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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-05-24
No Training of snakes.

One cannot train or teach q snake to 40
anything whatever. Their brain power is
SO limited that the marvel is how they
have ever managed to survive in the great
competition, especially when one finds that
they are still on the ascending curve of
evolution. Most of them can be tanned to
some extent by constant human compan-
ionship and judicious handling (some spe-
cies very much more readily than others).
When they have learned to trust, to appre-
ciate the fact that there is no necessity for
self defense, then they may be trusted, a
principle which applies to most animals,
and there the scope and possibility of their
education comes to an end.
After that the most that q skillful ex-
hibitor can do with them is to adapt him
self and his actions to their movements,
which by familiarity he can pretty nearly
anticipate, SO that these may appear pur-
posive and intelligent. He may affect to
listen to the %serpent's c~ounsels, or receive
it's kiss on his lips If it's head inclines in
IN upward direction, or to lure it from one
hand to the other, or to guide it to some
given spot, should it by chance glide hori:
sontally or downward, just as the Indian
snake charmer takes deceptive advantage
Of the natural defiant attitude of the well
nigh untamable cobra do capello.-Cham-
bers' Journal.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-05-24
The Captains Dinner.

A woman who has just crossed to Eu-
rope for the first time writes home of the
pleasant pomp and ceremony with which.
the end Of the voyage is celebrated on the
last night out.
sit seems" she y ''that it is always
customary, on the German line at least,
and probably OF all, to have an especially
elaborate dinner just before arriving in
Southampton, which is called the cap.
tain's' dinner. Every one is supposed to
order wine and drink to the health Of our
captain, while he responds, toasting the
health and safe j~ourneyings Of his passen-
gers. When we came to the table, we
found it decorated with most elaborate
cakes four stories high, with little Ameri-
can and German flags stuck on all sides
and little paper ornaments-truly German.
1--WE went through q most elaborate
menu, and when we came to the dessert
the walters suddenly disappeared, the mu-
sic stopped and the lights went out. A
hush and sense of expectancy fell upon the
company. Suddenly the music started q
lively march, the doors opened, and the
walters appeared bearing trays. On each
was q round globe of rice paper with a
light inside, and around this sat small
Japanese figures made Of ice cream, each
holding in his arms a little umbrella Of
lighted colored paper. The room was per.
fectly dark, and the effect as the walters
marched AROUND and around, forming diff.
ferent figures and bearing their illulninat.
ed burdens, was novel and interesting.
Everybody clapped and cheered. Then the
lights were turned on, and we ate the ice
cream men and kept the umbrellas as
souvenirs" New York Times.
1900 6t TLaEmrk[Js
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-05-24
Failed.

"It's a wonder to me what women won't
do next" said the man with the straw
oolored vest. "My wife belongs to one Of
those mutual admiration gossip societies
! have forgotten what the name Of it is
and not long ago they made a fool rule
that they would. hereafter take up one an
other in alphabetical order as subjects for
all that mild little scandal that women
like to indulge in. The idea was, you see,
that each should have her full share Of the
roasting"
"How did it work?'' asked the fat man.
Didn't work at all. For instance, when
the day came for the discussion of the
members whose name began with ], we'll
SLY, every woman whose name began with
that letter was sure to be present. Ind
anapolis. journal.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-05-24
THE WESTERN FLATBoATMEN.
Not Always Deserving the Reputation That
Was Given Them.

