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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

Some months ago the Russian govern
ment made an appropriation of s8O,OOO,,
900 for the entire re-equipment of its
field artillery. European manufacturers
of guns, ammunition, and caissons were
invited to compete in practical tests
None of the tests were satisfactory to
the Russian experts, and, influenced by
the superiority of American guns and
gunnery in the war with Spain, the Rus
sian agents invited American manufac.
turers to compete With the great ord.
nance establishments of Europe. The
result was that an order for one-fourth
of the ordnance needed was placed with
an American firm. This will not only
bring sO,0OO,OOO Russian money to
America, but will increase in Europe our
prestige as a manufacturing nation and a
war power.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07
why They Snapped Fines.

Travellers in Europe are limited by the
railroads to a small amount Of baggage
carried free, usually about Sc pounds. In
q train in Belgium recently two fellow
travellers got into conversation, when one
asked leave to measure the others trunk.
The result was that the measurer said:
"Your trunk is sever and q half cent?
meters too long and has no right to be in
the compartment Of free luggage. I am a
railway inspector and must fine you 5
francs. Please give me your name and
address,"
The proposed victim of misplaced con-
fdence was, however, equal to the occa.
sion.
Kindly lend me your measure that !
may satisfy myself on the subject"
Then, with a polite smile, II am a di'
rector in the royal weights and measures
Office. To my great regret / notice that
your measure is not stamped, as is re-
quired by law; so that, firstly, your meas
uring is not legally valid; and secondly. il
is my painful duty to subject you to q
fine Of so francs. Please give me your
name and address. -Kan City Jour
01l .s.. ..a.H -"- --'.s.s:.:...ar ..t
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07
Whittier Color Blind.

Mr.. Whitney greatly surprised me by
confessing that he was quite color blind.
He exemplified his condition by saying
that if l came to Amesbury I should be
scandalized by one of his carpets. 1t
appeared that he was never permitted by
the guardian goddess of his hearth to go
shopping for himself, but that once, be-
ing in Boston and needing a carpet, he
had ventured to go to a store and buy
what he thought to be a very nice, quiet
article, precisely suited to adorn a Quak-
er home. When it arrived at Amesbury,
there was a universal shout of horror, for
what had struck Mr.. Whittier as a par
ticularly soft combination Of browns and
grays proved to normal eyes to be q loud
pattern Of bright red roses on a field OF
the crudest cabbage green. When he had
told me this, it was then easy to observe
that the fullness and brilliancy of his
wonderful eyes had something which was
not entirely normal about them.-Gosse
in Bookman.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

in the scientific division of his depart
ment, which will be of great interest to
the graduates of the state agricultural
colleges. By an arrangement with the
civil service commission it is proposed
that ar eligible list shall be made up of
graduates who have spent four years
under instruction from s,the nationally
aided agricultural colleges. From these
eligible the secretary of agriculture will
select the appointees who may desire to
spend a couple of years in the depart
ment there in what would be termed post
graduate work in scientific agriculture.
While the pay is only $40 a month it will
give the young graduates an excellent
opportunity for pursuing studies in ad-
vanced work of the department under
expert scientists. The opportunities will
be opened to female as well as male
graduates.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

This year Bismarck is going to have a
real old fashioned celebration of the
nations birthday-one of the kind that
your mother used to make-so to speak.
There will be something to please and
interest everybody who comes-whether
they be young or old. The citizens have
contributed literally for the various
expenses which have to be met, and the
committees in charge have arranged a
program of sports where everybody will
have a fair show. Those who do not
care for horse racing, can watch the ball
game, or take in the bicycle races, or
enjoy the smaller sports. Bismarck has
started out to do her best to entertain
everyone who comes, and the names OF
the men in charge are an assurance that
the day will be an enjoyable one.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07
bound to- Remember.

