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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-03-30

and when they reached the chann OF
the river, the man and front horse went
down suddenly, and disappeared, leaving
the second horse standing alone on the
ice, where he had stopped still upon the
disappearance Of the first two.
MI. Plants gazed in the direction the
figures had disappeared, but it grew
rapidly dark, and he wa unable to see
anything further. It looked to him like
a serious accident, and he finally return
ed inside and put a lamp in an upper
window as a sort of beacon, to guide the
man toward a place of safety, should he
have fallen through the ice, and manag-
ed to get out again.
This morning, word was received that
a drowning had occurred, but the horse
was the only victim, having gone through
tile ice into the rather chilly waters Of
the Missouri. The man escaped the fate
OF his equine companion, and returned
to the city last night. He and a COM
rade are travelling overland westward
and their endeavor to get to
the Mandan side last night cost them a
horse, and a rather narrow escape from
a serious mishap.
Coal Test.
At the coal test in the jamestown
shops, Of steam power producing quail
ties of different Goals, it was shown that
$4,000 pounds of Lehigh coal evaporated
1880 gallons of water; the amount of
ash being LOO pounds, or 5 per cent.
The official test of bituminous coal con-
Quoted in the same furnace showed that
$4,000 pounds of Hooking Valley coal
evaporated 24,550 gallons of water; the
amount of ash being 3,605 pounds or II
per cent. AS the bituminous coal is
worth $3.50 per ton and Ignite coal S2.75
here, the former, in the consumption Of
161a tons, should have evaporated 1850
gallons of water instead of 24,550 gallons
to have been equal to the native coal. 1t
will also be noticed that the amount of
ash produced by the eastern coal was
about 6 per cent. greater than the native.
The testing Of the coal is stillin progress.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-01
"Poor Richard,s Almanac.v

It was "Poor Richards Almanac"
which first made Franklin famous, and
it was out of the mouth of Poor Rich
ard that Franklin spoke most effec-
lively to his fellow countrymen. He
had noticed that the almanac was often
the only book i'll many houses, and no
therefore "filled all the little spaces
that occurred between the remarkable
days i'll the calendar with proverbial
sentences, chiefly such rs inculcated
industry and frugality rs the means of
procuring wealth, and thereby secur-
ing virtue; it being more difficult for
man in want to act always honestly,
rs, to use here one of those proverbs,
1T is hard for an empty sack to stand
upright. >" BY these pithy, pregnant
sayings, carrying their moral home,
fit to be pondered in the long winter
evenings, Franklin taught Americans to
no thrifty, to be forehanded, and to
look for help only from themselves.
The rest of the almanac was also in.
toresting, especially tho playful pre-
faces; for Franklin was the first of
Amoricrn humorists, and to this day
He has not peen surpassed III MS own
line. The best OF the proverbs-not
original, all of them, but all set forth
ireshened and shnrpened by Frank
Inns shrewd wit-he assembled and
formed into connected discourse,
prefixed to the almanac of 1857, rs the
harangue Of wise old man to the peo-
pie attending an auction" Thus com.
pacted, the scattered counscls sped up
and down tho Atlantic coust, being
copied into all the newspapers. The
wise "Speech of Father Abraham"
also travelled across the ocean and WIS
reprinted iii England as q broadside to
be stuck up in houses for daily guild
ance: it WAS twice translated into
French--being probably the first essay
by m American author which had
circulation outside the domains of our
language. 1t has been issued since in
German, Spanish, Italian, Russian,
Dutch, Portuguese, Gaelic and Greek.
Without question tits what it has been
called--"the most famous piece of lit
erature the Colonies produced. st.
Nicholas.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-01
Baby Alligators.

