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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-12-27

Take any moderately large insect and
examine it closely. You will observe, aver
with the naked eye, that the body is
pierced with a number of holes, usually
from IS to 20 in number. These minute
openings are the apertures through which
air is admitted to the system, and they arc
generally so wonderfully perfect that no
extraneous mater Of any kind can possibly
effect an entrance. Sometimes these holes
are furnishd with a delicate pair of horny
clasps, which can be opened and closed at
the will Of the insect. In other cases-this
class is far more numerous = they are
densely fringed with stiff, interlacing
b~ristles, which form a filter that admits
nothing but air. This bristle filter is SO
perfectly ye' SO delicately made that it has
been found absolutely impossible to force
even such a subtle fluid as spirits of wine
through it. These a%pertures or "breathing
holes'' communicate with two large tubes,
which extend along the entire body of the
insect, furnishing fresh air to the whole
system. Beside these two main tubes,
there are innumerable delicate branches,
which run in all directions through the
insects body, continually dividing and
subdividing until a wonderful network is
the result. This mechanism allows air 20
penetrate into every fiber of the insects
anatomy, even into the nerve lines of the
gauzy wings-providing it has wings-and
into the feet and antenna.-St. Louis Re-
Dublic.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-12-27
Golden Silence.

The most dramatic of silent men wac
Wallenstein, the antagonist of Gustavus
Adolphus, and the commander of the en-
peror's armies in the Thirty Years war.
He insisted that the deepest silence should
reign about him. His officers took care
that no loud conversation should disturb
their general. They knew that a chamber
lain had been hanged for waking him
without orders, and that an officer who
would wear clanking spurs in the COM
mander's presence had been secretly put
to death.
In the rooms of his palace the servants
gllded as if they were phantoms, and a
dozen sentinels moved about his tent
charged to secure the silence the general
demanded. Chains were stretched across
the streets in order to guard him against
the disturbance of sounds.
Wallenstein's taciturnity, which made
him shun speech, and his love of silence,
which caused him to be irritated at the
slightest noise, were due to his constitu-
t1onal temperament. He never smiled, he
never asked advice from any one, and he
could not ndure to be gazed at, even when
giving an order. The soldiers, when he
crossed the camp, pretended not to see him,
knowing that a curious look would bring
them punishment Weekly.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-12-27
A TOOthless People.

DR.. Victor .. Bell lccturcd recently on
"The Care of the Teeth and the Mouth"
1--WE are becoming a toothless people," he
said, "for otherwise how can we account
for the fact that thousands of people today
are wearing artificial teeth, and there are
as many thousands who would wear Thorn
If they could afford to buy them? Look
at u little children. At the age Of 2
their little teeth are already decayed. Our
girls at IA and 16 often wear artificial
teeth. Our fathers and mothers at the age
of 40 and SO cannot boast of having many
sound teeth. Now, when you consider
how much acute suffering and pain these
people go through, how many ~sleepless
nights and restless days they pass before
they arrive at that happy molnen when
they have got rid of all their WI teeth
and can wear artificial ones instead, you
will naturally ask the question, Has the
Creator given us these organs for tempo
rary use, and with the intention of infict-
ing suffering Upon us?'
"No; they were given us to last us
through life. If we do lose them prema-
turely, and if we do suffer ~excruciating
pain while we have them, it is due to our
own carelessness, negligence and igno-
rance. New York Sun.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-12-27
Former Quack Medicines.

johnson hestows ironical commentator
upon the modest candor of the vender of e
beautlfying fluid which ''repcls pimples,
drives away freckles, smooths the skin and
pumps the flesh, but does not profess to
restore the roses Of Is to a lady of So"
while he also admires the zeal for the ease
n safety of teething infants shown by
the inventor Of the anodyne necklace, and
the affecting terms in which he warned
every mother that she would never forgive
herself If her infant should perish without
a necklace. 1t would be interesting to
Know what the great doctor thought of a
certain advertisement in The Spectator Of
a grateful electuary for the sure of loss of
memory or forgetfulness, enabling those
whose memory was before almost totally
lost to remember the minutest circum-
OF their affairs to a wonder. Price,
Two and sixpence a pot. "-Cornhill Maya
zine.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-12-27

Some of Those of the Early Days Were
.r. Ridiculous.