In a certain town in the upper PENN.
sula there is Il rather eccentric old fellow
who follows the trade Of q carpenter.
One day a friend Of his met him hurry
ing along the street oblivious to every
thing and as he approached he was over.
heard muttering to himself 'seven feet,
seven feet, seven feet, seven feet"
swell, John. what's the matter?" ask.
ed his friend.
"Hello, Mister George. Dat old Irish.
man on de corner gate me an orter to
make him up a box and I'm afrait l forget
de measure" Then he started on again,
muttering to himself. Eight feet, eight
eet. eight feet."-Detroit Free Press.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

The South Dakota railroad commits
sioners have been looking into complaints
received from farmers to the effect that
in many cases the scales used by elevator
companies were in the habit of giving
the farmer the worst of it. G.. G. Gran
dali was employed to inspect all the
scales III the state, and has made public
his inspection of 1877 of them, OF these
l67, IS were found out of. balance and
weighing short from 5 to Is pounds.
Three were ordered closed since which
time the owners have been using the city
scales. Five were ordered repaired and
certificates withheld pending compliance
with the order. The inspector reports
that he found not a single scale used for
weighing coal that was weighing light,
but in nearly every instance they were
weighing at least 10 per cent too heavy.
This condition." the inspector reports
in conclusion, "was without exception,
where two sets 81 scales were used, one
set for grain and one set for COAL" In
other words. where elevators were sell
ing coal, their scales were found to weigh
in their favor as well as their grain
scales. Such a system of inspection
would save the farmers of this state
hundreds and thousands of dollars
per year.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07
The death is reported from Bottinea,

The death is reported from Bottineau
of Major J. E. Britton, editor of the
Bottineau Courant, and an old time
newspaperman of the state. MIR. Britton
was a former resident of the Missouri
slope. He was the founder of the Steele
Ozone, and afterward was editor of the
Washburn Leader. He removed to Bot
tineau several years ago, and has been
engaged since with the publication of
the Courant. He has been in poor health
for some time. His death will be re-
GREETED by a large circle of friends, and
among the newspaper fraternity, with
which he was for so long identified.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

South Dakota republicans at their
state convention last week renominated
the three justices of the supreme court,
and among other resolutions said: We
heartily commend our soldiers in the
Philippines for their bravery and point
with pride to their patriotic valor in
defense of Jul country and flag, and
deprecate the attempts of certain dis
loyal, un-American enemies of our coun-
try to cast odium upon Jul brave boys,
by attempting to stir up dissension in
istration in it's efforts to suppress the
Instruction now existing in the Philip
pines. We favor the vigorous prosecu-
ton of the South Dakota maximum rate
case, now pending on appeal before the
supreme court of the United States, in
volving the reduction of both passenger
and freight rates. We favor the enact
mcnt of such laws as will carry out the
provisions of the state constitution re-
lating to trusts and unlawful combina-
lions, and we pledge our party to such
legislation as will fully control trusts,
monopolies and combinations organized
and created in restraint of trade, for the
purpose of limiting the output of pro.
ducts or increasing the price thereof,
and such legislation as may be necessary
RI prayapt tho formation and oparafiop
of such dangerous combinations.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

The latest statistics from Washington
in regard to u exports show thatmanu-
features of metals Of all kinds are find
ing as ready markets in countries where
such manufacturers are produced ex-
tensively as in those which depend en-
tirely upon importations. In 1889 goods
of this sort made less than 20 per cent OF
our total exports of manufactures, while
in 1898 they made "A per cent. The in
crease in the exports of manufactures in
general during the decade was ITO per
cent, but the increase in the exports OF
metals and manufactures of metal was
339 per cent.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

Three years G the Iowa legislature
enacted a law which permits the con-
solidation of all or part of the schools of
a township and the hiring of persons to
transport the children to and from the
schools. State Superintendent Barrett
is an ardent advocate of the plan and
claims that the experiments made in
Iowa and elsewhere justify his claim of
success. The law of the state NAV be
summarized as follows: Independent
districts lying contiguous may unite and
form one district: any township COM
posed of independent rural districts may
be changed to a school township orgaLi-
cation by vote of the electors: directors
may arrange with person to transport
children to and from such township
schools. 1t is claimed that many of the
schools have an average attendance of
ten or less and that such children can be
carried to a central school much cheaper
than the little school can be maintained.
The law also provides that such small
schools may be closed by the county
superintendent and the children trans.
ported to other schools where the dis
tance is over two miles.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07
AN OBSTINATE HEN.

