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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-11-28

was left. The pocketbook was of heavy
morocco, and it came to us an unrecog-
niZable mass Of charred material. One of
our young women experts picked off the
ashes of the pocketbook so deity that she
had before her a little pile of charred bank
notes as pretty rs anything you ever saw.
Every note in the lot, amounting to some
six or seven hundred dollars, was saved.
"Wat%rlogged money if it has not been
disturbed is easily handled. 1t is chiefly t:
question of drying out. Money from
pockctbooks which farmers have dropped
in pig pens n other filthy places and
found a year or two later is not nice to
handle, nor is money that has gone through
sewers in cities. Still, we have to take it
as it comes. Nor is money recovered from
the bodies of drowned men or that taken
from graves Al pleasant thing for our young
women to count, patch up and verify, but
we cannot be choosers.
aside from ordinary wear and tear, the
most prolific cause of destruction of cur
rency is the parlor stove. You would be
surprised to look over our correspondence
files and see the large number of cases
of this sort. The householder or his wife
has some money which he or she is
afraid to put in bank. So it is secreted
in summer in the parlor stove, where bur-
glars would never think of looking for it.
Fall comes, some one starts a fire in the
stove and away goes the money. Many
years ago we ceased to wonder at the stu
pidity of man in thus burning up his
money, and have come to look upon it us a
part of the business. l say man, though
it must be owned woman is the chief sin
her in this way. Some of these cases are
very pitiful-cases of destruction of the
savings of Il life Of toll, of the purchase
price of homestcads, of the money received
for back pay pensions, and depended upon
to comfort the declining years of the own
ers. But it is very rarely we are able to
do anything in the way of relief.
"Another common cause of the destruc-
ton of bank notes is the baby. Babies
like to chew everything that falls in their
way, as every one knows. But they ap-
pear to have an especial fondness for ma
tional bank notes. If | had all the money
the babies of the country have masticated
in the past fifteen years | would be Il rich
man. | could take you out in our count
ing room this minute and find you IL ten or
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-11-28

twenty dollar note which some chcrub has
chewed nto pulp, and which one of our
young lady experts is trying to pick ten or
twenty dollars worth Of paper out of. 1t
Is an every day occurrence. The pet pup
is still another fruitful source of dcstruc-
ton. He gets hold of a wallet, u pnckage
of notes or Il stray bill and has n great deal
of fun with it., often at his owners eX-
pense. have more than once known a
two dollar dog to destroy two hundred
dollars worth of bank notes.
Eve once received here for redemption Il
hundred dollar bill which Coal Oil Johnnv
had twisted into a lighter for his cigar, and
| which some shrewd fellow had torn from
his grasp just in the nick # time. Luck
lily for the latter fully three-iifths of the
note remained intact, and we redeemed it
at its full value. The law is, you know,
that where three-ffths of q note are pre-
scented full face value is to be paid; more
| than two-fifths and less than tlree-fifths,
one hall fac value; less than two-iiftlls,
nothing. This protects us against over re-
temption.
"Conccriling this law IL very good stor;
is told. Sl;ne years ago part of IL 81 900
Ent> WIS received here from a western
tAHr. Though its I'll sge;l edge was very
irTv c':lar, we measured it up by our gr3
d"lir! giass and found that it was a little
less than threc-Efths of whole note, anil
accordingly paid Mrs. II, who had sent
it to us, $500. In IL few days ul,ug came
the remaining part Of the same note. 1t
was Il little more than two-lifths of the
whole, and SO sc sent Mr.. IL. who had
presented it, Il new note for $500.
"Not long afterward n friend sent me a
newspaper containing an account Of the
divorce trial of Mr.. Il vs.. Mrs. H,
in which itappeared that among numerous
other hostilities they had had Il quarrel
over some money in which Il $1,000 note
had been torn in Two. Chance had dccre2d
that maj and wife should divide on even
terms, SO far as this note Was concerned,
though it is said Mrs. II las never
ceased to complain of the injustice which
she thinks was done her. In her opinion,
as she had about observation-disclosures Of the
note size should Nave received at least $3.50.
"Rats and mice are sometimes exceed
ingly luxurious in their nest making. Not
long ago we redeemed $500 worth of notes
for Il Texas man who for many years had
given up all idea of finding his missing
treasure.
1t had been hidden away in what was
supposed to be a secure place, and nearly IL
quarter of u century later, in repairing the
porch Of the old house, was found doing
service as lining for the nest of a family of
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-11-28

