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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-13
After Diane. s,..torx.

The fake humorous speaker has an
easier career than ever the fake elo-
Quent speaker. Yet at any given din
ner the orator who passes out mere elo-
cutiOn to his hearers has a success al-
most as instant and splendid as his
clowning brother. 1t is amazing what
things people will applaud when they
have the courage Of each others inepti-
tude. They will listen after dinner to
anything but reason. They prefer also
the old speaker to new ones; they like
the familiar taps of humor, Of elo-
Quence. II they have tasted the brew
before. they know what they are going
to get. The note Of their mood is toler-
ance, but tolerance Of the accustomed,
the expected; not tolerance of the
novel. the surprising. They wish to be
at rest, and what taxes their minds mo
Tests their intellectual repose. They do
not wish to climb any great heights to
reach the level Of the orator.-W. ID.
H0wells in Harper's.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-13

Speaking Of high prices, Henry Nor.
mans book on Russia throws some in
teresting light on what it incidentally
costs to visit st. Petersburg. To begin
with. he tells us every house and hotel
there contains Il swarm of servants,
and each n expects a tip. The man
who takes your coat and hat at q pri-
vate house thinks 10 cents little enough,
and IL you give a dollar or two to the
attendant who performs the same mod.
est service at an official residence he IL
only satisfied. The tips Of n wealthy
Russian to a waiter Mt a good restau.
rant are something enormous. A de.
cent oom in a first class hotel costs
about a a day, and a closed carriage to
take you to dinner, ten minutes drive
away, costs s.. A. few sheets Of note
paper in your hotel costs you a shilling
and the cheapest kind of a bath 81. st.
Petersburg is far and away the most
expensive city in the world.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-13
SatisAed HE Curiositx,

The curiosity of the natives Of wild
countries as to everything belonging to
the traveller often leads to amusing sit
uatiOns. Mr.. ]. w. Wells tells in Three
Thousand Miles Through Brazil" Of his
visit to one settlement where the only
shOpke.per Of the place proved very
inquisitive. He was a frequent visitor
and would carefully examine the few
belongings Of the traveller. His curios.
ity was finally punished In a very fun.
ny manne
On one of his visits. writes MI. Wells,
he found my bottle of spirits of ammo.
MIA on the table, and, seeing 1t was
something he had not hitherto inspect.
ed, he naturally laid hold of it and
asked of me-. what is this?"
"Only a medicine" l replied. and
with a perhaps unworthy satisfaction
I watched him hold 1t up to the light,
look at it all round and finally remove
the glass stopper and then take a good
sniff.
l had to rush forward to save my
precious ammonia. as he staggered and
gasped for breath and calculated, II
am dying" BY dint of much slapping
of his back and dousing of cold water
he quickly recovered. but nevermore
did he touch any of MY things.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-13
l.ove'S Final Are.

'"The last age of love in a mans life
y the dotage." says Dorothy Dix in
Ainslee's. This IL peculiar to wealthy
old men, and its most pronounced
symptOm il a mania for presenting
diamonds and opening bottles for
chorus girls. who call him papa. At
other times In q mans life he has some
slight misgivings about love being al
ways conducted on a reciprocal basis.
but when he reaches this & he throws
fears to the winds. He knows he Is
loved for himself alone. The man Mt
twenty-five doubts his power to win a
wOman's heart. The man of seventy
i've Is cOcksure that lie is a charMer
nothing feminine al resist. He knows
the ratio Of his ~fascinatiOns has In.
creased with his advancing years. and
he quarrels with his family, who are
cruel enough TO suggest that the debu-
tante he leads to the altar may have .
weather Y on his will.
'The last age of love Is the most dan.
gerOus of them all and is generally ia.
tai. In fact, love is like the measles
It Is safest and goes easiest with a man
when he has 1t early in life"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-13

