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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-04
DISASTERS.

Further Loss of Vessels on Lake superior,
as Il Result of Storms.
DULUTH, Oct. "A special to The
News Tribune from Sault s.: Mare,
Mich, says: steamer Schu:k, which
arrived down during the afternoon, re-
ports while laying to for shelter in Cop
per harbor the City of Paris came in
there and went ashore on Flat rock
The steam barge Birckhead, towing the
schooners Chester B. Jones and Elma.
8l lumber laden, Barega to Ogdens-
burg, lost her consorts off Whitefish.
The Jones is at anchor three miles west
OF Whltefish point. The Elma is re.
ported as laundering, with all hands
lost, in Munising bay. She carried a
crew OF eight. The Birckhead is safe
under Grand island. The other consort,
the Commodore, is waiting here for
her. The tug Boynton has gone to
Whitetsh to try and rescue the Jones.
Her crew has probably been taken off
by the Vermillion Point l~ifesav1ns
Grew which went to her during the
morning.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-04
DEEP WATERWAYS.
Convention Now in Session 1T Topeka
Kan.

Convention Now in Session 1T Topeka
Kan.
Topeka, Kan, Oct. 2.-The informal
opening Of the Western states deep
water conference, Wa inaugurated at 2
p. m. by serenades at the various hotel
headquarters. Marshall's famous mill
tary band of SO pieces, made it plain
that there is music in the air.
At 4 p. m. Governor Morrill, called the
first session to order. Organization was
then effected and an address Of welcome
was delivered by General J.. G. Cald-
well, one Of the heroes of Gettysburg,
and ex-minister to Argentine Republic.
In the evening a public reception was
given.
Many Well Known Men Present.
One Of the features of the meeting
will be an oyster bake on the state house
grounds. Among the well known peo-
pie who have arrived are: Ex-Gover-
nor Hubbard of Texas, Ex-Governor
Fishback of Arkansas, Congressman c..
G. Burton of Missouri, General Francis
J. Heaney of San Francisco, ex-Con-
gresham Sidney Clark of Oklahoma, j.
D. Whelpley, editor of the San Antonio
Express; Brewster Cameron, general
manager Of the Arkansas Pass (Tex.)
Harbor company; A. L. Fitch Of Oma-
ha, Major A. M. Miller, U. S. A., engi-
neer in charge Of the Galveston harbor;
Hon. J. D. Sayers, congressman from
Texas and chairman of the ]appropria-
tions committee Of the last congress,
and Hon. G. E. Mann, chairman Of the
Texas delegation.
Ex-Governor Hubbard said to an
Associated Press reporter: II have no
particular choice Of harbors. There are
enough products and water to give
every port in Texas business. While I
do not anticipate an immediate con-
Summation of hopes Of securing con-
certed action, yet I venture the predic-
ton that it is only a question of time
when we will have unbroken ship inter-
ests to the markets Of South America"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-04
GREAT NORTHERN LOSES.
REIMBURSEMENT of the Old Manitoba Rail.
road Grant Ordered.

REIMBURSEMENT of the Old Manitoba Rail
road Grant Ordered.
WASHINGTON, Oct. a. Secretary
Smith has directed the commissioner of
the general land Office to continue the
adjustment of the land grant Of the St.
Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba rail-
road, now the Great Northern, in ac-
cordance with a decision of Secretary
Noble in 1891. The decision of Secre-
rotary Noble never has been reversed, but
the adjustment was suspended pending
action of the United States courts. The
land to the Manitoba company was
made in two different grants, one in
1857, known az the main land grant,
and another in 1865, for what was
known as the St. Vincent extension.
By reason of the Northern Pacific grant
of 1864, the St. Vincent branch lost IL
large amount of tn land on each side
of the line crossing the
Northern Pacific Grant.
Another grant was made to the Mani
toba company in 1871, and there were
losses by reason Of the land being alb
sorbed. The company was entitled to
indemnity if lands could be found in
Minnesota. Along the main line there
were about $1,000 acres that was not
needed to satisfy losses, but the interior
department. held that the grants were
separate and must be adjusted sepa-
rately. The case was tried and the adj
justment suspended pending decision.
The court Of appeals having sustained
the department the secretary directs the
adjustment to continue. A portion of
the 200, 900 acres will become the prop
erty Of the old Hastings and Dakota
grant and some lands will be restored to
the public domain.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-04
THE TOPICAL SONG.
Tony Pastor Thinks 1t Has a Power to
Mold Public Opinion.

