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TIT7ru !)TIT DTIzny twill forget irmusliately end do the • etvee thine oves again. They LOU • e alien Ma. Bipeds Having. the Appearance of a Knock- kneed Pawing Master on a Trot. A letter to the Pittsburg Dispatch from San Diego reads as follows: A troop of American bred ostriches of different ages and sizes can be seen at Coronado Beach near the Hotel Del Corouado. They are unrivalled in this country. Los Angeles county had an importation of ostriches be- fore San Diego, but they have not multiplied so fast or grown so rap- idly, owing doubtless to climatic con- ditions. E. J. Johnson, manager of the American Ostrich company, brought his first birds from the Cape of Good Hope in 1883, and landed them at New Orleans, but after a thorough investigation came to the conclusion that Louisiana was not adapted to the purpose, so he brought the os- triches overland to Southern Cali- fornia. They were left corralled in the city of San Diego while he ex- plored the country for a suitable lo- cation for their permanent settlement. He finally located in the valley of the San Luis Rey, about seven miles from the town of Fall Brook, the clear, dry air, the good water and shelter afforded by the Sarta Rosa hills furnishing the proper conditions. Here the birds have thrived, the old ones maintaining apparently their natural vigor. The ostrich matures at four and five years. The breed- ing birds are kept corralled in pairs, one acre of laud to each pair. At the corral at Coronado Beach, which is 225 feet wide by 500 feet long, inclosed by a high board fence, there were when I visited it eleven large ostriches, one six months old and one two days old. The corral is on an island of roses --a veritable par- adime--profusely avenued with the waving palm and the pretty cypress. The infant ostrich was very shy, nest- ling in the warm sand and bathing in the sun's rays. It was as large as a duck, and had a short., chubby, round head and a short beak. On my appearing it started on a run, which resembled a hop and a skip. It seemed to be eating sand a grain at a time. When the sun was sink- ing in the west the baby ostrich was put in warm quarters. The six -months -old bird as a shaggy, lanky, awkward thing, prob- ably standing thece feet in its \bars feet.\ Two toes are all the African ostrich can boast of, but it can kick very vigorously with them. Kicking is their mode of fighting. The full grown ostriches were kept in a eepa- rate incloeure. They stand from four to live Tsui, and their leee neelte enn reach a distance of about six feet higher, making a reach of eleven feet. Their legs have no feathers and their necks are nearly as bare, but their bodies are covered with the beautiful plumage. When they attempt to run they have the appearance of a \knock- kneed dancing master on a trot.\ Their tails are white and short, but their wings are composed of beauti- ful plumes. The tips of the feathers are black and underneath are white. The most valuable plumes are those not exposed. They are perfectly white. Samples were shown me at prices avoragiug, from .10 to $7 for choice and front $1 to $5 for common. The tips run from 75 cents to $5 a set. They are in great demand among the guests at the Hotel Del Coronado during the winter months for balls and other society affairs. A plume consists of two feathers made into one. The tips are also double. The fine feathers are made into col- larettes for ladies at from $8 to $10 each, and boas eight or nine feet long at from $5 to $60 each. Fans also are made here and sell rel.•lily; also aigrettes for the hair. The birds are picked once in every nine months, and from one to one and a half pounds are secured at a picking. The aver- age profit is about $100 a bird each picking. Of course the wing feath- ers are the most valuable. The os- triches feed principally on vegetables of any and all kinds and on fruit. On the average they eat eight pounds per day each. Some corn is fed to them, bat not much. Their eggs are laid in the sand, and Mr. Palmer, the sup- erintendent, has an incubator that . k • • , 1 i'• .14 . 