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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-06-29
cuLTivATiNG THE CHILD.
How ANY Tratt May BE Fixed In u
Normal Human Being.

How ANY Tratf May BE Fixed In Is
Normal Human Being.
There Is not single desirable attri-
I.bnte which, lacking in a plant, may not
be bred into 1t. Choose what improve
ment you wish in flower, a fruit or d
tree, and by crossing, selection, cult
vation and persistence you can fix this
desirable trait irrevocably. Pick out
any trait You want in your child, grant
ed that he is a normal child, be 1t hon
esty, fairness, purity, iovableness, In
dustry, thrift, what not By surround
Ing this child with sunshine from the
sky and your own heart, by giving the
closest communion with nature, by
feeding him well balanced, nutritious
food, by giving him all that is implied
In healthfnl environmental influences
and by doing all In love you can thus
cultivate In this child and fix there for
all his life all of these traits-natu-
rally not always to the full In all cases
at the beginning of the work, for he
redity will make itself felt first, and, as
in the plant under Improvement. there
will be certain strong tendencies to re-
version to former ancestral traits, but
In the main with the normal child you
can give him all these traits by pa
tiently, persistently guiding him IN
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-06-29
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

Good Intentions rarely survive the
headache that actuates them. ss;
When you talk about people be-
hind their backs. do You give them a
square deal2 NJ ss3s :.Ss3I
s5s You have probably met the bore who,
no matter what the attraction, always
recalls a better one. zs.5s.. III
There IS this much to be said about
the men: Some very fine fish have
been caught By very inferior bait.
They say a mans disposition Is sure
to come 7out when he's drunk. and II
y sure to come ont also when he Is
buying when he is spending his
money. ss#s
When You meet q man on the streets
and feel desire to tell him a story,
shorten It. Don't string 1t ont with long
and unimpo rtarit details. Get to the
point at once. Atchison Globe. b
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-06-29
The Name Of Higgins.

+ Many people who sign themselves
Higgins have sought to prove that their
surname Is derived from the name
borne by ST Hygfnus, u tracing 1t
through the old English form ."St
Ygyn."A But according to an authority
their name Is really connected with
IKE" short for Isaac, or, rather, with
.Hikke, the form in which .'Ike" APP
peared Id Langtand's time. aIsaacs,
! Isaacson, Hicks, Higgs,a dickson and
Higson would thus be different YER
sions of the same name, while Higgins
IL merely modified by the addition Of
the AnglosS ernlaa diminutiYe Anoth-
er school de-:ves Higgins, Hutchinson
and Higgins ali.se from Hugh, OF. more
exactly. from Hugonis, the genltiYe Of
the Eatin Hugo s35s 5ta NJ
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-06-29
ThfowinE Mud.

d Unless words without meaning are
used q persons vocabulary must be
bounded By his knowledge. Many
years ago I was teaching a class Of
poor children In the school connected
WITH the Church Of ST. Paul's, Covent
Garden One day T exhibited a picture
3of bayfield, with men carting hay.
4 asked the children what the men
were throwing up into the cart. They
answered, without q moments hesita-
ton. Mud It then occurred to me
Cor the first time that these children
had never seen hayfleld Or the cart
ing Of hay, but the scavenger's cart,
earring mud. they were quite familiar
with. and hence they spoke within their
knowledge. London Notes and Que
fies. III 4
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-06-29
InIsMARck DAILY ralsuAE, raIDAy, JUNE y, 1905
LAuflc HING a VESSEL.
the Crucial Moment Ii when shes
Takes the Water.

