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Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-01

Yerkes was born in Philadelphia I'm 1881.
schooling. 1t is related that when he was
only 10 years old he wandered away from
his fathers middle class home one day and
strolled down among the docks. In an oh
scure cross street a sheriffs sale was in
progress. A little soapmaller had failed in
bushes ard was paying the penalty of his
bad management or misfortune Lite
Yerkes stopped and looked on The bid
ding was spiritless. Finally Sl7 was offered
for all the soapmakers small stock. II
seemed to young Yerkes that there was
lot of soap there to be sold for ST. SO he
bid SIS. AT this figure the soap was sold 70
him. He had no money, but he induced the
auctioneer TO wait until he could run home.
Rushing into his fathers shop he said:
Father, 1 want SIS"
what for, my son?'
81 don't want to tell you just yet; but IL
you will lend me SIS / will return it to you
tomorrow"
Finally Yerlies, ST., consented to this ar
rangement, and the boy ran out with the
precious SIS clasped tightly in his hand. lie
paid for his soap and hired an expressman
to drive him around with it to various gro
Gerry stores. to which he sold it in small
quantities. He paid the expressman and
father After this was over he had s31 left
as the net profits of the transaction. And
he was only 10 years old then.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-01

1t was his iron nerve that enabled him
to carry through his audacious deals, and
this quality was never displayed more
Enthusiastically than on that memorable
August night in 1896, after the Moore
Brothers failure, when a group of bankers
met at the house of the late p. d. Armour,
in Chicago. to discuss financial situation
rendered additionally precarious by the
amount of Yerkes paper the leading houses
were carrying 1t is a valued Chicago story
that Mr.. Yerkes, himself wearing a stiff
little straw hat, with a gaudy ribbon at
tached, saluted the solemn-faced group of
financiers with the breezy remark: This
is the largest collection of straw hats 1
ever saw at funeral"
He urged that the Stock exchange be
closed outright, and when its governors
hesitated at the boldncss of the sugges-
ton he declared: Very well, open for
business tomorrow. and you will close many
of the banks of Chicago before tomorrow
night" That word settled it.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-01
Z. RosEwATER, EDITOR.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-12-18

Z have often had occasion to protest
against the widely Rugged deIusion Of
beef tea being a highly nutritious food
As have stated 1t is a stimuiant and
has the objectionable quality OF render
ing the bowels lax In old age there
is an opposite natural tendeney-at
least, that Is the rule. When this rule
obtains and there Is weakness we shall
find in strong beef tea most valuable
medicine But do not commit the mis-
take OF regarding the stuff az food,
says Home Notes. 1t viii so stimulate
the body that food can be taken; it will
80 stimulate 1T that the person will
feel better, but tt Is making him live on
his vital capital Reef tea 10 no more
fourishing than brandy. q
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-12-18
Z She Got q Job.

There fs q true story Of one young
woman who had devoted almost a
year to pulling wires and using all
possible influence to gain an interview
with a certain theatrical manager. At
last her hopes were realized; she got
her appointment, and she was finally
ushered into the managers private Of
fee. He received her most cordially
and offered her q chair. Thank you.
SHE said gratefully; # think / win sit
down. I've been just ten months get
ting here, and I'm a little tired And
the manager, who Ia really great
man and hence has d sense Of h1mor.
promptly engaged her Charles Bel
mont DaYis in Outing Magazine.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-12-18
FACTS AsouT YOURSELF.

The average number Of teeth is thir-
ty-tWo.
The average weight Of an adult Is 158
pounds 6 ounces. -Ezzsa..-. = s..
The weight OF the circulating blood Ia
twenty Zine pounds
The brain OF a man is more than
twice that of any either animal
Al man breathes about twenty tineS a
minute, or LEO times an hour.
Over $40 pounds, or ere hogshead
and one and onefourth pfnts. of blood
pass through the heart In an hour
The average weight of the brain Of q
man is three and one-haf pounds, that
OF a woman two pounds eleven ounces
There are 1T5D0o,GoO cells in the
lungs, which would cover q surface
thirty times greater than the human
body. ~*''a,..- =
The average height OF am American
~ i've feet nine inches, OF a Frenehman
i've feet four inches, OF German five
feet seFen inches
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-12-18
THE BLAST FURNACE