Steve Melton showed to his friends
a score of baby alligators. which came
out OF the egg two days ago. Henry
Christopher, who has an alligator
farm on Hannibal Greek, brought them
to the city to be- sold. Christopher
has several large gators which net him
more in the course of year than n
dozen hens. The advantage the ga
tor has over the hen is in the matter
of feed. The hen has to be fed every
day, and the gator takes his meal
about once every three months.
When first Matched, the gators are
about three to four inches long. In
a day or two, however, they double
their size, and don't need any food tc
do it on, either. They just scom te
grow fat on wind. If some naturalist
conld find ont the secret of their liv.
ing he would have " regular bonanza,
Florida Times. Union,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-01
Says the New York Post: The

Says the New York Post: There is
very funny article in the Century
Magazine descriptive of the tramp MS
he is found on the line of the New
York Central Railway. The writer
went out tramping in order to learn
the ways OF the fraternity. He fell in
with parties of ten to thirty, here and
there, between Albany and Buffalo.
They were having n good time every
where, three meals day regularly
free rides on the railroad, and GOOD
beds in cold weather. They had
spotted all the soft-hearted people
IN the various towns. They knew also
what places and houses to avoid. They
were never destitute of beer. often
had it in kegs, and in one camp thew
had as many as fifteen kegs at sit
ting. Saloon-keepers would seldom,
refuse them q glass. When they
wanted it. in larger quantities they
would beg on the streets till they had
enough to buy it by wholesale. The
number of tramps met in profes
sional way by this writer between Al
bany and Buffalo was about 300, Oh
one per mile of road ); of course, he did
Snot see all who were working" Oh
thatline. The whole narrative bear
the impress OF truth and enforces til,
mandate so often repeated Ivy in,
charitable Organizations. "Ncvr,
give money to street beggara mle.
any circumstance, =
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-01
THE SMALLEST SOVEREIGN.

The smallest sovereign of the old
world-that is, for her ago--is Queen
Victoria, who is under five feet in
height, and almost rs broad as she is
long. Nor does she make any attempt
to remedy this condition by artificial
means, for many year has passed
since she has had occasion to require
the services of her corsetiere. Here
is her regimen Mt Balmoral:
She begins her day at eight o'clock
with ten, chocolate, or coffee, and dry
tonst. AT half-past nine sho has break
fast; small trout freshly caught from
the River Dee being an invariable dish.
At hnlf-pnst twelve, after her morning
outing, sho has little refreshmont-
M egg beaten up in milk, some soup,
and little fruit. She lunches at two.
LATER i'll the afternoon there is the in
variable afternoon ten, and between
eight and nine dinner is served. Ar
gonaut.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-01
Tic Mexican on Horseback.

The Mexican lives on horseback.
Dismount him and he is as helpless ms
child. Mounted on his charger,
with an immovable saddle, the strong
bit that will break n horses jaw if
pulled very tightly, and lariat, and
he is ready for either war, the chase,
the roundup of cattle or a bear
fight. Most of his work is done OH
horseback. His headquarters are in
the saddle. His neighborly Visits are
made on horseback, no matter how
short the distance.
The Mexican prides himself upon
the number of his riding horses and
his ability to 'break" them to the
saddle. Usually the horses run wild
on the large rancho until they are
wanted for use. Tho major-domo OF
the rancho, with number ofvaqueros,
pursue and drive number into O
dell, the entrance to which is immedi-
ately closed with branches or ropes.
The vaqueros each select horse and
he is noosed with the lariat and thrown
to tho ground. In second he is
bridled with the cruel Spanish bit in
his mouth, the Spanish immoyable
saddle is dashed on him and n vaquero
mounts him. For few moments the
scene is exciting and amusing, to the
spectators, who alternately shout,
"Bravo, Juan" or laugh in derision
at the alternate success of rider O,
beast. -Philadelphia Times.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-01
How LOndon,s Expenses are Borne.

