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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-28

home, once again have part in ''Tretten
julie doge," the thirteen days OF Yule.
Yes. Christmas may come but once a
year in Sweden and Norway, but when
it comes it tarries-at least among the
peasants and farmers of many districts.
In the cities, too, Christmas day fingers,
the urban folks observing Christmas
eve, Christmas day, Second Day Christ
mas, and Third Day Christmas
Yule is festivity Of antiquity in the
northland, going back to the days Of
the followers Of Thor and Odin. Many
pretty customs, and merry ones, have
been handed down there, but more pref
tier, more charming, than that OF re
Numbering the birds" Mr.. Thomas,
once our minister to Sweden, thus de-
scribes the Christmas gift to the birds:
On my way home l noticed at every
farmers house we passed there was
erected in the middle Of the dooryard
pole On the top of which was bound a
large sheaf Of grain. Why is this?'
asked of my comrade. o, that is for
the birds, the little wild birds! They
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-28
One New Years Day'
BY Elisa Armstrong Beneoueh.

GU GOD morning, Mrs. Smithson.
Did you have a pleasant New
~ Years day?'
well, No, Mrs. Nayber, to tell the
truth, didn't You see, Mr.. Smithson
and concluded we would not spend the
day with his family, as usual. We
thought we would remain cozily at home
and have a nice long talk. Since he has
been kept so close at the Office and I
have been out so much, we don't seem
to see nearly as much of each other as
we used, and New Years day seemed
Just the time to get acquainted all over
again.
We'll, after breakfast, we sat cozily
by the fire to have a nice long talk about
our plans for the coming year. / just
took up the paper to glance at the ad-
vertisements for the next day, and he
went looking for his pipe-you know he
is miserable without it-and he couldn't
remember where he had left it the night
before Suddenly an idea came to me.
New Years day is the time to give up
bad habits; now, isn't it? At any rate.
1 felt it ought to be, and told Mr.. Smith
son he smoked too much; he admitted
that he did. 1t is bad habit l told
him, dirty, expensive and injurious to
health He admitted that it was.
Then. why not give it up, to-day, and
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-28

over 10000 Scan
dinavians sailed from our
shores for aSyisit to the ma
tive land. Taking the long
voyage, spending the hard
earned dollars, that they
NAV spend Christmas at
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30
COUNTRY AIR AND VOICES
Noise of the City Has Much to Do
with Deterioration of vo-
cal Powers.

Did you ever notice how quietly tho
countryman will speak and how harsh
in contrast sounds the voice of the
city man?" asked the observant man,
according to the Philadelphia Press.
II there were no difference in dress,
in the color of the skin, no other limo
to mark off the city folk from the folk
of the countryside we could still
distinguish the one from the other by
the pitch of the voice. The man from
the country will always speak in low
tone and in the case of the country
girl there is a mellowness about <her
voice which has proved an inspiration
of the poet. Mark the sharp, rasping
voice of the city man in contrast.
Even the voice of the city woman.
while retaining much that is mellow
and musical, is yet pitched in a highe,
key than the voice Of her country Sis
ter ;.
"Nor need we travel far to find the
reason for this differences The human
voice finds an enemy which is working
ceaselessly against it in the activities
OF the city. Noise is probably the
more important factor in bringing
about the deterioration of the human
voice in the cities. Children, as soon
as they learn to lisp the first words of
Infancy, begin to pitch the voice in an
extraordinarily high key. They begin
loud talking and they keep it up
throughout life. The quiet of The
country, on the other hand, makes no
SUCH demand on the voice.
THE child may speak without pitch
ing the voice in high key. There
are no sharp noises, no changing car
bells, rumbling vehicles or din and
whirl and rattle to arrest the meli-
fiuous vibrations. He may speak cas-
lily and naturally without straining the
muscles of the throat or expanding
the lungs beyond the normal limit.
Here we find the explanation of the
striking difference between the voice
OF the countryman and the man of the
city
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30
DISEASE is VERY COSTLY.
Laws Intelligently Framed Might
Prove of Great Value to
This Country.

