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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07
THE TREASURE STILL THERE.
4 Farmers Way of settllng His Score
With Swlndlers.

With Svvindlers.
""There are folks who imagine that ev-
cry farmer is dead easy to s%windlc," said
the broad shouldered agriculturist while
the lightning rod theory was under dis
c%ussion. but they make n great mistake
there. Any travelling swindler will find
ten victims In town to one in the country.
The farmer has to get his eye teeth cut
early in the game or lose his acres. There
is hardly a day in the year that some one
is not trying to get the better of him, and
most Of US can sec through a stone wall
us quick us any other class. Lord save
ye, but I'll bet I turn down more rascals
in a month than any lawyer, doctor or
merchant does in five years. Do you see
these k%nuckles? Well, l bruised them
against q fellows head only four days
ago, and it was rather q funny thing. He
was a we'll dressed, soft talking stranger.
and he drove up to my place and took me
out to the barn for a private interview.
l rather expected he wanted to sell me a
gold brick, but he had Il better thing.
After a good deal of mystery he said:
MI. Thompson, there is a treasure of
$lOO.OOO in gold on your farm, and il
you'll give me $1,000 I'll locate the exact
spot
THAT trick is as old as the hills. /
have turned it down 20 different times.
You see. they always want their 81, 1000
in advance. Then they tcu you not to
dig until the moon is full and so have
time to get away. When they don't do it
that way. they have a box planted for
you to dig up. There is no key to it, and
while the farmer is taking it to town to
have it opened the fakir is travelling the
other way. They won't wait for their
$1,000 out Of the box and always have a
good reason why. This chap said the
$lOO,OOO was stolen from q bank years
before. and his conscience wouldn't let
him touch the coin. My conscience didn't
come into the deal ut all. you know.
Il was just getting over q boil on my
neck and was still feeling angry, and I
determined to give that chap a lesson.
He was willing to 60 with me and point
out the field In which the treasure was
buried. He led the way across. the pas
ture to the cornield and said it was
somewhere under the ten acres of soil.
He was asking me If I could raise the
thousand. when I let drive at him. He
went end over end and got up and start
ed on a rum. There was a barbed wire
fence around the lot, with my old dog
holding the only gate, and we had fun for
about an hour. At least it was fun for
me. He had some spunk and was a good
runner but he'll never forget that hour
as long as he lives. l had been swindled
on a patent gate, Bohemian oats, a par.
lor rga Leghorn chickens and other
things, and l made him pay up for all.
When l wanted n breathing spell. the old
dog kept him on the run, and I've got his
hat and pieces of his coat, trousers and
shirt nailed up on the barn door as a
warning to other chaps Of his profession.
&c dropped a wallet with $50 in it, and
l don't hardly think he'll come back for
it."-New York Sun.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07
THE FORCE OF WATER.
Some Big Results In It's Use For Hy-
draulic Mining.

= VIC ~ ny.
draulic Mining.
A little group Of solid citizens were
standing on Baronne street watching a
cleaning gang at work with the hose.
THAT reminds me Of old days in Cali
fornia." said u Of the party, as the
stream veered slightly and sliced off the
corner of q pile of dirt. II never realized
how much force could be developed by a
jet of water" he continued, until l tried
hydraulic mining. 1t was in 1870, up on
the Sacramento river. They had brought
a stream down the Sierra Nevada noun.
tains in a big aume that ended in a
length Of wire wrapped hose and a six
foot nozzle with arms on the sides for q
couple of men to take hold of.
""They played the stream against a big
bluff directly opposite, and it bored out
fire eating into finder. For a dozen feet
from the nozzle the water seemed like a
hard blue bar, and there was something
way it drove straight out that it made
flesh creep to watch it. Several labor
ers had been accidentally struck by the
stream, and in each case the man was
killed as suddenly as if hit by q cannon
ball.
II remember on one occasion some ri
val claimants came down from Shasta
and took possession Of a cabin not far
from the end Of the fume line. Our boss,
who was a big Irishman named Murphy,
told us to turn the stream on the place,
and as we were all spelling for a row
we lost no time in obeying. I never saw
such demolition in my life. The shanty
flew seven ways for Sunday, and one Of
the fellows inside was pitched bodily
through the air and landed into the river.
The distance was so great that nobody
was killed, but all were badly hurt, and
after that our gang was known as Muir
phys light artillery. Mark Twain draws
a very vivid picture Of hydraulic mining
in 'Roughing It, and from personal cx-
perience l can assure you he hasn't en-
broidcred the facts in the least."-New
Orleans Times Democrat.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07
An Active

