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Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-18

Cooler Weather-After the he
weather of yesterday, a cool wave de
scended on the city last evening. az
companied with gusts of wind. TIL
threatened rain passed by The cour
try round about is getting dry and
soaking rain is needed
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-18

Try some of Richholt's pure lc'
cream The best in the market.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-18

Garden hose at Grambs & Wolbert
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-18

wv lNTED. Woman to keep house for bach
w elor farmer. Good place for right party
Adlre.s Box 354, Bismarck, n. D.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-18
,S,.GWITn Z. y. ERiCk--NEW YORK LIFE
PROFESSIONAL CARDS

p. E. BYRNE
Official Abstracter Of Titles for Bur.
leigh County.
Abstracts guaranteed by bond Of $4,000
Tel. sc. 3rd ST.. BISMARCK. N. d.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-18

rNOR RENT-A desirable house to man and
/ wife without children, and to party who
will furnish me with board. Mrs. j. NJ. Bar
thoiomew.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-18

WANTED. Commission Salesman for North
w and South Dakota to visit hardware,
agricultural implement and kindred trades
With a we'll known line of betting and supplies
which sell freely at this season of the year.
References required. Address R-49. care of
Lord & Thomas, Chicago, Ill.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-18

MEN to learn Barber Trade, special rates foI
Greror & Anderson. Props, Minneapolis, MINI
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-18

CTR ALTON WANTED-in store or office
- temporary or permanent: by an industrious
,,a, ri good habits. Address n. W.. Tribune.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-18

NVANTED.-Tw statesmen for each of the
\ Dakota. S. Dakota, Nebraska, Montana.
Good Salary and commission. Sell druggists
general stores. FL Marshall Med. Co., Kansas
City, Mo.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-18

r>OR SALE Household goods, pictures and
[ miscellaneous articles. Call this week at
No .. Dakota block.
The Washington times., 1903-02-22
Occupied this house from July ,
10 July IS. IT'S

Which is ambiguous but true. Wash
fngton occupied the house from the
time Of his arrival in Cambridge.
whittier he had come 10 take COM
rnand Of the Continental Army. until
he moved 10 the more commodious
Vassal House. on Brattle street. later
known as the Craigie House, and now
sometimes called Longfeilow House,
because Of the fact that the poet lived
and died there.
Plans for Siege of Boston.
From Wadsworth House, or. as il
was called in the old buff-and- blue
DAVIS. the Presidents house Cfor Il
was built TO be the home OF the presi-
dents of the college,. Washington
went forth 10 be made commander
in-chief. from So he sent forth his
first general orders TO the American
army: and in IL. let il be supposed, he
drew his first plans Of the siege OF
Boston.
But the singular fact in connection
with this historical affair is that
wadsw orth house remained in obscur-
ity. so far as the year 1775 was con-
,erned. until about thirty years ago.
and that even so observant a woman
az the wife Of President Quincy, who
had lived in wadsworth house for
The Washington times., 1903-02-22

sixteen years. then OS72) confessed
her ignorance Of the matter, and re-
TO the secretary of the Massa-
chusetts Historical Society, Charles
Deane. that it was strange she had
never heard the story. Yet she was
convinced of its truth by Mr.. Deane's
extracts from the records OF the
Provincial Congress.
But. OF course, Mrs. Quincy had
heard the story OF the Washington
Elm. and had accepted that tradition;
and yet there is no evidence in sup
port OF that tradition.
Prof. Charming a Doubter-
. A few years ago Professor Edward
Charming. Of Harvard. expressed his
agnosticism on that point, and he has
not yet recovered from the effects
OF il.
The writer, with this fact i'm mind
followed the trail 70 the secluded
Sparks street house the other day.
"Oh, no! 1 guess not" the Profess
sor laughed. I've said all I'm going
to say on that subject Yes. I did say
something once, and there was a com
plant that / was driving trade out Of
Cambridge"
us that your attitude2" inquired the
writer You don't care TO be q
martyr 20 truth?"
We'll. / don't want TO make the bis
cult men the victims OF truth" wa.
the Professors ironicaI rejoinder.
But. one thing at a time.
Wadsworth House stands on Massa
chusetts ave, just before the turn IN
Harvard square. You can step RICH
off Massachusetts avenue into it, Blu
IN l775 the house stood back from tn
The Washington times., 1903-02-22

