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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11
DISAPPEARANCE OF THE sAR
GAsso SEA.

Mariners returning from voyages
across the central Atlantic ocean, re-
port the disappearance Of the Sargas-
SO Sea.
The area formed one Of the, most
remarkable marine gardens in the
world.
It was first encountered by Colum-
bus, in 1892 when he was seeking the
Indies by the western route, he
skirted the northern outlines Of the
sea.
1t was due to this fact that the new
old continent was found, for his SUI
perstitious sailors were on the verge
Of revolt. He pointed to the drift
weed as evidence Of the fact that they
were approaching land. Several times
floating plant life was mistaken for
terra frma.
In a subsequent voyage, six years
later the explorer crossed this ocean
garden diagonally.
The Sargasso sea is a formed by a
great eddy in the mid-Atlantic
ocean, where the VAR flow Of the
Gulf stream, combining with similar
currents on four sides, impart a gyra-
tory movement to the surface OF the
water. Great weeds, sometimes as
much as 100 feet in length, and ex-
tending for 600 miles, drift along,
lengthwise. The mass moved slug
gishly. All the storm tossed hulks of
wrecked and abandoned craft caught
in the outer circle Of this eddy, we're
carried to the center, just as a fly is
%entrapped in the SPIDERS web-to rot
and sink in the vortex. Ship
wrecked men in that sea gave up all
hope, for they were out Of the path of
steamers, and unless they managed to
climb aboard some water-logged yes
sci, on which there was still food and
water they persisted. Occasionally a
! sailing vessel, was driven into 1t by
stress of weather.
In the great expanse Of weed COW
cred ocean, the hulks OF hundreds of
vessels, steamers Of modern make and
sailing ships of all types, might be
found. Some, log or lumber laden,
floated for years, barely above the wa
ter line, and hence it was that ma
riners gave the place a wide berth,
for to run afoul of one of these sub
merged wrecks, meant destruction.
The section has been a school for sci
e%ntists, as we'll as a terror for sea far
ing men.
The sea was located in central South
Atlantic, about half way between the
Azores and the Antilles, on a line al
most due east from New Orleans, and
midway between the Florida coast and
Great Sahara desert Of Africa.
It's reported disappearance will
form an interesting topic for scien-
lists, who are interested to know the
reason while it removes from the
path Of sailors an area that he has
always approached with fear.
Some disturbance, in the land that
forms the floor of the e is doubt
less the cause of the reported disap-
pearance Of this remarkable area,
which formed a magnificent marine
garden, with ever shifting scenes.
that defied alike the effort Of pen or
brush to accurately depict.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11
PUTTING in DISPLAY.

The cases for the Cook City min
eral display is being put in place at
the Chamber Of Commerce. Secretary
Decker has the case in position and is
labelling and putting in the mineral
so that it will show of to the best adj
vantage.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11
POLICE COURT.

One nan answered to roll call at
police court yesterday morning. He
was old. decrepit and penniless and
mad been drunk. He was given q rep
rimand by Judge Mann and dis
charged.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11

Probably the Dutch waited until
Castro got out OF the country before
trying to run a whizzer on Venezuela.
It's easier with an embargo On his
return.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11

A college professor tells us that the
pursuit Of happiness is a national
peril. Well, well. Just the same, we
have an idea that we will continue
TO rush on to destruction.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11

Having elected Simon president Of
Hayti, the natives will now proceed
70 organize assassination clubs, to re-
mind him that In the midst Of life he
= running up against : brace game
With death.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11
MAN A b THREATS.
Disturbance Charged In Arrest Made
By police.

Fred Culver is at the city Jail with
a charge of drunk and disturbance
against him and Ray 3. Mullen is
booked Is disturbing the peace, but
has been released by the police on his
own recognizance and will appear
against Culver this morning at police
court.
Culver and Mullen had a fight last
night at Culver's home, in which Null.
len says he acted on the defensive
and gave the former a beating and
took a Colts automatic revolver re.
volver away from him.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11
FILE THEIR OFFICIAL BONDS.

