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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-09
Nationality Washed on.

A Russian sailor, a deserter from his
ship, recently gave himself up to a
crew of British seamen on the guano
island of Leone, saying that he desired
to his allegiance to the car
and to become a subject of King Ed
ward. The British sailors were puz-
lied how to naturalize the man, SO
they held consultation on the subject.
Finally, after the Russian had abjured
his country, every British tar present
threw a bucket of water over him, and
thus his nationality was washed off,
Exchange.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-09
Outdoor sport. In Porto Rico.

The idea which once prevailed among
Americans in Porto Rico that northern
outdoor sports, such as baseball, ten
mis-, ETC., could not be successfully in
troduced into Porto Rico is now wan
ing. The Americans have virtually
made baseball the national outdoor
sport of Porto Rico, as it has been for
q long time in the United States. Ten
mis- tournaments are being held, and
football, cycling and other sports have
been tried to some extent. When a
northerner becomes acclimated he
seems to enjoy outdoor sports here
about the same as he does in the north.
What a great many of us need here in
the tropics is exercise, but too often
we are disinclined to take it. San
Juan News.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-09
Novelty In Amateurs T~heatrical..

Novelty In VneatrAC0Ass
The oldest and most interesting per-
formances in amateur theatricals for
. charitable purpose was recently CIV
en- in England, and it is doubtful If
either could be duplicated in the United
States, says the New York Press. To
aid in the establishment Of a "Tiny
Tim" bed for crippled boys an operetta
was presented in Westminster, in
which the entire cast was made up Of
the grandchildren Of Charles Dickens.
ranging in age from fourteen to twen-
ty-two years. The other, with the
anne purpose in view, was by the chill
dren of the Earl and Countess of Den
bigh, seven daughters and one son.
Both performances were creditable and
yielded a neat little sum for the charity
named in honor Of n of the most
touching and pathetic characters ever
portrayed by the great novelist.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-09
Cod Losing Their Ltver..

It is said that when a man finds he
has a liver he has instant cause for
unhappiness. But the Norwegian cod
fish are losing their livers, and there
is likely to be unhappiness in the
world unless they take some means of
finding the organ. The scarcity of cod
liver oil, a great tonic for persons with
weak lungs, is owing not to the fact
that fewer Goldfish are caught, but that
the fish have little or no livers any
more. This is thought to be caused
by lack of sufficient nourishment, as
the tiny sea creatures on which the
cod feed are disappearing from the
Norwegian waters. The livers of the
fish when caught are found to be shriv-
eled badly and in some cases totally
lacking. Where formerly it took only
about $4,000 cod to make a barrel of
cod liver oil it now requires at least
10000.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-09
schools of Crime.

As an instance Of the way secret So
cieties like the Malta are organized in
southern Italy it is worth reporting
that the italian police recently arrest
ed seyenty-one persons, all members of
a secret organization called the Mala-
vita in the city Of Foggia. 1t was dis
covered that the society was organized
to commit all sorts Of crime, from high
way robbery to kidnapping. Two schools
were found. one to teach the way to
use the knife and the other for pick
pockets. An admission fee Of a few
francs was charged, and the members
were divided into three classes and
promoted from one to the other by a
sort of supreme court. with headquar-
tiers at Barletta.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-09
S Il DUDLEY's SAMPLES,
How q Drummer Sized Up the Late
Kentucky Divine.

How q Drummer Sized Up the Late
Kentucky Divine.
The late Thomas Underwood Dudley,
Episcopal bishop Of Kentucky. was a
man Of large and genial presence, a
lover Of good stories and good cheer
and a favorite with all classes. 1t was
he who used to tell on himself the fol
lowing story, says the New York Trib-
ne:
A number Of years ago he was going
by train to one Of the smaller towns
Of his diocese to hold services. He was
enjoying a cigar in the smoker, and on
the seat facing him was a large valise
containing his clerical vestments. A
drummer sitting back of him, noticing
his jaunty travelling cap, leaned for
ward and inquired:
"Traveling man, ehY
eyes," answered the bishop.
"What house dye representa-
1.-THE biggest house in the world"
"Shillito's" (the largest house in Gin
cinnati) asked the drummer.
"Bigger than that"
marshall F1elQ!
"Bigger than that"
"A. T. Stewart's"
"Bigger yet"
"Well, what house is it? Those ar
the best I know"
II represent, sir" said the bishop i'm
pressively, 'the house of God"
The salesman gave a gasp; ther
glancing at the mammoth valise, ez
claimed:
swell, all I've got to say is you carr
a pretty full line of samples"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-09
DOOM OF THE WHITE RACE
A Chicago Professor Says Asiatics
Will Conquer.