Not Always Deserving the Reputation That
Was Given Them.
General Veile, in defending Abraham
Lincoln from the often published state.
ment that he was a fatboatman in his
young days, seems burdened with the ter
rible fact, as he will have it, that those
boatmen were of low grade as to morals,
drunkards, etc. The general has no right,
In truth, to make those statements as to
the character of the fatboatmen of the
early days Of the river settlements. It is
. gross libel upon the general character Of
the early settler. There were drunkards
among the early settlers the same as now,
but they were not among the boatmen, for
the very good reason that they could not
be relied on in time of need in case of
storms, wind or any other emergency.
The very reverse of the character which
General Veile would give to those boat
men was the fact. Many prominent farm
ers would send their own produce, several
uniting to fill boat, or merchants and
other men would buy produce, fill a boat
and send it down the river in sober hands.
Christians of all grades, even to the
preacher, operated f1atboats. One preach
or, l remember, ran those boats even as
long rs Lincoln is said to have run on one
and raised a family Of boys who nearly all
did the same running the most of their
lives, while many such boatmen rose from
that humble calling to be st~eamboatmen
even to captaincies. The late Captain
David, who recently died in Madison, had
his start IN q fatboat more than so years
ago. This little story about one of the
best citizens whom Vevay ever had may
show just how near a "drunkard'' got to
being a f1atboatman. George G.. Knox
was, first of all, a Methodist and a tenn.
perance man, and at first u wool carder,
then a steam -four miller, and lastly Q
fatboatman, at least so far as loading a
boat at the Vevay wharf. He had no pa
thence with a drunkard, but accidentally got
hold of a fellow to help him load his boat
who soon developed the whisky in him SO
strongly as to cause the good man to pull
off his coat, throw it on the ground and
say to it, ellie there, Methodist, until l
thrash the whisky out of this fellow"
And as he was large and stout he so wal
loped the fellow as to sober him, and he
returned to work. There is the story Of
old Heathcote Picket-of his fatboating
experience before any steamboat foateG
on the western waters. I heard him relate
it in my very early youth, and he lived TIC
be over 100 years old. He made 16 trips
on fatboats to New Orleans and walked
back every time through the Indians
country and was always treated kindly by
them.-Indianapolis Journal.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-05-24
II sTocKBRokER.
He Is Americas Single Contribution to the
Callings of tho World.

He Is Americas Single Contribution to the
Callings of tho World.
Our single and signal contribution tc
h callings of the world has been the
apotheosis of q stockbroker. For the last
IS years the well to do father and mother
and their sons in our large cities have been
under the spell of a craze for the brokerage
business. The consciousness that the re-
fnements Of modern living cannot ade-
quately be supplied in a large city to a
family whose income does not approx
mate $40, 900 a year is q cogent argument
in favor of trying to grow rich rapidly,
and both the promising young man ard
the general utility man welcomed the new
calling with open arms.
Impelled by the notion that here was a
vocation which required no special knowl-
edge or attainmehts and very little cap
ital, which was pleasant, gentlemanly and
not unduly combining and which promised
large returns almost In the twinkling Of
an eye, hundreds and thousands of young
men became brokers, chiefly stockbro-
kers, but also cotton brokers, note brokers,
real estate brokers, insurance brokers and
brokers in nearly everything. @
The field was undoubtedly a rich one
for those who first entered it. There was
q need for the broker, and he was speedily
recognized as q valuable addition to the
machinery Of trade. Manyshuge fortunes
were made, and we have learned to asso-
ciate the word broker with the possession
of large means, an imposing house on q
fashionable street and diverse locked and
stylish horses. There are stockholders in
all the great capitals Of the world, but
nowhere has the vocation swallowed up
the sons Of the best people to the extent
that it has done here during the last 80
years. And yet, apart from the opportuni-
ty it affords to grow rich rapidly, what
n good reason is there why a promising
young man should decide to buy and sell
stocks for a living?-Robert Grant in
Scribner's.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-05-24
TOOTH WORMS IN CHINA.

Dentists Don't Pull the Teeth When They
Throb In the Head.
1t would seem that in dentistry, as well
as in ways that are dark, 1.-THE. heather
Chinee is peculiar, +" and in The journal
Of the British Dental association Mr.. c..
Robbins has communicated some curious
essays on the subject written in English
by Chinese students at the Anglo-Chinese
college, Fuchau. They describe in quaint
language the performance of the dentists,
who are usually itinerants Of the Sequah
order.
Nov let me advert to the practice Of
arresting the tooth worms. One of my
relatives was once attacked by a severe
cold, and after the cold was broken up,
by restoring activity to his skin, he had q
neuralgia, which gave him such an in
tense suffering that he could neither eari
nor repose, but moaned with a voice Sc,
audible and S o plaintive that it sent a
thrill to the heart Of every one in the house.
On the second day his suffering increased
to a remarkable degree. Indeed it is i'm
possible even at this distant period to re.
fleet without horror on the miseries Of his
toothac9e state. Finally he submitted to
the operation of a woman dentist, whose
agency was to arrest tooth worms.
"Her general operation is as follows: A
chopstick and a silver pin are the only in
struments she requires in her normal act.
She is willing to, exhibit them to any one
who conceives an inclination of discerning
her trickery. She brings the chopstick
in contact with the diseased tooth and
cautiously pokes it through with a pin in
search of the odious worms; after awhile
scrapes out q lump. of yellow minute
worms on the chopstick and immerses it
in a cup of water. Each lump consists Of
from 10 to Is worms, and sometimes 200
or 300 worms are scraped if the patient
makes an exact bargain at first that the
fee should be betrayed according to the
number of worms scraped. The general
fee is 400 cash lis. 3D., and only the poor
may take advantage Of being in penury to
pay 200 cash."
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-05-24
A Brief Will.

