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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-04-13

A LONE woman held up Coxey's whole
industrial army at Uniontown, Pa. She
was a tollgate keeper, and with no other
weapon than a wooden fascinator, she
stood off General Coxey's magnificent
pageant of rags, tags and t~atters, and de-
fed him to pass the tollgate, without
paying toll. General Coxey and Lieut..
Browne endeavored to divert her with
specious reasoning and honeyed words,
but it was of no avail. They threatened,
but she was firm. They pleaded, but
she was unrelentlng. They argued, but
she was not at all argumentative. She
said the question was not debatable
from any standpoint, and finally Coxey
gave up in despair, and an assessment
wae made of the whole army. The sum
of S1.87 vas collected, in dimes and
nickels and pennies, and paid over, and
then the tollgate swung open, and with
martial tread and imposing solemnity,
the army of the commonweal passed
through. To overcome such obstacles
as this, it will be 9 that the spirit of
the industrials' must be we'll nigh in
domitable. To pay over to a lone woman,
q sum which would purchase innumer-
able beers, and free lunches illimitable,
requires heroic self-denial. The army Of
the commonweal is not to be turned
either to the right or left from it's path.
Its perseverance is a thing of grandeur.
| Its fund of resource is not surpassed.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-04-13

In reply to an ~interrogatory letter
from Mr.. Daniel W. Voorhees,, Of the
United States senate, Mr.. J. f. Gebhardt,
superintendent of the New Albany, Ind,
wooden mills, submits the following, re-
| garding the mills:
l. Capital invested 100000.
2. Plant established in 1861 with $4,000
capital.
3. Difference in wages paid, over 100
per cent. more in 1892 than in 1861.
4. Value of product in 1851, $$35,O0O; in
1892, S991,0 900.
5. Mill run steady until last six months
of 1898, and has run short time so far this
year.
6. Specific duty is necessary-more par
tlcularly according to amount of labor re-
quired to make the goods.
T.. We make jeans, flannels, blankets,
skirts and kersey.
8. IT the present rate of duty was re.
duced one-third we should have to reduce
wages from 10 to so per cent. according to
amount of labor necessary to produce goods
9. The price of our goods varied mainly
according to fluctuations in price OF cotton
and wool.
III. Competition in our line of manufact-
uring has increased very materially dur.
ing the past five years on account OF addi
tional machinery being put in operation
throughout the country.
II. We think a specific duty better than
an ad valorem, because it can be more
properly adjusted according to the amount
of labor that enters into the product.
IL. Our product the last year has been
about one-half of what it was during 1892
IL. Have been reducing wages during
the last four or five months, anticipating
a reduction in the tariff.
IA. Taking clothing and provisions to-
gether, it does not cost afamily as much to
live now as it did in 1861, provided they
are satisfied with the same kind of living.
Is. There was some difficulty in adjust
ing the duty on wool under the Mckinley
tariff, but it has mainly been Strengthened
by the courts.
IL. We believe the Mckinley tariff very
much better for the laboring classes than
the proposed new tariff, while the new tar
if will be better than the Mckinley for the
rich man.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-04-13

THERE have been electionslin all parts
of the country the past week. Some of
them have been important in themselves,
as in states where state officers and as
s%emblymen we're elected. Others have
been important only as they have had a
significance of the future. It is notice.
able, in either case, that everything has
gone republican. In many of the
stronghol6s of democracy, the enemy
has been routed, and driven from the
towns and districts it has held for years.
Even insignificant city elections, where
party lines have been drawn, have all
resulted in republican victories = in
North Dakota as we'll as in all other
states where elections have been held,
There need be no query as to the sig.
nificance of these results. It is that the
localities which are republican by nature
and which always returned republican
majorities up to 1892, when they strayed
eff in search of a new goddess, or at the
reckoning of a false prophet, have seer
their error, and have returned to Their
allegiance. It mea too, that ever
democratic districts have seer the
weakness and incapacity of democracy
and are knocking for admission at the
door of the republican party. It means
that factional grievances and petty diff
@ferencee have been laid aside, every.
where, and that they are working once
more in harmony. And it means tha1
the fall elections Of 1894 will witness
sweeping republican msjorities every.
where-majorities which will be NOR
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-04-13

