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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-04
How Men Talk to Women.

l was watching, not long since, q man
talking to a bright woman on the train,
and his manner of COMFORTING himself set
me to thinking of the peculiar ways men
have of addressing themselves to women.
some talk to a woman very much as they
might talk to the wonderful automaton
around at the museum when it plays q
game of chess. "Why, bless my soul, it
really seems to be thinkingl What appa-
rent intelligence What evident faculty
Of mental independence 1t almost appears
to possess the power Of coherent thought"
Others sit in the presence of a oma as
though she wa a dish of ice cream. allow
sweet" "How refreshing" GLOW alto
gether nicel'
Many behave in her company as though
she was q loaded gun, and liable to do mis-
chief, while a very few act as though she
was above the wiles Of lattery, and not to
be bought for the price of q new bonnet.
Hasten the day, good Lord, when she shall
be regarded rs something wiser and nobler
than an automaton, less perishable than a
CONNECTION, more comforting and peace
producing than a firearm, a veritable COM
rade for man at his best, not so much
priced for the vain and evanescent charm
of her beauty as for the steadfastness and
the incorruptible purity of her SOUL
Chicago Herald.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-04
Carving the Baby.

Did any one ever notice with what ex-
quisite ease and grace a mother carries a
little child? There's no poetry of motion
in all the Delsarte system equal to it. A
big, strong man Jugs a baby along as if it
were a bundle of pig iron. A slight, frail
little woman sings it up on her shoulder
and poises it like a nosegay, or, better still,
a veritable part of herself. A woman is
supposed to be mindful of the charms of
her sisters, but the heart of a man some
how gives a leap of the c~leanest, purest
kind of admiration when one of those
slight, frail little ONE trips alongside
with q baby balanced on her shoulders in
that comfortable way a real womanly
woman manages It'll
In a little country meeting house the
other day there was a military funeral.
The drum major of the village band sat in
apost of honor, surrounded by his re-
splendent corps, and in his lap held two
little white capped mites of humanity that
hadn't been here very long. Up in the
choir loft e little woman smiled down upon
them encouragingly with eyes exactly like
the eyes beneath the little white caps.
Directly the closing hymn was finished and
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-04

GENERAL DYRENFURTH. moisture" as IL
were. The rain stratum lies above that,
perhaps a mile high, and observations
show that light rains often start from it
and are vaporized in the dry belt stratum
below and SO sent up again. Hence the
scheme to send up balloons and do the ex-
ploding in the moist stratum.
Senator Farwell, of Illinois, was the
first statesman to take any interest in the
theory, and secured a small appropriation
for experiments. Aside from the question
of rain, however, many valuable observa-
tions will be made by scientific men con-
nected with the expedition, testing the ef-
fects of conclusion OF the air. From time
immemorial sailors and farmers have in.
sisted that the moon had some influence on
the weather, but scientists have never
been able to prove their theory false or
true. But as to the theory Of conclusion
making rain, General Dyrenfurth intends
to have proof-certainty one way or the
other. It may be, of course, that rain can
be artificially produced, but mot in pay
ing quantities" as miners say. We can
only wait.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-04

Some one the other day thought of this
about a calendar. A daughter was to 20
away, to be gone a long time, on the other
side of the earth. So the mother, thinking
to bring her good cheer, bought a calendar.
Now the ordinary calendar differs little
from its fellow, except happily now and
then In the way Of quoted phrase, or blithe-
some child, or maybe decorative fruit and
flower. More than that, no ordinary cal
endar seems an individuals very own. As
how could it, with its counterpart on any
body's desk and it's mates all manufactured
by the dozep2
But the calendar this mother made could
be duplicated by no one, for this is what
she did. Below the date on each leaf there
was a blank space. She therefore took the
calendar apart, sending its 1896 leaves to as
many different friends and relatives, ask
ing each to write some sort of salutation
on this blank space below the date. When
these were returned they were bound to-
gether again, and the calendar was given
to the daughter, who knew knothine of
what had been done. She was made to
promise, however, to tear off no leaf until
the day had dawned when the leaf was
due.
What a ource of delight such a calendar
would be to an exile from home can easily
be imagined. " Every day a different greet
Ing from a different friend. Every day a
new surprise, and never to know till the
morrow what friend was to send a word of
good cheer.-Harper's Bazaar.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-04
First Publication July 81, 1891
Notice of Mortgage Sale.