By careful calculation the cost OF
malarial fever in Texas alone is esti-
mated by DR.. Woldert to be at least
S5,OO0,OOO year, and probably nearer
$1O,OO0,OO0. One person in IL in some
places is down with the disease. What
good business plan it would be to save
three-fourths or nine-tenths of this
wasted money by preventing the dis
ease. says the American Magazine. No
physician doubts the possibility; the
methods of prevention are well known
and are easily carried out.
The public, however-at least, its law
the wisdom of such economy. Money can
be found for "junketing tours" public
buildings of political character, and
a hundred less necessary measures, but
nothing or next to nothing for stop
ping the greatest loss to the community
that from disease. For every dollar
spent to pay public health officers and
the expense of preventive medicine
there can be $500 saved
1t is this financial aspect unfortu-
nately, that must be emphasized, and
which. long enough and loudly enough
reiterated, may at last bring about some
attention and practical law-making on
the part of our legislative bodies. Some
philanthropist should give a $1,000 prize
for the best essay on the subject, "The
Expense of Disease to the State" de-
signed to show the common people how
much could be saved by boards Of
health, if made active and powerful by
public money and support.
Such pamphlet sent and repeatedly
sent to every voter should in time es-
tablish competent public health officers
and then lessen the mortality rate by
half and the morbidity figures by three
fourths. For every death there are two
years of sickness, and even with our
present knowledge at least half of this
waste of money and life is unnecessary.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30
ARE TROUBLESOME PESTS.
Kidding Dogs of Fleas Is a TASK
That Cannot Be Accom-
plished.

Did you ever undertake to keep a. dog
free from fleas, not whining little toy
dog. but normal dog that runs about
in the grass and leads dogs life? It's
thankless job. Every day or twoSyou
have to sprinkle him with powder, the
smell of which Is distasteful to you.
detestable to the dog and abhorrent to
the fieas. Some of the latter are made
deathly sick, some are manned and
many are killed outright, but, strange
to say. their public punishment does
not act as deterrent on the feas that
are not caught The latter continue to
increase and multiply just as if flea
had never been brought to justice, and
whenever they get the chance they bite
dog.
One dog furnishes sustenance for
many generations of feas. the most
rigid police surveillance falling to dis
courage the young and active am,
them. In given length of time
will find given number Of ileas o.
given dog. The most vicious are
ones that have been sickened by .
powder TheJ are also the hardest
kill, as they don't mind it so much
second time In fact, after the thirC
fourth dose they seem actually to eno
1t. This is condition, not theo
as Mr.. Cleveland used to say. No M
ter how great your sympathy for
dog may be, you can't help him. y
can't establish social settlements ia fl
dom; you can't kill all the tieas in
world.
IL wouldn't be fair to kill all t !,
The best way is to let the dog]
fleas aght it out among themselves.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30
Little Things.

When you survey the chunk of ice
The iceman leaves each day.
You do not wonder that the thing
So quickly melts away.
But when the monthly bill comes in
You stare at the amount:
All! then. you are convinced it Is
The little things that count
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30
The Indennite Fifth.

The Inquisitive Passenger-Pardon
me. but have you any children?
The Grizzly Whiskcred Man-Yape
have two living, two dead, ald ,ne
married to the landlady of a select
boarding house.--Woman's Home Com
panion.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30
Robbed Of Its Terrors.

Mrs. Nags-Parlysis is terrible at
Fiction.
Mrs. Jaggs-Well, there was time
when thought SO too.
Mrs. Naggs-And don't you think so
still?
Mrs. Jaggs-Oh, no. You see, my
husband comes home two or three
times week with such stroke of it
that he has to be carried up the steps,
and I've got accustomed to it.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30
Hard Lines.

"Goodman's in bad way. He's got
such sore throat he can't talk, and"
II saw him on the street to-day, and
he seems to have a black eye, too"
That's just it. Not being able to
use his voice, he can't explain to peo-
pie that he got the black eye in =
perfectly innocent y."-Phi1adelphi
Press.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30
No Wonder.