415 wudu11.111tiaus . like the sails or a ship. One bird has an eye from fighting, and they fight very savagely. They seem to dislike the young birds very much. The meat of an ostrich is dark and something similar to venison. It is rather expensive at $500 per bird. They eat sea shells when broken up for them, and are eating sand appar- ently all the time. The male bird has a red mark down the front of the legs; the female bird is grey in color, the male jet Olv.ck with a , ,shite tail. The avetago life of the ostrich is 40 years, and there is no question but that the raising of ostriches will be one of the best paying industries in Southern California. FRESH FROM TUE BAZAAR. Physician—IT give him something that'll get him on his feet., and then we'll increase his appetite, and he'll be all right. Economical Wife --Get him on his feet, doctor; but - -er- never mind the other. \I hear Bronson sang 'Rocked in the Cradle of the Peep' at the con- cert.' \Yes.\ \Did he do it well?\ \He did indeed. It was so vivid that five people left the hall overcome with seasickness.\ \Well said father-in-law, after mothei-iu-law had returned from a visit to the young couple, \what sort of a fellow is John?\ \I'm afraid he's not good for much,\ said mother-in-law. \He re- minds me very much of you.\ \Humor is the most powerful force in the world,\ remarked Cumso. \How do you make that out ?\asked Faugle. \It overcomes the force of grav- ity.\ \Well Mr. Pedigoug,e, does my boy show any special aptitude for work?\ asked the proud father. \I think so, Mr. Bronson,\ returned the school -master. \I am uncertain as yet whether John will make a sculptor or a baseball player. He is unerring in his aim with paper wads, but the condition of his desk top con- vinces me that he can carve with con- siderable facility.\ \Maria you've got to take the baby 110W, I ' m tired.\ \You've only had hies an hour, George.\ \I know that; but I fastened my pedometer on him, and I've trotted him fifty-three miles. That is enough.\ \Did you ever go up in a balloon?\ \Once.\ \What were your sensations?\ \Oh sante as usual. 1 wanted the earth. \Can yee chauee a two-doilar bill?\ asked Cadley. \Certainly returned tho druggist courteously. \Howl' you have it, in quinine pills or cough drops?\ \What do you think of my angel cake?\ she asked. \It's too heavy to fly,\ he replied. This was the beginning of the end. \Where does this milk come from, anyhow?\ asked Miggles. \Cows I fancy,\ said Wagg. \That accounts for it.,\ said Mig- gles. \Cowes is a famous watering place.\ %vale.' lit at Vitt Lady Brooke is enjoying her 29th summer. She does not look it. She preserves the peaches and cream com- plexion often met with among the pure British aristocracy, as fresh as ten years ago. Her eyes are grayish blue; her hair a light brown, and her features just relieved from chilling regularity of outlines by a gentle tilt of the nose, at once suggestive and saucy. Her ladyship is of medium height, and form that as yet shows no tendency to that nightmare of the British matron, embonpoint. Every- body who meets Lady Brooke raves about her eyes. They would redeem a homely face. With features that can be called beautiful they are irre- sistible. No one understands dress better than Lady Brooke. She is never over dressed. Perhaps she errs a lit- tle too much in the other direction. But there is the excuse in her ease that neck, shoulders and face, she can stand both the glare of the ball hatches the eggs successfully. The room and the light, of noon, without incubator holds twenty-five eggs and danger of damage to her attractions. will hatch in six weeks.. The ostriches --N. Y. Press. at Coronado laid fifty eggs up to Tbe Philosophy of Riches. May 8. There are four laying birds this season. The, eggs weigh from two to four pounds each and meas- ure nine inches long by six inches wide. They are yellow in color and at times nearly white and are much speckled. If the birds are not allowed to hatch they take a rest of six weeks and then commence to lay again. At the Fall Brook ranch there are 100 birds, twenty-two having been raised last season. They are sold at $500 each, or $1,000 for a pair, full grown. The birds have no memory, was informed, and when corrected \If I had $1,000,000,\ said a man who was likely to get it, the other day, \I should spend it. I had rather live rich and die poor than live poor and die rich.