The Crucial Moment III When CHE
Takes the water.
That launch is matter Of mathe-
matics, as we'll as Of great skill and
labor, is shown by the fact that the
man Of science who has the matter In
charge always makes a set OF caicula-
lions showing the strain OF the ship
and Its precise condition at practically
every foot OF the journey down the
ways. II a boat should get In the way,
or IL 1t should take an unusual length
OF time to knock out the keel blocks,
or II any one Of half d dozen things
should cause serious delay, the scien-
tiflc man knows just how long he can
walt and just how far the limit Of
safety extends,
There is always one supreme mo
ment In launch, and 1t is at a time
that escapes the average spectator, It
Is when the vessel gets fairly well into
the water. This is when an important
factor known as the moment Of buoy
ancy' comes into play. If you can
imagine vessel sliding down an In
cline without any water into which to
drop, you can see that the vessel would
tip down sud- denly at the end which
has left the ways and would rise at the
end still on the incline. But really In
successful launches the stern Of the
vessel Is gradually lifted up by the
water, and this throws the weight for.
ward on that part OF the ship still rest.
Ing on the ways. The force Of the
winter Isl called the moment Of buoy.
ancyr, and the atural tendency of the
ship to drop to the bottom Of the
stream Is called the moment oi
weight. Now, the moment .of buoy
ancy must always be greater than The
moment OF weight, but It must not be
very much greater for II 1t were Il
would throw too much weight forward
on the part of the ship still on The
ways and might break them down OF
inJure the plates or keel OF the ship
When the English battleship Families
was launched. this did really happen
and SO great was the strain near the
bow that parts Of the cradle were &C
tually pushed right into the bottom o,
the vessel. It Isl this danger Of disaster
that causes the ascientif ic launcher tt
make the most careful calculations a.
to the conditions surrounding the shir
at every foot Of. her Journey into thu
water. .... Z. ,.8s., .z .s8
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-06-29
GAY FASHIONS OF THE PAST.
nandfes OF Past Centuries w0ald
Make solomon Look SAD.

nandfes OF Past Centuries wOald
Make solomon Look Sad.
Compared with the gay apparel worn
| by the handles Of the past ages the.
youths Of our time In the gayest Of
lgay raiment make but a poor show.
Fl The bishop of Ely In the fourteenth
century had change OF raiment for
every day in the year. The Earl Of
Northumberland boosted no less than
sixty cloth Of gold suits at this time.
In Queen Mary's time the wardrobe
Of a bishop must have been the envy
/ of solomon for the variety and costli-
ness Of Its contents, and even d simple
village priest wore a yestment Of
crimson satin, yestment Of crimson
velvet. a stole and fanon set with
pearls, etc" St n e
In the time of Chaucer the men wore
clothes as many colored as Joseph's
coat So that while one leg would be a
blaze Of crimson the other would be
ricked out In green, blue or yellow
without any regard for harmony or
contrast. " ~ :5 s.
Even as late as the middle of the
eighteenth century a dandy would
dress himself in q vivid green coat, a
waistcoat Of scarlet, yellow brooches
and blue stockings. @s.s
And the gentleman Of few years
later wore, among other yagaries, a
coat Of light green, with sleeves too
small for the arms and buttons too big
for the sleeves; pair Of fine Manches-
ter breaches without money in their
pockets; clicked silk stockings; q club
Of hair behind larger than the /. head
which carried 1t; hat not larger than
9 sixpence. III s. 4. ::8
/ 1t was common thing in the early
part of the eighteenth century for a
Imam Of fashion to spend several hours
daily In the hands Of his valet Among
the many operations which took up
i this time was .'the starching Of the
beard and the proper pertaining Of the
garments, the painting Of the face and
amounting with oils, tinctures. essences
and p0matums."-NewY York Herald. "a
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-06-29
THE FLAGEoLET.

