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The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-09-17
DEATH CLAIMED HER
After . Lingering Illness Of rlany
rl0nths, hrs. n. E. Hall
Crosses the Divide.


died at the ]. c. Gregory apart
ments in the Courchene Block last
Friday night, Sept. 10th, 1909. at
the age OF 10 years and J months,
Of q complication OF internal
troubles, commonly known as
dropsy. MI. and Mrs. ]. c.
Gregory, her son-in-law and
daughter, aud Mrs. q. d. Gregory
Mr.. Gregory's mother, were pres
ent at her bedside when she pass
ed away.
Mrs. Hall was hopeful Of re-
covery until about the last week OF
her illness, when she finally re
signed herself to the inevitable and
prepared for the great change.
She was Of an extremely cheerful
and gentle disposition and made
many loving friends during her
residence in Culbertson and on her
homestead about six miles north
west OF town.
During the last months Of her
illness Mrs. Hall was provided
with a trained nurse who was in
constant attendance and every
thing possible was done ior her
comfort that the loving care Of
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory could pro-
vide.
During her long illness DR.. c.
Johnson performed eleven oper.
ations to relieve the patient OF the
accumulated fluids in her abdomen.
Each operation was successful and
gave relief. but OF course could not
cure the cause, which was a grad.
ual hardening oi the liver and
kidneys. obstructing their normal
action of eliminating the waste
matter from the system.
The funeral OF Mrs. Hall was
held from the Courchene block
Sunday afternoon AT o'clock, the
Rev. Christler coming down from
Havre to conduct the services
The last solemn and impressive
ceremonies were listened to by as
many OF the friends OF the de-
ceased as could find standing
rom in the apartments and ad-
joining halls. Many friends OF the
family were in from the couatry
and followed the remains to their
last resting place in the Culbertson
cemetery.
The following brief outline OF
her life was furnished through the
courtesy Of ]. c. Gregory:
Mary Elizabeth Ried Hall was
born Feb. 10. 1889, in Muskingon
county, Ohio. She WAS the
daughter OF Nathan and Harriet
Ried and has three sisters and
brother living. As = very young
girl she came overland with her
family into Minnesota by "prairle
schooner" just as her mothers
family, long before, had moved
from Pennsylvania into Ohio. AT
eighteen she married Martin L.
Pea. Who in the Civil War received
injuries that caused his deat.
Several years later she married
Josiah Andrew Hall. They were
the parents OF six daughters, Mrs.
James c. Gregory being the only
one living
Mrs. Hall made her home for
over six years in the vicinity OF
Culbertson. The ten previous
years she lived in Chicago. Min
nesota was her home for many
years having at different times re-
sided at Morristown, Mankato and |
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A Marrow Escape.

Edgar n Bayliss. merchant Of Robin.
sonville. Del. wrote: About two years
ago vas thia and sick. and csughed all
the time and If ! did not have consump.
tion, il was near 10 il. l commenced usins
Foiey's Honey and Tar. and il stopped
my cough. and am nov entirely we'll.
and have gained rsen,hy- eight pounds all
due to the good results from using Foley $
Honey and Tar Valley Drug Co. ao,4
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Don't be afraid to give chamberlain's
Cough Remedy to your children. II con.
tains NO opium or other harmful drug L,
always cures. For sale by Valley Drug Co.
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For Rent.-oedces in the Opera HOUSE
Block. Inquire Of Tanner & Best.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-05
Cow Changed Her Tune.

"Why are all those people flock.
ing down TO Hiram Hardapple's
barn?" asked the old farmer on the
hay wagon.
His got a curiosity down thar. 4"
chuckled the village constable.
THAT SO? What kind of curios-
ity is it,"
''Why, His old red-and-whitc Jer-
sey COW. The other night the old
critter had the collie and Hi went
down with his lantern to give her a
dose of COW medicine. Blamed if he
didn't make a mistake and give her
pint of gasoline"
do tell! Didn't kill her, did it,"
NO but by heck, it had a funny
effect. Now, instead of going Moo,
MOOT like any other sensible COW,
she goes 'Honk, honk!' like one OF
them that blamed automobiles. -
Chicago News,
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Feeding Young Chicks.

