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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-29
NSt1". gHEGL4- "HWA'rH"H
HOMES FOR MILLIONS
Millions of Acres of Uhtaken Govern
ment Land in the Bismarck
Land District.
Area Larger than That Contained in
the Limits Of Many Of the
Eastern States.
Need be no Alarm Lest the Country be
overpopulated For Some
Years to Come
Some Land Left.

Speaking of immigration, and lands,
and opportunities for the securing of
homes in the west, the records of the
local land Office afford some interest
ing statistics. Few persons have an ade-
vuate idea of the amount Of public land
there in the state Of North Dakota
which is open to homestead by intend
ing settlers. Of course, this land is be-
coming less in amount, each year.
Every homestead filed in the local land
offices removes 100 acres from the public
domain. But there are yet, in the Bis
marck land district alone, about 1000
600 Of serveyed and unsurveyed govern
ment land, awaiting settlement.
And ever when it is stated that there
are twelve millions of acres of unoccu-.
pied and undeveloped government land
in one land district Of the state, it is
doubtful if the magnitude of the area is
fully appreciated. In square miles, this
area would equal approximately $4,000,
and is greater than the whole of n
one of the states of Connecticut, Dele
ware, Massachusetts,, New Hampshire,
Maryland, New Jersey, Rhode Island or
Vermont, nearly half as great as the
states Of Ohio and Pennsylvania, and
two-thirds as great as the whole area of
West Virginia.
Some of this land, probably one-
twelfth Of the whole, is not particularly
adapted to settlement and cultivation.
The: balance, however, is fertile, we'll
watered, productive. and in every way
desirable for settlement. At 100 acres
each, this area of untaken land repre-
sents $4,000 homesteads, and would sup
port over 100000 people, at a conserva-
tive estimate, EVENT. only partially cult
waited.
The land office records show vacant
government lands in the several counties
in the Bismarck, land district as follows.
the nomenclature of counties being of
tho old ctv1o in ,7co bv tho rovor,n,o,+,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-29
GETS A WRIT.
Ashley Mears Gets a Writ of Habeas
Corpus From Supreme Court.

The supreme court to granted a writ
of habeas corpus in the case of E. Ash
ley Mears of Fargo. AS was stated Sat-
urday, Mears was ordered Jailed by
Judge Mcconnell, until he should sign
certain deeds arising out of the Minot
bank deal some years ago. Mears re
fuses to sign, and applied to the supreme
court for a writ of habeas corpus, this
has been granted, and is returnable in
Fargo Nov. q at 10 O'Clock, when the
case will be argued before the court.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-29
A RECORD BREAKER.
The Month of October Appears to Have
Broken Several Records.

The monthly report of the weather
bureau for the month of October, Just
out, shows several breakings of records
in the matter of weather.
There was a general excess O ftempera-
ture over the normal Of from about 2 to
10 degrees during the fore part of the
month, which excess gradually decreased
as the month advanced, and toward the
latter part the mean temperatures fell
considerably below the average for the
state. This rapid decrease was caused
by a general cold wave which traversed
the state from the 28th to the Both, be-
ing most severe on the Doth, and on
which day the minimum temperatures
broke the record of any previous lowest
temperatures, falling as low as 10 de-
grees below zero, the next lowest in pre-
vious years being zero in 1893, while
this month in 1894 the lowest was 16 de-
grees above. The official in charge of
the regular bureau station of Moorhead,
Mimi, in close vicinity to Fargo, reports
that the minimum temperature 3 de-
grees above zero, on October 20, was the
lowest for any October since the open
ing of that station in 1881. The mini
mum temperature for Bismarck which
occurred on the 18th, was the low forest
this month at this station since it's open
ing in October, 1874.
The weather bureau makes special
notice of the unusually early closing Of
navigation OF the Red River Of the North,
by freezing on October Doth, which is
reported by the observer at University,
Grand Forks county. The dates Of
earlier closing in previous years Of which
there is a record are November 8, 1892
and November 10, 1894.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-29

FREE MEDICAL REFERENCE BOOK
ga pages) for men and women who are
afflicted with any form of private disease
peculiar to their sex, errors Of youth,
contagious diseases, female troubles, etc.
etc.,
Send 2 two cent stamps, to pay post
age, to the leading specialists and physi-
clans in this country. DR.. HATHAWAY
& CO., Cor. 4th and Nebraska Streets,
Sioux City, Iowa.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-29
WILL BUY WHEAT.
Judge Thomas Allows Receiver Lyon
to Issue Certificates.

