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, 1888-01-13

1t is not conceivable-we offer it as a
suggestion to be considered, and not a a
theory to be accepted-that the object
with which pain is sent into the world is
not the development of mans moral ma
ture so much as the development of his
energy. Man can do one thing which
God, from his very perfecaness, cannot
do, and that is, make an effort; and
whatever the grand concealed purpose, Il
part of it must be that man should strive.
We may not see what he can do by striv-
ing, or how he can add by striving to the
store of force in the universe; but if he
were not intended to strive, TO develop
will, and display energy, and make ex-
rrtions, the world would surely nave been
made a very different one from what it
is. 1t is always whipping him up, him
and the animals, too.
There are only two forms of pain which
are absolutely universal among sentient
creatures, which men feel as strongly as
women, and animals more keenly than
both, and which human beings, whether
refined or degraded, absolutely refuse to
endure; and those two are hunger and
thirst, the two grand impelling forces of
the world. Without those two pains,
there would be no world such as we
know it. The wild animals would saun-
ter away life doing nothing; the useful
beast, released alike from hunger and the
whip, would be worthless to man; and
man himself, though he might reflect as
well as saunter, would scarcely be brought
TO work.-The Spectator.
, 1888-01-13

l was too young 10 be an analyst of a
voice or to know why one pleased me.
But this / remember, that Jenny Lind af-
forded me a new and delicious sensation.
Her singing so affected me that 1 burst
out crying. and as it was thought hat !
cried because l was sleepy, l was (being
too shamefaced TO explain my feelinGs)
sent to bed.
There was so little ~sleepineSs in me and
l was so vexed at the summary Judgment
passed upon me that l went on crying
when l was in my cot. Jenny Lind, at
the hour when the company vas to go
away, anne into the room where 1 was.
She saw me wide awake, and asked II 1
was the little sleepy child; then came
over TO me and whispered, ''Why did
you cry?' because your voice is 80
nice She laughed and said, THAT
cant be. We only cry when things are
ugly and unpleasant" /, thinking she
considered me a little fibster, cried again,
and then was able L get out, 1.-THE
Babes in the Wood is very nice to read,
yet. it makes me cry so fearfully that
grandmamma has taken it from me and
locked it up" Jenny Lind said, you're
n dear child. When / come back I'll
bring you such a pretty toy, and sing on
purpose for you" She never did come
back, and so l never got the toy.-Cor.
London Truth.
, 1888-01-13

"VVhat kind of people were the In
dams in those days." was asked.
The best people l ever saw" was the
prompt reply. "Thcy never knew any
wrong except what the whites taught
them. They naturally taught each other
all the evil they knew. They were hon
est as the day and faithful unto death
when they had professcd n friendship for
you. 1 nave known Indians who pro-
fessed friendship for me to kill other
Indians who wanted to do me harm.
Brother would kill brother. No book
ever written or anything else ever pub
lished has done justice to the Indian char
acter. The vice and d~eviltry Of the
whites nave made them what they are
Omaha Herald.
, 1888-01-13

A scheme for the erection of n bridge
over the English channel is in active con-
sideration among French capitalists and
engineers. The projected bridge would
he twenty-five miles long, resting on
piers of concrete and masonry 100 feet
long by 100 broad, placed at intervals of
$50 yards. The causeway of the bridge
would be 10 feet above the sea level. to
permit the passage of ships, and would be
100 feet wide. The estimated cost is
5000, 600, 600. 1t appears that the channel
is not SO deep as generally supposed.
There are shadows u from Folkestone
not over twenty feet from the surface,
the depth from these shadows TO the
shore on either side varying from 100 to
100 feet.-New York Press.
, 1888-01-13

A shoe filed with flowers is the very
newest thing for bridesmaids to carry,
and charmingly pretty it is. The first
wedding at which this idea wa carried
out was that of Miss Stewart and Mr..
Carberry Rice Vaughan-Pryse, which
took place about n month ago. The next
wedding at which the bridesmaids carried
shoes was that of Sir Robert and Lady
Emily Peel's eldest daughter and Mr..
Barton. The shoes in the case We're of
pink satin filed with n mixture of pink
and of maize colored roses, and hung
from the arm by pink ribbons. Shoes
were carried by the youthful members of
the bevy of bridesmaids of Miss Whitta-
ker's wedding. The shoes were of pink
satin filled with flowers of hues to match
that color.-London Court Journal.
, 1888-01-13
ucated by Chemical Foot warmers

