Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-08-18

laugh, for Minneapolis then had only 1900
Inhabitants, if l remember rightly, and
St. Anthony. the city on the eastern bank,
was supposed to be the coming place,
When I entered the Agricultural building
here the first things to attract my atten-
ton were the splendid models of the great
Washburn mills from that city, which can
turn out 5000 barrels of flour daily.
wish 1 could see that prophet of 1859.
If living, he must have lots of fun saying,
II told you So" 1t makes me sigh to re-
member that I could have bought land
within a mile of the falls at village suburb
rates. ButthenI had no money and when
Icould get work only earned SO cents a
day, SO it's as broad as it's long. Then
the Indians were roaming at will only 40
miles further up the river. Now these
mills use up every day the product of
$500 acres of wheat, average crop, and the
wheat growing region extends as far
northwest of Minneapolis as that city is
northwest of Baltimore. The -four and
milling exhibit is a beautiful sight indeed
and all the Minnesota department is full
OF interest. There is likewise some nus
ment.
Near the mills, for instance, is a NAM
moth barrel and an inscription thereon in
vites n to walk through and get an
Aunt Jemima pancake Free" l walked
got a pancake. 1t almost brought a tear
to my eye. I could not think of eating
the delicate, beautiful little thing. Ihad
q silver dollar in my pocket, by chance. I
placed it gently on the pancake and Just
enough of the yellow fringe showed
around the border to make a fair model of
an annular eclipse of the sun. The weight
of the pancake was not quite one-fifth
that Of the dollar. But it was "free."
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In the Electrical kitchen there is also
some free feed occasionally, for ladies only.
Helen Louise johnson talks on cooking
and illustrates it by getting up toothsome
dishes by electricity. When "angel food"
and Sunshine cake" were produced and
handed to the ladies 1 supposed it was
only to show the wonders of the fluid, but
in her talk Miss johnson insisted that
electricity is by far the cheapest fuel in
cities where it can be produced on q large
scale. If this be true, there is certainly a
good time coming for our No
smoke, no dust, no worry, no danger, no
black coal, no kindling of fires. Just put
the meat, dough, potatoes, etc., in the
bright metal pans, touch the button and
electricity does the rest.
Time and warm weather have played
sad havoc with some of the f~anciful work
Which looked 80 gay but q short time ago.
The oranges have shrunk up and turned
black, the fur southern leaves and grasses
n palms have withered and two of the
Dlg chocolate statues have tumbled all to
pieces. In Horticultural hall the Florida
exhibitors have swept their space clean
and abandoned it. The state made no ap-
preparation to sustain the exhibit and Mr..
jackson, the commissioner. had to raise
money by subscription to erect the state
building. Some other southern exhibits
in the fancy line look rather old and the
broken legs and trunks of the chocolate
n and Minerva present a comical ap-
pearance. But the material is worked up
and the drink is served out-in amazingly
small cups. of course, for it is Gree"
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All the withered things, however, be
they vines or palms, leaves, flowers or
oranges, bear no proportion Of withered-
ness to the withered looks of the lately SO
confident landlords. "No use Of blufin'
any longer" said a sad and sorrowful one
today. "These 100000 people a day just
Amt a comm and that's the end of it. We
may as we'll squeal and throw up the
sponge" And so say most of those inter-
ested. There will be an average attend
ance, no more. And it's a pity, o, what q
pity, for many and many a year will pass
before this earth will again contain the
equal OF the White City.
j. H. BEADLE.