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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-06
Daring Racers In the Air.

No other pet or form Of sport can
compare with racing pigeons, says
Country Life In America. The very
can maintain a speed Of a mile and q
half a minute for 100 miles and that
can cover 700 miles between the rising
and setting Of n sun is a creature
to stir the blood and lift the heart. II
is gentle, but it endures to the end, and
l have seen it come to the home LOFT
ripped across its back by the talons Of
q hawk.
The homers enjoy the racing. They
r as keen to be out and at it as
leashed hounds.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-06
A Poor Recipe.

-
"Don't talk to me about the recipes
In that magazine" said Mrs. Lane,
with great energy. "Wasn't that the
very magazine that advised me to put
on that sody solution and leave the ia
blec1oth out overnight to take off those
yellow stains?"
"I'm inclined to think it may have
been," said Mrs. Lanes sister, with
due meekness. II sent you a number
of them in the spring. l remember"
"Well, and what happenedT" asked
Mrs. Lane, with rising wrath.
didn't the stains disappearY asked
her sister.
"Disappearw said Mrs. Lane in a
whitening tone. ct was the tablecloth
that disappeared. l don't know any
thing about the stains"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-06
THE r
Will a Anything His Muscles
Can Perform.

IAN PERFORM.
Expert horsemen believe that a horse
al be taught to do anything that it is
possible for an animal so formed and
to be utterly fearless. Thus we know
of horses rushing into battle with a
fearlessness that is magnificent, al
though in the beginning of their lives
they may have been foolishly timid,
shying at everything unusual that hap
pened to be seen in their travels.
In order to teach a horse fearlessness
he must be accustomed to all sorts Of
sights and sounds. He must come to
know that because something that he
sees or hears is unusual it does not fol
low that it is harmful, for it is the an
usual things that frighten him. The
horse is an animal of one idea at a
time and is not able to discriminate, so
say the men who have made a study Of
the horse. While he will travel along
quietly close by the roar of a train, he
may tremble at the autter of a piece Of
loose paper flying in the wind. 1t is
not the frightfulness of the object that
seems to alarm him, but the unfamil-
iarity of it. Horse trainers say that
the mistakes made in ~"breaking'' and
training a colt is that it is too often
done in the seclusion of some country
road instead of amid the sights and
sounds that the animal must necessari-
ly become familiar with later.
AS soon as the horse becomes famil-
lar with anything and has learned to
believe that it will not hurt him he
will stand quietly or trot along peace
fully, even though all sorts Of noises
and queer sights r about him. Thus
the artillery horse will stand amid the
roar of cannons, being used to the
noise and not knowing that the sound
predicts anguish and death. It is we'll
to accustom a horse to unusual sounds
as soon as possible after he is trained
for riding or driving. It renders him
safe and docile, even though he be a
spirited animal. A certain trainer of
horses said that an ideal school for
horses would contain thrashing ma
chimes, pile drivers, steam drills, cleo
trio, steam and elevated cars, a band
Of martial music and a gang Of quarry
men blasting rock. A horse that was
drilled among such a bedlam as this
would indeed prove immune to strange
noises. The gentle family horse, petted
by man and child, is not always train
ed to all this, yet he often makes a use
full and faithful animal, loved by his
owner and evidently making some re
turn of affection.-Detroit Tribune.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-06
Late Bexinninx.

Sir Walter Scott began to write his
celebrated novels at forty. Milton be-
gan Paradise Lost at fifty. When
east Lynne" appeared it's author,
Mrs. Henry Wood, was forty-five.
Cromwell was forty-one when he be-
gan his public ree The year of the
hegira was the fifty-third Of Moham-
med, and Marlborough reached his in
dependent command at the same age.
In spiritual examples Abraham was
seventy-five when called out of Cha
ran, and Moses was eighty when he
stood before Pharaoh as the champion
Of Israel. w- ~ !.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-06
A MONSTER DUMPLING.
It Weighed Pound FOr Each 0te
Cast at Dumpling Town.

