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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-14

Remarkable differences occur In the
seasons of the arctic regions. so that at
certain times. as happened last year, all
the channels of the northern seas are
filled and choked with floating ice at the
breaking up of winter, while at other
times the same channels are compare
lively free. and but little ice is seen
along the tracks of the transatlantic
steamers
1t is a most interesting fact that sim
liar vicissitudes evidently occur in the
arctic and antarctic regions of the
planet Mars. The telescope shows that
vast fields of snow exist around the
poles of Mars, extending when il is win
ter at either of those poles and contract
ing when it is summer there. But the
polar SHOWS of Mars appear to be no.
ticeably less extensive in some winter
seasons than in others, SO that we might
fairly expect to find there, If we could
visit that planet, corresponding differ
ences in the amount of ice carried toward
the equator at the end of successive
winters.
Our arctic navigators take advantage
Of such open seasons as the present ap-
pears to be whenever they can to pene-
trate farther toward the north pole. II
is perhaps fortunate for the increase of
our knowledge Of the arctic regions
that Lieutenant Peary and his party,
who started for northern Greenland last
year, are now in the far north. They
may bring back most interesting ac-
counts of the condition of things there,
and perhaps be able to throw some light
upon the cause of the remarkable varia-
tions in the quantity of icebergs and
ice fields that come floating out of those
mysterious regions in different seasons.
Youths Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-14

The dogs of Paris are giving good
deal Of trouble to the police as well as to
their owners, who scarcely dare let
them go out of their sight lest they
should be pounced upon and taken off
to the Fouriere to be forthwith destroyed.
There can be no question that in the
very hot weather stray dogs constitute
a certain danger. 1t appears, however,
from all that is said ON the subject,
that the new police regulations concern
ing dogs are rather heedlessly severe,
the consequence being frequent COLI
sions between dog owners and the police.
The other day, for instance, an almost
serious scuf1le occurred In Paris, the
cause of which was dog. The animal
was noticed by policeman in the street
to be without the regulation muzzle,
and was at once ARRESTED" il the ex-
preston may be used
A woman claimed the animal as her
property in presence of crowd Of 500
people. The affair took such lively
turn that the police officers were COM
PEELED to draw their sword bayonets in
their own defense. The upshot of the
matter was that one of the officers was
rather severely injured. and that had 1t
constables on the scene it is probable
there would have been serious fighting.
In the course of the scufile the dog, the
original cause of it. escaped. .-Levant
Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-14
A Singular Method Of Treatment.

A peculiar case of poisoning by Il
physician was that of DR.. Stephen Eot-
vos, in Hungary, about twenty-five
years ago. Eotvos undertook to hasten
the death of patients whose cases he
considered hopeless by putting them out
of their misery, as he termed it, with
fatal drugs. He encountered no opposi-
ton to his peculiar methods of benevo-
lence while ne practiced them on people
of no particular standing. But when
the doctor hastened the death of well
known land proprietor named Szlavy,
who was slowly dying of cancer, the
relatives Of the dead man presented a
violent protest and demanded the prose-
cution of Eotvos.
The physi ian declared on trial he was
actuated by humane motives and had
merely eased the journey of his victim
to the newt, BILE goal. This defense was
not accepted by the court. Eotvos was
acquitted of malice, but found guilty of
homicide without malice, and sentenced
to long term of mprisonment.-Pitts
burg Leader.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-14
Choosing His Own Name.

There are no better stories than those
of the clergy, even if the young person
does not have to be sent away from the
table. 1t is significant that marriage is
rarely mirth provoking. while the rite
of baptism and the text furnish no end
Of good stories.
One of the stock baptismsl anecdotes
is that of the lisping woman who pre-
sented her child at the font.
"What is its manner" whispered the
preacher.
Lucy. thir." whispered back the
woman.
"Luciferi Ny good woman, that Is
no name for Q Christian child" ex.
elaine the Mortified minister, then
roared. James Robinson, I bsptize
thee. etc. New York Evening Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-14
The Russians Faith.

