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LOTTERIES AND LUCK
TRICKS THAT HAVE BEEN PLAYED BY
FICKLE FORTUNE.
name inutancee That Aptly rltnttrate
the Truth of the 011 Adage That
There In Many a Slip 'Twixt the
Cup, and the lip.
There are few things with which ro
mance is more closely connected than
the distribution of lottery prizes, and
there can be no doubt that we Britons
are all the better off because of the ille
gality of holding lotteries in the United
Kingdom. A big lottery must disap
point hundreds of thousands while it
enriches one winner, who often finds
that his hastily acquired wealth results
in doing him more harm than good.
A short time ago the first prize in
one of the Italian state lotteries, which
amounted to some £8,000, fell to a
peasant who, with his wife, had actually
died of starvation within a few hours
of the drawing of the prize.
Owing to a dream in which a peasant
had the presentiment that a certain
number would be on the ticket which
would win the splendid prize, he
scraped all his money together and pur
chbased not the ticket be wanted, be
cause it was already sold, but one which
bore the same numerals, differently ar
ranged. Then he and his wife fell on
desperately hard times, which eventual
ly closed upon them in death from sheer
starvation, for he had tried and failed
to sell his lottery chance, which was
the last thing left to him.
When the drawing came on, he won
the first prize of £8.000, but as he was
dead and no next of kin could be discov
ered the prize was raffled for again,
when it fell to swell the purse of an
Italian banker who already was pos
sessed of vast wealth.
A German lady living in Brunswick
had a fancy that a certain ticket would
win a prize in a lottery in which the
frst prize was £15,000. It may seem
strange, but it is vouched for as being
perfectly true, that she so altered her
opinion as to the chances of her ticket
winning a prize that she bartered it
away for a neww hat from her milliner
within a few days of having purchased
it.
This was a melancholy exception to
the rule that "secor.:d thoughts are al
ways best." The ticket which she had
exchanged for a hat, possibly worth a
couple of guineas, succeeded in captur
ing the first prize of £15,000, and the
milliner, who considered he had run
his risks, absolutely refused to palliate
his customer's bitter disappointment by
anything beyond the payment of a few
pounds, which were dragged from him
by hollow threats of legal action.
On one occasion the first prize in an
Italian lottery, amounting to nearly
£5,000, fell to a man who had died
three days before the raffle, the second
prize of £2,000 fell to a lady who had
sold her lucky ticket at the eleventh
hour, and the third prize of £1,000 to a
private soldier who, on hearing of his
good fortune, drank himself mad and
then committed suicide. For want of
claimants who could establish their
claims satisfactorily, the first and' third
prizes were again raffled for, and this
time they both fell to the same person
-the owner of one of the largest pri
vate estates in Austria, who was quite
indifferent about the addition to his al
ready huge fortune.
Silly superstitions play an important
part in the buying and selling of lottery
tickets, and it is no uncommon thing
for a person who fanciesa certain num
ber to buy it at a price equal to hun
dreds of times its original cost, and
many of those who indulge in this kind
of speculation with the fixed idea of
gain generally discover that it is an
expensive game.
A German banker conceived the idea
that the first prize in a certain lottery
would fall to the holder of a ticket on
which the figure three stood either alone
or with others. So greatly impressed
was he with this belief that he bought
up every ticket that bore the numeral
three, a little deal which cost him some
thousands of pounds, because many of
the tickets he fancied were held by per
sons to whom he had to pay fancy prices.
One of these personA when approach
ed on the matter refused to sell his
ticket unless the banker purchased a
complete bundle of 20, of which he was
anxious to get rid. The banker did not
wish to do this, as there was only one
ticket bearing a three in the bundle,
but he ultimately consented, took the
ticket he wanted and gave the vender
back all the others. Great must have
been his annoyance on discovering later
that the first prize had not fallen to
'him, but had been won by one of the
tickets he had bought and scorned.
[aondon Tit-Bits.
Nobody's Mother.
There is a story told on one of the
circuits, which may or may not have
seen the light of print already, of how
.not long ago a very young barrister rose
to examine one of his witnesses with an
unaccountably hazy notion of her iden
tity. "I think that you are the prison
er's mother?" he began.
"Certainly not, sir," was the unex
pected answer
Turning hurriedly to his brief, he
thought he had found the reason for her
evident annoyance "Ah, yes, " he con
tinued, "I see, you are the prosecutrix's
mother"'
"Certainly not, " came ner reply, still
more emphatically.