The weekly review Of Henry Clews
says:-After all, the keynote to the fu-
ture will be the crop outcome. Our
market will be much more dependent
upon this issue than In 1902 OF 1901.
Fortunately. thus far the outlook Is
excellent. Winter wheat is In unsur-
passed condition; and for all crops
We are likely to have an increased
acreage. Floods seem to have caused
some anxiety In the South, but history
shows that the flooded districts have
always yielded an abundance of cot
ton. The farmers and the laboring
classes throughout the United States
are prosperous: mt necessarily fol-
lows they will be liberal consumers.
immigration this year will be heavy.
The railroads are still congested with
trafic, and gross earnings continue to
increase.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-13


The Quagga, the half cousin to tIc
wild ass, has vanished from .A.ric,'
and only exists as imperfect specimens
In the European museums.
The Nsagga exists Ms a name still III
South Africa. for the name has beef,
wrongly applied to Burchel:'s Zebra.
but the true quagga. which c o its
name from it's cry ''Quacha." has been
extinct since 1872. when the last Ut
his or, rather, Of her race. for this
Quagga was a female, died in the Lon.
don Geological society's menagcrie.
Its extinction In South Africa was
due solely to the xanl with which the
Dutch farmers hunted 1t for its hide,
and 1t is a s%addening reflection that
thousands Of Kafiirs used to be fed ON
1t by their Boer masters.
The idi0tic w~astefulness OF thus eX-
terminating q species becomes the
o marked in view Of the fact that
the Quagga, which was midway be-
tween a zebra and a wild ass, could
be broken to harness and was the
bravest as well as the hardest Of nni-
mails. Some Boer farmers used to
keep tame quaggas on their farms to
Craze with horses in order to protect
them from beasts of prey.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-13

The frequent reiteration by the state
press of the governors approval of the
bill appropriating $40, 900 for a trolley
line to the capitol, as a reason why he
need not have vetoed some Of the ap-
preparations from the general fund of
the state is evidently based upon a
misunderstanding. The appropriation
OF $4,000 for a trolley line is from the
capitol building fund, arising from the
sales of state land given by the gov
eminent for the erection of a capitol
building and the making of additions
and improvements thereto. This fund
is as distinctly for capitol building pur.
poses as the land grant fund Of the
agricultural college or university is fol
the improvement Of those institutions
and it might be said. is more direct,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-13
SOME A ENGLISH.
0ortuguese Idea OF the Language n
q Book Of sLearnlng."

0srtu9uese Idea OF h Language In
Book 0f "Learning."
A book rs amusing as 1t Is rare IL In
the library of a Wissahickon student.
The work Is called 20 Nova Guia da
C~onversacaO." 1t is supposed to In
struct the Portuguese in English con-
v~ersation, and the following. d dia-
logue headed For to Ride a Horse" ID
the kind Of English conversation 1t sup
plies:
Here Is a horse who have a bad
looks. Give mi another: I will not that.
He not sail know to march. he Is pursy.
he Is foundered. Don't you are ashamed
to give me a jade as like? He Is und-
shoed. he Is with nails up; 1t want to
lead to the farrier."
An anecdOte In the book Is:
"A day came a man to consult this
philosopher for to know at o'clock 1t
was n to eat. IL thou art rich, told
him eat when you shall wish; IL you
are poor, when you may do"
In the preface the most elegant par
agraph Is the following:
I'VE expect then, who the little book
(for the care what we wrote him. and
tor her typographical correction that
may be worth the acceptation Of the
studious persons. and especially Of the
youth. at which we dedicate him par
ucularly."
The authors Of this strange volume
are Jose da Fonseca and Pedro Caro-.
limo. 1t would be interesting to know
where Pedro and Jose Learned" Eng.
lish.-Philadelphia Record.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-13
hare Feet ana Earth.

There is nothing like having both
feet Oh the ground, says Medical Talk.
If a man should go barefoot, the con.
tact OF his bare feet with the earth
and his head projecting into the at
mosphere would make a perfect cleo.
tfical conductor, through which the
electricity Of the air would pass
through his body to the earth. While
no apparent harm is done, yet, being
insulated from rhe electricity of the
earth by wearing shoes, the electricity
fails of its beneficial result. There can
be no doubt that 1t would be better fOl
everybody, especially ervou people,
II their feet yer on the ground instead
Of in shoes.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-13
Rsgpickers OF Paris.