Judge Thomas has issued an order in
structing H. r. Lyon, receiver of the
North Dakota Milling association, to
issue receivers certificates for a sum
sufficient to purchase 1875, 900 bushels of
wheat for the Mandan and Bismarck
mills. Certificates will also be issued to
reimburse Mr.. Lyon for $1,000 worth Of
wheat which he bought himself and
paid for. This is about all that was
asked for by the receiver, and will be
the means of keeping the two mills
named in operation for some time to
come.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-29
FARMERS KICK
On Elevator Grades, and Prices Re.
ceived for the Wheat Crop.

Ou november L NeSErS. waller q
Harvey of Duluth, sent out self-ad-
dressed postal cards asking for informa-
ton regarding the wheat crop. Out of
300 cards sent out, replies have been re-
ceived up to this time from over 500
points, covering all of the state Of North
Dakota, the northern part Of South Da-
kota and the western part of Minnesota.
The questions covered were as follows:
l. What is the estimated yield average
in your vicinity =?
2. What per cent of the crop has been
thrcshed?
3. What per cent Of the crop has been
market ID?
4. Are farmers satisfied with elevators,
graies and prices?
A noteworthy fact in connection with
these nswers is that outside of a few
points in the southern part of North a-
kota, a few places where hail was par
ticularly de%structful, and in part of the
cattle country, there is hardly a point
that estimates the yield at less than
twenty bushels per acre, and from that
up. The average for North Dakota is
1871 bushels per acre, which would about
meet the ideas entertained by those in a
position to judge. Using this as a basis
and taking the government acreage for
1894 as having been wheat again this
year, viz: 33,037,O 900 bushels, we get a
crop in North Dakota Of IS, 814, 900 bush
els. Minnesota has been generally cred
tied as having between 100000 and
100000 bushels more than North Da-
kota, and South Dakota one-half as
much, and on this basis the three states
would furnish a yield of between 1885,
100000 and 10000, 900 bushels.
Regarding the estimates placed on the
amounts threshed there is very little
difference, and an entirely safe estimate
would be to say that not over 10 to Is
per cent remains unthreshed. Over SO
per cent of the replies say that threshing
is entirely done. Taking all of the North
Dakota points and averaging them up,
it is found that 55.4 per cent Of the crop
was still in the hands Of the farmers at
the time the replies were dated, OF about
November l to 5.
To the fourth question naturally but
one answer could be looked for, never
theless some of the answers are ingen-
uous enough to bear reproduction
Over 80 per cent. of the replies said No.
with an emphasis unmistakable, about
5 per cent. left the question unanswered,
and the balance either protested ignor-
ance or expressed themselves as salts
fed. Several replies, among them one
from Mclean, N. D., stated that the
local elevators professed to have their
storage facilities for No. hard and No.
1 northern filed, but could take in a
little No. 2 northern, and the farmer
would be obliged to accept that o carry
the grain back home. In reply to this
question, also, one card was taken up
with Nos to the exclusion of everything
else; another said, ""Not on your life;"
another, HNot in a thousand years.
another said, "Neither grades, weights,
prices nor dockages;" another, "Hob-
sons choice;" another and perhaps as
good as any, saids Between the devil
and the deep sea-"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-29
JoHNsoN's WHEAT.
Congressman Johnson Cites Figures to
Show the Profit in Wheat.

Wheat raising in the northwest is
profitable beyond doubt, says Congress-
man johnson in the st. Paul Pioneer
Press, and the present year has been the
most profitable since I went to North
Dakota, thirteen years ago, and the
profits been generally distributed equally
both among business men and the farm
ers. That is, everybody has shared in
them to a greater extent than in any
previous year. Laboring men had a
long season at good wages, and the crop,
unlike that of 1891, was all saved. A
third Of the crop Of 1891 was lost under
the snow because sufficient help was not
attainable. But what I want especially
to show is that wheat can be raised for
30 cents a bushel, with profit, a fact
which [ did not believe myself until I
had proved it by my own experiments.
I will give you figures accurately made
from my own farm and crop this year.
The cash per acre was as follows:
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-29
Fl IS cuRED
(FTom u. S. Journal az Medicine.)