money may be by fire all they have to do
is to send the ashes or here and get new
notes. Once we actually received a tin
fruit can half full of line ashes from a
Montana ranchman, who wrote that he
had 81, 900 in the can and, while he couldn't
see how we were going to verify his state
ment by the ashes, he supposed that was
our affair, and that we knew our business.
Of course this was an absurd supposition
on his part. There are some things that
are beyond even the skill of our sharp
eyed, facile fingered young women"
e, These young women do some wonderful
things, it is true. Time and again lave
they taken unrecogniZable wads of paper
mere %pulp-and deftly, patiently, picked
out of it thousands of dollars of bank or
treasury notes sufficiently perfect to war
rant the department in issuing new notes
in their place.
"The chief trouble is" added Chief Rog-
ers, "that people are not satisfied to send
us the remains of burned or drowned
money just as they recover it. They al
most invariably pick at the stuff them
selves through anxiety or curiosity, n
in that way so injure the texture of the
notes or disarrange the charred remnants
that our experts are able to do less with the
stuff than they could have done had the
damaged money been sent to them just as
found. The bankers understand this bet
ter, and when their money is burned in a
safe or vault they carefully remov and
ship the entire packages without disturb
ing them i'll the least. ~
Fire has such an effect on printed mat
ter as to bring out the impression of the
type more clearly even than it was in the
original, and when a package of notes that
heat has charrcd to q cinder are sent us
we have little difficulty in separating the
films with sharp knives made for the pur-
pose, lifting one fragile sheet from another,
and identifying every note in the lot. The
same thing is true often of money that
has gone through co~nlagratiens in pocket
books. T remember one instance in which
a pocketbook came to us that had been
through a fire in which the house and all
its contents of furniture, ETC., had been
destroyed, and of the trousers in the pock-
cts Of which, the book rested not q vestige
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-11-28
ANIMALS ON THE FARM.
OF INTEREST TO THE BREEDERS
OF THE MOHAlR GOAT.

Points of a Model Angora Goat-Jts Body
gram-Lop Ears and Lustrous Silky
Hair-Ears a Foot Long.
The shape of a perfect Angora goat,
when in full fleece, should appear like a
parallelogram. The body should be full
and long and of straight build. 1t should
be densely and evenly covered with fine,
curly and lustrous silky hair, appearing
from a distance as if it had been trimmed
off below the body. The chest and
shoulders, especially with the male ami
pal, should be broad and strong. the
4sgs straight and chunky, the head clean
cut and trim, not coarse like that of a
common goat. The horns of the buck
are long and strong, inclined toward
the back and of spiral like shape, some
almost perfect spirals; the horns of the
ewes short, thin and curved backward.
Hornless Angoras exist, but they are
rare.
The ears are almost always what are
called "lop ears" and differ very much
in size. Those of some animals are over
one foot long and four inches wide. The
existence of ''fox ears or mouse ears is
by no means an evidence of impure
blood. When first born the kid %iscover-
ed with short, curly white hair, looking
very much like Astrachan fur, only
coarser. This hair, however, does not
grow much, and the kid begins to lose it
shortly after the mohair has made it's
appearance, and in it's stead a very short,
straight hair begins to grow among the
mohair. which only rarely grows long
enough to be touched by the shears at
clipping time. -Field and Farm,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-11-28
Great Success Due to Diet,

Who were the great victors of the Eight
zenith century? Voltaire, who lived on
coffee, and had too weak a stomach to bear
much food; Washington, who was spare
and a~bstemious, and at the revolution
the people of Paris, who were starvelings.
Stanley greatly explains his success when
he says that all he wants is a crust of
bread, a mouthful Of meat when he car
get it and Il cup of tea.-Mrs. Crawford in
London Truth.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-11-28
What Becomes of the Old Ties.

You see those men putting in new rail
road ties? l am sometimes asked what
becomes of the old ones. A long time ago
the company had them saved up and they
were burned. But that is not done now.
AS a rule these old ties are stacked up in
the section where they are removed and
used for posts. You know we are fencing a
great deal nowadays. These ties make ex-
cellent posts. This. use is a great saving
to a railroad company.-Interview in Chi
cage Tribune.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-11-28
ROM in POultry.

