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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
Plain Windows Are Fashionable,

The blue glass craze had it's day and its
use. 1t disfgured many 4 house, but it
marked a new era. Up to it's advent
womankind who could afford the luxury
sat in twilight gloom spelling their pretty
eyes over decorative art'' in all it's phases.
When, therefore, it came to pass that fash
ion decreed a daily penance of four or five
hours under the influence of the sun fl
tered through this melancholy color, de-
spite herself the victim really got a good
deal of natural warmth and light at second
hand. Even at such a disadvantage the
fad proved a wonderful rejuvenator, ap-
2earing as it did when the race of vigor-
GUS American women seemed threatened
with extinction. Things are botter now.
Sunlight is prescribed by the :anons Of
society" The housewife cares less to
preserve the colors of carpet and rug than
that her house should be bright and CHEEKY.
Schools are beginning to reckon sunshine
among their advantages. Churches no
longer regard a dim, religious light" es-
sential to devout frame of mind. Railways
provide observation cars for their patrons.
Let us hope that the window, pure and
simple, has come to stay. and be duly
thankful.-Chicago Herald.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31

brown braid and worked with brown silk,
would be neat, or blue denim, with blue
decorations, or gray linen, With red or
deep gold color. In default of a regular
music cabinet these envelopes may lie on
any table, or on a chair standing Beside
the piano, or even on the piano itself.
A set of these music envelopes would be
a very welcome gift for a friend devoted to
the divine art in any of its forms.-Har.
per's Bazaar.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
Proof That Men Notice Women's Dress.


There is no doubt about it that the old
idea that nothing escapes the eye of the
poet is true, for Petrarch noted the tender
green and the glowing pile of the velvet
gown that Laura wore, as we'll as the great
bunch of purple violets at her throat, at
her waist and in the hand of the gentle
lady. Tennyson fingers lovingly over the
fairness of Elaine in her shabby gown,
Swinburne tells of a beauty in a scarlet
hood, Rossetti delights in describing full,
soft folds of white, and Owen Meredith
tells of a shimmering of silk worn by the
women who lived in his poems as well as
in his life. This is just a little sermon to
remind w~olnankind that men do notice
what they wear, and that when these men
are poets they write about it. So, after
all, it is worth while to dress for mankind.
EXCHANGE,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
Practical Results of Beuevo,eno.

San Francisco is already beginning to
get practical results from the munifcence.
of Mrs. Leland Stanford, who recently gave
100000 for the endowment Of five free
kindergartens for the poor children Of the
city. The authorities say that as a conse-
quence they notice an apprecaable improve
ment In the moral tone Of the tenement
districts, and a decided falling off in the
number of "hoodlams" infesting the
streets.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
Women in the English P%ostoface.

There are now nearly 700 lady clerks en-
ployed at the general postofice in receipt
of salaries ranging from e65 to ESQ or G17O
per annum. OF course by far the larger
proportion is to be found in the second
class, where there are over $50 at a salary
beginning at 965 and rising by annual in
crements of G3 to ESQ. In the first class
division there are about eighty-seven clerks,
the maximum salary being e1l0, while
principal clerks, of whom there are about
twenty, can rise to e17O a year.-London
Tit-Bits-
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
Especial Correspondence

M~oRR1sTowN, N. j., July 9o.-It appears
to be the general belief of all people who
are capable of thinking that no other liv-
ing being is so much at sea as a country
man in the city. Neither a cat in a strange
garnet nor a needle in a haystack can be
successfully used as a figure of speech to
give an idea of how utterly and irretriev-
ably lost a countryman is in the city. This
argument has been so long successfully
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
A Custom House incident.

A funny tariff case is reported from a
German port Of entry. The custom house
agent assessed as poultry" a collection Of
butterflies because they had wings. After
much argument and delay the specimens
were passed free as objects Of science and
art.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
Self Supporting.