bhe Met Her Match In a Still More
Obstinate Missouri Boy.
Down in Missouri lives a boy who likes
pets. he began with a pair of pigeons
that he got in trade for u dog that he had
traded a knife for. His parents allowed
him to keep the pigeons until they multi.
piled SO that there were pigeons all over
the place. Then he sold the pigeons and
bought q goat that ate the clothes of the
line every Monday. He was compelled
to dispose Of it, and traded it for u pair
Of game chickens. In q week there wasn't
a rooster left in the neighborhood: the
game rooster had killed them all. His fa-
Their took the game chickens for a ride
one night and lost them three miles out in
the country. Three days afterward the
boy brought them home. hut be- ncver
told any one how he got them. And so he
fought for his pets one by one-his dog
was lost, his lamb stolen, his rabbits ran
away. He has come down to one old
hen.
Recently he bought a ''settin" Of eggs.
A 'settin" Of eggs is as many as a moth.
erly hen can hatch into chicks. He had
made up his mind that his hen was lone
ly and needed company. and what so
companionable as a hatch Of little chicks
to scratch for? The hen. however, had
different views. and didn't want to sit on
the eggs. But he was not a boy to be
stumped by a hen-he had borne too
many losses already.
He put the eggs in q box in which he
had made a nest Of hay. Then he plant
ed the indignant hen on them. put a board
in which he had bored q lot Of holes over
her and left her to come to terms. That
night his big brother kicked off the box
and set the hen free. The next morning
the boy put her back, and put some
bricks on the board. for he thought she
had raised the board and released herself
The brother kicked both bricks and board
off that night. The boy replaced hen and
board again, and again they were kicked
off. Then he got a board and made a
hole in it for the hen to poke her head
through and nailed the board to the box,
Once a day he takes the board off and
chases the hen around the yard for exer'
else. and twice n day he carries food and
water to her.
What's the use Of trying to discourage
a boy like that?-Kansas City Star.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

When Roosevelt organized the rough
riders, bringing together cowboys and
college men, society men and frontiers.
men, he did more than any other living
man to demonstrate the common love OF
country that YIELDS all classes and all in.
terests into the American nation. The
cowboys learned their lesson in common
Americanism, and the college men
learned theirs. Courage in battle pro.
notes a finer ~comradeship than any other
close association in the life of men.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

Editor Kellogg of the jamestown Alert
is indignant that efforts should be made
in Michigan to prevent a woman taking
the position of district attorney to which
she was elected. He emits the following
pessimistic vail: 1T is becoming Sc
common for judicial officers to thwart
the authority of the electors, that if the
woman is not allowed to hold her posi-.
ton, there will be no surprise felt. The
people are getting used to such things
and there is not yet sufficient thought OF
resistance to intelligently resent and cor.
rect them"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

The forty page edition of the Grand
Forks Herald, issued to commemorate
it's twentieth anniversary, is a credit to
the publishers, to the newspaper men
who prepared the matter, and to the
printers who put it in such attractive
form. Editor Winship and the Tribune
have sometimes agreed to disagree, but
no paper is better pleased to note the
good times the Herald seems to be ex-
periencing, which are fully deserved.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

The big growth of grass on the
p~rairies this summer is likely to result in
considerable losses this fall from prairie
fires in some sections, unless more care
than usual is taken to provide protec.
ton. Even in an ordinary year the loss
from fire in this state amounts to a con.
siderable sum, which is we'll worth saw
ing when all that is necessary is a little
foresight. Flowing wide fire-breaks and
burning the grass III between them has
usually proved effective. AS a general
rule it is better to make the fire-break
before the fire sweeps everything off the
place-time and prairie fires wait for nc
man.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07
A scientist by the name of Calado,

A scientist by the name of Caladon
has made some experiments on Lake
Geneva, Switzerland, to demonstrate
the power of sound to travel a long way
in water. A clock was made to strike
under the water, and was heard a dis
lance of twelve miles. The mean kid at
the swimming hole may not know much
about science, but he knows enough to
ne y split his best friends eardrums
by knocking two stones together under
water when the other boys get under the
surface.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07
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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