"Then whose taotner are you?" he
demanded, almost in despair, and she
fairly boiled over with indignation as
_he retorted: "Nobody's, sir. I am a
single woman. "-St. James Gazette.
Farreachita.
Nelly-I don't see how getting one's
feet wet causes toothache.
Jack-You don't? If you had ever
bad a tooth pulled, you would know
that the roots run clear to your toes
Tacoma Ledger
Not a Coward After All.
An army surgeon tells a story of an
officer many of you know. It was before
Santiago. The surgeon, going to the
front, came upon the young officer, sit
ting beside the roa., trembling like a
leaf and whiter than the d-'d men
around him. At sight of the on be
began to talk.
"I'm a coward. I'm a coward. I'm
a coward," he said. "I knew I'd run,
and I did. Oh, Lord, I wish you'd kill
me! I'm disgraced forever. I just got
pcared. I knew I would. I was going
along all right, not thinking of any
thing but getting at the dashed Span
iards, yelling to my men to come on
and running ahead as fast as I could,
when all of a sudden I stubbed my too
or something, and then I can't remem
ber being scared, but I must have been,
for I came galloping back here, sick as
a dog. Oh, I feel so awfully gone! I'm
a blanked coward, and I wish I was
dead. Oh, Lord, why don't somebody
shoot me? I've got such an awful gone
ness right here." And he put his hand
to his stomach. The surgeon gave him
a quick look and caught him as he
plunged forward in a faint. Where the
awful goneness was a Mauser bullet
bad found its billet. They carried the
wounded man to the field hospital, and
he chuckled all the way.
"Oh, my ! Oh, my I" he said over and
over. "I wasn't scared! I wasn't scar
ed !" And then he would laugh delight
edly. "I wasn't scared! I was hit-I
was just hit I I ain't a coward after
all. "- Washington Post.
Jugglers of India.
Two men-one old and emaciated,
carrying a native drum; the other young
and well fed, fantastically gowned with
an overskirt of colored handkerchiefs,
and a multitude of bells which jangle
noisily at his slightest movement; long,
ragged hair; altogether a hideous figure.
The drummer begins a weird tomtom
ing and the other man an incantation.
Then he extends a "supra"--a bamboo
tray used by all natives-on which any
one who pleases places a large handful
of rice and the same quantity of grain.
The two ingredients are thoroughly
amalgamated, so that it would in the
ordinary way take hours to separate
them.
Now the fantastic man with his tray
begins. He turns round slowly, gradu
ally quickening his pace (the drummer
also keeping time), faster and faster in
a giddy vortex, the tray at times almost
out of his hands, yet so cleverly handled
that not a grain falls out. It is very
trying to watch, but in a couple of
minutes -both stop simultaneously, and
the man shows to the wondering spec
tators two little heaps-one of rice and
the other grain-at different ends of the
tray, which in his sickening gyrations
he has been able to separate by some
extraordinary manipulation.-Pearson's
Weekly.
Willing to Share the Honor.
Patient-No, doctor, there isn't any
particular pain, but somehow I feel as
if I were going to die.
Doctor (who has been called out of
bed at 2 o'clock in the morning)-Let
me feel your pulse. (After a moment)
Have you made your will?
Patient (alarmed)-No, but
Doctor-Who is your lawyer?
Patient-Mr. Studds. Why, doctor,
do you think
Doctor-Then you had better send for
him. Who is your minister?
Patient (still more alarmed)-Rev.
Mr. Saintly. Am I
Doctor-I think he had better be sent
for.
Patient (badly frightened)-Oh, doc
tor, do you really think I'm going to
die?
Doctor-No, I don't. There's noth
ing at all the matter with you, but I
hate to be the only man who has been
made a fool of tonight.-Liverpool Mer
cury.
A Pretty Effect.
An illuminated sign on a store up
town spells the name of the proprietor
in lettersoutlined by electric lights and
is lit up and then made dark again
automatically. When the sign begins
to shine out, the electric bulbs at the
left are the first to appear, and then the
illumination follows the course of an
immense pen writing the name out. So
closely is the course of the pen followed
that the "i" in the name is not dotted
with its especial electric light dot until
the last flourish at the extreme right of
the name is lit up. Then, with a per
ceptible interval, as if the gigantic pen
was being carried back, the dot on the
"i" is made and shines out and the
whole name appears.-New York Sun.