IN GleAHKA& Vn& Ii RSG&B8AEY 10
Ese Dynamffe.
The fuaettsy, Of q blast furnace Ia
the reduction OF ores to metallic iron
The iron ore, HE stone and coke, is
put In at the top and the iron and Stag
are drawn OF at the base. The TEN
perature OF the interior OF blast fur
mace when in operation varies accord
ing to circumstances, but the molten
iron when drawn of Is aboat LOO de-
grees r., indicating a much higher
temperature inside
To withstand such terrific heat,
which is maintained By a powerful
blast of air which acts much in the
same manner as forced draft On a
boiler, tie furnace is lined on the III
side with a fine grade OF fire brick,
thoroughly burned This wall Of non-
eonabustibIe material is about four feet
thick, outside Of which is the steel
Jacket OF the furnace, about one~quar-
ter OF an inch thick
The lining Of a furnace will last
from two to six years. according to the
nature Of the material snaeited, the
furnace being In continuous operation
during that time. 1t takes about SIX
weeks to refine furnace. o.
After furnace Is blown o8t," or
ceases to be used there is quantity
OF iron which eools aud soiidffes at the
base OF the furnace. This fs called
salansander, and It Is necessary to use
dynamite to loosen this material and
get IT out of the furnace 80 that re.
pairs can be contaminated saIaman.
der has a ready sale, as It Is fine
grade OF pig iron.
good a blast furnace Is never allowed
to cool down or be taken out of blast
except at intervals Of several years fos
refining. Baltimore San.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-12-18

On one OF the southern railroads
there Is a station building that ID CON-
monty known by travellers as the small,
est railroad station In America. It fa
81 this station that the story is told
that an old farmer was expecting a
chicken house to arrive there, and he
sent one OF his hands, a newcomer, to
fetch It. Arriving there, the man saw
the house, loaded II on TO his wagon
and started tor home. On the way he
met a man In uniform with the words
asSsation Agent ON his cap.
.sGay, hold on. What have you got
on that wagony he asked .2=
my chicken house, Of course was
the reply. 3
.Chicken house be jfggeredg expIod
ed the official. That's the stationgs-.
Ladies' Home journal. S:5 @3lx.5s. q.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-12-18
Fishes. Z. narp,nIefer.-

sIn their way. said The old fisher
man, fishes are not such bad weather
prophets. II a storm Is approaching
the fish stop biting, and they Won't bite
again until the storm IS well over.
They appear to know when q storm is
coming and when 1t has really passed.
And to fishermen and farmers living
along the shore fish foreteH the near
approach of cold weather. Hours be
fore it comes fishes leave the shallow
waters inshore and seek deeper water,
which IN it's depths VIII stay warm and
keep an equable temperature after the
shaIlower and surface waters have
turned cold Oh yes, fishes know 8
thing or two about the weather.
Washington Post
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-12-18
WOOD RaT TYPlFlEs MAN.


He In ssnazs. Hx1t Hza AsguEsffivenezs
Ia EaEzxfaEse-
Too many Americans have the wood
rat instinct The wusd rat, the: aai-
mal. is native OF sButaern GreEen,
hut the wool l-at typiaeI in allE IS
NOR restricted 10 any small sas..tinnl OF a
stare ar natlan. bur IS we'll nigh unir,
yerSaL
The weed rat is small, 10 laTssgsar than
common rat. hut his ambition and
acauisiEyeaess ara Unsuitable. BIS
one insane desire seesns3 to- be tn In
CREASE. the size OF his pile OF sticks
The ueignharing field is pisiced under
rrss5ura. First, all the nearby sticks
are gatfleresT intoo the pile Then. as
these are cleaned up. he goes fsiETltar
and farther away from hu1ne- and es-
err twig is eagerly seized upon to in
crease the size OF his pile OF sticks.
The wood azt regards his Pile on
sticks as Il nafuges in: time OF trouble
ON the first sauniI OF alarm he rissles
for the pile and crawls underneath Ii
is here thar he often finds his destruc-
ton. FOR d summer fire. sometimes
sweeps through the woods. and the
wogd rats pile OF sticks makes a
vpriSafie furnace The larger the pile
the hssTsr the fire, and thus he has
FLIED uD the means Of his own aguny.,
/ We DO not need to carry the COM
PaEison any further The lesson is
obvious, but stu many OF us do not
appear To realize that we ara like the
wood rat, worshiufng pile Of sticks.
! We marry man because OF the size
/ OF his pile Of sticks and not from an
! innate atTacEvenesg We call this
ran success because he can gather
sticks faster than any OF his campan.
ions. We call this man asharn' aud
| @shrewd" because. after q fellow
/ worker has Eabar1susiy made Il hugs
! pile, he steps In and Gusts his fellow
from the pile and apprupriates all the
sticks for his OWL -
] Let us take warming from the wood
/ rat and the summer fretIae larger
| the pile Of sticks the fercer burns thu
fire when the time OF destruction final
! II arriyes.-Menfreal Star
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-12-18
sixrs For the old Days.