Default now existing in the conditions of a.
mortgage whereby the powers of sale therein
contained has become operative) in which VIM.
=: Fitch is mortgage and j. T. Manhart and
Hattie M. Manhart are mortgagors, and dated
July 8, 1885, and recorded in the Office of the
register of deeds of Burleigh county, N. D., in
book 90 of mortgages on page 81, by the non-pay-
ment at maturity of one principal note and four
coupon interest notes secured thereby, and the
MORTGAGE claiming to be due thereon at the date
Of this notice the sum of $500. 25. Notice is here
by given that said mortgage will be foreclesed
and the premises described therein, viz: The
north one half In NJ of the northeast quarter
(ne a Of section twentyeight (2S) township one
seventy. eight ,(78) west and containing eighty
acres more or less according to the United States
survey and all in Burleigh county, North Dakota.
will be sold at public auction to the highest bid
der for cash to pay said notes and interest and at
torney's fees stipulated in said mortgage, and the
taxes due N said property and the costs and
charges allowed by law, which sale will be made
by the sheriff of said Burleigh county at the front
door of the court house in said county on the,
18th day of September, 1891, at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon of said day and subject to redemption
as provided by law.
Dated July %, 1891.
VIM. J. FITCH,
Mortgage.
Atty for mortgage, Bismarck, N. D.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-04
Mrs. Ayers Jewels,

Mrs Aver, who is now the owner and
occupant Of the former home of the Duke
Of Mouchy in Paris, has in her possession
two necklaces of fabulous value. One is
made of six strings of perfect pearls, evenly
matched, each one of about the size of a fat
pea The other is composed of two strings
Of pearls, each about as large as a good
sized English gooseberry. Mrs. Aver owns
beside a pair of solitaire pearl earrings, for
which she paid $4,000.
Mrs. Aver was u Quaker girl of simple
manners, living in Lowell, Mass, when she
became the wife of the late DR.. Aver. He
had a womanlike fondness for collecting
jewels, and never lost an opportunity to
secure gems that struck his fancy and were
to be bought. He left to his widow some
of the finest specimens of jewels of their
kind in the world.-New York Sun.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-04

and the collar turned back from a rather
high linen collar which is worn with it.
If I do not care for a collar I wear a null
kerchief inside the waist. Underneath l
wear a silk vest, a buttoned waist of cou-
tile, a short skirt of flannel and fun trous-
ers of heavy linen, made somewhat in
Turkish fashion, but fastening just below
the knees.
with long wristed gloves of heavy
leather and a moderately wide brimmed
hat, with long veil of tissue, which can be
wrapped around the throat, I am equipped
for storm or shine, and can climb, walk,
row or travel in comfort and the certainty
that my clothes will neither fall in pieces,
show the wear and tear of my journey or
make me in any way conspicuous."-New
York Ledger.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-04
shown by his passionate appeal when his
first wife lay dangerously i'll:

SHOWN Dy MS passionate appeal When h1o
first wife lay dangerously i'll:
God do not let my loved one die,
But rather wait until the time
That | am grown in purity
Enough to enter thy pure cline:
Then take me, I will gladly go
So that my love remain below.
With the publication of the first series of
the "Biglow Papers" Mr.. Lowell assumed
q prominence that was his until the day of
his death. He had up to then been known
only as a writer and an editor. He sue
ceeded Longfellow later on as q professor
in Harvard college, travelled abroad, re-
turned home, helped to found The Allan
tic Magazine, issued a second series of the
"Biglow Papers" rs q commentary on the
civil war, poured forth his views and OBJ
servations in prose and rhyme, and during
the two decades ending with 1875 may be
said to have covered every field of compost
ton. Then, having achieved repute az
poet, s%atirist, essayist, critic and platform
orator, Mr.. Lowell laid aside his pen for a
season and turned his attention to another
phase of American activity. He went into
politics, made stump speeches, was chosen
a presidential elector from Massachusetts
and cast his vote for Rutherford B. Hayes.
MI. Hayes on assuming office was not
slow to reward. He sent MI. Lowell as
minister to Spain, and three years later
transferred him to the English mission.
1t was particularly at London that the
poet diplomat showed his ability to do
other things besides make rhymes. AL
though he had nj momentous or knotty
questions to handle, he distinguished him
self as a high bred, courteous and com-
petent representative of the American re-
rr1h1to IN n rrovSo,,, x,;,s& Lo L,d Iaa.
made D. G. L.. and LII. D. of Cambridge.
the students of the University of St. An
drews elected him lord rector. But parties
rise and parties fall, so when Mr.. Cleve-
land assumed the presidential chair Mr..
Lowell prepared to abandon politics as
cheerfully as he had taken them up. He
went to Washington and introduced him
self as a man with his head under his
arm" who had come to save the services of
III executioner.
The remainder of his years were spent
chiefly in we'll earned ease. He lectured
some, Travelled and wrote, but not so eager
ly and voluminously as when life was at
its heyday. His first wife died nine years
after marriage. His second wife was his
companion for twenty-eight years. Then
she, too, died, and in his old age the man
who had made his mark in prose and poe
try, at the college professors desk, on the
lecture platform, in politics and diplomacy
saw with indifference the lamp of ambition
flicker and die out. His first poem brought
him no compensation; for his last short
production, "My Brook" he received
$1,000. He had years and honors and fame,
yet he was glad to go. "Why can you let
an old man dic?" he asked his daughter.
Then he turned his face to the wall and
his soul went forth on the wings of a sigh
Of peace.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-04
MR. LOWELL WHEN MINISTER TO ENGLA1

MR.. LOWELL WHEN MINISTER TO ENGLAND.
self. His inclinations were those of the
conservative and aristocrat. His judg-
ment set his feet in the path trod by the
common people. Some inkling of the ever
existing struggle may be CLEANED from
these verses. of which he is the author:
It may be glorious to write
Thoughts hat shall glad the two or three
High souls, like those far stars that came in
sight
Once in a century;
But better far 1t Is to speak
One simple word, which now and then
Shall wake their freer nature in the weak %
And friendless sons of men.
In studying Lowell's works, particularly
those in rhyme, n is struck with another
proof of capacity for growth. His earlier
poems show that he had read closely and
with admiration the writings of Byron and
Southey. Yet even then the devotion of q
student to his literary masters disappeared
on the demands Of strong emotion, as Is
aAI MI LEA ~ taIAlL EEt y.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-04
Common Sense Dresses.

I'VE neal a great deal about common
sense shoes and rational dressing,' said a
matron as she crowded the last parcel into
her travelling bag and shut the clasp.
breathing, as she did so, a little sigh of sat
isfaction, "but a good deal of what ia
called rational is but another name for
some lady's fads and fancies. To reduce the
subject to its simplest terms, such dress
ing has anything but the elements of COM
fort which it's sponsors claim for it. /
know for I have tried it. In fact, I think
I have tried everything that promised ease
and restfulness, and nothing phases me as
we'll as a dress of my own arranging.
II use nuns serge, and make the skirt
just to clear the ground. The waist is a
Norfolk blouse and Ia sbelted in. The
sleeves areloose enough to be comfortable.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-04
TRYING TO MAKE RAIN,

Some Experiments That May Prove Sue
cessful.
General Dyrenfurth has exploded his ex-
detrimental bombs near Midland, Tex, and
rain has followed. 1t was a fairly good
rain, too, and came but twelve hours after
the experiment. But of course one such
experiment proves nothing, especially at a
season when rain is likely to come at any
time.
The general himself is not at all conf
dent, but thinks the trial will result in
great gain even if it proves the negative,
for there is a widespread belief that artifl-
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-04
AIR N SUN T