In England and France the injustice
OF compelling the inhabitants of the
capital, where the seat of Government
is located, to bear its entire expense,
is clearly recognized, and substantial
aid given. TO ascertain the full amount
of the cost of governing the city of
London is difficult. The division of
the expense between the municipality
and the Government is so interviewer
rs to make separation we'll nigh impos-
sible. We may, however, reach M mp.
proximate idea of the amount by stat
ing the several things which are cared
for by the State and paid for out of
the National treasury. The metropol-
itan police supported by the Govern
ment musters Is, OBS officers and men,
and is divided into twenty-five divis-
ions, of which one division does duty
on the river Thames, and five divisions
cnre for tho dock yards; the pay of
the six divisions thus assigned being
paid out of the appropriation for the
navy. The chief receives the sum of
$4,000 per annum, more than the
general commanding the United States
Army, and rs much rs the Chief Justice
of tho Supreme Court of the United
States. He has several assistants, two
of whom receive $4,000 apiece; the
men receive about $500 per nnnum.
There arc fifteen police court stations
supported by the Government. The
Lord Mayor holds court in one. The
judges in each of the others receive
about $500 per annum. The fire bri-
gade is largely supported by the State,
and cost, in 1892, 9155, $40, equal to
about $3.50, 600. of which amount tho
insurance companies contributed Esq.,
O63. There are great many fine
parks i'll London, some kept by the
city and others by the State. Tho
Royal Park cost zoo, 643. The Govern
ment COLLECTS from the people tax
known MS the local rate IA large part
of which goes to London). In '92 it
amounted to Ct, 597, 500, nearly S4O,-
100000. The cost of governing tho
city of London is about EDS, 900, 900
yenr. OF this amount the Govern
ment subvention, rs it is called,
amounted 10 about 50, 200, 900, oil
though the British Government does
not own one-half Of the land in Lon
don, rs is the case with the Federal
Government in Washington. Wash
inrton Star
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-01
How to Cure Poverty.

1t is doubtful whether any man on
either side of the Atlantic knows more
directly and personally concerning the
problem of the POOR than the Rev.
Samuel A. Barnett, the founder of
Toynbee Hall; and Mr.. Barnett thus
closes recent article in the Fort
nightly Review on "The Unemployed :"
eff tomorrow everyone who cares Tor
the poor would become the friend of
one poor person-forsaking all others
there would next week be no insolu.
BILE problem of the unemployed, and
London would be in measurable dis
lance of becoming city of happy
homes" I am not so sanguine Us. Mr..
Barnett; Think there are other social
and Industrial remedies to be applied /;
but this personal friendship of tho
well-to-do for the poor is fundamental.
Out of it all other remedies would
grow; without it all other remedies
will be in vain. A basket of conl nc
companied by n grip of the hand will
carry more warmth than two bask cts
of coal sent by an impersonnl ticket. =
Rev. DIR, Lyman Abbott, in the
Forum.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-01
Duplicating n Lost earn,

Kinura Cheshire, an upholsterer of
Asakusa, has perseverance if he has
nothing else. He went to fish with n
fellow-angler, Mitsui Sobei, retired
hosier of the neighborhood. Kimura
was smoking, when Mitsui caught n
lerge carp twenty inches long, half
blue and half red, of remarkable
beauty. Mitsui brought il proudly to
Kimura, who put out his hand to take
1t, but the carp, Directing to the
smoke from his pipe, jumped out of
his hand into the river.
Mitsui was angry, but Kimura told
him there was nothing to get into n
passion for, rs he would give him in
return carp of the same size and
beauty. They parted, and Kimura,
when he got home, took down his
waterproof, with which and some rice
and money he left home again. Five
days passed, but he did not return.
Ten days, and still no Kimura.
Kimura came back after a three
weeks absence with fine carp in his
hand. 1t appears he had been fishing
allthis time not only on the Sumida-
Sawa, but ON the neighboring rivers
Nakagawa and Tone. He had caught
tons of carp, but had thrown them
back, as none of them were like Nit.
sui's, that he had lost, and it was only
after three weeks fishing that he
caught an exactly similar fish. lie
went Mt once to Nlitsui aud gave it to
him. much to the lAttcr's nniazcment
--Jupan Gazette,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-01
A Courageous Cobhlcr.

An old cobbler in the Quarter Lntip,
Paris, who was largely patronized ny
the students, once boosted that nothing
was capable of frightening him. Two
young mon once determined to put bis
courage to the test One of then pre-
tended to be dead, while the other
went to the cobbler and asked him to
sit up all night with the corpse. The
old man, who had some pressing work
on hand which had to be delivered
next morning, took his leather and his
tools with him, sat down near the sup
posed dead body, and set about his
task. AT midnight they brought him
cup of cafe noir, to keep him awake,
which he gratefully partook of and
then Immediately resumed his work.
The coffee, however, put him into such
happy frame of mind, that entirely
forgetting the presence of the corpse,
no struck up n lively song, beating
time NIL the while with his hammer: on
the lampstone. Suddenly the imagin.
airy corpse raised itself into n sitting
posture and exclaimed, in n hollow
voice:
people ought not 10 sing when
keeping watch over deathbed!'
The cobbler shook his head, and GIVE
the young man a smart rap, md said:
people shouldn't talk when they
are deadl"
This was the last time anybody tried
to brighten the old cobbler. Il Inde-
pendent Remois.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-01