TN the Preachers Room Of Wads-
worth House at Harvard Univer-
sity. is an old engraving Of the
noblest American OF them all At
tached to the picture is a piece Of
paper with the inscription:
The Washington times., 1903-02-22

road There were front grass plots
and "A trellis. The house has not
moved, but the street has swallowed
the grass plots and stretched itself
out right at the front door. It's age
is a.tested by the following entries in
President wadsworth's manuscript:
Book relating to college affairs"
The Presidents House to dwell in
was raised May "A. 1926. No life was
lost, nor person hurt in raising it;
thanks be to God for his preserving
goodness. In We Evening, those who
raised We House. had a Supper i'm We
Hall; after web we sang ye first stave
or staff in We 127 Psalm.
It's Age Attested-
"27 Oct 1926. This night some of
old family lodged at We New House
built for We President; Nov. f. at night
was We first time Vt my wife & I
Iodg'd there. The House was not half
finished within"
Two side extensions were made 10
the house in the last century. but 9TH
erwise the house remains unchanged.
There are some such modern embeI-
lishments as wallpaper and bathrooms
and Wilton carpets, but almost every
The Washington times., 1903-02-22
z1ezCAER.s R00u, /zARN4RD, 01vCf uSEp BY
kz.5AuveToV As MZ/7ARYHEAD2UAR7

Historic Building Whose important Relation to American
History Was Overlooked for Nearly Full Century,
Now Occupied by StudentS-Its Most Prominent
Occupant Has Always Been the Visiting Preacher to
the University Who This Month Has Been the Noted
Rev. Washington GLADDEN..
The Washington times., 1903-02-22

thing else about the house heard the
wadsworths and their guests. Ia
years ago. sing. Except the Lord
build the house. they labor in vain
that build it."
Thomas c. AmOry. in odd Cam
bridge and New says;
For Presidents Home.
The need had long been felt for a
suitable abode for the Presidents.
Dunster and Quincy had provided for
themselves. where Hoar. Cakes and
Rogers dwelt does not appear. but
Samuel Willard resided at Cambridge.
They were pastors Of churches in Bos-
ton. and there made their home Lev
erett. I701-17a5. had been a tutor and
possibly had has own dwelling. When
/ Wa6swOrth. I725-IT37. was chosen. the
general court appropriated one thou
sard pounds for a presidential man
sion. which was occupied by him;
Holyoke, 1T3T-17TO. Locke. 1TTO-17T3'
Langdon. l7Ts-I7SO; Jas. willard. ISL
1904: webber, 1S05-1s1O; Kirkland.
+ 1S1O-1S2S; Quincy. lS29-lS45; Everett,
+ lS45-1S49: Sparks and DR.. Walker
{ had houses Of their own. and Selton
was the first TO occupy that erected
out of a fund given for the purpose
/ by Peter {. Brooks.
Washington Went There.
This stately mansion. slightly
/ changed at different periods, but still
a stately edifice. having served its
purpose fol q century and quarter.
is now known as the Wadsworth
house from its first occupant, and used
for students. Attached 10 II former
Iy was a wing. in which the president
/ had his office and where ne admin
istered private reprimands 70 the re-
I fractory.'
It was 10 this house that Washing
-..ks.-.
The Washington times., 1903-02-22
Washington Went There.

Continued on Page Two, this section,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-12
CURE SICK
GettiE'S Graft.

According to The Baltimore Ameri-
can, Henry Gettig, who pitched winning
ball IN New Bern for two years, and is
now with the Baltimore club, tells the
following story of his experience in this
city.
1t is unnecessary to add or subtract
from Gettig's alleged tale. Those who
know about base bail affairs here. know
how to accept it.
You see, it was this way" Getting
opened up. Last year signed to pitch
for the New Bern. On. O. team. Ny
contract was mailed to me, arriving in
due season at my H~ighlandtOwn home.
The terms We're acceptable, and I af-
fixed my signature to the document.
Ten days later l received ~transporta-
ton and some advance money, landing
in the town as Instructions Saturday at
noon. 1t is a small town with about
1,5G0 populatiOn-eVery one of the men
and boys the rankest species of a faup.
Owing to business conditions. games are
played on Monday mornings and on Fri
day a~fternOOns-the regular market
days.
LAS l said before, l lande in the jay
town on Saturday and was greeted by
the president, secretary. treasurer and
owner of club.
MY dear boy, he started, after I
was seated in his real estate office, the
fans around here are all Christians. and
I must ask you to sign this stipulation
When l read it over [ saw that it
was an agreement hat bound me to at
tend some church every Sunday morn
ing and evening while 1 was under con-
tract to play in New Bern, Now, in the
first place, [ am and have been for q
number of years a church member, new
er leaving anything to prevent my at
tendance at two services every sabbath.
SO while the subject of the stipulation
would not lave Inconvenience me, the
idea Of a written pledge was repulsive.
The manager was obdurate, however.
and to make long story short, [ sign
ed away my liberty on Sunday."-New
Bern Journal. X.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-12
The Cat Came Back.

