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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-30

9Ru RAl- WATER SUPPL
Its Sanitary Condition Not what II
Ought to He.

Its SANITARY CONDITION Not what II
Onght TO He.
When such great sums OF money are
being expended by city governments
that the inhabitants Of towns may have
sanitary water supply 1t seems
strange that the supply id rural towns
should receive little or no attention.
This latter popuia ton may seem rela
lively ins1g ni6 cant, but it comprises
about 40 000. 900 souls. This means that
those 10000, 600 people are drinking the
water most a valuable without a thought
of Its sanitary condi ton
These various sources Of supply,
whether wells, springs or small
streams, are similarly unreliable for
furnishing drinking water. The statis-
tics Of mortality Id the country are
very; Indefinite. but even these show
that the rural population is not as free
from illness as it Should be. And
1 though every where the rural death rate
is lower than the urban death rate, yet
the lowering III the country has not
been as great as III tile eli An exam
ination Of typhoid statistics shows that
the death rate Of other diseases is gem
orally lower in the country than ID the
city, but the prevalence of typhoid IS &
almost8equal To IL not greater In the 4
rural districts than In the cities.
Several instances hare been reported
which show The rural typhoid rate to
be ten times greater than the urban
rate for the same district. 70 parficu-
larize, a certain district Id central
Pennsy Ivania proves this fact it III
made up of u rural /, opula ion With 100
inhabitants to the square mile. It iii
region of fine farIis wild mountains
and woods, country resid ences and pie.
mic groves: And il this valley there
has been as much typhoid fever as in
the city Of FL iIadelp his.
Sad as this coTidi tiosi ii, there seems
I to be no remedy for it. he sources OF
city water supply are few. and the
city government easily controls tie
conditions affecting ii. But What can
I be done when the sources sof supply
are numbered by the thousands? a
mint Of money and IN army Of chem
lists would not be S efficient to give the
same care to the country suppl il that is
I given to that Of the cit New York
Herald. sg e555
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-30
what d Letter win 8. DO !.

a proofreadaf anent the Importance
Of trifies, read from his notebook these
absurd sentences, each made by the
omission of q single letter:
The conflict was dreadful and the
enemy was repulsed with great laugh
ter.
When the presidents wife entered
the humble sitting room of the miner
she was politely offered a hair
a man was yesterda arrested on
the charge of having eaten "a cabman
for demand Ing more than his fare.
81 ID the service, Of the
goyeInment was accused OF having
stolen small OK from the mail The
stolen property was found in his vest
pocket
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-30

TWO AL idAB f q L ETTERs.
~" g nd .sW,' comparatively Recert
Additions to the List ga

5SSs5 = MO =. ~ comparatively Recent
Additions to the List. ss
It IS a fact. not so well known but
that 1T may be said to be curious, that
the letters ] and w are modern addi-
lions to our alphabet. The letter i
only came into general use during the
time Of the commonwealth. say be-
tween 1919 and 1865. From 1880 to
1916 its use is exceedingly rare, and /,
have never yet seen book printed
prior to 1862 III which it appeared.
In the century Immediately preceding
the seventeenth it became the fashion
to tail the last i when Roman numerals
Were used, as in this example, viii for
9 or xii in place Of r. This fashion
still fingers, but only in physicians
prescript ions, believe. Where the
French use j it has the power Of s as
we use it in the word vision. What
nation was the first to use it as a new
letter is an interesting but perhaps un-
answerable query.
In like manner the printers and
Language makers of the latter part Of
the sixteenth century began to recog-
nize the fact that there was a sound in
spoken English which was without a.
representa- In the shape of an al
phabetical sign or character, as in the,
first sound In the word .swet, 4 s55s
Prior to that time 1t had always been,
spelled as .'vet, z the y having the long
sound of u or Of two us together In:
order to convey an idea Of the new;
sound they began to spell such words.
as wet weather Web ETC.. with.
two us, and as the u Of that date
was a typical WI the three words above.
looked like this: wet, .vveather.''
ssvveb.
fters awhile the typefounders recog.
nized the fact that the double d had.
come to stay, SO they Joined the two
us together and made the character
now SO well known as ". have one
book in which three forms of the "
are given. The first. is an old double
~. (vv);; the next is one IN which the
last stroke of the first crosses the
first stroke of the second, and the
third IS the common W we use today.
New FORK News. 5a7
\ s. . ~
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-30
Nick flzie

