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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-04
HIS OPPORTUNITY.
He Found It In the Rubbish Heap and
Made the Most Of Il.

He Found II In the Rubbish Heap and
Made the Most Of II. .85
IS How to bridge the gap between my
clerks desk and the magic "road' was
my serious problem not so many years
ago. was a stock man in big
railway supply house. I felt I knew
the business, believed / had selling
ability, and the game appealed to me
irresistibIy. But the sales manager
thought was too young. It was up
to me to prove myself. ;.z !. l8
The opportunity to do so would not
come from him. 7 must find it myself,
and kept my eyes open.
One Of the eyesores Of the warehouse
was great pile Of red glass globes
for brakemen's signal lanterns. They
had been In stock for five or six years,
200 dozen Of them.
Styles in lanterns for railroad men
had changed. Our new models were
all too small and light to make use OF
them. They were simply rubbish. Two
or three times the head OF the depart
ment had all but decided to break thena
up to save storage room. III
Going home one night / noticed the
red lights guarding a gas main exca-
walton cheap lanterns with red cloth
sewed round the globes, signals you
couldn't see a hundred yards away.
Thought of our stock of old red
globes. came to me, and next morning
took one down to the lantern depart
ment. I explained my idea to the fore
man and asked him II he could make
up cheap lantern for contractors use.
He interested himself. stamped out
the shapes for two dozen with our old
tools and gave me the cost figures. I
added the original price Of the globes,
plus interest, and had no trouble sell
Ing the whole lot to one contractor.
Canvassing the town, sold twenty
dozen to the gas and water companies
and individual contractors.
Then asked the sales manager to
let me sell the rest Of the globes. He
| was amused, but put me on his payroll
and gave me a mileage book, and !
started out to prove myself sales
man.
Three weeks 1t took me to sell all my
lanterns to contrac tors, to railroads
and to gas and water companies. The
| profits were so good that we added 9
| contractors red lantern to our regular
line, and no one ever questioned ms
title to a salesman's territory D., N
G.. In System. q
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-04
A MaanoIia EIysiu,,,.


When good Charlestonians die, their
bodies. It Is said, go to Magnolia ceme-
terry and their souls to the Magnolia
gardens. Indeed, 1t were quite ex-
.cusabIe in wandering spirit IL,
CHANGING on these gardens when the
azaleas were in their radiant perfec-
ton. he should mistake the place for
EIysium, especially II looking For such
a gardenlike Elysium as Herrick'g.
Although widely known ana visited
yearly by hundreds. Magnolia Is not
ii public garden, but a noble old estate
ON the Ashley river, belonging now,
as 1t has belonged for 200 years, to the
Drayton family Of South Carolina.
Very much as the folk OF Tokyo go
out to worship the beauty Of the cher
~ blossoms, SO In March and April
Charleston people and any strangers
fortunate enough to be within their
gates make a pilgrimage to Magnolia.
During the season the little steamer
plies between Charleston and Mag
nolia making the trip twice daily.
Ffancis Duncan in Century.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-04
The Triumph Of Titus.

The total number Of those who per-
ished in the siege and capture Of Jeru-
salem is estimated by Josephus at
]. 100,00 persons; $4,000 were taken
captive by the Romans OF these 700
OF the finest and strongest were select
ed to grace the triumphal procession
OF Titus. The old and the weak, who
could not be used, the Romans had
butchered In cold blood. Those over
seventeen years OF age were part of
them sent into the Egyptian mines,
part Of them forced to appear In bat
tie with wild beasts and be torn to
pieces by them or to fight as gfadiators
with one another to delight the eyes
Of the heather populace. In Caesarea
the birthday of Domitian, more than
$500 Jews shed their blood In the
arena. The males under seventeen
years of age and the women were
sold directly into slavery. Titus, with
Iall his prisoners and all his booty
marched to Rome, where he had a bril-.
liant triumph In the year "a a.. d
The sacred vessels Of the temple were
carried before the "imperator,' and
Simon and John, for the first time
shoulder to shoulder, were obliged tt
march before the chariot OF the victol
With the 100 chosen captlves. Simon
being the real leader, was first scourget
land then throttled at the stake, in nc
cordance with Roman custom. Johl
finished his career In prison.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-04
AN ITALIAN BALL GAM {.
A Statuesque Beauty In Pallone Seen
In No Other Ganne.

