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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-21
The Kings b

Louis XVIII was indulgent toward all
shortcomings, with the exception Of disdain.
of gastronomic pleasures. He came near to
disgracing the Duo de Blacas on this score.
"How do you find this salmi7'' asked the king
one day. MA fol, sire, I confess that never
pay attention to what I eat" "You make q
great mistake" replied the king, dryly; 'tpeo.
pie should always pay attention to what they
eat and to what they say. "-San Francisco
lArponaut.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-21

IT will be well for hot-headed people
to understand that a large number Of
mighty good citizens-heaviest tax-pay-
ers in the state-looked with favor on
the Sandager lottery bill. The measure is
now dead and nothing WILDE gained by
probing in places where there are no
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-21

WITH the education bill out OF the
way, the senate ought to soon dispose of
the Walsh revenue bill. With these
measures out of the way, there will be
little of Importance left to do by the leg
islature, and at this writing it seems as
if the legislature might conclude it's Ia
bors in three more weeks.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-21

of less than 1900, fees in the aggregate
not to exceed $500; in counties Of over
2,OW and less than 1000 population,
$500; v 1000 and less that 1000, $3.50;
over 1000 and less than 10000, $1,000;
over 10000 and less. than 10000, $1,000;
over 10000, $4,000. ,.. ses,.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-21

DOUBTLESS all other exchanges will
join with the TRIBUNE in saying that one
of the newsiest and brightest country
weeklies is the Washburn, (McLean
County, Mail. Editor Wood knows how.
His paper is newsy, not personal.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-21

Now that the lottery bill is dead, the /
Fargo Republican is emboldened to say
that it was an awful scheme, and the
Republican remained silent up to this
time because-it had just got around to
81. 20 ".--."- a+a.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-21

The senate made so many amend
ments to Hankinson's railroad crossing
bill the author will hardly recognize it
when it comes back to the house.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-21

AND now comes the report of a big
combine in the South Dakota legislature
to locate public buildings and apportion
the public lands donated by congress
fharofor
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-21

Col. A. D. Thomas, who has been ap-
pointed to the Life position Of United
States judge for the district Of North
Dakota, is about 81 years OF age. He
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-21

If the material is washable. at all, black
dye can practically be rendered a fast color
by the help Of the salt water bath before the
general washing is commenced upon. After
such a treatment faded black caused By
washing will never occur.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-21
Waste water Power Utilixed.

1t has now become q well established fact
that waste water power can be converted
into electric energy, conveyed from 10 to
100 miles on a small copper wire In amounts
from 10 to 500 horse power, at a cost not to
exceed $1,000 per mile for the greater dis
lance and the larger power.-New York
Telegram.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-21

SENATOR L1rr1E's: bill, providing for
the election of school boards in organ
lied counties has passed both houses,
and will doubtless become a law next
.----~
wooR
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-21

The seed wheat laws are published in
this issue. One authorizes counties to
issue bonds for the purpose OF purchase.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-21

ing seed wheat and the other affords ele-
vator companies or other parties who
furnish seed wheat, an apportunityt to OBJ
tain better security than they could have
obtained heretofore.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-21

REPRESENTATIVE WALTON, by request,
introduced house bill No. 271, fixing the
salaries of states attorneys. In counties
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-21

It will be noticed that in withdrawing
the nomination the president gave as q
reason for doing SO that Mr.. Haggart
had declined the appointment"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-03-06

again, and 1 grabbed that girl By
her frock and l tumbled some
over one way and some another, and l
got the umbrella over my head, but
didn't mind it, and clapped that bag
over the little gal, and jerked up her
feet and let her slip into it, and then /
took her up like bag of meal and put
across the field, with the whole kit
and Doodle after me. But / guess most
of EN- must have tumbled down In
Mysteries, jpdgin' from the screechin',
and got up to the cab and away we
went. Well, when we got to the house
where was to meet the gent he began
straight of to blow at me. What do
you mean,' he yelled, 'bringin' my
daughter in bag? It's the only way
to do it, sir says 1; they can't boiler
and they can't kick, and people passin'
by don't know what you've got and So
sayin' united the strings, put the littls
gal on her feet and then pulled off the
bag, and then I'd be hanged If l ever
saw man SO ragin' mad as he was
What do you want with that gsl?' he
cried, that's not my daughter. That
girls hair is as black as coal, and she's
jew besides As soon as sot my eyes
on the little varmint 1t came over me
that ] got the thing crooked, and in the
scrimmage let go of the right gal ane
grabbed another"
TO AZ CONTINUED
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-03-06
THE TURNPIKE ROAD.