l once brought n good deal of ridicule
upon myself by asserting in these col
umns that l travelled on an English train
heated by chemical foot warmers. When
these things got cold you shook 'em up
and they gave out heat again. 1 never
got any one to believe this story, and yet
it was true. l have found out since that
the chemical used was some sort of soda
affair, and l understand that the fact
that this compound of soda will give out
heat has caused it TO be used as an engine
for running street cars. / believe that
they are going to use the soda motor oil
a Chicago street car line. l don't know
whether any of the soda foot warmers
are used in England now or not. l
couldn't find any on the little island
when l was there last winter, though
urged by my unbelieving friends to do so
for the sake of my own reputation for
veracity Luke Sharp in Detroit Free
Press.
, 1888-01-13

Theodore IhomaS' extraordinary Powers.
/ once heard n man go into ecstasy
over n feat which he had seen Professor
Theodore Thomas perform. The profcs-
sor, it appears, had been ''training'' an
orchestra and n brass band at one and
the same time. The building in which
this was done was a long one, divided in
the center by a thick wall or partition; it
had in reality been two separate buildings
at one time, but the upper part of the
dividing wall had been torn away On
the top of this wall n platform had been
built just large enough to allow n man
good standing room. On this platform
stood Professor Thomas. To his right
were the brass instrument players, and
to his left the string and soft instrument
players. The former were playing a
lively march, two four time, while the
latter were sweetly rolling outta waltz to
the ''down, left, up" beat. Thomas
right arm went through the quadruple
movement without the slightest varia-
ton, while the left arm and hand beat
triple time just as correctly, both at the
same time.-Rochester Argus.
, 1888-01-13

At one of the city colleges last week,
while a class was busy anatomizing the
body of a colored pauper, n visitor made
himself obnoxious by his inquisitiveness.
To get even with him one of the students
cut off an ear and surreptitiously placed
it in the visitors pocket. A few min
utes later the bell signaled the close of
the evenings work. and as the victim of
the joke put his hand in his pocket for
his gloves he grasped, instead, the cold,
clammy ear of the subject he had been
watching. With n look of horror he
flung it on the dissecting table and broke
for the door amid the laughter of the
class. indianapolis Journal.
, 1888-01-13
Dr.. V1I1agaer& ca.
II

We offer no apology for d~evoting so much time
and attention to this much neglected class Of
diseases believing that no condition of humanity
Is too wretched to merit the sympathy and best
services of the profession to which we belong
as many are innocent sufferers, AID that
the physician who devotes himself
to relieving the afflicted and saving
them from worse than death, is no less q
philanthrophist and a benefactor to his race
than the surgeon or physician who by close APP
p~lication eXcels in a y&ther branch of his pro-
iession. And. fortunately for humanity, the day
Is dawning when the false phIisnthrophy that
condemned the victims of folly or crime, like
the lepers under the Jewish law. to die uncared
for, has passed away.
, 1888-01-13

An l.lslish physician who has investi-
gated the characteristics and surround
imgs of ~centenariaus says he finds that
the average qualities were II good family
history, ii well Iu.dc frame of average
s]tlta~n, spare rather than stout, robust,
with good health, appetite md digestion,
capable of cNcrtion, good sleepers, of
placid temperament and good intelligence,
vcr% l!'tlc need for and little consump-
tioa Il .lcohol and animal food. The
ElaI who inspires - lie " ccntcnarian
should therefore fit himself out with these
qunliiications.-Chicago News.
, 1888-01-13

During the past two seasons Mr.. T.. d.
Poulton has made observations which
prove hat the silk Of at least three species
Of English moths IA greatly affected in
color by environment ut the time of spin
ming. The cocoons were dark brown
When the larvm had been placed in n black
bag or among green leaves, and white
when they had been freely exposbl e.
light in the immediate neighborhood {
white surfaces.-Arkansaw Traveller.
, 1888-01-13

According to Mr.. L. G. R~avenstein,
the English foot is used a the standard
of length by countries having All ,000,-
900 inhabitants, the meter by 347, 091,-
900 people and the Castilian foot by
1905, 900. Denmark and Russia are the
only countries in continental Europe
which have not adopted the meter
Arkansaw Traveller.
, 1888-01-13

you seem to be enjoying yourself,
Bobby, remarked N of the guests at
a dinner party.
''Yes, " assented Bobby, with his mouth
full, II am maxim the most of it, cause
after pa an ma give a big dinner like
this, it's always cold pickin' for the next
thirty days. "-Harper's Bazaar.
, 1888-01-13

