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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-08-28

A number of men were talking of the
wonderfully fine teeth presented by dis
eliminating nature to her sons and
daughters of Africa, when DR.. r. G..
Himlett, recognized as one of the most
observant physicians in the country, re-
marked:
Yes, the negro has the finest teeth
in the world, but do you know that this
distinction will not long remain with
them?"
"Why not?" some one asked.
Education"
what has that to do with it?"
Everything So long as negro is
ignorant. his teeth remain sound, but so
soon as you begin to educate him, his
teeth begin to decay. This fact is now
attracting the attention of the American
Dental Association, and several inter-
esting experiments have been tried. A
negro boy, Is years old. and possessing
remarkably fine teeth, was selected
He could not have spelled out his name
had, he seen it printed in type a yard
long. He was placed in school, and
being of naturally bright mind, learned
rapidly. Every day or two a committee
appointed for the purpose would
examine his teeth. For time no
change was apparent, but after while,
when the youth had learned to parse
John found his hat in the road, black
speck was discovered on one of his jaw
teeth. The boy was urged to bend
himself to his studies, and the more he
strove the larger the speck became.
Well, the fact is that the day after he
had mastered that grammar, the tooth
hurt him so badly that he had to have
it pulled. In order that the experiment
should be perfect, he was withdrawn
from school, and slight speck that
had appeared on one of his front teeth
soon faded away. About month later
he was again placed in school and was
given the study of philosophy. His
progress was so rapid that within two
weeks the speck reappeared on his front
tooth, and two months later, when he
had almost committed the book to
memory, the tooth became SO painful
that in his agony he snatched it out
himself To make q long story short,
that boy was graduated with fair
harvest of honors but he hadn't tooth
In his mouth. ."-ArkansaU Traueler.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-08-28

We offer you ready made medicine
for Coughs, Bronchitis and other dis
eases of the Throat and Lungs. Like
other so-called Patent Medicines, it is
well advertised, and having merit it has
attained to wide sale. Call it a "Nos-
trum" if you will, but believe us when
we say that at first it was compounded
after prescription by a regular physi-
clan, with no idea that it would ever 90
on the market as proprietary medicine.
Why is it not just as good as though
costing fifty cents to dollar for a pre-
scription and an equal sum to have it put
up at a drug store2
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-08-28
A Troublesome Dead Elephant.

The recent Indian papers describe the
difficulty attending the disposal of the
body of an elephant at Nowsaree, in
Baroda, which illustrates the Indian
saying that an elephant must be buried
where it dies. 1t appears that tame
elephant, which had been kept at Now
saree for many years past, died. The
news was at once telegraphed to Baroda,
and sanction for expenses incidental to
the burial of the animal was obtained.
The local authorities then held council
as to how the remains should be removed
to distant part of the town, where
they could be inferred without endan-
gering the health of the inhabitants. 1t
was suggested that the dead body should
be cut up into pieces, which might then
be removed and disposed of, but this
idea was rejected. 1t was then resolved
to drag the remains out of the town, and
with that object to pull down one of the
walls within which the animal had been
confined. Hundreds of coolies were
pressed into the service, and number
of carpenters, ironsmiths, and other ar
tisans were engaged to construct a huge
car on wheels to convey the dead animal
But the body, which weighed several
tons, could not be lifted, much less re-
moved from the place where it was.
Various attempts were made for three
days, but they failed one after the other.
When the authorities saw that they were
baffled in all their endeavors to remove
the body, they resolved to adopt the
suggestion made at the outset, and event
ually caused it be cut into pieces, which
were tnen buried at short distance from
the place. When the body was sub
mitted to the operation IL emitted such
repulsive odors that Raace Jumnabai,
the adopted mother of the Gaekwar, who
lived in the neighborhood, had to move
into another bungalow. London Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-08-28