- Has Always Been the Love Flute
s55 OF the Apache Indian.
VI The fiageolet is Of peculiar interest
to Americans, as from time immemo-
rial 1t has been the medium through
which the Indian youth courted their
sweethearts at distance when they
were 30 unfortunate as to be unable
to gain a personal audience.
" The love or counting flute Of the Apa-
che Is made Of round stick Of cedar
about twenty-four inches long, split
lengthwise and followed to form an air
chamber. a hole Is made on each side
sof this diaphragm and shallow air
passage cut from one hole to the other.
Above It cap Of wood Is placed for
the purpose Of covering the upper hole
and the air channel. The lip issmade
of thin sheet Of lead and the whole
bound together with slender thong.
In the tube part or body Of the instru-
ment are placed six finger holes. "a
condition that points unmistakably to
the influence OF contact with the white
man. a Z 81. S + 49, 4 .s
j The fageolet, as ordinarily under
stood, may be described as "a whistle
headed flute. In the seventeenth cen
tury1 English ladies often played on It.
Sometimes two or. three. fageolet tubes
were constructed with one head for the
purpose Of introducing notes IN har-
mony. These were called double or
triple fageolets, and patent was tax
en- out for this instrument by one
Bainbridg e. 80
An old English diary Of 1867 contains
this quaint reference to the double
hageolet: ITO Dumbleby's. the pipe
maker, there to advise about the max
Ing Of q fiageolet to 60 low. and SOFT
and he dosshow me q way which to do
and also a fashion OF having two pipes
Of the same note fastened together, so
as can play on one and then echo 1t:
upon the other, which Is mighty pref;
U."'-American Inventor. iii ,zzas. =. j
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-06-29
,rhe word ssrar. I.

Z Why Is the word s.tar' a synonym
for "sailor r? Some dictionaries say
that the aIlusions II to the seaman'a
'tarry hands and cloth the saviour
Of tar Of Stephano's song I'm 1.-THE
Temp pest. Burns uses starrybreeks''
as equivalent to ailor But 1t is re-
garded as much more probable that
Is short for y arpaulin,' 4 since
Clarendon and other writer's colIoqnial-
" use @tarpaulin e TO signify a seaman.
ZOE course. this ultimately gets back to
tar, q taspaulin being q tarred s'pail-
Ing. : on covering (the same word as
spall,,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-06-29
rhs Car 81 me wald.

T. Most OF our song birds have three
notes expressive OF love, alarm and
fellowship The latter call seems 20
keep them in touch with one another.
4 might perhaps add to this INST the
scream OF distress when most birds
hitter when caught Nv d eat or q hawk
1.-THE voice of sunto nfreiied terror and
pain which lie nearly the sarae In I'll
tapecies dissonant and pieEeing The
cthar notes and calls are char acteristic.
Int this last IS the simple screech 81
common terrified nature John Bur
roughs Al Country Life In America
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-06-29
a Carlo.

RAggy Frappe Yes, met 1the;
ehawming Miss Flasher when she was,
on Her tout. and she asked me FOR my
piefnfe. sseaIIs Miss Tabasco YES, II
heard har say she was collecting PIC
tslres be all the curious objects she ran
across "a this country Chicago News.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-06-29
sure 81 HI. choir.

a peppefy New England parson who
was disturbed by his choir during
prayer time got even with them when
he gaYe ont his closing hymn by add
Ing, hope the entire congregation
Will join IN singing their grand old
hymn. and I know ne choir VAN, for 1
heard them hurnning 1t during The
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-06-29
ssasrinsaa.l r.adsassss.

We always tend to run to extremes II
.o1r social fashiors. and It is therefore
not ttllout some Interest one may
even say anztety, that we shall watch
the very decided tendency of society
women to marry men very much youn-
ger than themselves There may come
d day when an age limit may have to
sbei Instituted London World
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-06-29
snvored 81 the truth.

that's no lie, remarked the man
with the newspaper.
whats no lie?'' qneried the other
party to the dialogue
'@This paragraph to the effect that
wise men are more often wrong than
fools are right " answered the other.
Chicago News.
New-York tribune., 1906-02-24
BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
FICTION.