-- -Boston Transcript.\ One of the principal features of the royal palace at Athens, where young Prince George of Greece makes his home with his parents, is a large gal- lery which has been fitted up as a skating rink. Both King George and Queen Olga ! Aro passionately fond of skating. DEAN & COWEL, mrar..1 1:11 - 41ciara. Finns and specifications furnished on short notice and at reasonable rates. GIVE US A OALL. Geo. R. McMahon, witiagrailegaillesgu- Ura.clertraker aria Ma. - aalasamer. Bodies taken charge of and Shipped. Orders through the Valley will re- ceive prompt Attention. Columbia Falls cemetery one mile west on McMahon's Ranch. tarSOLE AGENTS FOR PABST MLR . AU - KEE ALEG AND BOTTLED BEER. Garden City< ---L9 to. Yerrielc & Power. HOLESALE DE MISS IN Wi TICS and Li(luors, CIGARS, Sodas and Mineral Waters,. Pure Michigan Apple Cider, Fine Old Kentucky Whiskeys, Case Goods, French Cordials. Mail Orders Given Prompt and Satis- faction. PETER SCHUMACHER, MANAGER. 1)emersville, _Mont. FRED. KENNETT, J. H. T. RTMAN, President, Vice Pres. G. A. Wows, Cashier. TIE Weston' Montana National Bank. 01' 1,6issou1a, Mon.tana.. CAPITAL STOCK, $75,000. SURPLUS & PROFITS, $15,000. W. 001\TI..di\T' Deliveries made in any Quautities Desired. Orders left at THE COLUMBIAN office will receive prompt attention. THE BIG FOUR. 0 0 0 If you want a Live Republican Dai- ly Newspaper, subscribe for the Hel- ena Daily journal, the official organ of Montana. By mail $9.00 per year. If you want a live Republican Weekly Newspaper, away from home, subscribe for the Helena Weekly Journal. By mail $2.00 per year. If you want a first-class Farming, Stock. Range or Family Newspaper. subscribe for the Montana Farming and Stock Journal. By mail per year, $2.00. If you are interested in milling, milling or mining news in general, subscribe for the Montana ;Vining Journal. By mail $2.00 per year. Any two of the weeklies sent to one address for $3.00 per year. Address, Journal Publishing Co., Helena. Montana. 12 motd ....11 .Tr i V e rt e p lit Msdobyaha Easdwjes ft.? t. ' ot inat 1 mix,r.b i rii CI cm toseh yos quickly hove So wit from 1/1 to 1Is • eity alit.. win. ssd tdOMI• you go on &An Otlef.1111 are. a bey part of AMeries. yob cam cow- Inear• at horns. giving ids yens tlins.or spate mum.., only (0 (1,0 woti All. nen. Great hey KIM toe tem work- er. We mart yea, flptniehlog ol'or7- Woe. EASILY. srirce,n.r leentell. VAKT1CICLAIIS Ma. Addles' it NUM Si 1:0“ roma., SAUL THE PROBLEM STILL UNSOLVED. as to the exact place vhere the Great Northern will build their Depot at Columbia Falls, the coming Metropolis of the Flat- head Valley. But by visiting the N. Y. Cash Bazaar and inspecting the Elegant Stock and Eastern Prices, FriTE PROBLEM Will Be Solved. THAT IS THE PLACE to buy your Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots and Caps, Ladies' and Gent's Furnishing Goods, Our Stock is Complete in Every Department and no one will have to Stand on their Tiptoes to Reach our Prices, but they are Within the Reach of all. THE NEW YORK LASH BAZAAR. IR,. ID. BECKON, Prop. Colillil & Miller Block. • : Columbia Falls, Montana. FRASER & CHALMERS, CHIC.AC4-0. L. C, TRENT, Gen. Western Manager. Salt Lake City, Utah; Helena, Monrana. MINING MACHINERY, And Machinery for the Systematic Reduction of Ores by Amalgamation, Concentration, Smelting and Leaching. Builders of the Homestake, Grauiie Mountain, Drum Lummon, Anaconda, Blue Bird, Lexington, and II: -Metallic Reduction Works, Hoisting Engines, Geared and Direct Acting. Prospecting and Developing Hoists. Builders of Improved Air Compressors and Wire Tramways, Fruo Vanning Machines and Embrey Concentrators. ELECTRIC MOTORS. Sole Western Agent for Ligerwood Hoisting Engines, And Tyler Wire Works Double Crimped Mining Cloth. Electric Light Plants. Diamond Core Prospecting Drills. Concentration Mills, Electric Elevators, Shay Patent Locomotives. No TRUE ECONOMY CAN PRACTICED BY A HOUSEHOLD UNLESS A COPY OF THE D0ITER5' QUIDE,\ IS CONSULTED. Icrag hem as the triiy \DICTIONARY OF VALUES\ published. Bend 15 cents in stamps to pay charges on one of the latest editions, MONTGOIERY