Cast Mt Dumping Town.
In Halifax county. N. c., prior to
1910 there was a voting precinct
known by the odd name of Dumping
Town. In 1910, when William Henry
Harrison was elected president after a
most exciting campaign, Dumping
Town had exactly ia voters, and ev-
cry man Of them cast his ballot for
Harrison.
The people of the small but prosper
Gus town of Scotland Neck, in that
county, showed their appreciation Of
the unanimous vote Of Dumping Town
by a generous and whimsical gift. Two
days and a night were consumed in
building a big dumping, which was
made Of apples and -four and which
weighed ia pounds, one pound for
each vote cast at Dumping Town.
This monster of a dumping was put
in a sack supported by a tripod and
lowered into an immense iron kettle.
It required two days and a night to
cook it properly. Then it was lifted
out and placed in a specially made
bowl cut from the trunk of an enor-
nous cypress tree, and round it were
placed ia dumplings Of the usual size.
A band Of music and fifty wagons We're
sent to Dumping Town, and in these
wagons were taken to Scotland Neck
the la true blue Harrison men and
their families.
There was great cheering when they
arrived ut Scotland Neck, and the
guests cheered themselves when they
saw the feast prepared for them, for,
besides the dumplings, no end of good
things filled many tables in the spa
cious warehouse, and the feasting and
fun lasted the rest of the day and near-
~ all night.
A barrel Of the best molasses was
used as sauce for the big dumping,
and the hungry people ate it all
Youths Companion. 5
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-06
Dangers of Melancholy.

The weak, broken spirited person
grows morbid and melancholy, and the
brain degenerates rapidly under the
influence of these mental states. Mel
ancholia is something that comes more
within the province Of the will power
than anything else. 1t can be cast off
and avoided only in this way. Some
times for the lack Of stimulating the
will physicians will recommend a
change Of occupation, scenery and as
ISOLATION. This is merely an attempt
to rescue the mind from in~trospection
and give the will an opportunity to as
sert itself. Sometimes this is accom-
plished. and then, if followed up by
%cultivating the will, a permanent cure
may be effected.-Exchange.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-06
Thex Were AM Ri9ht.

He was a'typical backwoods farmGr.
His first visit to a city restaurant, how
ever, had taken away none of the ap'
petite he had at home, where every
thing was placed in large dishes on the
center of the table and each one help
ed himself. The waiter had piled the
food around the plate in the customary
little dishes, which the farmer cleaned
up in turn. Settling back in his chair,
he hailed the passing waiter:
"Hey, there, young mani! Your sam
pies are all right. Bring on the rest
Of the stuff."-Judge.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-06
John Bright's Reply

On one occasion John Bright received
a letter from a very bad writer, to
which he replied:
Dear Sir-Many thanks for your letter
Of the 18th inst. / have no doubt but that
it is a very good letter n that 1t con-
tains matter as int esting as it Is impor-
tant; but. ~ the bye, If you should be In
town in the course of a few days, you'd
o mind just stepping in M reading it
to me? Yours faithfully,
JOHN BRIGHT.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-06
Finding n, Excuse.

An irascible old colonel who used to
play golf at Sandwich, which is on the
river Stour, had a habit, common with
many, of blaming everybody but him
self for his bad strokes. Finally one
day, becoming badly bunkered, he first
took mighty vengeance on the turf
with his club; then. glazing around in
expectation of the usually friendly
comments and nobody saying anything.
he blurted out, "How Ear you expect a
man to play decent golf. on these cursed
links with ships passing up and down
the channelY"-London Mail.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-06
Garden Lanterns.

The noted Japanese gardens, famous
tor their beauty, owe much Of their
charm to the quaint lanterns which
are used In great profusion. The best
Of their garden lanterns are made Of
bronze after quaint native designs.
Some Of them are richly carved and
r Of great intrinsic value. Many of
these lanterns are Of great antiquity.
and the best examples are seen at Nix
kho, famous for its exquisite bronzes.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-06
Eyes a. a sign Of Intellect.

@JSU ~ u SIKH VI IutG1ACC0s
Generally the special point of differ
ence between unimportant and remark
able people lies in their eyes, in the
clear, steady, piercing gaze which is
able to subdue or terrify the beholdef,
writes Lady Violet Greville in the
Graphic. Sir Richard Burton's look
could never be forgotten; neither, I
imagine, could Napoleon's or Victor
Hugo's or that of any other great man.
The eye is the window of the brain,
and through 1t shines the intelligence.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-06
Mutual sins.