And the cat came back" 7 believe
that is the name of a song popular
some time ago, but l have evidence of
the fact hat there was never a truer
saying says c. II. Chichester of SYRIA
cuse. \. y, to = Washington Star man.
A friend of mine in Syracuse conducts
d brewery and a grocer friend present.
ed HIM with an old cat and fOur kit
tens that had very recently been born.
The old cat and little ones were car
rled TO he brewery and securely locked
IN. The next morning the cat and kit
tens We're OF the front porch of the
grocery store waiting 20 be let in. How
do You account for that" The grovery
was four miles from the brewery. and
the kittens We're too young to walk
even a few yards. If the cat carried
them back in her teeth she must have
done so n at a time, making eight
miles for each kitten and thfrty-two
miles for the entire litter or else she
relayed them, carrying n . little dis
lance, then going back after the next.
n so on, until the last one had been
deposited in her first stopping place.
and so IN short distance till she reached
the store. You can figure out the dis
lance she travelled in this way"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-12

a wonder, but isn't there just as much
sap in June us in March?"
More, perhaps, but after about the
LIST of April it has circulated all through
the tree, and if you get any at all in
the buckets it soon sours. It's when
the sap is coming back up from the
roots that it is sweetest. After the
buds have started no one can boil the
sap into sugar."
What. Do you mean to say we
didn't use to make sugar in May and
June?"
ut wasn't possible. You are simply
mistaken about the time. The season
Is from about the Goth of February to
the 18th of March. If it becomes very
warm. the season is shortened"
Then l an = lunatic and a fool,
am Il"
nc. of course not. AS 1 said, you
are simply mistaken as to the season.
Any farmer will tell you that"
Indeed. 1t seems that l have a liv-
ing encyclopedia for a wife. Perhaps
you can give me pointers on the plant
ing of corn and potatoes. Did that
wonderful father of yours SOW wheat
in January?"
Mrs. Bowser had nothing to say in
reply. and after walking up and down
for awhile Mr.. Bowser started for his
hat and overcoat.
"Are You going out?" she called.
Eyes madam ! am going out. !
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-12
B0WSER IS W0RSTED
He Trier to Make Hic Wife Think Maple Sugar
L. Made In June
II Made In June

have been told by my own wife that
l am a JackaSS. 1t may be true. but |
would like to have the unbiased opin-
ion of others before l believe it. As
may be gone a couple OF hours or SO.
you needn't sit up for me-"
1t would have been useless for her
to try to detain him. He had made
sugar in May and June. and he pro-
posed to bring back evidence to over
Whelm her. He did not have to go far
to get his first answer. He met a pc
destrlan between his house and the
corner. and he halted him to say:
My dear sir. did you ever live in
the country"
"All my life till a year ago." was the
reply.
Did You ever make maple sugar."
"1housands of pounds"
What time of the year?'
February and March, Of course. I'll
bet the sap was running to beat the
Dand today. You didn't think any-
body tried 20 make sugar in July, did
you?"
Mr.. Bowser didn't call the man an
idiot, though ne felt like it. He turned
the corner and applied to the butcher
for information.
Maple sugar. repeated the man of
steaks and bones. why, l have gath
cred and boiled more barrels of sap
than you've got hairs on your head"
Wa it in May or June:"
"Of course not. No one except a fool
would try to make sugar in those
months. You might make buttermiik
out of your sap, but you couldn't make
sugar. Have you been buying a FARM"
Mr.. Bowser turned red and coughed
uneasily and left the store without re-
plying. There was a plumbers shop
next door. and the plumber was work
ing at his books as the seeker after
information entered and inquired:
You know what maple sugar is, Of
course?"
Il ought to-" smiled the man. "as I
still own the old farm where 1 helped
max the sweet years Ago.. Do you
want to buy a hundred pounds:"
No. | got into a little dispute as to
the season. l contend that it USED to
be made in May and June"
I'm what country?"
I'm this, of course"
We'll. l wasn't alive then. The peo-
pie on my farm tapped the trees three
weeks ago, and two or three weeks
more will end the season"
But it used to be May lind June"
Yes? And geese used to have four
legs. YOU know"
Mr.. Bowser got out without a row.
but he was not at all satisfied. He
stood on tn" corner for five minutes
and then tackled another pedestrian
with:
"-Iy friend. let me ask you a unes-
ton"
"Well?' queried the man as he came
to q halt.
DO YOU know anything about maple
sugar."
BY George. but that's funny. It
wasn't oT"r an hour ago that ! had q
diSput" with my wife over maple suc-
ar. She said it was made in February
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-12

