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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-01-12

well illustrated by the reports on the
national banks in North and South
Dakota, made public by the comptroller
or the currency. 1t is noteworthy
that these agricultural states show bet
ter conditions in respect to increase in
the volume of Individual deposits in
the national banks. In respect to the
percentage of increase, compared to the
showing made four months ago, are ms
favorable as many Of the large COM
mercial centers. The improved con-
dltlons are shown by these statements
OF the banks all along the line, as well
in the volume of loans and discounts
as in the deposits Of cash by the people
and in the amount of gold held by the
banks. The North Dakota national
n had on hand on Dec. 9, individ-
ual deposits to the amount of s6,225.-
49l. which is IN increase of more than
S1OO,OOO in the amount of deposits in
these banks, compared with the Sep
TENDER showing. The loans and dis
counts aggregate $5,467, 800, being an
increase of nearly $5OO,OOO in this line
or business. The South Dakota banks
have individual deposits to the amount
of S5,77O.204. which is an increase Of
0 than 100000 since September.
"A similar increase is noted in the loan
and discount business of the banks.
the present volume being S4,36s, 7G3.
The banks Of South Dakota have in
creased the amount of their holdings
OF gold, n the average reserves held
by the North Dakota banks is % %
per cent, while that Of the South Da-
kOta banks is 81. 80 per cent
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-01-12

Fargo now has two big guns, one Of
them a captured Manila cannon and
the other a local production in the per-
son of Mayor johnson. The mayor
doesn't weigh quite 10000 pounds, as
does the other piece of artillery, but
we believe he makes quite as much
noise.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-01-12

That the agricultural states of the
country are sharing literally in the
improved times that have come to the
interests of the country is
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-01-12
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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-01-12

The recent death of DR.. Coues, an
ex-army surgeon, removes a noted nat
uralist who had done a great amount
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-01-12
wedding of a Boston girl to a North
Dakota man and her forthcoming de-

wedding of a Boston girl to a North
Dakota man and her forthcoming de-
parture for a home in this state says:
1t does seem almost like expatria-
ton for a refined, fastidious girl,
brought up in the midst of fashionable
luxury and an intellectual and artistic
atmosphere, which is more essential
to her than to most girls, to he trans
planted into such soil.
We lift our eyes and clasp our hands
in reverential homage to the superior
intellect that manufactured the above
paragraph. We can see it in our
minds eye staggering along beneath
the weight of Il three-ply pedigree and
Il mammoth chrysanthemum, shudder>
ing to think Of the red Indians relent-
lessly scalping settlers upon the broad
prairies Of North Dakota! We can
see the massive head Of that social
paragrapher, dwindling away into a
pathetic nothingness where the region
Of intellect is approached, and the tears
flowing from it's eyes as it dreams of
a Boston girl transplanted to North
Dakota, to live alone in a sod shack
and be lulled to sleep by the bowling
Oh coyotes and the unearthly screeches
Of aboriginal savages on the war path.
| What does the cigarette benighted in
tellect Of Il New York social writer,
that has never gotten away from the
apron strings of a high five party or
an undress ball at the Waldorf Astoria,
know about such a magnificent state
as North Dakota? What does a mind
reared in an atmosphere Of sewer gas
and Tammany Politics know about air
or soil? We raise better and more
useful things than this Town Topics
man by the bushel in North Dakota
soil every year and feed 'em to the
cows. And as for the Boston girl who
is coming, we haven't any doubt she
is Il charming lady and she'll find
warm hearts, clear skies, bright sun
light, pure air and some intellect! We
have observed.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-01-12