The blow Of Saturday, the 10Th, was
the first to visibly affect traffic at this
place Our sidetracks being ample and
high above the drifts, are iii frequent
use when other stations are quiet The
Linton tram Oh its daily trip down to
Bismarck and back is usually very much
in evidence but has not put III an ap-
pearaIlce since il went in that morning,
the last west bound passenger for nearly,
48 hours. Some Of our people who went
! in on ST, had the time Of their lives
getting back: man on No. 4, Sunday
night, was overheard estimating the
length of time it would take him to
4 reach the Twin Cities, going at the rate
.slle had travelled the last l20miles. We
fancy it took him still longer than lie
planned.
Nh George Kalll went down to. attend
lunibermer's convention and was two
days and three nights getting back
Passengers for points down the
branch are some Of them getting desper-
ate; but there is one who has spent the
. past week III Nc Kerlzie depot, warmed
and fed at the express cornpany's ex
pense who crows His satisfaction with,
the situation and is plainly growing fat
2. King Of M enolsen was III town
Friday and walked back along the rail-
road IN the. face Of the storm Needless
to say there was no danger from trains
he had the road all to llimsel f.ss
The Mel enzie Mercantile Co. has de-
cided 70 closet elevator for a time.
hey took III only 800 bushels 81 grain
during the last week Of December.
Mrs. Wiliarn Washburn and children
are back from y visit to her parents.
Mr. Goddard, 81 the Mercantile COM
pally, is looking PAT iicularly pleased
Z over the new boy who has recently come
to increase his family
Ifle new school house is enclosed and
promises to be- great addition TO the
town, but Isl still far from finished
= The literary society, which was organ
lied some time ago, with Mr. Dobler as
president, will hold its next meeting at
the church on Wednesday evening. the
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-30
Legend ANA ReaIitx.

Legend tells how Napoleon while
Moscow was IN flames, found time to
draw mp a decree organizing the Theas
ire E'rancais. Alas, the story is not
true. Napoleon was Ii Poland when
ne received the decree ready, to. be-
signed. He there signed It and sent IT
back to Paris, but In the margin wrote
the following To be forwarded Wien
the army will be at Moscow. IT is his
majesty's intention that the decree
shoHld be dated from that town. |,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-30
Land OF surprises.

& New Zealand is not exactly contigu-
Sus to or q part Of a ustralia. as many
Seem to Imagine. there being a slight
difference of some ]. 200 miles between
them Things 60 by contraries in the
.sland Of the kangaroo Z The farther
north you travel the hotter it is -125
degrees in the shade in Queensland
Lignum vitae, which sinks in other wa
tiers, floats Ia Australian waters. The
Christmas dinner Is eaten Iii Melbourne
and Sydney when It is over 100 degrees
In the shade
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-30
.BolttIe,s:.

Ancient bottles OF glass, stone and
metal have been found In many parts
of Europe, Asia and Africa. Perfume
bottles OF glass have been discovered
III great numbers In the tombs of.
wealthy ladies Of Egypt. Many bot
ties, tlimblers and other drinking yes
sells have been dug from the ruins Of
Pompeii. The most common bottle Of
the ancients, however. was of leather
the skin Of q calf. goat or Ok being
taken off the carcass with as few cuts
as possible and made into a receptacle
for holding water or wine, II The largest
glass bottle ever blown was made at
Leith. in Scotland. In IT474s. Its cas1
pacity was two hogsheads.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-30
SHOWS lDEs OF ROCKIES.
Peril Of Mountains Takes Its Toll Of
Life nnd Property.

