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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-06
BURKE in NoRTHspAkoTA.

FARGO. n. p. Nov. 4.-Reports
nqm ne western part Of the state
Az gchn Burke. Democrat. . lead
Sspf ne&rly 5000. tor governor.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-06
WILL SAIL FOR AMERICA.

TOXIC, NOV. 4.-Tangi shao. spe-
cial Chinese envoy to the United
States from China, viii sail for San
Francisco or the steamer Mongolia
tomorrow accompanied by a large
suit.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-06
Commissioner.

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The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-11

n of the highest Observation-Disclosures
in the gift of the kaiser and has been
worn by the worlds greatest scientist
in several generations, inasmuch as
Germany has for years been in the
forefront of scientific progress.
Prof. Newcomb is the only Ameri-
can authorized to accept the decora-
tion of a foreign monarch in eight
years, and has, indeed, received more
of these honors than any other living
American. He is an officer of the
Legion of Honor, is the first native
American since Franklin to be made
an associate of the Institute of France,
has received exalted degrees from ten
European universities, is a member of
about 80 foreign societies, has re-
ceived five medals from abroad. had
his portrait ordered by the car for
the Imperial university of Russia,
while both the Imperial university of
Japan and the Imperial observatory of
Russia have presented him with hand
some testimonial vases in recognition
of his contributions to science.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-11

III ASHINGTON.-Uncle Sam wants
w to raise a new brand of babies,
one that shall be of beef and Drawn.
nerve and muscle. And he has set
about it in a businesslike way.
In the first place, the bureau of
chemistry of the department of agri-
culture, under the direction of Harvey
H. Wiley, will find out what foods now
prepared for infants are really foods.
If it is discovered that they are not
foods at all, but cracked bran and
canned mustard poultices there will
be trouble.
After the results of the inquiry is
concluded mothers will be sent lists
of foods proper for the use of babies.
From physicians, manufacturers,
and specialists in children's diseases
there will be collected data tending
to show the causes which render chill
dren i'll, and then they will be asked
to give information, based on their
years of experience, which will advise
the proper sort of nourishment and
treatment for children, not only to
avoid disease, but to build better ba-
bies.
DR.. Wiley believes that in a few
years he will see the results Of his
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-11
Sow Plenty of Alfalfa Seed.

In some farm papers exceptions
have been taken in regard to heavy
seeding of alfalfa. Let me say that
this season | was only able to SOW at
the rate of thirty pounds of seed to
the acre, and the stand does o be-
gin to be as good, and there are more
weeds to contend with.
l believe that forty or fifty pounds
is better than thirty, for the reason
that there will be fewer weeds, a
f 1er stalk, and June grass will be
held in check.
From n piece Of four acres l
have drawn into my barns in three
cuttings twenty-eight large loads OF
fine green hay. In this piece the June
grass came in strong, but in the
spring l shall disk and sow in,
wherever needed, a thick seeding, and
hope to make the field hold out at
least two years more before blowing
under 1t has been in alfalfa four
years and yielded a large amount OF
nice alfalfa hay.-D. C. Dean, Mich
igan.
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We Should Use Separators.

The farm separator enables US to
separate the milk at home, send the
cream to the creamery two OF three
times a week and feed the skinned
milk to the calves and pigs.
On an average the money received
from cream in this way is pretty neal
equal to the price that would be re-
ceived for butter. The average price
of butter is about 20 cents per pound.
Without a separator milk must DE
kept for from twenty-four to thirty
six hours with cold water around it,
and when SKINNED the cream is often
of poor quality.
The hand separator takes the but
ter fat from the milk while warm,
saves & great amount Of labor and
gives the very best SKINNED milk
that can be produced Tor calves and
pigs.
In buying a separator always select
a good machine and never buy a
cheap affair. The manufacturers of
the best machines will guarantee
them and to buy a cheap, untried
machine without a guaranty is an al
solute waste OF money.
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simplicity can be understood when |
state that in the cab the mechanism
consisted merely of a throttle bar, re
verslng gear and brake. Only one man
was required to run the machine, thus
saving the expense of a fireman.
A the name implies, the locomo
tive is fireless. There is no firebox
In general appearance the machine re
sembles the ordinary type of locomo
tive minus the firebox, funnel and
sundry other attachments.
1t must be understood that this
type of locomotive is unsuitable fol-
uninterrupted railway service, but is
essentially a yard shunting machine;
In other words, it must keep near it's
base OF supply, and this base of supply
Is the boiler of some local power sta.
ton. AT this local power station the
tank OF the locomotive is filled with
steam, and on this steam supply the
engine will run from four to five hours
doing ordinary switching work.
When | entered the cab of one of
these switching engines the steam
gauge showed ~a3reading of As pounds.
L was Informed that two hours had
elapsed since the boiler was charged
and that steam was taken on at 40
pounds pressure. The chief engineer
OF the works stated that the boiler
could limp back to it's station ever
with steam pressure as low as one.
half an atmosphere"
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Capital to Get a Thorough Cleansing

