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The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-09-03
A Fairy Tale from Arabia.

Anent the ease with which sen.
fences are twisted and their mean
ing colored by a stroke of the pencil,
l am reminded of IN oriental legend,
related to me recently at a dinner
party by Mile. Azeez, the Syrian
lecturer. Mile. Azeez is an accom-
plished linguist and of course reads
and speaks Arabic with native
huency. The Arabic language"
said she, ifIquote her correctly from
memory, lis peculiar. There are in
some instances as many as seventy
different words to express the same
meaning, and then, toe, the erasure
u addition of a dot will entirely re-
verse the meaning Of q whole lara
graph. There is a legend in Syria to
the effect that one of the kings mir
listers onc took q dislike to the
queen, and wrote q slanderous cpl
tibet concerning her on the walls sur
rounding the palace.
Tho authorship was fixed upon
him, and the kings soldiery took him
into custody. His head was in dan.
ger. AS he was being conducted to
the audience chamber the escort
passed the place where he had pub
lished the SANDER on the queen. He
hurried and covertly erased q single
dot. When arraigned he declared
that it had been his intention 10 fiat
ter the queen, and begged his sover
eign to send learned men that they
might read the inscription Alright.
This was done. and the wise men, in
stead of q calumny, found q poem
dedicated TO the beauty and amiabil-
ity Of her majesty New York
Letter.
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iorelli was a man of huInor and
who took a malicious pleasure
dullness ridiculous. Il re
mber,' says Sir Austen LayarI.
bee going with him to see a Ilr
E which its owner attributed to
inO, and with respect to which he
to have Morelli's opinion.
Ter looking at it for Il moment
relli said very %gravely, 'Lui-no,'
b slight emphasis on the no.
| owner was delighted and
Eted that his picture had been
genuine by the great
San Francisco Argo-
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An amusing little incident once DC.
CURED to me when calling upon Il
veterinary surgeon we'll known III
the northeast district OF London. |
had to serve him with Il subpoena.
sumnlonin% him to give evidence as Il
witness, aud being reluctant to waste
perhaps IL whole day or even more
upon the case, he refused to take il
unless more conduct money We're
added. OF course | received my i'll.
structions, and merely laying the
paper upon his person being good
service" round and round the table
in his front sitting room we went, |
endeavorin% to place it upon him, he
lodging backward to keep ont of the
way.
However, after II lengthy go-as,
yOu-plclsO race on Il track that was,
goodness only knows, how many
laps to the mile, he suddenly burst
out laughing at the oddity of the sit
uation, and breathless with eXertion
accepted the subp1na.-London Tit
Bits.
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Gathering iiuckleberrics.

Hucllebcriics are retailed by New
York fruit dealers in small boxes and
baskets, hut the great blue buckle
berries of the Delaware swamps still
come to town III Yankee buckets. as
the ordinary hoped and painted
wooden bucket for domestic use is
generally called south Of Mason and
DiEon's line. The swamp buckle.
berry bush grows to Il height of eight
OF ten feet, aud the berries are gath
cred by Men. women and children.
who enter The mosquito haunted
swamps, @,read sheets under the
bushes and -llke off the berries by
thc bushcl The Adirondack buckle.
h"lTy blsA lows to 4 height Of from
eight to q ,lteen inches. and the Der
gies are gathered not Wand. hut b.
he cupful.
! berry gathcrel goes through the
bushes, cUpin one hand and o larger
vessel Of OH sort hung 70 his side.
As h. walks he whips hiscup, mouth
forward. abort through the bushes.
and quietly fills it with leaves and
berries. ~ the leaves rise to the
top they are taken of, when the cup
fills and the berries are east into the
larger vessel. In this way camping
parties gathermany bushels Of hucl-
lebcrIies il 4 single day.-Ncw York
S1D
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Did You ever visit ten cent circus.
No: Then q great treat is still! in
store for you. That *, if you can
properly appreciate fun and low
humor, especially humpr Of the III
voluntary kind. For in those Gle
ments Of an enjoyable entertainment
the ten cent circus is way above the
fifty cent and one dollar circus.
There j. III fact more real live fun TO
the sluar" inch in any one of these
low priced shows-the lower the bet
ter-than there is in the high priced
ones to the square yard. And any
time You and Your friends Jones and
Smith-both OF them nice. Jolly fel-
lows like yoursclf-waut to have a
genuine riproaring time Of it just
follow my advice and go to an even
ings or afternoons performance ut
any one Of IL" cheap clrcuses daring
the season. You'll get about Il do.
lars worth Of fun to every cent e@-
pended. Chicago Herald.
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Imet half Il dozen fellow creatures
in Piccadilly the orhrr day, not mere
sandwich men" but every inch Of
them spaced out with myriads Of al.
vertisemcutS, ranging from tea to
trousers, and with this amazing an
nouncemcut on their fOreheads;
Spaces to be let on sixty men" This
opens Il new vista OF employment in
deed. Each man will be paid of
course according 50 his superficial
area. and therefore very fat people
will be sure of a large and probably
increasing income. james Payn's
Letter.
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WHO KNOWS.