Get some good commercial chick
feed and IL possible some old process
cat meal. Give one feed daily of the
cat meal in the litter Of clover or
chan and three feeds of the chick
feed, in all five feeds daily for the
6rst ten days, then four times a day
for the next two weeks and three
times a day thereafter until, they are
put out on free range. Feed lightly
but often is the motto for young
chicks. Give green food in some
form, chopped cabbage, lettuce leaves
or green grass cut fine. Animal food
Of some kind must be provided or the
chicks will be found trying to eat
each other up. Those who have or
can secure skim milk will find moth.
ing better than curd made from sour
skim milk. mixed to a crumbly state
with corn meal, and given on the
board once a day. Otherwise dry
milk albumen or finely ground beef
scraps can be given. After the first
day in the brooder fresh water should
be given and renewed often. Use a
good drinking fountain that will keep
the water from getting foul. Skim
milk In sour or clobbered state is
good for fowls or chickens to drink,
but do not give too much Every
other day is sufficient. Too much
will cause bowel looseness. Fine
tracked corn and whole wheat can be
Ted in place Of chick feed after four
weeks old, but the latter is far the
BEST to use for young chicks as it is
always convenient and ready. Though
little more expensive, the real diff
terence ia cost amounts to compara-
lively nothing. as young chicks can
not consume enough to make the diff
terence appreciable. The old idea
hat chicks require a culinary depart
ment is fully exploded. Do not
waste time and patience of the good
housewife in baking johnnycake or
other "specialties. Modern chicken
foods and appliances have reduced
the burden of chick culture by half,
and at the same time made it more
successful.
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OULTRY
FOR
PROFIT
Rhode Island Red Male.

No other kind OF fancy poultry has
:ome so prominently to the front In
10 short a space Of time as the Rhode
sland Reds.
A few years since they were known
only as local product OF the State
rom which they took their name.
Gut little attention was paid to their
breeding, and they were not uniform
N color or shape, but their worth was
known, and they grew in popularity
with thosewho kept poultry for profit.
AS time passed they attracted the
attention of fanciers, who saw in
hem more than the everyday useful
fowl. They saw that by careful Sc
lection and mating that a most beau
hful breed could be developed, and
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COMMERCIAL
Weekly Review of Trade and
Market Reports.

R. G. Dun & Company's Weekly
Review Of Trade says:
Crop reports are favorable, espe-
cialy for corn and spring wheat,
with winter wheat nearly harvested.
Progress on the new tariff is marked
and indications point to its early
enactment into laws. The excellent
conditions in the iron and steel trade
emphasized this week by the report
of the principal producer and an In
crease in it's rate divided are main
tanned. The dry goods trade is
broadening. Reports from the prin-
oipal trade centers are uniformly en-
couraging, in spite of the fact that
this is midsummer and merchants
are still anxious for the final word
concerning the crops and the tariff.
July failures have made the smallest
months total of liabilities since
early in 1907. Nearly every devel-
opment is therefore that of improve
ment. This varies in degree, being
at some points rapid and at others
slow, but, nevertheless, the tendency
is persistently away from past de-
preston. Confidence, it is true, in
ereaseS faster than present trade &C
ivitiy and prospects of coming agri--
cultural and industrial prosperity are
more pronounced than immediate
business, but this confidence appears
to have an immense uplifting power.
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Arc You S. b. L.?