A characteristic document is the will of
DIR. Swayne Wickersham. The will is
written on a single sheet of the Great
Northern hotel writing paper, and is as
follows:
This is my last will and testament.
First, all my debts are to be promptly
paid; second, 81, 900 to be given to my
friend, DR.. spalding; third, the remainder
Of my property to be given to my sister
Lydia Walton, residing at Kenneth Place,
Pa; fourth, I appoint my old friend,
George W. Newcomb of Chicago, my exec
utor, and I direct that no bond be re-
Quired: Of him. He is an honest man.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-05-24
Old English Houses.

Many old houses throughout the country
have long been famous for tho quaint and
humorous inscriptions painted or carved
on one of their exterior walls. On the por-
tico of Arley Hall, the seat of the Warbur-
ton family, there is inscribed this welcome:
This gate is free to all men good and true;
Right welcome thou. if worthy to pass through.
And at Loseley House, Surrey, there is a
Latin inscription over the doorway to this
effect, II am shut to an enemy, but am
always open to a friend" Above the door
Of a house at Salvington, Sussex, in which
Selden was born, there is a Latin couplet
much to the same import, and Montacute
House, Somerset, has these two lines
carved: aG
Through this wide opening gate
None come too early. none return too late.
Under a variety Of forms we find the
same maxim on different houses, and at
Ferray Hall, in the parish of Almondbury,
over one Of the doorways, are the words,
can honest man may enter,'' and on the
reverse side facing the spectator when leav-
ing the premises, "a cheat may be of. !"
London Standard.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-05-24
A SURPRISED FOX.
h Didn't Know Thai Cranes Wore Both
Fighters and unners &

Fighters and Runners.
A long, lean crane stood m%otionless in
the big cover down on the flats late one
Spring afternoon watching for q fish or
frog to come within reach Of his pointed,
heavy bill. A cold wind was blowing
and rufflcd up the birds feathers in a way
to make him shivcr. A brown bird started
to fly past tho still figure, then there was
q quick jerk, and the brown bird disap-
peared. The thin crane looked as though
he felt better. After a bit he waded to the
shore and stood on the bank looking into
the water as if for q fish or frog.
As the sun was shining red for a mo-
ment through a crack in the clouds a fox,
sleek in winter fur, came into view from
up the creek, looking here and there for o
mouse or better am He had started
early that day, probably in the hope that
he might capture q bird. He stalked a
GROW, unsuGcessfully flushed two or three
brown birds, sneaked up wind at a wood
chuck and got a little mole. Then he saw
the cranes back and neck over the bank
and s~traightway dropped back on to his
launches to calculate q bit. He worked
his way toward the crane SO slowly as not
to be noticed till within ten feet of the
bird, when the birds head came around
with startled s~uddenness. The fox stop
ped, and the crane looked indignant. The
fox took two steps nearer, and the crane
bristled up his neck feathers and drew his
head back as if to strike. Then the fox
saw that the crane would fight. If any
thing can tickle a fox, it is to have a bird
stand fight.
The fox took two jumps lightly for
ward, then yelped out in pain. The crane
had struck at his eye and ripped his check
bare. He grabbed the crane by the leg,
and thon, like pug dog pulling q string
tied ball, ran around in a circle, tripping
the crane up. The crane screamed and
gave tho fox a glancing blow behind the
shoulder, driving the fox away a yard and
gaining time to get on his legs again.
Then the fox came at the crane, and
once more tho crane struck at the fox's
eye, this time successfully, for the point
of the bill picked the eyeball open. The
fox skunk back and started to run, while
the crane, with six foot strides and half
spread wings, set after him. Then came
a race fit to mako a woodsman howl. Thu
cranes head stuck out straight before his
body, while his long pipe stem legs stretch
ed out fore and aft alternately, twisting
around each other as the fox turned sharp
corners, with his tail Rugged close, ears
laid back and mouth open. Foxes are cred
tied with being creased lightning runners,
but the crane made this fox hump himself
to keep out of the way.
At last the fox went under a wire fence,
turning sharp to do it. The crane struck
at him, not noticing the wire, and the
cranes neck struck on the wire, while the
bill split on a barb, hooking the bird fast.
Lem Lawson killed the fox at long range
with a rifle, and the crane was captured
alive only, to die later.-Seaberry IN. W
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-05-24
Music Roxes to Hire.

