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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-15
SMUGGLING BY A BIBLE.
She Read 1t Devoutly, but Most of 1t Was
Filled With Lace.

-r+ al ~ 80 90 .
h Read 1t Devoutly, but Most of 1t Was
Filled With Lace.
An old lady once humbugged the Gus
tom house officers at Dover in an ingenious
way. She used to cross the channel two or
three times a week when the weather was
anything like good.
She always gave the men at the gang
way tracts, and the custom officers, too, if
she could get neal them. She always car
ried a good sized Bible, closed together
with a broad elastic band. One of these
officials tells the story in The Westminster
Gazette. 1
whenever I saw her reading her Bible,
which was not often, she was doing so
quite at the beginning, somewhere about
Genesis or Exodus.
"At last suspicion was aroused, and
when next she came across I stepped up
politely to her, as she was going away
having no luggage, and said 1 should be
much obliged if she'd allow me to loob in
her Bible, as a mate of mine had said 1
was wrong in thinking a certain verse was
in the eightieth Psalm.
Sat first she tried to put me off, saying
she was in a great hurry, and that she
was sure so good a man as I looked to be
had a Bible of his own at home. And if /
hadn't she'd bring me one down the next
morning:
"In the end, however, she had to give
up the Bible she was carrying, and we
found that except for a few leaves at the
beginning n at the end it was a solid
block, so to speak, made of papier mache,
followed out in the center, where we found
some e1O or e12 worth of Lace"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-15
She Was Cautious.

Here is an example Of woman as a diplo-
matist. Mrs. A. had gone away from
home for a day. visit. During her absence
her fellow t~ownswoman, Mrs. B., decided,
after the pleasant, rural, self inviting
fashion, that she would spend the night
with Mrs. A. I nspite of Mrs. AIS absence
the thing was easy to accomplish, for the
latchkeys of the two houses were alike.
Mrs. B. therefore effected an entrance, and
found the house deserted. ooh, we'll, I'll
just wait till Mrs. A. gets home she said
to herself. Night came. Still no Mrs. A.
II won't light a lamp philosophical
Mrs. B., s'because seeing a light in the
house might scare Mrs. A. clear out of her
senses"
So the unexpected guest sat in the dark
awaiting the arrival Of her hostess. At
last the rattle of Mrs. AIS key was heard
in the door latch. She entered the house
and slowly made her way to the ''sitting
room," of course unconscious that there
was another human being within breath
ing range. "Don't be frightened, Mrs.
A." suddenly spoke a voice from the dark
ness. tits only I, Mrs. B. didn't light
a lamp for fear you'd be scared, you know,
and"- But the diplomatic Mrs. B. never
finished her sentence, for just here Mrs. A.
fell on the floor in a dead faint. sit was
queer she should have been so scared, y
said Mrs. B., aftcrward, "for 1 took ev-
cry p%recaution moi to brighten her.'-New
York Sun.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-15
Milanese Literature, 1850.

Literature was not. neglected blythe
leisured classes Of Milan. They read poet
~, and they wrote it. One bard penned
o sonnet on each of the hundred inRbca-
tions In the litany Of the Virgin Mary.
Another aimed a hundred sonnets at the
head of a man to whom he owed 8 shil-
lings. A third poured forth five dozen SON
nets on a miser, describing them on the
title page as being written by Sir Lullo,
Sir Lallo and Sir Lello, annotated by Sir
Lollo and dedicated by Sir Lilo. One
learned society held it's meetings with a
child for chairman, to whom they pro-
pounded all sorts Of abstruse problems,
and who wa instructed to answer each
question with one word.
Then these solemn trif1ers would choose
two of their number to demonstrate that
the chairman's one word solved the ques-
ton ~prOpounded or at least pointed
straight to the right solution of it. Verse,
however, was the chief business of the So
ciety, verses on births, deaths and mar
riages, christenings, combinations and
hrst communions; on a nuns taking the
veil, or a nuns mother taking a new CT
oisbeo; on a young priests first sermon;
on a lady's pet, or a gentleman's bet, or q
beauty's shifting her patches.
Two whole volumes once came forth on
the death of a ~fayorite cat, albeit the poet
Ito give him his due) showed himself con
scious of the ~frivolity Of this food of
rhyme he had helped to swell. One Of his
stanZas runs:
An Had written 8 -l#.
On the death of a kitten
In rhymes that are faultless. if not very new.
May teach you musicians,
Players, poets, physicians,
To prize at its worth the verse lavished on you.
-Macmillan's Magazine.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-15
THE CELEBEs VOLCANOES.

