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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-12-12

A STREET STAND.
at the street corners they tempt the passer
by, and enliven with the brightness of
their hue the otherwise dingy aspect of
busy thoroughfares.
Possibly the. orange was the "apple of
discord' awarded by Paris to Venus, and
perhaps, too, the golden talismans with
which the Goddess of Love armed Milanion,
that he might win the race from Atalunta,
were also plucked from the splendid and
prolific Indian tree. This, however, is
mere speculation, but there remains a
suficiency of romance, historically estab-
lished, surrounding the orange and lemon
to give them the foremost place among the
fruits known to mankind. Both are ma.
tives of India, and from that mystic and
ancient land their cultivation has spread
to other chimes, always under novel and
interesting conditions.
The lemon was u favorite with the Arabs
in the days of their power and glory, and
by them, as their empire spread, it was in
PRODUCED into various parts of Asia and
Africa. In the latter part of the Twelfth
century Richard the Lion Hearted, of Eng
land, with Philip of France, headed the
third crusade for the rescue of the Holy
Land from the dominance of the Saracen.
At the siege of Acre Il wounded knight in
the English monarch's train called for
water, but non was to be had. A native
pressed to his lips a "sJraynge %frutte,"
whose cooling juices eased his thirst. The
knight recovered, and returning home
from that losing but glorious campaign
carried with him the seeds of a lemon.
Stopping en- route at Naples he gave them
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-12-12
A KANSAS CITY WEDDING.

1t United Two Pioneer Families-Brill-
liant Scenes ut the Reception.
A wedding, with all the ceremony and
eclat that the most romantic mniden's
heart could desire, was celebrated recently
at Kansas City. Both the BRIDE and the
groom belong to old and we'll known pio-
neer families, and the occasion of their
union was made a festival.
The wedding took place in church, be.
fore an altar banked with flowers and
plants. and in the presence of a gathering
of richly dressed people that filled the
space completely. A large choir sang the
wedding march from "Lohengrin," the
wide doors flew open and the bridal party
entered down the several aisles. Ten brides.
maids and groomsmen were in attendance.
and formed a circle around the altar:
After the wedding a brilliant reception,
to which 800 guests were invited, was held
at the home Of the brides parents. Here
again there was a wealth of flowers. rich
toilets and music. An elaborate dinner
was served to the guests in Il teInnOrary
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-12-12
Truth.

Adhere always rigidly and nndeviat-
ingly to truth; but while you express what
is true, express it in . pleasing manner.
Truth is the picture, the ann is the
frame that displays it to advantage II q
man blends his angry passions with his
search after truth, become his superior by
suppressing yours, and attend only to the
business and force of his reasoning. Truth,
conveyed in austere and acrimonious Ian
guage, seldom has a salutary effect, since
we reject the truth because we are preju-
diced against the mode of communication.
The heart must be won before the intel
lect can be informed. A man may betray
the cause Of truth by his unreasonable
zeal, as he destroys its salutary effects by
the acrimony Of his manner Whoever
would be q successful instructor must first
become 9 mild and affectionate friend
New York Ledger.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-12-12
IRIS NELSON.

MRS. NELSON. MIR. NELSON.
dining room constructed on the broad pi
azza. The bride, Miss Nellie Gill MCGEE,
is 2years old, educated and accomplished,
and a pretty brunette. The happy man,
William Wallace Nelson, is &c years of age,
a lawyer, and will inherit great wealth.
The father of the bride, Allen MCGEE, was
a fur trader, and had intimate business re-
lations with John Jacob Aston and Com
modore Vanderbilt. .. '.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-12-12
NELL GWYNNE.

to an Italian friend, who planted them on
his estate. They grew and fourished, and
from theneeforward western civilization
knew the virtues and the value of the acid
fruit.
Meanwhile the orange was travelling
toward Europe by another route. AS in
the case of the lemon its spread was due to
the Arabs. They covered Syria and Persia
with dark green groves, and as the seem
ingly irresistible wave of their martial
progress advanced toward the pillars of
Hercules scattered the seeds of the yellow
fruit on the fair and fertile plains of Italy,
Sicily and Spain. They called it %''narang,"
and they cultivated it more tor it's keauty
than for it's qualities IS a table dellcacy.
for the juice and pulp had a bitter taste.
The sweet orange was brought to Europe
from southern China by the Portuguese
in l549, and was known as apfelsina, or the
apple of China.
So in the Middle Ages the lemon and
orange spread the fragrance of their flow
ers throughout the civilized world. They
bloomed in fair Florence, where Lorenzo
the Magnificent ruled and Boccaccio wrote
his wondrous tales, and through their
leaves the scented breezes sought the gar.
lens and fountains of the famed Alham.
bra. Then across strange seas, in care OF
the hardy mariners Of Spain and Portugal,
they came to the New World discovered
by Columbus, and in Florida and the
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-12-12
wREArHED FOR HER WEDDING.