A Chicago Professor Says Asiatics
Will Conquer.
Professor III. j. Davenport of the
University of Chicago said to his class
the other morning in a lecture on po-
litical economy:
''The Caucasian race is doomed to
eventual defeat in a struggle with the
yellow race, whatever the develop
menis or outcome of the present jap
anese-Russian situation may be. When
the allied Chinese and Japanese begin
to pour out over the world as the Rus
slams are doing. there will remain for
the English speaking and western races
only one recourse, that of crossing
with the Chinese, If they will consent
to cross. On other terms western civ
~ilization may endure, but western races
hardly will.
with China's yearly increase of
100000, with the spread of its popu-
lation over Russia, Asia, and with with
its warlike imperial traditions, n I'M
derstands the nightmare of dread
which rests over western Europe. The
/ contest of civilization against the
hordes of Asia will hardly be one Of
J arms, but a struggle for survival in
the business Of living. Now that the
Caucasian has, with his gunboats
foolishly broken down the barriers OF
exclusion about the Chinese and has
forced upon Asia the arts and sciences
Of western civilization, he is beginning
IN find himself engaged in an industrial,
death grapple."
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-09
]TELEeRAPH!c BREvITlEs.

r-.||
Baron Won Horst, former Austrian
minister of defense, is dead.
Fremont, O., is experiencing the sec.
ond worst flood within a month.
A heavy gale swept over st. Louis
Sunday and did considerable damage
to property.
James Boorman Colgate died at his
home in Yonkers, N. Y, Sunday after
an illness of several months.
Edward Butler, the St. Louis mill
~ionaire, tried on a charge of bribins
members OF the st. Louis house OF
delegates was found not guilty by the
jury.
The cruiser Minneapolis has sailed
from Guantanamo for San Domingo
City where Admiral Wise will make a
personal investigation into affairs
there.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-09
DONKEY ENGRAVED ON BILL
Government Note of 1880 Supple-
ments American Eagle.

ments American Eagle.
Though it may not be generally
known, a revelation unearthed at Los
Angeles, CAL, shows that for the past
twenty-three years the honors of being
the emblem Of the United States have
been divided between an eagle and a
donkey, says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
This unexpected discovery may come
as a shock to those who, above all
things, hold the emblem of their coun-
try sacred, but a ten dollar bill circu-
lating in Los Angeles and bearing the
engraving of an American eagle and
another bird, sometimes called a Rocky
mountain canary. proves beyond the
shadow of a doubt that an undignifed
practical joke has been played in the
engraving department at Washington.
The bill was issued in the year 1880.
during which time an ~Englishman was
in charge OF the engraving department.
Whether the Eri1isher was one OF that
type that still hold a grievance against
the United States or whether he was
one who ~endeavored 70 show that a
Britisher has a questionable sense OF
humor is not known, but all the curren-
cy that left the department while this
gentleman was in ella .Se bore the un
patriotic picture.
The currency had been in circulation
for perhaps d year when the objection
able donkey was noticed by the depart
ment and called in. Within twelve
months after the currency was tabooed
every bill was accounted for with the
exception of one. Bill No. A.. ,766
could not be located until the other day,
when it came into the possession of A.
O. Craig, a resident of Los Angeles.
MI. Craig noticed the bill was unlike
the money now in circulation and upon
reviewing the eagle that is engraved
upon the back found a large mule with
white nose and tapping ears.
Though the foremost characteristic Of
the ignoble beast is similar to that Of
the average American in that neither
will be driven to do what they dislike
still it. is doubtful IL the designer i'm
proved upon the original idea Of hav
ing the eagle on the money.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-09
AMERICANS BEST FIReMEN.
10 Declares an Australian Fire Bril-
gade Once After World Tour.