Tony Pastor Thinks 1t Has a Power to
Mold Public Opinion.
Tony Pastor, in the New York Mirror,
has this to say of the topical song:
II am a great reader of the newspapers.
I believe not only in the public press, but
in it's utility. 1t is the most valuable
agent the vocalist has ever had for secur-
ing subjects for popular songs. The comic
vocalist must be quick to perceive the pc
culiar topic or phrase Of human life which
is liable to interest the amusement going
public and must be a little ahead of time.
Having selected my subject for a song, I
jot down a few ideas about it as they come
to lie and afterward put them into shape.
"Thef ads and the ultra fashions of both
women and men are always fair game for
the comic singer. Songs OH some of the
most commonplace themes will often en-
terrain an audience, such as. a fellows best
girl, the old mans boot, the mother-in-
law, the scolding wife and so forth.
"It has been found that the comic song
exerts an influence in political contests
and in bringing about social reforms. Tho
comic vocalist of the speciality theater ma
claim with the journalist and the states
man the ability to mold public opinion.
His shafts Of melodious ridicule do much
to reform fragrant abuses and cause tho
general public to laugh to scorn the foolish
fads of the day"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-04
LIBRARIES.
Uncle Sam Furnishes the Watchers by the
Sea With Free Reading Matter.

sea WIN Free 0eAuluk NA6CtcTs p.
The popular impression concerning the
lighthouse keepers is that they spend their
leisure time in resting their heads on theis
hands and gazing far out to sea-, watching
for shipwrecked mariners, sea serpents Il
other things. AS a matter Of fact, how
aver, they don't spend any more time in
this manne than they can help. They
have their domestic operations just the
same as people on shore. In favored loca-
tions they are even able to cultivate a lit
tie ground and raise their own vegetables.
But they are really very often lonesome,
and were more SO until recently, when it
occurred to some philanthropic govern
ment official that it would be a good idea
to provide these watchers by the sea with
something in the way of reading matter.
The idea took shape in the construction of
portable libraries, to be filled ny tho gov
eminent, sent to one lighthouse station,
and at regular intervals to lA4.;alled for
and passed on to the next n on the list.
The library furnished to light stations
Is about 2 feet high, 2 feet wide and 8
inches deep, of shcllacked white pine,
strengthened with heavy brass trimmings.
1t has two shelves. Its two doors are Sc
Curou, Uu0 Ouc Will I'LL 1uSlu0 UOlt duu Gllc
other with a mortised lock. On the sides
are hinged handles. When locked, the Ii
brary cases can stand rough handling.
The cases of the libraries are SO con
structed that they make a neat appearance
when set upright on a table; when closed
and locked, they are ready for Transports
tion. Each contains III an average about
40 volumcs of q proper admixture of his
torical and scientific works, besides poetry
and good novels. An exchange of libraries
takes place once in about three months,
usually at the time when the lighthouse
inspector makes his quarterly inspection.
Each station to which a library is furnish
ed thus has the use of about $50 different
books each year. There are now about
700 of these libraries in circulation, and
more are in preparation. Preference is
given in their distribution to those light
house stations most distant from towns
and villages.-New York World.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-04
He Took the Case.

Somebody-perhaps it was Postmaster
Willett-told a good story about Campbell
Darlington the other day. Darlington, it
seems, had a client who was almost abso-
lutely sure Of going to the penitentiary,
The facts were dead against him. But the
lawyer: talked with him awhile, impressed
upon him the narrowness Of his chances
for acquittal and finally asked him this
question:
would you rather plead guilty and take
the sentence which the court will impose.
or would you prefer to go upon the stand
and give your W version to the jury2''
"Nyther," said the man coolly.
Darlington looked at the accused with
astonishment. my FRIEND" said he,
"any man who can stand here and saw
'nyther' when the shadow Of the peniten.
tiary is upon him gets my services for
nothing. You will be acquitted yet"
The result proved the prediction. Car
rington went in, fought the case, and the
man was acquitted .-Washington Post.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-04
The Difficulty of Saving Money.