A Statuesque Beauty In Pallone Seen
In No Other Game.
# Pallone is the king Of bail games, re-
.qniring not merely great strength and
alertness in the player, but offering
also such a succession Of noble plastic
poses as may be seen In no other
game. Goethe, who saw his first match
with delight at Verona in September,
1885, wrote that such attitudes were
worthy Of being put into marble"
Our more enlightened archaeology
would probably declare for the nobler
bronze If the pundits could be persuad
ed to follow Goethe and occasionally
exchange the library for the pallone
court
Be that as 1t may, the gist of the
game is almost as readily grasned as
its statuesque beauty. Palione is
merely the perfected and titanic form
of the .jeu de paume that is played
from end to end Of Europe. You see
1t In its incipiency when two urchins
with tambourines beat rubber ball to
and fro in the open or against a side
wall. In Spain the thing is done with
wicker racket in court and is
called pelota. But pallone, the ancient.
game, which is the parent of tennis,
rackets and half a dozen other wall
games, Is as far superior to its ru-
dimentary forms as baseball Is to
FOUNDERS.
One look at the big ball, the pallone
itself, would convince you that here
Is Il sport for men, If not for giants.
The pallone looks like huge baseball,
but has twice the diameter and
weighs two-thirds of pound have
seen its like In Columbia county, N.
Y, where, years ago, the old Dutch
game Of wicket was played. Imagine
twelve pound shell or an enlarged
croquet ball soaring from end to end
Of 800 foot court or ricochetting
treacherously of the side wall as the
agile player gives this or that turn of
the bristling wooden cestus. This bat
is as noteworthy as the ball. A wood
en- cylinder, about eight Inches long
and six in diameter, with an outer ar
ray Of inserted wooden spikes and an
interior cross grip shaped to the play
er's hand such is the arm piece, or
pracciale. It is SO heavy weighing at
least four pounds-that one may rath-
er say 1t sways the bearer than he It.
Once it swings at the hurting ball,
the whole body must follow the ges-
ture:: hence the remarkable plastic
quality of all the attitudes OF play.
And the contestants are dressed In a
fashion to give value to these nnomen-
tary poses, A trim jacket, the right
I sleeve short, tight knickerbockers
stockings and canvas slippers, all spot
less white, make up a costume that
| admits a touch Of color only In the
gold fringed sash gift Of an admirer,
generally which marks the player as
belonging to the reds and blues. Re
turning to the pracciale, it is not a
comfortable thing to wear AT every
pause the players rap It sharply
against the wall to drive the bandaged
| wrist home, and they often breathe on
the hot and half exposed knuckles In
a vain attempt to cool them Frank j.
Mather In Century .z...
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-04
WEAK, WEARY Y: ! WOMEN |
LEARN THE CAUSE or DAILY
81. WOES AND END THEM.

When the back aches ana tnro0s.
When housework Is torture M
When night brings no rest nor
sleep.
When urinary disorders set ii,
Woman's lot is weary one.
There is a way to escape these woes
Doan's Kidney Pills cure such Ills.
Mrs. NJ. A. Smith, of 1886 First
avenue, south, Fargo, North Dakota
says: II know the value of Doan's
Kidney Pills through the experience
Of my sister. She had doctored and
treated for kidney complaint for years
without any radical benefit When
Doan's Kidney Pills were recommend
ed to her by a friend she began using
them and found prompt relief that fn-
creased continually until she was cons
pletelg and permantly cured. From
what | know Of Deans Kidney pills:
they always bring satisfactory relief
and can always be relied upon.
For sale by all dealers Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo.
New York. sole agents for the United
| States.
Remember the name Doan' and
| take no other.
L 49, ~
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-04

