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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-02-17
NATURAL HISTORY.

So T. = 80
Camels are the only animals that
cannot swim. Z
5t A seal has been known to remain
twenty-five minutes under water.
The starfsh has no nose, but can
smell with the whole Of its under side.
The greyhound, which can cover
mile in I'm. 2Ss., is the fastest of quad
rupeds. tsE&5 ga .&j2izss ,.sSsls5s ,:&s}1fss
Nearly all bottom sea fishes have the
powertef. changing color at will, like
chameleons. 81 E,ss. SIR,
A sea anemone, taken from the Firth
of Forth in 1928, lived and fourished in
captivity until 1887. ~ zr.yzf sz,ssssa ,ssss
Horses, CRATES and ostriches have
the largest eyes of land creatures, cut
tlefish OF sea beasts.
Grizzly cubs born in captivity are al
most impossible to raise OF twenty.
three born at Cincinnati only one lived.
The Eskimo dog will eat almost any
of the dried fruits. The sour or acid
fruits. as the orange, lemon. lime. shad-
dock, etc., as we'll as the sour plums
and the bitter olives, are rarely eaten.
To protect itself from the rain the
orang outang crooks it's arms over it's
head. The hair on the orang's upper
arm points downward. while on the
lower arm it points upward. the appar-
ent purpose being to shed the rain
like a thatch.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-02-17
\ GETS ,A MEDAT,.

Adjutant General Corbin has made
public the report of the names Of OH
GERS and enlisted men of the army who who
distinguished themselves in the late
campaign in Cuba; China and the
Philip ippines. The North Dakota sol
dier receiving a medal 81 honor 1T the
hands of the commission was Private
Thomas Shetland Of Co. D, First
North Dakota volunteers, whom the
report states, single handed and
alone April IL, 1890, near Pacet in
'Lllzon. defended his dead and wounded
comrades against a greatly superior.
force Of the enemy =
a merit list is also attached to the
report in which the following North
SDakotans received mention Z. .95: d
James Mcintyre Of Company B and
Patrick Hussey Of Company IL.
North Dakota Volunteer Infantry, for
most distinguished gallantrys il a
charge across d burning bridge in. the
face Of 600 Of the; enemy at Cabon
River, =, and for gallantry IN, ac--'
tion in Llzon, May 133, 500 ~ For the
charge across the bridg Private Frank
Ross, Corporal William f. Thomas
and Private John Killion Of Company
E, First North Dakota Volunteer IN
fantry. also received smenH ion.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-02-17
Shopping In Athens.

Z 80
y In his volume on Z. dodern Athens, =
George Horton says that shopping In
the Greek capital IS a more elaborate.
time consuming and minute process
even than with us. The oriental
method Of doing business still prevails.
The dealer sets "a price. the buyer an.
other, and often three or four hours of
patient will contest pass before q COM
promise Is reached The patron asks.
How much Is this piece Of silk, sOne
dollar yard. : Is the reply Thirty
cents Is offered. The merchant Is
thrown into sonnet thing resembling an
sapopiectic Git. He sWears by his Ia
ther's soul that 1t cost 95 cents.
The lady takes a seat with a sigh
and after twenty minutes inquiries In
5nocently. Finally. so cents I? Never!
But to keep you and not lose your Gus
tom. you may have 1t for what ! paid,
95 cents You poor thing.' stghs the
lady sarcastically There are a dozen
or more womenss sitting about the store.
When finally the proprietor comes
down to price that one is willing to
pay, she rises, receives her bundle and
departs, declaring good natnredly that
she had been swindled and that she
viii never come back again"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-02-17
A Tough Negro.