Did you ever notice how the tall
ors, when measuring a man for
suit of clothes, mix in few letters
occasionally among the numbers?
Whenever l have been measured for
a suit of clothes the tailor always
said S. B. l.. in a subdued voice
as he took the measure fer the
length of my trousers. / often won
dered what this secret signal meant,
and on one occasion made so bold as
to ask, but was put aside in some
casual way, which plainly showed me
that the tailor did not wish me to
know the meaning Of the mysterious
s. B. L. Well, never knew what
those letters meant until one day,
when stumbled across the solution
by accident. l was waiting to have
my measure taken, while strap
ping big fellow was on the rack.
AS he measured the length of the
trouser leg the tailor said: "33,
s. B. L." YES" came back the re-
ply from the big fellow, land ID
bow-legged, too" All these years
tailors had been accusing me OF be-
ing slightly bow-legged," and had
never caught on until l was prac-
tically told the answer in the &C
cidental way.-Liverpool Post.
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THE NEW WOMAN
Made Over by Quitting Coffee.

Conee probably wrecks a greater
percentage Of Southerners than of
Northern people, for Southerners use
1t more freely.
The work it does is distressing
enough in some instances; as an il
lustration, a woman of Richmond.
Va, writes:
1 was a coffee drinker for years.
anc for about six years nay health
was completely shattered. l suffered
fearfully- with headaches and nerv-
BUSINESS, also palpitation of the heart
and loss of appetite.
My sight gradually began to fail,
and finally lost the sight of one eve
altogether. The eye was oDerated
upon, and the sight partially re-
stored, then became totally blind in
the other eye.
My doctor used to urge me to give
up coffee, but l was wilful, and con-
tinued to drink it until finally in n
case of severe illness the doctor in
sisted that ] must give up coffee. so
began using Postum, and in a month
/ felt like a new creature.
Il steadily gained in health and
otASAStu. ABOUT month ago / be-
gan using Grape-Nuts food, and the
effect has been wonderful. ! really
feel like new woman, and have
gained about 2 pounds.
Il am quite an elderly lady. and
before using Postum and Grape-Nuts
I could not walk a square without
exceeding fatigue; now l welk ten or
twelve without feeling 1t. Formerly
ia reading ] could remember but lit
tie, bat now my memory holds fast
what read.
Several friends who have seen the
remarkably effects of Postum and
Grape-Nuts on me have urged that I
give the facts to the public for the
sake Of suffering humanitz, so. al
fhough dislike publicity, you can
peb'ish this letter Il you like"
RoadAf The Road to Wellville,' in
pkKs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the shove letter? A
neu one appears from time to time.
faef arc genuine true. ana fall OF
enr,an inicrest.
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mule on which was the body OF Long
Horse wrapped in q green blanket.
Behind him rode sQuaw and behind
her buck, and they alternately sang
dirges as they moved slowly along.
When they reached the trading post
both dismounted, and walking up to
wagon standing near each laid one
finger on the wheel. and drawing out
their butcher knives chopped them OF
and then remounting rode on. AS
they want of the sQuaw gashed her
head with her knife again and again.
Later In the day another, relative
chopped of two fingers at the trading
post. Forest and Stream.
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Time to Celebrate.

Bishop Ethelbert Talbot, of central
Pennsylvania, is a good story teller,
and most of his yarns are on him
self. One of his latest he has re-
counted at length in his new book,
My People of the Plains" 1t seems
that the Bishop went into a certain
town in his diocese and was seated
at dinner at the hotel" a man in
the far corner of the room called out,
Bishop, come here and eat with
feller!" AS the Bishop did not see
1t exactly in that light and as the man
had apparently been imbibing over
freely he refused, whereupon his
neighbor came over to him and said:
well, then. Bishop, if you won't eat
with me I'll eat with you" During
the course of the meal he said:
Bishop, are you going to talk to
the boys here to-night?" DR.. Talbot
told him that that was the object of
his coming. WELL" he added, Il am
very glad, for God knows, these fell
lers here need 1t. You see, Bishop,
the trouble with the boys here is that
they drink too much"
He was obviously the last person
to complain of that weakness on the
part of his brethren, so the Bishop
suggested "Well, my friend, / am
sorry to hear that, But. If you Will
pardon me, it seems to me that you
are suffering from that same trouble
yourself now
You are right, Bishop, you are
right. but when the Bishop comes to
town a Teller has to celebrate" was
the reply.-Detroit Free Press.
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AT Napoleon,s Tomb.