NTo7n D. s. Journal Of Medicine
Prof. W. H.Peeke, who makesa specially Of Epilepsy,
has without doubt treated and cured more cases than
anything Physician !; his success is astonishing. We
have heard of leases Of 20 years'standing cured by him.
Hepublishes a valuable work on this disease which he
sends with q large bottle Of his absolute cure, free to
any sufferer who may send their F. o. and Express ad-
dress. We advise anyone wishing a cure to address,
Prof. w II. PEEKE, +. D., Z Cedar St, New Iar:s.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-29

If there is any question as to lack of
room for settlers, this showing should
relieve at least a part Of the embarrass-
ment.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-29

Five Cent, Active Market.
The mill pays five cents per bushel
over the market for wheat exchanged for
-four and feed.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-29

Hoods Pills for the liver and bowels.
act easily, yet promptly and efficiently
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-07-11
nIrcvs

NY little son, Who look "a from thoushAfnl syes
And mov'd and spoke In quiet. grown mp wise.
Having my law tho seventh time disobeyed
struck him and dismiss:d
With hard words and uhka00,
His mother, who was patient being dead.
Then, fearing lest his grief should hinder sleep
] visited his bed,
But found him slumbering deep.
With darkened eyelids and their laahes yet
From his late sobbing wet
And /, with moan.
Kissing away his tears, left others Of my own,
For ON table drawn heside his head
He had put. within. his reach.
A box Of counters and red vein'd stone.
A piece Of glass abraded by the beach
And six or seven shells.
A bottle with bluebells
And two French copper coins. rang'd there
with careful art
To comfort his sad heart.
So when that night prayed
To God and wept and said:
"Ah, when at last we lie with tranced breath,
Not vexing thee in death.
And thou rememberest Of what toys
We make our joys.
How weakly understood
Thy great commanded good.
Then, fatherly not less
Than whom thou hast nodded from the clay.
Thou'lt leave thy wrath and say,
j viii be sorry for their childishness.'"
Coventry Patmore In Church Standard.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-07-11
A DOCTORS YARN.
It Is Of Two Sisters Who Killed Their
Grandfather to Ease His Pain.

It Is of Two Sisters Who Killed Their
Grandfather to Ease His Pain.
This is bit Of true story physi-
clan told me the other day, and it struck
me as being the text for a fascinating
story Of the Sherlock Holmes sort. We
were talking Of the ACCESSIBILITY of put
ting hopelessly i'll persons out of their
misery as soon as possible. DR.. B. didn t
believe in it.
IT was asked to do it once, )" he said
''Two sisters. asked me to kill their
grandfather, whom I was attending
He was old and could not recover. They
seemed simply to pity his pain. re-
fused. Next morning when called the
man was dead. The nurse told me the
sisters had sent her out on an errand.
When she returned the windows Of the
sick room were open. There was a
strong odor Of chloroform in the room
and the man was dead. -
''And what did you do?" was asked
Nothing. The elder sister is now
under the care of a specialist in nervous
diseases. She cannot sleep. She will not
allow herself to be alone moment, and
she keeps the gas burning in her room
all night. I think she will end in a
madhouse.
Isn't that a priceless bit for some au-
thor's notebook? Washington POST
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-07-11
A Fortunate Accident.

1T am lostp' the prima donna sobbed
envy years Of hard study have gone for
nothing"
"Alas, what is the matter?" asked
her maid.
My prospects are ruined, all through
a wretched accident. Just as was ap-
preaching the end Of my aria horrid
bug flew on the stage and lit on my
neck"
And you screamed?'
did What else could do? It was
my last scene and had no chance to re-
deem myself"
The bell sounded and the maid an.
nounced man from the theater.
"Show him in, said the prima don
ma IT may as well meet my fate at
once It is my dismissal from the COM
pany."
"Scuse me. ma am, fur disturbin
you, said the visitor, but de manager
wants to know did you run away from
your curtain recall cause you was took
sick" $3.50 M
"No. am perfectly well -
Cali right. That'l ease his mind.
He says that screech you let out at the
wind up was the finest high q he's
heard in years and you've got the town
crazy over you. Washington Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-07-11
Harper's Magazine.