"Talking about saving money! said a
veteran millionaire, sit is 100 times hard
or now to keep cash in your pockets than
it was when I was a young fellow and
didn't spend a cent. I tell you it's hard
for them to save in these times. Every
young man wants a bicycle, and it's
mighty hard to stand on the street and see
your friends spinning by On wheels and not
invest yourself. Again, it's a great priva-
ton for a young fellow not to be we'll
dressed. The distinction between good
clothes and poor Is SO sharp nowadays that
it is CALLING to be conspicuous by cheap at
tire. Again, there are the theater, the ex-
oursion boat, the races and a score of other
Inducements to spend money which hardly
existed in my day, and I'm glad they
didn't, for if they had I honestly think l
would have been q poor man ow."-Buf-
falo Enquirer.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-04
THE ART OF CORRESPONDENCE.
To Write q Charming Letter an Accom-
plishment-Wax and Sealing.


plishment-Wax and Sealing.
The most delightfully."- worth while of all
accomplishments, writes Mrs. Roger A.
charming letters. However sweet a song
may be, it is evanescent as a breath and
survives as a divine memory only. Con-
versation requires the actual presence of
those who engage in it, and the pleasure it
gives depends upon many things-a melo-
dious voice, an attractive appearance,
maybe cheerful rooms. c%ongenial surround
ings, freedom from the cares and Interrupt
tions of life. But it matters not how cold
and bare q garrett home may be, nor how
%forbidding it's outlook upon the chimney
pots under a wintry sky, or whether the
lodge be in a wilderness or foreign land,
given some measure of leisure, good sta
tiOnery and a convenient postofice, all the
world may be ours. We may daily send
forth On white wings our highest thought
and most gracious words, and a full need
Of appreciation will surely return to us.
Such q correspondence may be %independ-
emit Of the formalities of an introduction.
No third person is needed if we wish to
congratulate an artist or author or ex-
press our gratitude to a philanthropist,
philosopher or poet. These jewellers in
the realms of thought are peculiarly sus.
ceptible to this delicate form of fattery.
Momentous consequences have occasional
~ been the outgrowth of acquaintance
thus begun. I knew a happy marriage to
result from such a correspondence with a
poet, and wo all have known friendships,
ending only with life, which have been
nourished as they were begun by letters
only.
OF course, in the high thinking that
must govern correspondence bringing
about such results, formulas of expression
and matters of stationery are quite swept
into the background. And yet, I fancy,
the initial letters in most cases must be
immaculate-prim, trig little affairs, neat
and trim as al epigram, producing some
thing like the impression one receives from
q perfectly gloved hand extended for it's
first greeting. The Introductory letters
must be happily worded-ccla va sans dire
but l am sure they should also be neatly
written. One should lave an alcohol
lamp or a roll of ne wax tapers sold for
the purpose INC still air in the room to
properly seal letters. With the seal and
envelope before you, turn one end of the
stick of wax rapidly over the flame, not
near enough to ignite it, until it is creamy
and ready to drop, then deftly rub it round
and round over the point of the envelope
flap until enough is deposited, when the
dab of wax may be held a moment imlne-
diately over the flame. Then firmly press
the seal into it. If a drop of the hot wax
is first placed under the point of the flap,
the seal will be less likely to break. A
we'll cut seal will never stick and practice
will insure a firm impression, with the
wax nodded neatly and evenly around the
seal. In all this, pray lie careful! Blaz-
ing wax in some hands is dangerous. Re-
member Mrs. Longfellow's sad fate from
the lace Of her gown catching fire as she
sealed her Observation-Disclosures.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-04
Prices Two Centuries Ago.