Ia Declares an Australian Fire Bri.
gade OMcer After World Tour.
Alfred Webb, chief officer Of the fire
brigades Of New South Wales, Austria
liza, with headquarters in Sydney, was
recently in Kansas City, Mo-, inspect
ing the IRE department, with a view
Of gaining Information that may be
used in improving his brigades. Mr..
Webb Is making a tour of the world In
search Of such information. He has
been travelling six months and has Wis
tied nearly fifty cities on both sides OF
the Atlantic ocean. In Europe he In
spected fire departments in Paris, Ber-
lin, Vienna, Marseilles, Copenhagen,
Stockholm, Bremen, Cologne, Antwerp
and Brussels on the continent and in
London and fifteen other cities and
towns in England, Ireland and Scot
land. In America he has visited New
York, Boston. Baltimore. Philadelphia.
Indianapolis, Chicago and other large
cities. He also saw fire departments
In several cities in Canada.
OF all the fire departments he has
seen Mr.. Webb thinks those of the
United States are the best. Most coun
tries of the old world, he says. do not
keep their departments up to date.
1.-THE departments Of this country
have much better and more modern
apparatus than any I saw in Europe
said Mr.. Webb. II am an old Londor
fireman and l should naturally feel 8
little partial to London, but l must say
that it's fire department is not so mod
ern as 1t might be.
"In this country l find things better
The erection of fine buildings ha'
caused the fire departments to be sup
piled with high fire fighting machines
In the United States and Canada l say
water towers, but / saw them in n
other part of the world. The cities o
the United States have met h neces
stiles of the day in the way Of fire hgh1
ing apparatus better than those Of nm
other country. American remen
have found, are very brave M compf
tent also"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-09
CHICAGO Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, Feb. 6.-Cattle-Good to
prime steers, $4.9O@5.50; poor to me-
dunn, $4.25@4.80; stockers and feed
ers, s2.25@4.15; cows, $1.50@4.25;
heifers, 5000 @4.50; calves, $4,000
7.25. Hogs-Mixed and butchers, $4.75
@5.05; good to choice heavy, $4.95@
$40; rough heavy, s4.80@4.95; light,
$4.3O@4.SO. Sheep-Good to choice
wethers, S4.0O@4.50; Western sheep,
$3.75@5.75; native lambs, $4.OO@5.S5;
Western, $5.25@6.10.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-09
ANTlsENTlMENTAL

Such a funny fambily!
Us children hate to say
Papa! Allus call him paw,
/. Even up to May!
Says she'd call him papa, but,
BY the continental,
Half afraid at we 'ud think
She's gittin' sentimental!
Onct she went away an stayed
About a year er SO
An then said papa std OF paw
When she come home. you
But said it kind o. low an looked
At me an Joe an Mamie
An acted like she didn't keer,
But worryin' jist the samey!
No one dassent ever kiss
Our paw fer fear they'll 90
Something ats sentimental. an
Our paws the same way too!
We've got to all act kind o mean
When we're at home, fer maybe
II we git good we're liable
10 kind O. act the baby!
indianapolis Sun.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-09
Look to the Future.

Mr.. Yerkes. the Chicago street rail-
way magnate. has formulated and pro-
mulgated the following rules of con-
duct: ''The worst fooled man is the
one who fools himself" Have one
object in life. Follow it p%ersistently
and d~eterminedly. Ii you divide your
energies you will not succeed" Have
no regrets. Look to the future. The
past is gone and cannot be brought
back"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-09
SOME RARE FLOWERS.
Single Plant Worth $4,000 In Q
S1,OOO.OOO Orchid Collection.

a WEI
The fowerpot was like a toy. The
moss in it would not have made a tea
spoonful. Out Of the moss two tiny
leaves each less than a half inch long
peeped. They were variegated leaves.
Their right halves were green and their
left halves white. Pot, earth, leaves
and all, this plant would have slipped
easily into a mans waistcoat pocket.
And yet $4,000 had been offered for
1t. 1t did not weigh an ounce. There
was nothing to 1t but two tiny leaves
upon a stem less than an inch long, yet
1t was worth $4,000.
1t was an orchid in the collection OF
Mrs. George B. Wilson OF Philadelphia.
Mrs. Wilson'S orchids are said to be the
finest. in America, some say the finest
in the world. The little plant was a
cross between a Cattleya aurea and a
Cattleya labiata. 1t was two years old
and it would be five years more before
it would begin to bloom. But it was the
only orchid in the world with leaves
half green and half white, n there
fore Sanders. the English collector. see
ing it in November, said:
II will give you $4,000 for It"
But Mrs. Wilson's gardener replied:
1--WE buy all we can, but we never
SELL"
Mrs. Wilson lives at Forty-third m
Walnut streets, Philadelphia, says the
New York Tribune. Ten years ago she
bought the orchids of Erastus Corning
Of New York, 10000 plants, which Mr..
Corning had been forty years in gath
ering. She engaged for her gardener
Alphonse Pericat, who had been head
gardener at the orchid farm of Baron
Alpllonse de Rothschild of Paris, and
she sent off, with a rowing commission,
Henri Barrault, a skilled orchid hunter.
For the last ten years, thanks to the
daring and the industry of Barrault
and thanks to the patient art of Peri
cat. her collection has been growing
greatly. 1t is practically a collection
that represents fifty years of work. Il
numbers 10000 plants, over 1000 OF
which are unique, with duplicates no
where in the world, and 1T is worth (as
Erastus Corning spent 100000 on i
and as Pericat has propagated from i
over 1000 hybrids) close upon $1,000,
600. 1t is said to be the best collection
in America, and Sanders says it is il
many respects the best collection in tn
, World.-Chicago RecQrd-Herald.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-09
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Feb. 6.-Wheat - May,
94c; July, 84%c; Sept, 79@79%c.
Corn-Feb.. sic; May, 54Ac; July. 81
@52Ac; Sept, 51Ac. Oats-Feb.,
41Ac; May, 44M @44Ac; July. 1885,;
Sept, 1850. Pork-May, $13.57k;
July, $13.67h. Flax-Cash, North
western, $1.18; Southwestern, Sill;
Feb, Sill; May. $1.14. Butter
Creameries, 15@24c; diaries, 10000
Eggs - 28@30c. Poultry - Turkeys,
12c: chickens. 12c; springs. 11hc.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-09
MISSISSIPPI MOB PUTS coLoRED
MAN AND HIS WIFE TO
DEATH BY FIRE.
TRAGEDY COST EIGHT LIVES
BEGAN WITH KILLING OF WHITE
4 PLANTER AND ENDED IN
DOUBLE LYNcHING.

