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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-04-05
WHERE HIS BRAVERY FoRsooK HIM.

He had tramped the wilds of Africa and seen
the wild giraffe
And had gazed on lions fierce with greatest
brashness.
He had listened with tranquility to the striped
hyena's laugh
And faced tigers with a courage that was
~raShness.
He had scrapped with big p~rizefighters in the
zenith Of their fame
And had fought q dozen duels with the great.
est of temerity.
he had entered burning buildings and saved
women from the flame
And had swum Niagara's rapids with rceler-
ity.
He'd played quarter back at football and had
come out safe and sound
And had waded through ~gunpowder with a
candle that was lighted.
He had rescued prisoned miners in the caverns
underground,
And in scenes of slaughter he was much de.
lighted.
When no one knew just how the cloth that's
bullet proof would work,
He had worn it while the maker expert.
mented.
There was scarcely q known danger his cour-
ageous heart would shirk,
And the more the risk the more he was con
tented.
But one bargain day, while sauntering past a
mammoth dry goods store,
When the weather was a-sweltering and
a-simmering,
And his friends dared him to try to pass the
. women round the door,
He refused, for all his courage went a-glim.
mering.
Charles j. Cotton in New York Sun.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-04-05
A Piece of Good Advice.

A dear, pretty old lady once said to me,
when I, with the sublime uncharitable.
ness which youth considers divine humor,
had been ridiculing some one's personal
appearance: my dear, never quiz people
for what they can't help. That's their
Creators affair-not yours. Be as down
on them as you like for what they can
help, but always draw the line there and
make it q rule through life" We can't
shape our noses as we can our lives, and
really I think, considering the mess that
some Of us make of the latter, it is perhaps
just. as we'll. We can't model our cheeks
as we can our waists, and that is decided
~ a pity, for so long as men admire small
waists so long shall we dutifully seek to
attain them, by fair means or foul. I sup
pose we can make our faces innocent or
wicked, and that is unfortunate, for tho
innocent often like to wear wicked masks,
and the wicked oftener contrive angel
faces. All, well!'-Philadelphia Times.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-04-05
Bismarck's Neat Answer,

When he was a young man, Bismarck
was for some time an official reporter for
IL of thec courts of justice. In those days
his temper sometimes got the better Of
him, but upon one occasion at least hi
wit saved him from disgrace.
This was, when questioning a witness,
the latter made an impudent retort, where
upon Bismarck exclaimed angrily:
IF you are not more respectful, I shall
kick you out of tho room!'
Young man." said the judge, inter-
rupting tho proceedings, II would have
you understand that this is a dignified
court of Justice, and that if there is any
kicking to be done the court will do it,.
All, you sec," said Bismarck to the
witness, "if you arc not moro respectful to
me, the court will kick you out of the
room. So be careful, very careful, sir"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-04-05
"Reminiscences of Froude.

Until year or two before his death
Froude had retained much of his youthful
vigor. His eye was not dim, nor his nat
ural force abated. He could still land his
salmon, and he had been a famous angler.
He could still handle a gun, and he had
been a crack shot in his time. When
aboard the tidy little craft that he kept at
Salcombe, especially the waves ran high,
he was almost boyishly elate. Some.
times, no doubt, he was sad, but it was
the sadness Of II who, looking before and
after, has found that the riddle is hard to
read. He had indeed an over present sense
of tho mysteries of existence and of the
awful responsibility of the creature to the
unknown and invisible Lawgiver.
1 have heard him described by shallow
observers as "taciturn" and ''saturnine."
No two words could be less descriptive.
He was a %singularly bright and vivacious
companion. His smile was winning as a
woman's. Possibly he did not always un-
bend, but when he unbent he unbent
wholly. In congenial society he was ready
to discourse on every topic in the heaven
above or on the earth beneath, and when
at his best he was not only a brilliant and
picturesque, but a really suggestive talker
-Blackwood:s Magazine.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-04-05
LOVER STATISTICS.
How the Man Who Dares Acts When He
Goes Counting.

HOW the MAJ Who DareS Acts When He
Goes Counting.
Out of 100 cases SO gentlemen take lady
in arms, 81 gentlemen kiss lady on lips,
4 gentlemen kiss lady OF cheek, 8 gentle-
men show very good taste by kissing lady
on eyes. 2 gentlemen kiss lady on hand.
1t is to DO presumed that these two out of
100 are the timid, diffident kind, though
1t is possible that they might be of the
quietly sentimental nature. One gentle.
man kisses lady on nose. 1t must be add
ed that the statistician is careful to insert
the saving clause by mistake"
There is even a record Of a man kissing
a lady on tho edge Of her shawl; but,
thank goodness, there is only one in 100,
and tho chances are that this man is pc.
culiar.
Seventy-two hold lady's hand, II hold
it very tightly, IA have Jumps in their
Threats and 9 exclaim aloud, "Thank
God" Only Z out of 100 declare them
selves to DO deliriously happy, and 5 are
too full! for %utterance.
Three out of 100 stand on ono foot when
they make a proposal, and 2 go down on
n knee, while 8 make a formal prelude,
something like the slow music at the play,
we suppose, when tho villain appeals to
heaven to witness the consuming flame OF
his affections for tho heart he plots to
ruin, etc.-New York Advertiser.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-04-05
She Was Up on the Subject.

