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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-05-05
Real Pleasant Women.

There are all sorts of pleasant girls in
this world with winning ways and charm
ing manners, but the girls of girls is the
one who accommodates herself to her sur
roundings. AS a matter of course a girl
should be bright and agreeable when she
has a beautiful home, every wish granted,
luxuries galore and no reason to be for q
minute Mste,npered or out of sorts. If,
however, chance or misfortune throws hor
out of that comfortable nest among sur
roundings that are not congenial, where
economy must be her watchword and hard
work her principle, then If you find her
smiling an6 light hearted, having once
known what it was to have been at the top
of the ladder, then indeed is she one worthy
Of all the praise you can give her.
The woman who puts up with the dis
comforts of travel, of moving and Of the nli-
merous vicissitudes that are bound to come
into all lives without whining, finding
fault or repining is the n that is bound
to make some man a good wife. A person
cannot visit and find in another's home the
numerous little ways of doing things that
they are used to in their own; they cannot
travel and be as comfortable as in the
shadow of their own roof tree: they cannot
go on year in and year out with no annoy
ances, and the disposition that can meet
the various changes with a smiling face is
worth more to its possessor than money,
which can take wings n fly away, for it
brings comfort both to them and those
about them at all times and in all places
Philadelphia Times.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-05-05
TIE BRONZE TURKEY.
Early Hatched Turkeys Will Weigh Fiji.
teen Pounds by Thanksgiving.

Early Hatched Turkeys Will Weigh Fiji.
teen Pounds by Thanksgiving.
The bronze turkey heads the list of
our improved varieties. OF late years it
has supplanted the smaller kinds on ac-
count of its great size, hardness. rich.
ness of plumage and adaptation to the
farm. It is purely an American breed.
The bronze turkey varies the least from
the wild breed in respect to color and is
a decided Improvement upon it both in
size and luster of plumage. Nothing
can exceed the brilliant and varied tints
of color of a bronze gobbler in his Sec
ond year. They permeate through the
rich dark bronze, assimilating to that Of
FURNISHED gold in the sunlight and fairly
rivaling the famed Impeyan pheasant in
richness and luster.
When bred pure and from choice
strains, these birds attain heavy weights.
They are the largest of the poultry race
and acclimated to our cold and change
able climate. They are we'll adapted for
farmers aud suburban residents who
have plenty of range. being more profit
able when they can roam through the
meadows. stubbles and groves and pro-
cure a large share of their living. If
Matched early and properly cared for and
fed, they will average from 10 to Is
pounds at Thanksgiving. At maturity
they often reach IS pounds and more,
but from 20 to 25 pounds may be taken
as a fair average. A 3 or ~3-year-old
bronze gobbler crossed on the common
turkey will add several pounds to the
weight of each Of the chicks the first
year. The excess of weight in IN ordi-
nary brood would pay the first cost Of
the sire and leave an improved stock for
further profit.
The custom of keeping up Thanksgiv.
ing and other winter holidays is an in
centive for raising this American bird.
The Americans do not take to goose
flesh SO kindly as the Europeans. Every
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-05-05
Formula For Letter Writing.


After a breezy disquisition on "How a
Woman Writes a Letter" a London Jour-
nal sums up it's hints and suggestions in
the following:
Recipe: Take a sheet of paper and pen
and ink. Be sure you know to whom you
are going to write the letter. as some people
are a little vague in this matter. Let the
address and date be at the top, for this
shows a good cook-I mean scribe-who
has her mind as we'll as her materials Mt
hand. Begin with som usual formula of
address. Add in 9 parts of family news, 2
parts of answers, 2 parts of genuine and
kind inquiries; mix with a light hand. Add
gradually 6 parts of odds and ends, we'll
beaten up, such as weather, dress-this is
naturally a large and valuable temper
sonal remarks and so on, not forgetting
the inevitable gossip, which must be sug-
AIRED and sifted in lightly at the last. Fin
ish up and take care to add q p. S. after the
signature, for like a tail to a kite this bal
ances the whole concern. 1t is in the p. S.
that woman's individuality is charmingly
shown to the greatest advantage.
"Thc size of the letter, the length of each
part n the choice Of words must be left
to the writer's feelings, but care must be
taken to put in all the 12 ingredients. Then
place it in an envelope, and serve hot-that
is, send it off to the right address by the
next post. AS a million letters a year are
posted in London with no address, this
final warning does not seem to be amisS."
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-05-05
"DOn't Bother Me-"