ART b52y d n & X5gSG II 9:n BGas EHtsafts from 70 th.
fhnGeI mo pp 6 6 Sppson Wh c6 frontspiec
G9Ogs S 1t9l by sgismonq de dyanowsk 12O pp asS
A Of modern English life.
THE sP1RT BIT OF THE BORDER 20 BY zane Grey
pp. sG6 a, L Burt Company
A romance Of the early settlers of the Ohio
THE 6 onae Hrs Rq5ann no wn 9B
&C. W. Dillingham; Company
THE oP P GSrToD p EsSsas Ha'
&C. W. Dillingham; Company
\ mystery and crime.
LOVE LETTERS THAT CAUSED A DIVORCE BY
DILLINGHAM; Company
story told in the form OF correspondence
THE LADY AND THE LADDER By Harrison Gar
Anderson. 12mo wifi. 2sl. Doubleday. Page
\ comedy of modern high society" The ad-
ventures of an American widow IN mounting the
social ladder.
THE RATTLE OF HIS CHAINS. BY w H Clare
l2mo PIP. s7O, eastern Publishing Company
A sociological romance
with fourteen illustrations by, the author, i2mo
pp. 252 Cox, Dufied & Coz
Eight short stories Indian life
John Lane Company
a semi-allegorieal narrative Of a modern British
expedition TO Utopia. supposed to be located in
THE ADVENTURES OF sUPERcARGo By Louis
Becke. 12mo. PIP 2s5. q. B. Lippineott Com
story Of the South Seas
THE IDLERs. BY Morley Roberts with a frontispiece
in coors BY John c. Frohn. l2mo. Pp. S62- (I@ c.
Page & Coz
story Of modern social life in England
THE DAWN OF A TOMORROW. BY Frances Hodg
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Sons)
New-York tribune., 1906-02-24
SCOTLAND AND THE SCOTCH.

John Foord's speech to the Burns Society.
Has IT ever occurred to you gentlemen. that men
nroportion to the intensity of the struggle they
nave nav Io advsedy because there is no such
thing as right 10 live. apart from the enort re-
eXtnction Of the Individual the nation the race
Our forefathers did not waste any He & IN
those who were there before them, and possessed
ceeded TO the harder task of conquerng nature.
Caledonia. stern and wild is doubtless as S5 SlT Wal al
she must have been par1icul1ry & ery I1 hTFse & a0T
the nUIp Who hTSt 5 'asd and 70 tay The
earth was not SO kind that had just TO tickle It
Was a dour weet and cauld soil. even where in the
LothiSns the 1 fsTSe fTner taxes TO-DAY his forty bush
els of wheat out OF acre, and neeps and tattieS
surPoUnds m the links Of Forth and makes the Carse
of stirling and those broad and fertile acres which
aogrs eSs On tRe Knsdom Fife needed long years Of
eident toll before the yiedeq GrGPs BPS en9Gsn IN the
life to take root in the land And IL that conquest
extracting corn and bere from the stony hillsides
and moorland farms between Tweed and Tay and
bandry Gpstered beside The s5TeanleSs & that flow flow
made that soil yield them a living was marked out
for great things, because II had demonstrated its
il nay: where the climate was as inconstant as the
soil was refractory; where beau beauty var ana 3
of admiring the beauty must be bought by the
the hands and the sweat OF the brow;
Then, what suppose we must call perfectly
natural thing happened. These rude forefathers
conceived for their Grabbed auld mither Scot
land, that would give them nothing without toll.
a love passing the love OF woman. How much
they loved her most OF you can tell by looking
into your own hearts. AS l have had occasion 10
remark before. In this presence Time does not
what time has not gone 10 the making OF,
and the passionate love OF the Scotsman for his
native land ranks among the great passions which
possess the hearts of men, because generation
after generation has owned its power and the man
ceases 10 be Scottish who would willingly let IL
die. There basis of truth for DIR. Johnson =
gtbe that the noblest prospect which "A Scots
man ever sees is the high road that leads TO Eng
land" and England IS the greater and stronger
for the longer procession OF the men OF the North
who have sought their fortunes in the South.
There IS at least as much ground for the saying
that Scotsman is never so much at home as
when he Is away from home. and though the pat
New-York tribune., 1906-02-24

