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Telegram-herald., 1891-08-03

together 10 was a desirable change and
relief from the smells that rise from the
dusty streets below.
One corner of the roof seemed TO be o
regular bower Of vines and climbing
plants Morning glorics. scarlet beans
and asters overran an arbor made Of
heavy wire. Beneath all this mass Of
green and color a rustic chair was al
most hid from view.
The other corner of the housetop had
been arranged for solid comfort. The
roof was covered with Spanish mating,
and In convenient places lay several
fine rugs A pretty Japanese screen
shut off the entrance To q tent, the in
side Of which contained kitchen uten-
sils. thus protected. the mistress OF
the household bre-ved tea on an alcohol
stove. Two or three low-sixed tables
were decorated with bouquets and
dainty pieces Of china and cut glass
After inspecting the roof--the sum-
mer tea room. as our friend liked to
name tive fell 20 discussing the house
top a. place 10 invite your friends on
. summer night
Where" said he, in tone Of In
quiry, where can you find a cooler.
more comfortable place on a hot night
than on the roof? Here you can be
famed bv every gentle breeze that
blows. and here you can drink in the
ozone that comes aying over the city
from the ocean. New Workers who are
left IN town in SIMMER miss a great
deal when they fail 10 utilize their
housetops.'
''wN." he continued. "only to-day
vss rsofiaa western correspondence
account Of New York during the warm
weather. And then ne read aloud
scmsthing in this style. ''There IL little
comfort, Httle enjoyment in town when
the mercury climbs up in the pos. The
pavement beneath your feet is like hot
coal What shall ve say Of those days
when the steamlag air is like an inyisi-
hle sponge. when walls and pavements
emit waves of reflected heat2 In grill
ing weather the metropolis is a good
place 20 fiee from"
That may ali be 50. but the writer
evidently left the roof out ~ ms ac-
csfnnt. nose WnD are OoEa-rQ 20 stay
I'm town in July and August have
chance to enjoy summer night comfort
Here are ~ hot waves. nc bad smells.
no heat II gas. no gay aud festive flies.
aud besides you can have the enjoyment
OF a flower garden"
And now n few errests began 20 ar
rive. The chlislren we're marched of 20
bed By The tyrarnical maid- A tail pi-
s1o lamp of polished h~ass was drawn
MP - where ~e set ans Is shed = mel
low light. Around the srbor and in
front of ne tent were The rainhow
lights - Japanese lanterns. danciug for
al the woridli.ze frefies in she evening
wind
II ycu win exsuss ne said tse
hostess. Il can have la IN : few min
pteS." With a smIe she disappeared
beh N tae screen. The servant ar
ranged esairs ara,nH tle tables. and
SOON she sarounee8 thsf - was really
g. De served
And iollv iii.fe surrs-r party Il was.
The novelty g che whole aifair attnsl-
l. aaa.le she viands srpr:tnnx. What
Telegram-herald., 1891-08-03