EATHE FOB HER
Brazils as well as the Cuban isle got
fresh foothold and throve as vigorously as
in their far of Indian home. Everywhere
they became the fashion rs the years went
by. In the days of his power and suprem.
acy Cardinal Wfolsey used an orange as q
pomande:. Throngs sought the powerful
priestsat his palace of Whitehall to secure
his favor Or appease his wrath. and he, SO
the oldSchsonicle runs, would enter the
crowded audience chamber "holding in his
banda very fair orange, whereof the meat
- Substance within wast taken out and
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-07-30
Raising Garden Seeds.

A recently issued bulletin Of the Penn
sylvauia State College Station answers
the question, should farmers raise their
own vegetable seeds p
After alluding 70 the time when many
years ago the garden seeds offered for
sale were badly mixed, with wrong
names. and with the seeds Of weeds, the
bulletin remarks, as the result Of its own
examinations, that the seed now founa
in country stores, bearing the names Of
reputable firms, are quite As good Is
seeds obtained direct from the ware
housei In addition ID this great i'm
pro=ement in quality, the prices are such
thas dollar will purchase enough for =
family, Of good clean seed. Those offered
for sale By reliable seeismen have been
raised under continued and special care,
and farmers who raise their own seeds
find in a few wears that their vegetables
are not so choice as they once were be
cause they have not been selected with
the care, nor giovn with the same skill
as the purchase seeds
In the experiments made with seeds
raised st the station, and compared with
those made With purchased seeds, the
following general results were obtained .
L In majority Of cases earlier market
able products were produced from pur-
chased seed. and with bat feE exceptions
q greater yield was obtained from them.
.. Lettuce from purchased seed did not
shoot up to flower as early As plants from
station seed. s. Radishes from purchased
seed we're larger, more tender and more
uniform. 1. On the whole, seeds grown
on very rich soil proved the best These
were the results Of a single season, and
the experiments will be repeated.
An extensive test was made Of the new
garden vegetable, including twenty-six
new varieties Of potatoes The fact tha,
some Of them which proved particularly
valuable at the station proved nearly
worthless on our own grounds, and vice
versa, shows the importance Of the rule
laid down for selecting the bes.--if pos
sible, choose one which has been saoceS-
fully cultivated in yOnr immediate yicin-
ity, or in locality with similar soil and
climatic conditions - Cofssfry Genfieaaa
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-07-30
An Efficient Clergyman.

Senator Turpie IS somewhat absent
u.inded, and il IS said that in Is74-75,
xhen he was Speaker 0fthe lower branch
Il the Indians Legislature, he would do
ssoae queer things. Whenever roll call
Ess ordered, ne would pound on his desk
zlr<iI everything was quiet Then, in a
rather moderate tone 9f voice, ne wouid
say
The rol viii be called Those voting
in the affirmative VIII, when their names
are called, say aye; those il the mega
i've. tao-"'
Then quick As q flash he would turn to
the reading clerk. AID in loud, shrill
voice, would say
@Canw
The frst time he did this the reading
clerk came near jumping out OF his skin.
The various preachers in indianapolis
were from time 70 time asked to offer
prayer in the Hoase, and sometimes min
listers from other paris Of the State who
happened 70 be in town were invited TO
invoke the divine blessing upon the
Hoosier legislature Turpie raped On
On the desk, and said;
@The House viii be in order Prayer
win be offered by Rev. Mr.. smith, Of
Vincennes
Then. Just as the reverend gentleman
bowed his head 10 begin praying be was
startled by hearing the Speaker command
him in a loud voice
ssPrax ~
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-07-30
Fate OF the InvaIides-