1t is pleasant and hopeful to note that SO
many of the young women of America are
learning to value the mental powers and
the education that will make it possible
for them to support themselves if the ne
cessity for doing so should arise. The
daughters of comparatively wealthy men
are not infrequently found assisting their
fathers in the Office or counting room as
typewriters or accountants.
Many so called fashionable ladies make
their own dresses and hats, we are told,
having gone through a regular course of
instruction in the art of millinery and
dressmaking. An instance recently came
to the notice of the writer that has in it a
lesson for women who give no thought to
the state of dependence to which they
would be reduced if their parents or hus-
bands should die, leaving them unprovided
for.
A lady who had a beautiful home and
three little children, and whose husband
was supposed to be comparatively wealthy,
one day found herself a widow and almost
penniless, her husband having been en-
gagged in unfortunate speculations just be-
fore his death.
The ladies' friends were profuse in their
ofers of sympathy, while wondering
"whac in the world she would do now"
She knew just what she would do.
Within a month she had opened a MILL
merry establishment chat at once became
very popular and profitable, for the bon
nets she had worn in the past had been
such models of elegance that her fashion
able friends were glad to take advantage
of her good taste. They never dreamed
that she had made those bonnets herself,
nor did they know that she had privately
given herself a very good business educa-
ton.
She was successful from the first, and
the praises she received for her cleverness
and good sense would have turned the
head of a less sensible woman.-Youth's
Companion.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31

More than half a million of enthusiastic
women are united in philanthropic, intel.
lectual and cooperate work for the ad,
vancement of the interests and privileges
of womanhood in the great national asso-
Citations incorporated under the names of
the National Woman's Christian associa-
ton, National Suffrage association, Ma.
tional Centenary Association of the Uni
versalist church, the Wimodaughsis, the
Kings Daughters and the Association of
Working Girls societies.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
A BURNING QUESTION.
RURAL AND CITY READERS WILL Be
INTERESTED IN THIS.

(which Is the More at Sea, a City MAJ
in. he Country or a Countryman in the
City?'-Whnt Mr.. Munkittrick Think
About 1t.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
Walking and Dancing.

If a part of the time spent by young
women in the drawing room were devoted
to outdoor recreation there would be 8
marked improvement in their health and
general appearance. There would be roses
in their cheeks and vigor in their step, in.
stead of sallowness and listlessness. With
health comes beauty of face and form as
we'll as sweetness Of disposition.
Social dissipation is the bane of woman's
life. A weeks vital force is wasted in one
night of ballroom excitement; and woman,
unlike her sturdier brother, denies herself
the means of regeneration afforded by con.
tact with sun and air. Hence she ages fast.
Some curious persons, with the aid of q
pedometer, has ascertained that the dis.
lance traversed during an evening OF
twenty-five d. aces is thirteen and one-hal1
miles, and this, too, in a foul atmosphere
Ii the average girl were asked to take &
walk of anything like this distance she
would treat the proposition N among the
impossibilities.-Georg Simmons in Wash.
fngton Star.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31

An Easy and Durable Way to Sow Sheets.
When ones household is large and there
are numerous beds to be kept clean, try
our way OF making sheets and pillowslips.
l found ! could not take time to sew the
long seams t'over and over" and hand
stitch the hens, as my neat, careful mother
had taught me. But she did not have to
keep nine or ten beds running, year in and
year out-haH Of them for farm hands,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31

Soft water is better than hard,for boil
ing vegetables, as the hard water toughens
them. When cooking always keep the
kettle boiling, then if meat, vegetables or
anything you may be boiling needs more
water you can add it without stopping the
boiling process, ga
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31

The Archduchess Maria Theresa. of Aus
tria, is a clever goldsmith, and her init
mate and favored friends and members OF
her family are the happy recipients of gold
brooefhes designed and executed BY tbs
noblt lady,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31

A troublesome cough may be relieved by
q strip of onions made by slicing raw
onions into a bowl in alternate layers with
white sugar. Cover and set in the oven
until the juice is extracted; but to avoid
waste squeeze onions, strip and all through
q strong cloth until no more juice is to be
had. Give this strip at intervals, and
there is no danger of giving too much, for
it will do no harm,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31