Constant Squeeting.
"Now, Algernon, " said Miss Fussan
feather, as she was tightly held in the
embrace of her fiance, "they tell me
that men get tired of squeezing after
they are married. Will you promise me
not to give it up after we are man and
wife?"
"Oh, I assure you it is not necessary
to make any such promises," replied
the young man. "I guarantee you'll
have all the squeezing you want to do
to get along on $7 a week. "-Exchange.
True Friendship.
Author-When you come to my new
book, I hope you will not be too severe
on me.
Critic-1 read it last week, and my
criticism was certainly not detrimental.
Author-Why, I didn't see any no
tlce of it in your column!
Critic-Of course not. We have al.
ways been friends, and for that reason
I refrained from printing my candid
opinion of it.-Chicago News.
An Mexicans Do It.
"I am very sorry to hear, " remarked
the curate pensively to one of his pa
riebioners, "that one of the great lights
of our church, Brother MacLellan, has
became insolvent and as the result will
have to close his house of business."
"Another case of 'The Light That
Failed,'" added the parishioner as he
.tft. the pareonage.-Mexican Herald.
AUTHORS' MANUSCRIPTS.
Not Neeessary For Editors to Itead
Them From Beginning to End.
Once-more the tale goes round of the
author who sent a story to three jour
nals and had it returned by every one
without having been read. He knew it
because he had pasted two of the leaves
together. Very likely. We do not think
of reading through a half or a quarter
of the articles that are sent to us. It
often does not taLe half a minute to dis
card what one knows he doesn't want.
It is an old saying that one does not
need to eat a whole joint to learn
whether it is tainted.
It would be a revelation to some of
these writers to see how fast an expe
rienced and conscientious editor can, at
times, go through a big pile of essays,
stories or poems. The title is often
enough, and he would say, "'We don't
want an article on that subject." The
next article begins with a page or two
of commonplace introduction, and that
is throwvn aside in half a minute's in
spection without turning more than
the next page. The next begins with a
platitude-" We can't print that stuff."
The first verse of this next poem has
false meter and is tossed aside. The
next begins in schoolgirl style, with
"dove" and "love;" it is not read
through. Of the next the editor reads
ten lines. It is simply a dull descrip
tion of a stream in a forest-not want
ed. The next poem begins in a fresh
way, seems to be constructed according
to the rules, is pretty good. It is put
one side to see if other better poems
will crowd it out. The next is a story
The first page is promising, but the sec
ond shows a coarse strain, and the read
ing stops there.
Ten articles are decided upon, and
with sufficient good judgment, in ten
minutes, for a minute to a manuscript
is often twice as much time as it needs.
It does not take that long for a dealer
to stick an iron skewer in a smoked
ham, draw it out and smell of it. Not
one article in a dozen perhaps needs to
be read through. -New York Independ
ent.
INSECTS AS HOODOOS.
They Keep Settlers Away Prom Many
'narts of the World.
Nothing could more strikingly illus
trate the importance of small things
than the large role which is now at
tributed to the mosquito in the etiology
of some of the most serious and wide
spread diseases to which the human race
is ,ubject. It is truly said that what
prevents the successful colonization of
many tropical countr'es and what
throws the greatest obstacle in the way
of civilization of and good government
in vast regions of central Africa is not
clinmate, not distance from home and
not unfriendliness on the part of the
natives. The obstacle is malaria, and
now we find that the prevalence of ma
laria, so far as man is concerned, de
pends on the mosquito, and that this
pestilent little insect, in addition to ir
ritating and annoying, is the means by
which the poison of malaria is propa
gated and distributed.
For years back botanists have known
the important part played by birds in
the scattering of seed and of insects in
the distribution of the pollen of plants,
and it seems not unlikely that pathol
ogists will have to recognize in a much
larger degree than has till lately been
done the large part taken by the subor
dinate forms of life by which we are
surin unolc;-our c(attle, our horses, our
dogs and cats, our tdies, our uiosquitoes,
and perhaps even our fleas-in dis.
tributing disease from man to man, and,
as is stated in regard to the mosquito
and malaria, in deciding whether thi
extension of our empire over great areas
of the globe's surface shall be possible
or not.-Hospital.
Punctuation.
What a great difference in the mean
ing of a sentence a misplaced comma
can make! Take the following, for ex
ample:
"James, my husband is a very sick
man. '
"James, my husband, is a very sick
man."