Tom-What made you give me away
20 when l was telling that yarn at the
dinner table? Dick-I didn't mean to;
it was only a slip of the tongue. But
that's no reason why you should have
kicked me so hard! Tom-Oh, l didn't
mean tot was only a slip Of the foot.
Detroit Free Press.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-06
Expected Accusations,

"You don't belong to one of the old
est families, do your" said the super
cilious woman.
mo-" answered Mrs. Cumrox. "But
after we get the girls married we ex-
pect to have several of the oldest fam
lilies belonging to us."-Washington
Star,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-06
Woman,s Power,

Woman's power is for rule, not bat
tie. and her intellect is not for inven-
ton or for creation, but for sweet
ordering, arrangement and decision.
She sees the qualities Of things. their
claims and their places.-Ruskin.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-06
No Great

Farmer Honk-I was readin' the 9TH
er day that it's a scientific fact that
a mule can be kept from brayin' by
tyin' q stone to his tail. Farmer Horn
beak-WeH, let him that is without sin
tie the first stone.-Puck.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-06
Hot and Cold.

Bilks (disconsolately)-Yes, my cred
itors are making 1t hot for me. Jilks
(consolingly) - Well, this IL q cold
world.-Pittsburg Post
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-06
A watch,. yariation.

As to the sympathetic vagaries Of
watches a correspondent writes: II dis
covered some years ago that it was the
metal buckle of my braces that caused
the Irregularities of my W particular
watch. therefore now make a rule
of putting my spectacle case on the in
side of my watch pocket, thus cutting
off the connection London Chroni-
rio
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-06
The Han6inEs.

"Have the Newlyriches got quite set
tied in their new mansion?"
"Oh, yes. They've got all their an
cestors hung except a few who were
hanged on earth."-Town Topics.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-06

Ingratitude is a form Of weakness. I
have never known a man Of real abil-
III to be ungrateful.-Goethe.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-06
Mfaplaced Devotion,

He (bitterly)-If l were rich you'd
marry me readily enough! She-Don't,
Gussie, don't! Such devotion breaks
my heart! He-What do you mean?
She-Often have you praised my beau
ty. but never before my common sense!
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-06
ii HOPE

light. 1904, by (. c. McClure.1
itish merchantmen Hope had
on or near the Kerguelen is
id l was one of the crew Of
Rambler, sent out from Sgd
ltralla, to pick up information
end.
bur arrival at the island, after
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-06

some talk of putting to sea on q raft
and that now and then a sail had been
seen on the horizon, but he had given
up hope of getting clear when the quar-
rel came and made his death certain.
The document was, of course, taken
along with us when we set out upon
our return voyage, though not a man
of us ever expected to set eyes on the
surviving mutineer, who was now also
a murderer. Strange things happen at
sea as we'll as on land, however. We
had made a distance of 500 miles when
we overhauled an English whaleship,
and, the weather being pleasant, the
two captains decided to exchange Wis
it's. Our boat was manned and rowed
4Sy, but it had not yet reached the
wualer when n Of her crew was seen
to leap overheard, and, refusing all as
.~sistance, he was soon lost sight Of.
The incident was full of mystery at
first, but we presently got the key to
1t. The man who committed suicide
had been taken off Kerguelen island
i've months before by the whaler, tell
ing a story that did not compromise
him at all, but his guilty conscience
was at work all the time, and when
our craft ovefhauled the whaler, com.
ing from that direction, the murderer
Jumped to the conclusion that we had
learned of his, whereabouts and come
Ito %apprehend him, and he preferred to
drown rather than hang.
N. QUAD.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16
HELGESEN HAS
TYPHOID FEVER
Lad Who Started Riding in Min
neapolis Is at Deaths
Door.

Jockey Helgesen, the famous rider who made
his start In Minneapolis, is seriously i'll at the
home of his parents in Chicago. He Is threat
ened with attack OF typhoid-pneumonia. and
his parents became alarmed at his condition
that two additional physicians were called in for
a consultation. Last night 1t was reported
there little change in the boys condition.
Hslgesen has fretted and worried great deal
lately. He has come in for criticism regarding
several rides and this annoyed him. The Incl
dent Of being sharply reprimanded for his ride
on Ellison's John Smulski, In recent stake race
at the Harlem track, crushed the lad completely.
He accused of riding directly contrary to
the trainers orders, and, while admitting 1t.
claimed that he got of In such good position
he thought he could win by keeping to the
front.
During the rain Monday, Helgesen, altho then
suffering from bad cold, refused to heed any
advice and started off for bicycle ride. He
caught more cold and that night had high
fever with severe chills. His condition became
steadily
Helgescn has not been in really good physical
condition since his severe fall at the Fort
Erie track a year ago this summer. He was
then in the employ of Captain Sam Brown, and
forced out of the saddle for Il long time.
His skull slightly fractured and his recov-
cry was very slow. He has ridden several
grand races in Chicago. but his form in general
was good only in streaks. Helgesen Will be 10
years old Sunday. and, having been careful Of
his earnings, has comfortable income
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16
SATURDAY BASEMENT BARGAINS