The Russian peasant is like child,
ignorant Of the practical bearings Of
events and utterly unable to cope with
them. Yet he never loses his faith in
God. During the famine, when the
peasantry were living, or rather dying,
on bread made of pigweed, chaf and
other equally nutritious and more moi
some articles, they endured in submis-
sion. Goods will is at the bottom of
it," said they. HE gave and he takes
away."-YOuth's Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-14
A Giant Nearly Twenty Feet High.

A giant exhibited in Europe--particu-
larly in Rouen, where he was before the
public every day for fourteen months
in the early part Of the Eighteenth GEN.
tury lacked but an inch and fve-eighths
Of being eighteen feet high. million.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-14
A CackIin$ Hen

LAY be excused for making an
awfully big racket over a
mighty little egg; but when she
cackles for an hour over china
door knob its time to throw a brick
at her. There is also some excuse
for a merchant cackling a good
deal over
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-01-15

WITH the expiration of the senatorial
term to which John Sherman is to be
elected this week, he will have completed
forty-fonr years Of continuous public
service. But six years short Of half a
century, it will be a record with no par
allel in the history Of American states
manship, for every year OF this long pub
lie service will have been spent at Wash
ington and in the service Of the federal
government. Born in 1882, John Sher-
man is sixty-nine years old. Asst young
lawyer he was elected to congress in 1854
at the time of the Kansas Nebraska
troubles and as a member of the con-
gressional committee on the question of
the extension of slavery in 1854, he wrote
tho famous anti-slavery report which
thrilled the nation and made him one of
the prominent leaders of the day. How
we'll he maintained that prominence is
attested in the service of six years in
the lower house, four years in the cabi-
net as secretary Of the treasury and an
aggregate of twenty-eight years in the
United States senate.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-01-15

the business, under contract to turn in
to the public treasury all receipts
above a 5 per cent. net profit on the
capital invested in it. The surplus is
specifically applied to the building of
highways, the acquisition and malnten-
ance of parks and the construction of
libraries, hospitals or other public insti-
buttons. Nobody is Interested in increas-
ing the traffic in intoxicants; the en-
ployes of the company receiving fixed
salaries, and the stockholders of the
concern being limited to 5 per cent. pro-
fits. Nor does the taxpayer look with
complacency on the multiplication of
saloons, as came to be the case under the
original Gothenburg plan, thinking that
it will diminish his W burdens; be-
cause the surplus profit is assigned to ip-
terests and institutions, charitable, be-
nevolent or philanthropic, which are not
supported by the ordinary tax levy, but
are dependent entirely for their existence
upon the voluntary gifts of thepublic.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-01-15

The supreme court has denied the ap,
plication of the defendants for a re-hear-
ing Of the Trail c%ounty-seat litigation,
but have permitted them to present a
motion at the opening of court next
Tuesday that the judgment of the SUI
preme court be modified so as to permit
the Hillsboro interests to apply to the
district court for permission to answer
the complaint in the action. 1t is urged
by the Hillsboro attorneys that on a
question of proof they can show that in
every step taken leading up to the elec-
ton they complied with all the require
ments of the general county-seat law;
that Hillsboro is, as a matter of fact, the
capital of Trail county under the gen.
eral statute.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-01-15

THERE seems to be no longer any
doubt about the success of the Worlds
Fair. Appropriations actually made up
to this time by the several state and ter
rltorial governments amount to $685.
600, and by foreign governments $4,000
565. OF course these amounts will be
largely increased, as several states and
nations have not yet made a%ppropria-
tions. It is estimated the buildings for
the fair will cost $7,791,OOO; grading of
grounds, landscape gardening, electrici-
ty, construction expenses, organization
and administration, operating expenses,
water supply, sewerage, railway and
waterways, etc., will cost $10,56O.4 53,
making total expenses something over
18,50O,OOO. The estimated resources,
including subscriptions, city of Chicago
bonds, prospective gate receipts, ETC.,
amount to $23, 754,23O.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-01-15