Stories Of brute toughness and Ho-
merle. endurance are tenderly preserr.
ed in the, folklore of the water front
---how, for instance, Scipio Flanagan,
stthel biggest niger In the business, 2
supported the entire weight offan i'm
mense packing case, weighing upward
of sl,SO0. on his PROSTATE body The
negro held the hand truck to- receive
the ease hieh in the hands Of half a
dozen men was being balanced at just
the; right angle to, slip into place. But
It hit the edge Of the truck and. knock
ed 1t away and the negro iunluckily
lost, his footing and fell fat with the
great box on top of him. he shrieked
In terror and groaned, it was said. like
q siren whistle, but when a gang of
fifteen men lifted the thing bodily and
pulled him out all he did was to screw
his fists into his eyes like a big child,
stretch his long limbs grotesquely and
return to work. OF course he talked
about this feat for many q day.-Frank
Leslie's Monthly.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-02-17
why Did They Abandon Pompeiis

Why Did They Abandon Pompefis
At period when newspaper discus
sions were rather vapid. despite the ae-
credited appearance Of the sea serpent
and the arrival Of the large potato,
Max Nordau in an Austrian journal
proponnded problem that should lead
to useful inquiry: .ss
Why was it that the Inhabitants OF
Pompeii did not return to their homes
after the destruction of the city?
OF the 10000 inhabitants few hun
dreds at most seem to have lost their
lives. The eruption of Vesuvius lasted
only few days. The deposit of lava
and ashes was not very thick. The
houses might have been easily repaired.
Many of them stand to this day. They
were beautiful houses many Of them,
richly appointed and containing yalu-
ables of great price. Had the Pom
peiians no love of home. or were they
too superstitious. or did their terror at
the eruption make them believe the
disaster might come again?
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-02-17
cLEWs WEEKLY / BETTER.

8 New York, FEB. The railroad.
situation remains satisfactory earn
ings continuing to exceed last years
large figures ii spite of corn crop dam
age and interruption to traffic from
bad weather The mercantile outlook
is also satisfactory, the West still be-
ing except ionally prosperous and the
farming classes enjoying good credit
From all accounts the prospects are
for q good spring trade IN due season.
Improvement In the foreign situation
Is also likely to stimulate our export
trade in manufactures AT the mo-
ment, therefore, there Is little reason
for taking q pessimisti d view Of the
period for rest and recuperation; and
those In control may conside the per-
iod opportnne for completing some of
the vast plans which have been under
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-02-17
Old Delusions.

It is inexpficable how the old delu-
sion that a man cannot eat one quail
q day for thirty days holds its own.
Any man can eat one quail a day for
thirty days. At Lawrence some years
ago Will Upton ate two quails a day
for more than thirty days. Fora the
first week or two he starved himself
with the idea that he must keep.up an
appetite. After that he sometimes ate
three or four Of the birds in a day.
Another old fraud on the public IS
the belief that q horse cannot pull a
sack of sand at the end of d two hum
dred foot rope. Any COW pony in Kan
sas will go off on lope with such a
sack. kansas City journal. ..sy
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-02-17
CHARLESTON q LosT."
An Episode of the Teiegraph After
the Great Earthquake.

An Episode of the Telegraph After
the Great Earthqualke.
How powerfully the imagination may
be stimulated by a story told in dots
and dashes is illustrated by an episode
Of the Charleston earthquake. relates
Z. @. Hall. At the moment of the final
shock every wire connecting Charles
ton with the outside world was In
stantly lost" And as no other It'd
ings could be had from the doomed
city it was as il in an instant it had
been swept from the face Of the earth.
And for many hours Charleston re-
mained literally dead to the world.
The next morning before the average
citizen had time to collect his wits the
telegraph people had started out gangs
ofltlinemen to get the wires In working
order. Operators in the principal of
fees within a radius Of several hun
4 dred miles were set to calling &c. N"
For long time there was no response,
but at last on the wire which had in
charge a slight answering signal was
felt ratherithan heard faint and flick
ering. like the first sign OF returning
life. From that moment my watch
was, If possible, more diligent. For an
hour or more / called, 80 Adjusted z. and
used every effort to revive, the feeble
pulse. II could fancy myself working
desperately to resuscitate half drown
ed man. Again I felt the Pickering
signal, and then once more all signs Of
life faded away. Finally as the wires
were gradually cleared of debris the
current began to strengthen, and then
came the answering tsi-ill..C NJ weak
and unsteady, but still sufficiently
plain o.4be made out -. i So.
To me it sounded like a voice from
the tomb, and shouted alond the It'd
ings that Charleston was still in ex-
istence. Quickly the sounder was sur
rounded by a throng Of excited teleg-
raphers The Morse was broken and
unsteady at first, then the current
grew stronger-the patient was grow,
| ing better-and for long time we
listened to the lahored clicking, until
at last the worst was known. And at
| the end of the recital a great sigh
| went out from the hearts of all of us,
as if literally in our presence long
| buried city had been exhumed.-Me-3
Clure's. ts'sz+@. r7ss+ a.. : ,--:i,~
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a, MONDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1902