The question of prices in the first quar-
ter of the seventeenth century is full of in
terest to every one, and it is satisfactory to
find that food was not as fabulously cheap
in the days of our forefathers as we are
often led to believe. Mary Verney writes
to Ralph at Blois complaining bitterly of
the dearness Of provisions in London.
Beef is fourpence, veal and mutton
eightpence, while Pen Verney reckons
8 shillings a week too much for her
diet, which is afterward fixed at G6
a year. Twelve pounds a year seems a
great deal for willful little Betty, aged 10,
to spend on her dress, but country bred as
she was she declines, Mary writes, to wear
anything but silk. The sum of ESQ claim
ed by Nancy Denton, who was a spoiled
child and rich mans daughter, is far more
appropriate to her position. In fact, the
fees earned by physicians in those days
were far in excess Of what we should give
now, in spite Of the exceeding simplicity
no to say remarkable unpleasantness-
OF their pharmacopoeia and treatment.
DIR. Theodore Mayence, the fashionable
doctor, left &140, 900 equivalent to over
$500, 000) behind him, and Sir Ralph is
miserable because he cannot afford to pay
DIR. Denton the $50 which is the ordinary
fee for a confinement. A Venetian mirror
costs $40, a portrait by Vandyke $50. A
maids wages come to e3, but the pair of
"trimed gloves" with which it is the
fashion toreward any extra services on her
part, cones to Ell 5s.-an absurdly dispro-
portionate payment. The price of Sir Ed
mund's Covent Garden house is e1OO, and
many horses fetch as much, while e2OO a
year is the usual price for a boys board
and teaching in a good French family
Longman's Magazine.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-04
Minnesota Editors at Nashville.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 2.-The Min
nesota editors, on their journey to At
lanta, arrived here during the day and
were met at the depot by a delegation
Of leading citizens. After breakfast at
the Nicholson hotel the party made a
tour of the city in cars and carriages. A
barbecue, arranged for the afternoon,
was abandoned, and instead the party
were treated to a genuine deer chase.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-04
There Could Be No Mistake.

Some time ago an morous young man
sent a letter to a German lady, and this
postscript was added:
"That my darling may make no mis-
take, remember that I will wear a light
pair of trousers and a dark cutaway coat.
In my right hand I will carry a small cane
and in my left a cigar. Yours ever,
Adolphe."
The father replied courteously, stating
that his daughter had given him authority
to represent her at the appointed place at
the time agreed on. His postscript was as
follows:
"Dot mine son may make no mishdakes,
I will be dreshed in mine shirt sleeves. I
will wear in mine right hand a Club; in
mine left hand 1 will year a six shooter.
You will recognize me by dc way I bats you
on de head a goople times twice mid de
Club. Wait for me at de corner, as I have
Something's important to inform you NIT.
Your trent, Heinrich Muller. "-Philadel-
phia Record.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-04
JUSTICE TO The PUPPY.
Il Is Time That His Name Should Be
Cleared of COntumely.

Cleared of C~ontumely.
It is high timo that a word should be
spoken in apology to the much abused
puppy, who has for years been made to
stand as an emblem of the most ~despicable
member of the human family.
When q man discovers traits of mean
ness, when he betrays a meddlesome, pry-
ing, caddish disposition, we are too prone
to characterize him as a puppy" without
stopping to think of the contulnely there
by heaped upon the canine animal of i'm
mature years.
Instead of being a term Of reproach,
puppy properly considered, is a high
and undeserved compliment bestowed up
on the object of our contempt, but while
we thus Internationally honor the cad,
we do q distinct and u~nwarranted ,injus-
tice to the puppy, for it is a sort of insinu-
alton that he is no better than the ma to
whom he is likened, inasmuch as by call
ing q cad a puppy we as much as say that
the puppy is q mean, sneaking upstart of
a creature, which he is not.
The puppy is frank, free and frolic-
some, always in the best of humor, with
nothing underhand or mean about him.
He never sulks i'll his kennel nor COM
plains because things do not go just as he
wants them to go. He makes friends with
everybody, the rich and the poor, the high
and the low, the good looking and the
ugly, and he is no respecter of silk, satin
and broadcloth above cotton or fustian or
rags.
He is not sqiueamish as to his diet, and
takes what is given to him gladly, and as
much more as he can get hold of.
He may and does rend your doormat and
demolish stray rubbers and make ravel-
ings of your raimcnt, but he does all this
loosely and without malice. 1t is his
safety valve, the instinct given him where
by he may blow off some part of his ex-
uberant %liveliness.
The puppy is the very quintessence of
animated good nature. His is the genial
temperament, his the merry making dis
position that would have all nature, ami
NAL and vegetable, share in his joys.
Therefore, to call a mean spirited fell
low a puppy is a gratuitous and unwar-
ranted libel upon the four footed ingenu,
and it is time that Justice was done to tho
puppy by no longer making him the en-
blem and the analogue of the man we call
by his name.
A puppy docs not put on airs, nor turn
up his nose at people whom he fancies are
below him-if, indeed, he ever considers
anybody below him-neither does he in
dulge in liquids more potent thai milk,
nor make himself odorous with cigarette
smoke.
The puppy is mischievous, but never
malicious. He tries to DO everybody's
friend and was never known to speak i'll
of any one.
Then WY has he been maligned all
these years? Come, let us no longer de-
grade a good fellow, and a merry, by en-
ploying him as a smile Of all that is mean
and despicable in human nature.-Boston
TRANSCRIPT, d
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-04
CHICAGOANS WANT WHEAT.
Armour and others Try to Divert Grain
From Minneapolis Markets.