HE st. Paul Daily News, which has
been struggling for ever a meager ex-
lsteLce for some time, is in a bad way.
Sherin, it's owner, has disappeared with
what cash he could scrape together, and
the sheet is in the hand Of Mrs. Steel,
a court reporter, who is the chosen rep
resentative Of the mechanical depart
ment of the paper, to whom the manage
ment is IN arrears for several thousand
dollars Of salary.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-04-13

C1App's weekly market letter goes to
show that the worlds supply of wheat is
large, and that crop prospects for 1894
are for another large yield. There are
new countries each year coming as COM
p~etitors to the present wheat producing
sections. Reports from exporting coun-
tries seem to indicate they have about
twenty millions more than importing
countries require, and have furnished
about two hundred million bushels of
wheat to date since the beginning of the
crop year, which date. varies from July
to September lst in different countries.
The worlds visible is now about two
hundred andtwenty million bushels; the
foreign visible supply is about fifteen mil
lions more than a year ago, while ours Is
about six Millions less and the amount
ahoat Is about two millions larger.
About four-ffths of the wheat afoat is
headed for Great Britain. India has ap.
parently held back her supplies, having
exported only about twenty-five million
bushels against last seasons estimates
for a surplus equaling about fifty mil.
lion. Madame Rumor says their crop
prospects are fully 6 per cent. better
than a year ago; evidently their
reserves are or less in a condition
similar to ours two years ago. Russia
now given credit for an export surplus
equaling n hundred and five millions
instead of eighty or eighty-ive siz
months ago. Her output of the crop Of
1893 of both wheat and rye as we'll as
that of Germany is in excess of fall es.
Inmates. France has been only a moder.
ate importer, partially owing to the extra
duty placed upon foreign wheats. Their
rye and wheat prospects are generally
reported as good. Some complaints come
from Hungary. Holland and Belgium
report fine prospects for the 1894 crop
Roumania reports continue good. The
Argentine crop reports have surprised
the world. South America has doomed
up as an exporter of wheat in the pas,
few years against a record of having I'M,
ported moderately in the eighties. Great
Britain is the largest consumer and buye]
from wheat countries, taking yearly
nearly forty or forty-fve per cent. of the
surplus of exporting countries. AS usual
they are reporting fair or good prospects
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-04-13

It has been demonstrated, too, by
trials, that peanut grits make soup
which is in every respect equal, if not
superior, to that made from peas or
beans, and as an addition to make dishes,
or with rice, potatoes and other foods
deficient in heterogeneous material, it is
claimed to be very acceptable, and boiled
with pork the dish is said to be superior
to baked beans. The peanut may be
humble in appearance, and estimation,
but the day Of its emancipation is at
hand.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-04-13

P. H. RoURKE-the candidate for the
Office of attorney general on the republic
c8n ticket in '92-has been elected may
or OF Lisbon. TITS said this wipes out all
fractional difficulties among republicans
IN Ransom county-great chunks of har-
mony are lying around loose-the air
is full of republicanism-and everything
looks bright for the fall campaign.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-04-13

for growing crops at home, with ample
supplies either in their granary, afoat or
in the visible of nations who contribute.
to reported supplies. 1t is also reported
that the United States wheat acreage
may be the smallest in twenty years.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-04-13

Then, too, new blood has been infused,
and the new members of the council are
men, whose ideas will be valuable, and
whose official actions will be weighed
carefully, and be of much assistance in
the conducting Of business of the city.
Altogether, the council made a good be-
ginning last night. The meetings of the
council promise to be harmonious, and
with unity of purpose and effort, much
can and will be accomplished.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-04-13

EDITOR PACKARD Of the Mandan
Times, in his last issue, takes a moment
of to remark that the Bismarck election
passed off with the customary number
OF fights, and to supplement this remark
with the further explanatory statement
that "the ward-heelers Of Bismarck are q
tough lot" All OF which may. perhaps,
be excused, for the reason that the Bis
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-04-13