Some women by hard labor in the fruit
season sell canned fruit enough to supply
most of their needs for the remainder OF
the year. Any person supplying a good
article of food is sure of success. There
are fewer fluctuations than in embroider.
les and paintings.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31

Mrs. General Custer is one of the few
semi-professional women in New York who
can hold the interest of a school full of
boys. In her talks on frontier life to these
restless audiences, who must be interested
before they will consent to be instructed,
she begins with some true Indian stories,
bristling with ~tomahawks, feathers and
scalps, and presently has the listeners
spellbound.
Mrs. James T.. Field, of Boston, the
widow Of the publisher, is said to possess
one of the. largest private literary collec-
tions in the world. In the library are quan.
titles of valuable original MSS. and auto
graph letters, and in the garden at the rear
of the house grow trees that were planted
by many famous authors and public men.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-10-22

front The lack of employment renders
the immigrants both ready and willing
to do any work tkat presents itself, and
the short-handed gang of ailors, pulling
on a rope. invariably finds d number of
willing helpers among the able bodied
passengers.
II the weather is good the passage is
generally enjoyable, for most Of the
time can be spent in the open air; but il
stormy, the sufferin9s of the crowds in
the Storage are often severe When
heavy winds and high seas prevail the
matches must Of course be closed, ana IN
that case hundreds Of human beings are
shut up in narrow quarters with little
opportunity for ventilation, and the dis
comfort is often extreme
Every ship coming from Europe to
America has q class OF passengers who
in every respect are very undesirable.
No matter how close the watch or how
scrupulous the inspection before the
ship'leaves the dock, persons are almost
certain to conceal themselves some
where about the vessel, to be discov-
cred only when the ship is we'll out at
sea. If found before the pilot is
dropped they are sent back in the
plot boat, but knowing that a rigid
search will be made for them they gen
orally conceal themselves etfectually,
and do not appear until the ship is a day
or so out of port When found they
are roughly treated, and are generally
sent down and put to work in the fur
mace room shOyeIing coal Their fate
in this quarter Of the ship is anything
but enviabe, for in the boiler rooms the
temperature frequently goes up to 1870
degrees, and even the practiced fremen
are sometimes forced to leave their
quarters and come up for air. Ii the
stoWaway refuses to work he is kicked,
beaten, starved, often put in irons and
thrown into the 10 d, there to remain
until the end OF the voyage. In spite
of the fact that he is likely to be re-
turned to Europe on the same vessel
that took him out, he comes on every
voyage, and in some OF the large packets
as many as seventeen stOWaWays have
been found when the ship got fairly
to sea.
But every stOWaWay, immigrant and
cabin passenger has al equal interest in
the end Of the voyage, and when pass
ing up the harbor to New York all look
with eager eyes at what TO them is a
new world. At Quarantine the ship is
stopped and the examining physicians go
on board The cabin passengers are
usually exempt from the inspection at
Quarantine unless there be sickness
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-10-22

tion of passengers, but of crew, and ev-
cry outward-tOund steamer is obliged to
comply with the regulations laid down
by the BOARD of Trade. Usually, as the
vessel passes down the harbOr, the crew
is paradGd on deck, Board Of Trade
Commissioner calls the roll, while his
associates scrutini2e the members of the
crew to ascertain if they are all present
and if all are able bodied men. This
ceremony, which is by no means for
maIity, being over, the boats are exam
ined to see if food and water are stored
in them, and the Commissioners desig-
nate one which shall be launched. 1t is
let down from the side, two or more sea-
men take their places in it, and row
around the ship to prove the seaWcrthl-
ness Of the little craft. All these opera
tions, so directly in their own interest,
are watched with eager eyes by the
passengers, both cabin and SteeragG, to
most of whom the ceremony is entirely
new.
Among the 1900 Or 1900 passen-
gers Of a great packet there are usually
re representatives. Of every nation in
Europe Twenty or thirty languages
are spoken, and as the quarters are
crowded there is apparently no end TO
the disagreement among the occupants
of the lower regions in the bow Of the
ship. Every little while, as prelimina-
rieS for sailing progress, and generally
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-10-22