.nows we have not lived before
\ ,'rns that felt delight and paint
9th Is not the open door
through which we pass to life againi
%,,r;tful seed beneath the sod
liant bud and bloom may rise:
II, the eternal laws Of God
" '. !, not quickened till it dies.
. la yes that tremble on the tree
DE- ~ meath the stroke of autumn's storms;
|" hv some mighty mystery,
with spring return In other forms.
,rrrents of the surging sea
s.om undiscovered sources flow.
l.hat we were and yet may be.
IN Ibis brief life we may not know.
-, ott some unexpected CLEANS
~, nast and aforementioned years
I'"at through the doorway Of our dreams
and some familiar face appears:
,oo,le spirit, lost awhile.
MD the change from death to birth,
49, beaming eye and loving smile
Recall Some former scenes of earth.
nd thus unconscious of the tie,
|Tbe mystic link that love creates.
l.rhons we see Our " who die,
In newer forms and other states.
.-h,ps with every cycle passed
In al. the ages yet to be,
l.r Ioyed will come to us at last,
As parted waters find the sea;
\, wholly clad as they were seen
when death unbound their robes of clay
M with scraphic face and mien,
and souls that cannot pass away.
Inoyid Banks Sickels in New York sun.
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Lunar super5titiOns fingered until
a late period in the British islands.
y writer OF the Seventeenth century
says: In Yorkshire, etc. north
ward, some country people doe wor.
ship the New Moon on their bare
knees, knceling on an earthfast
stone. And the people Of Athol. in
the Highlands OF Scotland. doc wor.
ship the New Moon" Speaking of
the Irish, hc continues: Whether or
no they worship the moon, l know
not, but when they first see her after
the change, they commonly bow the
knee ana say the Lords Prayer, and
neal the Wane address themselves to
her with 4 loud voice after this man
ncr. Leave us as well as thou found
est u.s."
Sylvester O'Hallordn, the Irish his.
t~orian, speaking OF the correspond
ing customs of the P~hornicians and
Irish, adds: Their deitie3 were the
same. They both adored Bel (or the
sum, the moon and the stars. The
house OF Rinmon, which TIE phOe-
nicians wolshiped in dixie our tenn.
pies OF Fiechta in Meath, were sa-
cred to the moon. London Stand
ard
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You have some fine ducks this
morning, said the kindly Old school
master to Il poulterer.
Yes, sir, AL fresh today"
What is the price,
You can take your choice. sir. !
have them at all prices
We'll, want to give my boys a
treat, but do not want them to be
too tender. There are dozen here
pick out four of the toughest"
The poulterer obayed. Here, sir,
you have four of the toughest birds
in my shop
Thank you, sir" said the school
master; III take the other eight"
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
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IN CAMP AT PEEkSKILl,
An Incident of Military Life Among New
YOrk's Citizen Soldiers.