Il IS now considered probable ti,at the
Hotel des Invziides, which has 50 long
sheltered the old soldiers Of the French
army who have lost limbs in the wars,
vii al no distant date be used for other
purposes. The Offices Of the military
governor Of Paris have already been
transferred tt1ither, and II Is proposed to
give the old pensioners who still inha5it
the building increased pay and another
place Of refuge In any case, the num-
Der Of 3ecrepit warriors now IN residence
Is small. and unless war breaks out there
viii be no successors for them in the
French Chelsea Hospital. There are
now 22s pensioners- nearly al very old
and indrm-aecommodaied IN the Hotel
jes Invalides.
Under the First empire there were Al
one tine 35O00, but this number eoutin-
usd 70 diminish even after the periods
Of the Crimean and Italian campaigns
After the Frznco-Prlssian war Of 1870
zoo soldiers we're admitted 10 the Inva-
lides, which in 4 year OF two viii in al
probability be wrongly named, inasmuch
Is It IS intended 70 make Il q very active
and busting militcry center. Many,
however. VIII regret the change, for there
was always something picturesque and
historic about the o,d pensioners, and
their weekly parade for the military
mass in the church containing the tomb
of the First Napoleon was one Of the
sights Of Paris.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-07-30
Western SomnambuIism.

We had been stopping at a hotel at
Des Moines for two or three days when
two men arrived by the same train. One
was drummer FOR New York jexeiry
house and the other apparently coun-
Try parson Of meek and loxly ways That
was the way we sized him up; but the
drummer, being naturally suspicious Of
all men, conteGded that the supposed par
son was some thief afler his valise ofval-
uzble samples To convince him to the
contrary, took opportunity 70 introduce
myself to the other man and draw him
out, and he presented me with card on
which was printed his name, Rev. Jos
eph smith, and he claimed to hail from
q town about twenty miles away His
congregation had Planned some church
entertainment, and he had come up to
bay some needed fxings. That's all
there was to It, except he hoped and
trusted that was not walking in the
broad way that lezdeth to destruction,
and offered TO eome 10 my room and
kneel with me in prayer l was perfect
" satisfied that he was all wool and
yard wide, and returned TO 50 report.
The drummer had his own ideas, how
ever. He to- < his sample cases 10 his
room, but aferxard slyly changed il for
another. Then he vacated his room for
one across the hall, and in the vacated
room Just in front Of the bed, set fox
trap. He wanted bear trap. but couldn';
get one in town When all was ready
we went to bed, four or FIVE fus having
rooms down the hall from the parsons
As We passed his door We heard the good
man reading aloud f.on his Bible, and |
felt like knocking on his door and apollo
zizing for the pigheadecness Of the drum
mer.
About midnight there was sudden
yell. followed by the canking Of chains
which aroused every one of Us, and as
soon as We could turn out We discovered
that the parsoa had been caught in the
fox trap. He had stepped his right foot
into the jaws, and was sitting on the bed
and staring into vacancy when We found
him He had the cheek to declare that
be was walking in his sleep. and seemed
much grieved when we asked him how
it was that be had unlocked the door
with skeleton key. In the morning.
when arraigned in court, his plea was
somnambulisIn, and what did the Court
DO bat order him TO be turned loose. In
doing 50 his Honor explained
f'About ten years ago vas found in q
mans barn saddiing a1si bridling his 500
horse. Il was q case ~ somnsmbulism
on nv part, but they wicksdly forced me
10 pay $500 to settle the case 1 then de-
termined never to DO any one a like in
justice, and the prisoner Is honozbly
discharged.
Half day later Il trznspired that the
good man. was a noted Chicago tiief,
but be had cheesed the racket and was
off,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-07-30
His Best Self.

@Joe, what DO you 20 10 see that Mss
Beason 50 much for She isn't pretty,
she isn't rich, and she Is an orphan she
has no family
what DC got to see her 80 much for =
queried Joe, in dreamy tone. $40, she
isn't pretty, and she isn't ugly; she GER
tzinly isn't Tsch, for she teaches for
living, and though her parents are dead,
they were nice people. 20 to see her
because she makes me keep company
with nv best self when am with her
1 say to myself when am on ny way
to call on her, Now, If you have any
noble thoughts you can utter them to
her, sure that they viii be appreciated
If you've read anything unusually fine
or beautiful, you can tell it to her and
find an eagA, listener She always
makes ne tTae to the highest and best
in me
what do you think she said 10 me the
last time was there had been tell
ing hersome funny story about old Giles,
and / repeated some Of his jArgOn YOU
know how he talks. Just before eaEss
away she said in yery nodes, down
cast sort Of way
-Mr Lyon, may ask favor Of VOC
Certainly, l said, I would be most
happy TO oblige you
-.woald you kindly refrain from re-
/ peating any profane words in nay hear
ingg Il hurts me 50 TO hear them
Il felt as though SIX inches had been
taken from my stature, and replied
- viii notsofend that way sgSin.
know the commandment, Thou shalt
net take the name Of the Lord thy God
in vain" and suppose one ought never
to repeat S-otAne language
Il tell you, such q woman a. that has
courage IS well as conyicfion.7
Miss Beacon had brothers from whom
she was separated, and for whom she felt
9 ssterly solicitsde IF am careful 70
hold my young gentleman friends &c
high Standards she said to herself
@some lady perhaps viii do the same fol
my brothers and this motive aetuated
her IN sil her intercourse with young
men She had no thought Of self IN the
matter, and when Mr. Lyon said 70 hel
that lie could be better man with hel
IS his wife than with any other woman
in the world, the declaration came IS Z
surprise to her
Friendship ripened into love, love that
bad Its seat in reason and was judieiOus.
United in everything that ~as sincerely
good, the home they founded was tbs
home Of peace, the cradle Of all noble
virtue, the reward Of high endeavor. and
its most potent stimulus. -Cirisiaa III
Z yq-srfs
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-07-30
TOocheap.