They Are Said to Be the Most Dangerous
@ In the World.
"There are few people who know that
the south Pacific volcanoes are the most
destructive in the world - said the Rev.
DR.. William f.. Houston. II lave been q
great student of these volcanoes, and have
spent much time visiting them. The vol
oano districts Of the Bay of Naples and
Sicily are small as compared with those Of
the northern peninsula Of the island Of
Celebes, just to the east Of Borneo, In. the
south Pacific ocean. Vesuvius and Etna
are insignificant as compared with the vol
canic chain that studs this island region.
One or the other of the volcanoes in this
great chain is continually belching forth
streams of lava and great stones, then fluid
clay that runs red, blue and gray. The
Donda, 5000 feet high, and the Sapoetan,
5000 feet, are the two greatest volcanoes
Of the district.
Each of them has been in eruption sew
eral times during the last 100 years. We're
1t not a sparsely settled country the loss of
life would be great. Klabat, or Two Sum-
mits, another terrible volcano, is marked
by a great lake in its crater, and not far
away is Deuwa Doedara, Two Sisters;
still another is Lakon, which local tradi-
ton says is inhabited by an evil spirit,
and from which there came a terrible erup-
ton about 500 years g that devastated
the entire district. All of the islands
around the north end of Celebes are vol
oanic. The archipelago that leads to the
Philippean islands, to the north, is dotted
with active mouths of fire, important
among which is the superb pyramidal vol
a Aboe, which, translated, means ash
es, and Gunova Aiva, which,, in all proba-
bility, has been the most destructive vol
can the world has ever known. These is
lands are owned by Holland. The people
are Malays and Alfooroos; the most civil
liked population of the coast being Malay,
the savage tribes Of the interior, Alfooroos.
There are many tribes in Celebes, some of
Papuan, others of Philippine origin. The
Bougis tribe also dominates. During the
present century thousands of the inhabit-
ants of Celebes were buried beneath the
streams of hot ashes and lava thrown out
by volcanic eruption, utterly overwhelm-
ing them in molten sheets. All these is
lands are nevertheless q paradise Of luxu-
RANT vegetation, and their virgin forests
have never felt the touch of an ax."-Kan-
sas City Times.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-15
just the Coat For Him.

A man, having a heavy overcoat on,
was walking one very hot day into the
country, and having a good distance to go
thought of leaving his coat at a cottage.
Seeing no cottage near, he conceived an
idea, and pulling off his heavy coat he
pinned to it a piece Of paper having the
following words written upon it, "Don't
touch this coat; it has got the smallpox
Then he placed the coat under a hedge
and went on his way.
After having completed his journey he
started back, returning to the spot where
he had left his coat, and to his astonish-
ment the coat was gone, and only the piece
OF paper remained, with the inscription,
Thanks for the coat, old chappie; I have
got the smallpox" on the other side Of
the paper.-London Tit-Bits.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-15
The Man Afraid of His wife.

If there is a man on earth to be pitied
1t is he who is afraid of his wife. There
Is something very sad, and at the same
time a trif1e ludicrous about such a case.
To see man, who has always styled him
self the master, meekly following the ad.
vice and obeying the dictum of one of the
SO called weaker sex" must do the hearts
of some "new women" an infinite deal of
good.
l doubt if a woman ever respects a man
whom she can twist about her little finger
or one OF those men who are subservient
to her every beck and call, and who acts
afraid Of her. Neither, on the other hand,
do most women like the tyrannical de-
scription Of spouses. A happy medium is
the approved style, but it's very hard to
find one of the sort. Men nowadays are
either too meek and mild, or else too ty-
rannicab to suit an up to date woman
Philadelphia Times.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-15
ALONG THE WAY OF LIFE.