Memphis. Tenn, Feb. 8.-A special
to the Commercial-Appeal from Dodds-
Vile, Miss, says:
Luther Ho.bert and his wife, ne
groes, were burned at the stake here
Sunday by a mob Of over 1000 per-
sons, for the killing of James East
land, a prominent white planter, and
John Carr. a negro. on Wednesday al
the Eastland plantation two miles
from this city.
The burning of Holbert and his wife
closes a tragedy which cost eight
lives, has engaged 200 men and two
packs Of b~loodhounds in a four-days'
chase across four counties, and mas
stirred this section of Mississippi al
most to frenzy.
Following are the dead:
Luther Holbert and wife, negroes,
burned at the stake by mob.
James Eastland and John Carr, both
killed by Hobert; John Winters, ne
gro, killed by Eastland; three I'M
known negroes, killed by posses.
The killing of Eastland, Carr and
Winters occurred w ednesday at EAST
lands plantation. Holbert and Win
torS were In CdFI = CdUAu WHICH, Las.
land entered and ordered Holbert to
leave the plantation.
A difficulty ensued in which it Is al
legged that Holbert opened fire or
Eastland, fatally wounded him ane
killing Carr. Eastland sreturned the
fire and killed Winters.
When news Of the tragedy reached
D%oodsville a posse was formed ant
LETT Immediately for Eastland's plan
tation. Arriving there further shoot
ing occurred and an unknown negro
was killed. Holbert and his wife, whit
had donned mems clothing, bot
heavily armed, had fed.
Holbert and his wife, worn out iron
travelling over 100 miles on foo
through cane brakes and swamps
were found asleep in a heavy belt o
timber three miles east of Shepherds
town and captured by a posse with
out a shot being fired.
The two negroes were brought t
Doddsville and Sunday were burne
at the stake by a large mob almos
in the shadow of the negro churc
here.
Saturday two negroes were kille
by a posse near Belzoni, Yazoo cou1
ty, by mistake. ~.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-09
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Feb. 6.-Wheat-In store
No. / hard. 94Ac; No. l Northern,
92Ac; No. 2 Northern, 90Ac. To ar
riye-No. 1 hard, 94Ac; No. l North
ern, 92Ac; No. 2 Northern, 9OAc;
May, 92Ac; July. 91%c; Sept, 8oAc.
Flax-On track, to arrive and ] n store,
$1.14A; May, $1.17A; July, $1.lSA.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-09
officers Of Minnesota Odd Fellows

st. Paul, Feb. 8.-Odd Fellows of the
jurisdiction of Minnesota have elected
the following officers: Grand master,
VIM Powers, st. Paul; deputy grand
master, f. M. Clay, Renville; grand
representative, S. A. Farnsworth, st.
Paul; grand secretary, A. l.. Bolton;
grand treasurer, c. M. Sprague, Sank
Center.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-09
MARKET
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, Feb. 6.-Wheat-May,
92Hc: July, 91%c; Sept, 80Bc. On
track-No. l hard, 95hc; No. l North
ern. 92Mc; No. Q Northern, 89Mc; No.
3 Northern, 34@87c.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-09
St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

St. Paul, Feb. 6.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $3.70@5.00; common to
fair, $3.25@3.65; good to choice Lows
and heifers, s2.70@3.25; veals, $4,000
500. Hogs-s4.45 $500. Sheep-Good
to choice yearling wethers, $4.25@
4.65. good to choice lambs, $4.85@5.35.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-09
DO YOU
KNOW
The Gazette
Job Department

Turns out a better class of
work than any other printing
establishment in the Yellow.
stone valley.
We are prepared to do any
class of printing on short
notice.
We employ only frst-class
workmen, and consequently
can guarantee
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1904-11-24
Everything good to eat and wear
at Big Buffalo Cash Store.