Town Topics, the society journal of
effete New York, in speaking of the
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-27
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trains AZ a little one horse station with
OUT "a wreck was "a wonder TO me.
Il grabbed my hat and flew across the
town FOR The office when / got there saw
Patterson sitting az the key white as a
ghost He was sending an order No. ~
take siding az Rollins 10 meet No - he
was saying Some one broke him and
said. %. h. Rollins siding won't hold
half OF 8a-would have 20 back two miles
20 get over the hill"
II glanced az the train sheet II was IN
a hopeless tumble some OF the trains had
not been recorded for two hours-had
Jumped clean on the earth. so 10 speak.
Tho dispatcher came Ia on a run at that
moment
"'rhc man who broke Patterson now had
The wire hot orders were flying In rapid
succession. The dispatcher reached for
the key and broke M VIII Keep out
m busy came back the reply. He then
glanced al the tram sheet. one glance
was suhicie
Where's 1927 he gasped
Patterson only shook his head No. y
was passenger. The dispatcher then
turned 70 me I shook my head also.
THE souuder was rattling al great
rate. Repeat on g. we heard tucked off.
Ewes busy Take ~ anyhow came back
the quick reply. Five was commercial
wire.
To our establishment. the order was
repeated and O X. q over while another
was hcing sent over che dlspatcher's wire.
] looked over across the room at the dis
patcher. His features were drawn and
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think Il was ever made public Tho news
papers never got hold Of g."
No. ! believe not Odd thing. wasn't
ue"
why. yes. very odd. but Just like the
doctors eccentric ways. though. Res
always doing something 70 astonlsh some
body without any apparent earthly rea-
son. But what put you IA mAnd Of
that"
Free artomisium put me In mind OF
a." replied Hail quizzi,ally.
u don't see the connection"
I'm not sure that ] do either but
when YOU are dealing with DIT syN moth
iug Is too improbable TO be thought OFF,
Hall thereupon fell 10 muElng again.
while we returned 60 the entrance OF the
tunnel After be had made everything
secure. and slipped the key into hts
pocket my companion remarked:
Don't You think IL would be best 20
keep this latest discovery to ourselves -
Certainly"
Because he oontiuued nobody
would be- benefited just now by knowing
what we know. and 20 expose tho worth
lessness % the ore might cause a panic
The public O. a queer animal, and never
gets scared at just the thing you expect
viii alarm q, but always az something
else"
We had shaken hands and were sepa-
rating when Hail stopped me
do you believe ia alchemy he
asked
'-rhars an odd question from you" 7
replied. Il though alchemy was exploded
long ago"
Well" no SAID slowly II suppose n
has been exploded but then. you know.
an explosion may sometimes be kind u
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hotel. He managed 10 pull through. ID,
he had lost all desire % gain wealth eri
glory ia the employ OF railroad. ana
diifted into the mercantile business. ana
may be living yet for all I know
"Dobte returned the next day and ss,s,
a stormy time with the superinteui.-t
returned 20 his old place. The only ~
mark he made az he took his place ID,
following day was Poor Patterson
Where have YOU been. DobbsG 10.
quired the dispatcher.
just away on short weiding tr.r'
was the reply.
We soon found that he was 'e.lr,
the truth. lie had fallen ia love W
girl agent away down the line al Cooke
Bend. Il was a small out-of- the-wat .s.
ton. and hts monthly pilgrimage I'D
been 60 this place on this part.o la-
trip he had gone with the intentou O.,
bringing Miss Barnes home with r.r
She afterwards told me the story
You see she said. Bob wasn't ,k,
youngest fellow IN the world and he "a,
afraid % being what he Gale "Rt.y a.
n the men az tho Office knew about "A
He actually used To hide when the train,
went through You see the nigh, y,
were married ] managed TO forget rous.
thing at the depot. and We went ha.k
together 10 get a.. While we were thsf,
he discovered what trouble the new man
was in ana no helped him out. He work.
I'd hard, for he had 20 remember every.
thing, having no time 20 make "a train
sheet. Things went pretty easy after
no found r. That worried HIN grea,
deal. When he was IN a hurry o KID
the orders over No. g.
And that was the sum total Of the G
Ms contribution to our entertainnac,
during the entire trip
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wuukled and a cold sweat seemed 20
stand out on his brow. A whittier man
never expect 20 see. He was listening in
tentiy TO the Instruments. Suddenly his
face relaxed, his eyes flashed. and he
reached across the desk for The key.
Hello Dobbs' he called.
Keep out. Billy, I'm too busy came
the reply
Billy settled back into a chair with a
sigh OF relief Ills elbows rested on the
arms OF the chair. and he folded his
hands iu front Of his face. the index nm
gers forming an apex Slowly the color
returned 70 his face He seemed half
asleep At the FIRST lull Of the sounder.
however he reached for the key again.
Hello Dobbs. where are you? he
asked.
Down the line always came the re-
ply It's my trick. Billy. don't worry:
every wheel g. turning but No. Il. Where
was she last?'
Don't know. on the shet'
I'm find her. Go1dhy. Billy replied
the lncorriglble Dobbs.
I'VE heard him trace her from station
20 station until he found she had left
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found THAI ] cannot sec my way through
A. / must beg YOU 70 say no word 10 any
one eonccrning tho things ! am about 10
show you"
gave che inquired promise, ana We
entered the tunnel which nobody had Wis
tied since out former adventure Hav-
ing extinguishsd our lamp nay oompan-
ION opnloa tho peephoie and a thin ray
81 lt.sslt srfronmsd through from the tunnel
on tho opposite eide % the wall lie ap-
plieo his eye 90 the hole.
''Yss" he said quickly stepping back
ana pushing me INTO his place. they
are stilI az Il Look and tell mo what
you see. -
a. che aperture. "a gang Of men unload
ing a car which has Just come out or the
e.de tunnel. and putting its contents upon
another car standing on tins track OF the
main tunnel" .,,,..
YES. and what are they manning
why ore OF course"
and DO sou see nothing significant IN
thatg'
ore
-Hush, hush" admonlshod Hall put
ting lis hand over my mounth. don Z
talk 20 loud Nov. go on In whisper
'"pha ore. resumed, may have come
back from the furnace room. because the
side tunnel turns OF 80 as 90 run parallel
With the othsg
"fi not only may have come oNck, u
octusily has come back" said Hail.
How can you be- suro7"
"Becauae ] have been over the track.
end know that ~ ieada 70 a secret apart
ment directly under the furnace "a which
Or syx pretcnds 10 melt the orei"
Fer q rninuto after hearing this ayow-
81 w0s spSochless~
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Marshall at $50 IL was then II O'Clock.
North from Marshall there was no night
operator for thirty miles. He called the
man az Princevile
Have you seen No. i27'
No was tho reply.
Go out ana see II you can see her.
came the order.
No. she ANT in sight came neat.
There was o pause.
ellison, Cond Extra South.
Leave train at Princeviie-take en-.
gine ana crew. look for No ie south OF
Princeville.' was the next order
mo. T. was found about half way be-
tween the two stations with a crip.,led
engine. Tho crew were chasing about
the village like mad men IN search OF the
agent But he was not found
II looked az the dispatcher He was
asleep this time and no mistake Put.
terson sat like man In stupor. his
head bent forward TN his chin rested on
his white shirt front I woke the dts
Patchsx ana We carried him away 70 the
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-27