Some of Those Of the Early Days Were
Ridiculous.
When we compare railroading methods
of today With those of SO years ago., some
of the precautions Of chat time appear ride
ulous. Everybody was against them-thc
clergy and the laymen, nobility and tho
people. Everybody was afraid of great
catastrophes. The doors of the railroad cars
had to be locked, so that the passengers
would'not jump out at the first unusual
noise. Various propositions were made to
makor ailroading less dangerous. Some
body suggested that the locomotive should
be attached to the train by a long iron
chain. Colonel Lecount proposed to have
a Waterman on top of the locomotive 70
look out for the signals and the condition
of the roadbcd. Every quarter of ~ mile
~watchmen, with u signal flag, were STU
toned, and this human chain did the serv-
leo of a telegraph system.
While many sensclcss precautions were
taken gross carelessnoss was shown in most
simple matters. For instance, long trains
were formed, being pulled and pushed by
three, four and oven six locomotives. Such
a train with 80 cars and five locomotives
wen ahead on full steam, and in case Of
danger there were but three h%andbrakes on
the entire train. Ii must not be believed,
however, that the rapidity of trains thor
was so very limited. Shortly before tho
railroad from London to Greenwich was
opened for general traffic, q special train
OF seven cars, crowded with gentlemen and
ladies, covered the entire distance at ti,o
rate OF 56 miles an hour. There are coun-
tries where such a speed on the railroad
has not been developed up to date.-Phil-
adelphia Record.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-12-27
WHISKY NO CURE FOR POISON.
The Liquor Is Not an Antidote For Snake
Rites.

ElteSs
'Whisky will never cure a poisonous
snake bite" said Professor Theodore A,
Schurr, the naturalist, Of 30 years expert
ence, to a reporter. "The idea that whisky
is an antidote for the bite of a rattlesnake
or any other vcnomous reptile is a delu-
sion SO popular and general that I always
take special pains to correct and expose il
in my lectures. Whisky never will or nev-
or did cure any one bitten by a snake, but
because some person took some whisky
after being bitten by a harmless snake and
recovered he attributed his cure to the
whisky, n so the idea gained circulation.
l have mover known q case to be cured by
the use of whisky and nave known several
cases where it had been used to result IA
tally. Whisky only adds additional poison
to the system instead Of removing and de-
stroy1ng that of tho snake.
The only thing that will cure a person
bitten by a RATHER or other poisonous snake
is the use of perlnanganate of potash.
Ibis is an e%ffectual cure in almost every
instance. The venom Of a reptile is inject
cd into the blood, and the poison destroys
the blood globules. I was bitten by a rat
tier on my index finger and Immediately
took my pocketknife and made a deep in
oision near the wound, SO that the poison
could not be taken up and distributed
through my system. The bitten part was
then cauterized, and it caused me no trou-
BILE whatever. Whisky is not very good to
use at any time, and no good for snake
bites. '-Pittsburg Post.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-12-27
Pawning q Bank Note.

One Of the oldest methods Of utilizing q
bank note which has probably ever been
known took place recently in the east of
London. A sailor walked into a large
pawnbroking establishment near the docks
and gravely, and in all good faith, pro-
duced a $40 Bank Of England note, inquir-
ing how much could be advanced on it.
Six pounds was offered and promptly
accepted, and the note actually remained
for some months till redeemed by some
sharp witted person, the usual amount of
interest on the loan being of course paid.
This perfectly authentic incident recalls
the equally true stories Of old days, when
men-of-war's men at Portsmouth, on be-
ing paid off after a long cruise, during
which large sums of prize money usually
accrued to them, frequently lit their pipes
with bank notes as an agreeable variant to
frying gold watches in pans Of fat over the
fire, both Of which facts are vouched for
on undoubted authority.-Strand Maya
zine.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-12-27
DID THIS DOG USE REAsoNi
Knocked From . Bier Once, He .'Died
Again and Made Himself Secure.