Everhart, n. Y. Rowland, H. Il Peo-
pies. VIM. Lawrence, Chas. Rogers,
w. F. Frentzel, ]. B. Ghabots, Fargo;
II, Smith, Camp Mckay; j u ]. Strain,
Strain; S. ]. Simonson, Driscoll; Oil
yer Jesne, Driscoll; J. HI, Newton.
Bismarck; r. Gwyther, TT. Rice; J..
w Reynolds, Dogtooth; f. s. Smith,
jamestown. +
Mrs. George w. Phelps left yester-
day for Kalispel, Mont, and will join
her husband at that place where he
has a good position with a milling
company. .3.y
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-04
Has Typhoid Fever.

Earl Peterson returned from Esther
vile, Iowa, yesterday, where he had
taken Lewis Lyman. The doctor there
states that Mr.. Lyman is suffering
from typhoid fever but that the at
tack will only be slight. Mr.. Lyman
will not return to Mandan for some
time as he expects to attend Cornell
college when able to do So.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-04
OCTOBER
Date Finally Set for Submit.
ting Commission Sys-
TEN 10 Voters

October 1907 was the date set
for the submitting to the voters of
the question as to whether Mandan
shall come under the commission sys-
tenn OF government. The polling places
viii be: First ward, lot I, block 4
Second ward, city hall; Third ward,
lot 3, block IL. =
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-04
BAND CONCERT
BAND WILL GIVE CONCERT TO.
NIGHT BEFORE LocHNER
GOES EAST.

The band concert will take place
this evening. F. E. Lochner, the lead
er, leaves for the Twin Cities tonight
on a business trip. While absent he
81 will visit the Minnesota state fair and
also stay a few days at his old home
in st. James, MINI. A..
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-04
Cement Crossings.

Work has been commenced on the
crossing at Main street and Fourth.
Simpson & Edwards have the contract
for putting in the cement crossings.
The culyert at the west end of town
is being widened.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-04
Another Runaway.

Fred Tharp had one of his ribs
broken in a runaway accident last
Sunday. Fred was out with a hunting
party and it seems that the buggy
tipped over in q bad place in the road.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-04
VIII EXCHANGE PuIpits.

Rev. Joseph Ogden of Driscoll, will
preach at the M. E. church next Sun
day morning and evening. Rev. James
will exchange pulpits at other points
for the next four weeks.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-04
aHerss ssnse.

NJ Jogtrot- II don't want this horse.
He hasn't any sense at an Every time
he sees an automobile he wants to
climb q tree. Dealer Well, that's
coed horse sense, 1t seems to nae Chi
cago News. u,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-04
Lew Lifted,

The tax levy for Mandan was raised
at the last meeting of the city council.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-04

If you have graduated in the HcoI-
slege Of hard knocks" you are capable
Of advertising u, your own way and
the Tribune can teach you nothing on
the subject. Your biggest advertising
bin should be easier to pay than your
smallest. III II wasn't we'll you had
nj learned ali about advertising When
you contracted ii.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-22
The [. ana N. Iniunction.