When sorrows come at food tide pace,
Where hope and joy lie sleeping,
landmarks Of grief and pain have place
n hold the soul in keeping.
When grim despair sits at the helm,
Anear tho breakers roaring,
When W of trouble fain would whelm
Afar from haven or mooring.
When tears no more from q loving eye
Course down q cheek once ruddy,
And hearts alarmed at the warning cry {
Respond with ~throbbings bloody,
Sad, sad the day and drear the hour
When hope sits faint and pleading,
When the eye hath lost it's tearborn power,
And hearts fall prone, unheeding.
Then comes the'time when life no more
Holds fast the soul of sorrow,
Which fain would seek an unknown shore,
And another life tomorrow.
Where tears no more unbidden start,
And life has brighter skies,
Where a contrite spirit and broken heart
Our God will not despise.
Clark ". Bryan in Good Housekeeping.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-15
Trilby,

~ see there is to be an apartment house
on the South Side called the Trilby,' y
guardedly observed the exchange editor.
"The apartments will be rented either
singly orr
"Wellf'' said the financial editor.
"Or altogether"
"Not necessarily. They will probably be
rented by the foot"
"The janitor will be the Laird of it my
how, retorted the exchange editor, watch
ing him out of the corner of his eye.
do you suppose he will make out the
regular little Bill, eh?' demanded the 9th
er, looking about him for something to
throw.
Gentlemen" interposed the index edi-
tor, drawing from his pocket an oblong
p~asteboard box and extracting a small
white cylinder therefrom, 'this is Du
Maurierlizing!"
He struck a match, lighted the small
white cylinder and the assembly broke IN
in confusion. 1t was.-Chioago Tribune.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-15
Chloroform's Eject on the Mind.

II dare say many Of U.S." said Sir James
Crichton Browne in a lecture on dreamy
mental states, "recollect the story Of the
professor who, having experienced a mag
nifcent Thought in the early stage of chic
roform inhalstion, resolved that he would
by one bold sally lay hold of it and SO read
the riddle of Hhe world. Having composed
himself in his easy chair in his study,
with writing materials at hand, he inhaled
the chloroform, felt the great thought
evolve in his mind, reused himself for an
instant, seized the pen, wrote desperately
he knew not what, for even as he did SO
he fell back unconscious. On. coming to
himself he turned eagerly to the paper, to
find inscribed omit, in sprawling but legi-
BILE characters, the secret of the universe
in these words, "A strong smell of turpen-
tine pervades the whole. London News.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-15
SEEING PARIS.
Ono Method by Which 1t May Be Accom-
plished In a Week.

One Method by Which 1t May BE Accom-.
plished In q Week.
A Paris correspondent of the Pittsburg
Dispatch says q tourist may see Paris in a
week, and he submits the following itin-
erary:
First Day.-Drive to Drexel's or Mon
roe's to get some money. Steal as many
American newspapers from the reading
rooms us possible. Take lunch at a boule-
ward restaurant. Kick at the bill. Take a
cab and visit Notre Dame, the morgue,
the Sainte- Chapelle, the palais dc justice
and the Cluny museum. Wind up at that
big shop called the Bon Marche, and fin
ish the afternoon looking around. Go to
bed Immediately after dinner.
Second Day.-Go to the Bon Marche and
stay till dark. OF course only the ladies do
this. 1t will give a chance for the men of
the party to go down to Henry's Ameri-
can bar and stay till dark.
Third Day.-Get up late and take the la
dies to that big shop called the Louvre.
The men go to see about their steamer tick
cts and then make o trip to the Care du
Nord to get some extra trunks out of bond.
All meet at the Louvre; take lunch at the
cakeshop opposite, then go to the Louvre
again and stay all day buying gloves. In
the evening go to the Grand Opera, where
the whole party goes to sleep from sheer
fatigue.
Fourth Day.-See about the wash. Be-
gin packing the gloves. Start for Yer
sailles. Get back in time to take a drive
through the Bots de Boulogne. At night
the men of the party go to the Moulin
Rouge.
Fifth Day.-The men go out alone and
the women go out alone. The latter buy
hats on the Rue Royale. The former 20
to bank for some more money. In the
evening ride on the top of an omnibus
from the Madeleine t. the Bastille and
back.
Sixth Day.-Everybody goes shopping.
In the evening pack trunks.
Seventh Day.-Finish shopping, engage
the omnibus to take US to the railway sta
ton, and take a nap in the afternoon. The
train for Havre is waiting, and so goodby
to Paris.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-15
The Only Gold Toilet Set.