Knocked From . Bier Once, He .Died'
Again and Made Himself Secure.
tive come to the conclusion that dogs
have the use of a certain and a great
amount of reasoning power" said Carver
b. Cline to a reporter. 81 was convinced
by n of Duncan's dogs.
"These animals always obey the COM
mands OF their master, but the case of
which | speak was one in which the dog
saw the situation and acted for what he
thought was the best solution Of q diff
Guilty. ~
"The dogs do a fire act. One of them
runs up a ladder, seizes a dummy canine
from the flames, carried him to the
ground and then dies. Duncan's collie
died all right this particular night and
was put on q stretcher several feet above
the floor, on two small wooden horses.
The widow dog and the ambulance came
on. The d%isconsolate widow, you know,
makes a rush for the corpse, with paws
poked into her crying eyes. Then she is
led away by sympathizing friends.
"She made her rush for the bier this
night, but she put too much force into it.
and her defunct spouse was knocked from
his resting place.
SWELL, that animal fell to the floor lust;
as limp as any body could be. He lay
there m%otionless, but I saw him open one
eye and kind of take in the situation.
Then he seemed to come to the conclusion
that he had not been taught to die just
that way, SO he jumped up, climbed to tho
bier and died all over again.
"The widow was by this time over near
the ambulance in the center Of the stage.
AS soon as the hero husband had died the
second time she again made a rush for the
bier. The dead brute was ready this time.
He had one eye open. When he saw her
coming, he just reached over the side of
his resting place and took q good grip with
both his front DAVIS. The widows grief
was powerful, but that death grip held.
"Now, did that dog use reason?''-New
York Times.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-12-27
PARE DIPLOMACY.
A Remarkable Meeting Between Envoyu
of France and Austria.

A Remarkable Meeting Between Envoy
Of France and Austria.
The story has been told in many forms
of two persons, each of whom suspected
the other Of q deep laid malign plan, and
each gave time and anxiety to the discov-
cry of that plan, only to find in the end
that'neither had any plan except to watch
the other.
One day Prince Metternich, the old Aus
trian statesman, was informed that q
stranger desired to see him. The man, be-
Ing admitted, was recognized by Meter
mich as one whom he had formerly known
at Paris. But the man now appeared I'M
der a borrowed name. He had a fragment
of the handwriting of Fouche, the French
minister of police, as evidence that he
wa sent by Fouche. His mission, he said,
was most secret, and, in fact, only extend
ed to informing the prince that Fouche
was DESTROYS of offering to his considera-
tions propositions of a highly Important
nature. The messenger declared that he
was quite ignorant of the purport of these
propositions and had no other authority
than to invite the prince to a secret con-
ference through the medium of some trusty
envoy, who should be dispatched to Paris
for the purpose.
The prince replied, "You must permit
me to think of this"
Tho agent retired and the Austrian min
lister repaired to the emperor and recounted
what had passed.
II think" said the prince, "that we
should send q confidential agent, not to
Paris, but to some other place that may be
fixed upon, who shall have no other in
structions but to listen to all that the
Frenchman who will meet him there shall
impart and bring us faithfully an account
of it,"
The mysterious messenger was accord
ingly dismissed, with an answer to the CT
feet that an Austrian calling himself Wer-
ner should be at a certain hotel in the
town Of Basic, in Switzerland, on such a
day, with instructions from Prince Metter-
Mich. II meeting thus appointed took
place at the spot and hour fixed. "
The diplomatic agents saluted each 9TH
er with fitting courtesy, seated themselves
face to face. and each assumed the attitude
of a listener.
"May I ask you, sir,'' said tho envoy
from Paris at length, "what is the object
of our meetingy'
"My object, SIR replied tho Austrian,
lis to listen to whatever you may be dis
posed to say"
"And mime" said the Frenchman, els
solely to hear what you may have to COM
municate." .
Neither of the ENJOYS had anything fur
Their to add to this interesting Interchange
of information, and therefore they sepa-
rated with mutual civility.-New York
Telegram. s.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-12-27
First Publication Nov. s, 1851
NOTICE
Of School Lands.