Are you rrrioug7" I asked 20 length.
Perfectly serious. Run your singer
along the rock here DO sou perceive
"a s.am1 Two days ngo. after seeing
what you have JUST witnessed leo The
Syx tunnel I ourefuiiy cut out % section
~ the wall making am aperture large
enough 10 crawl through and when ]
knew the wurkmcn were asleep. / crept
% there and examined both tunnels from
I'D 10 end But ga solving enc mystery
have nun myself into another infinitely
more rerpleHing
How 10 thatl'
why dosu Or svx take such elaborate
pains 10 deceive hhs visitors, and niso
the gov eminent oricers II .s now plain
hat 80 conducts no mining operations
whatever This mine Of his o. gigan-
OIL. blind Whenever Inspector or scien-
iino curiosity eeekers visit nis mill his
mute workmen assume the air o. being
very busy. tho c4rs laden with his so
called ore rumble out ~ the tunnel
ana tasar contents are ostentatiously
poured into tho furnace. or appear 90 be
poured into g. really dropping into
receptacle beneath. 90 be- carried back
INTO the mine urdin. Ana then the Doctor
leads hts gull~d visitors around 20 the
orher side 81 the furnace and shows them
the molten metal coming out IN streams
Now. VIVA; does q all meant That's
vhat Ia like 90 nnd out what's his
eame7 FOR mark yo1L u he doesn't set
artemidum from this pretended oro he
gets IL from some other source. ana right
On thla spot too. There IT. 10 doub,
about that Tho whole world s. supplied
b. syz furnace. ana SyN feeds his fur
naoe with something that comes from
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been charred and The metallic atoms had
penetrated the flesh % the victims. The
rocks on round the battlefield were sim
ilarly vencersd
IL looks 20 me. d" said Capt Carter "as
u ola syx had turned one Of his spouis q
ariemlsium into hose pipe and soaked
en- with g."
That's g." chfmed in lieutenant.
that's exactly what he's done"
Well" returned the Captain. ~ he can
do that don't see what use he's got for
us hCre"
Probably ne don't want 20 waste The
stun said tho lieutenant. What do you
suppose 70 Cost him 20 plate this crowd
n guess a months pay for tho whole
troop wouldn't cover the expense. lte
costly. bat then-graciousl wouldn't /
have given something for tho doctors hose
when 7 was a youuEstcr campaigning In
the Philippines in 'e99'
The story OF the marvellous way IN
which Or syx defended hts mill became
'he sensation Of DE world for many days
The hose-pipe theory. struck OF on the
spot by Capt. Carter. seized tho popular
faucv and was generally accepted with
out further question. There was an ele-
ment 81 The ludierous which robbed the
trugcdy Of some ~ ifs horror. Moreover.
no one could deny that Dr. Syx was well
within MS rights In defending himself by
any means when 50 savagely attacked.
ard his triumphant success. no less than
,he ingenuity which was supposed 20 IN
dorlle y placed him IN an heroic HIGHT
which he had not hitherto enjoyed
As 90 the dema gogucs who were respon-
sible for the outbreak and SIS terrible
consequence. they skunk out Of the pub
lice eye. ami the result Of the battle AZ
the mine seemed TO have been "a clearing
up % IN atmosphere here. such as a thun-
ders'orm effects az the close OF a season
Of foul weather
But now. little as men guessed Il, The
beginning OF the end was close at hand.
tn Il. l.nntlnmnhA
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ny Garrett p servi.a