WARD kCO.,111 to 115 Dian Are., ;)1 This book hes reco s seisel GREAT NORTHEN LUMBER COMPANY, Columbia Fa.112, - • Montana. --MANUFACTURERS OF ALL GRADES OF -- Common, Dimension, Flue Filishing, Seasoned, - Kiln -dried and Surfaced Lumber. White Pine, Yellow Pine, Fir, Tamarack, Cedar, Birch, Spruce. FLOORING, CEILING, LATH, SHINGLES, SIDING, TIES, BRIDGE TIMBER, R. R. TIMBER. Saloon Men, Attention! — ISRAEL & GERBERGER, aud Retail Dealers la the Gnat Wines, Liquors Ci g ars, Tobaccos and SMOKER'S ARTICLES In the Flathead Valley. Family and Saloon Trade So. DEFY COMPETITION. Give us a Call, One Block West of Cliff House. DEMERSVILLE, - MONTANA. BRICK! Conlin Az Berne wish to Announce that they are prepared to supply FtlIST-CLASS BRICK Desired. in any quantities THE COLUMBIA FALLS BRICK Are f'qual to any in the market, and and are sold at satisfactory Prices. YARD ----One Block south of Ninth Street. LEANT ORDERS with E. j. Mathews. at Gt. Nor. Lumber Co.'s Office. St. Peter & Archie, 1 - 31.1CK YARDS. On Stillwater, 10 miles front Col- umbia Falls. Smooth and Rough Pressed : Brick. Call on Us at Our Yards and Get Prices. Samples on Show at This Office. LAWRENCE 1.3U01 - 7111iNAN. Have moved to their New Shop on Second Avenue and Ninth Street. They are now prepared to do all Kinds of Vachine, GENERAL BLACKSMITHING. The ratrolatiyil of Mill Men, rariner-, .in,i M. , chanies solicited. . Horseshoeiur, is OUP Specialty. Colmlill Resources: Situated on the line of the Great Northern Railway and at the Head of Navigation of the Flathead River, at the Gateway of the Mountains, through which the immense amount of Timber, Coal and Mineral, in which the surrounding country abounds, must come for manufacture and mar- ket., thereby forming the largest com- bination of natural resources ever kuown in the west. Columbia Falls, with its immense water power and natural location for business of all descriptions, is the only town in the Flathead Valley with a future assured, and for safe and per- manent investment. Columbia Falls has expended with- in the past thirty days $50,000.00 for Businese Buildings, while contracts are already made for over fifty Business Buildings more, at a coot of $150,000.00. Special indueements offered to manufacturers. Colizik :Fa Moo GALEN H. WHEELER, U. S. DEPUTY rjA.NaD ,ND MiiiiI Surveyor, P MATE SURVEYS MADE. OFFICE & RESIDI COLUMBIA FALLS. R. L. 01,1140N, Attorney at Law: LAND AND ?MING PLAtrICE A SPECIALT\. . ONE DOOR EAST POSTOMPIRE. Demersirille, totWxtana. J. K. Miller, LAW AND REAL ESTATE. OFFICE: NUCLEUS AVENUE. Columbia Falls, : Montana. 0, J. Blodgett,. A'17 - 1_'()11N.14.1Y; Pia. aid Life Insurnce Written.. RANCHES BOUGHT AND SOLD. COLE3IBIA FALLS, MONT. Lake Blaine SAW MILL CHAS. SEEK - - o and o JAMES SEEK,' Proprietors. --0 - Ten Miles Southeast of COLUMBIA FALLS. Are now ready to furnish all kinds of lumber in any quantity up to 40,000 feet per day. Address, SEEK & SON, Egan, Mont. D. J. REYFilOIV I Ravalli, - Mont. Forwarding .A.C4-mi\Trr Rail charges advanced and goods delivered to the boat land- ing at foot of Lake. Quick Time and' Safe Arrival . Guaranteed. Address orders, D. J. HEYFRON, Ravalli, Mont. F. C. GORMELY. W. H. SMITH. WINDSOR :-: ESE. Recently Opened. New Fur- niture, New House. GORMELY & SMITH, Props. The House is ..new and offers the , best accommodations in the city to the traveling public. NUCLEUS AVENUE. COLUMBIA FALLS, -. MONT.' SECO s 1;11i AVENUE BLACKSMITH WAGON SHOP' SHOP.' All Work Neatly and Promptly Done, HOEISESHOEINO FLOW - WORK A SPZCIALTT: L pAIR'IN.0 1: 1 >0' N THE WAGON SHOP. Best line of cigars in the city at Fullerton's. sepia ism woo Mein in tollS per weels,aad were OW a 1111111 •sperienc•. VS • sem %rola, 'se .1aq/ivy mem, and nAti *each red C... Ynn WOVk in your OWA 101411 - by, V, knower yes lir Both sexes. ,II .I0. W 1 sun yon‘ No risk. Coo nods ht ogre time. or ell the thee, Fen Info, meth, Flihn, 'r fury jk £151 1.1A, 3 41IN MON By our Ioaatioil at the jupetOn of all floatable streams of the Flathead Couritty, we are able to set-ail:if:he best qualify of all kinds of timber. Shipmettts made promptly by steamer to all River and Lake pointa RICKARD & LA PARE vond Avenae• elyi Third 5t so•