rho a,,+;,,+o
schno, lands Of t,o state aaa 81 fp Nnrth neuo+ oo min %a
sclo " ianos Vi Ihe stale OF NORM DaKota VIII be
offered for lease. between the hours Of 10
O'Clock, a. m. and 5 O'Clock, p. M, on the follow
ing dates and at the following places, viz:
[I1ands selected and natented for tho henaft
- -. ~ 80 ~ =. ~. i"NrD w - !
Pc lyase and ~ fs,l. = cou mtano i t tSe ssn, WASH st;as
leHiplna ahu N > couhtles at The same Time
and place as set forth IT below; u. y
Benson county, at Minnewaukon, Monday.
BOttineau county, at Bottineau, Tuesday. Jan
uary q, 1885,.
Blrleigh county, at Bismarck, Saturday, jan
uary IS, 1896.
Cass county, at Fargo, Thursday, February
CavaI er county, at Langdon, Tuesday, Janu-
aiy 20, ioso. Nh
rn Hruy q '1 1saf - Nov iocklord friday feb-
Foster county ~ c,rr;noton Monaou pa,,n,
airy, 10, 1896.
Grand Forks county, at Grand Forks, Friday,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-12-27
The v.obster's Birth Name.

"Did you ever see the name lobster is
born with?" asked a fish dealer the other
day. "It is marked on his body. No?
Well, I'll show you one."
The dealer took a live lobster out of a
heap on the marble slab.
Its name is Joe,'' the dealer said after
he had inspected one Of its legs. 'sNow,
can you find it?" =
The customer took the lobster gingerly
by the back Of the neck, where it could not
reach his hand with it's nippers. Turning
it on it's back SO that the brown legs at it's
side Topped backward, a smooth streak
half an inch long, and nearly as wide, YVES
seen on tho inside Of the thigh. In this
streak, like a mosaic, were short lines, as
though some n had printed on it with in
delible brown ink in backhand the charac-
tiers JOE.
"Some Holsters are named jim, ;" the
dealer said, "some Jack, others John, and
I once clearly made out the name Julia. y
Strand Magazine.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-12-27

I think that men are just as sensitive
and fussy regarding their g e as women
can be. I was discussing this point tho
other evening at the house of an acquaint-
ance, and one guest, a gentleman of about
56, said, with a cheerful frankness that
seemed most convincing: "All this con-
cealment Of age is nonsense. What's the
use Of telling tale when old Father
Time tells another? Age is not a thing
to be ashamed of, by any means. I never
make any concealment of mine. I'm As
and say it boldly.
And then there was a cold and clammy
silence that could have been cut in chunks.
This sort Of frank and honest method
is very much in vogue just now.-Polly
Pry in New York Recorder.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-12-27
CONCERNING WALNUT.
A Wood Once Very Fashionable in Amer.
lea Now Goes Abroad Mostly.

A Wood Once Very Fashionable in Amer.
lea Now Goes Abroad Mostly.
AS a fancy wood, either in furniture or
In house finishing, walnut has yielded most
of its prestige to oak, and now the bulk of
our American walnut goes abroad, Ger
many taking the major portion of it. AT
least 80 per cent of it is shipped to Lon
don, Liverpool and Hamburg. There is no
reason why walnut should lave so fallen
into d%isfavor, but the fact stands that it is
questionable, and it must go. The for
elgn shipments run along between three
and a half and four and a half million feet,
and the bulk of it comes from Kentucky,
Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, Texas, Arkan-
sas, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois and Pennsyl.
vania, the remaining states furnishing
little or none.
The finest shipment for 1896 came FROM
Texas, but, as q rule, Indiana walnut is
tho best. Kentucky has more than any
other state, but it does not average as high
rs Indiana. The largest walnut sawmill
in the world is in Chicago, and it uses
o 5000 carloads a year. Walnut is
graded into firsts, seconds, rejects and
culls, and the price varies from SIS to $50
for culls and $3.50 to $40 for rejects to SIC
pei thousand for firsts and seconds. At an
average price Of $50 per thousand, it will
be seen that the grand total of the value
OF our walnut shipments is not q worry large
sum.
The best grade of walnut is forest
growth, what is known as ''cornicld wal
NUT being hard and irregular, with more
or less windshakes. Walnut trees are worth
from 81 up, according to their accessible
1ty, and there is no rule Of finding them.
A tree should be at least 16 inches III d.
amoter, while some trees go up to over so
inches, and q log over 60 feet long is found
occasionally. AS a rule, though, walnut
branches low, and short logs prevail. Fig
ured walnut is q speciality and is used for
veneerine. It's price varies from 6 cents
to 81 a foot. One man in West Virginia is
reported to own q figured tree which cost
him 81, 900, for which he asks 81, 900, hay
ing refused 5000. There are over 6, OOc
feet in it. A walnut tree is at it's best at
about so years of age, or ruthor it should
live that long before it is cut down for
market. New York Sun.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-12-27
A Popularity Of New York.