The national bank examiner on 6nan-
cial matters in North Dakota, is quoted
as follows by the Rand McNally Bank
ers Monthly: "The national bank ex-
aminer on financial matters in North
Dakota, after a three weeks tour,
pronounces the condition of the state
in general to be in a most gratifying
condition. Farmers are prosperous,
currency is increasing in bank and pri-
vate hands, and very little demand at
present for money. The retail trade is
very active, and farmers speak of in
creasing their acreage largely next year.
They find, as has always been the case,
that when they have anything to sell,
there is no want of per capita. The
sub-treasury paper-mill craze was never
popular in Dakota, and is gone out of
mind there"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-01-15
The success of Senator Sherman i

The success of Senator Sherman in
Ohio is III for national congratula-
tion. To have retired John Sherman
from the senate of the United States
would have been unfortunate. Although
he had in Mr.. Foraker a distinguished
foe, there was no good reason for killing
off one great statesman to elevate an
other. There is altogether too much Of
that kind of business going on in the
ranks of the republican party all over
the country. There is one significant
feature of the Ohio campaign worthy OF
mention. While it is generally accept
ed in this day and condition of politics
that the price of a seat in the United
States senate is high, there has not ap-
peared in any of the public prints thus
far any charges of the use of money in
the purchase of votes on either side in
this contest.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-01-15

The new republican state committee
was elected in Indiana Saturday and it
is significant that in most of the dis
tricts the contest was spirited between
the Harrison and anti Harrison forces.
II is safe to say that the new committee
will be for Harrison, but still the anti
administrationists do not hesitate to de.
clare that the state will send anti -Har-
rison delegates to the national conven-
ton. Upon what reasoning the Hoos-
iers can 10 this is not quite clear. Ger
tainly Mr.. Harrison has made a good
president and reflects honor on his state.
For Indiana to 60 back on Harrison
wJn'l be base ingratitude.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-01-15

IT may not amount to much, but it is
something to get a favorable report
from the senate public building commits
tee or the bill providing for a public
building at Bismarck. The house, al
though overwhelmingly democratic and
naturally opposed to northwestern meas
ures, may see in this measure sufficient
merit to warrant favorable action. The
large number of public offices at Bis
marck and the rent paid by the govern
ment furnish a convincing argument in
favor of the public building measure
The money now paid out annually rep
resents the interest on a much larger
principal than it is proposed to inyestiin
the Bismarck institution. Here are los
Gated the land offices for the largest dis
trict in the United States, us survey
~or-general, postofice, signal Office and
weather bureau, U. S. district court,
deputy collector Of customs and com-
missioner. These offices are now scat,
tered about the city, the records areIin-
secure and there is every argument Ia
favor of public building Of greater dis
mansions than the senate bill provides
for.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-01-15

GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT WHITNEY
of the Great Northern road is a far
sighted, ~level-headed official and an all
around good fellow. He understands
the situation in North Dakota-realizes
that winter caught the farmers with one
half their fall work done, and appreci-
ates the fact that next spring there will
be a scarcity of labor and an urgent de-
mand for farm help. Anticipating this
condition of affairs he is now flooding
the eastern states with printed matter
setting forth the facts and urging upon
young men especially the desirability Of
coming to North Dakota in the spring.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-01-15