the same, the death rate in the zone,
the difference in population consid-
cred, is considerably less than here.
Sanitary experts express themselves
as being shocked at the conditions eX-
listing here, and in many other Amer
lean cities, after what has been &C
complished under most di~scouraging
conditions on the Isthmus of Panama.
They say that there is absolutely no
excuse for the prevalence of such on
d%itions, and SO far as Washington is
concerned, a determined effort will
be made to eliminate them.
Government psychologists, chem
lists and experts in other branches of
science are now investigating the con-
ditions prevailing in many hotels and
restaurants, among them some of the
best in the city, and it is said that a
number of warrants will be issued for
the arrest of some of the proprietors
of these establishments. The house
cleaning is to be general and thor
ough; the nations capital will be
turned inside out, stood on its end,
and turned upside down, and the
scraping, busting, spraying and touch
ing up it will receive will be a sur
prise to the natives.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-11

D OSITIONS as rural carriers are not
i supposed to be attractive to WON
en-, and the %postofice department does
not encourage their employment as
such, but an increasing number are in
vading the rural delivery field. Some
are regular carriers.
Assistant Postmaster General De
Graw is authority for the statement
that when women obtain places as
rural carriers they invariably accept
cheerfully the hardships that accom-
pany the work in bad conditions of
road and weather.
An example of this enthusiasm is
shown in a report received at the de-
partment of the case of Miss Lenna
Sennot, who is the substitute carrier
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THIS town is to be subjected to one
i of the most thorough houseclean-
ing operations that have ever been
performed hereabouts, and it is the
belief of those who will have the job
in charge that the old town will be
quite a decent and sweet smelling
place to live in after the cleaning
process has been completed.
Those CT Uncle Sans sanitary
corp, who make a speciality of SAM
tary problems will be given a free
hand, with instructions to go as far as
they like.
The reason for so much activity on
the part of those interested in the
health of the good citizens of Wash
ington is a report in the Canal Zone
Record which shows that while the
average of temperature and humidity
in the zone and Washington are about
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-11
To Raze Historic BUILDING.

The Tower building in New York,
he first steel skeleton frame Office
building built in this country, is to
be torn down. The site it occupies,
together with the. premises, A to So
Broadway and 43 to Al New street,
will be improved with a 3S-story Office
building, to be erected by the Broad
way and New Street Realty Company,
at a cost of STATS. 900. The facade
Of the building will be of brick and
terra Gotta. There will be IS passen-
ger elevators and one freight elevator.
Four elevators will run to the thir-
teenth floor, four to the twenty-sev-
snth floor, and five to the thirty-sev.
.nth floor.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-11
Eel Swallowed Sunfish,

A son of Hiram Denny, a poultry
farmer, neal Lancaster, was fishing in
the Conestoga and had occasion to
leave his line unattended for a short
time. When the youth returned the
line was spanned like the snare Of a
drum and he hastily pulled it out. II
contained an immense eel. 1t was a
most peculiar looking eel, for near the
middle it was abruptly broadened out.
Examination showed that tie eel had
swallowed a sunfish which had been
the first victim Of the boys hook and
line, and still had the barbed point i'm.
bedded in its NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Record.
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Raise Improved Breeds of Poultry.