The oficial bonds Of j. G. orrick
sheriR.elect, and Joseph Sleeper. coun-
~ auditor-elect. fled yesterday
with the county clerk and recorder.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11

A magazine discusses Men as Illus
bands" 1t is said that they are better
than counts, princes, dukes and the
like.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11

Evidently the New York World is
Jealous Of the notoriety Of Haskell.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11
NEARLY 100000
PAID TO FARMERS
FOR SUGAR BEErS
CONTINUED from First Page.)

detailed information about the past
years crop:
editor Gazette,
Billings, Montana.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
The Republican pl.tform.
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Through all Its stilted sentences and
hyperbolical boasting this particular
platform keeps close to one unvarying
theme. The Republican party is great
and Theodore Roosevelt is its prophet.
1t is altogether in the line of expecta-
ton that there should be exaltation of
the President and exaggeration of his
achievements, but the declaration that
in no other period of our civic history
has there been "such mighty progress
In those ideals of government which
make for Justice, equality and fair deal
ings among men, is likely to impress
the most fanatical Republicans as over
5fulsome praise. oven they viii recall
that this one of our Presidents more
than any other of his predecessors In
the White House has chafed under the
restraints Of the Constitution, stretched
the authority of the statutes, arrogated
the powers of the courts and insultei
the Judges who have presumed to dis.
agree with him on points of law.
There is more definite declaration on
the tariff issue than on any other on
which there is expression. The Repub-
lican party Is emphatically committed
to the maintenance of customs duties at
a figure that will enable the American
manufacturer to meet the difference be-
tween the cost of production mt home
and abroad and to sell ut profit. Rec.
ognizing the impossibility of protecting
the general public interest along these
lines with an inelastic tariff schedule,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08

heart and hand In hand, to hear the
strains Of harmony that mingle With
the moaning Of the tide T.
She gazed at him with sentiment
profound, and she looked at him mer-
lrily, and arching her brows at him
until in his innermost soul he muttered,
Hang It. she Isn't so bad!" But aloud
he said. y don't go away In the sum.
mer.'' :.
= have always said,' she cried, de,
llightedly, "that there ID no place In
the summer like the city. No, sir! No
where! And we'll have one OF those
plano players, dear, and a collection Of
the best old classics, and. oh, what
happy, happy hours we'll spend to-
gether! Bach! Beethoyenl Btudei
All, I feel so happy y ~ Us
Swinging his hand and pressing it
with affection the while, she began
Dinna ask me IL I love ye. q
Truth, darena tell J si5is
& And then not only did she swing his
hand. but he swung hers, and instead
OF avoiding her glance and setting his
face in the cast Of stones, be looked at
her right sweet in the eye and thought
her wondrous fair.
" But look here girl he said. Il only
get SIS q week. and those plano players
and concerts and operas and things y
well, 3 she whispered, her eyes shin
lag AZ she lifted her rosy little lips to
be kissed, well : Z Aren't there
canaries =" Evening Sun.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
Nomination by Patronage.

W = sskKOMAAk &c
Despite the clustering forecasts Of
the so-called "allies,.' the Chicago CON
yention performed its appointed work
with the precise exactness of a perfect
" regulated mechanism The Republl-
can party goes to the people with both
ticket and platform machine-made
Nomination by the force of patronage
is an accomplished fact.
The country is offered nominee who
is distinctly better than the party that
presents him, but the party 50 unmis--
takably dominates its nominee and is
itself dominated In SO many things by
the master who sits in the White House
that the personality of the candidate
is Of secondary Importance 1t will not
be forgotten in the four months cam
paign that now begins, but the influ-
ences back of the nomination will be
the real issue before the people.
William Howard Taft is an estimable
American citizen, of high personal char
ncter and extended civic experience His
individuality invites no criticism and
he will undoubtedly direct the admin
istrative duties of his Office efficiently
and honorably II he should be elected
President. But he is not the Preslden-
tial candidate Of bis party because Of
these things. He is merely the fulfill
ment Of mandate, the product Of a
patronage machine which has moved
with reslstless force as the guiding
hand in the White House has directed,
President Roosevelt refrained from
using the machine to nominate himself
as he might have done, but the shadow
of third term rests none the less on
q nominee who Is SO completely his ere
stion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08

