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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-09-13
The Conductors Calculations.

A newsboy, a passenger and a conductor
came together Oh a Market street car yes
terday. The conductor wanted a fare from
the passenger, the passenger wanted a pa
per from the newsboy and the newsboy
wanted change from the conductor. The
passenger handed the conductor and the
newsboy each 10 cents. The newsboy hand
ed his dime to the conductor for change.
The conductor rang up a fare, gave the
boy four nickels and went out to the front
of the car. The boy gave the passenger
three nickels nj a paper and jumped off
the car. The conductor returned, and rec
ollecting that he had not given the passen-
ger his change out of the dime gave him
a nickel. The passenger chen had Els 20
cents back and had paid for his rid and
paper.
The conductor retired to the rear plat
form and commenced to figure. He count
ed it all up on his fingers, shook his head
doubtfully and counted it up again, but
he could not figure it out to his satisfac.
ton. He was morally certain that he had
been fimfammed, but he couldn't fix the
responsibility either on the newsboy or
the passenger. The number of fares he
missed while trying to figure himself out
even would have cost him his job if q spot
ter had been aboard.-San Francisco Post.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-09-13
A Wonderful Woman.

Not all the women of the last generation
were mindless dolls. There was, for in
stance, Miss Phoebe Brown Of Matlock,
England, as noted by William Hutton in
1901. Her common dress was a mans hat,
coat, with a spencer above it, and mems
shoes. She could lift a hundredweight
with either hand and carry IA stone. Her
voice was more than masculine; it was
deep toned, and, the wind in her face, she
could send it a mile. Yet she had no
beard. She could sew, knit, cook, spin,
but hated them all. She accepted any kind
Of manual labor, but her f~avorite avoca-
ton was breaking in horses at a guinea a
week. She vas an excellent judge of a
COW and shot accurately with a gun. Her
chief food was milk, and she was fond of
Milton, Pope and Shakespeare. This ad-
mirable female also performed neatly on
the flute, violin, harpsichord and bass
viol. She could cover easily 40 miles a
day, and when a gentleman at the New
Bath treated her rudely she said that ''she
had a good mind to have knocked him
down."-New York Tribune.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-09-13
Cookery,

Cooking being an art, every race has Il
style Of it's own. The Malagasy, like the
gentle Hindoo, knows how to prepare his
mess of rice. 1t is not boiled to a mash as
in England, or as our potatoes are some
times pulped, but, covered with a proper
sufficiency of water, is carefully treated
until the grains are swollen fit to burst
and yet remain full, intact, soft and rath-
er mealy. The manioc root is an easier
dish to prepare. 1t is sometimes served
boiled, as yams and sweet potatoes, and
again as a sort of cold forridge. Native
coffee they understand how to make, and
the aroma is excellent, but tea, alas! You
have to look to the brewing of that from
start to finish if you desire a drinkable
cup. Poultry and game are eaten fresh,
and the cooks have a clever and withal
clearly trick of dipping the dead animals
in boiling water, which enables them to
pluck them easily and quickly. The prep
aration for trusting comes later.
There is no lack of variety at a Mala-
gasy table, but, all the same, you miss the
wheaton flour bread, sugar and condiments
when cloyed with rice, fowls, manioc and
eggs. The staple fuel is bunch grass,
which when dried burns fercely and set
ties into a glowing enber that gives off a
deal Of heat. All the cooking is done on
earthen hearths and the roasting, boiling
and baking in big iron pots. The grass be-
ing slightly aromatic, the odor is as agree
able as that of a hard wood fre.-London
TELEGRAPH.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-09-13
Drew the Line at Tombstones.

"Speaking of Turkish baths said a
traveller the other day, II saw the queerest
one in existence down in Atlanta. I was
hot and dirty from a long, dusty ride and
inquired of the hotel clerk if there was
such a thing as Il Turkish bath establish
ment in the town. He assured me there
was and directed me how to find it. It
was a funny little place, with one slab and
one attendant. After I had taken the
steam I reclined upon my back on the slab
to be rubbed down. After a time the at
tendant told me to turn over. + had no
ooner changed my position than my eye
was attracted by some lettering carved
upon the surface Of the slab. I raised my
self up and saw it was an inscription
which read: Sacred to the memory of
Mrs. Jane Hawkins. Born Sept. II,
1850; died Aug. 3, 1874. I told the man
I didn't think there was any necessity for
his finishing the job and got out as soon
as 1 could. I afterward found that the
slab had been originally a tombstone and
had also served as a receptacle for dead
bodies in the morgue. Some time ago
they built a new morgue, and the propri-
etor Of the bath establishment got it
sheap. "-Philadelphia Record.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-09-13
A Relic of the Armada.