wen want to go to Boston, some thirty miles
away,
hitch the mare at four a. m an start al peep
o. day;
Thro' crossroad lanes she pulls along as II she
felt her load,
An. don't get down to business till she strikes
the turnpike road.
But wen she strikes the turnpike road to trot
SONY play.
An she snins a smell Of Boston wen IT'S htteen
miles away.
She fergits her heaves an spavins, an don't
seem to min her load,
But les cracks thro' the atmosphere along the
turnpike road
An the rat-tat OF her hoof-beats is like theruln-
tum-tum
wen armies march to victory benin the battle
drum;
Wen she pints her nose fer Boston, she needs
no spur nor goad,
But whirls the worl' beneath her feet along the
turnpike road.
An men are jest like my OIL mare, along the
cross-road lanes
They hev no ginger in their blood, no hghtnin'
in their brains;
An they get apt TO kick and Dalk an groan De-
meath their load,
An loaf an cuss their stars unless they strike
the turnpike road.
But don't git discouraged, fellers, an don't kick
an sheer an shirlK;
The turnpike road is jest beyond the big swamps
OF Hard Work.
In Lazy lane an Whisky alley don't linger with
yer load,
They'll land you in the boys at last, far from the
turnpike road.
An don't try Mortgage avenue, tibet lands in
swamps Of Debt,
Won you see their hamin' guideboards, Wy,
Jest keep your peppers shet
An don't loaf on Pleasure Common, but buckle
to your load,
An, Jest keep peggin' thro' the dust, an strike
the turnpike road.
Don't linger at the crossroads, ap loaf roun'
In the lanes,
The worIs highways are open to men OF pluck
an brains;
rrot on an git yer second wind, DON mind yer
heavy load,
An dash out with aspankin'p pace upon The turn
pike road.
$. w. Foss, in Yankee Blade.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-03-06

with him he has hao several aliases, a.d
| think he very often forgets that his
real name is James Barlow"
"That's So" said the stout man.
"There never was more correct person
than this industrious and unfortunate
man sittin' by me. / am dreadful for
getful, and sometimes disremember
what belongs to me and what don't.
Names the same as other things"
"'Well, now, jerry says l, you
needn't think you're goin' to make any
thin by KNOWN us. You've got TO fork
over your cash all the same, and If you
think to make any thing by peachin' on
us after we've cleared out and left you
peaceful in your bed, you're mistook so
far as I'm concerned, for Two made the
track clear to get out of this town be-
fore daybreak, and I don't know when
I'll come back. This place Is gettin' a
little too hot for me, and you're ny con-
cludin' exercise. Jerry he sat still for
a minute considerin'. He wasn't no fool,
and he knowed that there wasn't no use
gettin' scared, nor cussin', nor hollerin'.
What's more, he knowed that we was
there to get his money, and If he didn't
fork it over he'd get himself laid out, and
that was worse than losin' money any
day. Now, boys says he, I'll tell you
what I'll do. I'll make you an offer, a
fair and square offer. What money I've
got I'll divide even with you, each OF
us takin' third, and I'll try to make
up what lose out of my next contract.
Now, nothin' could be no squarer than
that. How much money have you got,
JerryF says I; that's the first thing to
know I've got thirty-one hundred
dollars even,' says he, and that will be
one thousand and thirty-three dollars
and thirty-three cents apiece. Two got
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-21