Don't bother me-" That is the too fire.
quent reprimand of the mother who has
committee meetings, charity organizations,
interviews and many other matters foreign
to domestic comfort on her mind. A STU
dent of social tendencies, who has no dar-
ings of her own and who perhaps on this
account appreciates their worth all the
more. tells Of a little incident which affected
her deeply. She was at the house of a
friend, 'who was exceedingly preoccupied
with some social scheme. Her little son,
full of pride in some drawing he had made,
ran up to his mother to show it, only to be
repulsed with Don't bother me-" He went
to auntie, who took him up and talked
with delight of his sketch. AS he went
away he was heard to mutter: "Auntie. she
likes it. Mamma, she don't care" AS the
auntie said, Il always pity q child whose
mother doesn't care. "-Brooklyn Eagle.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-05-05
WOMAN AND HOME.
eour HINTS ON THE KEEPING OF
HOUSEHOLD ACCOUNTS.

r,. stolen Kiss-YOu lust Laugh or Ideal.
,,c-Carc Of tho Nursery-What Shall
schoolgirls Ent:-The Victims Of Vanity.
R.a, Pleasant Women.
Whether or not it is the part of wisdom
~ keep accounts is III ever open question;
.snccially is it SO with housekeepers and
wnnthrrs of families. The simplest system
that they could adopt would still he a COM
ul;catcd one because of the number of sep
crate accounts. and yet every woman who
has kent accounts has decided. after years
Mexperiment, that it is wise.
A very good plan to follow is to have sew
eral cheap notebooks, small enough to car
~ in the purse. The only reason one should
have several is that they can he purchased
more economically than a single book. En-
fer into one of these notebooks, which is al
ways carried, every item and expense for
rho day. This book can do service as a
memoranda book. Every day if possible,
and certainly once a week, check off these
%sccounts into a ledger. The left hand page
If the ledger should represent the income
mage. the right hand the page of expendi.
lures.
Most women have but one source of in.
come. and for such the income page will he
very easy matter to handle, and part ofiE
can serve as expenditure page. The ex-
penditure page should be divided for the
several heads: House, furniture, dress, chill
dren's dress, school expenses, books, amuse-
meuts, church and charities, or in divisions
or set of divisions that meet the require
ments of the family accounts. These divi-
.,~.ll I,>,A L. --s.a
red ink.
1t is unnecessary to say that the expend-
lures of each day in the little notebook
must be under date of that day, and it is
very wise to settle accounts on one day of
the week. This saves much confusion.
Friday or Saturday is usually the best day.
There is u certain satisfaction in being able
to account for every penny expended in
these days when money seems to disappear
and leave nothing to show for its expend-
iture. The second advantage, and by many
people considered the primary advantage,
is that keeping accounts is very apt to stop
unnecessary leaks.
There are many husbands who would be
much more agreeable in money matters if
they could see exactly how the money was
spent. To most men the disappearance Of
income is a source of mystery, if not of an
noyance. 1t is an excellent plan, where
possible. to have the husband draw off the
accounts from the daybook. Many times
be will untangle figures that puzzle his
wife, and very often their combined intel
ligence will see ways of modifying expend-
lures or of expanding under wiser assign.
ments.
The true secret of managing money is to
so divide the income as to keep the best
balance in the several departments of ex.
penditure. For instance, decide how much
money can be expended for rent, church
and charity expenses, dress, etc., and keep
within the limit. Accounts help to keep
this limit before the mind and serve as Il
check and satisfaction piece.-Christian
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-05-05
A Terrible Waste.