witness, Mrs. Hibbs, May could not
have been at the well at the time the
watch stopped. Es.. 5.t:s.s.:& = s VI
). Mr.. Register objected to all this tes-
timony but it was allowed.
Louis Champagne was then called
to the stand and told of his visits to
the Hibbs ranch after the death OF
Hibbs and as to what May had told
him and others. He had not seen the
blood about the well, but said he had
heard May tell Coroner White where
it had been.
Other visitors to- the ranch were
called this afternoon, in the same line
of testimony. ~ ~ ll;. ss.tt By
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-02-17
FORTUNE SMILE AT LAST.

sS4 FURIIJNE SMILE AT LAST.
A story of unexpected fortune befall-
ing the wife of a poor M. b. minister
of this state has been made known.
For number of years Rev. L. May
and wife; residing at Grand Rapids,
n. d., were stationed ait Dawson and
other points. Mr.. May came from
Canada, and as is common with many.
ministers in small towns where the
population is not able to pay better
salaries, has seen times that could
properly be called hard, However,
they made friends and struggled along
in the Masters vineyard" doing as
well as they could and praying for bet
her fortune In this cold, practical
world. It seems that fortune has at.
last smiled upon them, indeed, for. a.
few days ago Mr.. May went east in re-
Spouse to a notice that there was on
deposit in New York bank $4,000 in
cash as part Of a big fortune that had
been LETT Mrs May by relatives in the.
old. world. 4: \
s 1t lis stated that the marriage OF
Mrs May was against the wishes of
the family and that only on the death
of relatives has She been able to come
into possession Of her share of the
family estate, which estate is said to-
be half axmiIlion3 dollars in value and
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-02-17
FlNk-CENTS.

lands as he wanted at a 10 per cent
advance above the price paid by the
latter, in consideration that he should
cease further bidding, and that Mr..
Crowell reimbursed himself and asso-
ciates for the amount of their expenses
IN coming to Bismarck, as furthea
inducement to remain outside the bid
ding contest for the lands.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-02-17
The .Big Dipper.s'

In astronomy the big Dipper.p SO
called, Is in the constellation Of Ursa
Major. or the Great Bear. The stars
forming the tail Of the bear also form
the handle Of the dipper. The first star
in the handle is Benetnasch. the second
Mizar, the third Alioth. The other
four. which go to form the bowl Of the
dipper, are Megres, Phad, Merak and
Dudhe. The two last named are called
The Pointers. because they point or
guide the eye to the pole star, which is
distant 20 degrees. The top bowl stars
are 10 degrees and the bottom ones 8
degrees apart.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-02-17
'T,ANs ,llN NsEN,EY-s I So T COND|, /. ], YEAR

Iteration. If they succeed in
their endeavors and nothing interferes
I we shall probably see q more active
market during the next few weeks, and
judiciols operations to catch the auc-
tuations cannot q fail to prove profit
able $55. s5sazs
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-02-17

When the Hughes Electric Company
install their new plant in Glendiye
they will also install telephone ex-
change. Work will be commenced as
soon as the weather gets q little
warmer.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-02-17

Mrs. d. H. Clarkson, wife OF the
rector OF Grace Episcopal church at
jamestown, died this week.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-02-17

May Oats. ..... 4SA AN ~ 43M ~ 4S8 A )
", MINNEA Polls ].
Nay Wheat. Nj 5sssak. 74saS 749AS-75s
sMINNEAPo oLIss CASH.
No aorsbsrn hshs sfsa aaa slss
DULUTH CASH.
No. Hard 15S Nc ! Northern e II 74. No.
TEEEGRAPHIc MARKET LETTER
Minneapolis. Feb. II Wheat started
a little frmer this morning on better
cables and q lack of any depressing
influences. Longs became atished
with the advance shown and took prof
its quite freely. Some OF the Lead.
i ing commission houses appeared on
the buying side but in a rather small
way, offerings being a little IN excess
Of their wants. It was generally
cloudy in the northwest w1tn sss.}Ss's;i,.s s.S's;;ii,,.s
tempe eratures. Generous rains CON
tinue TO fall on the Pacific Coast. The
visible showed a4decrease Of 4 ,160, 600
bushels and excited little Interest. sssstt.. 7.
Louis was on the buying side early
where it was reported "a free seller SAT-
urday The receipts here and at Du--
luthlsWere 5s5 cars against 472 . year
ago: There is nothing at present to
depress prices and on. soft spots should
be- bought FOR better prices tomorrow.
Corniif showed some Improvement
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-05-21