inch in diameter. 1t has been sug-
gested that the farmers of the region
mentioned might occupy their leisure
time i'll cutting the stones as is done in
Bohemia. Large crystals of kind of
garnet not fine enough for gems, some
of thenl>weighing twenty pounds. have
been found in Burke County, North
Carolina, and i'll Rabun County,
Georgia. They might be utilized for
cutting into dishes or cups. Many OF
them are transparent in part. Tons
of them have been crushed to make
emery" and the sandraper called
garnet paper" Alaska garnets are
well known for their remarkably per-
feet crystals. They occur in quanti-
ties near Fort Wrangel A most in
teresting and peculiar kind of garnet
termed "spessartite" has been dug up
i'll the mica mines Of Amelia County,
Virginia. One stone of ninety-six
carats when cut was secured. Now
that these mica mines are closed, this
gem, never found anywhere else, will
become very rare.
Another kind of gem exclusively
American is the "hiddenite" of North
Carolina. IT was first obtained acct
dentally in mining for emeralds, but
digging disclosed it i'll veins of the
rocks The crystals are very trans
parent and lustrous. Gems have been
cut from them up to two end n half
carats in weight. Such stone was
sold for $500, while many others have
brought III the market from $40 to
500 carat. About $4,000 worth OF
them have been taken out up to date.
When first introduced they had con-
siderable sale because of their nov
city and from the newspaper noto-
riety which they gained through n
controversy rs to their true discov.
erer.-Mail and Express.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-01

TRANS on really bad day; nobody
wants to walk ON the outside of the
pavement because of the splashing
omnibuses and cabs; everybody wants
to pass everybody else, regardless of
the limited space afforded by the cou.
glomeration of umbrellas; everybody
pushes and elbows and shoulders, and
when an umbrella appears in sight nll
consideration OF gallantry or polite.
ness or sex or age are forgottcn--it be.
comes an object lesson in "the sur.
vival of the flttcst" and free fight
or something near it ensucs, in which
the fair sex undoubtedly manage to
bear their part with moro than
tolerable grace.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-01

= Land and Water, an English publ.
cation, says it believes that Mrs. May.
brick, the alleged poisoncr of her hus-
band, will coon be quietly liberated if
friends of tho imprisoned woman cease
their "ill-adviscd agitation. "rhat
Mrs. Maybricl is not already free, u
the paper continues, sis due chiefly to
these absurd friends who, with every
stupidity, tried the greatest folly OF
ala petition signed by some NEEDLE.
some Americans, because, forsooth,
she is follow citizen of theirs"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-01
Mystery of the sunfloner.

while Kansas is preparing to cele-
brate her thirty-third birthday there
is one fact about that State that is n
mystery" said A. G. Caperton at
Hursts. 81 refer to sunfowers
something that sprinkles spots Of gold
ailover Kansas, and has given it the
name of the Sunfower State. The
mystery is that nobody knows where
the Kansas sunhowcr came from.
Uncle John Thorpe, who was in charge
OF tho Horticultural Department of the
Worlds Fair, says that these sunflow-
ers have grown wild i'll Kansas for 100
years, but tho most careful research
by fioriculturists Inns failed to find
out who brought them there. Tho
original home of tho sunhower is in
Asia, but n mystery fingers around
tho Kansas variety, st. Louis Re,
public;
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-01
BANTsHING THE TYRANT.

The young husband was somewhat
surprised when his wife came into the
office. Sho opened tho conversation
Mt once. 81 want enough money to go
out OF town for few days" she SAID,
''nnd You will have to take your meals
down town for few days" "Why,
what does this mean ?" cit means lust
this; i got II messenger boy to come to
the house for Mary Ann to toll her that
she was wanted Mt her aunt's, and rs
soon MS she got around tho corner I
shut up the house and locked it and
van nwny. When she comes back she
wont find any one there We don't
owe her anything, SO it's all right, and
| wanted TO discharge her, but you
know never would dare to tell her to
so, and knew you wouldn't dare, and
don't you think your little wife knows
pretty well how TO manage? Say yes,
now, or I'll break down md cry right
here i'll the Office. indianapolis Jour
nal.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-01
A Composite Poem.