Having appeared in our village, Darbys
P~rophylactic Fluid was used for disinicct
lug the college buildings. The disease
never went beyond a single case, either in
the college or elsewhere. where the Fluid
was used.-Rev. Pres. G. F. l%'rice, Au
burn, Ala. Darbys Fluid dispels all
forms of epidemic diseases by destroying
the spores or germ poison that cause CON
tagiOn.
, 1888-01-13
Lord Tcnnyson's Income.

Lord Tcnnyson receives IN income of
from $50, 900 to $25, 900 n year from the
sale Of his books, but not n zen Of it
comes from an American publisher, de-
spite the fact that his poetry is nearly as
popular here as in England Chicago
Herald.
, 1888-01-13

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children ~teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums, al
lays the pain, cures wind collie. and is the
best remedy for diarrhGa Twenty-Five
cents a bottle.
, 1888-01-13

At least there is one locality in the
wide world where prohibition prevails,
and that is on the waters of the North
sea. BY an agreement recently entered
into by the powers of Europe, the sale of
liquor TO fishermen and sailors in that sea
is prohibited .-Atlanta Constitution.
, 1888-01-13

The latest styIPS OF Fish,
CLARK 81 FYdgg " ecRtCear,
and Hats from the feHd-
ing BrO0diC0y halter,
Y'OHhn0H, at U'hncOub y
Co.'S.
, 1888-01-13

Are you weak and weary, overworked
and tired? Hood SarsaparilIa is Just the
medicine to purify your blood and give you
strength.
, 1888-01-13
ChiIdren'S CIOaks at ca
ErenaeIy iOiU prices. Myers

Wedding and visiting cards in great
variety at the Leader office,
, 1888-01-13

The tomb of G. p. R. James, the soil
tary horseman, at Venice, is in a state of
great dilapidation.
, 1888-01-13

Engraving in all its branches Is done at
ZEHNEP BUEoHNER & Co.'s
, 1888-01-13
YOUNG MEN

Who may be- suffering from the effects OF youth
ful follies or indiscrettous, will do well to avail
themselves OF this the greatest boon ever laid
NER will guarantee to forfeit FIVE hundred dol
lars for every case of seminal weakness or pri-
yate disease of any kind or character which be
undertakes and fails to curn.
, 1888-01-13
M MIoNA &&lTEsy9' h ssS,

Soother at hand. It is the only safe
medicine yet made that will remove all
infantile disorders. 1t contains no Opium
or Morphine, but gives the child natural
ease from pain. Price 25 cents. Sold by
DR.. w. N. Hunt.
, 1888-01-13

BOG Fifteenth street
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-12-14
BISMARCK WEEKLY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY. DEC ~. 1888.

1,N7 for Cleveland, democratic, in 1884,
Hills plurality is 1926, against 11,134
in 1885. Harrison runs 1892 ahead of
Miller, and Hill 1858 ahead of Cleve-
land. The republican vote for president
is 87,113 greater than in 1884, the demo-
cratic vote 1867 greater, and tho prohi-
bition vote 5,693 greater, making the
total increase for these three parties
165,473. Miiler's vote is 139,961 greater
than .Davenport's in 1885, and Hills is
146,953 larger than he received in 1885.
The total vote for governor will fall about
5000 short of the total for president.
Outside of New York and Kings counties
Harrison's plurality was S2,649 and
Miller's $3.50.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-12-14

TIE New York Tribune remembers
that in 1884, in Brookings, Oak, there
was but one democratic vote cast for
that party's candidate for delegate to
congress, and that after it's national sue
cess there were eleven applicants for the
position of postmaster, each setting forth
as the basis Of the claim Of the applicant
that he had cast the only democratic bal
lot in the place at the last election. This
kind Of history is very likely to repeat
itself whenever new administration
comes into power, but nothing short Of
Dakota soil could raise one voter to
eleven in SO short time. Republican
aspirants in Dakota will have no solitary
voter to contend with. They turn out in
swarms to vote and taking Bismarck as
criterian eleven applicants to one vote
will not be an over average estimate.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-12-14

The chairman Of the Dakota central
committee, r. B. Hassell, announces that
q territorial council Of the friends Of pro-
h1ibition will be held at Aberdeen, Oak,
beginning Wednesday evening, the 18th
OF December, 1888, and continuing till
Friday vening the same week. Prof.
Samuel Dickie, chairman Of the national
prohibition committee and one Of the
first orators OF the country, will preside.
Other national speakers will be present,
All friends Of prohibition are invited.
Statehood, high license and the necessity
and interests of the prohibition party
will be subjects Of discussion.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-12-14
AN SOUNGEMEN i.