la.xAg gp3l ~
Peril of Mountains Takes Its Toll OF
Lie nnd Property.
Every year the life of a miner III the
high mountain regions is menaced by
the avalanche OF snoWslide, and every
year brings its list Of casualties and
of hairbreadh escapes The story OF
snoWslides would ELL a book and would
be q thrilling, tragic and in some cases
grewsome one
Men have ridden hundreds Of feet on
the back of d snoWslide and have es-
capped unhurt. Others have been caught
and buried SO deep and in such uncer-
tain spots that their bodies have NOT
been discovered until the melting Of
the snow in the following spring.
Some have been caught as they were
! walking, but few steps from the
3 boarding house to the mine, or while
emptying a car on the mine DUNN. Not
infrequently men have found them
selves temp orarily Imprisoned by the
entrance Of the mine being closed BY
q slide while they were at work and
have had to dig their way out.
a Chinese cook at one of the Idaho
I mines min stepped outside his kitchen door
for q moment and was caught and
hurled with the slide 1000 feet down
the hillside and his body was not re-
covered till the following spring.
Such incidents denote the extreme
sud- enness, power and velocity of the
slide. Little or no warning is given,
roar, cloud Of snow obscuring the
sight Of the real slide, and III mo-
ment thousands of tons of snow,
mingled with trees and debris, are shot
down the guIeh or the slope Of a noun
tain as from the mouth of cannon.
In a few seconds all is over and the
scenery of the little valley is COM
pletely changed ines and Minerals.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-30
GREAT VOYAGERs
As General Rule, They Came From
The Smaller Countries. So

As General RuIes They Came From
The Smaller Countries.
Portugal is a small country, with a
land area one-third less than the state.
of New York, but it has turned out ID:
its time celebrated navigators, Cabral
and Da Souza among them.
It is "a somewhat peculiar circum-
stance in the history of ocean naviga-
ton that the chief nayigators of Eu-,
rope have usually been natives Of
minor Kingdoms and without the adj.
vantages which would naturally accrue.
to a representative of one Of the larger.
government
Christop Columbus, as every
schoolboy knows, was a native Of
Genoa OF the time when the italian
peninsula was subdivided among nu-
.merous petty governments. ] Ohm
Cabot was a We etian, who sailed in
the service of England, as Columbus
had sailed in the service of Spain.
Amerigo Vespucci was a Elorentine.
who sailed originally in the service Of
Spain and afterward transferred hiIn-
self to the Portuguese service, and
then went back to. the Spanish service
for q second time
Vitus Befing, after whom Bering
strait was called, was a Dane by
birth. who served under the naval
flag Of Russia. Ma ellan, after whom
Magellan strait was named. was a ma
tive of Alemtejo in Portugal, and was
the first to complete the circumnaviga-
ton Of the globe. in 1922.
Verazzani was Florentine, whose
voyages Of discovery were undertaken
under the protection 5of the flag Of
France. Hendrix Hudson was an
Englishman. and itaseems surprising to-.
many persons IN this day familiar with
the pre-eminence Of Eng as mari
time nation thatihe should have heen#
in the service OF the government of
Holland when he discovered Manhat-s
tan Island.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-30
HUNTING MOLINS.
Farisio Was Fonnd Dead Surrounded
III by Valuable Instruments.


by Valuable Instrume nts.
III Violin makers now and again come
upon pieces Of wood of p1enom email
resonance and beauty, and when they
do we may be sure they give special
care to the making and finishing of the
instrument formed of the wood. + sSttrad-
iyarius, at any rate, did. In 171G he
had a piece Of luck in this particular,
and his luck went into m Instrument
with which he fell SO much III love that
he absolutely refused to sell it or allow
it to be played upon BY any hands but
his own. He kept it locked up and
when he died at the advanced age of
ninety three he beqneathed it to his
sons. By and by an enthusiastic col
3lector named Salabne got on the scent
of this instrument, and about the year!
1760 he acquired it-at what figure is
not known--from one of the great
mans sons
Sa labue cherished it until his death,
about 1897. and then a strange charac-
ter appears on the scene as purchaser.
This was an eccentric old Fellow named
Luigi Tarisio. who bandoning his
trade as carpenter. had started collect
ing old Yiolins and was now searching
In every nook and corner of italy for
the treasures of Cremona He could
neither read nor write. this enthusfas- q
tic collector, but he could tell a ralua-
BILE fiddle the moment he saw it, and I
he estimated the worth of the Salabue
Strad SO well that after he had ac-
quired it he kept It to himself with all Z
the loving care that its maker had al !
ready shown for it. Tarisio lived en-
tirely alone in a swretched garret in
Milan, and one day in the year 1854 his
neighbors found him lying dead among
q confused heap Of Cremonas The old
man had aIlassed collection of some
250 instruments. tile result Of d thirty
years hunt, and, although he had
started life a penniless carpenter. he
died worth about f12, 600. &C ornhill
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-30
niIals,a Habit.