Speaking Of broken engagements" re-
marked a Young girl the other day, 'makea
mine was expecting to be married and had
everything ready but her gowns. All the
table and bed linen was hemmed and
marked and put away in lavender, while
dozens of tray cloths, doilies and bureau
scarfs were made. She had even prepared
a large supply Of house cloths for windows.
silver, ETC., and had put away six rolls Of
linen bandages, in case any one should cut
a finger or sprain an arm.
"Well, the engagement was broken, and
what do you think she did with all those
things upon which she had lavished 50
much loving carer She made a big bonfire
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-05-05
The Stolen Kiss.

Two peach trees in an orchard waved
their glossy leaves beneath the torrid rays
Of an August sun. The one tall, graceful
aud 1.-the of limb, bore nothing but foliage,
and that of the darkest, richest green, while
his neighbor Bonded YEARLY under her load
Of luscious fruit.
Upon one of the extending branches that
was nearest to him was a large, beautiful
peach that he had watched ever since she
was a sweet, pink blossom until now, when
the rains, the hot sun and the gentle dews
had nurtured her to the perfection of ma
turity, and it seemed as if the longer he
watched her the whittier grew the lily of her
brow and deeper grew the flush upon her
cheek that vainly strove to conceal its love
illness beneath a delicate veil of snow white
velvet down.
Perhaps it was the magic of his eyes that
made her check to grow SO wondrous fair,
Tor his gaze had crown so constant and so
ardent. The thought came to his heart
That she was made for him alone, and he
sighed to think that he might not even kiss
aer cheek, for she hung just beyond his
larthest reach.
lie whispered the wish that was in his
heart just loud enough for her to hear. The
olash upon her cheek deepened, and she
SAD; 1T cannot be. You would take some
'n,ns OF my soul upon your lips"
Inc zephyrs upon which his prayer was
borne arose to u breeze, and us he bent be.
meath their sway he stole the coveted kiss,
when, 10! upon his lips he took the down
IRON hercheek. Alas! there was something
=. her %delicacy gone that nothing could re.
alore, not even the dewdrops that the even.
'ng ar was fast distilling there.
an woman, so fair, so beautiful, let none
uetray thee with a kiss. to inhale aught Of
Ivy soul from off thy lips! No bearded Lip
oue thy affianced's may touch thy cheek,
,uone nut the liege husband may lavish upon
,nee MS caresses lest something of thy purt
4oVeliness be divorced.-Mary E. Kelly.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-05-05
BISMARCK WEEKLY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY. MAY $ 1893.

no ,sc. At the same time it should he so
situated an to he kept ut u temperature us
nearly uniform as possible. AS IL general
thing IL should be on the south side of the
house. Any excess of sunlight il such cx-
lists can be easily controlled by shades.
Since tho nursery is as u rule occupied
both night and day it should he rs large ms
possible to facilitate athorough supply of
fresh air.
Considerations of air, sunlight and clean
illness should be paramount, and all qucs.
tons of decoration should be entirely sub
servient. To this end everything should
be simple in construction.
In all but exceptional cases the nursery is
the scene at some time or other of one or
more of the diseases incident to childhood.
On this account all materials that might
serve as a lurking place for dust and dis
ease organisms should be excluded. The
furniture should be plain, so as to be easily
kept clean. It should also be light, or else
furnished with strong casters, SO that it
can be easily moved about. Pictures on the
walls were better omitted.
Nursery closets, too, should be carefully
looked after. They should be always opeI
to inspection, and no accumulation Of soiled
clothing should be permitted.
The habitual use of disinfectants should
have no part in the care of the nursery.
The necessity for their use should be avoid
ed by means OF scrupulous cleanliness. A
room in which disinfectants are needed
should be inhabited by no one. least of all
by children.
The ventilation of the nursery is an i'm.
portant matter. The essential thing to be
secured is II frequent change of air without
drafts along the foor.-Youth's COMPANION
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-05-05
womau,s Position In History.

The position of women has varied a good
deal in the history of the ages. In the re-
hottest times, among the rudest peoples,
women had more public influence than in
post-Homeric Greece, in Rome and in the
great eastern empires, except perhaps in
Egypt, where we hear of great queens and
where the woman was in a sense the head
of the family. The ''matriarchate" is not
a new idea, but a primitive institution. In
deed all the most ~"advanced' ideas are a
return to savage ideas, from which circum-
stances we may q pretty much as we
please.
If the object of institutions be content
and a quiet life, then the Zulus and Hin
docs may be said to have solved the ques-
ton of woman. Polygamy and seclusioa
may have answered very well for many
centuries, but our aspirations tend in an op-
posite direction.-London News.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-05-05
The Delaine NIerinO.