"A local newspaper man met an old
German friend a few days ago.
"Hullo!!" he cried. GLOW are you?"
"Pooty veil" said the friend. GLOW
vas it py yourselluf?"
"Good." said the newspaper man. II
heard you were quite sick some time
ago."
$50 l vas," said the friend. II vas
gwite sick. l got me a crate deal Of
troubles, but effryding vas all right now.
My wife died FIVE weeks ago."
The newspaper man vas a little stun
ned by this sudden clearing Of the trou-
bled skies.
$50 0 are a widowerw he somewhat
aimlessly remarked.
"You pet I'm a viddower," said the
friend. :.'but ! ton't stay me dot way long.
l got my y on somepoddy alretty. Viii
you come by my veddingT"-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07
Town to YOU" And the laugh is on the

town to you" And the laugh is on the
attorney.
It is announced that p. P. Chacey has
been selected mastering officer on the
staff Of the G.. A. r. department COM
mander. w. 81. Brown Of Grand Forks
was made adjutant general.
At Cavalier Thursday afternoon Paddy
Burke, a 14-year-old boy, while jumping
aboard a moving train slipped and got
his foot between the bumpers" The
cars suddenly came together, when the
lad had his foot crushed to jelly.
Two Benedictine priests, five clerics
and five brothers arrived last week at
Richardton, Stark county, to locate per-
manently. A few days ago ground was
broken there for the foundation of a
monastery and college which are to be
erected this year.
Joseph Zahnder was watering his team
at the Little Heart creamery when they
ran away and knocked down the three
year-old girl of Manager Cleveland who
was playing in the road. Her jaw was
broken and internal injuries inflicted
from which she died Wednesday.
The farmers of Langdon are agitating
the question of building grain bins for
the use of private shippers so that farm
ers can store their grain until they have
a carload and then ship to any eastern
market. One nan built a s25 bin and
on the first shipment saved 1872 over the
price offered by the local dealer. The
project seems to be a go.
The North Dakota Baptist State con-
v%ention will be. held at Grand Forks
July 5, 6 and Z, also the convention of
the other divisions of the church, namely,
a state convention of the Ministerial
union, the Baptist Young Peoples union
and the Woman's Home and Foreign
Missionary society. The convention will
perhaps have the largest attendance of
any OF it's kind in the state this year.
IA couple of farmers near Tower City
had a hand to.hand conflict one day this
week. One was armed with q corn
planter and the other with a post-hole
auger. The corr planter got the worst
of the deal and brought suit for assault
and battery. Judge Chilson decided
that, as the III planter commenced the
duel, the auger was justified digging post
holes in the other fellow and dismissed
the case.
Miss Zena Olson, an employee of the
Fargo steam laundry, met with a very
painful accident. She had been engaged
in working an extracting or wringing
machine, and while in the act of closing
down the machine, her hand was caught.
Before the machine could be stopped her
arm had been drawn into it above the
elbow. 1t was badly crushed and above
the elbow the flesh was badly lacerated
and torn. The bone of the arm was
broken.
Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota,
while in Minneapolis Saturday, was in.
terviewed to the effect that Secretary
Alger was "one of the most competent
and business-like men in the cabinet
Senator Hansbrough de :lares that mis-.
takes were made withthe navy as we'll as
the army, but that the unparalleled
success of our forces on the sea pre-.
vented this fact from being general,
commented on. Alger he presents as
emerging from the war without a blem.
ish" on his personal character or official
integrity.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07
THE BALL GAME.

There was a seven-inning ball game at
the ace track beginning at l o'clock. 1t
was a first rate game, although pitchers
battle throughout. Fisher pitched for
the locals and struck out ten men, and
Bartron pitched for the Mandan team
and twirled a good game. There was
only one scratch base hit made during
the game. Mandan scored once in the
second inning and did not score again
until the last, when they added another
tally through a bad throw to first and a
lost ball in the crowd back Of first base.
The Bismarck club secured two tallies in
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

At the meeting of the penitentiary
board Saturday, n prisoner from
Walsh county was granted a parole, and
has secured work in the city. He ex-
poets o to be Joined by his family.
The stone work on the foundation for
the Irvine plant is about finished, and
the men are now at work on the founda-
tons for the engine and boilers. The
brick will be ready in about three weeks,
when work on the superstructure will
proceed.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

I. About 100 former residents of the Da-
kotas went from Chicago with we'll filled
lunch baskets to the "WiIlows," lust
south of the Jackson Park pavilion. Sat
urday afternoon, and told stories Of the
western prairies until s o'clock in the
evening. It was the first annual picnic
of the Dakota Old Residents club,
whose officers are: President, Gideon r.
Clarke; vice president, Mrs. E. A. Till
man: secretary, Mrs. c.. A. Griswold:
treasurer, Miss Addie B. Steele.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07
WHEN YOU RIDE YOUR wheel