The following bit of perverse punc
tuation was perpetrated by an English
compositor. What the author meant to
say can be ascribed by a rearrangement
of the punctuation marks:
"Caesar entered on his head; his hel
met on his feet; armed sandals upon
his brow; there was a cloud in his right
hand; his faithful sword in his eye; an
angry glare saying nothing, he sat
down." - Pittsburg Chronicle - Tele
graph.
Guy Fawkes' Lantern.
It has been settled beyond a doubt
that the identical lamp which Guy
Fawkes carried in poking about in the
cellar of the houses of parliament, when
he intended to blow them up, is now in
existence. This lantern is in the Ash
molean museum at Cambridge. Guy
Fawkes was carrying this lantern when
he was arrested. The history of the
lantern has now been fully established
and it must take its place among the
most celebrated exhibits in the museums
of the world.-London Mail.
Children's Sleep.
Growing children cannot too careful
ly be enjoined to get plenty of sleep.
The boy or girl who has lessons to learn
must waken early after a good night's
rest, and this is insured only by punc
tuality in retiring. Eight o'clock is a
good bedtime for all young people un
der 15 and should be insisted upon by
parents.-Harper's Bazar.
Professor Bryce made a bad slip in
bis book on South Africa. He accuses
the Boers of abusing the English by
speaking of them usually as "rotten
eggs," whereas the Transvaal phrase is
root neck, "red neck," and applies to
the British complexion.
Iron horseshoes have been found dat
ing back to the year 481.
IN RUSTIC WAYS.
The blackbirds whistle all day long
A rhythlunic gladness in their song,
And night and morning down the lane
Drifts by the cowbells' rude refrain.
The flicker dips on golden wings.
And far across the meadow swings.
The swallow skims in lines of grace
Like to the curves that painters trace.
Above, below and everywhere
A sense of living thrills the air.
Spring's message through the silent sent
With earth and wood and sky is blent
The hedgerow blossoms stain the sod,
The south winds make the grasses nod.
And woolly lambs in awkward play
Down the green hillside ambling stray
Along the blue horizon rim
The lights. nd shadows sink or swim.
And pencilisd faintly on the skies
A ghostly half moon's crescent lies.
The blackbirds chant the whole day long
A rhythmic madness in their song,
And dusk and dawn along the lane
Echoes the cowbells' rude refrain.
-Zrnest MoGaffey in Woman's Home Com
panion.
ONE GLASS OF WINE.
L Belief That It Changed the Hlatory
of This Country.
It is said that a single glass of wine
probably wrecked the Democratic party
in 1860 The story is worth telling.
After the breaking up of the national
Democratic convention at Charleston
the party in Georgia held a state con
vention Great excitement prevailed.
The leaders of the party could not
agree. It was a critical period.
The majority report indorsed the se
ceders or bolters at Charleston, while
the minority report opposed their ac
tion. The leading champion of the mi
nority was Herschel V. Johnson, and
his followers were confident that his
eloquence and logic would carry the
day
It Is quite likely that such would
have been the case but for an unfortu.
nate mishap Ex-Governor Johnson be
gan his speech before the noon adjourn
ment on the second day and concluded
after dinner
Old men who remember that speech
say that it was a powerful argument,
and the impression gained ground that
after the noon recess the speaker would
demolish his opponents with a few
sledge hammer blows.
But the overconfident frieo!:l; of the
minority report were doomed to disap
pointment Johnson felt the strain of
the morning session so much that he
was unable to eat anything, and he took
a glass of wine upon an empty stomach
to strengthen himself This was a fatal
mistake. That one glass of wine per
haps changed the destiny of the nation.
The great orator resumed his speech,
but the wine had nauseated him. He
was hazy, verbose and unintelligible at
times. His style and argument lacked
vigor, consistency and positiveness. His
friends looked at one another in despair.
The men on the other side were exult
ant. It was evident that the speaker
had damaged his own cause.
Then Howell Cobb and Henry R.
Jackson followed each other for the ma
jority report. They spoke with an air
of expectant triumph and captured the
nnnventinn
The majority report was adopted. It
is unnecessary to follow the history of
the next few weeks. The national De
mocracy was completely disrupted and
put two tickets in the field. Lincoln
was elected and the country was plung
ed into a civil war. Had Johnson suc
ceeded in inducing the Georgia conven
tion to adopt his conservative ideas, it
is safe to say that other southern states
would have fallen into line with our
commonwealth, and the national Demo
cratic party would have remained
united.