In Paris each house is provided by
the city with a large box. Into this
the servants throw all that is not need
ed by the family. whether of food or
raiment. Every morning the chit.
f0niers,. or ragpickers. are privileged to
search through these boxes before the
contents are carted by the city to dis.
tant fields, where the refuse Is en-
plOyed in fertilizing the soil. From
the homes Of the wealthy the poor re.
ceive many articles of real value. Fiji
ty thousand ragpickers, say the stats.
tics, realize $4,000 daily from their
plckings.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-13
INTENTIONS THAT COUNT.
Only Those Put lnto Practice Amount
to Anything.

Only Those Put 'lnt0 Practice Amount
to Anything.
The paving of the road to a very un.
comfortable place is said to be con-
posed Of good Intentions. Nowhere else
has this material been tried for paving.
though it is plentiful enough for almost
any purpose. We all know people
whose houses burn when they are
lust going to" insure, who lose a cow
or a horse when they are lust going
to- mend the fence or close the gate.
who are Just going to" buy stock
when it goes up like o rocket, who are
lust going to" pay a note when it goes
to protest. who are lust going to" help
a neigbbOr when he dies, who are lust
going to- send some flowers to q sick
friend when it proves too late. In fact,
they are lust going to" do things all
their lives. but never get them started.
ITO be always intending to live a
new life, but never to find time to set
about it," says TillOtson, lis as il u
man should put of eating and drinking
until he is starved to DEATH"
Under every clock in a factory at
Cleveland, o., is the motto. do IL
nOw!' Such a motto. lived up to by
every one, would spare the world much
trouble. 1t would add thousands of
good deeds to daily happenings, save
many firms from bankruptcy through
bad debts, paint hundreds of pictures
only dreamed of, write books without
number and straighten out half the
tangles Of our complicated social life.
The habit of putting OF d~isagreeablc
duties is responsible for much needless
unhappiness. for these bugbears weigh
on the mind and prevent the satisfied
content that comes from duty well per-
formed. Most tasks promptly under
taken prove less difficult than we antic.
ipated, and the joy of accomplishment
often compensates for any hardship ex-
%0erienced.
Don't get tn tp known fNr unf.ulilled
xOOd intentions. Good intentions car.
ried out become the good deeds that
make men useful, loved and famous.
Doing things rather than just planning
them makes all the difference between
success and failure.-Success.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-13
A Queer Relic.

In University college. London, IL q
singular object that is preserved care
fully In a remote gallery inside a glass
case. which again is contained in q
huge wooden cupboard, the doors Of
which are locked and the keys In safe
custody. The relic which is thus 80
xealously guarded is described in some
notes on the history Of the college as
the Skeleton" of Jeremy Bentham.
"clad In the garments in which he
lived" while his head only IL stated to
have been ''mummified." 1t has always
been understood that Bentham's body
was embalmed. and In that case 1t can
not be his mere skeleton which 10 re-.
posing there under lock and key.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-13
Pat Balanced II.

An Irish soldier attending school,
which is compulsory when starting till
after an examination has taken place.
had great difficulty in bringing q sum
to the correct answer.
you are a shilling out, Magee." said
the inspector. therefore you have
failed again."
"Och." said Pat. taking q shilling
from his pocket, take this, and it'll
make the sum right. Hurroo! Succeed.
cd at last!'-Spare Moments.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-13

II think the most penurious man !
ever knew" remarked the man in the
macintosh. twas old Hewligus. He
smoked his cigars to the last half inch.
chewed the stumps and used the ashes
for snuh. But he wasn't satisfied ven
then and gave up the habit"
what forY" asked the man with the
big Adams apple.
HE couldn't think of any way IN
utilize the smOke."-ChicagO Tribune.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-13

President Roosevelt's welcome to the
Capital City Of the state, the decora.
tons Of Bismarck, the excellent ar
rangements and the entertainment of
all the city's guests brings forth fat
tering comments from the press of
the Missouri slope and the state gen.
orally.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-13

to be applied, since the direct pro-
ceeds Of the sales may be used for
capitol building and improvement.
where only the interest and income Of
the other funds a be used. The
$2O.- 900 appropriation is not from the
general fund. and hence has nothing
to do with the matter Of the states
ordinary revenues.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-13
How II Happened.