Huntsville Democrat.
 In another column is published the statement of Hon. Gregory L. smith. leading counsel for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, regarding thai company's position in the Rate Legis- lation now in the United States Court, Mir. smiths points are well considered. the paragraph alone in which ne says Every person, natural or artificial, has right to test any law. the vatial- ty of which injuriously effects his or It's interest. by proceedings In proper court. and this Is all that the Louisville dcing." is sufficient to justify the act of the Louisville and Nashville officials position. If a law Is doubtful Tn con struction and conflicts with the con stitution of the United States then it should be brought in the courts. and us validity thoroughly tested. It is due the civilized taxpaying citizenry to have matters of such great moment fully and freely discussed, intelngentIy, that is the privilege of living In this right Is taken from us by arbitrary rulings of any one. or body Of men. the stigma of imperialism. demagogism and tyranny is soon fastened upon uM irravocably. The Legislature was formed to make laws for the best inc terest of the people, and no law is per- feet that his not been argued In every point. thoroughly and deeply and the court is the place 70 test lhels Vauui- u. If any doubt on any important legal point, by all means, protests The Democrat. bring the matter in court and legally decide every point in doubt The sovereign people demand it.
 It is not likely that Judge Thomas c. Jones. with his knowledge of the Constitution, laws / enacted by the Legislature. hIs legal and judicial ability, would enjoin or enforce any person or corporation contrary to the letter of law.
 The State and Federal Courts were made for the people, and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad is true to it. self anE the people to use them for the satisfactory testing and settling of any coYiaroversv where common justice is involvedsor the construction of a state law enacted dubious. We sincerely hope the controversy win be seriously considered and satisfactorily adjusted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-22

population of almost every city of the country.
 And one of the discouraging fea- lures of the business is that the boys and girls from the country who once get taste of city life are rarely will ling to return to the country. Their eyes may be opened so that they see the dark as we'll as the bright side. but the lure of the city is on them and they are not satisfied to go back to the old life. They may find life in the city quite different from what they an- ticipated; may have to endure hardships and privations unthought of before; yet they will remain and suffer 1t all be- cause they can still find in city life something to attract and hold them in spite of the drawbacks, discomforts and frequent suffering that may fall to their lot.
 Much might be done by farmers to make home life more pleasant and att tractive to their boys. Something is being done through the telephone. the rural free delivery system and the ex- tension of trolley lines to relieve the seclusion and monotony of country life. and much more could be done by the parents to make the boys content on the farms. It is not that the cities do not need and require constant addition of the virile blood from the farms But for this constant accretion we are persuaded that the population of most cities would weaken and de- teriorate until it would die of stagna- tion. It is an understood fact that this constant infusion of robust and healthy blood from the country is the life of the cities.
 So it is that certain percentage of strong and adaptable young men can find their place and their work in the cities. It is better for thems and for the population to which they are add ed. It Is the overcrowding. the flock ing to the cities of the large number of country people who can find no place open to them and often no means of decent subsistence. It is the conges- ton of population beyond the demand for new corners and beyond the ca pacity of the city to care for and make room for them that works to the dis advantage of all. If it could be made possible for only those to leave the farm aud 20 to the city who can find plenty of room and occupation there would be much of good for all, but to fix and maintain the proper balance is the problem, which has not yet been solved and may never be.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-22
cRoMnING THE CITIES.

What has come to be spoken of as the lure of the city" is fast becom- ing one of the discouraging features of modern American life. The tend ency of the country people. and espe- cially the young, to leave the healthy, indepe ndent life on the farms and flock to the cities has doubly bad effect: it depletes the farms and con gests the cities, to the injury of both. The country boy in his occasional vis- it's to the city sees but one side of the picture that is presented to him. He sees the glare and the hustle of the streets; sees crowds of we'll ed men and boys on the sidewalks. many of them with apparently noth- ing to do; sees and hears the chatter of the moving human and animal pop ulation, and compares it with the dull and unchanging monotony of home life. To him there is ever something new and attractive in city life. and to him 1t is all bright and joyous, but as we said he sees only the bright side of the picture. He has no opportunity to see beneath the surface and get a view of the many hardships and depriva- tions that come to the poor of city. That is the view of city life that is hidden from him, or he would not be so keen to leave the farm and become one of the 0HerCrowded and unwanted
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-22
Confederatn Pensions.