1t was in Paris. The Ioquaciou,
guide was exhibiting to the interest.
ed Yankee tourist the tomb of Napo.
leon with all the customary -four
ishes of both language and hands.
This immense sarcophag&," ex.
claimed the guide, weighs 40 tons
Inside of that, sir, is a steel recep.
tacle weighing IL tons, and inside
OF that is a leaden casket, hermeti.
cally sealed, weighing over 2 tons
Inside of that rests a mahogany coffin
Containing the remains of a great
man"
For a moment the Yankee was ST..
lent as if in deep meditation. Then
he said: 1T seems to me that you've
got him all right. If he ever gets out
cable me at my expense. -Pittsburg
Press.
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AMERICAN MEN.
Their Fury For Work Called Dis
cRSe-Young Men Uninteresting?

I Their Fury For Work Called Dis
eaSe-YOung Men Embarrassing?
"The American masculine claim OF
absorption in his work does not in
the least Justify such a condition. "
says a writer in the Atlantic Month
ly. "Frenchmen support their wives
and still find time to go shopping
with them, tool Englishmen do like
wise and find energy left to place
their sons in school, energy to watch
keenly the love affairs OF their daugh-
ters, unhesitatingly bidding this or
that man be gone: moral courage and
physical vitality left after the days
work to be in fact. as we'll as in fancy,
the head OF the house.
"They have the wisdom to leave
hours for play, for pure boyishness of
living. And all this may be observed
in the same middle class that with
us turns the whole issue over to the
wife. expecting of her all wisdom,
though knowing her sheltered youth;
and all vitality. to run INCREASINGLY
and unaided the whole machinery Of
the family.
mo wonder our women have
nerves. No wonder they are becom-
ing more and more restless Gone of
the first evidences OF strain), more
and more disconnected as time passes.
Masculine kindness to our women is
sometimes so tangled up with selfish
ness that there need be no surprise
that there is some confusion regard
ing them.
NOf hot - H.
after which they are striving for
themselves. They are almost no.
toriously generous. Our rich men
give, give, give; to their wives, their
children, to colleges, to hospitals, to
churches, until the whole world is
amazed at their generosity.
The habit and fury of work, I'M
reasoning. illogical. quite unrelated
to any need. is a masculine disease
in this country, and the whole social
system has for years paid the inevita-
BILE penalty. Here and there a man
tries to stop in time, but finds him
self obsessed by work so that he can
no longer think of anything else. He
is as much a slave to it IS is any
opium taker to his drug and drunk
ard to his potion. 1t is a grave dan
ger not only to the individual. but to
the whole American civilization.
"If the truth were told, most young
American men are not especially IN
teresting. They do not keep up their
reading. They have a national OBJ
tundity when it comes to music, to
art. to literature; nor do many of
them take any Of these things at all
seriously.
| "The young among them are not
good conversationalists. Our clever
est men are monologists pure and
simple. They lecture admirably.
They are born orators along modified
lines. They are inevitable story tell
ers. None of this is conversation:
and women like conversation, like its
courtesies. which at least pretend a
little interest when their turn comes
in the game"
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the Rhode Island Reds of to-day
show that their work was well done.
We have them in both single and
rose comb, the two being precisely
alike in other respects.
They are what might be termed
large fowls, males weighing eight or
nine pounds and the females seven or
eight.
The males are beautiful dark red
and the females a deep reddish bun.
They are splendid types of the
modern utility fowl, and bid fair to
rival some of the old breeds during
the next few years.
They are splendid table fowls. good
layers of large, dark colored eggs, and
one of the hardest breeds known.
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Afraid OF Pants.