american economy" says Hutchins
Hapgood In Ainslee's, is the economy
that consists In doing things on large
scale, In producing much rather than
in saving little. The old system of
economy consists In picayune retrench-
ment. Take eare Of the pennies, and
the dollars will take care of them
selves Is, from modern point of view,
as false us 1t Is trlte. That Il hundred
French families can live on what one
American family throws away is an ex-
aggeration, but were it not 1t would
indicate the soundness of American
economy, not the lack of 1t. Whence
comes the tremendous energy of our
nation in business, in production. In
growth generally, in practical improve
ments and inventions? 1t comes from
a high standard of living. To do much
work nourishment is necessary, and
who are so well nourished us Amerl-
cans? What nation consumes so much
good food, In what other country dc
the people demand so many Injuries
Where do they demand so much from
life generally, In social equality, in full
opportunity for work, pleasure and ed
ucation?"
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A Poets Little story.

Magazine poetry" said a young
Philadelphia who dabbles In verse, sis
always q source of wonder to me. For
q long time have read 1t and tried to
understand 1t, but many of the poems
| couldn't make head or tail of. For
five years have sent verses of my own
to one magazine and always got them
back, usually with printed rejection
slip, but occasionally with polite note
from the editor explaining why the
particular verse was not available. One
day 1t occurred TO me that obscurity
was the open sesame to the pages OF
this magazine, and, more in jest than
anything else, scrubbed Off sonnet
that meant absolutely nothing. My
only thought was to string together q
lot Of meaningless words that would
rhyme. | couldn't help laughing to
myself when read it over. / called II
oblivion and sent 1t off. After three
months had gone by l got a check fol
1t and letter from the editor compli.
menting me upon having at length faith
omed the depths Of true poetry. What
humbug 1t all sp'-Philadelphia Rec
ord
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ABSURD COSTUMES.
Outcome of "a Curious Wager Made
In England In 1900.

wager was made In 1906 In the cas-
tie yard, York. England, between
Thomas lIodgson and Samuel White
head as to which should succeed In as
Stunning the most singular character.
Wmpires We're selected whose duty II
was to decide upon the comparative
hbsurdity of the costumes in which the
two men We're to appear. On the ap.
pointed day Hodgson came before the
umpires decorated with banknotes of
various values, his coat and vest being
entirely covered with them Besides
these he had row of five guinea
pieces down his back, Il netted purse of
gold around his head ard placard on
his back bearing the legend, John
Bull"
Whitehead came ON the scene dressed
like a woman ON one side, one half of
his face painted and silk stocking
and slipper on one foot and leg. The
other half of his face was hlackened
so as to resemble Il negro. ON the cor
responding side of his body he wore q
gaudy long tailed linen coat, his leg
on that side being ineased in half n
pair of leather breeches and boot
with n spur He wore wig of sky
blue braided down his back and tied
with yellow, red and orange coored
ribbons.
One would naturally fancy that he
presented the most singular and ludi.
crous appearance, but the umplres
must have thought differently, as they
awarded the stakes, some goo to Hodg-
CON
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A convict had broken bounds and the
dogs were put on the trail, that was
still warm. 1t was an exciting scene.
No one was near except few prison
officials In charge of hundred desper-
ate felons, and felt the exciting sense
of a sentinel Oh lonely outpost as the
SIX bloodhounds bounded through tan
gled forest, baying madly at every leap.
Eager was my desire to see the finish.
1t came soon. The negro's force was
spent, and he took to tree In his effort
to save himself from the baying dogs.
1 could not help thinking of the scene
when a possum is freed, but | doubt
whether the smile occurred to the
wretched felon. He had broken off a
branch and was desperately flashing
Dynamite, one of the finest blood,
hounds in the state, whose mouth was
only a foot or two below him. Dyna-
mite has been known to climb trees
and to make spring of ten feet in get
ting up to the first branches. Then the
dogs were called off, and the negro. un'
harmed, was taken back In less than al
hour after he began his run for liberty
--Leslie's Magazine.
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straight Into the eyes of the girl.