According to these figures 1000 parts
of peanut meal or grits are worth, on a
nutrimental basis, 1,278 parts of soya
beans, 1871 parts of %lentils, 1,790 parts
of navy beans, and 1922 parts of peas.
The following table gives the nutri-
mental value of 1 mark (25c) worth of
the various foodstuffs in common use in
Germany and elsewhere:
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-04-13

marck election furnished inspiration for
some kind of comment, and the Times
may have been a little short on inspira-
ton. just as a matter of fact, however,
the TRIBUNE desires to assure Editor
Packard that thu election in Bismarck
was not characterized by any fights, and
that order was maintained at all times.
The Times is mistaken.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-04-13

HE president has appointed James F.
OBrien of Devils Lake as United States
district attorney, to succeed E. w. Camp.
This ends a warm contest, as w. p.
Miller, who has long been Attorney
Camps assistant, was after the place.
and made the race a close n Q
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-04-13

JAMES GORDON BENNETT is negotiating
for the purchase Of the Vigilant, the
gallant yacht which defended Americas
cup against the claims of the Valkyrie.
If the purchase is made, the Vigilant will
be taken to England, and Lord Dunrav-
en- will be given a ''try" in English
waters.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-04-13

Browne. Dana says the Hon. SILICA
Coxey is a compound crank of $4,000
ass power, dragging an advertising car,
and the Hon. Carl Brownies head is a
shell without partitions. This should
effectually settle all disputes, and may
be cited as authority in any discussions
which may arise.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-04-13

JUST to show the genial warmth Of
recent city election in Grand Forks, it is
said that Tracy Bangs drove fifty miles
through mud and water from Bottineau
TO Rugby, Sunday morning, to catch the
train, and then rode 200 miles to the
Forks-to cast his vote for Anderson.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-04-13

AN exchange makes a mistake in the
age of the Bismarck Weekly TRIBUNE.
1t is the Oldest newspaper in North Da-
kota-now in its 22d year.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-04-13

For the benefit Of those who are in
doubt as to the qualities Of the gentle
men, the TRIBUNE presents Editor Dana's
estimate Of General Coxey and Mr..
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-04-13
Hoods i s;s;i't Cures
NEW u STORE

have Just opened up a new stock of First
class Guns and Ammunition of all kinds. All
kinds OF Repairing done on Short Notice.
Choke-boaring and Restocking a Specially.
Store on Fourth street, opposite Pacific House.
GEO. WATSON
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-04-13
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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-11-24
Smelling the Bean Sauce.

There was in Yedo a poor man who
had worked hard and long, and had
saved q small sum Of money He had
no strong box to keep it in; and it oc-
CURED to him that if he dropped it IL
side an empty bean-sauce cask, no one
would ever think Of looking there for
1t. Now this bean-sauce is much used
by poor people; but the smell is very
strong and somewhat offensive to per-
sons Of delicate taste. Some ingenious
thief, after all, did discover the hid
ing-place, for one day the poor man
found his money missing. He went
Immediately to Okla, and told him Of
the loss, adding that he thought it
must be laid to the charge of some
one of the neighbors. So Okla sum-
.moned all the poor mans neighbors for
the next day, and when they had ap-
> peared in court, Okla announced, "In
. my opinion it is one of. you that! has
stolen this money from the bean
sauce cask, and, if that is so, shall
be able to tell by the smell Of the
thiefs fingers. So let each one come
up here and present his hands in turn"
just as he had said this, he noticed one
Of the men in the back Of the court
room suddenly put his hand to his nose
;. and smell it. ''That man over there Is
the thief!' Immediately exclaimed the
judge, pointing to the man.
-. Okla knew, yvu see, t.ss:2t t.s:2tt # the thief
was really among the crowd, his guilty
conscience would probably suggest to
him the thought, ''Will my hands be-
tray me?'
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-11-24
An Old Lndy's Boast.