II you wish to hear the music of a 81, 1000
music box at your home, it is not neces-
sary to buy one, for you a rent for an
afternoon n an evening for e25, and it
will be delivered at your house and taken
away. It will be fixed to play any tunes
that you may desire. "A music box such as
sells at from $3.50 to $500 may be rented
for $40, and boxes that sell at, say, $500,
$500 OF $500, at from $15 to $40 for an aft
moor or evening. Music boxes are rented
to play at weddings, appropriate music be-
ing provided; at S O'Clock teas and for va
rious social entertainments, including
dancing parties. For dancing programmes
may be made in advance, and the music
box will be prepared to play two steps,
waltzes, whatever may be desired. For as
it is the music Of such q box is Of sufficient
volume to DO heard throughout q house.
It is not an extensive branch Of the
music box business, the renting of them,
but it is increasing, and the renting OF q
music box often leads to q sale.-New
York Sun.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-05-24
AN OLD MYSTERY SOLVED.

Kittie n grandma were playing at acting.
Kittie was Mother Eve, she said.
"Why, I was thinking" said dear grandma,
'tThat old Mother Eve was dead.
.'well, Mistress Eve. how did You live through
the flood,
The flood so deep and SO darkp''
"Oh, grandma, nobody knew" Kittie said,
"But I was on top of the arb. = @s
"Did you live without food for forty dayss
Did you neither dine nor supp
"Oh, grandma, the raven that never came
back
ate that raven upl'
Martha Young in Wide Awake.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-05-24

sCastoriai sso well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me-" Fl. A. ARCHER, NJ. D.,
iii So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-05-24
A Drama Of Real Life In Two scenes

SCENE lat THE BANK.
President-What is the matter with Mr..
May? See him at his desk resting his head
on his hand. And his eyes are bloodshot.
Cashier don't know. He has been
acting strangely for q week and is very
haggard and nervous. 1 fear he is dissi-
pating and c~arousing so much at night
that he is not fit for work in the morning.
President-Then we can't afford to take
chances on him. Write him q note telling
him his services are no longer required.
Put it on his desk so he will get it in the
morning, as we don't want any words
about 1t.
SCENE I1-MR. MAYS HOME.
Mrs. May-Doctor, how is the baby:
Doctor-Very low, yet there is hope
Nothing but the most careful nursing can
save him.
Mrs. May-Then he will get we'll, for
he is not neglected for a moment. l an
with him all day, and my husband is with
him all night. The poor mar has not had
n hours continuous sleep in a week.
We can't afford to have him risk his posi-.
tion at the bank.-New York Herald.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-05

Jockey Club officials have issued posi-.
tive instructions TO the forfeit clerk 10
collect full fortets upon all events un-
ilar control OF the club. Owners who
have had considerable leeway during
the past viii he rounded up with a sud
den jerk and the winners OF those In
vl,lng- looking biz stakes will derive
some financial benefit from their vie
tories.
70 Tambicn's sire. Joe Hooker. s.
dead az Theodore Winters famous
ranch At @ashoe, New. Joe Hooker
wus a chestnut horse. standing sixteen
hands high. botn hind leRa white TO
hooks. blaze face and with d white
patch on one side. He was foSled In
1872. on the ranch OF A. Maitland In
martin county. California. and vas.
consequently. twenty-threc years old at
the time OF his death. The great race
horse sire. who was a son Of Monday
and Mayflower shy imp. Eclipse. made
his reputation In tho stud aud not on
the race course, Although possessed OF
wonderful speed as youngsteT, be de-
veloped an uncomfortable temper that
spoiled his usefulness as raceherss,
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-05