The Passerby-But l really don't see
how the study of aerial navigation
could have impaired your eyesight.
The Mendicant-Mebbe you didn't
never stand watchin' no balloons when
they started droppin' sand out
Brooklyn Life.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-13

Mrs. o Blumer--We must have the
Biggsbys to dinner. We owe them one.
Won Blumer-Of course. We passed
an awful dull evening there. and 1t ia
nothing nor than right that they
should pass n here.--BrOOklyn Life.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-13
Making II Easy.

"YOu never allow yourself to read a
booE until you have read q review Of
It? Why is that?"
well. prefer to use only predigest.
cd mental food"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-13

do brutes have a languageY" asked
the president Of the Millvilie Literary
circle at a recent meeting.
do theyT" replied the secretary.
"YOu ought to hear my husband when
he loses his collar button"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-13
weather = Dangerou. Topic.

Newitt-Well, there's one thing about
the weather-its always a safe topic
Of conversation.
BOrrOughs-I thought it was today
when ! met Lendham. but when /
started to speak of it he said, Eyes, it's
unsettled. and that reminds me Of that
note Of yours. "-Philadelphia Press.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-13

That word dainty" never being used
to describe the lunch spread for men,
we have decided that 1t means there 10
not enough to eat-Atchison Globe.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-13
SCIENCE NOTES.

A body weighing pound on earth
would weigh twenty-seven and a half
pounds upon the SUM-.
The highest mountain in the moon is
at least $1,000 feet in height; that il
6.OOO feet higher than Mount Everest.
Vanadium is a rare metal which oxi-
dies in air with great difficulty. melts
at 1000 degrees and becomes red hot in
hydrogen.
Perfectly transparent bodies are only
visible by virtue of nonuniform illu.
minatiOn. and in uniform illumination
they become absolutely invisible.
A transit Of Venus occurs only four
times In 2S3 years. 1t is most impor-
tant to astronomers because II gives
them an opportunity of measuring the
distance of the earth from the sun.
The sun and the earth are both prac
dcally spherical In shape. and the earth
Is evidently only d small. cooled Off or
frozen sun The sun has n shell OF
glowing metallic clouds; the earth has
a shell Of solid Opaque rocks and
metals.
Undertakers.
In England in 1614 undertakers were
men of influence who undertook for a
consideration to get such persons re-
turned to parliament as would prove
submissive to the royal will Of King
James l. The three chief u%ndertakers
of 1614 were Lords Bacon, Somerset
and Neville. They undertook to bribe
ii chief speakers and men of infiu-
ence In parfiament that year over to
the side of the king. with but partial
success. Then there we're undertakes
In Ireland in zoos. They were English
and Scotch cOlOnists sent to north Ire
land and were each allotted 1900 acres
Of land. They were men of capital nd
undertook to pay a mark n year fol
every six acres and to admit no recu,
sant for tenants. Hence the name az
applied to them. But neither the his
tories o the dictionaries give any rea
son for calling the men who bury ouI
dead undertakers.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-13
THE E X TRIBUNE.

Published every Friday; eight pages,
containing u summary Of the news Of The
week. local ind foreign-part!cular atten-
ti0n being paid to state news. Sent to
Guy address. postage paid, for $1.0O TOR
one year; 50 cents for six months; Is cents
Tor three months.
The Bismarck Tribune Is the Oldest
newspaper In the state-established June
~. 1879. It has a wide circulation and !
desirable advertising medium. Being
published ut the capital Of the state IT
snakes 4 feature OF state news. OF a SEMI
odiclal character. and Is therefore particu-
larly interesting to all who desire to keep
the run Of state affairs-p0litlcai. social
and business.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-13
H DAILY TRIBUNE.