agents have penetrated into every nook
and corner Of Europe, everywhere offer
ing inducements to volunteers to leave
their native lands and settle in the
country Of the Great Eagle From the
time the foreign pc SAINT or artisan quits
his native village he is in charge Of
agents who retain an interest in his well
fare, not only until his arrival in Amer
lea, but in many cases until he is sett ed
=, the land designed for him in some
Wcste n State. As the sailing day of
any particular steamer approaches the
cheaper lOd2 ing houses In the vicinity Of
the wharyes and docks are filled up with
men and women whose baggage pro-
claims the character of its owners. Men
of all descriptions appear on the Streets
carrying trunks, chests, and boxes con-
tanning the worldly property of the bear
erS. They are followed by their wives
laden with bedding, C Othing and various
necesSariCS, and on the morning OF the
steamer departure Slngularly hcterO-
geneouS crowd is gathered on the wharf
waiting admission to the Storage. Ger
mans. with wooden shoes and long, Ioppy
pireS are there, their baggage red0Ient
of various odoriferous articles Of food,
Frcnchmen are there, displaying even in
poverty some evidcn eS Of taste and
refinement There are Italians, black
bearded, fierce ca h probably having a
stiletto concealed somewhere about his
person. There are Hungaran5 from
the Valley Of the Danube, I oles from
North Austria, Russian Jews, Spaniards,
Portuguese, HWedes and NorWegianS-
al going to the Land of Promise.
Should the steamer touch at an English
port, the little asSemblage is increased
by the addition Of a few hundred Irish
men, sorrowful at leaving their beauti-
full island but soon forgetting their
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-10-22

through different ordeal The cabin
pa sengers are landed at the wharf; the
entire population OF the steerage is
taken in a barge which, towed by tug,
proceeds to Castle Garden, where the
Immigrants are penned up, brought up
one bv one and examined. After ascer-
tanning their age, and some other par
ticulars. they are catechised as to the
amount of funds in their possession, in
order to ascertain whether they are
likely to become burdens to the public,
and the stowaways and pauperS are
singled out and sent back from whence
they came, tor, the steamship company
being under heavy bond, is required to
return them. The others are released
after their examination and inspection,
and scatter to al parts of the country,
soon to become citizens
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-10-22

| ignorant. There is perpetual pickering
about the quarters, about tie food,
about the beGdjng; innumerable small
tholts occur, which give rise to noisy
wranglCs, participated in by both men
and women. "OniV row in the steer
age" is on board Shi Il sufficient eNpla
nation for any Il sual racket that may
chance to be overheard. Though there
is much talking there is very little fight
ing, for steamer regulations are very
strict, and when brawlS go bcy Ond the
limits Of wordy warfare intorferolrc By
a petty o!Icer and two or three brawny
sailors usually settles the dilticu ty ia
, short order
i he population Of the ste rage is GEN
orally composed of working people, men
and women Of active habits, accustomed
TO much outdoor life. an who q e, as a
conSe Juencc. extremely tmPa lent of b.
| ing shut up in the narrow space ailOtt ID
| to their daily life on board ship, Dur
| ing their week or t3O o confinement
they find themselves ha pressed for
amusement In their effort to entertain
themselves and pass the time, they are
commonly assisted by the cabin paSson-
gers, who frequently make up small
purses for races and for con .estS in
| wreStl n and boxing. The "tug of war
| is favorite sport, a long rope being
provided: two champions, generally of
different nationaitieS choosing their
sides and the followers Of each side pull
| ing against each other. National emu
| latiou in these contests is usually strong,
and the IriShmau will ert himself far
more when pulling against an English
man, Just as the Erenchman foels it nee
esSary to redoube his vigor when pitted
against the German. 1t does not take
much to awaken an interest in anything
on board ship, and contests of this kind
| invariably have for an audience every
| body who is not seaSick.
| The distinction between the Storage
and the cabin passengers is sharply
drawn. In many ships a barrier is
erected between the two portions of the
vessel: in others rope stretched across,
| aft of which no Storage Pa senger is al
| lowed to pass, answers the purpose. The
| population Of the steerage seldom tres
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-10-22
That FIs W ,ry III G 5losue.