and March. and l said it was made in
May and June
That's exactly my case, and l know
I'm right. Have you looked up any
authOrities:"
4 have and am now on my way
home"
I prove to your wife that you are
right, of c~ourse?"
No, sir; to prove to my wife that I
didn't know what 1 was talking about,
and you'd better do the same"
"But 1 say
$50 do l."
what do you mean?"
Say, old a we are two asses, and
let's go away back and sit down."
Mr.. Bowser found Mrs. Bowser still
reading and the cat still purring when
he softly entered the house. He went
to the sitting room and sat down with
out a word. and it was five minutes be-
fore Mrs. Bowser quietly asked:
"Well. did you find out about it,"
About what"
The maple sugar season"
What have / got to do with the ma
pie sugar season."
why. you contended that maple
sugar
i cOnteuded nothing. know moth
inc CT r"apIc sugar. If you feel that
YOU mind !: Going. why don't you
s"HG for . doctor TO find out what's
H:1:G:' II. QUAD.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-12
The Lady'S Valuation.

job Hedges Of New York is telling
this n on Mark Twain, says the Phil
adelphia Ledger:
In the old days, shortly after
Twafn's first book was just off the
press. he was asked for his
bE a young woman. Flattered oy this
touch from the wing Of fame, he looked
around for something on which to in
scribe his 'two-foot' nom de plume and
and espied a copy Of his book. On the
ny leaf Of this he wrote name and date.
and handed the volume to the far pc
titioner. saying:
Maybe that book will be worth a.
great deal Of money some day.
Thank you said the young wo-
man Then, wishing to show her know
ledge of the value of signed copies.
n continued: of course, l know thar
without the signature the book never
be worth anything"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-12

THAT 1 AM A JACKASS.'
maple sugar, and I've known father to
tap the trees in February, while there
was yet plenty of snow on the ground"
Then your father was an ass, and 1
don't believe he ever made ten pounds
of sugar"
Mrs. BOwser knew that she was
right, but she thought to drop the sub
ject and avoid a dispute. Mr.. Bowser
wouldn't have it that way, however.
After a minutes silence he said:
Il can remember one or two years
when we were making sugar on the
Fourth of July, but we generally end
ed about the Goth of June. What was
your father wading around in the snow
for?"
TO tap b sugar naples"
"And did no one ever tell him better?
He might as we'll have beer looking
for green corn in December"
Il have known of his making a hun
dred pounds Of sugar the last Of Feb
ruary," she quietly replied.
what nonsense. Come, now, but
what is maple sugar made off"
From the sap of maple trees, Of
course"
"You happen to be right about it, for
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-12
Copyright, 1903, by c. B. Lewis.l

AOOPs lSOO, DS -. ID. ISL
~HE Bowsers had spent a pleas
ant hour after dinner. he with
his newspaper, she with her
book, and the cat purring on
the hearth, when a sudden gust Of
wind ratified the windows, and he look
ed up and said:
Spring is at hand, and I'm begin
ming to think Of the sugar bush. We
used to make about 500 pounds Of ma
pie sugar every year when l was a
boy"
But you didn't begin to make it the
LIST of May, did you?" asked Mrs. Bow
ser.
always, unless hat day fell on Sun
day. Yes, father began tapping the
trees On the LIST, and for the next six
weeks We almost lived in the sugar
BUSH"
But think you are wrong about
n season. We also used to make
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-12
Made Young Again.