so you lost your position n we ask
Of our young friend who has demand
ed our sympathy. 5i3
g es;; the firm told me would have
10 quit. 2, IN ss sslS3
What reason was given r.
Il smoked ciearet tes a
Why. that seems hardly a sufficient
reason for such drastic action
Yes, but was smoking ethe boss
cigarettes. and he caught me at -
Judge.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-30
QUICKER HAN I'll GH-TNlNG.
Action OF the Human Body Outstrfps
Eyecythfsta In Motion.

Everythfn In Motion.
AS quick as lightning is a phrase
colloquially used to express the maxi
mum of rapidity, but, according to a
well known scientist, electricity itself
Is outsnipped By that old fashioned
machine, the human body by which it
appears powers can, so to speak, be
generated in the brain, transmitted
through the nerves and developed in
the muscles in an infnitesimal frac-
ton of a second. III
It is stated that pianist in playing
q presto sof Mendelssohn played $685.,
notes in four minutes and three sec
ends. The striking of each Of these, it
has been estimated, involved two
movem ents Of the finger and possibly
more.
Again, the movements Of the wrist,
elbows and arms can scarcely be less
than one movement for each note. AS
twenty four notes were played each
second and each involves three move
ments we would have seventy two vol
untary movements per second.
Again, the place, the force, the time
and the duration Of each Of these. move
ments We're controlled. All these motor
reac tons were conditioned upon IA
knowledge Of the position Of each fn-s
ger of each hand before 1T was moved
while moving IT. as well as Of the au.
ditory effect to force and pitch, all OF /
which involves equally rapid sensory
transmissions 81
f we add to this the work Of the
memory in placing the notes in their
proper position as well as the. fact that
the performer at the same time partici.
pates in the emotion the selection de-
scribes and feels the strength and
weaknesses Of the performance we ar
rive at a truly beWilde ring network Of |
impulses coursing along at inconceiva-
bly, rapid rates. N vi
D Such estimates show, too, that NE are
capable Of doing many. things at once.
The mind is not a unit, but is composed
OF higher and lower centers, the avail
able fund Of attention being distrib-
uted among them. Pearson,s Weekly.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-30
.0bser,vvs,tion.

An obselss want man iii all his inter
course with society and iii Il world con
stantlE q M anT perceived marks oil ev-
cry person and thing the figure ex-
pressive of It's value and therefore, on
meeting that person OF thing. knows
Instantly what kind and degree of at
tention to give it. This is to make
something of experience John Foster.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-30
IsflA s.Biog rn,,ss 2 In 3 Y,sts.Iels d

Born weieomed, caressel. cried fed,
grew; amused reared, studied, exanlin-
ed, graduated. In love loved, engaged.
married, quafreled. reconciled suffer.
ed, deserted. 4 taken Ill, died. rnourned.
buried and forgotten. l.B.8
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-30
Wins. Yon DO.

Where you are is Of no moment, but
only what you are doing there. It is
not the place that ennobles yen. but
you the place. and this Is only by doing
that which Is noble Home Notes
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-30
SIRE ON on 5 nnint !.

Out late last nlghta What time
did the clock say when You got In 9''
II don't remember what the clock
said, but I WILL never forget what rnyl
wife amid
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-30
Under New Manaqement.

The Montana Restaurant IS now
under new management and has been;
thoroughly overhauled and put in good
Clean, well cooked meals
at all hours. ~ ~ q.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-30
Tn.,lnlesl poetr.x,

II wish to submit a lyric, SIR said
the timfd Young man. . ~ friends say
its a beaut really sings itself.
IIumpn II said the cold hearted edi-
tor. We eouldn' use n poem like that.
! We want one that, once printed. riil
remain perfectly quiet and not keep
our readers awake by singing itself ali
all times. z
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-30
The Most popuYar Tre. :.