The mystery Of the governments aoiii-
" to carry a letter from Maine TO Cali
fornia for the price Of 8 twO-cent stamp
Is not perfectly easy one 70 explain /;
but most people are by this tine 80
thoroughly accustomed to cheap postage
that they accept the low rate quite Is
matter Of course. This. however, vas
not the ease with an inh2bit2at Of the
Kiekapoo Valley, who, for the frSs time
in his life, not long ago had occasion to
use the United States mails.
He approaches the postmaster with
the air Of one who intends to make as
good bargain as possible.
HLook a here, mister :" he said gim-
me IA letter stamp. VIII yee How
mach Il it cost -
Two cents
"Tew cents Cheap enough
The man laid down two eoppers in
the postmaster's little window. took the
stamp. looked at it curiously for a mo-
ment. and then put il Away carefully in
an old leather pocket-book. Evidently
he regarded it as sort Of preliminary
license. Then he thrust his hand into
his oEeralls pocket and brought out q
large yellow envelope
sNov," said he, thrusting the envelope
before the postmSsfer's faoe. Il want "
TO tell me how much is the least it'il cosi
70 kerry that ere letter 70 Codgerville
bout twenty mile down the pike2r
Two cents said the postmaster, bal
ancing the letter on hiS finger
Tex cents Well, IT be licked ef
amt got into reg'lzr tew-cent shanty
/ Tew cents! Ye don't mcEn il p
That's an sid the postmaster.
aWel, l vii Be licked. When ny
sairy Ann thought she must write tc
that ere young man down I 'tCodgergille
/ reckoned, fust OF, I'd mount old Bill
and kerry the letter over to save tn ex
pense- 1 hadn't no idee you'd do il fol
tew cents TeE cents, Wen, there they
be.
lie bad picked out two more coppers
and offered them to the POSTMASTER, Wit
Of course had 70 enter into an explana
ton Of the use 0fthe stamp he had jus
sold.
-All I got fsr 70 dew the man asked
in further astonishment Is fer to stiel
this ere stamp OF TO the corner o tha
ere letter, an you take keer o the rest
That's ALL
-WeIl, I viii be lieked 'Taint rightly
none O my business II ye w2Gt to worE
fer nothin' bat its my 'piniOn ye're dOin
it tew cheap. young mar-ye're doin' i
I few cheap
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-07-30
Phases of Human Nature.

They were waiting for the train at
country station. There vas dreary-
looking waiting room, Il by II, and there
was a platform 20 feet long by broad
The scenery consisted Of one water tank,
five freight cars, two fields, one pile OF
lumber, three telegraph poles, and
small boy. The rain poured outside. The
two women sat as Ear from each other as
possible, and regarded sach other with
suspicion and distrust
One seemed 70 be saying 70 herself
~If she is going 70 the iunatie asylum
she should be looked after. Who ever
saw any one come out in such eolors and
mix things Ike that? Such persons are
dangerous
And the other one remarked: Must
wait here long in Tie company OF that
thing? What s looking head What
feet and hands, Looks ss if she was
going to work on farm ~
The two men who are strznuers 10 each
l other, and TO the women were fair, mild
eyed specimens Of the human race. They
stood and looked At esch other, and
might have said TO themselves: Looks
s. If he had overdrawn ais account at
I the bank Seems to have an innocent
sir, but that Is all put on And the
other might have unused $50 here's
/ the Rubber Kid out on another expedi-
ton, but III spoil his little game. Ny,
bat hasn't he got hardened look = But
they did nothing Of the Kind While
those two women sat several feet apart,
huddIea up in an exclusive sort Of way
and their wells drawn, the men walked
arm in arm, joked and smoked and told
stories and said they were glad 70 meet
They peked each other in the ribs call
ell each other old boy borrowed some
/ fnecut, and every match they had was
shared in lighting cigars
One Of the women got up enough
courage to ask the other for the time
The latter might be addressing the cook
Of an Erie canal scow, she thought, but
replied that she had not the time. Then
| both sarunk away under their yeils and
| turned up their noses, When the train
came along the men got into the same
car and the same seat. The Sonen came
ont with respective looks Of dssdain, en-
tered separate coaches, and as the train
moved away they were sorry that they
had noticed or spoken to each other and
failed to stand on their individual dig
nity.-AHsls5y yoiraai.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-07-30
A SUMMER RECIPE.