INTO his volume entitled "The Last Spike" ne
mas touched deeper note and attained higher
oegree OF literary excellence than In his earlier
work Some OF the stories are plainly imaginary.
others are as plainly accurately biographical.
but all are founded on actual experiences or
observations of the author. who perhaps better
tnan any other American writer has felt and
translated the romance of railroad pioneering
and administration
The stories In Mr.. Lancaster's book Sons o.
Men. treat of sheep and cattle rangers in New
Zealand. They are not rich in striking incident
the author is chiefly concerned with the unut-
terable Manliness OF his characters and gives
US traits rather than drama. These might have
been made more entertaining If Mr. Lancaster
had not that self-conscious way of writing about
the male subjects OF the British Empire which
Mr.. hipling has done so much to make the
fashion. THE boys had faced death uncounted
times and without fear" he says "as is the
custom of the men who make out to the corners
Of the earth where is life in the raw. strong and
unbridled. Nice boys Nice corners of the
earth But the 'virile' story is getting weari-
some. Mr.. Lancaster makes 1t less interesting
than ever.
New-York tribune., 1906-02-24
Published The MACMILLAN COMPANY s4ss sx Ss!s

Bushmen. 1t has been the interested occupa-
ton of Caroline Furness Jayne to study and to
make record of all these string and loop diver
slons, excepting those where a human neck Is
involved, and the Scribners are to-day publish
ing sumptuous volume by her. describing these
curious pastmes. under the title of String
Figures" The book is illustrated with more
than thousand diagrams
A correspondent of "The Athensum" quotes
IN that periodical some almost forgotten lines
In which in 1923 Barry Cornwall dedicated one
of his poems to Charles Lamb:
s Go3d 9 Ftendi n whose spirit Ike April day
Fantastic, gay,-yet gentle more than CAV
1ni Ana rlch and deep as in sic the populous main
Beneath shadow OF thy Tising oGin name S fain'
po6 nif1 - snan not pass away while wit shall be-
fFouu 10 associate my verse with thee
Another instance of royalty engaging In lit
erary adventure is to be recorded in the publ-
cation, in London, of THE Queens Carol" a
collection of poems. stories. sketches drawings
and music. edited by Queen Alexandra, and now
being sold for the benefit of the Queens Fund
for the Relief of the Unemployed. Among the
contributors are Robert Hichens Bran Stoker.
Israel zangwill. George Meredith, Thomas
hardy, Edwin A. Abbey, Sir Gilbert Parker
Katherine Cecil Thurston, Theodore Watts Dun
ton, Sarah Grand. Mrs H. X Clifford AIgernon
Charles Swinburne Austin Dobson and Max
Pemberton.
Sir Walter Scott wrote to a friend in 1919 an
interesting letter describing his efforts to keep
the secret Of his authorship of ''Waverley" He
says in this letter. which is now on sale in an
Edinburgh bookshop:
own did mystify Mrs S. little about the re-
port you mention, and am glad to hear the dnesse
succeeded. She came up to me with great over
now Of gratitude for the delight and pleasure and
so forth which she owed TO me account of these
books. Now, she knew very well that had
never owned myself the author this was not polite
ponteness. have notion of being pumped
py any oId Dowager Lady of Session, male or
female In plain words, denied the charge, and
write these novels, suggested Adam Ferguson as
a person having all the Information and capacity
necessary Tor that purpose But the inference that
ne was the author was OF her own deductng and
ing primed the pump with good dose of hattery.
Charles Marriott the author of THE Column -
a novel which had a certain success in this coun-
try. has written new one called 1.-THE Lapse of
Vivien Eady." Vivien Iapses from faith in her
ideal of a husband. and engages herself to a
prig described dreadful" Does she marry
him? Inquire Of Mr. Marriott
The "reminiscences of the Provencal poet
Frederic Mistral now coming out week by
week in French periodical, and are exciting
prodigious interest in It's readers 1t is believed
that an English translation will be published.
New-York tribune., 1906-02-24
TRAVEL AND TOPOGRAPHY.