Is impressed he will he that Big Stone
Gan must ultimately outstrip all rivalry
and become the centcrof this vast mining
and manufacturing district. Win the
best coking coal in the world the hcs'
iron ores outside of the magnetic district
and even being within scvcnty-flve miles
of that district. if not nearer; with inc
finest timber north of the tropics; with
n great water power, an admirable stua-
ton, and being the convcrgins point OF
vast railroad systems, one had as well
maintain that water will cease to run
down hill as to- assert that this will not
become large and populous city.
What more can the investor ask! here
can he find such a combination elsewhere,
and who will question the fact that such
combination does exist here?
There is absolutely no controversy on
the subject. All intelligent persons admit
the facts. Those who have examined
them most closely are most impressed
with their magnitude and Importance.
They solve the problem and they settle
the question of ultimate supremacy
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-21


into it--and the sediment which these
bring down is filling the bay up about rs
fnst as the sediment of the Pamunkey ana
it's fellow is filling up the York. Conse-
quently the York, which is now navlgalae
for ships or the largest class, will proba-
bly, remain so for ages yet to come. The
navigation of the York river, therefore, Is
invested with the characteristics OF per-
mancnce." asG 20 f7tfs
1t is safe to say that These facts will
form the basis OF some combination Of
capital, some day, near or remote. Why
they have not already been considered by
those large interests that arc now c1hilI-
iting such activity about Norfolk and
Newport News, is u mystery. But York
towns day will come.
Now why cannot the L. 4 n. railroad
company secure an Independent line from
Big Stone Gap to Yorktown, just as the
Norfolk & Western has secured mo-
nopoly of the business of this rapidly
growing section to Norfolk, and just az
the c. & 0. railroad company have secured
line to Newport News! 1t would give
the L. & n. the best seaport on the coast,
except Newport; it would enable the line
to gather in the commerce of the vast
Mississippi with its many arms and con-
ccntrate it on this main line to Yorktown.
The project is worthy of that great cor
poration, and when consummatcd-and it
could he easily consummatcd-would
prove master stroke of commercial
pntnrnriSn
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-21
THE JOYFUL LIGHT.

FINALLY Y, after lGD days marching. We
emerged from the forest Then our ewes
danced with rapture. for We bcheld fresh
young grass spreading ont into howerv
fields and paslurc, and thea beyond round
and picturcsQuel, moulded hills. Such :,
sight We hailed with shouts OF praise and
load thankSg and mnrmurs of wor-
ship according 10 our respective faiths.
"ihc delicious grass, the warblimg of
birds. this summer loneliness Of the land
and he warm life and bcaulcous earth re-
posing in peace caused u TO be lost in
rapture. Our men had dreams Of iov and
they called it heaven
Its length was 60 English miles from
north to south and from west TO east go
miles. II comprised :j?n .D0D square miles.
the whole equal to 400.00O square milc..
In the beginning Of l-S6 the Arab
slave trade was there In 1910 short ex-
cursions were made into this region, and
in loo0 two Arab expeditions set out from
the Congo on The northeastern track. By
1887 they had gained footing and they
built two stations, each one hundred
miles apart, forming the apex of a trian.
gle. They hegan 10 hunt SYSTEMATICALLY
for slaves. For twenty miles around they
looted and burned villages.
Before five months had passed there
WAS line of complete devastation !51
miles long. Not one village had been
left standing. This was the reason that
III 1881 Tor several months we suffered so
much from hunger
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-21
Sarah and Her ~uii'
From the Paris ,pond,uc
Etai--i'ui-

From the Paris Correspondence.
Eta,--Iui-
The Partisan public wcr.
see Sarah Bcrnhardl~ liyiu
announced for 20 manN woch
knew that it wasn't a pas.
nor an artificial thing. win a
contrivcd spring to maxi =
and create an Illusion for i.
That sort of snake would no..
cleopatra" in de si.cie and
the theatre now-a-day- !
was about TO make his diut
in the newspapers jn-ta- ua
Sardou and Shakespeare.
and he might divide the bou.i
Bcrnhardt and VI. Garnici.
a@incd thai he would reec.,e
niticcnt apothco>i-. he must
Il good deal Of his prctcu-i,u-
ually spoiled the death -c,
w hen he crawlcd out -!
movements wer: Watched
curiosity that there were no
great nrtisfc, whose >p'cuda
say. was lost in the tNi-t,
Antony" and "Clcopa're
mcni, indeed
Nothing could he more %.
nasty littIc snake. For a -et
he seen crawling over Naia
then the little rascal cr.sl,i
the folds OF her runic. u.
talent OF Il great actress >if
prize OF attention with sue.
non; The calm death. wiiiwt
contortionS, aud the Last en-
ira, of the Woman. a>kin- g.
glass 10 see il she still rcmai
Ut the moment when She "a,
pire-all that was los, l..
little snake. whose ouiiine-
tunic OF CLEOPATRA ia,cina
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-21
Gen. PIXIES ILLNi
His Masonic Ifonor- May Fail 81
Dudley.