vention and select ticket to his own
liking. All republican leaders who par
ticipated in the degradation Of Platt
and the defeat Of Woodruff, the popular
choice Of the majority Of the delegates,
realize that while Platt himself has
been entirely eliminated from the propo-
sition, his place has been taken by
Woodruff, and that succeeding the cleo
tion, he will take up the cudgels against
Odell.
Woodruff IS position is perfectly clear.
He made his fight against the machine,
but maintained his regularity by retir-
ing from the fight at the eleventh hour
in order to be in position to resume
his battle with Odell after the national
contest is out Of the way.
There is the very highest authority
for the statement that Woodruff will
dispute Odell S power when the proper
! time comes.
Senator Plat seemed depressed be-
cause Of the failure of the delegates to
pay him a customary parting call to
4 congratulate him over the result of the
convention. His few callers were old.
time personal friends.
The men who still cling to him are
greatly distressed over his feeble condi.
ton, but they are discreet enough to
hold their tongues.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16
BISHOP OF GREAT FALLS
Lehman to Be Consecrated at Dubuque
on Wednesday.
Special to The Journal.

Dubuque, Iowa, Sept. 16.-All ar
consecration Of Rev. Father Matthias
Lenihan of Marshalltown as first bishop
Of Great Falls, Mont, in the cathedral
in this city next. Wednesday morning.
Prelates from various parts Of the coun-
try will be here. Archbishop Keane,
who will return from a trip abroad
Sunday, will be consecrator. The SER
mon will be delivered by Archbishop
Ireland. The senior assistant conse-
orator will be Bishop Cotter Of Winona,
Mimi, and the Junior assistant conse-
orator Bishop Keane of Cheyenne, Wyo.
The deacon of the mass will be Very
Rev. B. G.. Lenihan of Fort Dodge.
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Readville Mass, Sept. demonstrating the
immense downoours of rain in the morning the
Readville track was in very good shape for the
RACES Yesterday afternoon Summary 81 n6 {ra T.,
completed. three races Tuesday,:
Alberton. CHI g, by Peilini
s::$ $;:;:: !: *;:::
Sidney McCiregor, b Crimo-
r. !: 81 2 ;,.:5 ,n
Euxenite g NJ, by Expedition (Thomas)1
Whitten Wilkes: b g (Demerest) % 2
Mas Master P,a,r IL Bfggs} rnn;;,;:s:1;,;oi
Directweii, McDouga f' and Gambia also Started
Time-2:17M, 2:15A, 2:1s1s.
Three-year trotting, purse $1,000 two in
three heats:
Grace Bond, +. by The Bondman (Gat-
Princess Athel. DE iRydeerj ::5 )
dotn +, (Iiter( ;::;;...........a 2 ?
Iime-,2:l5A, ,2:l5A, 2:17N:
Barnetta B., br b. by Alcantara
liz; 3;;:' s;h$ ;?oii: /
Roberts, own, Ginger. Henry n. Fuzzy. Little
Dick Baron H. Jr., and Mace also started.
class rot 3nsh purse Sif Two in three
P afesHsu Maid blk m (star) ..........4 l
afro u. DIX N (Dckefson) ...........l
invader, g Demarest ................2 2
Lady Gail Hamilton. n, (Hudson). 80 s
Time-2:l5A, 2:i4N. ''''''''''''''' .
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IoWA's CRACK BoWLERs
Star Team Getting Ready to Reap New
Honors.

Special to The Journal.
Ames, Iowa, Sept 16.--Kintzleys crack bowl
ing team will roll their first league game of the
season next Tuesday evening at Story City.
This will he fve-man match, total number Of
pins to count in three five games. The Ames
team last year won second place in the state
first being won by Fort Dodge. ....I.,. -,.',
The team has suffered the loss of one Of its
best players In the death of Gray. Two likely
candidates for the vacancy are Wheeler and
Devorak, both Of whim are doing excellent work.
Kintzley, Akin and Meirs have geen entered in
the worlds Individual contest to be held in St.
Louis In the near future Kintzley captured the
championship of Iowa in the individual contests
last year and may rank high in the world s
contest in the exposition city. Akin has the
distinction list of winning high average in match
Arson alleys in Chicago last June. Meirs made
good last season by winning high average of
pins rolled by any individual in the state. The
list In both individual and team contests.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16
GOOD MUFFINS