via eo<d tonge= -@<@ ~ssaSHSn, s@s.<4-
warm biscuits. fruit. . glass q wfne snd
. euD Of tea. G*tls need DC ADDED Cigars
animated Lstsr on. some one wsfh
malice sfOrcthoasht bronsht oes ban
70 from It's hIding place. The music
was soon drowned by the voices of sing
ers, which rang Oxst clear and strong n
tbs night ar. The. little gathering
broke up about mislight. and good
night was said reluctantly 70 host and
hostess who had planned 50 pleasant an
enteFtainEnsnt
one clever dame decided 70 give .
Costume tea party" Almost all of the
Telegram-herald., 1891-08-03
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THIS season housstop parties are all
the go" Many and many family
are now taking tea ON the roof for the
first time II Is surprising how the
idea has travelled. A lady or gentleman
who has enjoyed the nosel experience
tells IL ''conadentiaIly" 10 some friend
who tries II. and the friend tells IL %
somebody else. and somebody else finds
IL delightful, and 40 each one passes
the secret" around What was last sea
son an innovation is likely this summer
u become fad"
''Can you come up 70 the house to-
MORROW evening? We are going 20 have
housetop tea party" That was the
gentle way my friend broke the news
10 me one day last summer.
"A house top tea?" queried L
Yea"
what kind of tea Is that?''
wait till yoa see one, and then you
WIN know everything"
"Al right"
Remember, I shall expect You at
eight O'Clock sharp"
La fact. few minutes ahead Of time
we pressed the electric button that
brought the aproned maid % the door.
-Yoa viii find Mr.. s. on the root, " re-
piled the low-voiced girl 70 our inter
rogatory. ''He told me to tell you TO
walk right upstairs"
Slightly wondering. We mounted one
fight, then another. still third, and
tired At tho knees aud half ont Of
breath we climbed the steep pair Of
stairs that led 10 the roof.
Once on the roof we had come upon q
quiet scene OF domestic felicity. There
sat our genial host, lounging in neglige
attire IN big armchair. Smoking the
pipe of peace be looked the picture Of
comfort. BY his side, swinging 10 and
fro with the gentle breeze, his mate re-
clined IN q hammock. Near at hand
two children were playing ard enjoy
ing themselves 10 their hearts content
After the first greetings were exchanged
the host said; This IS our summer tea
room. What do you think OF it?''
Then we took in the situation. The
roof was the kitchen. dining and draw
tng-rooTn. IL was also a blooming
flower garden All along the edge of
the roof was a double row of boxes,
each one filed with plants OF different
colors. The air was heavily laden with
pleasant perfume. The nostrils were
tickled by a stealing odor Of seranium
aad by the delicate .heliotrope. AL
Telegram-herald., 1891-08-03

teresting ono, the view by day or night
picturesque in the extreme. Those who
have never stood on the roof of an eight
or ten-stoTy fat. on a silvery moonlight
night, have missed a sight worth going
miles to see. Far out toward Sandy
Hook. the lights of Staten Island
twinkle and simmer like stars: the
blazing torch Of the statue OF Liberty
is n powerful beacon light; two great
cities arc chained together by dazzling
nccklace of rubies, pearls and diamonds
strung along the Brooklyn bridge. The
city housetop is a great place for those
who are left in town in summer.
L. j. VANCE.
Telegram-herald., 1891-08-03

Two gentlemen 81 opposite politics
meeting. one inquired The address -
san,s political celebrity, when the other
Indignantly answered: 4 sm proud TO
SAP. air, thar am shogiy isaorsss ~ q. +"
COB. ron srs proud - Yoar isnorsne~.
sh, slr'"
Yes. sns." replied tAa seiiissrsas
gentleman. eand whst then. sir'"
eoh. aethiax. .sr. sotsiax. oniT yea
have great deaf 80 es pFoad ef. thss's
al
Telegram-herald., 1891-08-03
InrrAaonAhlA.

A father who 10 fond Of telling hts M
tie son about the famous men Of old
time vas talking the other dsy about
one Of his favorise heroes. Philip Of
Macedon.
Il think BE should have been called
Philip tho Great" be said.
Just A. that moment Aunt Sally, the
coIored servant came Ia. She caught
the last skre> words "Fiil up De srste'''
she cried. why, r.s ies' pat bed o
r,eal rn -
Telegram-herald., 1891-08-03
ApCepurfata.

She-rn lovers ausrrels the girl al
ways has 90 take the initiative in the
making mp.
He-That's because. as rule. she II
already made up Mvnsey's Weekly.
Telegram-herald., 1891-08-03
ABOVE THE sKYLlGHTS.
Ho1sstop Parties ths Fad In New
York Now

How Gsth@mitss Eassrszla Friends en-
sanas>< Saxats--ESof e2rdsus for the
sS<y-~t-aom<s-Tas Best Flowers
s-a aos - ArrAzaxs Theta
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-24
Painted Wood Pencilings.

Martin Hagen and Charlie Danielson
went up to Washburn to get their seed
wheat.
E Editor Copeland, J.J. Robinson and A..
II. SpantOn were seen on our streets last
Saturday.
Miss Anna and Oscar Anderson are very
ill with the measles.
Mrs. Lizzie Crofte and children from
South Dakota is visiting her sister Mrs.
w. H. Mercer.
Charles and Alfred Staley went to Coal
Harbor, accompanied by Perfecto Fer
nandO.
JIG. Whitlock is in the city seeing about
his wood business.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
August Peterson of Slaughter sympathize
with them in the loss of their youngest
daughter Mollie.
Miss Emma Berglund is boarding
with Mrs. S. A. Peterson so as to attend
school.
H. w. Cupples was down from Wash
burn to see Col. Jack Dwyer.
Several Bismarck hunters have been up
here shooting wild geese.
Eric DanielsOn has been in Washburn
canvasSing for a book.
w. II. GarmOn returned from a short
trip to the capital city on Friday:
JACK G. HILO.
Painted Woods, April 16, 1891.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-24
InCendiariSm.