wonderful Effects of Natures Aids on the
Tired and Nervous Housewife.
Every woman has known evil hours in
which she grew ~unaccountably nervous
and out of sorts, in which she was too rest
less to remain idle, yet too dull and heavy
to absorb herself u~sefully in any occupa-
ton. Now this condition is deadly in its
effects upon the appearance.
1t makes the handsomest woman for the
non into an ugly n It blunts her ex-
preston and, seemingly for the moment,
even her features. It coarsens her COM
plexion; appears to make it grow thicker.
Her color loses it's delicacy and becomes
sallow. Her eyes lose their life.
It is impossible to be an even ordinarily
keen observer and not to have noticed this
again and again. The more sensitive q
woman's nervous organization the moro
apt is she to fall a prey to just such phases
of temporary distemper. Instead Of al
lowing them to run their course a simple
remedy should be applied.
1t consists of no more nor less than a
total disrobing followed by an air bath.
Lock your doors the next time this condi-
ton declares itself and try the recipe. A
woman well advanced in years, who all
Der life has enjoyed remarkable health and
a total immunity from nervous symptoms,
attributed, not long since, much Of her
excellent physical state and freshness of
appearance to this practice resorted to
whenever the moments of nervous discom-
fort alluded to threatened an approach.
Sun baths, taken in the same way, she
insisted. had kept her blood pure and
warm and vigorous past middle age. The
practice is of such potent avail that 1t is a
thousand pities more women should not be
alive to its health giving and Identifying
properties.
An air bath of five or ten minutes acts as
q total Alternative to the oppressed. restless
state of the nervous system. 1t does better
b a bath which, If one has already been
taken in the morning, cannot be always
repeated with perfect safety. After the
air bath dress again slowly, donning COM
pletely fresh linen and some crisp and
rather new gown.
The freshness of external attire is very
communicative. 1t is infallibly soothing.
Another suggestion worth careful noting
when you are feeling and looking dull eyed
and ugly bears indirectly upon the value Of
massage. Take your hair down and moisten
the scalp thoroughly with some good but
harmless hairdressing preparation. Then
with the tips of the fingers work the mois-
ture we'll into the scalp and comb the hair
out afterward with slow, soft, regular
movements.
This is excellent treatment for the hair,
as we'll as being i~ncomparably refreshing
to the whole person. If a hairdressing is
not at hand at the moment moisten the
finger tips with a little cologne cut with
water, or even with water alone. If you
afterward do up the hair in some way that
differs slightly from your customary man
ner you will find that your nerves have
become more quiet.-Herald of Health.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-04
Mme. de Stael's Hair.

Mime. de Stael, the religious skeptic,
scholar, wit and queen of the salons fire..
quented by such men as Tallyrand, Schil.
Ter, Mirabeau, Voltaire, Rousseau, De
Lafayette, Napoleon and Louis XVI, open.
ly confessed that, although she might not
wash her face once in a week, her front
hair had to be looked after every day, and
she wore a head dress of beaded crane
with a frill of little spiral curls running
across her forehead from ear to ear that
kept in curl, but caught fluff. feathers and
any dust that was fying.-St. Louis Globe.
Democrat.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-04
1t Was Only a slim,

1t was at an afternoon tea At a piano
sat a woman who was VIGOROUSLY good at
Chopin, but reveled also in Grieg and
Tschaikowsky and other of the weirdly
fascinating northern composers. Every
body listened, a thing which seldom hap.
pens.
In an alcove stood two One be-
longed to an old New York family. She
was quietly adored by the v richie.
But she was a woman of such unassuminp
character that assertion was impossible to
her. Bred in the aristocratic set, and
h~abituated to her environment, she took
things for granted that other women were
disagreeably conscious of. The woman be-
side her was by s,me cheerful affinity her
close friend, but she had a humber sta
ton in the world. She was a teacher, the
head of a department In a grammar
b A woman of grace and refinement,
distinguished In carriage, she was as much
at home as any woman in the room.
The woman at the piano finished playing
something by Heller amid the fluffy patter
Of gloved hands.
"Charming!" exclaimed the teacher,
"How delightful she isl" added the other
woman in the alcove-
Does she teach?" asked the first speaker.
"Oh, no" came the reply, ''she's a lady"
The teachers face scarcely changed, but
her friend, from whom the remark slipped
In the most involuntary way, had scarcely
pronounced the last word when she flushed
to her temples. She clutched her compan-
ions arm in the most painful embarrass-
ment. Forgive mel" she stammered, 81
do not misunderstood you," smiled the
teacher, with a gentleness that crowned her
with the highest title.
But it had been said!-New York Re-
corder.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-04
Aids to Household Cleanliness.