NO OIlc OIceO CdIA supply luc Ol11Ce ue-
signed to the whole ovine family. Each
breed has its %peculiarities. which adapt
it, a little better than any other. to a GER
tain environment. No breed but with
proper care will conduct its owner up the
hill Of prosperity. The smooth Delaine
Merino will come as near as II to being
an all purpose sheep. While the Merino
wool will not supply the place of coarser
materials in the manufacture of some
fabrics, it will come nearer than any
other one grade in supplying the wants
of man.
Do l hear some II say there is too
much gum and grease along with it
that we cannot afford to have so much
Of the best part of our feed converted in
to an article which yields no returns
save to the railroad corporations that
are instrumental in its transportation?
That is all true, but we can dispense
with this great excess of foreign matter
without exterminating the Merino. By
proper breeding the Merino can be made
to produce meat fit for a king; and the
wrinkled Merino may become a stalwart,
noble creature. attracting the eye and
worthy a tenement on the most princely
farms that dot the prairies of Iowa. N.
Samson. an eminent writer ON the SUBJ
ject of 'How to Feed and Clothe the
Millions of Europe on Their Small, High
Priced Farms" declares in favor of the
wool and mutton producing Merino.
In February. 1890, l sold a carload Of
grade Shropshire lambs and yearlings
which averaged in Chicago 12l pounds
and sold for Ct cents. The same year
soon after shearing l shipped a load of
2-year-old half blood Delaines, the other
half being the Vermont type. that aver
aged 105 pounds and sold for st cents.
As l had their fleeces left I considered
that there was as much profit in the lat
ter as in the first load. AS to the dress
ing qualities of the Merlno, at the fat
stock show of 1899 the produce of a
Shropshire ram and a Merlno W won
the prize over all breeds on the block
Joseph Edgerton.
When hens are first allowed to run
out after confinement for the winter,
If they have not had all abundance Of
green food or good clover hay they will
sometimes eat so greedily of the grass
that they find, and which is dead and
dry, that it will pack their crops and
they become "crop bound" There is
but one remedy. Cut open the crop
with a sharp knife. remove the hay and
sew up the wound. But a hearty feed
of cabbage leaves is a preventive Of the
trouble, and that is better than a cure.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-05-05
The Care Of the Nursery.

~, A"e Car0 OF the Nursory.
chine ule room especially set apart for the
sI ;"n of the family should be the best
~'Fed' the sunniest and the driest in the
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-05-05
Typesetting For Girls.

The setting of type seems to be a work
especially adapted to the deft fingers of a
girl, and the fact that she is earning a conf
Portable competence ought to give her q
dignity that demands the respect of those
with whom she comes in contact. The &C.
tual work of picking up the type is no hard
er than playing scales on the piano and
not half so trying for the eyes as drawn
work or embroidery. The men printers do
their work standing, but the girls have
high stools at the cases and may sit or
stand.
1t isn't clean work, but i. is clean mon
ey. and ranges from IS to $25 a week, with
an average of $15 a week. A man is EN-
ployed to do the heavy lifting of the forms,
which is supposed to be too heavy for wom-
en.-New York Sun.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-05-05

in the back yard, and upon the flames,
started by means of II match and an old
barrel, she hcapcd her treasures. Never did
vestal virgin feeding the sacred fires on an
Gent Roman affairs make more fcrvcnt
vows than did this nineteenth century
maiden when sacrificing her dainty linen
In the hope of assnaging her hcartache.
That all happened some years ago. On n
cabinet in her own room stands a large jar,
which people declare contains the ashes of
her heart and of her bridal linen cre,nated
together OIL that Hateful day."-San Fran
cisco ArpOnaut.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-05-05

Science is golden in nearly every instance
where a defect obtains in the home econ
Omy.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-05-05

In general the girls in the great storesin
Paris have q hard time. They are COM
PEELED to stand all the time they are at
work, and the air of the stores is far from
exhilaratinH.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-05-05

Furniture covers are prettiest and fresh
est made Of old fashioned dimity, edged
with tiny balls. This is much prettier in
effect than the figured linens which have
been 80 much used.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-05-05
for Infants and Children.