What makes my hens die, and how
can prevent the misfortune? Since the
LIST OF last January out of ninety | have
lost about twenty, and my chickens are
dying in the same way. Two or more
do not die at or about the same time.
but every now and then they drop off,
one at a time. one, two or three or more
weeks apart. They nope about in a
stupid way for several days or a week
or more, and then die. Their droppings
are partly green and partly white, and
when the birds die they are very light.
dying apparently from exhaustion.
Their feed is n part corn1neal and
two of shorts, with some scraps in the
morning, and wheat, oats and cracked
corn the rest of the day. The hens run
everywhere, but the chickens are yard
ed.-H. L. g.
The difficulty is probably due to roup.
which carries off the hens gradually. 1t
is a disease that appears in many forms.
covering consumption, bronchitis, ca
tarrh, diphtheria, etc., and is usually
the result of colds or exposure, and is
due very often to draughts of air through
the poultry house. The best remedy yet
discovered is the homeopathic spongia-
ten drops of the mother tincture added
to a quart of water, no other drink be-
ing allowed for both sick and healthy
fowls. 1t would not be out of place also
to look closely on the skin of the head
and neck for the large gray lice which
cause the symptoms described, especially
at this season. Chicks should be ex-
amined very carefully. A few drops Of
melted lard or sweet oil applied on the
heads and faces will destroy the vermin.
-Rural New Yorker.
This month will be opened in Phila.
delphia a horse bazaar for the buying and
selling Of horses and for the meeting
place Of respectable turfmen throughout
the country. It will be in most respects
similar to the famous Tattersall horse
exchange Of London, which has been in
existence ever since IT'S. before the
declaration of independence was uttered
Prominent breeders of horses all over
the Union are interested in the Philadel-
phia enterprise. The exchange will con
tain a carriage show room and stall ac
commodations for some 900 horses. Sales
will DO weekly.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-11-28
A false and Stupid proverb.

There is a bit of proverbial philosophy
afoat to the effect that "a watched kettle
never boils." False philosophy this, wheth-
n case it is an idiotic superstition, in the
other q stupid mistake; in either a hum
bug and q cheat.-NeM York Ledger.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-11-28
If the ocean Should Dry up.

{ The depth of the sea presents an interest
ing problem. II the Atlantic were lowered
from 6,56A feet the distance from shore to
shore would be half as great, or l,500 miles.
If lowered Il little more than three miles,
say $3.50 feet, there would be u road of dry
land from Newfoundland to Ireland
Ocean -E .
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-11-28
First Publication October 81, 1890.
LAND OFFICE At R!sMARCK. n. d.

IANT OTTTtE Vt TSEEMNKCN, Y. D..7
October y, 1880.
Notice i hereby given TINT the following
nnn q heir of Henry l. ntiErebr, deceas-d. has
file! notice f her in~'cntion to make final ,roof
in sup .ort of said d"ceased's claim, and That said
p'onf will b. maize before the register and re-
r"iv"r If the Unit Il States land office at Bis
m:t"a. n. D., on De ember 10. 1870, viz:
EMILE I.ANuGREBE,
mother and heir CT II"u.% Lundgreba, deceased,
for lots 3 and !. sri ,Sw'4. swi,scii of section "a,
tlwlstip 49, north. of range 10 west.
She names the following witnesses to prove
sad deccused Is continuous residence upon and
cr',ivation of, said land, viz:
J. j. J%ncknan, N. +. SHELTON. William
Hedges. Bismarck. N. d.; benjamin Gtllentine.
II ~ urtsdale, n. u. L. 5. NAL,
Register.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-11-28

,tealthy mice. Enough of the fragmenty
was recovered to enable one of our experts
to identify $500 of 500 which the mice had
made use OF.
CHIEF Rogers is an enthusiast in his
work, and though he has been nearly sew
enteen years in his present post he never
loses interest in the details and complica-
tons Of his division, which is one of the
most admirable branches Of the public SER
vice. ROBERT GRAVES.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-11-28
Feeding Rack for Sheep,

1t is now the time Of year to prepare
for the winter housing of sheep. In the
colder parts of the country they will re-
quire warm sheds with an open southern
exposure. Range the sheds around an
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-11-28
[ElE3Ia3TUI33
I'D to every man, young, middle-aged,
NC md old; postage paid. Address
Or. II. Du Mont. ISL Columbus Ave, Boston, Mass.
First publication Oct. 81 1890.