There is q popularity about the business
houses in Broadway which exists in no
other great t~horoughfare in the world.
And that is that SO many business
blocks are erected without porches or gal
leries.
From the Battery to Thirty fifth street
in this great t%horoughfare there is not a
building which has a porch attached.
Numbers have duck awnings and various
other kinds of sun shades, but the wooden.
or corrugated iron porches, which are 80
popular in other American cities, are as
strange to Broadway as are 30 story build
ings to the country, and there is none cf
them in tho country.-Now York Herald.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-12-27
He Questioned the jury.

Judge John Gibbons has more than usu-
al Judicial appreciation of humor, and he
furnishes an illustration of rustic intelli-
gence recently occurring upon a trial be-
fore him. The case was a damage suit.
A country lad, II or 18 years old, a son Of
the plaintiff, was put on the stand to tes-
THY as to a line fence. He gave his testi-
mony in SO low a tone of voice that Judge
Gibbons said to him:
Speak SO these gentlemen can hear
you," pointing to the jury.
Why" said the witness, with a beam
Ing smile, ARE these men interested in
pops case?''-.Chicago Post.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-12-27
Iridescence of Mother of Pearl.

Mr.. C. e. Benham has found by expert
ment that the iridesconce of mother of
pearl or nacre is not due to the situations
on its surface, as generally supposed, but
to the thinness of the plates or laminm of
which the pearl is built up. A little Of the
color is due to the situations, and therefore
to diffraction of light, but the most part
comes from INTERFERENCE of light, as III
the colors Of the soap bubble, orc a film
of coal tar On water orlas in the cole: pho.
tOyrapas Of Lipinnnn.-I1ondun .lsEe.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-12-27
First publication, December 10, 1896.
Notice ~ ErruuurS.

In the matter Of the estate of Jennie E. Williams,
deceased. All persons having claims against said
Jennie Z. Williams. deceased, are required to eX-
hibit the same with the necessary vouchers, to
the undersigned administrator of said estate, at
his office in the city OF Bismarck, in the county
Of Burleigh,. state Of North Dakota, and that
four months have been limited as the time for
creditors to present their claims against said
estate. Dated the 9th day of December, 1895.
ERASTUS "A. WILLIAMS .
Administrator.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-12-27
Pretty Cold Weather,

Adm the cheap rates to Canada and the
asst this year will be largely patronized.
The extra service and Accommodations
offered by the 500 line will secure a
large percentage. Every tourist car will
leave st. Paul and all Ontario points,
without change, and every day the At
llantic limited will run solid to Montreal,
no change. Be sure and ask for ticket
via the 500 line.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-12-27
Injured Innocence.

"Bobby," said the teacher in a Boston
school, IT am surprised at you! You are
usually 30 studious, and here you are
drawing horrid, idle pictures on your
slate"
II beg your pardon, miss" replied the
youth, with the hauteur Of misunderstood
genius, "but you are laboring under a
misrepresentation, This is not a horrid,
idle picture. It is a design for a magazine
Observation-Disclosures Star.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-12-27
BISMARCK MACHINE SR or

Corner Fifth and Broadway, reopened
by =. 9. COOPER. Prepared to do d
work in the Machine line. Engines,
Boilers and Agricultural MACHINERY, re-
paired. u. C.COOPFR.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-12-27
It Sometimes seems So.

Tomlny-Paw, what Goes the paper
mean BY practical Christianity?
Pa;w--Practical Christianity is the kind
that does not Interfere With u nan s bush
rss:-lndiaT:apuli Journal.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-12-27
Taken Up.

One black horse, about ten years old,
weighs about 1850 pounds: branded
H K on left hip. Owner please call, pay
charges, and take him away.
VIM. G.. MORRIS,
Township 139, range 80, section 10.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-12-27

It is said that when one Of the sons Of
the emperor of Austria called his brotbnr
the greatest fool in Vienna the emperor,
who was present and highly offended ut
their quarrel, exclaimed, You forget that
I ain PRESENT.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-12-27

Goodby is an Authorization Of an oh
English form Of parting, God be with.
you until we meet