The only complete gold toilet service in
the world belongs to the khedive of Egypt.
It was made in London, and consists Of %
pieces. Each piece bears the monogram Of
the khediye in diamonds, the same being
surrounded by a fillet in imitation Of thai
Of the Grand Turk. Upward of 8, 900 dia-
monds and over ! 200 rubies were used in
decorating these golden toilet articles. The
body Of each piece is of IS carat gold, and
all are Enclosed in a diamond incrnsted
ebony case.-St. Louis Republic.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-15
HOW 70 PUBLISH A SONG.
II You Have q Reputation, You Get Paid.
Otherwise You Stand the Exnense.

II You Have q Reputation, You Get Paid.
Otherwise You Stand the Expense.
IL publishing a SONG its success de.
ponds great deal on the reputation of the
composer and the title Of his compost
tion," said Louis Berge, the ompose
There Is magic in a name, with all due
apologies to Shakespeare, and even if a
song amounts to nothing a reputation can
go to make it a financial If not an artistic
SUCCESS
d publishers pay for a good piece Of
new music?'' I asked.
Very rarely, and then only If the COM
poser is a man or woman we'll known, In
such cases from 500 to $500 are paid for a
song, and the composer gets 10 per cent OF
the royalties"
DO publishers take songs by unknown
writers If the latter pay for the expense Of
printing, etc. p'
Certainly. That is done every day in
the week. If the song is not q success, the
publishers lose nothing, and the composer
has had some experience for his money!
II understand that many composers OF
songs cannot read a note of music. Is that
SOP" 51i&5 "
Eyes" replied Mr.. Berge, "some Of the
most popular songs were written BY men
with no knowledge of composition. It is
not absolutely necessary to be a musician
In order to write q song. II you have tai
emit enough to conceive a melody and can't
write it down according to the rules of
harmony, all you have to do is to 70 to
one Of the many musicians in this city
who earn money by writing scores. You
whistle or hum your tune to him, and he
puts it in writing, ready for the publish
en-"
"How do you push a song in order to
make it popular, if there is any popularity
in it?''
swell, before we put the song on sale
we distribute nearly a thousand copies Of
1t among singers and orchestra leaders.
These. people, you know, are always on
the lookout for something new. If they
find the melody good and catchy, they sing
or play 1t to their audiences. The success
of the song then lies with the public"
"What is the cost of publishing a songp"
IA song with three or four sheets of
music and an Illuminated cover costs from
$15 to $40. So you see, a composer does
not really risk much if his composition is
a failure, and if it proves a success, he is
apt to make a fortune. New York Her
aid
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-15
Awkward.

Master-What! Both want q holiday to-
morrow I can't spare you both at once.
Mary, you a have tomorrow and John
the next day.
John-Thank you, sir, but we wanted
to get married, and I'm afraid, sir, it
can't be done that way, but I'll inquire"
London Answers. $&
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-15
An Eye to Business.

Ex-Congressman Ben Gable Of Illinois
has q little daughter who has the making
Of a great ~financier in her. One day her
father called her to. him.
''My DEAR said he, ga man this morn
ing offered papa this room full of gold if
he would sell little brother. Now, that
means gold enough to fill this roomsfrom
wall to wall and from floor to ceiling. If
I sell little brother for that sum- shall$be
able to buy you everything in the world
you want. Shall I sell ghim?'' fsi
"No, papa answered the little girl
promptly, and then before her delighted
father could embrace her for expressing SO
much unselfish affection, she went on:
keep him till he bigger. He'll be worth
more Observation-Disclosures Post.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-15
Economy.

