Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-04-13
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Joubert's widow.
There are TAG saloons in the First
ward of Chicago, and in one section
there are twenty in n block.
Slams crown prince has m~atriculated
at Oxford, England, and gone into res
idence as a member of Christ church.
John H. Reagan, the sole surviving
member of Jefferson Davis confeder-
ate cabinet, is writing his recollec-
tons.
A mummy discovered two years ago
in Egypt has now been identified in
France as that of the Pharoah of the
Exodus.
Mrs. Arnett, superintendent of
schools of Billings county, has resigned
and Mrs. Martin appointed to fill the
vacancy.
The Japanese house of representa-
tives has passed a regulation to pro-
hibit boys under 20 years of age from
smoking.
Steamboats, are to be put on the
Dead sea for traffic between the viii
lagos on the banks. The first boat is
already running.
Gen. John W.. Noble, secretary of
the interior under President Harrison,
is threatened with pneumonia and will
leave st. Louis soon for Florida.
1t is rumored in London that Jo-
seph Chamberlain expects to visit this
country by way of a vacation at the
close of the South African war.
Gen. Miles never neglects his expert
ness at pistol pracllce, for which he is
we'll known. He gives half an hour
every day to shooting at a mark.
After a medical consultation the
physicians were hopeful of the recov-
cry of Stephen Crane, the novelist, who
has been i'll for some time in London.
The fund which is being raised by
subscription for the benefit of the
widow of the late Gen. Guy V. Henry,
U. S. A., has reached a total of 50, 663.
Three Prussian army officers made
a trip from Berlin to Prague in three
hours in a balloon. The fastest ex-
press train takes seven hours to cover
the distance.
0Cl4dLOl I1Odl VI MASSACHUSETTS, 10
one of those VINO fear the first car in
n train. He believes the last car the
safest in case of accident and nearly
always sits there.
During the coming summer Charles
Eliot Norton, whom John Ruskin ap-
pointed his literary executor, will go
to England to take charge of Ruskin's
papers and writings.
The most magnificent opal in exist
cnce is, it is stated, worn in the cap
of the Chinese minister at Washing
ton. 1t is as large az a pigeons egg,
and surrounded by diamonds. 1t is
valued at $4,000.
A wealthy Australian owns what is
said to be the heaviest automobile in
the world. 1t weighs fourteen tons,
and is run by a gasoline motor of sew
enty-five horse power.
A street fakir IN New York, who had
been accustomed to selling "Sappho,"
shouted the Sheldon paper all day long
as follows: Here you are! The To-
peka Capital; the suppressed paper,
five cents a copy"
There is a curious character floating
around the streets Of Boston each
night after the midnight hour. He
sells chicken sandwiches and calls at
t%ention to his wares by a clever imita-
ton of the clucking OF the barnyard
fowl.
Juja-Ra-Fura is a young African
chief now in this country as the guest
of DR.. Carl Peters. the African eX-
plorer. This chief is a sun w%orshiper
and he complains because he has been
able to see SO little of the sun in this
country.
The queerest church in the world is
in Bergen, in Norway. 1t is COM
pletely made of paper, and rendered
waterproof by an application of quick
lime with curdled milk and white OF
eggs. Over 1000 people may be seated
in it's interior.
For preserving timber from decay
an Australian has patented a new
treatment, consisting of immersing the
timber in a solution of arsenous acid
and an alkali until thoroughly impreg-
mated, after which a coating of sui
plate of copper is applied.
A ~nSylV minister aSkeu ulS
congregation to kneel during prayer,
A young nan failed to comply. This
caused the reverend to make q per-
sonal request which also failed. He
then left mis- pulpit and proceeded tc
use physical force with success.
Here are some odd newspaper names
compiled by the Youths Companion:
The Daily Dinner Bill. Thomas Cat
Western Cyclone, Hill City Lively
Times, Kansas Cowboy, Ensign Raj
zop, Prairie Dog, The Whinwham, The
Fanatic, Oklahoma Sunbeam and Tex
as Jimplecute.
A new burglar alarm has two teles'
coping tubes. with the end of one tube
closed, and a piston mounted in the
other tube which connects with a me
tallic contact spring to complete al
electric circuit, a cord being run from
the window or door to the closed tube
which moves the piston when the core
is disturbed.
Leaves can be rapidly and cleanly
picked up from lawns by an Ohio
woman's invention, which has a large
hopper mounted on wheels, with far
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