Those who have charge of charitable
Institutions for the aged poor will tell
you that no topic is more pleasing to
some poor old women than the discus
sion Of their "better days." when they
were the fortunate possessors Of ''ev-
erything heart could wish for" as they
are apt to express it.
One old lady never tires Of describ-
ing the fnery she had when she was a
bride; another boasts of having once
owned "gold-band chany tea-set'
and six "solid silver teaspoons" while
a third dwells at great length on the
elegance Of fowered silk gown and a
satin parasol with fringe fifteen inches
long that she once owned.
One poor old woman never says
anything until the others are done
boasting. Then she calmly remarks
"Well, I never had no chany tea
things, nor no silk gowns nor embroid-
cred petticoats, nor open-work stock
ings, nor gold ear-drops, nor nothin' of
that sort; but have had four husbands
and I'd like to know if any Of you can
beat thatr'
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-11-24
Undesirable Room,

At irst-sig!t it would seem that it
must be an unreasonable man who
would find fault with a house because
it had one more room than was called
for by the advertisement; but first
sight is not always best sight.
A real estate agent sent a customer
to look at a tiye-room house, that being
just the size he professed to want.
The house proved to be sadly out Of
repair, and the prospective tenant
went back to the agents office.
Il didn't want a six-room house." he
said >>.I1..-.
That isn't six-room house." an,
swered the agent. >SsE<5
eyes it is'' ,+:Sts$ss.s@. --'
s.But say it is not" and the agent
began counting. There's the kitchen,
dining-room, reception room, and two
bedrooms. That's five, isn't it p
Eyes, but there's the room for i'm
proYement, and that's bigger than any
two Of the Others" said the facetious
customer. Cant you show me some
thing else?'
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-11-24

; In certain country town not far
from Paris there exists an ancient
fishing club, named the Intrepid Fish
ers Of Marpignon,. "a pretty stream
goes through Marpignon, but for many;
many years not one fish had been seen
in this stream. So the Intrepid fish
ers had nothing to do. .s a
The excitement may be imagined,
therefore, when the word ran through
Marpignon that large babel-a very
tough and gamy fsh-had been seen in
the stream. The intrepid fishers turn
ed out, and having aseertained that
there was indeed barbel in the stream
Immediately stopped the water some
little distance above and below with
gratings, SO that he could not get away.
Then they ranged themselves JOY
fully along the stream with hook and
line, and all went to fishing for the one
fish. - =. ~.. bEf
BY and by one intrepid fisher caught
him, and Immediately threw him back
into the water. In the course of time
another caught him and did the same.
\ For three days the intrepid fishers
kept at their work. catching this one
barbel; and at the end Of that time the
fish died Of exhaustion and loss of
blood. Then the intrepid fishers count
ed up the notches that they had made
on their f1shpoles, and. the man who
had caught the barbel the most times
was declared the champion fisherman
Of Marpignon, and received great hon
OrS. ~s. ~.-s -..
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-11-24
Jesu, pro me .perforatus.

The hymn has a curious history. 1t
was published first in the Gospel
Magazine" 1776, at the end Of an arti-
Gle on the Atonement. and bore the
title, "a Living and Dying Prayer for
the Holiest Believer in the World"
The article, which it follows, is called
"Questions and Answers Relative to
the National Debt" wherein numeri-
cal calculation is made Of mems sins,
and the hymn is meant to emphasize
the necessity Of atonement, and was
written to counteract the Arminianis1n
Of John Wesley, of which the composer
disaDDroved.
But the chief poet of the Eyangeli-
cal School was Charles Wesley. He
wrote in all about 5000 hymns, and it
is said that he used to carry about
with him little cards in his pocket to
jot down the verses as they occurred
to him. He was a cultivated and re-
fined scholar, and IN ardent supporter
Of the Church Of England and so must
be carefully distinguished from the lat
er Wesleyans and Alethodists who
sprang from the movement inaugural
ed by him and his brother John, most
OF whom were men of little education
and iI-disposed to the Church.
The beautiful hymn Jesus Lover of
My Soul,'' is said to have been suggest
ed by little bird which flew into his
study to take refuge from the pursuit
Of a hawk. His brother John always
considered his funeral hymn "Come
Let Us Join Our Friends Above" to be
his finest. Isaac Watts, on the other
hand preferred that noble compost
ton, Come, O Thou Traveller Un-
known 8 and thought it worth all the
verses which he himself had written.
AS we read that Pericles, the majes-.
tic and reserved Athenian statesman,
broke down but once, and that at the
funeral Of his own son, SO we are told
that the only occasion on which John
Wesley was seen to give way to bis
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-11-24
He Went on the Train.