AZ OFFICE Al BISMARCK. N. d.
Oct. q, 1870.
NOTICE is hereby given that the following
~ named settler has filed %noticeof his intention
to make final proof in support of his rlaim, and
that aaid proof will be made before the register
and receiver of the land office at Bismarck, N.
D., on December 9, 1890. viz:
ANSON NORTHRUP,
For the 81 of MEL and NJ of SELL of section /,
township 1877 north, of range 80 west.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
said land, viz:
Charles Ferris, Thomas Asbridge, John Wilson,
Alexander Mills, all of Bismarck, MD.
K. S. NEAL,
Register.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-11-28
First Publication October 81, 1870.
Notice of Homestead Final Proof.

LAND OFFICE AT BISMARCK, N. D.
October Is. 1890.
Notice is hereby given that the following
naG'"d settler has filed notice of Ills intention to
make final proof in support Of his claim, and
that said proof will b. made befor" the reaister
and receiver at Bismarck, N. d., on December ),
1893. viz:
JOHN BAKE,
for the nwla section 20, township 137 north,
range 70 west fifth p. NJ.
he names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cult walton of
SAID land, viz:
Amos Robid ~. William Robidou. Henry
Casper and Sol. Sunderland, all of Bismarck,
g.. -. T.. s. NEAL,
Register.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-11-28
Especial Correspondence.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.-A piteous appeal
vas received at the redemption division of
the treasury department a few days ago.
It was from a poor girl who works in a
cotton mill in New Hampshire. BY deny
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-11-28
REDEEMING OLD MONEY,
ROBERT GRAVES WRITES A LETTER
TELLING HOW 1T is DONE.

Chief Rogers and His Work and the
Work OF His Expert, Quick Fingered
Young Women-What Fire, Ouarrels,
Rats and Babies Can Do.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-09-18
The 49Ih legislative District.

For few months past we have
been interested onlookers at the in
ternecine war raging among the
republican papers of the district; we
confess not to have suffered serious
affliction from the sight. any further
than from the offensciYeness of their
language.
1t is now time for US to "speak out
in meetin." If the republican can
didates, and dark horses are as bad as
their own newspapers make them, it
is high time for the people of the
district to drop them, and elect a
clean democrat to the STATE Senate.
We have such a man in our minds
eye just now, one who if elected,
would do credit TO the district. He
has been successful business man,
and farmer in this county for more
than a dozen years; man whose
integrity is such, that there is not
Doodle enough in st. Paul to buy him;
a man Of energy as we'll as rectitude;
one in whose hands the interests of
the State and District would be per.
fectly safe. He has held offices of
trust in this county, and does now in
this village, and not breath of
SANDER has ever tainted the air
about his record. We refer to L. E.
Pearcc, If the democrats of the
district want to elect their candidate
to the Senate, he should be that can
didate. Stevens county has had no
representation in either house during
the last four years, and is entitled to
one. What ever party gets the plum
the man should hail from that county.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-09-18

Mr.. Nate Wilson visited Minnea-
polls last week.
John Maginnis of Duluth was in
town this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Wilson visited
the cities last week.
l.. Lundemo returned from the
East Tuesday morning.
Mrs, :. A. Flaherty is visiting
friends in st. Paul and Dakota county
this week.
The historical Goat was on the
rampage on Monday night at Browns
Valley, several of our r. A. Masons
went over to take a hand in the fun,
including John House, w. G. Biek-
nell, w, J. Munro, L. W. Colyer and
Geo. II. Munro.
J. J. Babcock, representative of
the Farmers Review Chicago, H.,
stopped over Sunday to visit his
sister Mrs. F. NJ. Hesler, whom he
had not seen tor twenty one years.
Mr.. B. is on his way from the Min
nesota State far to the state fair of
South Dakota which occurs this week
at Aberdeen. He is much pleased
with this region and is greatly i'm
pressed with it's yastness, never hav-
ing visited it before. The broad
he regards as wonderful.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-09-18
DARNEN.