1t was Ben Johnson, we be-
ieve, who, when asked NAL
locks question, is life worth
living ?" replied That de
pends on the Ai0er." And Ben
Johnson doubtless saw the
double point to the pun.
The liver active quick
life rosy, everything bright,
mountains of trouble melt like
mountains of snow.
The liver sluggish-life dull,
everything blue, molehills of
worry rise into mountains of
anxiety, and as a result-sick
headache, dizziness, constipa-
ton.
Two ways are open. Cure
permanently, or relieve tenn
porarily. Take a pill and suf-
fer, or take a pill and get we'll.
Shock the system by an over
dose, or coax it by a mild,
pleasant way.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
are the mild means. They
work effectively, without pain,
and leave the system strong.
One, little, sugar coated pei
let is enough, although a
whole vial costs but IS cents.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-08-28

When an article has stood the test OF public
TRIAL upward Of forty years, like Dr. ToDias's
Venetian Liniment, there can be no doubt
about its possessing real merit. onvince
yourselves of the fact If you have not already
done 80. A single trial will be sufficient to
render you the knowledge that 1t is a superior
aches OF all descriptions.
For internal as well external use being
warranted perfectly harmless (oath to that eff
tions for use).
Truly reliable, 1T is no wonder then that thou
sands state they would not be without this
preparation even were the price $40 per bottle
instead of only Is or 30 cts
Sold by all druggists.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-08-28
Queer Beliefs.

The Fijian connibals emotions have
reference for the greater part to food. He
worships the god Matawaloo, who has
eight stomachs an is always eating
The Tongans have very curious dog
ma to account for day and night being
twcnty-four hours long. 1t used to be
less the sun used to go down too quick.
So one day man caught it with moose,
and it had to go slower thereafter.
The ancient Peruvians believed that
the sun once came down to the earth and
laid two eggs and then went back again.
From these two eggs men sprung
The American Indians had dogma
that the sun was the one supreme god,
and the moon was his wife. One tribe
inhabiting a fearfully hot district wor-
shipped the moon alone, saying that they
had no use for the sun.
In the days of Columbus scientific dog.
mas asserted: If ship should reach In
dia she would never get back again, be-
cause the rotundity of the globe would
present kind of mountain, up which it
would be impossible to sail even with
the most favorable wind Chatter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-08-28
Confirmed.

The favorable impression produced on the
first appearance Of the agreeable liquid fruit
more than confirmed by the pleasant expert
ence of all who have used it, and the success
of the propr!etors and manufacturers, the Cal
ifornia Fig Syrup COMPANY.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-08-28

Every fool knows how often he has been a
rogue, but every rogue does not know how
often he has been a fool
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-08-28

Rev. II. p. Carson, Scotland, OAK. says:
1.-Two bottles of Halls Catarrh Cure complete
ly cured my little girl" Sold by Druggists
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-08-28

Mild, gentle, soothing and
healing is DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy. Only SO cents.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-08-28

A slip of the loot may be soon recovered,
but that of the tongue perhaps never.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-08-28

Mrs. Window, wife of the Secretary of the
Treasury, is the possessor of sofa which
came from Washington's headquarters at
Valley Forge.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-08-28

A PORTSMOUTH Ohio man named
Kingsley has well-developed apple
growing on an ordinary grapevine, the
result Of skillful grating.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-08-28

FITS stopped free by Ds. kLINB's GnEA1
NERVE RBsTonRR No Fits after first dayi
use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and - trial
bottle free. DIR. Kline. M1l Arch ST., Phila., Pa
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-08-28

Better ones house be too little one day
than too big all the year after.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-08-28

He that has never known adversely is bu
half acquainted with Others, or with him
self
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-08-28

II afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c. per bottle
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-08-28

Most of our misfortunes are more support
able than the comments of our friends upon
them U35
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-08-28

This obelisk in London cannot stand this
climate
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-08-08
a Fresh Brakeman,