Armour and Others Try to Divert Grain
From Minneapolis Markets.
M1LBANK, S. D., Oct. "A special
train Of prominent Chicago wheat men
stopped at Milbank, having on board H.
J. Valentine, Armour's head grain man;
Edward Higgins and D. Webster
of Aberdeen and Assistant Gen.
eral Freight Agent Jones. The par
ty is traversing the entire Milwaukee
system in the wheat district endeavor.
ing to divert grain direct to Chicago in
order to get good wheat from Dakota,
which now goes to Minneapolis and
Duluth. The party is stopping at every
point where there are elevators, and is
offering big inducements to independent
buyers to ship direct to Chicago.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-04
NEWS BRIEFLY REPORTED.

George w. N. Yost, typewriter in.
ventor, is dead.
St. Paul pays 5000 a day less interest
than it did three years ago.
Three bandits held up four negroes
near st. Louis and shot two of them.
The new Washington Opera house, on
the site of the old Blaine mansion, has
been opened.
Five persons were arrested at Leaven-
worth, Kan, charged with making aid
passing counterfeit coin. Four con.
fe.aso11.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-04
MermaidA

All the world over there are legends
about mernaids. The Chinese tell stories
not unlike others about the sea woman of
their southern seas. Mankind is taught
on the most excellent evidence that d mer-
maid was captured at Bangor, on the
shores of the Belfast Tough, in the sixth
century, while another caught at Edam,
in l4O3, was carried to HARLEM and kept
there for many years.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-04

By the rules of chivalry all persons, male
and female, old and young, in a town TAX
en- by assault, were liable to be put to
death, and the men and boys seldom es-
capped the brutality Of the victors.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-04
No Stoves In Mexico.

Gin old Mexico we have no stoves, - said
Antonio Estrada. "Most of the houses are
built of adobe bricks, without floors, and
the fires are built on the ground, whore all
cooking is done. In the more aristocratic
families the American pattern Of cooking
stoves has been introduced, but only few
Of them are in se."-New York Journal
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-04
CarbOliC Acid.

Carbolio acid was discovered by Runge
in 1884 as a constituent of common coal
tar. Its properties were fully investigated
by Laurent in 1841, who termed it hydrat-
ed oxide Of phenyl. This name, however,
never met with favor, for, out of respect
for Runge, the ~discoverer, the name he
gave it has always been retained.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-04
Illinois Miners Meet.

SPRINGFIELD, Ills, Oct. IA dele
gate meeting Of the coal miners of the
Springfield sub-district was held here
during the day. State President
O'Connor of Spring Valley was present.
It was decided to demand Of the opera
tors 40 cents a ton gross weight.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-04
St. Paul Union Stock Yards,

SOUTH ST. PAUL, Oct. l, 1895.
HOGS-Market strong; quality fair;
choice light hogs bring q. Rage of
prices, -. S0@4.U0.
CATTLE-Not enough received to make
q market.
SHEEP-Market steady on good sheep
and lambs; common dull.
Receipts: Cattle, 1000.
81; calves, O.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-04
The Lincoln Club Won.

QUINCY, Ills, Oct. 2.-The Western
Association managers had a meeting
during the day, with all cities repre-
sented but Dubuque. The Lincoln club
was formally awarded the pennant,
with Peoria second, Des Moines third.
Applications for admission were re-
ceived from Denver and Terre Haute,
but the circuit will not be made until
the meeting in Chicago Nov. 10,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-04
LATEST MARKET REPORT.
Milwaukee Grain

Milwaukee Grain. .
MILWAUKEE, Oct. /, 1895.
FLOUR-Firm.
WHEAT-No. , spring. GIG; No. l
Northern, &c; December, SIC.
CORN-\o. 3, BIC.
OATS-No. 2 white, 21Lc; No. 8 white,
2OE@ :1Ac.
BARLEY-No. 2,4l1c; sample on track,
27@41c.
RYE-No. l, 42c.