1t is not necessary to study statis-
tics to place a proper valuation on
the poultry industry, for if one is at all
acquainted with the conditions on
the majority. of farms it is easy to
realize that eggs and fowls are the
main dependence to keep up the gro
Gerry bills, buy the needed clothing and
ever to meet sundry other expenses
which are necessary in order to keep
the more p%retentious operations of
the farmer in running order. Through
many months of the year there is lit
tie income from general farming, and
if an emergency arises where extra
money is needed if the egg basket can
not meet the demand the fowls are
levied on, and a coop of chickens or
ducks goes to market.
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z Round the Capital
III Information and Gossip Picked Up Here 4
IN and There in Washington. =
Husky Babies Is Aim of Uncle Sam

experiments in a race of husky young
giants, to whom sickness and i'll
health will be a rarity. To first re-
move the aus for illness and then
replace poor food with good will be
the aim of the experiment, and the
results are expected to be evident in
the human machine thus constructed.
The movement Is the result of nu-
merous inquiries from parents and
others who have suggested that there
might be a possibility Of impurities
in children's foods. For a time ex-
periments on a small scale have been
carried on, but it has been made APP
parent to DR.. Wiley hat a more ex-
tensive investigation into the subject
will not only reveal the fact that there
are impurities in the foods now Of
fered on the market, but will show a
way to bring about better conditions
of health for children generally.
DR.. Wiley believes hat the manu-
facturers will have the matter as
much at heart as will the bureau of
chemistry, and for this reason he is
asking each maker of babies foods
to make a report not only on the kinds
of foods sold by him, but what he
would deem a proper food.
1t is from the physicians, however,
that the best information is expected
because of their intimate dealings
with actual conditions.
In connection with the inquiry a
special investigation will be made into
foods for the use of invalids and that
used in hospitals in the treatment Of
the sick
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-11
Women Like Rural Mail Delivery Field

on a 26-mile route in one of the New
England states. Miss Sennot has held
the position for three years, and al,
though the route is a long one and is
thickly wooded in some sections, Miss
Sennot says she has no fear in driving
over the route alone. She carries nc
weapon of defense, but considers that
she is able to take are of herself.
When asked what induced her to
enter the service, Miss Sennot said
that one day, about three years ago,
the regular carrier told her he was un'
able to find a substitute, and jokingly
asked her if she would like to sub.
stitute for him.
81 told him l would like to be his as
sistant or substitute" said Miss Sen
not, providing he had horses that
had some life. He agreed he had good
horses, so l was sworn in as his sub
stitute.
mo, 1 have never been afraid, be
cause there is nothing to fear. l have
every II wearing a smile, and fol-
that reason l believe l have their
good wills"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-11

THAT Mehmed Ali Bey, deposed
i Turkish minister, was compelled
to leave with Homer Davenport, the
horse loving cartoonist, his prize Ara
bian steed in order to obtain funds
with which to leave America, is the
story made public here by a friend
of the fleeing minister.
Furthermore, it is stated that this
final sacrifice came only after the min
lister had vainly appealed to a wealthy
New York cigarette manufacturer for
a loan of 1900, who a few months
before had been presented with a
mate to the Davenport horse at the
suggestion of Mundji Bey, consul gen
eral at New York.
When Mehmed Ali Bey reached this
country q year ago he brought with
him two Arabian horses valued at
$40, 900 each. One of the Schinasi
brothers, wealthy cigarette manufac-
turers of New York, is said to have
expressed a willingness to buy one
of them for $4,000. Mehmed Ali Bey
laughed at the offer. Arabian horses
are not so easy to obtain in America.
Soon after the minister reached
Washington Mundji Bey, according to
the story told by the chagrined minis
ter afterward, suggested that he make
a gift of the horse to the New Yorker,
and the gift was made.
A few days ago Mehmed Ali re-
ceived his recall. He was stranded.
Naturally the thought of a loan from
the New York cigarette manufactures
occurred to him.
LEND me $4,000 until. I see my
father. who, as you know, is wealthy"
he wrote.
Had / known that your horse had
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Notes Of the Orchard.