walk thrnaka the streets cffhe city
Hhere the isusiness fhr0ngs pass By.
ne psEelneuzs are bnrniog wilh fes~r.
They've czu<hf from the salty sly.
And ! long foE he shadDxy woodlands
And the valleys thas near than lie
7 Soax for the pe-fnzasa b-eezss
That ever the meadows blow.
Fo- the elezz. cold spring IN The valley,
Nhe-e the coolest Eezers e5w
For tbe f5l5 RsleeP il Tie shadows,
AnE tAs iistlesS kline tha- i0s-
And yes This morning the poet1nan
Delivered letser 10 me
Fro1a ny csssssn Eho lives in the eocnry.
And xishsz fhe ciry 70 -
I'm ~-Ary. he Erifes. -sf this farming
OF i1borsng constantly
.sout here ne hsa1 Is cypress ve,
And though We ii under the tres.
. assure ycru The winds nof sufficient
To make a respectable hresze
50 ] thiak III raa tosn 70 The city
To pzss fss days a; ny ease
Thns city folks resaf1 10 the country.
And leave their dlseor-foris i,shind.
While the rustic Eouid HE 10 the ely
Fer rsst for ba h ba-sy and mini,
Zach thinking ih4s IN the transition
Relief he N.li certainly End
But wheeler oue eEelis IN The city
o. iixes in the ooansry. the plan
he shou follow. when CONES hos weather,
Ifhe Is q sensible nan,
! 10 II hard 70 haze go0l temper,
Ansie kscp JUS a. cool a. he can
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-07-30
Olive Thorne MlIIer's Pet Monk.
ey.

Unlike the common m7rmoset. which
destroys everything II touches, he Is natu-
rally gentle. A white moth which Was
once given him 70 eat he tsok in his dain-
ty fingers, examined il closely on all
sides and then let it 20 without hurting
il in the least
Sleepy time comes as early as O'Clock,
and be requires no cOaxing 70 60 to bed
of he starts on a gAllop, bat on reaehing
his box he pzuses. stands upright. raises
the blanket cover with one little hand,
leans over and peers in. with eOmiezl
air of looking under the bed for a burg
lar. Finding things all right he glanees
around the room to see that all i safe
there. then dives under the blanket,
resting his feet (or hinder hands On the
edge Of the box moment, while his long
tail curIs Itself up from the Up Ike q
vsfch spring and passes in under the
body, when he instantly drops under the
cover. Often As we have seen this per-
Torrance u never ceases 70 be extremely
funny.
Once inside his bed with his cherished
tzn he sits down with this member stand
ing up before him on edge, Ike a wheel,
thrnsts his head down between his knees
beside It, and thus arranged in = compact
bundle, almost as round As = ball, he
sleeps, the top,of his head on the floor
and bis nose buried in his fur. How he
can breathe Is problem Soon after he
Is in bed We hear the most tender, sweet
and birdlike calls and cries. which are
really touching, for they seem ike Ia
mentafions for his mates or dreams Of
home.-0iiye Thorne Miller il Home
Maker.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-07-30
g. SOMERSET PA, "WEDNESDAY

this mystifcation. Jack Jocelyn has
owned up"
@Oh. AIdrich :" sobbed Andromeda-
And viii you, too, turn againsi me
Not bi. Of it, said Aldrich Cone,
cheerfnlly- Don't fret. little one Jack
has just told NE that he has been APP
pointed 70 a thousand dollar berth in the
general pos,oifee. zniaI've written to
your mother that things are ali right
He'sa Jolly good fellow and It isn't neces-
sAry for him 10 pisy ghost out in the cold
any longer"
Andromeda threw herself, weeping
with JOY, into Ially Cones arms. and the
two women rejoiced together.
Aldrich smiled.
Ny plan hasn't worked 50 badly
said he.