Farmer Jason-Did yer hear how
Josh Medders is sum his wife fer di.
vorce?
Farmer Huskinby-Gosh, no! Whal
grounds has he got?
Farmer Jason-Cruelty. She insist
ed on his eatiu' tn same kind o. grub
she give tn summer boarders!-Puck.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30
His Ruling Trait,

81 went across the big pond with Rat
tles," tells the judge. He is not good
sailor, and what do you think he did
when the boat was tossing and pitch
ing?"
Give it up"
Tried to bride the court Offered me
$1,000 to suspend the motion. Detroit
Free Press
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30
Suspicion Not Yet Confirmed

Suspicion Not Yet Confirmed.
Miss Chellus married Mr.. Gayman,
understand"
ooh, yes; sometime ago"
$50 she caught him at last, eh?"
''No. she hasn't caught him yet, but
she has her suspicious. ILLUSTRATED
Bits.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30
A. Hard-Hearted Public.

Tom Tramper-Times amt wot they
used to be.
Pete Plodder-Youre right there.
Things has got so now that yeh can't git
a nights lodgin' in comfertible Jail on
less yeh rob house, an that's too much
like work.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30
Alarming.

The lover sighed like furnace.
"Hush!" whispered the beautiful
girl. in alarm. Papa will naturally
be opposed to having more than one
furnace to d."-Puck.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30
No Control Whatever.

She-Women may gossip sometimes,
but they have better control of their
tongues than men have.
He-You are right. Men have no
control whatever Of womsn's tongues,
ATit-Bits.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30
Plain Living.

Yeast-Do you believe man can live
on breakfast food?
rimsonbeak-Why, sure! My bar
Der lives on shavings States
man.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30
Get Rich Quick.

Howell-Are you to be married by
the Episcopal service?
Powell-No Episcopal service for
me; I'm going to get rich quick
Town Topics.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30
Doing Good by Stealth,

Wiggs-Deacon Buncomb is fond at
doing good deeds on the sly.
Waggs-Yes. but he's TERRIBLY Gu.
up if other people don't find out abc..
it-Philadelphia Record,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30
Candid Advice.

do you consider him man who can
be trusted?"
well" replied the Boston purist, 81
suppose he can be trusted. but there
would be considerable risk attached to
the proceeding. Chicago Record-Her.
aid.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30
The Law Mans wav.

When l want to broaden my shoulders
No physical culture for me-
I'll just HE me down to the tailors,
For he does it quicker. you see.
Fundamentals Sun.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30
Those Loving Girls.

Those Loving GIRLS.
Don't you think my new gown Is a
perfect dream?" asked the first dear
girl.
well. yes-in one respect" an
swered the dear girl the second
And what is that?" queried she Of
the first part.
There is absolutely nothing in
dream, you know" replied Grille No.
2.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30
A Study in Recommendation.

Frank" said a girl to her lover.
heres piece in the paper headed Kis-
met. What does Kismet mean?"
The word must be pronounced with
the t. silent, Nettie," replied Frank.
Why, that would be Kiss me. said
Nettie.
with the greatest pleasure" an
swered Frank, as he did so.-Tit-Bits.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30
Constantly Occupied.

The lazy man, though he may shirk,
Finds his enjoyment small
He keeps so busy lodging work
He gets no rest at all.
Washington Star.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30

'Corkly tells me that he made mis-
fortune with one grand stroke"
Yes, he married widow worth
million Detroit Free Press.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30
Another Hateful Thing,

"How did you like our new duet?"
she asked.
ooh. was that new duet? 1 thought
you were euarreling." -Yonkcrs States
man.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30
A Striking Example.

Professor-Robert, do you know the
meaning of the word "precipice." or
"bluff?"
Robert-Yessir.
Professor-You may give me an ex-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30
Sudden Changes Looked For.

Mr.. Substitutes no reason why
you should come down to breakfast
with your hair in that condition.!
Mrs. Styles-Why, 1 combed it care
fully, dear.
ooh, it's combed all right, but you
haven't changed the color. Why. it's
the same as it was yesterday" -Yon-
kers Statesman.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30

Mrs. Dixon-When my husband
stays out all night refuse to get him
any breakfast.
Mr.. Hixon-When I stay out all
night never want any breakfast
Chicago Journal.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30
Just Like Lightning.