Little Robert and jim, the gro
GERS delivery man. were great
friends; and on the momentous day
Of Roberts promotion from dresses
to knickerbOckers he waited eagerly
in front of the house for Jim's com
ing. But the delivery man, when
he came, busted himself about his
wagon, without seeming to see any
thing unusual in his small chum's
appearance. Robert stood around
hopefully, in various conscious posi-
lions until he could stand it no long
err Jim" he burst out at last,
Us your hprses 'fraid Of pants?"-
EVeryb odyS MAGAZINE.
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Natural History.

A party of young men were
camping, and to avert annoying
questions they made it a rule thai
the one who asked a question thai
he could not answer himself had tc
do the cooking.
One evening, while sitting around
the fire, one of the boys asked
why is it that a ground squire
never leaves any dirt at the mouth
of its burrow?"
They all guessed and missed. 81
he was asked to answer it himself
why" he said, because they al
ways begin to dig at the other enc
of the hole"
But" one asked, chow does he
get to the other end Of the hole?"
We'll, was the reply, that's
your question. Cleveland Leader.
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Wholesale Markets

New YOrk.-Wheat-Sp steady;
No. 2 red, new, 1920. and old NOM
inal in elevator; No. red, new,
1.161s and August T. o. b. afioat;
No. 1 Northern Duluth, old, 1855
nominal f. o. b. afioat; No. hard
winter, new, 1.15B nominal (. o.
b. afloat.(
Corn = Spot steady; No. 2. old,
Soc and nominal for new in eleva-
tor; No. 2, new, 63 q winter ship
ment f. o. b. afioat.
Oats-Spot quiet; mixed, &c @ 80
lbs, "a nominal; natural white, 20
@32 lbs, 50@5 clipped white, "a
q AZ lbs, So q 81. Feed quiet.
Poultry-Alive steady; Western
spring chickens, Tic; fowls, Is ";
turkeys, 10. Dressed dull; Western
chickens, broilers. 100 22c.; fowls,
1916.
PhiIadelphia.-Whe = Dull and
weak; contract grade, July, 1890
11Oc.; August, 1.07 a LOS.
Corn-Quiet; steady; No. 2 yell
low, for local trade, S0@S1c.
Oats - Quiet but steady; No.
white natural, SOC.
Butter - Firm; extra Western
creamery, 2S c.; do, nearby prints,
80.
Eggs - Firm; Pennsylvania and
other nearby firsts, free cases, "a, at
mark; do, current receipts, in re-
turnable cases, %, at mark; West
ern firsts, free cases, "a, at mark;
do, current receipts, 21@23, at
mark.
Cheese-Firm; New York full
creams. choice, 14%c.; do, fair to
good, 14@141a.
Live Poultry Steady; fair de-
mand; fowls, Is " q Ice; old rOos-
tiers, 10k oil; spring chickens, II
@21; ducks, old. 1908; do,
spring, 14@15.
BaItimOre-Wheat-T demand
is active for prime Southern, but
prices were one cent lower on grad
ed lots in sympathy with Western.
Sales of cargoes on grade were made
at LIP for No. 2 red, LOT " for No
3 red, 1.07 II for special bin steamer
No. 2 red, 1.07 for stock steamer
/ No. 2 red, 1.03 for special bin re-
! jected, 1.01 for stock rejected and
I 96c. for regular rejected for the
/ drier. Steamer No. red sold at
/ 100 per bu., the same price as spe-
cial bin rejected. Irregular reject
ed for the drier sold at Gle. Small
/ bag lots, by sample, as to quality and
] condition, sold at 100 to LIP per
7 blu.
Corn-Western opened dull; spot.
( rs "A C. The market continues fiat,
with prices rather nominal. The
/ tone became firmer after the open
ing and at the midday call spot was
! quoted at 76c.
Settling price was: Contract, 76c.
The closing was dull; spot, 76c.
Oats-We quote old oats: white
No. 2, as to weight. $40 54hc.; No.
8, do, $40 So. Mixed-No. 2, 81 II
| @52; No. 8, 5O@5O15.
Hay-Quote, old hay, per ton:
Timothy-No. 1. large bales, $17@
! 1880; do. small blocks, $17@ 1850;
/ No. 2, az to location, $4,000 16;
/ No. 3, $3.50 q 1850. Glover Mix
ed-Choice, $3.50; No. 1. $14.50
\ obs; No. 2, $13 a IA. Clover-No.
/, $13 GA; No. 2, $12@13. No
| grade nay, as to kind, quality and
condition, S6@9.
Butter - The market continues
fairly firm under steady demand and
moderate receipts. We quote, per
/ ID: Creamery fancy, 2S@2S15 C. !;
creamery choice, 2S427; creamery
good, 23@21.
Cheese-We quote, jobbing prices,
per lb, 100 16 1sc.
Eggs-Prices steady and unchang-
ed We quote, per dOz., loss off:
Maryland, Pennsylvania and nearby
firsts, 221Ac.; Western firsts, % II /;
West Virginia firsts, % IL; South
ern firsts, 81 "; guinea eggs, 10.
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Live stock.