What has become of the "saed,essn
apple?
A handy pruning tool is a snarD
cnlsel In the end of a stiff pole. Ser
against a limb and struck with a NAL
let a clean cut is made.
The ~lowheaded tree is here tn st.v
because it ought to be.
One of the best medicines in the
world for delicate women or men e
work in the orchard.
Rake any leaf and twig and other
rubbish from the ground beneath the
grape vines and burn them. Don't
wait.
bordeaux mixture is only good when
On the trees. 1t doesn't amount 10
much on the shelf of the drug store or
in our minds.
Five hundred dollars invested In an
orchard will bring better returns than
$4,000 invested in the stock of freak
fruit companies.
Thirty ~lowheaded apple trees are
enough for an acre.
1t is a mistake to fill the holes hair
full of manure when planting trees.
Soil should be mellow for three feet
around, but not too wet.
N. F. Murray says a man who sold
$4,000 worth of apples from a forty
acre sod orchard one season, broke
it up and cultivated it the next year
and sold his crop for $4,000.
For strawberries l would pillow UNI
der a crop of COW peas and then add
from 1,200 to 1,500 pounds of ground
bone and 800 pounds of potash per
acre.. H. Hall.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-11
Growing Chrysanthemams.

There is no luck in growing chrys-
anthemums; just are and common
sense and a right smart amount OF
work and looking after. The plant
will grow without care and bloom, but
it does SO wonderfully much better
with care that it pays to give it.
The greater part of the work is
now done-the growing-the p~inching
into shape, the disbudding-and we
are now ready to anticipate. Do not
let the plant set too many buds; keep
clean from insects, give plenty of wat
er and fertilizers and stake up from
the ravages of the autumn winds.
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Sold Horse to Leave Country

a string tied to it l should have
accepted it," came the startling reply.
IF you wish the horse back 1 will
return it to you," continued the curt
missive.
Desperate and ~incensed, the minis.
ter said Return it." There came no
reply, it is said.
60 and get my Arabian horse from
Schinasi," Mehmed Ali Bey wrote to
Davenport. The cartoonist went, but
came back without the horse. Thor
oughly outdone, the stranded minister
decided to turn over to Davenport the
remaining horse of the pair, for he
had to have money. He got it and left
America via Canada.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-11
The Farmer and Poultry.

To couple the name Of a farmer
some years ago with mat Of poultry
growing only meant to insult him.
To make mention of the fact that he
was a stock grower just suited his
fancy, but the poultry business in his
eye was exceedingly small fry. II any
poultry were kept on the farm they
were referred to as the property or
the old woman" He was perfectly
free to let his wife's name be con-
nected with the poultry business, sell
Ing the eggs, and she could even trade
the butter for some things they had
to have, provided some tobacco was
among the things traded for. II there
is n thing more than another for
which a farmer is proverbally noted,
1t is a good share of practical COM
mon sense. Some of them have HOB
bies and pet theories, which some
times bring them a great deal of
experience" but as a rule he LOOKS
at almost everything along utility
lines.
1O@AtS q nave DCCu COktiS
for the best farmers fowl; have tried
almost all the breeds in existence,
n have yet to confess that the reai-
ly utility low for all farmers is as
evasive as quicksilver. AT times he
thinks he has this m~uch-desired bird
cornered, only to find that it is still
at large. The practical qualities OF
his wife's Sunday bonnet are well ex-
empllfled as a receptacle for gather
ing eggs, but a basket or a tin pan
may be better. A buzz saw is all
right for the purpose for which it was
intended, but it can't be used for shay
ing a mans beard. All these things
are very practical in their way, but
making these things answer for all
purposes is very much like cornering
a cyclone, something no man has
succeeded in doing.
1t is the way with fowls. One per-
son wants fowls for production of
eggs therefore will want the breed
whose hens prove to be the best lay
ers. Another wants the best table
fowl, and an entirely different breed
will be selected. The third wants a
fowl with a certain fancy feather and
pays a fancy price for them, Here is
a farmer who lives several miles from
the nearest town, whose time is de-
voted to other pursuits, who cares
very little for fowls of any particular
kind. He recognizes the fact, how
ever, that they are an unfailing
source of supply, in case of emergen-
cy, in furnishing the table, buying
the groceries and keeping him out Of
debt at long intervals.
We would infer, then, the essential
elements of the farmers fowl to be
prolific layers without sacrificing
ether qualities. They should be good
table fowls. They should sell well in
the market and be of good size, easily
fattened, plump and of good appear
ance and good %foragers, and if he is
not ready to buy an incubator the
hens must be good sitters and moth
ers.
If one breed of fowls having the
requirements named cannot be found
it may be well to build separate yards
and keep two kinds, and thus both
demands will be filled. One breed
may be laying in winter while the
other is getting ready to roll out the
eggs at some other season of the
year. These are questions that are
being studied by the careful, and each
matter for himself.-St. Louis Weekly
Star.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-11