A tablespoonful of household, or pre-
pared liquid, ammonia to a pailful of
water in which f1annels are washed will
keep item as soft as when new. 1t Is also
an excellent cleanser and whitener of
white cotton goods. Borax is a valuable
agent In keeping the color Of muslins,
lawns and prints from fading. A teaspoon
full of finely powdered borax put in the
last water in which white clothes are
rinsed will whiten them surprisingly.
This is especially good to remove the vel
low that time gives to white garments
that have been laid aside for two or three
years.
1t may not be generally known, but fine
ly powdered borax is one of the best arti-
cles for a severe cold in the head. If a lit
tie is snuffed up the nose, the congested
membrane will give way before this sim
pie treatment and the nostrils be cleared
out in a short time.
At housekeeping time, probably more
than at any other, the worth of ammonia
and borax is thoroughly appreciated 10
wonderful lighteners Of labor. Painted
walls and other surfaces can be quickly
cleaned by washing with weak ammonia
water. Floors scrubbed with it come out
white and sweet smelling. 1t is good for
window washing, %scrubbing sinks, general
dish washing, in fact for anything where
the alkali of soap is needed to cut dirt or
grease.
Many h~ousekeepers use ammonia water
to clean carpets. If ingrains, it is put in
the water in which they are washed, but
If brussels, moquettes or still ~costlier
grades, after the carpets have been taken
up and thoroughly beaten, the floors
scrubbed and the carpets again laid and
tackled down, the surfaces are thoroughly
gone over with clean, white cloths rung out
of warm weak ammonia water to remove
any remaining dust and to freshen up the
colors. Ammonia in the proportion of a
teaspoonful to a teacup of warm water is
a cleanser of silverware, silver and gold
jewelry Golden Rodin Springfield Home
stead
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-04
An Old Time Minstrel,

The Oldest negro minstrel in America
with one exception, is said to be Paul Der,
ger, the turnkey Of a Philadelphia police
station. He is now sixty-fve years, and is
still noted for a melodious bass voice. In
his prime he sang before Presidents Van
Buren, and Polk at private audiences.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-04

tho mufled beat of the drum sounded the
signal for the band to follow The flag
draped casket, that little woman, with a
swift tide of color sweeping over her face,
futtered down the steps, in and out among
the horny handed bearers" across the
church to where the father sat with both
infants sound asleep.
Without waking either she tossed the
one up on n shoulder just where its
sleepy head fell in the hollow Of her Shout
der against her neck, tucked the other one
under her arm, but somehow so comfort
ably it never Weakened. Then she tripped
smilingly down the aisle so swiftly and
lightly and gracefully that, though she
wasn't exactly a pretty woman, and had
had both babies since she had bought a new
bonnet, and the seams in her dress bodice
weren't the right shape at all, any painter
or poet or mar with an ounce of blood in
his veins would have envied the fellow in
the bearskin, who seemed a little bit
ashamed.-Brooklyn Citizen.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-04

cially produced
conclusions of the
atmosphere u
rain, and if such
is not the case it is
well to know it.
The main diff
Guilty lies in the
fact that the air
nearest the earth
is often super
heated in hot
weather and there
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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-04
A Typical SuMrapist.

The secretary of a state Woman Suf
frage association says in a private letter;
Il have been driven the last few weeks
with the most heterogeneous mass Of
things-suffrage work, alumne work,
library work Il am librarian of a religious
society, house cleaning, preserving. ]
have already put up over seventy quarts
of berries. We grow them ourselves, hence
the quantity. We have three small chill
dren, each with a sweet tooth; hence also
the quantityl" We commend this in.
stance to those benighted individuals who
still think that the advocates of equal suf.
frage are not useful members of society in
in philanthropic lines, and that they never
know how to cook.-Woman's Journal.