The eighteenth legislative assembly OF
Dakota will be the last under territor-
ial form of government. Unusual inter-
est will therefore attach to its proceed
ings. The daily TRIBUNE, which won
such an enviable reputation for it's re-
ports during the last legislature will,
during the coming session, eclipse if pos
sible, any previous effort. It will con-
tain the proceedings of both houses each
day, and in addition furnish the gossip
of the lobby and "third house." All
bills introduced will be explained, and a
complete record of the doings of the
various members, both in committees
and legislative debate will be taken and
published. In short, the daily TRIBUNE
will be made indispensable to those
who desire to keep thoroughly posted
during the legislature. It will be sent to
any address during the legislature for
$3.50. Those who subscribe now will
get the paper from date without extra
charge. This is reduction of so cents
over two years ago, and those who sub
scribe now will pay no more than those
who subscribe after the legislature be-
gins. Much valuable territorial matter,
historical, statistical, ETC., will be pub
lished prior to the convening of the Leg
islature Send $1.50 at once to the
TRIBUNE, Bismarck, Oak. Address
plainly so that there may be no mistake
about the address,. =.r
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-12-14

in 1885 to be 100000; in 1887, 56S.477; and
this year, 640,82S. Adding to these Indians,
government employees and other inhabi-
tants of the numerous Indian and military
reservations, which occupy one-fifth of the
entire territory, and the total number of
inhabitants approaches closely to 100000
But without these classes the population is
sufficient to entitle them to four seats in
the house of representatives.
In every department of enterprise the
development OF the territory continues at
so rapid a rate that the figures grow old
before they can be made public. During
the last year 7l6 miles of completed track
were added to its railway system, making
the total mileage 4,2O7. Only thirteen
states in the union have larger railway
mileage. But it is in the agricultural de-
velopment OF the territory that the most
than 1000 bushels of wheat were raised
there, and in 1870 the crop had mounted
only to 170,662 bushels, but in 1880 it had
increased to 28SO289 bushels, and in 1885
to S8, ,166, ,4l5 bushels. AS to the crop Of 1887
there is difference of opinion. The sta
culture estimates 52,406,0O0 bushels. while
the territory statistician claims 62.55S,4 ,499a
Either estimate gives Dakota much
larger production of wheat than any state
of the union. Something like the same de-
velOpment is seen in the corn crop. which
has Increased I'D TWO years from 7.SUO,69S
bushels in 1886 to "a, ,511 ,726 bushels in 1887
"a larger crop than that of Minnesota or
Michigan.
But when we turn to consider the re-
sources of the territory that are yet unde-
veloped its majestic possibilities inspire a
feeling almost OF awe. The vacant public
lands, subject to entry under the national
land laws, exceed 22OOO000 acres, making
an area about rs large as the state of In
diana. Nearly every acre of this enormous
tract is declared to BE- as fertile, as easily
titled and with as nu,riciOuS pasturage al
the land already settled upon. About 25,-
100000 acres are contained in Indian reser-
yaiiOns. The policy OF the future will no
doubt be to break these up, giving members
of the tribes allOtments in severalty, and
sharing among them the proceeds Of the
sale of 'heremainder, thus opening another
vast domain to settlement The portion of
the territory settled upon and under culti-
walton is only fraction of that which lies
awaiting the farmer and the stOck-raiser.
The mineral resources, which are known
to be enormous, have scarcely been touched.
With more railroads and sufficient capital
their development promises immense re-
suits.
The prophecy that Dakota will some day
become the richest agricultural state in the
union is by no means eXtravagant. Its
continued exclusion from the family of
states is burlesque upon the American
system. The bill should pass without
delay, and by the joint action of both
parties, and the undOubted desire of a large
majority of the people for division Of the
territory should he respected.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-12-14