What stopped the old housewife hab-
it OF taking the fabIecioth out after
each meal and shaking it on the
ground to the edIfication of the dog,
eat, chickens and birds? As a boy we
used TO delight In that shake, especial
II II 8 comedy matron or a pretty girl
had hold Of the cloth her body swayed
so gracefully as she handled it No
other motion. not even the rhythmic
dance, set on her figure to better ad-
vantage, and the minxes knew it and
always managed to give those firts
when admirers were handy by But
some one invented a brush and a pref
ty receives, and a new fashion was
set Tashfngton tIa.) Press.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-12-18
DEEP SEA FISHES.
Eheres Being EaFhsnr Elise IN Eax,.
They Five Upon Each asher.

AASE-S A4&sAM 2ef8zH~% 2s4&$e Ata Es4xs
They Live Upon Each asheE.
-satAll the deep sen fishes are eaaruasus
eaters sags q naturalist There be-
ing nothing 10 eat bur the life aEnut
them. they lire upon each other Every
facility for killing and deFoursng
is provided 7aniagsssnee N DAME,
swiftaess and strsagtn 10 oEaF1aks
and oEer-2ower. knife blade feesh fur
tearing. atsnsrsnaEly Iarge jaws for
crushing. Whatever the grey or how
ewar larga il nlaE be-, there is little
trouble in swallowing it The mouth
ysstsTls like Il cavern. and the stomach
dfsseutfs ~ hnad a body even IHrger
than the swaEEawsr The appetite In
fishes seems never wanting and cnm-
pIese digestion with some. OF them is
only & matter OF half an hour For
this reason slaughter goes ON Rnend-
ingsy. Usually il is produced only by
hunger, but some monsters. Ike the
bis1efsf,. even when gUrgesl. Kill for
pure love o. Killing
OF the eternal warfare that goes On
beneath the surface OF the waves the
same writer remarks. They follow the
prey Hike packs OF wolves, and in turn
are followed, hand succeeding band.
increasing in size as they decrease in
numbers The behring's eat the smaller
fish. even their own young: they are
harrfesi by the bluedsEles until a trait
sf blood stains the water, while fol-
lowing the blneas;les come the iusata-
ate p,rpoises.. Nothing saves the
weaker ones bEt breed Many thou
sands ct eggs are spawned that a
dozen or more may be Matched and
brought to maturity. Billions are lost;
res, hut millions survive.
"The herrtngs move On the sea In
uncoun1a5Ie numbers-in banks that
are miles In length and width, in wind
rows SO vast that they perhaps keep
passing one given point In unbroken
succession for months at a time Just
50 with the nsenhaden- A catch In a
purse net Of 100000 fs not infreauent
Such numbers are sufficient to with
stand all the ravages OF the natural
enemy. The bass, the paddock and
the pollock may kill to their hearts
content, and stiH the mentaden viii
hold their own"-Chicag News
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-12-18
The WORD asauastexsr