Ancient coins and other souvenirs of the
past are constantly finding their way into
Irish banks. I have seen a handful Of gold
pieces belonging to the fifteenth century
which were dug out under the ruins Of an
old church. But the most curious thing
ever saw presented at a bank was handed
to me about this time. One day a beggar
put something wrapped up in brown paper
on the counter before me and asked if it
was worth anything. I opened the parcel
and found it contained q peculiarly shaped
piece of old metal, terribly eaten into by
rust.
I asked the man where he found it, and
what he meant by thinking it was OF value,
and he replied that he picked it up on the
seashore. He proceeded to scrape off some
Of the rust and pointed to a thin plate Of
gold beneath. I requested him to leave it
with me for a few days, and/that evening,
with the aid Of some acids, I cleaned it up
SO as to be able to perceive that it was a
sword hilt Of apparently very ancient
make. There was an inscription on tho
gold, but witch the exception of the word
"Dios," it was illegible. I sent the hilt to
the museum and received a reply inform
ing me that it was probably a relic of the
Spanish armada, which had at last been
washed ashore after having been for CEN
turtles at the bottom Of the sea. The au-
thorities inclosed e2 for the poor finder,
who, needless to say, was delighted to re-
ceive them.-Chambers' journal.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-09-13
Fighting Spider Crabs.

The blue crab is a natural born fighter.
The probability is that he would q little
rather fight than not. The spider crab is
not SO much of a fighter as that. Still the
spider will put his claws up. There are
eight or ten big spider crabs in one Of the
tanks at the New York aquarium, the
biggest of them 4 inches in length of body
and measuring 8 or 10 inches in spread of
legs. Two Of these spiders OF about equal
size met in the tank the other day and
stood up on their hind legs and faced each
other like two boys meeting in the street.
Then they Threw their upper legs around
each other and grappled and began plug.
ging away vt each other with their pincher
claws. A moment later n pushed the
other over on his back and fell on him.
he hit him Ice after he was down. Then
they went their ways.-New York Sun
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-09-13

| several inches. He was brought in to
the county hospital where he died of his
injuries.
Hoods Pills for the liver and bowels
act easily, yet promptly and effectively
Louis Berry of Napoleon was killed in
a boiler explosion near Wheatland.
Thieves broke into the Great Northern
depot at Grand Forks Saturday, but cot
nothing.
Editor j. j. Jordan of Grand Forks
has gone to Minneapolis for treatment
for rheumatism.
The Darlington Independent cites the
case of Archie Nicholson of Rose Hill.
Foster county, as a practical demonstra-
ton of what a young man can do in
North Dakota. Last October he Dur.
chased a quarter section of land, agree
ing to pay for it $1,000 in half the crop
raised each year, until this amount had
been paid. This year he raised $500
bushels of wheat, 1000 bushels of oats
and 500 bushels of barley. Besides rails
ing this crop Mr.. Nicholson did work
enough outside to make his living, and
he decided to turn over all of the wheat
raised this year, which will pay over half
the Indebtedness on the farm, and this
all done the first year with one crop.
The fall term of the agricultural COL
eye will open October l.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-09-13
A MESSAGE TO THE SUN.
1t Would Take Eight Minutes For Elec
tricity to Accomplish 1t.


tricity to Accomplish 1t.
Sir Robert Ball, who has an unequaled
faculty of throwing light upon astronom-
ical facts which are ordinarily beyond the
power of the human mind to grasp, has
endeavored in the last of his lectures to
suggest the uncomfortable distance of some
Of the stars in the heavens.
Taking electricity, which will travel
around the world seven times in n sec
ond, OF. as it is generally calculated, $780,
900 miles a second, as the unit Of speed,
Sir Robert Ball shows that it would take
eight minutes to send a message to the
sun. To reach Alpha Centauri, the nearest
star, however, would take no less than
four years. Many Of the still moro remote
stars would be still unreached if an cleo
trical impulse had been dispatched to
them at the time of the battle of Waterloo,
80 years ago, and had been continuously
travelling in their direction at its normal
gait of 1870, 900 miles a second.
Again, there are over our heads thou
sands of stars so distant that if the news of
the discovery of America by Columbus
had been circulated far and wide through
the universe by the instrumentality Of the
telegraph these thousands Of stars are ele-
waited into boundless space at IN altitude
so stupendous that the announcement
would not yet nave reached them. Many
stars are only known to us by the impress
sion they make on q Photographic plate.
Many of these are SO far from this earth
that if the tidings of the first Christmas
at Bethlehem many years ago had been
disseminated through the universe by the
electric current all the seconds which have
elapsed in the /, 1914 years Of our present
era would not nave suffioed for the jour
ney.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-09-13
rHE CASTOR OIL PLANT.
In India 1t Serves a Score of Purposes.
hut Not Medicinal.