A composite poem, with every lines
or couplet bearing the name of some
one who has made more or less of e.
mark in the literary world is interest,"
ing. The Boston Globe has induced aj
number of the literary stars of greater;
or less magnitude in or near s"The,,
Hub" to contribute such poem to-
its columns. Here it is:
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS.
Would 1t were always summer, with long
light
Julia Ward Howe.
"Or glorious day, undimmed by thoughts OF
night"
IT. W. Higginson.
Yet would ono miss the glamor of the moon.
Or after days strong light the dusk's soft
boon2
Louise Chandler DIoulton.
"Yea sunshine's best that man may walk
Alright,
But what were life without It's bidding
Ernest F. Fenallosa.
Or Joy without the strength that sorrow
brings,
a. ,v ,or,or n O. ;od NJ. ?; Blake AXE,
Ralph A. Gram.
Still ringing changes on tho dark and light
I'm out of thoughts and words-a dismal
plight!
katherine E. Conway.
What odds il rod suns flame or white moons
To souls wherein love dwells-a guest divine2
-(Mrs.) G. Z. Whiton-Stone.
Why crave eternal day-ono ceaselcss glitter?
To take things as they como to me seems
filter
-Ynwcob Strauss.
"Content alike in summer and in snow,
But bearing summer everywhere we CO." \
Richard Hovey.
Mrs. Howe, Mrs. Moulton, Colonel
Higginson and Miss Quincy are OF
course too we'll known to need intro
duction, as is Mr.. James Jeffrey Roche.
Professor Fenallosn is we'll known in
Boston through book of poems re-
Gently published. Mrs. Blake and
Mr.. Cram have achieved some fame as
amateur literateurs, and Miss Conway
is author of collection of poems en-
titled"Dream of Lilies" Mrs. Wilton
Stone has seen her poetry in print be-
tween covers, and Mr.. Charles Follen
Adams, owner Of the nom de plume
''Yawcob Strauss" and Mr.. Richard
Hovey are not without literary dis
tinction
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-01

1t is said TINT one of the amend.
mcnts to the patent laws, now under
consideration, will make it COMPULSORY
on the patcntee to grant the use of his
invention to all who want it. upon
payment of M established license fec
"Tliis," comments the Atlanta Con.
stitution, rs not II new suggestion,
but one which has been long advocated
on the ground that such Requirement,
would make impossible two common
abuses ofthe present system Patents
would cease;to be monopoics in the
sense OF being so controlled as TO con
fine the profits OF their operation 30 Il
few recipients. Nor could patents be
suppressed, ms several important telc-
phone and other patents have been
suppressed, in order to prevent their
competition with inferior methods in
use. 1t is undoubtedly desirable
that both these results should be
accomplished, especially the hitter
Tor the public which grants the patent
is fully entitled to its use. This latter
end coula be accomplished about as
well by providing that patent not
put in public use within, saw two
years from date of its issue, should be
invalidated."
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-01
WHEN SMILES ARE IMPOSSIBLE.

The utter absence of sense of
humor from the average feminine com
position is never more clearly visible,
says the Pail Mall Budget, than in n
busy thoronShfare on wet and windy
day. woman may he philosopher,
she may have original ideas and
brilliant theories on the fundamental
questions OF morality and ethics, but
she rarely rises superior to muddy
boot or draggled petticoat. The
woman is an exception indeed who
manages 10 preserve smiling face in
the teeth OF an east wind which PLAYS
shuttlecocK with her umbrella, and n
drcary slcet which bespatters her
clothes and freezes her fingers; Young
or old, fair or plain scarcely one of
them who does not frown ominously
as she hurries along, forgetful of other
peoples feelings and umbrellas and
tors, husiling and ios!ling, with never
a.@ncr for the absnrdity of the
,in,tion. Cor there is something nm.
h.tisatinSiy ridiculous about pedes.