SOrk's Citizen Soldiers.
Jordan Rogers, from Peekskill. N.
Y. was at the Great Northern re.
Gently.
The departure" he said, "of some
of your militia for the state encamp-
ment reminds me of a little incident
that occurred a night or two before
| left Peekskill, where the New York
boys were encamping.
"On this night the c~ountersign was
Gettysburg and some of the bat
terry boys, who were stationed out
on the edge of the bluff, caught on
Several of them had some fun with
the guard after taps, and one Incl.
dent in this connection has an espe.
cially humorous side to it. 1t seems
that no enlisted man is entitled to
the cOuntersign. If it is absolutely
necessary for II to enter or leave
camp after taps he can go past the
guards only by meal of a pass which
has been approved at headquarters.
In the battery detail from Brooklyn
is a private who knows how TO make
the most Of a good thing.
He is a large, well built man
with a voice to match his size. He
was one of several who got hold of
Gettysburg on the night referred
TO. He has a coat with a cape fash
Toned much like the regular officers
cape. Shortly after taps he put OF
his big cape coat, buttoned it closely
around his throat, gave his privates
cap the crush in the back which.
more than the braid, distinguishes
the officers cap after dark, assumed
IL majestic stride and started for q
walk around the camp grounds. He
was oOn challenged by Il sentry.
The conversation which cneued Wa
something like this.
'Ealt. who goes there.
"A friend
Advance, friend, anG give the
cou~ntersign.
The battery private walked slow
ly forward and said 'Gcttysburg' in
his deepest bass.
The sentinel began to say Tie
couatcisign il covTen:: advance.
friend when the big private, assum-
ing an authoritative pose. said
sharply
Don't you know how TO hold
yonr piece when you are talking to
Il army officer
The sentry was i'll tho correct pc
sitjOil, and began to stammer that he
thought he was holding it properly.
Don't let mcsec any more Of this
carelessness,' said the private more
steynly than before.
Point your bayonct down when
Il regular army officer approaches.
Hold the piece in your left hand and
salute at the same time with your
right. Don't you know the new reg.
ulations regarding the salute to reg
ular army oHicersI
The ratified sentry admitted that
that part Of lis education had been
neglected, Int added that he would
profit by the advice given him. The
big private left him standing there
with his bay0net pointed toward the
ground and his right hand III the air.
After m~structing q couple more
s}ntries i'll Il brand new system Of
gIlar! duties the private went to his
tent ANA laughed himself asleep
CAiCag0 Inter Ocean.
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~inhabitel NOpu-.

Though or moon is supposed TO
be dead and cold. similar conditions
are not assumed to govern all the
satellites of the sister planets, Some
Of those pertaining to Jupiter are be-
lievod to emit Light Of their own,
showing that they are still hot.
However, astronomers are usually
Eager to find evidence Of life on
other spheres, eve discovering on
the carth's attendant orb apparent
traces of mighty works of engineer
ing artifce-the imagined creations
Of races of beings long extinct-such
rs the stupendous bridge that ap-
pears to span q crater of the moon
volcano called EudoNus. Providence
Journal.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-09-03

Electricity Among the Japanese.
[lo japanese understood electric
as an attractive force, of which
+ were very secret. The Greeks
\ Romans also knew something of
magnet as an attractive force,
fwn to modern science as an cleo.
P attraction like the
Fstone Of the Chinese. They are
posed to te ignorant Of its polar
though in their secret records
Ft are mentions of sacred forces
pen none but God knew and must
be t2Mpcred with by man.--New
pix Telegram.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-09-03

restore the leather bindings of
h wash them first very lightly
carefully with clean warm water
Ehich 4 tiny piece of soda has been
ldved. in order to free the leather
N grease; then wash with clear
kqr 10 remove the soda, and dry.
koyea bit of gum arabic the size
! small bean in a teaspoonfUl Of
fer aud heat it up with a teaspoon
|of the white of an egg. With a
Of sponge go lightly over the
Iher with this CLAIR and let it CRY.
the CLAIR froth up on the
her. Is it is very likely to do If
Is much tool work on the book.
ii until it subsidies with the palm
the hand or with the sponge
eezad as dry as possible. New
X Journal.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-09-03
HEMMEO IN BY A PRAIRIE FIRE
An Experience That Is Burned In,o a
W~esterner's Momorv