One must resort to description
when a name is to be spoken that has
slipped entirely out of mind. The
Northern Christian Advocate says:
A certain young theologue went
down from Princeton to Philadelphia
to preach. He was one of those ex-
tremely flOwery writers who dazzle
rhetoric2lly the tender souls of the
younger members Of the congregation,
and the elders were besieged to have
him d0Wa again. They at length
consented. but, alas. they had forgot
ten his name. SO they wrote to one
Of the seminary professors, saying:
"Please send US that tioworet, stream
let, riyulet, starlight man to preach
for US. next Sabbath. We have for
gotten his name, but we have no
doubt you will be able to recognize
nina"
He was recognized. He was sent.
He became pastor of the church.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-10-22
Our Immigrants.

Public attention is at present Icing
called with no little emphasis to the ex-
tent of foreign immigration to this
country. The number of those who
come is attracting serious consic GRAFTON
from legislators and statesmen, While
the character Of the immigration is
causing moralists and publicists no little
concern. Something has already been
done in the way of restricting the influx
of an undesirable clement of foreigners,
but what has been accomplished in this
way is probably very little compared
with what will be done soon after the
assembling of the next Congress.
Whatever may have been the adj
yantages or disadvantages of wholesale
immigration such as we have for few
years past experienced, it is certain that
no more interesting study of human ma
ture in all it's phases is presented than
in the steerage Of large steamer bound
for the United States. For months be-
fore the sailing day immigration agents
have been at work. Sent out by States
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-10-22

1t was in the police court and the
prisoner was the 15-year-old son of a
well-known sneak-thief. go" in
Quired the court, stenrly, "you are Slick
Toms SOM" Eyes, yer honor" replied
the boy, with, say, pardonable pride.
And you take after your illustriOus
father. ! see?" observed the court, sar-
castically. NO, your honor, l don't,
Begin your pardon for contradiction.
My father amt that kind Of man.
He don't leave nothin' after him fer
me nor nobody else to take" And
the young one drew himself up with
more pride than eyer.-DetrOit Free
Press
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-10-22

among them which requires the attcn-
ton Of pllySic an: but the stec!age
passengers are p&raded on the forward
deck, and one by one they Fl c rat tie
doctors, wh) tur2 aside from the lire
for further animation every case by
them considered to be in the least de-
gree suspicious. If the ship arrives at
night, she is anchored in the stream and
4 Custom House guard put on board to
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-10-22

prevent anyone entering or leaving.
The passengers arc questioned as to
their property, and required to declare
whether they have anything new or
dutiable They make their declara-
tions, and the next morning. when the
steamer moves up to the wharf, their
statements are placed in the hands of
the Custom House examiners. who search
their luggage for articles liable to the
customs duties
The steerage passengers, however, go
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-10-22

trouble in looking to the future Side
by side with them are Scotchmen, al
ways ready to turn an honest penny.
and Englishmen, always in the peculiar
smocll- frock so much worn in the coun-
try districts of South England, The
cockney, with his tweed suit and tourist
helmet encircled by veil, has no place
in the steerage; he may be seen looking
from the cabin quarters, but must be
much reduced, both in pride and for
tune, if he will condescend to take pas
sage in the steerage.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-10-22
= Startling Lesson.

4 temperance lecturer once threw
upon the screen the micrO-Organisms
in q drop Of water, to the astonish-
ment Of his audience. Then, on the
slide, he put a minute portion Of
whisky. About to make his point a
voice from the rear shouted out, "Ill
never take another drink of water
without drop of whisky in it,"