Brownt--I understand your wife is a
great saver, especially on little things.
Jones-Yes, she is. Why, if she can get
Q 10 cent article that will last her a life.
time at three for a quarter, she always
buys quarter'sworth in order to save the
difference. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-15

A seaweed Of the south Pacific often
grows to be 30 or 4Oinohes in diameter
and 1000 to {, 1000 feet in length. It has
no root in the proper sense, the nourish-3
ment being absorbed from the water.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-15

As1unkindness has no remedy at law
let Its avoidance be with you point Of
honor.--Hosea Ballou.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-15
Moorish Customs.

Moorish customs are many of them
somewhat obnoxious, particularly the
fasts and festivals of the Mohammedan re-
ligion. The fast Of Ralnadan, which lasts
q month, during which no true believer
may eat, drink, smoke or battle between
sunset n sunrise, falls more heavily up
on him than on the stranger within his
gates. But at the feast of Rams, among
other scenes Of cruelty and gluttony, it is
nothing to see a procession of
fanatics-followers of Sidi Aissa or some
other saint-tearing to pieces a lamb and
d%evouring it raw during their progress
through the streets.
Weddings in Tangier are celebrated after
a peculiar and interesting. AS
soon as betrothal takes place the bride is
confined to her room and fattened with
kuskussu or other farinaceous diet. On
the evening of her wedding she is con-
veyed to the house of the bridegroom in a
box decked with gayly colored ribbons car
ried by a mule or donkey. The friends
follow in procession, some bearing candles
and colored lanterns, others making night
hideous with the firing Of guns and the
sound Of tomtoms, hageolets and drums.
At the door a small knot of female rela-
tives welcome the bride to her new home,
and the marriage is completed without the.
aid of religion.
Funerals are somewhat revolving. The
corpse, wrapped in q shroud, is placed on
IN open bier borne by hired carriers, usu-
ally negroes. Before and behind walk the
m%ourners, and the procession hurries along,
chanting in monotonous tones the famous
creed of Observation-Disclosures anna
la ilaha ill, Allah, wa Muhammadu rrasul
Allah."-Good Words.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-15

Newfoundland and Ohio are nearly 81
the saue size, 10000 square miles.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-15

The greatest care in printing has been exercised
and those who have had an opportunity to review the
work pronounce it complete, accurate and handilxv
arranged. The catch lines are printed in bold face
type and the side notes indicate. the derivation Of each
section. The printing is from new type throughout
giving the new work q typographical appearance
unexcelled by any similar publication.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-15

In France there is an idea that il a fish,
erman counts the fish he has caught Ire
will catch no more during that day.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-15
Radical Changes.

In addition to the various session laws incorpo-
rated, the codes themselvesNcontain many new and
radical changes, which will be published to the world
for the first time in this volume. The probate and ius-
tees code have been completely revised. New gar
nlshment, bankruptcy and revenue laws have been
Incorporated. Attorneys will find very important
changes in procedure in civil and criminal actions
Under this code the manner of beginning civil actions
has been radically changed. No old form of summons
Will pc good in the future. The jury law has been
amended and all attorneys are very much interested.
Attachment has been materially changed. Liens must
be looked after by the careful practitioners. IF YOU want
70 toreclose 9 mortgage by advertisement it will be
well to first consult the new code.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-15
Officially Published.

The laws of North Dakota are embraced in seven
codes known as the political code, probate code, JUS
tees code, civil code, code Of civil procedure, penal
code and code of criminal procedure. With the original
territorial codiacation Of 1872 as the foundation all
territorial and state laws enacted since that date have
been Incorporated in the various codes, rearranged and
properly classified.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-15
FIRST AND. and Oh ONLY AUTHORIZED EDITION.
(From the Press Of the Bismarck Tribune.)


Qualification.
This volume is the result of four years labor on the
part Of two commissions, the work Of the last commits
sion being accepted by the Legislative Assembly Of
1895, and enacted as the law of this state.
Officially Published.
BY act Of the Legislature the Revised Codes have
been officially published in one volume-neatly printed
and substantially bound in full law sheep.
New Laws,