At daylight Friday morning the
alarm bell on city hall sounded and pro-
claimed that the need of Bismarck fire.
men had again arrived. On investigation
it proved to be the barn in the Fourth
ward !directly south of John Robidou's
place. The department answered the sum-
mons promptly and in a short time the
flames were drowned out. The chemical
did most of the work and was assisted by
hose No. l. No 2 were on hand in good
shape, but their services were not required
and they did not unrcel. The property
that was on fire is the same that was the
scene Of the flames some days
ago and it was evidently the in
tentiOn of the parties connected
with this job to finish what had been COM
menced then. 1t was only a few hours
before the alarm sounded that Chief Van
Horn and the insurance adjusters had
visited the barn, examined the entire place
and figured ont the loss. AT that time
there was no signs of flames and no smoke
or smell of fire. The origin of the trouble
last night may not be clearly known and
yet the signs all point one way-incendiar-
ism: The fire was started in the west end
OF the building and in the very best place
for the same to make a complete sweep of
the remnants of what was once a nice piece
OF property.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-24
Paving to See Himself Perform.

The following amusing incident hap
pened to Mr.. j. w. Turner, proprietor Of
the Turner Opera company, while at the
Grand Theatre, Birmingham. Being rather
late arriving at the ]tleater one evening he
proceeded to the front entrance to save
time in going round to the stage door. AS
he was passing the ticket Office he was
pulled up rather sharply by the collector
with.
"Whcrc's your ticket?"
81 haven't got one" was the meek reply;
I'm Mr.. J. w. Turner"
"You don't say SOP" was the sarcastic
rejoinder. 'Tve had your sort here be-
fore; but you're not coming in without a
ticket"
All his efforts to prove his identity were
fruitlcss, so, seeing that further argument
was useless, he was on the point Of paying
for admission when he was instantly rec
ognized by one of the officials, who, taking
in the situation at a glance, came and ex-
planned matters to the thunderstruck tick
ct collector, who was profuse with apollo
gies. Mr.. Turner laughed heartily at the
idea of paying to see himself perform -
London Tit Bits.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-24
Slaughter Items.

Little Mollie, the youngest daughter Of
Mr.. August Peterson, of this place,
died a few days ago, Of consumption. Mol
lie was a bright little girl and a f~avorite
with all who knew her because of her low
ing disposition. Many friends sympathize
with the bereaved parents.
Mrs. DR.. Slaughter spent two days here
last week, arranging for the spring crop.
Mr.. Asplund will put in her land on shares
this year.
Mrs. Andrew Oleson, who has been i'll
for som weeks, is recovering.
The storm last week left plenty of mOis-
ture on the wheat fields, and our farmers
feel encouraged to work for a crop this
season.
Mr.. Andrew Oleson and Mr.. Emil Back
man went to Bismarck on Friday. Mr..
Oleson has bought a new team of horses
for the springs work.
Since the snow has gone the blackcned
surface of the country still shows the dey-
astating traces of last falls prairie fire,
There is II grain of comfort left though,
and that is that the fire has burnt out ali
troublesome weeds in the fallow.
Plenty of water this spring in the ra-
vines, and the country is full Of miniature
lakes-a sure sign of a good season.
Our farmers wives hope to have a cash
market for their farm produce in Bismarck
this year. This will ensure to city house
wives an unfailing supply OF nice butter
and fresh eggs.
Slaughter, April Ii, 1891.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-24
From Fort Yates.