OF sinister writer says: How
charged since the time ct the Romans,
III this simple word with dubious
things, with suggestions that are ever
tsrrfbsey It seems to convey the vague
threat OF dreans-she threat that is
something worse than the clear menace
Of trouble in waking hours Man want
ed a word for such terrors and took
the mere name Of the left hand THIS
would serve as well as another. seeing
that all words which we have flied
with mental emotions had a grossly
material beginning. az hitter and
sweet Emerson says that all Ian
guage IS fossil poetry, but the reverse
is true-hurnau language has grown
into poetry and has come to life with
time .....-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-12-18

k<AE5z5EA AafEEE7TNEEss ..
To ask far the one most justly ceze-
f1ateaT passage IN English prnsa ntgEas-
rure Is like asksng for the one most
Justly celebrated SORT OF ruif In the
orchard There ara easily a STARE af
a4uaEIg worthy passages. each one MAX
ing its especial appeal 10 a different
mpo&1 Of the mind
RIssiais, description OF Turner's
STARE ship satisfies our love 6or the ma
5est5c. c1ior and ussEsunl OF the sea
De Quinrey'ss reTer5e On the nebaia In
Orion carries 4 sense OF the vassless
and mystery OF the SHY PafsrsS pic
turing OF the shield on Hercules re-
builds for HIS the LIGHT and LIE OF
buried EaHaS. Swinbnruafs enEagy or
RnsssFl asTGusaIfs Us with the s3fentior,
and speed or his words. Le GaliienaeFs
prose fancy, The Twelve Weiis.1' sTirs
1ur hearts with the precious disaufeH or
aid s8rr8ws.. Victor Hugass Grafton IN
EThe Man Who LAUGHS" awakens in
Us the ennnfling passion OF humanity.
Linnolnts Gettysburg speech bushes the
soul with it's fine appeal To the heroic
in the heart OF man
I might go on 10 mensiau Emerson,
Poe ThnreaM, Hawthorne Like Far
rtsy Jeremy Taylor as well as St Mat
thew. ST John. Isaiah, job and otiier
peers in the parliament OF words
but content myself with making the
one selection that is perhaps my ia
vorita in most OF my moods T refer
to that stately and sonarous passage
from CartyIess "Sart0r Resartlls'
where he sees history as q srupendous
procession farth-issuSng from Gimme
RAN night and vanishing into pathetic
and farhensless silence Here is the
passage -. A....
Like some wild flaming, Wild thun-
Gerfng train OF heavens artillery does
this mysterious mankind thunder and
fame In feng drawn, quick succeeding
grandeur through the UNKNOWN deep.
Like God created, fire breathing SIR
tt hostr we emerge from the fnaae, haste
stormfuisy across the astanashed earth,
then plunge again into the name.
Earths mountains are Ieyeied and
her seas filed up In aur passage Can
the earth. whzck Is but dead and a
vision, resist spirits which have real
tty and are aiives On the hardest ada
naant some footprint OF Us Is stamped
In; the Last rear OF the host VIII read
traces OF the earliest van But whence?
o heaven, whittier: Sense knows not,
Filth knows not only that It is through
mystery to mystery, from God to God
| Edwin Markham In Success.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-12-18
The American Gin.

The American girl is a most interest
ing contradiction. She is regarded as
the worlds greatest representative Of
feminine freedom, and yet at the root
OF her character she Is the most pru-
dish of girls. She makes the best friend
tor q man. and yet his worst lover.
She cannot deny that she Is q dirt, and
yet she Ii at heart bard and selfish.
She VIII do the most unconventional
things, and vet in no part Of the world
b etiquette more insisted on than ID
American society Madame Of Lon,
don.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-12-18
mis- Promotion

A somewhat turbulent private wrote
10 his mother: II am sorry ron had no
latter last week, but am defauIter,
and IT gives me heap Of extra work z
The good woman In reply begged him
not TO be too hard on the cfhers, but 10
remember be had been private him
self. regret to say that be reared
with laughter and read the letter aloud
tor the benefit Of all who shared his
room. Miss M. Loane, Queens
Nurse, In Contemporary Review
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-12-18
Henry ut. Dwand


Enea
General Sir
TghnoaSh Sandys. 1875
1872
British
1875
1871 He
esfysd foreign secretary
1885,
1888 He made knight
minister
the
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-12-18
BnsIs of naIrushes. !.

The flrst place Of WorahIp in Western
Australia was unique in two respects
the materials Of which it was built
and also the several purposes to which
II was devoted. This remarkable build
ing was made ut Perth BY soldiers
shortly after their frnt arrival III 1920
and YVES composed almost entirely Of
buIrushes. In addition to tts use ON
Sundays Cor divine worship it occa-
sionaIIy served as an amateur theater
81 The week and during the whole Tins
40 q barracks. 81
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-12-18
gausteaI Mote.