Milibrook. Ala. August 21.
 Editor The Advertiser
 Since the legislature has gone from labor to refreshments" and rest 1. as q veteran second. was and am trying 10 pull myself together to humbly thank the solons for their kind remembrance of us poor and many of us' decrepio the Deity, the great and ever true God to reward them for their noble Work and liberal gifts to the veterans It all at once dawned upon me to ask WhaI am tc offer this prayer of grattude for. Look at 1t as I may and l cannot see that our pensions have been in creased but on the other hand 1t seems plain to me that We have had our pen- sien for the present year taken from us. and they start the next year Dy iy we have not been paid in advance or have been paid for the year past The taxes of the present year make available the amount of money devotoo to the payment Of pensions,. .,d Do or Az we wait till autumn, at the time when when most if not all contracts become que! I am sure that if We have a riSnt tO claim that the State owes us anytning at all 1t Is for the part of. the year now nast since october last, the time when the last pension was paid, making L wear nearly since we received anytnlns, hence putting the amounts 10 De palo us at the last year pension rates, WE have beyond the cavil of doupt nao taken from us the difference between five will say the $50 received py thc fourth rate pensioners and the a1noun1 that may be paid on October l. ana III stead of getting citing fsS Ssya a%SG been. 1t Is % en tirely withheld from us, ana the new wear and quarterly payments VII pc put in vogue. A.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-22

erai will at once institute civil and criminal suits against the offenders There is nothing for him to do except to prosecute. and that with vigor. Res- titution to the State of the largest pos sibIe portion of the millions that have been stolen from 1t and the imprison- ment of the thieves in the penitentiary is the only program that will satisfy the people.
 As this ease has been the most noto- rious for It's fragrant outrages of any which have been brought to the atten- tion Of the people of the country for many years, so also 1t affords the best chance for meting out deserved pun. ishment. The thefts were so bold ana so outrageous in proportion to the amount of money which actually went into construction and equipment that they deserve the severest punishment. If the matter is allowed to drop with unsatisfaction compromises and pro- lection of prominent men through in- fiuence. the effect will be bad. If the criminals are handled as they should be under the law the effect will be most wholesome in checking similar attempts of trusted officials to rob the public treas ry
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-22
Letters to The Editor
Alas, Poor Ferry street

Editor The Advertiser:
 Nearly every city has one residence street of prominence and public pride in which citizens and city government take an interest. Perry Street has been Montgomerys boast and pride, but 1t seems that much of It's glory has de- parted. True, it's homes are the most beautiful and valuable and it is nat urally located to form part of bouie- yard system. and yet it's driveway IS a disgrace to even a country town. For two years some mysterious influence or ment. That part which was taken into the city about three years ago was then in first-class condition. Since then 1t has been torn up for gas, sew CTS and telephone conduits--three times and left in worse condition each time. The gravel might have been saved and replaced and the driveway and almost impassable. It Is badly washed. full of gulhes and exposing the Traction Company rails down to the cross-ties. Wherever pipe has been laid across the street 1t is left with either a ridge or ditch. About the only repairs CD the driveway, has received in two years was few loads mudhole as soon as 1t rained. Sayre Street and Hull Street can be paved with asphalt. but poor. neglected Perry Street must remain muddy when t rains and dusty when 1t does not.
 And sidewalksi Months have passed since they were promised; bids have been accepted, grades established, and yet the best place to walk Is in the middle of the big road"
 Why can't sidewalks and driveway be improved with first-class pavement?
 Improvement.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-22
COunseIling Conservatism.

New Orleans Pecuane.
 It it shall turn out that, blind to their own welfare. careless of their great economic interests and deluded by politicians who are playing with vast issues for their own political aggran- dizement. some of the States of the great new South are cramping their present and strangling their future by legislation and attempts at Legislation which tend to ruin their lines of com munication with their markets, they may awake to the fact that there is grave danger of widespread industrial disaster as a consequence or III ad- vised railway legislation. Prudence should be called into play in every case to prevent conditions that may bring sariona nisfortunes to the South