An American lady who spoke ve..
little French, was getting into train
for Dieppe at Paris last summer She
had little white dog under her arm.
One Of the railway guards stepped up
to her, and touching his cap,. said
somewhat pompously:
Madame, you cannot take your dog
On the train
But I take my dog'-the lady began
brokenly.
MADAME, the rules admit no excep-
tion. You must put your dog in a bas.
ket and pay his fare"
"But my dog is different, SIR
'"Yo'lr dog must go as all other dos.
do!"
The American lady was becoming
excited.
''But my dog is-is-is-oh. I can't
think Of the word-I'n put him in my
valiser
''Ilnpcssible!'
20 sir, take the dog yourself" t..
lady exclaimed.
Il cannot take the dog, madame. 1T
is contrary to regulations
A great crowd had gathered by this
time. The American lady was begin
ming to cry; but suddenly she thrust
her dog willy-lilly,- into the guard s
hands; and then he discovered, to his
intense astonishment, that the animal
was stuffed.
The crowd roared with laughter.
The guard gave the dog to the triumph
ant American lady, who had all the
time been trying yainly to remember
the word empaille; and she took it OF
board .g,, g., ,t-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-11-24

book to which Dr.. Johnson accredited
his first religious impressions, and
whose author the historian Gibbon pro-
nounced to be a worthy and pious
man who believed all he professed and
practiced all that he enjoined." The
organizer was John. Wesley, whose
chief object was to use his own words,
ITO promote the: love of man and the.
the love Of God for 4 mans sake,''t
George Whitfield was the orator, Of
whom Garrick said that he could pro-
nounce Mesopotamia in such way as
to excite the tears Of the audience.
John, Fletcher, Of Madeley, was the
saint; Selma, Lady Huntingdon, was
the patroness; and the poet was
Charles Wesley.
1t began within the bounds Of the
Church and finally spread outside its
borders. But the Church immeasura-
bly, the richer for the leaven it intro
duced, is animated by much Of it's
spirit still. By the interst it invoked
In each individual soul it paved the
way for the anti-slavery movement,
and to 1t In great measure we are in
debted for the moderation displayed
IN England during the French RevoIu-
ton, for it infected the classes which
We're just the most excitable and dan
gerous with profound religious feeling
at moment when they might have
been led into violence or atheism.
Isaac Watts.
The first place among it's hymn writ
ers must be assigned to Isaac Watts.
His infancy was saddened by religious
persecution. His father was thrown
into prison for his non-conformity. and
his mother used to sit with him as a
baby on her lap outside the prison
bars. [ am afraid his name proyokes
in most men a slight sense Of the lu-
dlcrous. We think Of him as the apos-
tie of the nursery, a kind of clerical
Gammer Gurton. We remember "How
doth the little busy bee,' and LET dogs
delight to bark and bite,' and we for
get that the same author wrote "When
l survey the wondrous cross,'' Come
let us join our cheerful songs,'' "Je-
sus shall reign where'er the sum- s'Not
all the blood Of beasts (of which the
strange story is told that a Jewess,
after reading the words on a piece Of
paper in which a packet Of butter was
wrapped, became a convert to Chris
tlanity) and above all, 20 God, our
help in ages past" He began: writing
when quite a youth. -'Give us some
thing better, young man." said the dea-
con Of his chapel when young Watts