'17z take Office a business proposition,
and with enough public spirit and OF duty
to make money sacrifice to serve the State Unfortu
nately there all too few of the latter class This
10 not plea for general increase In salaries but
plea for general incrense in interest In public affairs
There are very few Americans who will not willingly
and cheeerfuly give their lives the nag there
very few who Will give their time any part of It,
for tho State No man should enter politics with the
hope OF pecuniary reward There is such thing as
honest graft Salaries ANAL and the continuity
Of office holding uncertain that the life Of honest
politician Is one of constant self-sacrifce.
Moreover, our journalistic and political ethics are
such that the honest who accepts ONCE in this
country must from the beginning to the end Of
bis term to wage insstent struggle to do his duty
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
Milan. oh, how have Ioaged for them,
and now we will see them. sdear-to-

Mslian,s on, now have logged for them,
ana now we VIII see them, dear-to7
ss.nsr
NOW look here-look here"-he be-
gan,
!, " We can saDscripe % the operas
mere instead Y sne cried Garden. Ca
fuso. et.-stel-t et-whatever her
name y. On, now = long TO near her.
sing. wen. nave q NICE little automo-
pie one OF those that's all closed In,
ana Wen 80 ana see them alto
getner you can invite your friends
az tne Dank, TO- and Wen give opera
parties. ~ -
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=, ,su nlln y ' ~, nel lnto .nink-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
Popular science,

IN SAM Francisco the campaign
against rats, as spreaders Of the plague,
Is subject Of universal discussion. A
conversation reported BY writer In
the Call shows that the topic !. has
reached even the children.
{ "Wot they hunting up all rats fer?"
.Aw, don't yer know nothing7 Rats
has tho plague. aD;i you see one you'd
better look out, cause you'll get IT, too,
maybe
III you just see rat do you get it7''
Aw. don't yer know nothlng7 You've
got the plague when you've been bit by
a flea what's been bit by q rat what's
been bit by sailor"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08

will tolerate? 1t not written in the book Of fate
that he should complain and worry, and sulk and suf
fer My aim ID to direct mans attention to himself
as whole. considered a. a machine, complex and
pabe Of quite extraordinary efficiency for travelling
through this world smoothly, In any desired manner
with satisfaction not only himself but to the people
he meets route and the people who are overtaking
him and whom he is overtaking. My aim is to show
that only nnppreciable fraction Of ordered and
sustained efforts Is given to the business OF actual iv
Ing distinguished from the prelminares to living.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08

SONG

The dream Il Ger, and we awake;
The morn IL sweet and fair.
Deep In the purple scented brake
a bird song woos the air;
Up the glad causeway Of the East 4.
The sun leaps eyermore.
Anon the noon shall spread her feast
Dear Love. the dream IL DER.
The dream IL DER, we did not deem.
9 Dear Love, the stars would fade,
We did not deem twas but q dream
OF youth all undismayed.
Look. where adown the SAFFRON West
Day. leads her royal train,
Within mine arms upon my breast, ]
Come, Love, and dream again. 4
Ainslee's. + Z
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
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.Oh, Il love music i. he cried.