.apyrEnt 1900. b. Garrett p. seryisa.
synopsis OF preceding chapters
The story opens with tho startling news
of che Discovery Of god near the South
PoAs The ouevn becomes 20 great that
ne market is flooded. gold loses ~ value
and q panic follows. ~ an international
Congress u ananoicr6. Dr. syN introduces
a peculiar metal called artemisium GO
take the place Of gold. Ut. eyx conducts
me party 90 hs mines ana furnaces 81
thu Grand Teton ga the Rocky Mountains.
tho woeudorfA metal 10 socepted by che
fnanclers, adopted as common none
tary standard. aId commerce - revived
Andrew Hall. a mining engiueeT. tries ~
soive ose mystery o. TIE W'oud.rul dis
ooVery
VIA Myvtery. inde~di
when Prs Boon had heard our story
ts promptly apprOv~d Halls dlsmiFsal
Of the men Tt expressed great surprise
that Or syx should have resor'ed 90 =
d~c~r3lon which hasd teen 50 disastrous
90 Innocent people ana a. frst Do talked
OF legal procesdlrsr- Huf. after thinsging
the matter over he coucluded that S1N
wa too powerful "a b. attacked with sue
osres. especially when thr only evidence
againnt hm was that ha ha1 claimed 30
lur artagllts!um In his miuo az a time when
as cveryoody knew. art. misum actually
wa foaN.J outside tha ntne. There was
90 aupar crs moslVe for the deception and
no proof of malicious intent In short
AIr Boon decided mat the best thing for
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-27
TOO MUcn OF = GOOD THING.
Wine f. So Plenty That Bottom Has
Fallen out OF Market.
From the Pail Mall Gazette

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
Parts Tho wine growers OF the south
OF France are rending the air with their
lamentations. They avow that ruin stares
them IN the face farthinG a pint =
the price fetched by this years vintage.
aud with wine az farthing a pint Il
cannot be grown at profit by a very
.ong way. Needless 70 say. % IS not we'll
known BurFuudles ard Bordeaux that are
thus 70 b. purchased dirt cheap, but the
wines OF less famous strains. produced
in the Heraat the Aude. and the Gard
Something IKE a hall OF all the wine
grown "a France comes from these three
depa tments. and. without this abundant
ana always inexpensive supply the wine
merchants OF all countries would be hard
put 20 ~ TO offer their customers the
finnish "Iseaunes" and the more or less
pissabie clarets. which they retail WIKI
the aid OF pompous labels 81 prices which
cannot Do unrem netative even when an
nounced rs popular"
The present slump IN the wine market
is probably unprecedented. Prices are Is
per cent lower than those OF year ago
Last SEASON tho wine growers disposed
u their crop At aUf. the hectoiiter. they are
now getting 81 or 81 at tho outside ana
there are cases in which the hectoliter
has fetched only Il, az which rate bot
tie OF VINE would come TO less than "a
farthing The causes Of this state Of
things are none 700 clear There ls per-
haps more wine on the market than Is
required TO meet the demand but the
giut II not 80 great as has been made out.
According 20 the most trustworthy cal
culatlons this years vintage will not be
more than - per cent. heavier than that
of last year Moreover. Il ~ expected
% prove IN the main OF superior quality
In fact, there IS TO obvious Justification
for the extraordinary fau in prices. ana
the crisis ~ due in some measure 10
mere panic. This panic has been brought
about In part by tho dearth Of caske.
There Is such hack OF casks that In
some districts the receptacle Is a. valua
ble as the contents. 80 that " you have
two casks. YOU can get one OF them filled
by giving the other empty 20 the grower
There II similar scarcity OF watts. tuns.
and all other receptacles. The majority
OF che growers are not In position TO
store their wine. except in years in which
the yield Is only moderate. II the crop
promises 60 be heavy. they foresee that
they Will be at loss how to stock II
and they are in a hurry 20 sell before
the vintage. This is what has happened
this season. but on such a scale as To
cause a panic.
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his ten acres Of Grand Teton rock. What
Is that eomething2 How does he get H.
and where docs be hide 81 These are thc
things I should like 20 flnd out"
Well" I replied. Il fear I oan't help
YOU
'But the difference between YOU and
me- he retortcd is that YOU can so TO
sleep over d. while 7 shall never get q
good nights rest so long as this black
mystery remains unsolved"
What will you dor
Il don't know exactly what Rut I've
so, a dim idea which may take shape al
ter while
Hail was silent for some time. then he
suddenly asked.
"Dh you ever hear az that qeer magic
lantern show with which Dr. Syx enter
tanned Mr. Boon ara the members OF the
financial commission ga the early days Of
the artemislum business"
yes I've heard the story. but J don't
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-27