WHAT writer in Scribner's says Of
"Winter in the Adirondacks," is a perfect
fit for Dakota: ''The temperature is often
low, but the dryness Of the atmosphere
takes the sting out of the cold. Those
who have not had the opportunity Of
comparing moist with dry atmosphere
in winter can hardly understand how
little physical comfort depends on the
mercury and how much it depends on the
presence and absence of humidity. One
may feel far more discomfort on the coast,
with the mercury 20 degrees above zero,
than in the Adirondacks with the mercury
at 10 or even 20 degrees below Zero"
Bismarckers who come from the far east
and have passed ten or fifteen winters
here will find no difficulty in giving their
assent to the foregoing climatic state
ment. The contrast is SO great that one
almost forgets how to "shiver."
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-12-14

The Sioux Falls Journal says it is in
favor of division and admission of Da-
kota as quick as possible, but it is not in
favor of admission under what is known
as "the Sioux Falls constitution" The
Journal says:
There are many reasons why the Journal
is opposed to this plan. In the first place
and as full of jobbery as certain schemers
could make it. In the second place very
small percentage OF the voters Of the terri
tory voted on the question at the time it
was submitted. Probably so per cent. of
the people OF the territory to-day have
come in during the past three years and
citizens of the territory should not be forced
to swallow constitution that they had
nothing to do with making. The plan is
set up by some, notably the Daily Press Of
this city, to get admission first and then
change the constitution afterwards. This
tooks like bad policy. The Press claims
tion means delay that might be danger
GUS. Is not the Press mistaken in this
matter? 1t is hardly probable thata special
session of congress will be called to take
action on the Dakota matter. If not then
the subject will not be touched before a
yOe1A AAOAA cAA1o WlugCls w udG = tikc UkdtJSC
with the territorial legislature at its ses.
sion this winter providing for q constitu-
tional convention for both North and South
Dakota to be held some time next summer i?
The constitutions as framed by these con-
venti0ns could be submitted to the people
at special election next N0vemqer, and If
adopted by the voters of the proposed new
states there would be no delay in the matter
whatever. The claim that time will be
wasted preparing new constitution is not
good. A nav constitution can be got
ready for submission to congress as soon
Then s why waste tie Time betweeP S now u
and next winter, and then have to make
changes in constitution which not more
than 10 per cent. of the present population
Of the territory expressed an opinion on?
Why not 60 ahead and frame q new con-
stitution which would be free from the de-
fects that are known to exist in the one
that it is now proposed to force the new
state of South Dakota in under, and which
will represent the views of at least major
ity of the voters that now reside in the pro-
posed new states.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-12-14

The following very able article on the
Dakota question, coming as it does from
SO great paper as the New York
Tribune, is worthy of the careful and
thoughtful consideration of every citizen,
OF not only Dakota, but of the United
States. As a boom for the territory it is
the best, as it is published as a leading
editorial in the paper which c1rcuIates
more than any among the people of New
England. Here is what the Tribune
says:
Some of the democratic leaders seem IN
have heard from the people. Mr.. Springer,
who has distinguished himself for wears
by using the influence of his position as
chairman of the house committee on terri.
tories to keep Dakota out of the union. is
now reported as saying that the bill adj
mitting Washington, Montana, Dakota and
New Mexico will be passed as soon as pos
slDle: but he still insists upon taking in
DAKOTA as one state, and intimates thatthe
desire OF the senate to see the territory
divided may make trouble.
In fact, the injustice of the exclusion of
Dakota has become SO glaring that not
even the democratic leaders can persist in
IL any longer. Ihe latest report of the
governor, just issued, showed that the total
Of lands newly filed on and purchased by
Immigrants for settlement for the year
ending on the 30th Of June last closely
approximates 2,5OO,OOO acres, or S.900
square miles twice the area Of Delaware
mat IS the rate at which this young giant
Is Is: adding to it's stature year by year, and
SILL 1t is denied representation. 1t NAV be
worth while to go back little and trace its
asstonlshing as growth. The census Of 1880
showed 81 q population Of less than 5000
len years later it was 14,181. The period
OF its development had not yet come. But
IN m ] lSSo q the population was shown to be
lS5.l77 or an addition of $50 per cent to the
population under the previous census
That ,1 M taken in 1885 showed population Of
4l5,6lO, gain of more than 200 per cent. In
flye years. Since that time there has been
no official enumeration, but estimates as to
population are made by the commissioner
q immigration, being based upon the pub
l1c land entries reported by the ten United
States land officers within the territory
un tnls g basis the population was estimated