Ascum-You haven't got that clerk
any more. What was the matter? He
seemed anything but slow to me.
Merchant-He was lightning.
Ascum-Quick?
Merchant-Yes, and crooked.-Phila-
delphia Press.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30
Unsatisfed.

Oh, wealth is hard to understand.
AS has been said before;
One gets a million dollars, and
Instead of seeking comforts bland
Wants several millions more.
washington Star.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30

Robert-I can lick you with one
hand.
Professor-sir! What's that?
Robert-That's bluff. - Golden
Days.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-05
Porcupine Grass.

N. S. French of LaMoure county has
been gathering facts about damage
done to stock by porcupine and needle
grass. Lewis F. Crawford, cashier of
the Interstate Bank at Sentinel Butte,
N. D., has written him a letter as fol-
lows: "Our heaviest losses are among
our lambs, in midsummer, when the
needles are r;pening and not from hay
fed them. have seen sheep dressed
for mutton when the needles were
found ON the under side of the skin
so thick that a finger could not be
placed thereon Without touching al
needle. l have seen the needles in
the thick meat Of the hams and also
in the abdominal cavity where they
had evidently passed through between
the ribs. l have not seen much dam
age to cattle but 4 yearling that had
died from an unknown cause had a
needle in its heart when it's body was
opened. This, however, think was
a very rare case Aside from a few
needles in the cattle's lips, have OBJ
served no damage to them"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-05

18th, 18th and 14th, with liberal stop.
over at New York City returning, and
also stopover at Niagara Falls and
Chautauqua Lake within final limit, If
desired. Also rate Of Sits from Chi.
cago to Boston and return, via direct
lines. Tickets good on any train on
above dates and also on special train
from Chicago at a. M, August 18th.
Final return limit September 30th, by
depositing ticket Through sleeping
car service. Meals in Nickel Plate
dining cars, on American Club Meal
Plan ranging in price from Csc to 81;
also service la carte. Write John Y.
Callahan, general agent, 113 Adams
street, room 29S, Chicago, for reserva.
ton Of berths in through standard and
tourist sleeping-cars, and full particu-
lars.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-05
PIummer Will Campaign.

New York Tribune: Colonel w. C.
Plummer, who began his newspaper
career as a printers devil in Bangor,
Me-, in 1849, and who was active in
journalism until 1895, was at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel yesterday. Every cam
paign for the last twenty years has
found Colonel Plummer on the hlls-
tings as an eloquent exponent Of re.
publican principles. He expects to
contribute in the same field of activity
this year to the election Of Roosevelt
and Fairbanks. Colonel Plummer still
claims North Dakota Is his legal resi-.
dence, though he spends much OF his
time in Maine, his native state, Il
have" said he yesterday, "too much
faith in the intelligence OF the Ameri-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-05
tho only high 0sooO Oaeln9 pOvoOP
mace q Q nsodOsoto prioOs
Calumet
Baking
Powder
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
Federation Of Catholic Societies Holds
Important Meeting.

Federation Of Catholic Societies Holds
Important Meeting.
Detroit, Aug. 5.-The American
Federation OF Catholic Societies dur.
ing the cay held the most important
business meeting of their three days
convention. A set Of resolutions was
adopted and officers were elected, in
addition to number of char 5es being
made in the constitution OF the fedel a.
ton. The most important of these
changes is one permitting Catholic
parishes and institutions to become
members of the fedel alton as we'll as
Catholic societies.
The resolutions open with renewal
of the declarations declaration of al
legiance to the pope; express salts
faction with the progress made in the
past year by Catholic societies in Ger
many toward the removal of restric-
tons onerous to Catholics; express
indignation at the tyranny" OF the
French government in it's recent sup
preston of religious orders in France
and Gin impeding free and immediate
communication between the pope and
the French bishops and falsely accus-
ing him of breaking the concordat."
On the school question the resolutions
say:
1--WE propose this solution of the
educational problem so far as we are
concerned: Let no public moneys be
paid out for religious instruction in
any schools; let the educational per
capita tax be disbursed for results in
purely secular studies only in our
Catholic schools, our teachers receiv-
Ing their salaries as other teachers re-
ceive theirs; to ascertain the results
let our schools be submitted to state
or city examinations. Thus will the
great principle of our government, mo
public moneys for sectarian purposes,
be preserved intact"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-05
can people to have any doubt of the
election of President Roosevelt"
ENTIRE FAMILY Persisted.