SAN FRANCISCO, July 23.-Cn one of the
railroads to this city is a specimen of the
lmpudent trainman. Such specimens are
to be found on almost all railroads, but
this particular man, as a gentlemanly
trnlnmnn Informed me, is such q con-
fool that he does not know he is
Il fool.
He imagines himself an irresistible
masher, and never fails to render himself
obnoxious to female passengers if he
has half a chance. One of his recent ad-
ventures is worth the telling.
A bridal couple sat in the coach. The
man had fallen asleep. The trainman adj
mired the comely bride and took a vacant
seat near her.
A cinder lodged in the lady's eye. She
turned her face towardt the waiting masher,
unconscious alike of his presence or his
purpose, and vigorously winked the cinder
filled eye. The masher returned the wink,
but she did not observe him. She winked
again, and he winked back. He now felt
sure of his ground, and said, "Hello, sister:
where you going?" The woman for the
first time discovered that her winking in
her effort to dislodge the cinder had been
mistaken by the trainman as a bid for a
Irritation. When the situation fully dawned
upon her she let fly her long right arm and
landed a singing blow full in the face of
the impudent trainman.
The passengers, who had been Watching
the transaction, were convulsed with laugh
ter, and one S~hakespearian student shout
ed, Lay on, Macduff, and damned be he
who first cries Hold, enoughv"
B. G. W.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-08-08
+. NEWMAN,
Sgt. Signal Corps, q. s. A.
Missouri River Improvements,

A Washington dispatch says the annual
report of the Missouri river commission
was made public Saturday. 1t is signed by
Maj. Charles r. Suter, chairman, who a v
that the work specially recommended for
the river between Sioux City and Fort Ben
ton has been practically completed.
The second trianguiation of the Mis-
souri, valley has been carried On by two
parties, one working between Fort Benton
and Bismarck and the other from Bis
marcE to the South Dakota line. 1t is pX-
pected this work will be completed the
coming year from Fort Benton to Sioux
City. also the topography survey about
TTrovers Point, Mont, and below Pierre,
5. ID.
In Montana and the Dakotas the i'm
prOvement have been confined TO the rocky
places, and have consisted in the closures
of chutes and the narrowing of channels.
AS evidence OF the value of the improve
mentS, a packet line has been organized
which ~contemplates running boats from
Sioux City to Bismarck. The commission
believes that SIZE, 900 should be a%ppropri-
ated for the work in the Dak0tas and
Montana the coming year. The whole
amount the commission asks is S1,425,O 900.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-08-08
Mandan Has a Gas Well.

The Pioneer says: The artesian we'll is
now down 500 feet and a continuous flow
of water has been running over the top of
the pipe for the last twenty-four hours.
The number Of gallons flowing per hour
has not been estimated, and the flow is not
a large one, but it is continuous and has
filled the ditch along Second street, which
at present has the appearance of a small
river. Tue water comes out heavily
charged with gas, and when allowed to
u from the pipe without being churned
up by the drilling it bubbles
very p%erceptiblv. In sinking ar.
terrain wells it is usual to find some
natural gas in the various veins of water
which are struck, but the water which is
now flowing from the we'll is much more
heavily charged than is commonly the
case, and it is anticipated that further
down Il stratum producing a valuable flow
OF gas may be found. The water now
coming from the well after being filtered
has a strong taste of soda, and a number
who have tasted it think it may prove val
liable as a mineral water. Some of it is
now being analysed, and the results are
being awaited with great interest. Drill
ing is continuing in a stratum of soft sand
stone.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-08-08
WHO WR0TETHEV VERSES?
CONTROVERSY REGARDING "BEAUTI-
Full SNOW" REOPENED.

Sketch of the Life of James w. Watson,
Who Died Recently in New York, and
Whose Claims Seem to Have Had the
Best Authority.
Especial Correspondence
NEW YORK, July est has happened to
many men who have worked fora long life
time patiently and well that they have
achieved fame by some single piece of work
that seems by comparison no better than
many other things they may nave done.
Such fortune rs this seems especially y to fall
to literary men, and n of the most conspic-
u recent examples was James w. Wat,
son, who died only the other day in this
city. He had been for fifty years a writer,
and by no means an unsuccessful one as
the business goes; yet of all his writings
only one poem is fairly to be called famous,
and c%uriously enough the authorship Of
thai one led to one of the bitterest contro-
versies in the histoy of American literature.
No reader of the present generation can
] s ignorant of the dispute that lasted for
years over the question as to who really
wrote Beautiful Snow" 1t was origi-
nally published in Harper's Weekly, in No
vember, 1858. Atthe time of its publication
the Harpers were not in the habit of pub
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-08-08
T. F. KING ON KANSAS.
An Ex-Burleigh County Farmer who
Wishes He was Back.