EDITOR TRIBUNE: Your correspondent
has learned from reliable authority that
Fort Lincoln will be abandoned IN the near
future and that the troops at that post will
be transferred here, and that a transfer
will be given Gen. Ruger from this depart.
ment to that of the Pacific, headquarters at
San Francisco. Now is the time for Bis
marck and Mandan and the Missouri slope
to demand of the government that Lincoln
shall be retained and strengthened. Gen,
Kruger was always opposed to Lincoln, and
now he is gong away, your chance will be
good for its retention.
Bishop Marty, of South Dakota, is here.
He is the greatest missionary since Father
DeSmet, and the Sioux love and venerate
him, and his coming here among them
would remind you of O. Fourth of July.
They flock around him like so many chill
dren, and he speaks to them just as a father
would to his family. No man holds the
hearts of Uncle Sans Sioux wards as
does Bishop Marty. They know they can
trust him. as he has always been their true
friend. While the red men are glad Of
Bishop Martyrs arrival, the white people
are correspondiugIy depressed because he
is going to take away with him
our dearly beloved priest and
friend, Rev. Father Mentally. His stay
amongst us has been for our spiritual
good. He has done more to bring souls
into the true light and to know and do
Gods holy will than all the priests who
were ever here, and l hope 1 am not proph-
esying the truth when l say, or ever will
be here. All the soldiers and citizens here
petitioned the bishop to let Father McNal-
ly remain, but the bishop said he was sorry
he could not do so, as he had a larger field
for him and a place of more Importance.
50 Father McNally has to 60, and not a
not alone Catholics, but Professionals as
we'll. We will all pray God to bless and
protect you, Father McNally, wherever
you go, and may our enemies be always
as few as at Fort Yates and your friends
as true, is the wish of us all.
ALSIA CRAIG.
Fort Yates, April 10, 1891.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-24
Derivation of Two Flowers Names,

A tuberose is not a rose, although the
majority of English speaking people say it
is, because they give the word only two
syllables-tube-rose. The tuber-ose is the
Polyanthes tuberosa, a Towering, dubious
plant, belonging to the East Indies. 1t has
knots, or tubers, connected into a bunch,
as in the potato.
Nor has our dandelion any connection
with a fop or a lion. To call a dandelion
akin in any way to the fop is as pertinent
as the translation certain English garden
ers give to the well known rose-the rose
DIES quatre saisons-the rose of the four
seasons, which they call the "Rose of the
Quarter Sessions" as though it had some
connection with the bench and the bar and
the administration of justice. The word
dandelion is from the French dent de lion,
the lions tooth, and in Greek the. flower is
the leontoden, also lions tooth, from the
shape of its petals, which are fancied to be
like the teeth Of lions.-Harper's Young
People.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-24
Electric BitterS.

This remedy is becoming so well known
and so popular as to need no special men-
ton. All who have used Electric Bitters
sing the same song of praise. A purer
me iicine does not exist and it Is guaranteed
to do all that is claimed. Electric Bitters
will cur all diseases of the liver and kid
neys, will remove pimples, boiIs, salt
rheum and other affections caused by inl-
pure blood. Will drive malaria from the
system and prevent as well as cure all
malarial fevers. For cure of headache,
constipation and indigestion try Electric
Bitters. Entire satisfaction guaranteed or
money refunded. Price so cents and 81
per bottle at IL. Brandrs drugstore.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-24
REARING
What n Veteran English Breeder Has to
Say About 1t.

