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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-16
ANCIENT ATHENS.
4anqustins In The Grscian City In the
Time OF Plato.

4anqustins In The Grecian City In the
Time OF Plato.
In Professor T. G. fuckers Life In
Ancient Athens" the author gives this
as picture Of a typical banquet In
that city in the time Of Plato: when
all are In place the servants come
round with q vessel, from which they
pour water over the hands Of the
guests. There are brought In small
tables, light and ornamental, one Of
which is set down before each couch
for two persons, and on these are
placed the several dishes as they come
in order. The tables are lower than
the couches, 30 that the right hand
can reach down easily to them. Knives
and forks there are none. The food Is
taken ups with the fingers. It Is true
that tn dealing with very soft foods
or gravies or in extracting things
from shells spoons were not unknown,
but usually the fingers were assisted
BY pieces Of bread followed out for
the purpose 1t is clear that there was
plenty OF room for neatness and dainti-
ness In handling food, and it was no
small advantage to have fingers not
too sensitive. %
There were no napkins. Portions
Of soft bread, often especially prepared
for the purpose, were used for wiping
the fingers and were afterward thrown
to the dogs which might be present to
catch them; but apart from the dogs,
It may be something Of d shock to
learn that the floor, which was, of
course, without a carpet, was the re-
ceptacle for shells, bones, Feelings and
other fragments, which were, however,
swept out at given stage Of the
proceedings. Conversation meanwhile
must be general. The first half Of din
ner consists of substantiais, particu-
larly fish and birds, eels (if they could
be got), comparatively little meat 'tsuch
as beef, lamb and pork and vegetables
dressed to degree Of which we should
hardly approve with oil, vinegar, honey
and sauces.
During this part Of the meal wine
is not drunk The Athenians kept their
drinking as separate as possible from
their eating. Water is then brough,
round again, hands are washed, the
tables are carried out, the floor II
swept, chant is sung to the accom-
paniment Of the flutes. libation OF
wine is poured out to the words TO the
good genius or to good health and
the second part Of the banquet begins
The tables are brought IN again, and
what we call dessert was for this rea.
son called by the Athenians the sec.
ond table On these are placed fruits
fresh and dried; sailed almonds, sweet
meats, cheese and salt.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-16
Dons sscop When You Read.

The liabir Of STOPPING over when
reading or writing has a bad effect on
most eyes and should be avoided, es-
pecially IL one ID nearsighted. When
people approach the age Of forty the
morning paper Is apt to appear blur
red, and they complain the printing is
getting bad. The trouble Ii they need
glasses. II they do not get them, later
on their eyes will deteriorate 50 rap,
Idly they will be obliged to wear them
all the time. On the other hand. IL q
person puts on glasses when the first
warning Of fired eyes" Is received
he will never be obliged to wear them
the rest OF his life except when doing
fine work. 8s :s
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-16

Piles are dangerous but do not sub
NIT to- an operation until you have
first tried Man Zanthe Great Pile
Remedy. It Is put up In collapsible
tubes with q nozzle that allows It to
be applied exactly where 1t Is needed
re you have itching, bleeding or pro-
'truding piles and Man Ian does not
relieve, money refunded. Soothes and
cools. Relieves at once. Sold by
Lenhart Drug Co.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-16
A BrotherIv Act. .

Admiral Lord Charles Beresford COM
manded naval brigade III the Sudan
when the British forces were there.
One day when the Arabs were making
q terrific onrush the admirai's life was
saved BY mule which fell dead upon
him. When the square had been re-
formed and the Arabs were repuIsed,
Lord Charles was rescued He looked
at the mule for q moment and then re-
marked gratefully, Now, that poor
beast did what ! should call d brother
~ act y
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-16
Where DO the Cents Cor

s. 4
Nobody knows what becomes Of the
millions on millions Of cents that are
minted annually, the production vary
ing from 5000 600 to 10000, 900 per
annum. They simply vanish from
sight and are gone forever The phe-
nomenon seems strange and is not cas-
fly accounted for. People say, What
becomes Of all the pins r. That Is
easily answered. Pins soon corrode.
and thus are transformed into nothing
that Is recognizable. a copper cent. on
the other hand u indestruetibie. COM
paratiyely speaking. But the solution
OF the problem seems to be that cents
are subject to more accidents than any
other coins. They change hands ten
times as often as dimes, for example,
and, being of small value, they are not
cared for.-Los angeles Times.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-16
siaht.