An Ex-Burleigh County Farmer who
Wishes He was Back.
WASHINGTON, Kan, July Bed. TR1B-
UNE: 1 send you to-day a copy of the
Washington Post, a paper published in the
town where l now live. In this paper is
an article (although gotten up for political
buncum) is the facts as regards the finan-
cial condition of the state of Kansas. Tell
the boys who are thinking they see hard
Don't mortgage it and they will soon be
living in (f not already the most prosper
GUS state of the union. I see where I
missed it. l would have been far better
Burnt Creek.
l distribute the WEEKLY TR1BUNEs sent
me each week and have NJ trouble to find
eager hands to receive them.
If the TRIBUNE, or the chamber of COM
merce or Northern Pacific railroad COM
pany have any literature setting forth the
advantages of the Missouri slope to home
seekers in a plain, straightforward man
ner, if sent mi by August Is. l will distrib-
ute it and tell what my experience has
taught me in the seven years | lived in
Burleigh county. l will do this in
this county for the glory. The crops here
are not a 1000 nal1 crop TINS year. Lots of
corn is SO dry the blades rattle now and no
ears on it. 1t is a good time to do some
missionary work here and in southern Ne
braska. There will be but little hay. The
people here are somewhat afraid of Dako-
ia winters-are very much surprised and
are inclined to disbelieve my tales Of cheap
fuel and good quality of the grass in North
Dakota: A great many are very much dis
satisfied with crops and prices they are re-
ceiving here. We will distribute along the
Burlington & Missouri River and Missouri
Pacific railroads to Atchison, Kas., any lit
erature sent. at less expense than any one
else, if there is any for distribution. NJ.
H., if there is anything sent me to dis
tribute, let it be here by August 18th.
j. F. KING.
P. S.-Prohibition does not prohibit in
Kansas. No uncommon thing to see drunk
men on the streets. 1t just simply teaches
men and boys to be sneaks and thieves.
j. F.. X.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-08-08

the Harpers and from Frank Leslie the copy
rights of such poems as they had pub
l1shed, n mae an Arrangement with the
turner's, of Chestnut street. Philadelphia,
to publish them il boob form. The volume
proved remu:lerltive, and some small pay
ments We're received by the cutho:, but the
turner's were not successful and were
speedily sold out by the sheriff. The Peter
sons bought the book, and adding several
other of Watson's poems brought out
several editions which sold well. From
them, however, Mr.. Watson received very
little.
During the last few years of his life Mr..
watson was in very straitencd circum-
stances, and for the last six months was a
hopeless invalid, though he kept up his
work till almost the very last. He lived
IN q modest boarding house in Bank street
with his daughter, who is the only member
of his immediate family, excepting two
sisters, to survive him.
He was Il man of pleasant manners and
great culture, but was too retiring and
modest in his personality to make a strong
impression on any excepting those who
knew him well. His sturdy Independence.
however, was shown in his refusing to ac-
cept aid when he might havc had it from
many of his friends. He repeatedly said
that all he wanted was all opportunity to
work and to be paid for it. An example
OF the precariousncss of the work by which
he llved was the article already mentioned
which was published in The North Ameri.
can Review. He offered this to The Sun
day Mercury, for which paper he wrote
constantly, and only demanded SO for it.
The Mercury refused it, and The North
American Review paid him $40 for it when
it was published afterward.
Among the best poems which Mr.. Wat
son wrote, in addition to beautiful
Snow were 'Ring Down the Curtain,
| Cannot Play "The Sailing of the
Yachts "Thc Oldest Plupcr on the
Town. THE Patter of Little Feet"
Farmer Brown and 'Thc Dying Sol
der" DAVID 4. CTI.T1s
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-08-08
BEAUTIFUL @