ss run, T. love music L. ne crleO.
She looked at him with admiration.
sitting back In one corner Of the sofa
as he sat In the other with rosy faced
admiration she looked at him, eyes
sparkling, hands clasped and her lips
slightly parted In the very breathless-
ness Of her regard.
aAh, yes,,' said he. -Ah, yes! The
.blsrinR Of the brasses and the slghi1g
Of the woods! Would you have melan-
.choly7 1t is the breathing Of the flute.
Would you have triumph Oh. listen
70 the comets tones! So could go
through all the emotions, and oh. the
-tonals, the cadenzas, the minimA, the
,tittardo and the sudden, sudden stop;
the sllencei All !"
He paused, his eyes glowing on va
cancy. He made dreamy, graceful
gesture and looked at her from the
corner Of his eyes, drinking In her adj
miration and absorbing all the tribute
of her pantomime.
sAnd 20 do I !. she cried.
Impulsiyely he held outshis hand and
.impulsively she took 1t.
We viii love music all our lives, =
she whispered. .all our liyes-to-
gether !" 81.
Suddenly then his glowing look vaa-
ished and over his features there passed
an expression Of inquiry, fear and
doubt. Gently he sought to Withdraw
his hand, but she held II tightly. press
ing It With 6lIent declaration Of love
and esteem and letting him know 5y
the soft engagement and relaxation of
her grasp that when 1t came to mu3ic
sshe, too was there with a fond and
true regard for the most beautiful of
all the arts and the Interpretation Of
great souls long dead and that when
II came to rhapsodies she could rhapso-
die, and when 1t came to passages of
sadness she could weep, but that taking
one thing with another It was, 1t was
the twiddly bits. the twiddly bits, the
twiddly bits oh, yes, It was the twiddly
bits that stole her heart away.
4 Yes. yes" she whispered, ''all our
I livestogether r. IS
He looked at her then with the mute
ness Of entreaty, preserving the atti-
tude Of Formally. edging away from
Ser 20 that their clasped and extended
arms grew taut and tight. resembling
thus the characteristics Of his smile,
but as for her she beamed upon him
sweetly. holding his hand as though II
were q treasure and she the treasurer,
or, better yet. as though 1t were the
paraphernalia of conjurer from which
she was about to draw yards Of SILK and
satin and linen and other fabrics Of the
loom; stores Of food aad provision
soup. fish. roasts. game. vegetables,
sravies, cheese and pie; boards Of pin
money: crisp bills Of yellow ana green,
ana chinking coins Of gold-the whole
to be performed to the accompaniment
sof sweetest strains Of music, lovely
music; ethereal music. the music that
: they loved and loved 30 we'll.
Every summer" she began In low,
vibrating tones. 1--WE can go abroad and
listen to the music In the cradle OF The
art Italy, Germany, France together
When the music swells our souls viii
be lifted into the infinite. and when the
grand chords sound We will thrill in
1 shuddering ecstasy. Bayreuth. Paris,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
According to authorities fro,

According to authorities from IS to
90 per cent OF the men In civilized lands
are right-handed and have developed
the low right shoulder This, however,
Is no new phenomenon. for even the an
eient Greek sculptors had noticed II
and posed their subjects so as to- make
them appear more symmetrical.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
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SS5gggJ EIrIse

= A~ASooAos AuIcIlOA duu OIuuBulUuI, tu6
inventors Of ''tachyol" (luoride Of sill
ver) an antispetlc employed in surgery,
have found that solution Of part In
500, 900 Of water will destroy all germs,
including bacillus subtilis, Its germict
dial effect being much greater than that
of chlorine. bromine or ozone.
To lessen risk Of loss of submarines,
torpedoes used In naval practice and
other objects llablesto sink In the sea,
a French oceanographer attaches yes
sci OF oil having a long and short time
tube one-tenths Of an inch In diameter.
When aubmefgence ssoftens the gum
seals OF the tube, oil rises from the
long one drop by drop, locating the
sqnken object by the Aim on the wa
ter's surface. q &. s
The German government more than
n year ago imposed what seemed to be
a moderate tax on railroad tickets.
The result Of 1t has been diversion OF
travel from the higher to the lower
classes. to such an extent that a de-
crease Of about $4,000 600 in the pas
lsenger earnings Of the Prussian state
railroads alone .ls attributed to It
Nearly at the same time new schedule
OF charges for passengers and baggage
was introduced, which on the same
railroads reduced earnings about
$1,000, 600. But this was expected.
DR.. H. G. Stevens. Of Seattle, reports
recent experiments which show that
objects seen by indirect vision ordln-
arily appear larger in the right half
of the field Of vision than in the left.
With a smaller number of persons this
is reversed. From these facts he de-
duces q possible origin Of right and left
handedness. Right-handedness, or its
reverse. develops at about the age OF
seven months. DIR. Stevens suggests
that they may be due to the phenomena
of vision just described. By reflex
effect the Infant reaches after the OBJ
jects best seen with the arm nearest to
them.
In his book on the great weld OF
German East Africa, Herr G. g. Schil-
Slings gives a vivid description Of the
shimmerlng, undulating sea OF light
which bathes that country causing
illght-colored objects often TO appear
black, and making distances so decep.
tive that when but a few hundred
PAGES away 1t Is sometimes impossible
to distinguish rhinoceros from an
ostrich or termites' nest. Water on
this weld is often the greatest Of lux
Euries. .as precious as life itself, even
when obtained from small mud pools"
Yet the country, when viewed from hill
tops or from tall trees, exhibits a won
derful panorama Of Wild life. Elephants
there are not dependent upon grass,
but will strip trees Of their bark or
branches when hard pressed, and they
are sometimes found in company with
CRATES. IN some Of the small lakes
of the Kilimanjaro region hippopotami
may be watched BY a concealed OBJ
server at as close quarters as in 4
geological park.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
comfy T.rket.