BRUGEs AND WEST FLANDERS: Painted by Ar&edes 2
ForAstier Described by G. W. T. Omond WIN
tbirty-seven Illustrations IN colors. Svo. pp Z 49,
(The Macmillan Company)
THE, DEVELOPMENT OF PALESTINE EXPI<OFtA-
TTON BY Frederick Jones Bliss. Ph. D. LIMO PIP
Xxx S27. Charles Scribner's Sons1
r>o,Drstnr the Elv lectures for 1908. delivered
before the Union Theological Seminary, New-York
New-York tribune., 1906-02-24

Of the exile has not always been straight nor hIs
efforts always blessed. / know Of no country o-
CLINE where the things that Scotsmen have done
are not chiefly remembered because OF the essen
tial nobility that was in them; I know of none
where Scottish lineage were IL but on the mither's
side, is cherished proud possessior-a dis
tincton TO be handed down 70 LATEST posteriry But
go where he WILL live where he will the love which
the Scotsman has for his native country abdes vrI
him; Is well OF sweetness for him in the deserC
and cup refreshing amid the din. the dirt and
the struggle OF the cities IN other lands His is the
feeIng OF the Hebrew captive by the rivers OF
Babylon: If | forget thee. Jerusalem LEI nv
right hand forget her cunning. II I do not re-
member thee, let my tongue cleaVe to the roof OF
my mouth: If i prefer not Jerusalem above nv
chief joys" Or 10 express the sentiment In his
own tongue
New-York tribune., 1906-02-24
Where the caller breezes sweep
over the mountains crest.
Where the caller breezes sweep
Is the land that ] love best

But there Is neither complaint repining IN
all this no disposition 10 disparaee the land he
lives In the exaltation OF the land re has left
He is very apt 10 think the place he Is IN rather
tho better Tor his presence and be properly
scious OF the fact that IL it a fairly good
place he would not be there. He is greatly
ceDttbe to hOmeSiCkneSs. being usually cOnrere
TO oite his time Tor chance TO the broom
and the heather again. and TO watch the lark ris-
ing till IL becomes a SghtlesS song IN his native
Scottish air, But I think the object OF his de-
sire Is always the tangble thing called Scotland.
i do not believe that he reasons the German
does in answer to the question What Is the Ger
man FatherlargS' by saying that wherever ths
German tongue is heard and German song as
cends 10 heaven. that ia the German Fatherland.
SO might German argue, celebrating as We 90
tonight. that he has recreated the Fatheriand
and placed section OF u right here IN Demonf-
cos, To US, this Is merely "A way OF keeping
green the memory OF the Motherland OF revivins
our longing TO bury our noses IN the thyme with
which she clothes her rugged bosom. and OF play
ing ON the heart strings that thrill 20 every touch
or the greatest OF her singers and the most paSs
sionate OF her adorers.
New-York tribune., 1906-02-24
TASTE IN AN ENGLISH COUNTRY VILLAGE
From The London Academy.

Iron The London AcadcIIy
Tree planting is not the only amusement prae-
tfsed al EynshaIn on Arbor Day. Last year the
population. headed by the village band ana
armed with stout ropes. pulled down Two huse
and unsigbtIv nil advertisements the rail-
way station-and the pill people did not dare TO
prosecute; this year six aged inatrons, eacn
armed with a pail Of water and her scrubblns
brush ana spurTed on by the town crier. ana tie
village band playing the provocative strains OF
Cock o. the North" obliterated all the adYer-
tisements on a huge bi sticking boarding.
Splendid