The SimpletOns, new novel by Thomas
Hardy, VIII be begun In December Number
1884, and continue to November, 1896 Who.
ever may be ones fav0rite among English
novelists, 1t will be conceded by all the
critics that Thomas Hardy stands foremost
as 2 master artist In nction. and The Sim.
piet0ns may be expected 10 arouse enthus-
lasm notfnterfere In degrees TO that which
mas marked Trilby-the most successful
story OF the year Among leading features
will be the Personal RecOllections Of Joan
OF Arc. by the Shear Lmis de Conte, Her
Page and Secretary. under which guise the
NEST popular Of living american magazine
writer's Will present the story of the Maid
OF Orleans. in the January Number will ap.
pear profusely illustrated paper on
Charleston and the aHr0linas, the 1arst OF q
series ofSouthern Papers. ss4 safssss
Northern Afffca is att, acting more atten.
tl0u than ~ any other time since II was the
xeat OF empires. The next volume of HAIR.
lPER'a MAGAZINE will contain four Illus
trated articles on this region. and three Of
them Will depict the present life there.
sstss y sisIs sRsoriss dspio.ins "a.
picsi phases q On inese Life aud Manners.
Bssides the long stories, there wi!l begin
z Thee pHEt NYyelett. BY. k!chard Harding
thissWritef. Com elete short sl0ftosiby pop
~ Mar writer: wi!l continue % be = features
esa<sr Illustrated Prospectus
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-07-11
Modesty.

The confidence of musicians in their
own accomplishments is often matter
Of merriment to other people A certain
PIANIST had performed several sonatas,
to the not too great delight Of private
company, when the hostess thought
proper to compliment him moderately
your playing is remarkably fine, Mr..
Keys" she said
The pianist waved his hand deprecat-
ingly.
Really, madam" he said, "the
credit does not belong to me. if ! am
endowed with genius by higher pow
er!"-Youth's Companion.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-07-11
ACCIDENTAL DEATHS.
Caused by Carelessness.

The majority Of people die sooner than
they should. Evidence Of this fact is grow.
ing daily. Warning says: Disease is not a
consequence Of life; it is dpe to unnatural
conditions of living neglect, abuse. want .
DR.. Stephen Smith, on the same subject
"Man is born to health and long life; dis.
ease is unnatural, death, except from old
age, is accidental, and both are preventable
by human agencies" This is almost invari.
ably true of death resulting from heart dis.
ease. Careless over-ex ertion, intemperate
use of tea, coffee, tobacco alcoholic or other
stimulants are generally the causes of this
difficulty, and indifference to its progress re.
suits in sudden death, or long sickness end.
ing in death. By the newspapers it can be
seen that many prominent and hundreds Of
persons in private life die from heart dis
ease every day.
If you have any of ,thei following symp-
toms: shortness of breath, palphation, irreg-
ular pulse, fainting and smothering spells,
pain in shoulder, side, or arm, swollen
ankles, etc., begin treatment Immediately for
heart disease fyou delay, the consequences
may be serious. -
For over 20 years DR., Franklin Miles,
the eminent specialist, has made profound
study of heart disease, its causes and cure,
and many of the leading discoveries in that
direction are due to him. His New Heart
Cure is absolutely the only. reliable remedy
for the cure of heart disease, as is proved
by thousands of testimonials from grateful
persons who have used it.
James 4 Pain, editor Of the Cory, Pa, Leader,
states: :" AFTER an apparent recovery from three
months Of j. grippe. fell on the street uncon-
ieciOus nom heart disease. In one month from
that time I was unable 70 walk across my room.
and my pulse beat nom 96 70 l16 times minute.
then used Dr.. Miles New Heart Cure, and at
once became stronger After using six bottles
was able to work q usual and walk q mile every
day. mi. pulse ranging nom Is to %. Dr.. Niles
remedy Is not only q preventive but q cure"
gists on positive guarantee, or by DR.. Miles
Medical CO., Elkhart, Ind, on receipt of price, 81
per bottle, six for S. express prepaid. It is posi-
Miles PILLS. Is cents. Free book at druggists. or
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-07-11

Speaking Of fishing experiences, I"
said The man in the negligee shirt, 81
shall never forget the day when Bob
White and lyon know Bob?-were try
ing our luck on Lake Squam. We had
fished for an hour or more and had
caught only few little fellows, when
suddenly ]. had an awful bite''-
"And then you pulled in your line,
hand over hand, only to lose ten pound
pickerel just as you were about to land
him." interrupted the fat man sitting
on the -four barrel
II had an awful bite," the fisherman
resumed, without noticing his interrupts
er, ''and I mashed the fellow as fiat ar
a doornlat It was the biggest mosquito
I ever encountered. Boston Tran
script.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-07-11
HE WAS VERY HUNGRY.