( Ryer Ever study forestry. De Voc?
De Woe Yes, I'm working ON my fami-
" tree now. Brooklyn Life.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-30

The world which took but six dayss
to make y like to take 1000 to make
out Browne.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-30

The true strength OF every human
soul IS to be dependent on as many
nobier as II can discern and to be de-
pended upoa by as many inferlor as
1t can reach, {
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1907-08-09
OHIO MURDER MYSTERY.
Young Woman Chol1ed to Death and
Companion Fatally Wounded.

Anna Markowitz, aged "a years, o
pretty Jewish girl, lies dead In the
county morgue at Dayton. o.. hel
throat bearing mute evidences of O
strangers clutch. and her body, bruis.
ed and cut. bears evidences of brutal
mistreatment. At hospital, with
mortal wot,sd In his abdomen. his
head mass of bruises, lies Abraham
Gordon. young travelling man from
Indianapolis. Held on suspicion by the
authorities are James. Jacob and Ber-
tina Markowitz, brothers and sisters OF
the dead girl. This was the situation
Monday in q very complex murder
case.
Sunday Gordon, sometimes known
as cohan, went out walkiqng along
lonely road near the national soldiers
home. He was accompanied by Anna
Markowitz and a younger sister, Ber-
tina. They had walked to a lonely
spot. when the crime was committed.
Two stories, widely different In their
intinlations are told. What took place
has up to this time not been clearly
developed.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1907-08-09
South Dakota
State News
GREAT Loss IN HAIL STORM.
Immense Damage i Done Near Abcr.
deem.

Immense Damage Il Done Near Aper-
deem.
Several farmers face ruin or mort
cages which will tie them down Tor
rome time to come az q result OF the
hafl storm that swept through the
section OF the state around Aberdeen
The first reports did not exaggerate
fhe disaster, which is the worst OF It's
Kind ever known In that country. Re-
ports are beginning to come OF heavy
losses One farmer reports $40 acres
devastated. and another 1.120 acres OF
crops wiped out. Many who banked
on big harvest fields find themselves
not only minus crops. but with useless
ground. injured cattle and damaged
buildings and homes. The area Of
the storm was more than sixty miles
IN length and seven in width. A par
tfcularly sad case Is reported west of
Aberdeen. A farmer ordered machin-
cry three weeks ago. Since then ne
buried q son and daughter. NOW me
wife and other children are III IN
hospital and the entire crop u wiped
out.
Immense blocks OF solid Ice are still
ON the ground In many low places.
The storm started west and northwest
OF Aberdeen and passed due south
through warner, Rudolph. Randall TO
Ashton and Mellette. In Sphinx county.
thence eastwardly. Wherever II struck
the crops are totally destroyed. The
| loss will be not less than 100000.
Mansfield reports no hall on the
west. and Worthwhile and Athoi the
same.
on the east hall fell within two
miles of Brentford.
West of Aberdeen three large farms
report total destruction OF crops
Representative O. A.. Swanson lost
crops on seven quarters near Dux-
bury and reports the destruction OF
crops on seven square miles In that vi
cinity.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1907-08-09
10 HONOR NORTHERN WOMEN.
Movement Launched for Erection Of
a Monument.

&A0NGAkAxM&N AN&tsssser
a Monument.
AT special meeting Of Joe Hooker
most, q. A. r.. OF sioux Falls. reselu-
ton was unanimously adopted re-
auesting the department commander
Of the q. A. n. Of South Dakota 20
Introduce resolution ut tho next ma
tional encampment to provide for the
recognition OF the women who dur
ing the trying times Of the civil war
gave their moral support 70 the army
Of the union.
The proposed resolution will ASK
for the presentation Of memortal -
congress requesting that provision
be made for the erection Of monn@
ment 60 the mothers. wives, sisters
daughters and sweethesrts Of menu
bcrs Of the union army commemorat-
Ing their brave and loyal devotion ana
their seif-sacrificing and fmmolafinE
spirit during the great struggle, per-
petuating the homer Of their deeds.
In all the years since tho war this
Ii the fret movement so far as can
be learned In the direction OF having
the. national government pay due rec
ignition 10 the unseen warriors In the
great strife between the norfh and
youth.