WAsulNGroy, u. c.. Nov o.
Albert Pike, who has been i'll 'a.
AT his rooms in the Scotti-h
is considered ON the road to %.
illness caused considcrablcan.r
High Masonic circles Gcmcr
venerable Grand Commando
fish Rite of Free Masonry. an.
Of the ROYAL Order of Scot
United States. One of ihcctr.
sacrcdly guarded in the iloI' i.
Temple, the official reSi'ienc' a.
Commander, i the book ot
Il ponderouS volume, ot prcuI.-
locked with Il heavy gold cia-
but one key. and thar j. aiNa
session of the Grand Comm
most secret records ot the
Supreme Council andrhe rccei
and nominations of the cran'.
are between its covers. IAI- ..
it is understood. General i'I.
ton Of his successor. /, j. d.
the high honor will 20, ia i4-
Grand Commanders carlvdcn
Mills Browne. Surgcon-r"u'
United States Nayy. The rs
Chancellor ofthc Suprcmc. Co.
RI. Rev. Thos. [. Dudley. of j..
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-21
Clinch Valley De,rl"riH'
,Rc,nr, Of Bap,ist N,.o,

tRri"rt of hdp'lsi A,,''
The Ciinch VALLEY As,oca
te,ra incogDifG, is NOW comm.
inencc. The great dcNeloln
its territory, in connection MI
are awakening the people Ia
in financial, educational and 81,
terprise. Rev. j. Is. + Mill Is
all these movements, and hc [.
given us 900 in the bonds 90.
Big Stone Gap Land and In
Company, and aided us in 81
handsome contribution in cash
laborcd in that association e.t
organized our work, and are no"
to see the fruits of our labor
Terry was our colporteur la>i
now employ Rev. I. II. PETTY AZ
n. Plank.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-21
Words for the Wise.

There is feeling of buoyancy in the air
about Big Stone Gap. This heroic little
community, after bearing bravely the re-
straints and disappointmcnts of young
town fighting against rivalrics and with
inadequate opportunities for letting the
world know what is here, is about to
move ahead along the road to CONNER
cal and manufacturing supremacy.
One great difficulty has been its mac
feasibility. Until January, when the
L. n road will be completed to this point,
it will have no direct line to any of the
leading cities; and when every little town
is claiming everything from gold to gin
seng, ii has been difficult to impress the
bewildercd capitalist at distance with
even moderate belief in our great super
iority over any location in the country or
out of it.
Companies are selling lots at fabulous
prices in towns that have absolutely no
hope of any considerable growth. Places
that have but one railroad and will not
likely have another within century;
barren fields or rocky ridges that arc re-
moved from both coal and iron; way
stations that can never hope to have more
than dozen houses,-all are being
hoomed Of course the i'll advise CAPT.
talist who invests his money in them must
suffer He ignores physical facts and is
merely carried away by the speculative
fever that pervades this entire country.
Here he has only to study the situation,
and the more he studies it the more strong
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-21

of choice flowers, saying, we crownyou to-day
with flowers, bright and beautiful and ira
grant. Nay your pathway be ever s'rcWn
with such fitting. emblems of all that Is pleas
urable and bcautifulin life.
Senator Mills has been in Richmond during
tbe past week, and it is likely that the ten
dollar gold pieces will be invested i'll an East
Big Stone Gap lot. 1t certainly would be
good place to put them.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-21
Wedding at the Canltal.

wAsIIINcToy, Nov. l5.-Thc marriage oi Mr.,
Therese Blackburn Stewart daughter Of Senator IN,
Mrs. Blackburn, TO Capt. Vim. prcble Hall. Of tn
army, brought together this afternoon, ut 81. John
church, large assemblage Of their friends. Til,
gloom outside brought out In sharper contrast tn
bright uniforms OF the of the bridal party, VIII,
were all arny officers.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-21
HWY rArllM AVS.