Two cups Of Shannon & Mott Com
panv's Falcon Self Rising Pancake
Flour, one cup of milk, one heaping
tablespoonful of butter, one tablespoon
full of sugar, two eggs; mix the ingre-
dents thoroughly before adding the
pancake flour. If richer mullins are
wanted, add more eggs. Use no salt,
Yeast or baking powder, Falcon Self
Rising Pancake Flour is a mixed -four
of the best portion of wheat, corn and
rye. The flour is self-rising. Sold by
the best grocerss
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JENKINS AT THE FORE
Would Battle with Jeffries in Rough
House Style. ~.

New York Sun Special Service.
New York. Sept Teton Jenkins the
wrestler, wants bout with Jeffries, but
he stipulates that it shall be rough and tumble
instead of under Marquis Of Queensbury rules.
Jenkins said today that if Jeffries would agree
he would get backing for $4,000 that he could
whip him. He thinks that the fight could be
held in Mexico, where biting. backheeling and
other tactics of the river front held in high
favor among fighters.
Jenkins Idea is to disable Jeffries in about
three minutes. Tom O'Rourke. who knows
h" has the of abe to Rh
anybody the Bowery, said last night that in
rough and tumble battle Jefries would kill
jenkins in five minutes
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ODELL TO FACE
BITTER CONTEST
Wearing Platt's Torn Mantle Of
Leadership, Woodruff Will
Battle New Boss.
New York. Sun snacial Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Saratoga, N. Y, Sept. 16.-In full
panoply Of leadership, Governor Odell
left Saratoga last night, while United
States Senator Plat, the old time mas
ter Of the empire state republicans, re-
manned behind, with Timothy J.. Wood
ruff, his residuary legatee, as the dom
inant factor of a faction that is certain
to dispute the absolute sway of the new
master. =,
The faction may, and probably will
not become actually created until after
the election in November, but after the
election there is probably no room to
doubt the purpose of Mr.. Woodruff to
measure swords with MI. Odell in a con
test for the control of the party or
ganization.
first attempt to organize a party con
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:! hapnlan's
9Th and Nieo|let
SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY :

Ices and Ice cream
For your Sunday dinner we shall
have our most popular combina~
tion, BIsQUE OF ALMONDS
and CHERRY ICE, per qt.5Oc
From our pastry kitchen.
Our special cake will be Coco
ANUT LAYER, also sPICED
FRUIT LOAF with OHOCO-
LATE ICING and ORANGE
CREAM SQUARES, each. ESQ
FRUIT COFFEE CAKE
SQUARES, each. .......: loo
PLUM JAM TURNOVERS,
home made, per doz. 49,. 200
From our Candy Kitchen.
MAPLE FRUIT SQUARES,
oH To- O. Mo1.Ass1s '2'
CHIPS, per ID. go. 3. i. $50
PEACHES, fancy Colorado FL
bertas, per box $1.1o, per
basket ................. BOO
eros PRUNEs, large Reds,
MALAGA GRAPES, 5 lb., per
basket SOC
PEARS, New York Bartletts,
per peck -. .......5 SOC
GREEN GRAPES for Jelly,
per ID Sc
SWEET POTATOES, genuine
Jerseys, 10 lbs. .......... .25c
EGG PLANT, each. SC
PIE PUMPKINS, each. sc
TOMATOES, basket Hoe
RICE, finest Carolina Heads,
per ID ............... SO
BUTTER, our Best xxx
Separator, 5-lb jars. >. .$1.OS
PRETzELs, Italian, per Id. loo
OLIVE OIL, finest italian,
per gallon can. $2.69
MAPLE SUGAR, guaranteed
strictly pure, lib cakes >. .18c
Our Coffee is always hot from our
rooster.
Chapman's JAVA CoMBINA-
TON, per ID 49,. ....... SOC
chapman's PERFECTION, put
up in Glib. air-tight tins. .75c
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was informed on account. of the size of the
Michigan law classes The substitute is de-
cla1 ed to write examinations and answer every
time the athletes name is called, while the
latter dreams by his side of knocking out Jim
Jeffries. ... T..
amusement on the Illinois campus today and
created considerable comment altho there were
few ready to believe that such a scheme was
plar stle.