"One of DR.. Kings New Life Pills
each night for two weeks has put me in
my teens again writes D. H. Turner,
OF Dempseytown, Pa. They're the best
in h world for Liver. Stomach and
-, -. Purely vegetable. Never grippe.
Only 25c. at r. r. Bellamy's drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-12
The Iron and Steel Instifufo-

New York, May THE annual meet
ing of the Iron and Steel Institute here
today was largely attended. After be-
ing formally installed in the chair the
new president, Mr.. Andrew Carnegie.
who remarked that he was the first
PRESIDENT OF the institute who was not
a British subject, presented Sir James
ketson, a former president of the in
stltute with the Bessemer gold medal
for 1903. MI. Carnegie subsequently
delivered his inaugural address which
was listened to with much interest,
Okolona messenger., 1903-03-18

All the worst that was contemplated
has come to the people along the low
lands in the Mississippi valley. The
Ievies are breaking at various places
and the mad waters are rushing over
the rich valleys carrying destruction
and ruin with them. A break In the
levy north of Mempeis Monday morn
ing tore away q strip of the levy at
least a mile in length, and ell the
valley adjoining was flooded. But
this even did not bring any relief to
the levies below because the water
after passing over the valley was COM
PEELED to find itS way again into
the channel Of the river. New
Orleans is reported to be at least half
under water and the most heroic
efforts are exerted to retain the levy
in tact.
Okolona messenger., 1903-03-18

parcel these lands out into farms
and sell them to farmers from the
North and Northwest on easy
terms. A prOspector from Ohio
was recently in the South looking
over the conditions. He stated
that a number of Cleveland men
recently became interested In the
great agricultural possibilities OF
some OF the Southern states and it
was recognized tnat there is a
great deal Of productive land
which can be purchased cheap,
and which is now yielding almost
nothing. The purpose is to pUr-
chase 10000 or 10000 acres Of
land with a view of having it Oc-
cupied bp farmers who are willing
to come South, and to establish
settlements. 1t is further pro-
posed to start near the center OF
thesesettlements q model farm
managed by q scientific agricultur.
1st to teach the farmers how to
make the most out Of their land.
This Is q new plan, which ii
properly managed, would doubt
less do much toward developing
large tracts Of farm land in the
South. In Alabama there is q
great deal Of fertile land which II
cultivated properly would yield
good returns. An organized move
ment to bring desirable emigrantG
TO this state would result in vast
good not only to the immediate
districts where they settle, but to
the business interests Of the towns
and cities near those districts.
Hundreds and thousands OF acres
Of land in this state which are nov
lying practically idle and useless
can be made productive and paying
farms II only a thrifty class Of EN-
igrants from the North and North
west could be induced to take hold
Of them.
The farm settlement idea would
remove the loneliness to which th'
Northern farmer especially 81
strongly objects, and thus the re
mote districts could be gradually
built up into thriving agriculture
centers. The work Of bringing Il
the attention Of the thriftyclasseI
from the North and Northwest whit
want to leave those harsh climate
the great advantages offered b!
Alabama is an all.impartant one
and means much to the future de
velOpment Of this ate.-Birming
ham News.
Okolona messenger., 1903-03-18
CANCER CURED BY BLOOD BALM
All skin and BlOOd diseases cured

Mrs. M. L. Adams, Fredonia Ala,
took Botanic Blood Balm which effec-
tually cured an eating cancer of the
nose and face. The sores healed up
perfectly. Many doctors had given mp
her case as hopeless. Hundreds Of cases
of cancer, eating sores, supperating
swellings, ETC., have been cured by
Blood Balm. Among others, Mrs. B,
If. Guerney, Warrior Stand, Ala. Her
nose and liD were raw as beef with
offensive discharges from the eat
ing sore. Doctors advised cut
ting. but II failed. Blood Balm
healed the sores, and Mrs. Guer-
ney Is ae well as ever. Botanic Blood
Balm also cures eczema, itching hum
ors. and acabe and scales. bone pains.
ulcers, offensive pimples. blood poison,
earbuneles, scrofula, risings and bumps
on the skin and blood troubles Drug
lists. si per bottle. Sample of Botanic
BLOOD Balm free and prepaid by writing
BLOOD Balm Co, Atlanta Ga. Describe
trouble and special medical advice sent
In scaled letter. Il Is certainly worth
While Investigating such a remarkable
remedy. rs Blood Balm cures the mos
awful worst and most dee p-seats
blOod disease.
Okolona messenger., 1903-03-18

Mr.. Fox, who is actively in the cam
paign now, Is blessing out, or as we
call Il ont here in the country whore
the ex-congressman has spent but
little time for several years, cusslng
out all the fellows who are not for
him calling them all manner of names.
Especially lie be severe on the news
paper fellows who do not feel forced
to rally their papers to the support Of
the gentleman lately home from Wash.
ington. Fox may be it, but it's doubt
ful