Always shake into your shoes Aliens Foot.Ease.
q powder for tho feet. It keeps your feet cool,
p pnes fsn.f sTIdsl alestd feet; and and ma makes your endur;
people are using Aliens Foot-Ease. They ali
praise it. 1t gives rest and comfort to smart
ing, hot. swollen, aching feet, and is a certain
cure for ingrowing nails. At all druggists and
shoe stores, g. Sample free BY mail. Address,
Alien S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n. Y.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

Supt. VIM. Moore and Miss Ethel r.
Hulett returned from Linton, Emmons
county, on Saturday, where they con.
Quoted an institute for teachers last
week. There was a good attendance and
the people. of Linton did all in their
power to make it a success. The teachers
received courtesies from Messrs. Streeter,
Braddock, Patterson and Petrie during
their stay.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07
Oilinr the Body.

The custom of amounting the body with
oil is almost universal among the natives
Of Africa. The idea is not a pleasant
one. but the darkies know what they are
about and use the lubricant to prevent
chapping of the skin. The hot winds in
the region of the Nile have a most irri-
tating effect on the body, and the most
sensitive skins crack until the blood
flows.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07
Beware Of the Doctors
Patchwork; You Can
Cure Yourself at Home.

hundred dollars with the doctors, when l realized that
they could do me no good. had large spots oil over my
body, and these soon broke out into running sores, and
.duces. I decided to try s. s. S. as a last resort, and was
soon greatly improved. I followed closely your 'Direc-
chest began to grow paler and smaller, and before long
disappeared entirely. was soon cured perfectly and my
skin has been as clear as glass ever since. l cured my
self at home, after the doctors had failed completely
It is valuable time thrown away to expect the doctors
to cure Contagious Blood Poison, for the disease is be-
vond %Io;r ek;Ii tSwifta nociHn-t& .EEEt4
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07
Just So.

jewelers. son-Papa, how do you just
q watch?
Jeweler-Adjust, my boy, not just just.
jewelers. Son-Wel, papa, IL you add
just to just, its just just, isn't it7-Jsw-
elsr's Weekly.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07
1T had spent Q
S. s. S. FOR THE BLOOD

ACTS in an entirely different way from potash and mereury-it forces the
poison out of the system and gets rid Of it entirely. Hence it cures the
disease, while other remedies only shut the poison in where it turks forever,
constantly undermining the constitution. Our system of private home treat.
ment places q cure within the reach of all We give all necessary medical adj
Write for full information to Swift Specific Go. Atlanta, Ga.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07
He Isn't Numerous.

The successful man is the man who can
do an hours job in 60 minutes and then
not spend half a day in admiring his
MISUNDERSTANDING Journal.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07
Dizziness

means that your stomach needs atten-
tion-your liver is getting ready to fill
your system with poisonous bile. After
the dizziness will come dyspepsia, ner-
vousness and sleeplessness. There's but
n thing to do. Use Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters faithfully. 1t will cleanse
the system, and tone up the stomach. It
makes hearty, strong men and women.
Sc that a private revenue stamp covers
the neck of the bottle.
If you want HOSfeffer'S
Health =
Avoid stomach
Substitutes. RiftetS
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

Newton captured the sweepstakes
making thirteen out Of a possible fifteen,
Following is the score:
Baldwin, 8; Newton, ID: Riel, II; Rich,
holt, 10; McGahey, Z.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07
SPORTS OF THE DAY.

At the gun club shoot in the morning,
Newton and Henzler captured first and
second places. and Riel and O'Shaugh-
messy tied for third place. The score
was as follows, for the first, second and
third events, each fifteen single targets:
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07
HOME CURE J.: !.
!" 0RBLOODPO|SON.

There is not the slightest doubt that the
doctors do more harm than good in treating
Contagious Blood Poison: many victims Of
this loathsome disease would be much better
off to-day if. they had never allowed them
selves to be dosed on mercury and potash, the
only remedies which the doctors ever give for
blood poison.
The doctors are wholly unable to get rid Of
empt to heal up the outward appearance of the
ms. This they do by driving the poison into the
it shut in with their constant doses of potash
throat and other delicate parts then break out
ltinued indefinitely, the drugs doing the system
itself.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07