Do yon know, I saw something re-
markabIe just now" observed broker
to q friend In front OF the Stock Elk
change in Broad street.
What was 1T ~ ~
Il saw no fewer than Eve leading
lawyers Of the financial district walk
past, and every one Of them had his
hands in bis own pockets. New York
Tribune.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-16
Backina His Theory.

''Do you still believe In inherited
weaknesses r.
s 'sYes. =
How do YOU account for the fact
that little Mary Bingler cries so easy
and so often? s.s5 3s
Her mother worked In an onion can
merry and her grandmother was an emo
tonai actress Cleveland Plain Deal
3er. IN III Y.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-16
Forsetful.

Hostess Oh. professor, haven't you
brought your wifea Professor Therel
I knew I'd forgotten something.
Punch.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-16
nifHouItx.

Mattress Why don't you boil the
eggs7 Cook Sure. I've no clock In
the kitchen to 60 by! Mistress oh.
yes: you hayel Cook What good Is IT.
It's ten minutes fast Philadelphia I'M
qnirer.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-16
PearILs Of Great Price.

Your wife's teeth are ike pearls,
They ought to be. paid for them
at that rate. -Tatjer.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-16

clones are really tornadoes
The higher the pressure In any par
tfcular region relative to some other
region the greater will be the velocity
OF the wind. The winds blow much
faster In winter than In summer, be-
cause the greater contrasts Of tempera-
ture cause more decided differences In
pressure.
Observations demonstrate, however,
that the wind never blows IN straight
lines, because all bodies OF air when
In motion are acted upon by a law OF
nature called the DETECTING force Of
the earth's rotation This force turns
all wind to the right OF its course In
the northern hemisphere and to tho
left IN the southern.
Thus II wind In cur hemisphere
starts north 1t Is soon turned slowly
toward the northeast, or lie 1t starts
west it will soon turn toward the
northwest When it Is remembered
that at the equator fine earth Is rotat-
ing at the enormous velocity OF 1895
miles an hour. one will not wonder that
such q DETECTING force could exist All
areas Of high and low pressure, from
whatever cause, therefore become
WhirIing masses of air, and little
7 thought VIII show that they must turn
IN opposite directions In the north
ern hemisphere the low areas, or
.'Iows.' dis they are designated on the
weather map, always rotate In df-t
rectfon contrary to that Of the hands
Or Il watch Youths Companion.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-16


softly. With you, beyond a doubt. 1t
10 kleptomania. It must be-
81 s No, 1t isn't replied the girl, with
the utmost candor. It's not klepto-
mania at all. don't believe Ia such
Stiffness. i just wanted to see IL
could do IT without being caught; that's
all. a lot OF girls were, talking about
shoplif tiers they seemed SO fascinat-
ing and the girls dared me to try. +
meant to exhibit the gloves to them
as a trophy and then send them back
TO You by mail anonymously. You
won't ever breathe a word OF 1t, will
your And the head of the firm, know
Ing pretty well which side his bread
was buttered on, Of course only tells
the story without using the girls
name, but the incident illustrates an oc-
currence which Is common, Plenty of
women lift things from counters lust
to see IL they can do 1t without being
caught, and when they succeed In get
ting away with 1t once they try ii
again and again and allow the habit to
become fixed upon them until the In
evitable day Of discovery arrives.
The people who become criminals by
suggestion are nearly always the yeri-
est plugs ait any line Of work they take
up, for first rate criminals are born,
not made by suggestion Or In any other
way Washington Star.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12
ONE OF THE VICTIMS.
Old Maids Interest in the Tale Did
Not Last Long.