In India 1t Serves a Score of Purposes.
but Not Medicinal.
The castor oil plant, from the brown
seeds Of which this useful oil is extracted,
is among the tropical plants that grow
readily here during the summer, and Its
deep, metallic green, much pinated leaves
make it an ornamental plant.
The writer, in walking by the arsenal III
Central park with a friend who has spent
several years in India, was surprised to
hear what a really useful plant it is.
"The plant said the friend, land
many Of its virtues lave been known in
India for centuries, but it is a fact never
theless that the first Of this oil was ex-
ported to Europe from the West Indies
near the end of the eighteenth century. In
India the oil is much used as an illuml-
nant. If the oil has been cold drawn and
has been carefully and properly separated,
there is none better. Another thing IN its
favor is that, owing to its slow combus-
ton, a saving of one-quarter to one-halt 10
made by using it, as compared with other
oils. 1t makes an excellent lubricant and
Is much used in the dressing of tanned
hides and skins. The natives use it large
~ for preserving their water buckets, and
without it the 'beeste wallah, or water
carrier, would have to renew his leather
bag or bucket in which he carries the wa
ter around much oftener than he does now.
"The 'syce,' or groom, uses 1t to keep
the 'sahib's' harness in good order, and a
valuable attribute Of the oil is, specially in
such a climate as India, that it repels rats
and vermin. In Asam the plant is widely
cultivated as q food for the silkworm. The
stalks, which give an excellent pulp, are
used for thatching purposes. The oilcake
is largely consumed as fuel and is also
used as q manure. In Jaipur the palace,
public Offices and streets are lighted with
gas made from a cheap variety of castor
oil, grown for the purpose. The natives
use the leaves. as fodder for their cattle,
declaring that it increases the yield of
milk. One thing they have not succeeded
yet in doing in India, and that is to produce
q marketable medicinal oil. This is chiefly
made in France, Belgium and England,
from the imported seeds, Bombay doing a
large export trade in this industry New
York Tribune.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-09-13
A STUDY OF THuNDERsToRms.
Facts About Their Distribution Set Forth
by Professor K~lossovsky.

Facts About Their Distribution Set Forth
by Professor Klossovsky.
Professor K~lossovsky of the University
Of Odessa, having made a special study Of
thunderstorms, has published a chart show.
ing the distribution Of such storms over
the known surface Of the globe. 1t was
already known that thunderstorms are
rare. in high ATTITUDES and unknown above
rs degrees north. The electrical activity
Of the earth near the poles seems to find
vent In .aurOral displays. In Europe the
frequency of thundcrstorms increases as
The observer moves southwark, and there
Is a somewhat irregular line Of greatest
frequency encircling the globe near the
equator. The number lessons as n moves
southwark from the equator, but not so
rapidly as in moving northward from that
line, and the region of strong auroral &C.
tivity Is much narrower in the southern
hemisphere than in the northern. Tho
frequency Of tempests decreases rapidly in
going north or south from the equator in
the interior Of the continents. There is a
line of demarcation between the region of
frequent and the region of rare tempests,
extending from the southwest to the
northeast. In the desert of Africa and
over Persia and the great area of central
Asia thunderstorms are i~nfrequent, the
total number in a given locality not ex-
ceeding five or six annually. There is a
zone with a mean of five to ten tempests
annually enveloping the northern part of
European Russia, the southern part of the
Scandinavian peninsula and Great Britain,
while at the extreme northwest of the
Scandinavian peninsula and in Siberia the
mean descends to one, and even none.
In the American continent the number
of tempests increases regularly in APP
preaching the equator, though here, as in
Europe II Asia, there are marked irreglI-
larities in certain regions. Africa, save at
points on the coast, is peculiarly free from
tempests. The maximum is reached in the
Blight of Benin. At Lima, Peru, light
ming is never seen. Here, however, earth
quakes are of almost daily occurrence, and
there seems to be a law that in countries
subject to earthquakes thunderstorms are
rare, or perhaps more accurately, where
thunderstorms are unknown earthquakes
are frequent. At Leon and Guanajuato,
Mexico, however, there are from 14O to
100 thunderstorms in the year.
Professor Klossovsky finds that the fire.
quency Of thunderstorlns in a given region
depends somewhat upon the conductivity
of the soil. Where the soil is a good CON
ductor the electrical activity is easily dis
tributed without violence. Limestone
regions are subject to thunderstorms be.
cause the soil is not a good conductor of
electricity. He notes also that in the old
world, in latitude 81 degrees to "a degrees
north, thunderstOrms are more frequent
than in the same ATTITUDES of the new world.
At the same time the region of auroral ac-
tivity is broader in the new world thar in
the old.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-09-13
Disposinx Of Kitchen Refuse.