BEAUTIFUL SNOW.
o the snow, the ~.reautiful snow,
Filling the sky and the earth below,
Over the house tops, over the street,
over the heads of the people you meet,
Dancing,
Flirting,
Swimming along.
Beautiful snow! 1t can do nothing wrong.
flying to kiss n fair lady's cheek;
Cinging to lips in a frolicsome freak:
Beautiful snow, from the heavens above,
Pure us an angel and tickle as love,
o the snow, the beautiful SHOW!
How the flakes gather and laugh as they gol
Whirling about in its maddenins fun,
1t plays in its glrc with every one.
Chasing,
Laughing,
Hurryins by,
IL lishtS up tn" face and it sparkles the eye;
And even the dogs, with a bark and u bound,
Snap at the crystals that eddy around.
The town is alive and its heart in u glow,
10 welcome the coming of beautiful snow,
10" the wild crowd 90 swaying along,
!ialllnG each other with humor and song!
How the gay sledGes like meteors flash by
Bright for Il moment, then lost to the eye.
Ringing.
Swinging,
Dashing they go
Over the crest of the beautiful snow:
SNOW so pure when it falls from the sky,
TO be trampled in mud by the crowd rushing by;
10 be trampled and tracked by the thousands oa
Till it blends with the horrible filth in the street.
Once l was pure as the snow-but 1 fell:
Fell, like the snow flakes, from heaven-to hell:
Fell. to be tramped as the filth of the street:
Fell, to be scoffed, to be spit on and beat.
Pleading,
Cursing,
Dreading to die,
Selling my soul to whoever would buy,
Dealing i'll shame for a morsel of bread,
Hating the living and fearing the dead.
Merciful God! have l fallen so low:
And yet l was once like this beautiful snowl
once l was fair as the beautiful snow,
With an eye like its crystals, a heart like its glow;
Once l was loved for my innocent grace
flattered and sought for the charm Of my face.
Father,
Mother,
Sisters all,
God and myself 1 have lost by my fall.
Inc FelleSt wretch that goes Shivering by
Will take a wide sweep lest l wander too nigh:
For of all that is on or about me | know
There is nothing that's pure but the beautiful
snow.
How stranE, it should be that this beautiful snow
Should fall on 4 sinner with Nowhere to go!
How strange it would be, when the night comes
again,
II the snow and the ice struck my desperate
brain!
Painting,
Freezing,
Dying alone,
100 wicked tor prayer, too weak for my moan
=" he heard in the crash of the crazy town,
Gone mad in its joy 1t the SHOWS coming down;
To lie and to die in my terrible woe.
With Il bed and Il shroud of the beautiful snow!
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-08-08
Back From the Black Hills,

Sam Lawrence, the slope pioneer, and
VIM. Laist, one of Yegen's clerks, returned
from Deadwood last Friday. They left
about three weeks ago and report things
lively in the Black Hills country. Three
new railroads are talked of there and there
is a great demand for laborers, the CON
tractors paying as high as 1925 to $3.50
per day. A tunnel is being cut through
solid rock on n road and the work is be-
ing done mostly by dynamite blasting, in
curing a great deal of danger to the labor
ers. Consequently men are hard to get.
Mr.. Last has resumed his position with
John Yegen. He sold his team at Dead
wood for $3.50. They wouldn't command
half that price here.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-08-08
Kate Mills Dead.
From Fridays Daily, I

Alex. Mills last evening received a tele-
gram conveying the sad intelligence of the
death OF his sister Kate at her home near
st. Charles, Mimi, yesterday morning.
Miss Mills was a young lady formerly
we'll known in Bismarck. She was
at one time connected with Dan Eisen-
berg's dry goods store, and her friends in
the capital city are numbered by the score.
She was beautiful as we'll as accomplished,
and her death is keenly felt in her circle
of intimate friends. Miss Mills left
Bismarck last Noven. Der In the very best OF
health, but during the winter was stricken
with lagrippe, which merged into quick
consumption, finally ending her existence.
The funeral occurs to-day at St. Charles.
AS Alex Mills could not possibly reach the
city until midnight tonight, he will be un-
able to attend his sisters funeral services.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-08-08
Sagacity Cost His Life.

For several years the fire department
has had a dog that had become a constant
associate of the fire team and was never
known to wander away from them. Thurs.
day the dog was at the river landing
with John Higgins, who used to be in
charge of the engine house. An alarm OF
fire was sounded from the city. 1t was
but the faintest sound-none of the men
heard it-but the, dogs acute ears detected
it. He started off at terrific speed for
town and arrived at the scene Of the fire
completely exhausted. He tottered, fell
and axnired. -,.E- - n