That the representatives Of the weaker
sex never reach a. conclusion by reasoning,
but by intuition, was we'll illustrated q
few days ago in one of the high schools.
The professor of natural philosophy had
just completed a lecture on the Forces Of
Cohesion and Adhesion He had been
extremely careful to explain the difference
between the two, and in order to test the
knowledge of the class upon the subject
he asked a demure young lady on the
front seat:
miss Blank, when you powder your
face, what is 1t that keeps the powder in
placef What keeps it from falling Off"
The maiden, thoroughly startled at the
question, seemed to be in doubt for a few
moments, and then, with sparkling eyes
and animated countenance, made the re-
markable answer, s"Glycerin. "-Cincin-
natl Tribune.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-04-05
A HOLE IN CHICAGO.
Experience of a Traveller Who Went Driv
ing In the Windy City.

Experience of a Traveller Who Went Driv-
ing In the Windy City.
whatever may be said of New York's
streets us to their uncleanliness, " said a
traveller, ''can be more than matched by
that city of sooty faces and soiled linen,
Chicago, and the streets there are afflicted
with more things than mere dirt. I was
out driving there II winter night with a
Chicagoan, who was showing me the
sights. The horse, "a spirited hackney, was
bowling along at a pretty good clip. The
vehicle was one of those two wheeled affairs
from tho roadway. My friend and I were
engaged in conversation, when all of a
sudden there was a mighty crash. The
bump, I was thrown in the air about two
feet, my hat was damned over my eyes
and my glasses flew off my nose. When l
landed, my companion fell on top Of me,
completely knocking out what little breath
I had left. Fortunately he kept a good
hold on the reins, for the horse had taken
fright and was running away.
1T took about five minutes to stop the
horse and remove the memories of the in
cident from his mind. l have them still
III Iuluo. AlCCi 1 Lilu CcCOFCrcu lily SldSSeS
from the bottom Of the carriage and got
collar into position, likewise my in
ternal organs, I inquired what in the name
of something quite profane it was that we
ran into.
"'Oh,' replied my friend, only a fire.
"'Fire be hanged, said I. How could
a fire throw us around like that? l didn't
see any fire anywhere
"'Well, you don't understand Chicago
yet, said my friend. You see, we are
now driving on a wood pavement. This
part of the own is not populated with
the richest class of persons. Sometimes
they go broke, to use a colloquial term,
and firewood gets low. When the bin is
empty and the thrifty laborer finds that it
is a case of having a fire at the city's ex-
penso or going cold, he generally chooses
the former. He then waits for nightfall,
and with a crowbar and pickax goes out
and digs up a couple Of yards of the street
and Tugs it home. The wood is always
covered with tar and makes tho finest kind
of fircwood. 1t was ono of tho holes left
by ono of those enterprising fellows that
we fell into
II said nothing more, but merely ached
and thought it over. "-New York Sun.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-04-05
Girls With Voices.

Nine. Marchesi, who is the famous
teacher of many famous singers, among
them Sibyl Sanderson, gives a bit of adj
vice to English and American girls with
voices. mo girl, /" says she, ''who would
become a singer must neglect to know one
other language besides her own. If her
ear and tongue have never been trained to
hear or pronounce anything but her ma
tive English, she will have a hard time Of
it. 1t does not matter which language it
is-French, German, Spanish, Italian-any
one will do. 1t is the premier pas qui
coute. When one is learned, others will
come easily enough afterward." This
skillful instructor counts two years as the
minimum in which to perfect a singer,
three years being preferable.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-04-05
Fitting the Foot.