"A gentleman at a musical party
where The lady was very particular not
to have the concord OF sweet sounds
interrupted, seeing that the fire was
going ont, asked friend In 4 whisper,
How could you SIR the Ore without
5interruphBg the music re-
.Between the bars!'' replied the
friend Home Notes.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-12-18
A Certain advantage.

A woman can always get the better
Of man In an argument. said the
visitor.
Z Yes, answered Miss Cayenne. ssBut
we should remember that In an arga-
meat a woman always has q certain
advantage. She Is not expected to be
gentleman. Warrington Star.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-12-18

Mature 10 the most thrifty thing In
iise world she never wastes anything;
sha undergoes change, but there's no
snnlhiiation; the essence romans; mat
/ sr Fl eternal.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-12-18
4 sfsnsy SON.

Tack What's the difference between
tae color Of rose and d counterfeit
copper Dick-I hate to give up any
thing With money III it but 7 do. What
n the answer2 Jack One Ii a good
scent and the other lsn't bohemian
Magazine.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-12-18
Durtnx tlae n,sah HosIr.

She We're you ever tn a street car
accident2 He Yes The ear was COM
psetely wrecked but the passengers
were packed 50 light that only the out
side layers were injured. Chicago
News.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-12-18

n There lii no duty we 10 much undoe
rate as fhe duty Of bsine happy,
-~ssteveass0n. a
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-04-05
A friendly thought Is the purest gift
q man can afford to man Carlyle.
Mystery Of Lost Kerchiefs.

obviously there Is a vast difference
between the lost and found columns OF
the handkerchief market" said the wo-
man shopper. Everybody loses hand
kerchiefs, but who finds them?
az lose a handkerchief every time |
10 downtown Is the familiar plant OF
women, but who ever heard of one
saying, I find a handkerchief every
time 20 downtown Nobody says 1t,
because nobody does such a thing, and
somewhere about town many yards OF
linen and lace done up in handkerchief
form are blown about daily, seeking
owners. Eventually they are picked
up by the street sweeper, but by that
time they are so tattered and solled
that he can scarcely recognize them as
handkerchlefs. Anyway, not being a
philosopher, he would not stop to won
der how they happened to be there. II
would be interesting, however, If he or
somebody else would figure out why,
in view Of the many handkerchiefe
that are lost, so few are found."-New
York Press.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-04-05
WORK new SWINDLE
New York Letter Carriers Practice
Unique Graft,
MEN ARE NOW UNDER ARREST
Alleged Fraud Consists in Aftixing Can
celled Due Stamps to Foreign Let
letters and Collecting Postage
Discovery is Made.

NEW YORK, April 4,-Three letter
carriers of station B. Attorney and
Grand Streets. were arrested last night
by Postal Inspectors, charged with
working new swindle. The men are
George Dawson, William c. Spencer
and John J. Maloney.
The alleged fraud consisted in atfixins
cancelled postage due stamps for ten
cents to letters from foreign countries,
after removing the foreign stamps. The
carrier then collected the face of the
postage due stamp from the receiver
of the letter. Something the same game
was worked with foreign letters that
lacked a stamp, and then the govern
ment was the loser. 1t is not known
how widely this trick has been played
but change in the whole method OF col
lecting postage due, especially on mail
from Europe, is likely to follow.
An unusually large income of foreign
mail is handled at the postal station
Many of the senders of letters pas
sing through this branch are European
peasants, and often neglect to affix
the requisite amount OF postage to their
letters. So many are the unstamped let.
ters that some slip through the hands
of the distributing clerks and are given
to the carriers unstamped. 1t was the
ottet, letters that bronghd about, a
discovery of the trick. New York ask
ed Buda Pest and Cracow why they
did not stamp their letters and help
their friends save nickles. and Buda
Pest and Cracow responded that they
did stamp them. Then complaints from
New York rained into the post office
Investigation, it is alleged, developed
that Spencer, Mahoney, and Davidson
were buying large quantities of cancel
ed postage due" stamps from dealers
in stamps. For these they paid 81
hundred.