TeIIef Berge Lost His Wife and Six
Children by the Founderina of the
Norge.
Tellef Berge, who lives near Thomp-
son, Grand Forks county, lost his wife
and six children on the steamship
Norge. Mr.. Berge, who came to this
country less than two years ago,
bought tickets for his family from
Norway, on the steamship Norge, of
Geo. B. keenan, of Thompson. In that
country Mrs. Berge was known as
Mrs. Annasdatter, and the boat records
show that she and five children took
passage on the Norge. An acquaint.
ance of Mr.. Berge, who arrived in this
country few days ago, states positive.
ly that Mrs. Berge and all of the chill.
dren, six, took passage on the Norge,
Notwithstanding the ships record
shows but FIVE children in the family.
Mr.. Berge has given up hope of ever
hearing from his wife and children,
all of whom he is positive now per.
ished ON the Inflated vessel.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-05

The state and especially the medical
fraternity, is to be congratulated on
the action Of the republicans of the
Seventh district in shaping matters
for the return of DR.. John D. Taylor
of Grand Forks to the state senate
Senator Taylor has been one of the
active members of that body and
measures affecting the medical pro-
fession, and health, sanitary, and pure
food propositions have found an intel
hgent champion in Dr. Taylor. Mr.
Taylor's associates in the lower house
will be Hon. A. E. Allen of Thompson
who was member of the last house.
c. J. Oyind, of Peasant View, a mem.
Der of the house of 1899, and Frank H
Soule of Reynolds.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-05

the purely social feature is so stifled
by poisonous atmosphere and so
buried beneath unwholesome practices
that it is sometimes hard to recognize
it.
The problem is how to deal with
this class of places. There is no
doubt that the source of practically all
the evil is the fact of private profit.
When that is eliminated those who
have the dispensing of liquors have
no motive to push sales, to allow
customers to run up scores, to sell to
minors or to drunken men or to allow
any one to drink more than is good
for him. They have no motive to sell
any but the purest liquors, or to keep
open beyond the legal hours. It was
on this theory that society of public
spirited citizens in Gothenberg,
Sweden, in 1866 secured monopoly
of the retail sales of liquor in that city,
turning all profits over to public uses.
This system after having passed the
experimental stage became common in
Sweden and spread in modified form
to Norway. In Sweden the saloons
were made attractive, but it was
sought to discourage the drinking of
distilled liquors by making it to the
interest of the barkeeper to push the
| sale OF tea, cocoa, chocolate, milk and
other beverages and wholesome foods
which we're kept in stock. In Norway.
on the other hand, customers were
discouraged from remaining about the
premises, the purchaser being sup
posed to leave after getting his drink.
In the South Carolina dispensary sys-
tenn the social functions of the saloon
are also overlooked, the purchaser not
even being allowed to drink on the
premises.
The New York experiment is, of
course, radically different from any of
these in that it has not government
recognition and is not a monopoly. 1t
does, however, eliminate private pro-
fits and it's aim seems to be to draw
patronage from disreputable resorts
| by providing an adequate and attrac-
tive substitute under regulations that
do away with abuses. Undoubtedly it
has broader aims and not the least is
to encourage the establishment of
such places and to lay the foundation
for more wholesome control of the
liquor traffic. That DR.. E. R. l.. Gould
whose monograph on the Gothenberg
system was published by the labor
bureau, is one of those engaged in
this enterprise is perhaps significant
of more general purpose than that
Of competition with disreputable and
unwholesome resorts. Like the Mills
hotels this experiment may prove
worth following and may have sub
stantial results"