AT the last session of the board of uni
versity and school lands the question
came up as to what authority of law, if
any, the Great Northern railroad and
the branch lines of the Northern Pacific
had for crossing sections 16 and 36-the
school sections. This matter was called
to the attention of the board by the set.
tiers who had purchased these sections
and over which the railroads were con-
structed, asking for rebates for the def
cheney in the amount purchased owing
to the 100 feet consumed by the COM
panies. AS this right of way means
something like four acres to each quar-
ter and the average price last spring at
the sales was $26 per acre, it meant a
large diminution of the school revenue.
Acting under instructions from the
board, Auditor Bray made enquiries of
the Great Northern and from their legal
department secured a reply hat they
based title on a general law of congress
that permitted railroad companies to
cross the public domain; that under that
act they had the right before statehood
to cross the school sections; that the
general act of congress granting indem-
nifty land for the sections taken by set
tiers before they had been surveyed
covered the loss to the state occasioned
by the railroad right of way. It is an
interesting question and it's settlement
in the way the company think is lawful
means quite a financial loss to the state,
as the Great Northern crosses the most
valuable lands in the state-lands that,
acre for acre, will not be possible to du-
plicate in value.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-01-15
md whichever side got it would win. Sc

and whichever side got it would win. So
if any change is made in the manner of
choosing electors twill be to intrust it
to the legislature. The district system
will not be adopted. And as the exer-
else of the power of choice by the legis-
lature would free the democracy from
the necessity Of nominating a candidate
whose special qualification and recon-
incubation was that he could carry New
York, it is not probable that Senator
Hills friends in the legislature will be
in favor of changing the present system.
With New York certainly democratic,
his chance of getting the nomination
would disappear and with it Mr.. Cleve-
lands.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-01-15

A great deal has appeared in the news
papers Of late about Congressman John.
sons eccentricities. He seems to have
been a target for the pungent arrows of
the horde of Bohemian newspaper cor
respondents who's swarm around Wash
ington when congress is in session. How
much of this comes from prejudice the
TRIBUNE does not know. It is hoped
the most of the criticisms, or rather
alleged interviews, are unfounded, for if
not then Mr.. johnson is not exercising
the good sense his friends have all along
believed him to possess a good
store of. Washington is no place to
hang out North Dakota's dirty linen.
We expect harmony in the delegation at
Washington-even if they have to sup
press a great deal of righteous indigna-
ton that may heave in their breasts o.
%casionally. It is not now a good time
for pot to call kettle black. The GYM
nastic feature was prominent in North
Dakota politics in territorial days and
the political Hoyle since statehood even
hasn't been thoroughly reliable, but we
hope for better things in the future
Well take care of that at
home. The past can't be
helped. It matters not what Mr. John
son may think of Senators Hansbrough
and Casey or what the senators may
think of Johnson, North Dakota thinks
and hopes that she is being represented
at Washington by three loyal, sensible
republicans.
It matters not how or when or under
what circumstances they we're elected
that they were duly elected is not
questioned, and that they shall receive
from congress and the admin
istration what the sovereign state
of North Dakota is entitled to
that much and no more-the people
ask. 1t is hoped that the reports of I'M
seemly strife for patronage are not true.
Let there be harmony to the extent that
the senators shall control such patronage
as party customary determine, and the
congressman snch spoi]s as shall like
wise be conceded. Nothing can be gained
by perpetuating the memory of political
strife or reopening the sores of political
disappointment. It is said that time at
last will right all things and nearer the
goal, by far, will be he who courts judy
ment on his record.
The North Dakota delegation are now
making record.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-01-15

t~ivation of the land, too, has brought
rain with it. There are also electrical
disturbances connected with the move
ments of rains, though perhaps these
are less definite than the other causes I
have named. My idea is that, while we
may occasionally have a cold snap to
rush down upon us, these will be but
temporary, and w will never again have
ong-continued cold winters. Our eli
mate is changing, and these changes
come more through the influence of man
than from nature"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-01-15

The validity of the gross earnings law
has been established by the state SUI
preme court in the decisions handed
down Tuesday in the case of the North
ern Pacific Railroad company vs.. the
county treasurers of Mclean, LaMoure,
Foster and Mercer counties. The judg-
ment of the district court was reverced,
Judges Mcconnell and Winchester sign
ing the opinion, they having sat in the
case IN place of Wallin and Bartholo-
new. Judge Corlis dissented.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-01-15