HIM and MS stockholders 10 do was 60
keep silent about thoir losses ana await
events aud. az Hairs sugg estion, he also
dsserminsd 10 say nothing 70 anybody
abosft Tho discovery We had made.
1T oOald do no good said Hall Ia
making the suggestion. and u might
spoil q Tdan ] have in mind
What plan asked the president.
i prefer not 20 ten just yet" was the
r~psy
Observed chat IN our interview with
Mr Booa Hail uiado 40 reference 90 tho
side tunnel O. which he had appeared 20
attach 80 much importance, and / con
cludod that he low regarded it is lack
ing significance Ia this I was mistaken.
A few da IS afterward I received az IN
vitati0n from Hall 90 accompany him once
more into the abandoned tunnel
Il have found out what that side track
meaua he said. and u has plunged me
into aDOther mystery 90 dark and pro
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-27
THE GENERAL MANAGERS
CONTRIBUTION.

tcopyrisht. 100. ~ II P. Falrman)

Copyright $50 ~ II p. Fairman)
We had been on the road something over
week IN an Official private car. The
business part Of the nip was over and
the several officials gave themselves up
20 cards. checkers. stories and other
amusements during the return journey
Nearly every one present had related
some thrilling adventure which had oc-
CURED 20 him or come within his notice.
but the general manager. lie had done
little IN the way Of entertainment aud
had Joined but reacrvcdly in che laughter
which some u the tales aroused AS We
crossed the Mississippi into Illinois he
IN some manner got possession u q mag
azine which acld his attention for some
time Finally he tossed 70 upon the table
aud observed:
Well they may talk all they want 10
about dispatcheTs but IN ala nv expert
cnces have seen but one man who hiled
tho bill IA every particular He was the
man whom Old Foxey couldn't IRE under
any consideration That man was Dobbs
no went on knocking the ashes OF his
cigar. Hes general manager OF the
QP system now
"Dobbs always wos a railroad man. lie
began with the shovel when they built
tho X G division OF the 3 r. q c..
md when ] met him we came together
in the Dispatcher office. He worked tho
second trick and ] the third. But with
all OF his ability he was a peculiar cuss
and Is to-day. He never cared whether
he worked six, eight or fourteen hours.
I could relieve him Whenever ! chose. II
wns an one TO him When I put ga an
appearance he would SAY something like
this. Had 20 hoid II a. Mindeu-can't
get IN on the siding at Blair-'twfll lay her
out twenty-five mnutes-he good 20 her
against PA Is light. aud take his hat
and leave the office.
The dispatcher a man named Mar
shall. who died IN Mexico a good many
years ago had learned that he could
rely on Dobbs as he could not do on any
Of the rest of us Not a single man on
he road knew the division a. Dobbs did
Every inch % grade. the length Of every
Skiing how many cars were standing on
the siding, and IN fact every detail %
the road and tranmen was catalogued
IN hts mind He knew what engineers
he could depend upon to make up lost
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-27
PROMINENT MEMPHIAN WRITES,

Or. ". Motley Auanta-Having been
great sufferer for three years from indi-
gestiOn. and been treated By many ply
scians. who failed to give me any relief
Continuing 60 grow worse. my brother ad.
vi,ed me 90 try DIT. M0ziey's lemon
Elixir. which remedy hr had used for rev.
eral years I commenced it's use, and
must say that your Lemon Elixir Is the
greatest medicine on earth. have never
suffered a day since I commenced using
Lemon Elixir. r. l.. Rocco
p6 fernando street. Memphis. Tenn.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-27
A CARD.

This IS 10 certify that I used Dr. Moz-
ley's Lemon Elixir for neuralgia OF tho
head and eyes with the most marked ben
eAt TO my general health. would gladly
have paid $50 for the relief u has given
me at cost Of two or three dollars
r. A. Beau,
Georgia. I'D