Mrs. E. W. Randall and son Ward
returned home from St. Paul Monday.
w. K. Parks, OF Athens, Penn, is
the guest of L. B. Welch ard family.
P. Casey's new residence is nearly
ready to move into.
Miss Lou Dopkins and Elsie Welch
spent few days in Minneapolis last
week visiting friends and relatives.
Miss Emma Larson leaves this week
for Idaho.
JOHN FOrsberg spent Sunday with
his family in Alexandria.
Miss Eva Fagen of Scott was the
guest of Miss Lou Dopklns last Sun
day.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-09-18
DOM ELY,

School opened in Donnelly Monday
with Prof. TIE. Colahan at the helm.
Mrs. A. II. Taisey returned after Il
pleasant visit with friends in Lake
City.
Four Threshing Machines in this
vicinity. Seven to nineteen bushels
to the acre.
The friends of Mrs. John Rorhen.
back will be pleased 10 learn of i'm
provement in health this last two
weeks.
The new residence Of F. Tosney is
partly framed and will shortly be
placed on its stone foundation.
This is busy time for our merch'
ants, Olson, Nelson & Co.; It. John
ston; D. Huddleston and A H. Taisey.
They have good supply of all kinds
of merchandise including coal, wood
and lumber.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-09-18
Cur State Candidates,

The Democratic State convention
held in St. Paul OH the 9Th was the
largest, and most harmonious dem.
ocratic gathering ever held in the
state; and it showed better judgement
in the selection OF u ticket than any
of its predecessors. From first TO
last the ticket is composed Of gentle-
men of pure, unsuilled character;
men who will not bring a blush to
the cheek Of their friends; men for
whom the people can vote, with the
assurance of pure and clear ad.
ministration of the affairs of state.
The head of the ticket Thos. Will
son. has been public servant for a
long time, from chief justice of the
Supreme court downs. and not one
breath of suspision ever raised as To
the purity of his character. His
speech of acceptance shows the
soundness of his principles with re-
ference to the onerous tariff under
which we labor. On all questions OF
vital Importance to the north west he
is clear and sound, his interests are
with Minnesota, he is IL fearless
champion for the right, and he is able
and willing at all times to defend his
principles on the rostrum.
How will this compare with the
republican candidate. No republican
Will deny that corruption and bribery
brought him to the high position he
now occupies; republicasns IF good
reputation must so to the ballot box
with MIRIAM ticket in their hand,
and blush on their cheek, and ex-
claim Republicanism, right or wrong.
When will men assert themselves,
throw off the shakes of party and
stand forth in their independence for
the purity of the ballot box, and for |
legislation for the masses of the |
people, instead of for the pampered !
few wealthy manufacturers and Iail !
road corporations who hold tae re-
publican party by the throat.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-09-18
Reading For The Million.

TIE Sun offers the cheapest good
reading ever offered to the public.
We have made special arrangements
whereby we can offer The Cosmopo-
Titan, monthly magazine of the
finest order and THE SUN one year
for 1915. The price Of the Cosmo.
politan alone is $40.
We give Dickens works complete
in II vol. and TIE Sun for $500.
We will give the Mammoth Cyclic.
pBdia in 4 vol. and TIE SuN for $500.
Aud we offer Is Novels from good
authors OF your own selection, free
with THE Sun one year for $3.50. ali
in advance.
We also club with The New Eng
land Magazine, Harpers, Scribners,
&C., Sc.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-09-18
THE COUNTY AIR.

2 The County Fair opened yesterday
under suspicious circumstances, the
weather was good, and the display
all that could be expected for the
first day, In the trotting match s.
Larson came in for 1st money, III. S.
Judson 2nd and j. G. Hall Ord. In
the running race J. C. Hall 1st, n !.
Darrow 2ud.
We are unable to give particulars of
to-day's proceedings till next week;
Us We 60 to press it threatens rain
which would be misfortune to the
fair.
The Driving Park Association is
now incorporated with the American
Association and consequently have
authority to enforce discipline, so
there will be no more go as you
please, catch as catch can tolerated.
Please govern yourselves accordingly.
a complete line Of Boots and Shoes
tie best makes obtainab1e in eastern
and western markets fully warranted
Prices Rock Bottom at
45t2 WELLS Bros, & HANsoN's.