The Texas and Bismarck railroad is
the latest venture-on paper. Why not
in reality? The proposed road runs
from Galveston, Texas, through Topeka,
Kansas, to Bismark. Such a road could
be cheaply built as there are no noun.
tains and few large rivers to cross; no
serious engineering problems to encoun.
ter. Such a road would run through a
divers fed country and the interchange
of products along the line would make
the local traffic large and profitable.
It is more than likely that a north and
south transcontinental road will be
completed in the near future. It would
be a grand thing for the Gulf City, as it
would divert a great deal of ocean traffic
now going to other seaboards. 52
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-01-15

STUDENTS Of social problems and re-
forms have been deeply interested in &C.
counts of the working Of the Gothen-
burg system of liquor licensing, says the
Pioneer Press. Too little has been
known OF it's practical effects, and for
this reason an article in the Nineteenth
Century, on 1.-THE Diminution Of
Drunkenness in Norway" describing the
operation of a system patterned upon
that of Gothenburg, conveys so much
valuable information that it is republishei
in the Pioneer Press. The writer, the
Earl of Meath, states that while, a few
years ago, the drink habit was the heavi-
est curse of Norway and Sweden, both
these countries, especially the former,
have accomplished a wonderful reform.
He was informed, while visiting Nor
way, that the legislation of 1866
and 1871 had practically abolished pub
lie houses in the rural districts, and de-
creased the number of them in the towns.
Bergen, with 10000 people, had but four
teen places licensed to sell liquor. Yet
hesociety which enjoys a monopoly of the
business has been enabled and obliged
by law to maintain a splendid system of
public improvements and public institu-
tions. A law which can produce such
results Is these would seem to be an
effective and wholesome one. The Nor
wegian method requires the municipal
council in each city to fix the number Of
licenses that shall be granted, to suit
the public convenience. It then trans
fers an absolute monopoly control of
these to a company or society formed for
the purpose. This grant is for a FIVE
year period, and the council retains the
right Of inspection and supervision. The
licensing company, formed Of share.
holders, like amy other corporation, rims
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-01-15
UNDER date .Januarv I. 1899. Preaida

UNDER date January l, 1892, President
Harris and Secretary Sanford, of the re-
publican league Of North Dakota, have
issued an address to the republican
voters of the state, urging that old clubs
be r~e-organized and the formation of
new ones in every voting precinct of the
state. The admonitions given by them
in the circular are timely and good. A
presidential year is here; an old-time re-
publican majority is possible il earnest
and systematic effort is made in that
direction. II Is to be hoped the voters,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-01-15

The old saying is that where there is a
great deal of smoke there must be some
fire. After reading the column after col
m of personal mentions and society
notes in the Saturdays Fargo Forum
one must conclude that where there is
so much in a society way there must be
some business. Fargo is all right be.
cause her people are all right, and her
people are all right because the Red
River valley and North Dakota are all
right.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-01-15

REPRESENTATIVE PIcKLER of South
Dakota is "playing the limit" SO to
speak. He has introduced a bill making
the minimum pension to an old soldier
Sc a month and another bill granting all
old soldiers free entrance to the:World's
Fair. It is not likely many old soldiers
will favor the latter bill. Old soldiers
have a great deal of pride and a free pass
to the Worlds Fair is beneath their
dignity.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-01-15

JUDGE A1KENs has opened the Janu.
airy term of court at Sioux Falls and
seems to be zeal the top of the pile.
Rev. Skillman, who was so ready to pre-
fer charges against him, will probably
have an opportunity to prove EN- or take
the consequences.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-01-15

ARIZONA and New Mexico are now
KIN ocking at the door of the union for ad.
m%ittance. Let them in. They are en-.
TITLED to self-government. The sooner
we can get all the territories organized
into state governments the better
When the stars are all added the flag Of
the nation will then be permanent.