A veteran shoemaker contradicts the
theory and practice of many of his craft
who insist that the way to cure a distort.
ed foot is to follow its abnormal joints and
swellings in tho last for the shoe. On
the contrary, the shoe should be made as
nearly the normal shape of the foot as pos
sible, with the concession of a slight en-
largement where the distortions are found.
In this way the foot, unless the trouble is
of very long existence, gradually will be
restored to it's proper and natural shape.
York Times.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-04-05
THE LATE CONGRESS-,
HOW 1T REPEATED THE EXPERIENCE
OF ITS PREDECESSORS.
h John Adams Said of the First Con.
gress-Leading Measures of the Fifty
third Congress - What 1t Neglected,
Coming Men In Both Parties.


third Congress What 1t Neglected.
Coming Men In Both PARTIES.
Especial Correspondence
WASHINGTON, March 11.-''De mortuis
nil nisi b%onu1n," as we used to say in
Rome. That "nothing but good is to be
spoken of the dead'' is a good maxim as
to private persons, but it will not do at all
as to rulers and legislative bodies. The
good done by the Fifty-third congress
ought to be carefully credited, it is true,
but it's errors and follies should be noted
with equal care as instructive warnings
for the future. It Is a fact worth frequent
noting that SO long as a legislative body is
In being there Is a continuous storm of
criticism and abuse, but no sooner does it
dissolve and It's members reach home than
the public begins to think better of it, and
since W. no longer see them many good
things are already being said about the
members of the late and possibly lament
ed Fifty-third congress. Many are quite
free to admit that they had to confront
some problems too great for human wis
dom. And in this the Fifty-third only re-
peated the experience of many predeces
sors, and some facts in regard to them
may give us a fair guide as to the future,
opinion about the Fifty-third.
Did Not Escape Calumny.
When the First congress dissolved in
1901, John Adams wrote that he could not
believe the Almighty would ever allow
such another assortment of stupidity and
general incompetence to get together. He
and many others said the same and much
worse of the Twelfth congress-. which
rushed into a wal with Great Britain
without the slightest preparation and just
after having thrown the finances into
complete disorder. All the abuse showered
on both those bodies was more thar dou-
bled on the Sixteenth congress, and from
1897 to 1S47 each succeeding congress
caught it worse than its predecessor had
done. The Thirty-third congress, which
passed the Kansas-N Nebraska act, was prob.
ably vilified the worst, and next to that
the one which passed the resumption act.
Some members Of the Thirty-third were
mobbed on reaching home, and though
Chicago has always minimized it the re-
ception of Senator Douglas in that city
would have passed for a riot anywhere
else. Indeed it would seem that the con-
crosses which have escaped with the least
abuse were those which had fights with
the president, and l fancy that one of the
few indictments against the Fifty-third
which will hold good in history is that it
would neither act in harmony with Mr.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-04-05
REPELLINe TRAIN ROBBERS.
A New Plan of Defense Outlined by an Ar.
my Officer.

my Officer.
1tmay safely be assumed that the ''point
of attack" is the engine and then the ex-
press, car, writes Lieutenant Wright in
The North American Review. Why, then,
not separate them as much as possible by
putting the express car the last In the
trains Have alarm bells on each coach
and sleeper, which can be rung by the ex-
press messenger when he is directed or re-
quested at this unusual time and place to
open the door Of his car. In each coach and
sleeper have, in "A glass front case similar
to those now in use for the ak and saw,
two repeating s%hotguns, each magazine
containing five ouckshot cartridges, thus
giving from 6 to - most effective weap-
ons in the hands of the train crew and pas
sengers. The alarm bells should be cleo
trio, though it is believed that the ordi-
nary bellcord could be made to serve the
purpose. When the messenger sounds his
tocsin of war, there would soon be a suffl-
cient force of brave men at the express car
to give the robbers q warn welcome. For
the latter to cover the engine cab and each
door and side of each coach or sleeper
would require a force of mon too great in
numbers to make ''the divide" profitable.
Besides the greater number of accomplices
or principals the greater the chances of q
capture and the possibility of some one
turning '~'state;s evidence"
Under such an arrangement in the
makeup of a train, should the rear or ex-
press car be the sole point of attack, then
the first step would be to cut this car loose
from the train and then loot it. The au-
tomato airbrake would give the alarm to
the engineer, and he, in turn, to the
coaches, or, better still, the concealed cleo.
trio wire could be SO arranged US to sound
the alarm when the car parted from the
train. Should the engine, as in the past,
be the first point of attack, then the crew
and passengers (armcd) have the advan
tage of being between the forces Of rob-
bers, and with every probability can throw
the greater number in the fight, and, Ma.
%poleonlikc, repulse or defeat in detail.
Under the present order of things the
crime Of ''holding up' trains has become
n of almost daily occurrence. And why?
Because two, three or four men can sue
cessfully effect it, and the i'll gotten gains
are large. Render the act one more diff
cult and dangerous of accomplishment,
and the attempts will be less frequent. 1t
matters not how i~nvulnerable the car, so
long as it remains in the train near the
engine it will offer but slight resistance
to the robber and his stick of dynamite.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-04-05
Genesis of the Lightning Rod.