Published every afternoon. except Bun
day. nt Bismarck. North Dakota, Is deliv-
cred by carrier to all parts OF the city at
60 cents per month, or SO per year. The
daily sent to any address In the United
States and Canada, postage prepaid, 80 per
year; 50 for six months; 81 q for three
months.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-02-06

ing, and the supposition was that the
three animals had started for the
shore at the same time, but the horse
was the only one that was successful
in the great feat. In later years Capt.
Oliver, keeper of the light for thirty
or more years was troubled often by
his cows trying to swim ashore to
Guilford. No matter how long the AMI
mails remained on the island they in
variably grew apparently homesick for
the mainland, and in many instances
undertook to swim the four miles.
AS has been said before, there Taa
no light on the island for 200 years
after white men began to navigate the
waters of Long Island sound, and
there were doubtless many unchron'
icIed wrecks upon its shore, but there
is no way to find out the number or
their character. The present system
of lighting used on the island is the
invention of Augustin Jean Fresnei. a
French physicist, who early in the last
century began to experiment on
light that would throw it's rays long
distances. The result of his studies
and it's practical application to the
lighthouse system was of incalculable
value to the mariner and Immediately
superseded the old sperm oil fixed
light that had done service SO many
years. The Fresnel light now In use
is fixed light varied by flashes and
operated continually in the following
order: Fixed light, sixty seconds;
eclipse, ten seconds; flash light. ten
seconds; eclipse. ten seconds; fixed
light, sixty seconds. This light is OF
great power, can be seen sixteen
miles in fair weather and kerosene oil
is used in the lamp.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-02-06

charter was said to have been secreted
during the usurpation of Major An
dros, made formal application for the
purchase of the island. On Oct. 10
the general court gave him the re-
quired permission to get possession Of
the island, and from that time until
the first part Of the last century the
island remained In private hands. On
Oct. 81, IT'S, Thomas Stone, father
Of Caleb and Ebenezer. decided to
them his claim on the two islands,
but how he came possessed Of 1t is not
known. Ebenezer decided his half to
his son Seth Oct. s, 1851, and Caleb
gave his share to his sons Caleb and
Reuben. Seth Stone willed his share
on Oct. Is, 1880, to Noah Stone, and
the latter probably bought out the
other owners, for on May 10 1890, he
paid to Medad Stone $158.34 for the
share he owned, and thus became the
sole possessor of the island.
During the time that the island re-
manned In the hands of private citi-
zens 1t was used as part OF the farm
Of the owner and each spring it was
plowed, planted and taken care Of
the same as any farm land. The farm
ers owning it usually went to the is
land in old-fashioned scows, taking
with them a pair of cattle to do the
blowing with, and remained upon the
island until the planting was COM
pleted, There was an old house that
stood on the island for upward of q
hundred years that was used by the
farmers to live in during the time
they were tending their crops. The
land was always fertile and the four
acres yielded good harvest to the
owners. The cattle and horses taken
to the island often exhibited strong
desires to get ashore when their own
ers had left.
An instance was told the writer by
an old man in Guilford Of one owner
Of the island who went there one
spring with his yoke Of oxen and a
horse to do his usual planting, and
instead of remaining there over night
he decided to go ashore at Guilford.
expecting to return in the morning
and continue his work. When he
started for the island early the next
morning he found the horse standing
on Half Acre rock in Guilford harbor,
the animal having swum ashore dur
ing the night. Upon arriving at Faulk-
ner's island he found both oxen miss
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-02-06

shores and spent an hour on the tiny
island, but very few regard 1t as a
place of any historical Importance,
and as they sail by or see 1t from the
shore merely consider it small piece
of land in the sound and think no
more Of 1t.
The island has been Of more or less
Importance for upward Of 200 years,
and besides being frequently mention
ed In the Guilford town records the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-02-06

the first recorded mention of Faux
ner's island. This. instrument de-
,scribed the land conveyed to the Eng
lishmen on Decs 17,,i1641, and says:
,"And that thetssaid iUncas hath abb
solute and Independent power to dis
pose and sell alisand every part of the
said lands. together with the island
which lyeth in the sea before the said
lands, called by the English Falcon
island and by the Indians Messan-
anunck.' The island was probably
classed until 1877 with the undivided
lands of the town and got its name
from the birds which frequented the
place. The tree under which the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-02-06

Alfred Belts fortune is variously
estimated at from $4OO,OOO,000 to ST.
OO0, 900, 900, but as far as the apoplexy
is concerned his holdings might just
as we'll stop at 30 cents.