An Experience That Is Burned rn,o .
Westerner's Memory.
Il had an experience in Nebraslo
IN 1856 that / can see vet whenever I
smut my eyes" said Major Tom
Stephens. Il piloted a party of emf.
grants across the plains and was re-.
turning alone to the Missouri. II
was a trifle risky, but my business
was urgent, and l was SO well mount.
ed that l had little fear of Indians
1t was in the latter part of Septem.
Der, and as there had been no rain
for two months the tall grass was
like so much finder.
Zone night l camped on a small
tributary of the Middle Loup. 1t
was a small, spring fed rivulet, des.
titute OF timber and almost hidden
by the rank grass. l had not slept
long when l was awakened by the
neighing of my horse, and was hor.
rified to find the prairie to the south
Of me afire and a strong wind sweep.
ing it down upon me. l mounted
and started for the Loup, some five
miles north, but before half the dis
lance was covered my horse put his
foot in a hole, fell and broke a leg.
The fire hemmed me in by semi
circle and was coming on with terri
bic rapidity. The whole heavens
seemed to be a sheet of roaring
flame. | thought sure | was done for.
| have heard that men brought face
to face with death remember every
evil deed Of their lives, but | simply
stood there i'll the dry grass and
watched the sublime spectacle. | felt
that my doom was sealed and delib.
erately waited for it. Suddenly 4
new danger confronted me. 4 vast
herd of buffalo flying before the fire
was bearing down upon me. / was
to be trampled to death and ere.
mated aftcrward, As the vast a
came laundering on ! inatinctivelv
started and ran. Several deer went
scurrying by me, and | fancied |
could feel the hot breath OF the herd
Of buffalo on the back OF my neck. |
was suddenly thrown into the air
and landed longthWiso across toe
back Of q Big bull.
'Ifastcned my fingers in his shaggy
coat and managed to bestride him.
and thus mounted | was carried to
the Loup river, where ! was thrown
off 10y the branch OF Il tree. | man.
aged to swing to it, however. and
thus saved myself from being
trampled to death. The herd plunged
across the shallow river, and | took
refuge from the approaching flames
i'll its muddy waters. Three days
later | wa picked UP, more dead
than alive, by an emigrant train. !
spent, first and last, more than fl.
teen years on the plains and had
many close calls. but that midnight
ride on Il butTalo's back, with the
Loup river in front and the fires Of
Gehcnna roaring IN the rear, WAS, |
think, as remarkable as any OF the
inventions of the yellow back Jit
eIati.'-St. Louis Globe-Dpmocrat.
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a Gr.at Discovery That Slumbcrcd.

In earlier times one Of the greatest
discoveries of the age was made hv a
man polishing amber, which was one
OF the most highly priced of ancient
ornamental gems and found only
among the rown jewels of royalty
or in the baskets Of princcly rulers
and wealthy people dwelling in pal.
aces. TIL" man, it was said. felt q
mighty shOck-a violent tremor
thrilled through his hand and arm
while he was rubbing the stone. He
may have exaggerated the account,
or the authors Of the many versions
may have done SO, but The facts were
there.
That man had struck The trail of
an electrical discovery. Bat forcen-
turies this suggestive truth Of slum-
bering power slept. No experiments
were tllod-scicncc was i'll a state of
repose. Experiments suggestive of
electric discoveries were tried. with
out att2mpts to further investigation.
New luri; Telegram.
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A tradesman Of Flatbush avenue.
Brooklyn, has Il big sign stretched
acros the front of his store bearing
i'll large black letters the legend,
Dealer in Green Goods" He sells
vegetables and general garden truck,
but if the sign doesn't bring him
many customers eager for unhal-
lowed speculation there is no virtue
in appealing to their inclinations.-
New York Sun.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-09-03

When two rainbows are sometimes
seen at once, one outside the other, the
inner OF primary bow, as it is called.
is always the brighter, and the red
band of color is always on its outside;
the outer or secondary bow is much
fainter III color, and the red band is
always on its inside. This is because
i'll the primary bow the suns rays
L only reflected once, while in the
secondary bow they are reflected
twice, which makes them fainter in
color and turns them upside down
In ono rainbow we see the rays OF
the sun entering the raindrops at the
top and reflected to the eye from the
bottom. while in the other we see
the rays entering the raindrops at
the bottom and reflected from the
top, whence they reach the eye
Brooklyn Eagle.
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a sign that was placed on q store
door about forty years ago now
adorns a Biddeford place of business
and is of course obsolete i'll its pur,
port and should he discontinued at
once. 1t reads. Wines. ales. etc.
Ranger Me Commercial
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When her lion was leaving, the
hostess, who had put the cream OF
her acquaintance on parade and
rather expected effusive admiration
from the great man, said, with a con.
fdential smile, We'll, DR.. Holmes,
what do YOU think of afternoon tea!'
He answered i'll these four graphic
words, 1T is Observation-Disclosures
ble-and git" This sentence will be.
como historic. Boston Home Jour.
nal.
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Christian Endeayor Societies.