The first lightning rod was not con
structed by Franklin nor set up in Amer
lea, but by a monk at, Seuttenberg, Bohe-
mia, named Prohop Dilwisoh. His appa-
ratus was made and put together during
the spring and summer of the year 1854
and was first set up in the garden of the
cure Of Prenditz (Moravia) on June Is Of
the year above named. The rod attained
as much distinction as that later made by
Franklin and was the cause of the inventor
being presented with much money and
large estates. His enemies claimed that
the rod was the cause of the great drought
of 1857, 1858 and 1859, and upon the mat
ter being reported to Vienna it was or
dered to be taken down.-St. Louis Re
public.a
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-04-05
The CormOrant.

The cormorant is trained by the Chinese
as a fishing bird. A ring is placed around
the birds neck, which prevents it from
swallowing the fish it has taken. One
Chinaman will utilize a dozen of these
birds during the days fishing, sending
them under the water in regular success
sion. They were formerly used in the
same manner in England. Charles 1 had
an officer of his household designated as
master of the cormorants.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-04-05
Could See Very Well.

Mother (angrily)-Why didn't you come
In when I called you?
Johnny-I'm coming.
Yes, you're coming now, but I called
and called, and you didn't bulge till you
saw me at the door with a switch in my
hand"
well, my earsight is sort O. weak to-
day, buy my eyesight is all right. GOOD
News.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-04-05

The first gas meter was patented in 1920
by John Malam, another by Sir William
Congreve in 1924, a third by Clegg in
1880, a fourth by Defries in 1888 and
many other varieties at subsequent times.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-04-05
To Remove Mildew Spots.

Moisten the mildewed spot with clear
water, then rub over it a thick coating of
CASTLE soap. Scrape chalk with the soap,
mixing and rubbing with the tip of the
finger; then wash it off. Sometimes ono
coating %suttices, but generally several are
required.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-04-05

"Oh, Boys, Carry Me 'Longl' was one of
Fosters later songs. 1t was written in.
1851 and Immediately attained a wide
popularity.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-04-05

Bread in Pompeii cost ~ cents a loaf.
The loaves weighed about six ounces.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-04-05
No Excuse.

A Prussian princess, having married
the Duke of York-of course not the pres
emit duke-resided in England, where she
attracted much attention on account Of
her original way of doing things.
Once, to commemorate the dukes birth
day, she gave a ball at his country house
and invited his London tradesmen to come
to it, sending them 2 guineas apiece to.
pay carriage hire.
A company of strolling actors begged
the duchess to be present at their perform
ance i'll a barn. She attended and carried
all her servants who were Germans.
The next day IN itinerant Methodist
was to preach a charity sermon in the
same barn. Sho was asked to attend and
consented. Her servants, on receiving or
ders to be present, excused themselves on
theg ground OF not understanding English.
"Oh,' replied the duchess, ''but you
went to the comedy, and you shall go to
the sermon ."-Youth's Companion.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-04-05

MARsHFIELD, Wis, April 3.-In &C.
cordance with a bill passed by the legis-
lature appropriating $4,000 with which
to purchase seed and feed to be distrib.
uteda among the fire sufferers Of Northern
Wisconsin, and also providing for the
appointment of a suitable person to pur-
chase and distribute the same, Governor
Upham, who visited here over Sunday,
appointed Captain H. Fl. Chase Of
this city to the position. Mr.. Chase
will enter upon the duties IF his office
at once.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-04-05
To Build a Road.

DULUTH, Mimi, April at looks as
II the Duluth and North Dakota rail
way was going to be built after all.
President D. w. Hines has let the ron.
tract for grading ~ miles between
;Drayton and st. Thomas in North Da.
cot to half a dozen firms at Z cents per
yard. The work is to be finished by
July 10. Mr.. Hines is now securing
deeds for right of way from the farmers
along the line.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-05-23

he turned away from her, and looked
out into the garden. The words she
would speak II she knew all would
Ont too keenly for him to be able to
bear them.
When, having finished his seeming
contemplation Of the garden, he
looked round at her again; IL was to
ask a commonplace question about
the health of Nurse Green.
She answered him, and they talked
on Indifferent subjects for a little
while; the recent trial and the agony
Of mind they had both endured
while it was going or were never
even alluded to.
Altogether the interview had been
so strained that it scarcely seemed
probable that Sir Clement would fire.
quently repeat his visits.
At last he said he must go, and
that if Lisbeth would let him out by
the back door he would try the path
through the wood. 1t would, he
thought, be pleasanter walking than
by the muddy lane.
To do this he must necessarily pass
through the kitchen.
She was about to refuse; then on
second thoughts she decided that
events should run their own course
Seated n an armchair, %crouching
over the kitchen fire, was an old bent
man.
He started up when he heard foot
steps, and scrambled on to his feet.
Clement Dunraven uttered a cry of
horror and dismay. The old man
was Jim Glendinning. On a consti-
tuition undermined by drink, the
recent terror, followed by sudden
and unexpected release, had told.
After an apoplectic seizure he had
become a jibbering imbecile.
(7o be conttnued.)