How a Texan Got . Good Meal ut Gem
erals Expense.
Mr.. Goss, in his "Recollections Of q
Private" quotes the remarks Of Con-
federate about two famous leaders under
whom he had fought This man said of
Stonewall jackson, 'f you uns had
some good general like him, reckon
yQp uns could lick we uns. (" When ask
ed whether he had ever seen General
Lee, he replied: eyes; I was a sort of
orderly for Uncle Robert for awhile
He's mighty calmlike man when a
fight is going on. !"
This story is told Of General John B.
Magruder:
''Our General Magruder thinks pow
erful heap Of what he eats and wears
He alters has right smart Of truck
There was Texas Teller one time
who had struggled from his brigade,
and he were pert one, he were, stran-
ger. He were hungry enough to eat a
general, buttons and al-that Texas
Teller were. He saw Magruder's table
all spread, with heap Of good fiuin 8
on it, and I'll be hanged If he didn t
walk in, pert. as you please, grabbed a
knife and fork and opened fire all along
the line on them fixin's
Magruder heard something in his
tent and hurried in and asked that Tex
as chap what brought him thar. The
Texan lowed he were hungry. Then the
general, stiff and grand. Ike, said, DO
you know, sir, at whose table you are
eatin?'
1.-THE Texas chap, he kept drivin in
the pickets on them chick'ns, and he
said to the gen'ral, said he, No, old
boss, and amt no ways partic lar, nei-
ther, since I've come solderin.
"What did Magruder do?'.' asked a
Yankee listener.
'Do? Why, he saw them chicken fix
ms were spilled, and he jest put his
arm under his coattail, pulled his hat
over his eyes and walked out. And that
Texas boss didn't leave anything on that
thar table 'cept the plates-not even his
compliments
"Who were he? Well, no matter. He
hadn't no manners, he hadn't. He were
powerful hungry. stranger, that chap
were "
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-07-11
Oh, Bostoni

A funny incident-and not so funny,
after all-occurred on the Fens the 9TH
or afternoon. Two cyclists met mex
pectedly. The woman did not turn to
the right, and the man ran straight into
her wheel, upsetting both. They scram-
bled to their feet, righted their bikes,
and glared at each other for half q Sec
ond. Then the man coolly slapped. the
woman's face, and jumping on his
wheel, rolled away with lightning speed
An eyewitness of the scene was ungal-
LIANT enough to applaud the act, for, he
said, it was deserved Boston Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-07-11
a synapss.a..

He staggered to the door. Your 10
fusal, !" he gasped, will drive me in
sane. She laughed mockingly. At the
moment she treated, his words lightly,
but when .uponI the following day she
saw him abroad wearing pink shirt
she was staftled dad bethought her Of
his fateful remark. Detroit Tribune.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-07-11

"A man may DO very well with = veey
little knowledge, and scarce ! be found
out, in mixed company; ,everybedys =
20 muah moro rsady 10 produce, his own
than to oall FOR . display of your acqsi-
eitious. LIGnnhIss YilsN gts SO I, "a
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-07-11

The Pearl river, Mississippi. wa
called by the Indians the Tallahatchie,
1.-THE river Of pearls. -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-07-11

The Jewell Nursery CT. Lake city.
MINI, wanttwo or three God sal. smen
tor Stearns county and vicinity. They
,pay the highest comthisaiop ofany house
in the west, and give the agent his
choice Of three plans OF work. Write
for terms. stating age.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-07-11

Uruguay was named from the rive,
which flows through it.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-07-11
Too Funny. hx. Hall.

''Do you keep boomers to rent?',' she
asked as she sailed into 4 fashionable
dressmaker's on Fulton street.
NO. said the polite salesman, "but
we keep materials fer repairing rents in
bloomerR Have you e eT8ss ssgg
But she was gone. Brooklyn Eagle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-07-11
"Hurtle . shoe
After me-do."

When the bride descended the stairs
leaning on the arm Of George Edward.
the sweet serenity Of her face was 3
subject of favorable comment. Her
friends felt that she was not entering
unprepared apon the future awaiting
her, and she felt that way herself. De-
troit Free Press.