Probably the most elaborate and
costly target In the world has recently
been launched by the New York navy
yard. The target is almost an exact
duplicate Of section from tile hull Of
ia battleship and is estimated to have
cost $4,000.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08

Root crops potatoes, turnips, ruta-
bagas and the likedo especially well
in sections where there Is an abun-
dance Of moisture and where moderate
temperatures prevail. while corn can
get along with some less moisture and
needs an abundance Of heat to produce
the largest and best crops. 1t is for
the reasons mentioned that Michigan,
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Canada pro-
duce the best root crops, while the
States south Of these to the Gulf of
Mexico lead In the production Of corn.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
Enemie. Of the squ..h..

-
To keep bugs away from the young
plants cover the hills not infested with
wire netting, burying all edges under
the soil, else they will get under them.
sure.
The squash is subject to flea beetles
and yellow and black striped bugs and
these do not like clean cultivation, SO
burn all rubbish after getting off the
crop. Examine the vines twice a day.
The bugs gather constantly.
Better plant more seed than are
properly developed for emergency cases
Of destruction by bugs.
Kerosene emulsion will drive bugs
from their cover so they can be killed.
and that is about the surest practice.
Results from Cowpeas I'm Corn.
Tests at this station showed that the
value of two successive crops Of corn.
without cowpeas sown lin them was
$21 per acre, while the value Of two
successive cropsSof corn plus the value
of n crop of cowpeas sown in the first
crop was $$33.04 per acre. In the above
tests corn and peas were valued at SO
cents per bushel and cowpea hay at
$40 per ton, which was the approxi-
mate local market value of these prod
ucts
Aseyere drought lowered the average
yield of corn to about one third Of a
full crop. The yield of cowpeas. how
ever, was the highest recorded at Fay
etteville, and the cowpea hay yield was
above the average for the past five
years. Notwithstanding the unusual
deficiency Of moisture the presence Of
the growing cowpeas did not lower the
yield Of corn.-C. L. Newman, Arkansas
Station.
Passing of the Cattle Ranchmen.
Eastern New Mexico Is settling up at
the rate OF 100 persons a day, and this
Is typical Of the entire Southwest, In
Guiding the Texas Panhandle and the
central western part of the State But
while the farmers are coming in with
their families and their capital, to de-
yelop the plains country along new
lines, the. old-time ranchman is gradu-
ally being showed of theN earth. He is
getting rich by selling his lands, per-
haps, but he Is losing the romance Of
the old life. The cattlemen who have
simply used the public domain free Of
charge are not taking much away with
them. They 20 into the towns and seek
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08

Is repugnant to fellowship In phianthropic guild.
One cannot be allowed propagate his vagaries upon
the time and in the of university that would like
to be thought prudent and rational II wants to BIO
professor Of myths and ghosts he ought 60 out in
the woods and sit log and pursue his Inquiries on
his own time and In the most appropriate place M
have valid objection to q professor being free
trader cannot object to his telling students the
why. But have abundant for Directing to
his hiding from the students the arguments which sup
port the policy Of protection and to his enforcing his
partisan view against youth with the ponderous
solemnity of q military execution.