, deep-seated on the
lungs, causing pneumonia, is that
of Mrs. Gertrude E. Fenner, Mar
ion, Ind, who was entirely cured
by the use of One Minute Cough
Cure. She says: "The coughing
and straining so weakened me
that | ran down in weight fr'm
14S to 90 pounds. ] tric' One
Minute Cough Cure. Four bottles
of this wonderful remedy cured
me entirely of the cough, strength
ened my lungs and restored me to
my normal weight, health and
strength" Sold by Opera House
Drug Store.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-13
Women and Jewels.

Jewels, candy, flowers, man
that is the order of woman's pref
erences. Jewels form a magnetic
mighty power to the average wo-
man. Zen that greatest OF all
Jewels, health, is often ruined in
the strenuous effort to save the
money to purchase them. If a
woman will risk her health to get
a coveted gem, then let her for
tify herself against the insiduous
consequences of coughs, colds
and bronchial affections by regu-
lar use of DR.. Boschee's German
Syrup. 1t will promptly arrest
consumption in its early stages
and heal the affected lungs and
bronchial tubes and drive the
dread disease from the system. 1t
is not a cure-all, but it is certain
cure for coughs, colds and all
bronchial troubles. You can get
DR.. Green's reliable remedies at
D. A. Hendershot's.
Get Green's Special Almanac.