An article In a recent number Of
science on the kntydid orchestra Is ex-
iromely Interesting. The writer states
that this Is one instances In nature OF
concerted and continued efforts at har-
mony. The katyilds keep time. and are
the only members OF the insect king
dom that do this On any extended
scale. lie says so soon az the sun has
oct and twilight Is advancing the katy
lids In the trees begin TO tune up The
arst notes are scattered. awkward and
without rhythm; but, II no wind Is
blowing. thousands soon Join In. and
from that time until daylight breaks
there Is no intermlssion. II Is marvel
ous that the organs can Withstand this
continual rubbing for eight hours. BY
ehcoslng OF. an insect close by ana
listening 10 Il alone. | have convinced
myselt that the same Insect keeps At
4 1t least for hours At time.
These rasplRgs are seldom three At a
tina. a. the popular name would I'm
ply. but are the result Of usually four
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-05
TIE DIAMOND.

Pltcaer Gumbert recently said that
he had not been fined since he has been
playing ball. There are not many
other players who can say the same
thing.
8sck Ewing offered Cant. Arson the
pick OF any six Cincinnati players for
Lange. but the veteran declined.
Presiden, Freedman says he will buy
Patsy Tebeau from Cleveland n Presi-
dent Robson will name a fair price.
The creates; admirer In all this land
Of Hugh Jennings, the champions brill
liant short stop. Is his father
Comlskcy's ST Paul club Is believed
10 have been the biggest money winner
In the Western league this season.
Manager McCloskcy Of the Louis.
yll.es Ia the greatest exponent OF the
young blood" practice in the business.
II Is stated authorltatlyely that Doyle
German. Butler and Bannon viii not be
With next years New York team,
According to Manager Twitcheil the
Milwaukees have cleared $4,000 this
season 10 Offset a loss OF $4,000 last
year.
Tho Milwaukee club has aligned
Catcher Kehoc Of the Southern league
and Pitchers Riley and woln OF Du'
huque
Every member Of the indianapolis
team received double salary for his last
months work. Was ist los init Herr
/ Brush?
John N. Ward thinks his reservation
by the New York club Il merely spite
work and he viii bring the matter BE-
fore the League.
The Washington club has made al
offer TO the New Yorks for Jack Doyl'
20 captain the Senators next season.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-05

Ahf"M hAaaNaNA OF NnaffMs
II Is a we'll authenticated fact that
Il certain seasons Of the year the CON-
non house ny becomes tho prey OF a
parasite that speedily saps Sc vitality
and ends It's little days. An article in a
'cieatiiic publication says "A disease
has been found among a lot Of squash
rugs brought into the laboratory for
experimental uses. Il has been clearly
shown that this disease u due to a mo-
lie bacillus larger than II. insectorum
Burrlll, and OF different form. prefer
'bly aeroblc IN habit. but capable
nevertheless OF growing beneath the
surface OF agar. where the colonies are
commonly oval or fuslform. II spreads
over the solid medium freely as a raih-
er thiekish aim 81 radiate. liohenose
s,rasssie ana broadly iobate margin.
Il multiplies very freely In the blood Of
Insects, doubtless producing there a
toxic substance which kills the host.
Tery commonly within two or three
days OF the first infection. This inter
probation Of lts action Is based on the
promptly fatal cflec, produced on small
insects by a watery infusion Of agar
cultures Of this bacillus Young chinch
hugs perish In such an infusion In less
lhan n minute. and adults In two or
three minutes. while mediumslzed cat
srpil,ars dipped into II for ten seconds
have begun t. writhe and roll In evil
dent distress within two minutes. dy-
lng within Ave or six. Chinch bugs are
readily infected by simple exposure "a
squash bugs dead with this disease and
iie under this infection more promptly
more rapidly and In larger proportion
than n exposed to incubation viii
sporotrlchum.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-05

Tho Springfield Republican tells the
story Of boy Of Boston. aged G. who
seems to have an imaginative Mid a.
we'll a. a humane disposition.
Recently his mother noticed that At
bedtime every night he laid hls little
b0ols together upon their sides. instead
Of setting them upright.
Please tell me why you always place
your boOts 10 that way" sho said.
why" answered the little boy. ~its
because they must be tired walking -
much all dAy. ] lay them sideways 70
they can rest"