straight into the eyes of the girl.
He flung up the window and took a
deep draft of the cold night air. In
the deep blue of the velvet void over
the great city of New York the golden
stars were shining.
In frenzy of mingled courage and
hope he hurriedly opened the half doz-
en- packages. One by one he removed
his rejected manuscripts, and one by
one with increasing violence he flung
the torn covers upon the floor. When,
his hopes driven from cover to cover,
as 1t Were, he had flung down the last
with an oath, he stood moodily staring,
his gaze unconsclously upon the one
unopened package that some time be-
fore he had kicked aside Suddenly
aware that its fortune good or i'll. was
still an unknown If not unguessed
quantity, he picked 1t up.
"Small need" he remarked bitterly,
ripping up the package. He laughed
harshly as he drew out what he rec
ognized at n glance as his manuscript
of the story of the woman and the
snake. Then he started and stared.
Instead of the customary editorial
printed slip of courteous rejection there
was-a letter. His fingers trembled ms
he opened 1t. His eyes glistened as he
read II.
Dear Strive have pleasure In incloslng
you our check for $50 for your story
princess Adele and shall be pleased to
consider other stories of the same nature
from you. We return herewith the story
1.-The Woman and the Snake" which we
regret Is not available. 1t Is too grewsome
in character for our use. We have per-
slstently cut out of the service everything
that does not lend more or less cheer and
give satisfaction to the reader. Yours
very truly,
EDITORS STELLAR MAGAZINE.
To Billy Patterson the lamp seemed
to suddenly shine with u new light, the
dingy little room grew radiant and the
eyes of the picture seemed to smile
Leaning across the table, he took the
frame In his hands and kissed the pic
tured face of the girl.
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The Word "wocbegone."

The word "woebegone" is an inter
estlng survival of the far past. "Be-
gone" here represents the past partici-
pie of the Anglo-Saxon verb "began,"
to go round about, word which has
otherwise entirely disappeared from
our vocabulary, but which has its nnnl,
| oges III such verbs as "beset' and .be
| GRID" In which the prefix "be" repre-
sents the modern proposition "by." A
woebegone countenance is thus that of
man comprised about with woe,
though perhaps 1t is most generally
used In n somewhat sighting manner
to imply that the appearance Of grief
Is greater than the circumstances war
rant. Thus it has partially undergone
the same process of degeneration which
has made "maudlln tears" - original
tears of penitence from Mary Magda-
lene-bear contemptuous meaning.
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Nature uses largely four gases-oxy'
gen, nitrogen, hydrogen chlorine. She
uses also largely two inorganic nonme.
tallic bodies, carbon and sulphur. She
uses metals, calcium and iron. She
uses one metalloid, phosphorus. Maj
in his work uses all these elements
with some others. Nature uses irof
sparlngly. Man uses 1t largely.
Nature uses the metal calcium large
ly, letting II enter into the construction
of the bone of every skeleton of animal
Man uses calcium in rough way IL
the formation of buildings In the com
pound form of lime, together with 9th
er metals In the grand storehouse-tin
copper and aluminium, substance
which nature shows no preference 70
In any of her artistic and mechanical
works. Man also uses zinc, lead AM
mercury, for which nature has no spt
cial employment that Is obvious to us.
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Warned In IL Drcami.

On the occasion of fatal accident to
lift in Pnrls-I think at the Grand no.
tea number of years ago lady who
was just going up In 1t started back,
saying, ooh, there Is that dreadful man
again" and tried to induce her hus'
band to come off of 1t too, but he re.
fused and was among the killed.
Tho dreadful man" to whom she re.
ferred she had seen In Il dream, which
the niece of the friend who told me the
story had heard her relate u day OF
two before the accident 1t was Of q
funeral drawn up Mt her door, so pom
pous as to produce great impression
. on her. presided over by big, dark
man in strange sombrero hat. This
man she saw, or believed she saw, In
the lift. and the coincidence terrified
her from going up in it-Notes and
Queries