n Veteran English Breeder Has to
Say About 1t.
John Handley, of Greenhead, West
noreldnd, who is one of the most sue.
cessful breeders and exhibitors in Eng
land today, gives in Tho Breeders Ga
zette his views on breeding as follows:
If l We're starting a new herd of Short
horns l should buy the best looking
females that l could lay hold of, COM
bining milking and beef producing quail
tiles, making doubly sure they were of a
good, sound constitutional family. We
breeders must endeavor to produce q
good milking Shorthorn, and when dry
a COW that will quickly get fat. I be-
lieve we have Shorthorns in this district
that combine, as a rule, the milking and
feeding properties in a way that no
other breed Of cattle in tho world can
equal.
As to the selection Of a male Short
horn as a sire for stock purposes gener-
ally, 1 am always particular to try to
obtain an animal with the best individ-
ual merit; l always hesitate to use a bull
unless he is descended from a good milk
ing family. His dam ought to have a
good sized and nicely shaped udder, and
his grandam also. During the last ten
or fifteen years l have used bulls de-
scended from the champion Royal En-
glish blood. If any person asks me
what l would prefer to use as a sire I
should reply a Champion of England
bull descended from a first class family
on both male and female side. | may
state that l have had the pleasure of US
ing in the Greenhead herd of Shorthorns
something like ten Royal and Highland
of Scotland first and champion prize
winners during the last ten years. Ny
motto in buying a male animal for herd
purposes is, buy the best animal + can
lay hold of descended from good milk
and beef producing parents, giving fash
ionable and line breeding only a second
airy consideration.
In breeding Shorthorns Of the present
day, when fashion and line breeding are
fast dying out of date, it is good looking
and strong constitutional and robust
animals that breeders must try and
breed to make Shorthorn breeding pay.
1t is my humble opinion that fashionable
or line breeding and the craze that some
people got for blood and fashion was the
greatest curse that ever occurred in
S%horthorn breeding.
The sires that have generally been
used at Greenhead have had Il strong ad-
mixture Of Booth blood. From no one
herd in Great Britain of late years, l be-
lieve, have descended more Royal and
Highland winners than the herd of the
late William Linton, of Sheriff Hutton,
w. York, who generally used pure Booth
sires and who was the breeder of Sir
Arthur Ingram and Beau Benedict, used
at Greenhead and Englewood Bank, two
of the most impressive sires of late years,
and from which more Royal and High
land winners have descended than al
most any other two bulls. If you have
good sires and good dams l think people
are bound to breed something good,
either for the show yard or the sale
ring.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-24
Points of Interest,

This fact stands out in the midst Of
the disastrous experience of numerous
sheep raisers in the past half dozen
years: The price Of wool has been like
the Indians description of the white
man, mighty onsartain," but more and
more mutton has been consumed every
year. The inhabitants of the United
States are becoming a sheep eating peo-
pie, and you can depend on that. When
wool does not pay, therefore, you can be
sure that good fat mutton always will.
In western Colorado mutton brings a
better price per pound than beef.
The hogs of Maine, Rhode Island and
Connecticut bring the highest price per
head of those Of any of the states.
The year 1890 has added more than a
thousand new trotters to the 2:3O list in
America.
A movement is now on foot to cross
the American trotting horse with En-
gish hackneys. 1t is expected that from
this cross an animal will result which
will possess the speed of the trotter and
the strength and size Of the hackney.
It is hoped to produce a superior car
rage horse from the cross.
Big hogs are raised in South Dakota in
spite of the belief that swine thrive best
in a warmer climate. A farmer near
Sioux Falls lately sold s~eventy-fve hogs
that averaged S75 pounds apiece. But
how old were they?
If the sheep is healthy and growing,
putting on flesh instead of shrinking,
the mutton will not have a woolly favor.
It is the sheep that is or the down grade
that produces woolly mutton.-Field
and Farm.
Eastern farmers should think how it
would seem to go out among their herds
some morning and find that from fifty
to a hundred of their best and latest
cattle have been killed or stolen during
the night. This is what the redskins
have been at in some localities.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-24
True Independence.

The stock farmer has the most indie.
pendent life in the world, says The West
ern Agriculturist. His stock and grass
grows day and night, rain or shine, with
out u host of hands to feed and pay off.
He is more independent of the bad sea-
n than the grain grower, who loses a
crop when the season is bad. True,
there is nothing now to brag of in prices
Of stock, but still it is better than any
other business on the farm, and if we
have high grade stock we get the top of
the markets hat pay well even in these
times.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-24

and companies agree in the statement that
the city has never expended money on its
fire department that was more beneficial.
1t inspired enthusiasm. competition and
rivalry among the members of the various
companies; and while at times the extent
of rivalry may have appeared to have been
uncalled, it served to educate our members
to a more proficient use of the apparatus.
In conclusion permit mt to say that in
my judgment the success of the depart
ment in past years has been largely due to
the interest manifested in and a liberal
policy toward the department by your hon
orable body. Your obedient servant,
A. VAN Horn,
Acting Chief Engineer.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-04-24
The WOolly West.

The Big Timber Pioneer ike pride
in recounting the following facts to the
credit of its town and county in general:
One million six hundred thousand pounds
of wool shipped from Big Timber the
past season, valued at IS cents per pound;
$4,000 mutton sheep shipped, valued at
50. 10 per head; $1,000 stock sheep sold to
Dakota parties at an average of $3.50
per head; nine cars of cattle shipped at a
value of $35 per head.-Montana Live
Stock journal.