If the bakers will make good bread
out of pure flour, and educate the peo-
pie to buy it. the great destroyer of
domestic happiness, dyspepsia, will
be removed, and We shall hear no
more of the divorce problem" So Dr
Wiley. the government food expert.
told the American Biscuit Makers as.
sociation the other day. The harm
done by heavy bread, soggy pie crust
and greasy cakes is SO great that no
one has dared to estimate it. That
young woman who wishes to make
the world better may begin well by
learning how to cook digestible meals.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-11

EARNING I'm
THE SOUTH

II all who hate would love us
And all our loves were true.
The stars that swing above us
Would brighten in the blue;
If cruel words were kisses,
And every scowl a smile,
A better world than this is
Would hardly be worth while;
If purses would untighten
To meet "a brothers need,
The load we bear would tighten
Above the grave of greed.
II those who whine would whistle,
And those who languish laugh,
The rose would route the thistle,
The grain outrun the chafT;
If hearts were only jolly;
If grieving were forgot,
And tears and melancholy
Were things that now are not
Then Love would kneel to Duty,
And all. the world would seem
A bridal bower of beauty,
A dream within a dream.
II men would cease to worry.
And women cease to sigh,
And all be glad to bury
Whatever has to die
II neighbor spake to neighbor
AS love demands of all,
The rust would eat the saber.
The spear stay on the wall:
linen every day would glisten.
AND every eye would shine,
And God would pause to listen.
And life would be divine.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-11

Queer things are alleged to get into
sausages, and perhaps the experience
of a lady in Wakefield, Mass, should
not cause surprise. She was eating
sausage when she bit a tack and broke
q front tooth. %Thereupon the lady
went into court, and a jury has just
awarded her $4,000 damages. That is
the New England spirit, says the Bos
ton Herald. The Bostonians of pre-
revolutionary days made strenuous re
sistance to the tax on tea, and this de
scendant of ~resolute ancestors con
sistently draws the line at lacks in
sausages.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-11
A FlRELEss LOCOMOTIVE.
Odd German Switch Engine That Is
Simple and Efficient.

{ Pn1iadelphia.-Special Agent Car
uen OF the United States revenue cut
ter service sends from Berlin an &C
count OF the fireless locomotives now
used In Germany, and which, he
thinks, would be of great service in
the United States. He says:
Inc Germans are turning out a
fireless locomotive, which in point of
simplicity. ingenuity and economy is
thoroughly characteristic of their ma
ton.
nave had occasion to ride on one
Oh these fireless locomotives, and ita
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-11
A New Society

Connecticut has set a worthy exam
Pile in organizing a society of mental
hygiene. This institution is not alto
gether happily named; the title car
ries with it a suspicion of faith cure,
psychic sanitation or the like. But
the true object of the order is to watch
and improve s%anatoria. In view of the
complaints made from time to time
by patients and physicians alike the
usefulness of such a society cannot
be doubted.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-11
Withholding the Price.

"Muggsy tried ter quit boozin'. He
onct tried de gold cure, but it wasn't
no good"
Nav, de on'y thing for him would
be de nickel cure
DE nickel cure?"
"Yeh; keepin' nickels away from
him."-Philadelphia Press.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-11

1t is said that there is enough coal
in Alaska to put off the fuel famine
from the exhaustion of coal which had
been predicted at the end of the pres
ent century. This news will be a great
relief to present coal who
have been alarmed we what they had
to expect in about 80 years.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-11
Influence of a Good Bull.

A single trial with a pure-bred
dairy bull will convince any mar
that like will produce like, and that
the progeny will inherit the form and
characteristics from the parent that
possesses the strongest blood lines.
A pure-bred bull will exert a stronger
influence upon the progeny when
mated with cows of mixed breeding
than when he is mated with pure
breds OF high grades.