Chicago--Cattle- Market steady.
Steers, $5.60Q7 no; COWS, $3.5OG9
$50; heifers, $3.50 a 6; bulls, $40
O485; calves, $30S; stockers and
feeders, $500 5.15.
Hogs-Market 10 to 15c. lower at
the start, but regained all of the loss.
Choice heavy, $7.6O@7.65; butch
ers',. $7.50@7.55; light mixed, $3.50
@7.4O; choice light, STAB @7.55;
packing, $7.25 a 1855; pigs, $3.50 %
$50; bulk of sales, $3.50 % 100.
Sheep-Marke generally 25c. low
er. Sheep, $4.20@5.15; lambs, Sc
@7.50; yearlings, So q 5.75.
Kansas. City,. MO.-Cattle-Mar-
ket steady; strong; closed weak.
Choice export and dressed beef
$4,000 $40; Western steers, $4.25
06; stockers and feeders, SO @5.40;
Southern steers, $3.4O@ $50; South
erh COWS, $2.5O@3.75; native cows,
$2.35@5; native heifers, $50 a;
bulls, S3@425; calves. $3.5O07.
Hogs-Top, $7.75; bulk of sales.
$7.2o@7.5O; heavy, $7.ddeo@77.55S,
sheep-Lambs. $5@7; yearlings,
$4,000 5.25; wethers. 81 q 5.25;
ewes, $3.50@5; stockers and feed
ers, SO @4.5O.
-Cattle-Choice, $3.50
@6.75; prime, $6.15 q $40.
Sbeep-Prime wethers, $500
$40; culls and common, $1.50@3;
lambs, $4.5O@7.25; veal calves. IS
@8.50.
Hogs-Prime heavies, $1,000 8;
mediums ST TINT 90. heavy York.
ers, $7.70@7.75; light Workers
$1,000 40; pigs, $3.50 a 100;
roughs. s6m7
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PonItry Notes.

The proper feeding of poultry is a
science, and one that not only affords
pleasure in it's investigation, but
profit in its mastery.
Ash is the mineral portion of most
feeding stuffs, and is used largely in
making bones. egg shells, etc.
In seasoning mashes a teaspoonful
of salt to a quart of mash is about the
right proportion. On very cold days
a little pepper acts as a. tonic, but it
should be given every day.
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Patching Broken Erns-

When an egg is broken on the nest
1t is usually believed that it will not
hatch. but we find the cracked she'll
can be patched up by taking a piece
of she'll from another egg and press
Ing 1t firmly over the cracked part OF
the broken egg. In this way it some
times happens thatvery valuable eggs
may be saved and Matched as if moth
ing had happened. Il. Smith, in
American CultiVator.