The eminent scientists appear to have
about finished their study of cyclones.
They now are able to tell us all about
them, except how to predict and how to
prevent them.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

A special dispatch from Manila by
General Otis, states that in four days
the transport Grant will take on the
Idaho, Wyoming and North Dakota
troops, some fifteen hundred men in all
This is good news and will be received
with pleasure by all friends of the North
Dakotans, who will be pleased to Learn
that it is now assured practically that
they will start home in a week or so.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

The live stock growers convention,
which will be held in Fargo on July Is,
10 and 20 is intended to be a practical
affair, where prominent representatives
of the live stock industry and associated
interests can get together, become &C
quainted and shape matters for mutual
benefit, and for the interests of all m
:erncd.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

From all accounts hay will be scarce
and dear in Iowa this fall, and there
should be a fair profit in baling hay and
shipping it from North Dakota next
winter.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

The transportation officials at Wash
ington say that it will require a good
part of the summer to get the volunteers
ready and transfer them to Manila. The
Nineteenth regiment has not yet sailed,
and three more transports are waiting in
San Francisco for supplies and troops to
be loaded. According to the suggestions
of these officials it will be late in Sep
TENDER before the larger part of the
state troops now in Manila will be able
to return.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

The Fourth of July, says the Fargo
Argus, has recently been discovered to
be the longest day in the year. 1t begins
about June first and lasts until the last
firecracker of the small boy has been ex-
ploded, whether this occurs on July fifth
or August first.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07
RoNpEL.

What II we're growing oldi
We have been young together.
Der fields Of fragrant heather,
BY sunny ways we've strolled.
Our hearts have ne'er grown cold
Through all LIES dreariest weather.
What II we're growing old?
We have been young together.
So why should we care whether
So0s years have past us rolledi
Ill wear. by love consoled.
Age gayly as a feather.
What II we're growing old?
We have been young together.
~William A%spcnwall Bradley in Columbia Liter
aYy Monthly. II
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

The International Council of Women
assembled at Westminster, England, last
Monday. 1t is said that many matters
OF vital Importance to the sex are to be
considered, but their nature is kept as
much a secret as it is possible to keep
them under the circumstances.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07
Lost.

July 4, between Atheneum, Main
street, and my house on third street, a
silk cape trimmed with lace. The finder
will be literally rewarded by leaving
with A. n. Leslie, Tribune Office.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

Here is a piece of news which is news
from the Forum Argus-which says:
"McKinley's intimate friends are begin
ming to entertain doubts as to his
chances for denomination for the presi-
dency. His war policies have not given
the best of satisfaction to many party
leaders who will spare no pains to defeat
him. Such being the case, Tom Reed
would seem to be the logical c%andidate?'
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

A resurvey of the allotted lands of the
Devils Lake reservation has been ordered
by the Indian commissioner. This action
was taken as a result of complaints filed
by the Indians, who say that mistakes
have been made in the former survey
which have resulted to their disadvan.
tage.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07
He Was There.

She sighed. as girls will sometimes, and
hen said:
''There are moments when 1 feel as if
I would hesitate ever IL the best man in
the world asked me to marry him"
"Olivia," he cried, "you must be a
mind reader. was just thinking Of ask
ing you to be mine."
-Four seconds later she reluctantly
promised that she would name an early
day.~Chicago News. ;
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

The Devils Lake Free Press thinks
that the practice of allowing criminals
to turn states evidence is a reward for
crime and is a menace to the life and
liberty of every citizen. It should be
stopped by public condemnation.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

When a mother is shedding tears over
the neglected, misunderstood child in the
story book, she boxes the ears of her own
IL it interrupts her.-New York Press.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

What has become Of the old fashioned
man who couldn't get his boots of when
he got them wet?-Atehison Globe.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

Most people do not realize the vast
ness of the cement mining industry
which will be opened in the Pembina
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

The impression seems to be gaining
ground that Gen. Otis must use rose
tinted spectacles when he sits down to
write dispatches.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

There 10 nothing o utterly hollow 90 q
kind word that should have been spoken
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

Secretary Wilson of the agricultural
department, has hit upon a new plan
with reference to the corps of assistants
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-12-14

Hoods pms cure all liver Ills. Non.
irritating,