Christian Endcavor societies have
been from the start cminently spir-
itual They have dealt with funda-
mentals. They have appealed to the
thoughtful and uncarnal young man
hood and maidenhood with conf
sence and success. More than that,
they have exhibited young Ameri-
ras-young world's-genius for APP
Piled Christianity. Fish for the
with a general exhortation.
aud they will grin at it as the pick
eral grins at the float. Fish for
with the hook of a principle
balted with definite duty, and they
are yours Harper's Weekly.
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hather Confusing,

''aner i'll Berkshire has posted
meadow fence the following
'Uus-know kows is aloud in these
,uucfS, eny man OF women lctten
~ Rows run the rode wot gifts into
medders aforesaid shall have his
WI OH by Inc, Obadiah Rogers"
oston Globe.
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N, "TH' III = NOOU ~-NtNlOTI,
pd link--I doubt if one man out
twenty ran recall to memory the
tsua9e he used IN proposing.
loll9 Stewpid-Probably not.
Y Vle girl can. Mine did. When
/ breach Of promise suit came up
~ was able to repeat my proposal
P'ulor word. -Exchange.
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SeleucuS Nicator, the king of Syria.
used TO drive a four i'll hand team Of
tame tigers, and the Nabob of Dude
had Il pet she tiger that often was
taken along on his journeys, and had
been taught TO mount an elephant
without making use of her formida-
bic claws.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-09-03

1t is barely fifty years since the
postage stamp was introduced into
the United States. The stamp is Il
little older in England. When first
introduced postage stamps we're sold
in solid sheets. OF course Il great
many were wasted in the effort to
tear them apart when there were no
p~erforations. Indeed, the loss and
inconvenience was SO great that the
government offered a liberal reward
for a patent which would overcome
the difficulty Kate Fields Wash
ington.
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wax filter in the queens
EISelold arranges the candles on
n Ninner table, for which he draws
d Year, but he does not light
j mat duty is performed by
s 1 iHaampllghters, drawing a salary
VOW each. London Tit-Bits.
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Mrs. Justrich These diamonds are
genuine of course!
Jewclcr - Certainly, madam; !
know tho manufacturer personally.
Exchange.
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A Lesson,

the pmpressively)-The paper
Ers uat two bad, wicked boys, who
tooblng birds nests, were struck
saH i boy--Yes'm. Trees is awful
sue In a storm.-Good News.
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4 somewhat alarming fact is that
PpoEary color blindness may be
pu9l' on by excessive smoking.
pace amblyopia, it is called, and
|llay be brought on by smoking
|ai an ounce of sllag daily" not
excessive allowance, by the way.
.'la!ppeals when the cause is re-
York Times.
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An Observation,

/ naVe noticed that when you
. woman her daughter is just
> .lage of her when she was that
! Ie mother looks pleased and
an laughter looks scared. Elk.
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-ne First American DIRECTORY,

h. First American Directory.
raS nrst American directory was
sno at Philadelphia in 1856 by
White. 1t comprised eighty
lagos, with $3.50 names, and
IN ~"u at half q dollar. Golden
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-19
Ladies' Hosiery and Underwear.

At 39c. pair: actual value 6oc.-Ladies'
fast black Rlohelieu Ribbed Lisle Thread
Hose.
At 500. pair; aotual value sSc.-Ladiss'
extra fine quality French Lisls Thread
Hose. fast black boots. with large Va
riety of colored tops.
At 900. pair: actual value S1.25-Ls-
dies extra fine quality black and oolored
Silk Hose.
At $1.48 pair; actual value s2-LA-
dies very best quality French Pure elk
Hose.
At 1870. each: actual value soo.-La-
dies fine quality Ribbed Balbrigga
Vests. low neck. In all oolors and white.
At 300. each: actual value 5oc.-La-
dies extra fine quality Ribbed Lisle
Thread Vests. low neck. In all oolors and
white.
At 4So. each; actual value ga cents-
Ladies' extra fine quality Riohelieu Ribbed
Lisle Thread Vests. low neck. In white
and ecru.
At $3.50, sl.75. and s2.25-Ladies'
very best quality "Ypsilant" Tights. In
fast black and ecru.