The labor of keeping city streets in a
clean, ~presentable and sanitary condition
is greatly reduced by the sensible, prac-
tical h"ousekeeper who takes the trouble to
consume the garbage and scraps that ac-
oumulate. The very best way to do this
is to put upon the coal fire, after the meal
Is finished, whatever refuse may have been
gathered. This is at once the easiest, least
expensive and %cleanliest way Of getting
rid Of it. An old colander or metal vessel
full of holes may be placed in the kitchen
sink, and intoit all scraps and useless left
overs are to be thrown. When we'll
drained, they are ready for consumption,
and will help in keeping the fire until the
next meal. A patented device for accom-
plishing this end is q perforated cage,
designed 20 be slipped into a cross section
Of pipe attached to the ordinary stovepips.
New York Ledger.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-09-13
The whitest city In the world.

There cannot possibly he a whittier city
than Cadiz, unless it be built of snow. The
best way to approach the port is to take a
trip on one Of the small steamers which
ply between the ports Of Marocco and
Spain. As you neal the coast you see in
front Of you q white mass which appears to
be floating upon the water, just as you are.
The first thought of q foreigner is that he
is in sight of an iceberg. The white mass,
glittering In the sun and rendered more
dazzling by the blue sea and sky, looks ex-
actly like 9 monster ice mountain partly
melted, SO that outlines Of castles and hill
appear upon It, but only for q second does
the illusion last, for you know there are
no icebergs in that part, and you are quick
~ informed that you are looking at Cadiz.
No other town in the world presents such
a magic appearance.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-09-13
First publication August 8, 1851
Summons

Summons. ..
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA-County of
- Burleigh-In District Court, Sixth Judicial
Diet let. IS.
Jane Elizabeth Waite. plaintiff vs.. James NJ.
Waite, defendant.
The state of North Dakota to the above named
You are hereby summoned and REQUIRED to an
sw : the complaint of the plaintiff IL the above
t%t Gisle ac IT which was fled in the office Of
in eaid County and State. on the 9Th dav of
August, A.. D 1886. and to serve 8 copy Of your
answer to said complaint upon the subscribers
Merchants National Bank building in the city of
Devils Lake, county of Ramsey, state of North
Dakota. within thirty days after the service Of
this summons upon you, exclusive Of the day of
such service, and if you fail to answer the said
complaint, within the time aforesaid. the nlsin-
tiff will. apply to the court for The - a.
manded in the complaint. -
Lated August 8, A.. D. 1895.
COWAN & MoCLORY.
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-09-13
Inconveniently Popular.

At one time the Duke Of Wellington's
extreme popularity was rather embarrass-
ing. For instance, or leaving home each
day he was always intercepted by an Of
fectionate mob, who insisted on hosting
him on their shoulders and asking where
they should carry him. 1t was not always
convenient for him to say where he wao
carry me home" and SO he used to be
brought home half a dozen times a day a
few minutes after leaving his own door
''Life of General Sir Il. B. Hamley."
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-09-13
Forid.,s oyster Bearing rrees.

The mangrove tree spreads in a curious
way. AS it grows it's branches dip over in
to the water and make fresh roots. To the
dipping branches the oysters attach them
selves, and thus it is that n can cut off
a limb with four or five dozen oysters at
tached. These tree grown oysters are not
as q rule good to eat. They told me in
southern Florida that it is always danger
GUS to eat oysters that are uncovered at
any state of the Charlottesville Courier.
journal.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-09-13
Curious Mexican Jewels.

While Cortez was in Mexico he came in
to possession of five emeralds of great size
and wonderfully wrought. One was cut to
resemble a rose, another was in the shape
Of a horn, the third was a fish, with pure
diamond eyes,, the fourth a bell with q gi-
gantic pearl strung on a gold wire for q
olapper, the fifth an emerald cup poised on
q golden foot. Besides the above he also
obtained two emerald vases which were
valued at 800, 600 crowns each.-St. Louis
Ranuhlic-
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-09-13
First Publication September 6, 1851
Notice Of Homestead Final Proof.

Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in support Of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before United
States District Land office at Bismarck, North
Dakota. on October 10, 1895, viz: Charles Edward
Holm, for the Sc u sec. 2. twp. 142, range 81.
he names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of,
said land. viz: Ole kleritenberg. of Painted
Moods. n. d.; Frank Peterson, of Painted
Woods. N D.; G. ID. SeversOn. of Painted Woods,
E.. A. LAMB,
~. Register.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-09-13
MOdeSty.

"Who is the master Of this house?''
asked the agent of the man who answered
his ring.
"Well" wa the cautious response in a
resigned tone, II am the husband and ia.
ther."-Hnmilton Times.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-09-13
Good Reason.

Fannie-Why do people apply the mann
Of .tshe'' to a city?
George don't know. Why is it?
Fannie-Because every city has it's out
skirts.-London Tit-Bits.