Everything good to eat and wear
at Big Buffalo Cash Store.
More Whips and less Oats. Big
Buffalo Cash Store.
j. NJ. Jack left Monday on a
business trip to Seattle.
F. P. Turner, of Kooskia, was
doing business in sown Friday.
just get our prices on Heating
stoves. Big Buffalo Cash Store.
Trunks, Valises, Telesc p 8,
Hand Grips and Dress Suit Cases.
Big Buffalo Cash Store.
Our handmade harness has no
equal for strength and durability.
Big Buffalo Cash Store.
A. I. Watson has the thanks oil
this Office for some very fine apples
grown on his ranch south of town.
The hotels today are serving
dinners that ought to make their
guests thankful for good things to
eat.
We have the goods and the low.
est prices, that tells you where and
when to buy. Big Buffalo Cash
Store.
We are making the greatest
slaughter in prices ever known in
Mems Suits and Underwear. Just
come in and get ONE OF our 4..5O
Suits. Big Buffalo Cash Store.
Nick McGree, the we'll known
mining man, is suffering from q
fractured shoulder caused by a
horse falling with him while riding
over from Mt. Idaho Sunday.
Ladies, come in and see our line
Of Il. N. G. Carsets. For ease and
comfort they are the best, each
pair guaranteed to give satisfaction.
Also latest novelties in Shirt Waists
and Ties. Big Buffalo Cash Store,
Now is the time to get your fall
and winter supplies. Get them
now and get them right. Save
you tickets and get some handsome
present. Our cash customers are
receiving beautiful presents each
day. Big Buffalo Cash Store.
Miss Laura Behling, of Tacoma,
and Edward G. Wyatt, Of White
Bird, were recently married in
Lewiston at the home Of groom's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Wyatt. The groom is well and
favorably known in this county
having been engaged in cattle rails
ing on the Salmon river since boy.
hood. The young couple will wish
in Lewiston until after the holidays
when they will take up their resi-
dence at White Bird.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1904-11-24
A Pleasant Surprise.

A pleasant surprise party was
rendered Mr.. and Mrs. Steinheiser
Tuesday evening by a number OF
their friends, and very agreeable
evening was spent in progressive
whist, ETC., interpreted with deli
cious refreshments, and vocal and
instrumental music. The genial
host and affable hostess were agree
ably surprised and soon made their
guests feel at ease with profusion
Of hospitality. Those present were
Mr.. and Mrs. w. N. Scales, Mr..
and Mrs. A. F. Parker, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. G. Cunningham, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. l. Overman, Mr.. and Mrs.
I. G. Hattabaugh, Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. K. Reed, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
j. Reed, Mr.. and Mrs. Everett
Gee, Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Pearce,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Brown, Mr..
and Mrs. A. Markham, Mr.. and
Mrs. j., Norwood, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. Davis, Mr.. and Mrs. A. G.
Hawson, Mrs. A. Freidenrich, Mrs.
B. F. Taylor. Mrs. III. Cone, Miss
Mona Hattabaugh, Reese Hatta-
baugh, Milton FIeidenrich.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1904-11-24
New Law Firm.

Wallace N. Scales and Hampton
Taylor, now probate judge, have
formed partnership for the prac-
tice OF law, to go into effect at the
close OF Mr.. Taylor's term of Office
next January, under the firm name
OF Scales & Taylor. In the forma-
ton of this partnership there is one
OF the strongest law firms in the
state. For years past Mr.. Scales
has been recognized as one Of the
ablest jury lawyers in the state
and his practice has grown until
practically no cases of Importance
are tried in this county without
him being on one side or the other.
In Mr.. Taylor we have an able Office
lawyer and his large experience in
the probate judges office will es-
pecially fit him for the work in
connection with estates and exam
inatiOn of titles. Both men are
we'll known and extremely popular
and with their regulations for hon
esty and ability cannot fail to win
a practice that will put them in
the front ranks with Idaho's legal
fraternity.