"Castoria Il 20 wen adaptedto children that
RECOMMEND ita superior to any prescription
kownt to me-" h. A. ARca11, n. D.,
III So. Oxford st., Brooklyn, N. z.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-05-05


Oyster plant may be used for soup just
as celery is, making y cream soup that very
closely resembles the real oyster broth.
Cut up and boil tender the satisfy. When
it is mashed to pulp, add milk and season
ing, as in cream of celery soup.
Maud Banks, the daughter of General N.
P. Banks, is not only a conscientious and
painstaking actress, but she is likewise one
Of the most widely educated and best read
young women of the day. She speaks a
number of languages fluently.
A dining table for six persons should be
6 feet long. Beneath the cloth always
have a felt or canton flannel cover. 1t
brings out the design of your table linen
and deadens the bony sound Of dishes.
TN-.fA.-~ -,a~ o-@ ~~okAsork 1~~f <,~oc1,
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-02-23

Recommendations Made by Department
Clerks to Congress.

Recommendations Made by Department
Clerks to Congress.
number of Pension Office clerks believing
that the Democratic memb ers Of the House are
sincere in their desires to reduce the expenses
of the Government and lift the burdens from
the taxpayers and introduce genuine reform,
met recently and form ulsted the folio wing bill,
which they will ask to have incorporated in
the sundry civil appropriation bill. It Is hardly
necessary to say that it will not meet with the
approval Of a ma ority Of Congress, and will,
therefore, not become law;
Whereas tho present House Is unwieldy and .
Tow men do all the taiking-ihs rest serving only
to make quorum,
BE it enacted etc., That the representation be re-
dnoed two-thrds. thereby decreasing the aumbers
and increasing the efficiency Of the House, thus
reducing expenses s.. 100000
Wheress the railroad corporations furnish to
members Of Congress dead-head tickets on all
tho lines, In return for which courtesy they have
only to vote large grants and special privileges to
said cor pOrntons.
Be it enacted That mileage be reduced two thirds.
thus reducing expenses s2,GS0 COO
whereas no other public servants have station
cry, card cases opera glasses, soap, scissors. and
knives furnished a. cost of 500 per person Ia adj
dition 10 S. 200 salary,
Be it enacted, That the stationery privilege he
abolished. and members furnish their sup
plies. thus saving Slo0 coo To The people.
Whereas il has bees declared b. Congress 10 be
for the good Of the Nation and the welfare Of the
individual that tho working day shall be eight
hours.
Be it enacted. That during the session Congress
Shall convene nj II o'clock noon and adjourn at
D. M, or convene at 10 a. and adjourn D. ~,
with oDe-half honr for lunch
Whereas members have eight months at home
during the year of q short session and several
months during the other years,
DC II enacted, That no leave OF absence shat he
granted during the session Icept upon the affidavit
or member and the certificate Of n physician that
said member is unable to perform his official duties
by reason of sickness of himself or OF some con-
iagions disease in s family, iunder these oircum-
stances the Speaker grant said xacs nber sick
$4,000 eco
Whereas 1t Is not conducive to either good man.
ners or good morals That members take drinks
between VOTES or spit upon the floor, Gil the
building with smoke,
Be Il enacted. That the bar and cignr stands be
abolished, and any one found drinking. smoking
or splitting during the ofieial hours shall he fined
for tho f!rEt oHense not less thar $50 more than
800. For tho second they shall be fined and put
under guard. The money thus collected shall he
placed III the United States Treasury and shall 10
used 10 help pay tie salaries of the Inc icient
OF Representatives who, unable to - living
otherwise, have been appointed to lucrative posi-
tons under the Government. This will reduce
the expense OF this class Of pensioners upon the
Government, and SO lif. tho weight Of taxation
from the people.