This is the story of what a little glass
of wine did. It ruined a great party,
caused a disastrous war, and besides the
loss of life cost the south over $4,000,
000,000. Perhaps this is rather specu
lative, but there are many who believed
it a generation ago.-Atlanta Constitu
tion.
Didn't Irritate Him.
Here is a glimpse of the seamy side
of life in Cornwall from The Cornish
Magazine :
"I'm afraid, Jenny, you irritate your
husband with your long tongue."
"Aw, no, my dear Miss Vivian, I'd
never say nawthen to en. To'ther day
I was 'ome waitin for'n to come 'ome
to supper. Eight o'clock come, an no
Jan; 9 o'clock come, an no Jan; 10
o'clock come, an no Jan. I put up me
bonnet an shoal an went to every kiddly
wink in town, thout Dyke Winsor's.
When I come there, there wor Jan.
Says I, 'You ugly murderen veilan,
theest killed thee fust wife an now
theest want to kill me, too,' an he up an
knacked me down. "
An Easy Way Out.
At a school inspection some of the
boys found a difficulty in the correct
placing of the letters "i" and "e" in
such words as "believe," "receive."
etc.
When the inspector said blandly,
"My boys, I will give you an infallible
rule, one I invariably use myself, " the
pupils were all attention, and even the
master pricked up his ears.
The inspector continued: "It is sim
ply this: Write the 'i' and 'e' exactly
alike and put the dot in the middle
over them. "-Liverpool Mercury.
Both Sides.
Papa-You saw that big boy whip
ping the little one, and you didn't in
terfere. Suppose you had been that lit
tle boy?
Bobbie-I did think of that and was
going to part 'em,. but then I happened
to think s'pose I was the big boy? So
I left 'em alone.-London Fun.
Too-Great a Risk.
"James, if anybody inquires for me
today, tell them I am not in."
"Yes, sir."
"There might possibly be one who
would not have a bill," muttered the
young man, "but I'll not risk it."
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Her Opinion In Full.
The car turned sharply around a
curve and the tall man who was hold
ing on to a strap somewhat loosely was
suddenly thrown from his upright po
sition with a force that landed him in
the lap of a dignified dowager sitting
near him, while his high silk hat flew
from his head and rolled down the aisle
of the car.
"Sir," she said as he rose to his feet
again with profuse apologies, "I am
compelled to say that in my judgment
you were lacking in that complete
grasp of the strap which was essential
to the highest efficiency in maintaining
an upright attitude when turning a
curve. "
That was all. But it crushed him.
Chicago Tribune.
Tell Your sister
A beautiful complexion is an impossibili
ty without good pure blood, the sort
that only exists in connection with good
digestion, a healthy liver and bowels.
Karl's Clover Root Tea acts directly on
the bowels, liver and kidneys keeping
them in perfect health. Price 25 cts.
and 50 cts. Sold by Chapple Drug Co.
Don't Lose Any Time About It.
If your relatives or friends expect to
come west this spring ask the nearest
Burlington Route agent about the
specially reduced rates now in effect to
Montana, Utah, California, Washing
ton and Oregon points. Write them
right away-today. They may be
withdrawn at any moment. Through
tourist sleeping car service to San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles every Thursday;
to Butte, Spokane and Seattle every
Tuesday and Thursday.
J. Francis,
General Passenger Agent,
97-f-6 Omaha, Neb.
Do You Know
Consumption is preventable? Science
has proven that, and also that neglect is
suicidal. The worst cold or cough can
be cured with Shiloh's Cough and Con
sumption Cure. Sold on positive guar
antee for over fifty years. Sold by
Chapple Drug Co.
The Way to Go to California
Is in a tourist sleeping car-personally
conducted-via the Burlington route.
You make fast time. You see the
finest scenery on the globe.
Your car is not so expensively fiu
ished nor so fine to look at as a palace
sleeper, but it is just as clean, just as
comfortable, just as good to ride in,
and nearly $20 cheaper.
The Burlington excursions leave
every Thursday, reaching San Francisco
Sunday and Los Angeles Monday.
Porter with each car. Excursion man
ager with each party. For folder giv
ing full information call at nearest B.
& M. railroad depot or write to J.