A1luScll, uuO ue NOulu nave SlOuleO uC'
cordingly, but for the fact that the fake
had enmeshed him in it's sweeping whirl.
In telling the story Professor Breda said
to the writer:
AFTER my views that the stone was a
fake had been confirmed by others to
whom it was submitted. l found to my
great surprise that some liar in Chicago
had ~telegraphed to England and Norway
that l had pronounced the thing genuine.
l was compelled to write to papers in
Norway to correct this entirely one
report. do not know whether l was re-
ported correctly in our own papers. II
you refer at all to the matter again, will
you kindly set me right before the pub
lic?"
Setting the worthy professor right be-
fore the public is not al easy matter.
Fakes travel faster than facts, Is any
newspaper man knows. The story of the
rune stone. with the Endorsement Of the
Inscriptions g%enuineness ascribed to
Professor Breda by the liar in Chica-
60" has been read by the students Of an
Gent lore in Hindostan, pored over by
bespectacled men Of learning in Europe,
Asia and Australia, and will bob up in
unexpected places and with the most ex-
%traordinary vitality for n long time to
come. The joker certainly did his work
we'll.
For the benefit of those to whom the
term ''runic stone'' is as much a mystery
rs would be the characters it may be
well to state in conclusion that the runes
were the earliest alphabet in use among
the Teutonic and Gothic nations of north
ern Europe. The exact period Of their
origin is not known. No genuine runic
inscriptions have ever been found In this
country.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-03

thing more than $50 aboke his ordinary
perquisites-aA of which would come in
very handy.
pany in the compa nionship of several SEN
ators from cluster of States in this
section
Would not this, honestly, be much bet
ter than the present corrupt secret meth
cd? 1t would be perfectly constitutional.
The constitution only specifies that the
Legislatures shall elect the Senator'S. The
manner of electing'' is left TO the Legis-
lature alone. The highest bid in this case
would have just the same effect as a
caucus nomination. The election would
follow the bid. BY advertising freely like
certain clerk in the Secretary of States
office. business would be doomed nicely
and millionaires from the whole country
would flock TO the State capitals. It is not
necessary that a Senator be a citizen of
the State from which he is elected. He
must have been nine years citizen Of
the United States,' and IAN inhabitant
of the State for which he shall be
chosen Each millionaire bidder could
bring his satchel along with him and be
made an inhabitant in short order. 1t
may be that the fathers of the constitu-
ton vaguely surmised the sort OF patriots
we would develop into and perhaps left
that easy Senatorial qualification. Just for
the purpose we have mentioned. Who
knows?
General Grant was prominently men
toned as a Senatorial possibility for
both New York and Ohio, although he
was citizen of neither State.
If the constitution cannot be amended
so that we may elect Senator decently,
let us try this latter plan, and let US
then hope that the day will not be far
distant when we of West Virginia can
proudly point to Senatorial team par
excellence-Russell Sage and Hettie
Green. BARON JONES.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-03

The House was opened with prayer
by Rev. T. c. Johnson, of the Charles
ton Baptist Church.
Bills were introduced as follows:
House bill 173, by Davis, of Harrison,
to amend the State University law.
House bill ia, by Logan, authorizing
justices of the peace to appoint persons
to assist in keeping the peace at public
meetings.
House bill IT'S, by Asbury, to amend
the law pertaining to the alternate road
system.
The committee on roads and interna-
tional navigation reported adversely on
the proposition to amend and cOdify
the statutes relating to the construc-
ton of public roads.
The same committee reported ad-
versely on House bill 40, to amend Sec
ton II, of chapter Sc, of the code, as
amended by chapter So of the acts of
1897.
The committee on education reported
faVorably on House bill 65, to amend
the school law.
The committee on counties, districts
and municipal corporations reported
favofably on House bill IS, Ito amend
the charter of Charles Town.
House bill No. 5, providing that all
executions of the death sentence be at
the State penitentiary, was passed af-
ter a lengthy debate.
House bill 80, providing for the re-
assessment of real estate, was read
second time and was pending when the
House adjourned.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-03

nate him in every. way IS constantly APP
parent to observers Of affairs in the ma
tional capital, 1t is known to the bur6au-
Gratis of the Navy Department that Sehley
even with squadron would attract more
attention on the European station than
Sampson could attract anywhere with
the biggest feet of our navy, and Schley S
name must be kept out of the newspapers,
If possible.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-03
SCHLEY DENIED A COMMAND
Kept on Waiting orders So He Cannot In
crease His Popularity.
Philadelphia Times.

FnlIadeIphla Times.
WASHINGTON, February Rear Ad-
miral Schley is still on waiting orders"
and will be kept without a command for
some time. The Secretary of the Navy
announces that the ships are under COM
mand of Admiral Sampson. who will re-
main in charge of the North Atlantic
squadron. The Secretary expresses the al
legged hope that he may be able to spare
a battleship and couple of cruisers for
the European squadron within month
or two and place them under command of
Admiral Schley But the friends of the
hero Of the naval battle of Santiago real
lie that Admiral Schley will be kept out
OF command and in the background of
public affairs for as long as possible.
TAe malignant disposition to subordi-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-03
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-03

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