I'VE had to hcw our way through the
bush with the axe. So dense WAS it that
our progress was 1T the rate of 400 wards
al hour for many days. After several
months labor our pace increased to u
mile and one mile and three quarters per
hour, as the forest became less dense.
The pioneers blazcd the trees at every few
yards for our guidance BY the time the
whole column had passed the trnil would
be pretty clear and would so remain for
perhaps six months. But on some DAYS
the pioneers, despite the utmost care,
would lose all knowledge of the direction
in which they were going. Sometimes in.
ability to pass creek would compel them
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-21
s.. STANLEY IN AFRICA.
graphic description of the Dense Forests
the Jungle and the Tribes who in""'''
the Dark Continent.
TERRIBLE sUFF FERN G.
,r.o,,, s,,r,cv., New York Lecture

IFrom SIHTIc! ~ oon ,:Io,
sour journey measured over 5000 DID,, miles fsst
The time occupied was 9S7 days The mrs.
section of about 1000 miles was along an
H Yul nown country by steamer up the Aru-
VII m;n,i river TO place called Yambnya'
The navigation was interrupted by rapius'
On foot next for 100 days We went throue"
one unbroken forest.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-21

Tmr story is told that the recent panic
in New York was due in Il great measure
to an attempt by Jay Gould to break
Wanamakcr. The postmaster general has
not only compelled the Western Union
Telegraph Company to reduce its rates on
government messages, hut he is doing all
in his power to establish Il postal tclc-
graph system to he conducted under
government auspices. Gould therefore
has it in for him. Knowing that Wana-
maker is largely interested in the sccuri-
ties of the Reading railroad, the wizard
of Wall street made an attack upon that
property and knocked it down many
points 1t is said that Wanamakcr had
to borrow $4,000. 900 to save himself.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-21

the right direction. The cnra,a,
.quemtly wandering in The e4.i
oral days before it could MAJ. BOP.
way on the right course.
LAS we progressed furthcrr.o,
the difficulties that heset d,
We would hear such erie, from ..
rs Game out to the right" .fo.t
swampy ground" 'Bogsy gror,q
bottom Elephant pit rirh, abe,
80 on. These warnings, whilctaa
to prevent us from falling af
retarded the march.
VICTIM rEAnY
II once witnessed prcpar'..,
cannibal dinner. One DIT,
opposite a village | fired
air to give warming Of ihea..
flotilla to an Arab chief an.
that it was OF Il friendly ctsar
it happened to friehtcn q Yi-'
who were about to prcpafe
the pot. We landed and
out the body of Il wonM.n
had been cut. Several bl
around, with materials Jog 81,
and bananas for dessert
that of sick woman, who
that morning in the Aral'-
cncampment.
Mr.. Stanley then told Of
TO the caravan. who fell ,ic5
off into the woods. and who's
subsequently, discovered p. ,e
cumstantial evidence ia
clearly what disposition la.
the flesh.
During the many months
ing in the forest con'iulo
eve must have captured
of the small and large uari,
Ferry useful in giving Ms inf.
corning the country aroo
when We once got beyond
they were of no carthll .-
therefore. permitted 10 rst
homes, although in mans r--
did not want to bc rclca,'!
rlcMY @ttf-
Our scouts frcqncnllv
newly formed pismy camI-
while. they learned the ar' a.
vicious little creatures.
thus got hold OF was a plw
of pigmy tribe Around
several polished iron coi.a
projecting horns at the cni.
breast hung curiously mahf
Around her arms were srtr..
her ankles were projected t-
OF rings. so close togeiher
scmblcd compact band
waist was y brccch cloth.
been about eighteen ycai-
was as well developed a,
of twenty-five or twcnlN--A
were beautifully tormcd.ll
the hands small, the finger
flbert-shapcd. Tho face u
lips full. and the large. tla,,
were like those of = voun-
face was singularly impre--
ewes were expressive and >,..
Il am much too pretty to
very we'll know what lamWo,
der treatment that she rcr,l.
her. She WAS ultimately cog
care of the surgeon. whose
won her from all thoughts "'
Il while she became an iri.
and Trustworthy servant. and
bore herself most mode>ily.
"In October. lS>>. the ~c-.
pounccd upon Il colony of SIS
cccded in capturing a tull -r.-
his wife or sister. Before vi,
recover their faculties lhey n
tn the centre of our CAM.
were hundreds oi' great burt
them several tall Soudauc-,.f
six feet to six feet four.
the top of the pismy man rcae
the waist OF these big fellow
and woman were con>ider.thi1
well they might be. and w"n
might he their fate.