Francis, general passenger agent, Oma
ha, Neb. 6-26-99
Does This Strike You ?
Muddy complexions, nauseating
breaths come from chronic constipation.
Karl's Clover Root Tea is an absolute
cure and has been sold for fifty years on
an absolute guarantee. Price 25 cts.
and 50 cts. Sold by Chapple Drug Co.
BILLINGS
CHICAGO
TIME CARD
EAST- I WESW
BOUND. a STATIONS. BOUND
DAILY. _ DAILY
8:80 A M 0 Lv... RILLINGS...Ar 7:03 P
1i001 A is 61 Lv....Forts'neter....Ar 5:18 1
12:32 p s 144 Ar..... Sheridsn.....Lv 2:05 P
7:80 P M 867 Ar.... Edgemont ....Lv 8:10 A
9:23 AM 39 Ar... Hot Springs ...Lv 600
12:30 PM 474 Ar.... Deadwood ....Lv 2:80
9:27 P M 420 Ar.....Crawford.....Lv 609 A"
11:18 P i 477 Ar..... Alliance..... Lv 4:20 A P
8:10 A Mi 715 Ar... . Ravenna.....Lv 9:40 P r
9:45 A is 758 Ar...Grand Island...Lv 8:46 r
1:00 P I 838 Ar .... Lincoln......Lv 6:15 P p
4:05 P 89 Ar...... Omaha......Lv 4:85 r
8:05 P I 1088 Ar... KansaB City ... Lv 10:40 A
7:19 A is 1312 Ar... ST. LOUIS...Lv 8:45 p v
8:20 A s 1881 Ar... CHICAGO . ...Lv 10:381 p
You Buy the Ticket and
We'll do the 'Rest.
Tickets sold and baggage checked to all poi rl.
in the United States.
Vestibuled Pullman Palace Sleeping (Crs ....
Free Beolining Chair Cars.
No change of sar i between Billings ant K.
sas City.
One change of cars between Billings and ;Ch
Oago, and Billings and St. Louis.
For Time Table. Rates. Maps, etc.. call on ,
address
J. L. HARRINGTON, Agent,
or H. B. SEGUR General Agent,
Billin's, Montana.
FERRYS
SEEDS
werefamousyeareago-theiribme
gros every year-Nig the eedmission,an
most to be relased on-s, all eects of sef
the best. For sale by leading
dealers everywhere. live cents
abusr paper excess and indiworth t.
Inst on having tem. Brings
no rmailsk-buy errybox:.
tee to c e or ren d three.
T. J. FERRELL.
n e from larke's Fork to the reservation
line ITAon the cdedTAL, strip.
J. Mre Impotency, Night Emissionarge of the stock and
authorting diseases, all efects of seonf
abuse, or excess and indis
cretion. Anervetonfeand
bloode creek Bilder.illi Brings theillings.
pink glow to pale cheeks and
Pa restores the fire of youth.k
By mai 50c per box: 6 bxe;r.
for $2.50; with a written getarl=
their to crange or refstock stolend the suitablyr
NERVITA MEDICAL CO.
aInton £ Jackeoti ºt . - (.MICACO, ILt
For Sale by
Lleberg, Holmes & Vaihoun. Druggists,
1-10-ly Billings. Montana.
'1'. J. FARRELL.
Range from Clarke's Fork to the reeervation
line on the coded strip.
J. M. Conway is in charge of the stock end
authorized to sell. His headquarters are on
Blue creek, Billings.
Parties furnishing information of stock off
their range or stock stolen will he suitably re
warded.
JOHN R AMSEY.
Range
Yellowstone
P. O.
Billings.
MURPHY CATTLE COMPANY,
L. H. PARKER, Superintendent.
Billings, Montana.
Range
Crow Indian
Reservation.
MURPHY KENNELS.
Address-L. H. PARKER, Bupt.
Murphy Cattle Company,
Billings, sontana.
CUSTER CATTLE COMPANY.
EMMETT MoCORMICK, Foreman.
Brand as in cut on
either side.
Range - Yellow
stone, Crow Reser
vation, East Pryor
creek.
Horses 7-7 on
left shoulder.
Vent - Brand re
versed.
P. O.-Junction,
Montana.
RYAN BROS.
on left ribs.
on left side or hip.
S- left hip. LL on left d.
7 left side or hip. / L lettaid.
- L leftide. 7 u
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