BY and by the train came along to
where a cyclone had passed two days
before, uprooting trees and leveling
fences and sweeping houses off the
face of the earth, and a young man
who had passed through the tragedy
got aboard. OF course, we were all
anxious to hear all about it, but a
woman 40 years old, who was evident
ly an old maid, was more anxious than
any of the rest. She got the young
man down beside her and began:
Now, you must tell me just how it
occurred, and what you thought and
did. Where were you when the cyclone
came?"
I'm a farmhouse, ma'am."
Asleep"
mo, ma'am. was sitting up, court
ing girl"
Hum! Sitting up at midnight, eh?"
"Yes'm. Sally was sitting on my lap.
and | had my arm around her waist
when we heard great roaring and"
Il don't care to hear any more, sir!"
announced the old maid as she stifiy
drew herself up and hitched along.
Don't you want to hear how the
house went?"
mo, sir!"
"And how Sally was blown right off
my knees, leaving me there with no.
body to hold?"
mo, sir"
"There came an awful roaring and
one of her shoes was found a mile
away ay-how-how-"
And then we dragged him off to the
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12

New York.-Are the courts of the
country turning into schools for kip
napers?
There is this newest case, for ex-
ample, of Mrs Maude c. Clare of No
20 West Eighty-fourth street Mother
hunger proved too much for her-she
kidnapped her little boy. though he was
in the custody of another, by order of
the court
When the learned Judge hands down
his decision in the case of Smith VS.
Smith, does it mean that at once the
divorced father or the divorced moth
er of the little children must turn kid
naper? Nobody consults the children,
of course.
The wise verdict has been rendered
Mrs. Smith is free to resume her maid.
en- name of Miss Jones and gets the
custody of the two little Smiths. boy
and girl. There is alimony, decree
permitting Miss Jones to marry again.
and formal permission for the father
to see his children once in so often.
And the very first time he does see
them he steals them away-he is
Gdnaper in the eye of the law.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12

the three boys back in this country
now and she can take them where she
pleases, says writer in the Sunday
World. Mother-love proved too much
for the courts and for Mr. Hanna,
whom she had divorced and who has
married twice since.
Both father-love and mother-love fig
ured in the disappearance of little
Freddie Krieger of Chicago. He was
kidnapped twice, once by his father and
once by his mother, after two courts
had made formal orders in the case.
The boy was the son of Flora and
Bert Krieger. His father got the first
divorce, and though his mother was
supposed to see her son at stated in
tervals the father took him away to
Germany, where he placed the lad
who was then II, with friends in Ham
burg to be educated.
Mrs. Krieger married again and be-
came Mrs. Mcdonald. Then, with
plenty of money at her command, she
resolved to hunt for the boy to the end
cf the earth, despite all the orders Of
the American courts giving him into
her former husbands custody. The
trail led to Hanover, and there detec-
tives in her employ kidnapped the boy
for a second time.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12
Mrs. Hanna's Victory.

Then there was the famous case of
the Hannas, Mrs. Dan r. Hanna, wife
of the son of the late Senator Mark
Hanna, was forbidden by the courts
of Ohio to take the children out of
their jurisdiction. For an answer she
promptly took the three boys straight
to New York hid herself in the Hol
land house, escaped from little host
of deputy sheriffs and process servers,
and calmly sailed for Europe, despite
all the DEGREES of the court.
She had learned her lesson. Mother
love rose above the mandates of the
law. And she has won. too. She has
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12
River Life at Manila.

Manilas distinctive feature among
the cities of the planet is the river life
to be encountered on the Pasig, the
sluggish stream which flows through
the metropolis of the American TN
dies" In this respect Manila is only
eclipsed by Canton, China, where the
Pearl river floats city of unknown
population running into the tens of
thousands, says writer in Leslie's
Weekly. Over $4,000 Fil!pinos live on
the Pasig, and very few of them ever
come ashore-whole generations live
and die on the sluggish waters of the
river.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12
For the Unmarried.

The recent annual marriage fair at.
Ecaussines, Belgium, resulted in 27-
matrimonial engagements, and it is,
probable that about a dozen mere.
bachelors will shortly make up their.
minds to enter the state of wedlock.
Every year this fair is held, so that
instead of emigrating the young men
may settle down at home. Maidens
and bachelors lunch together and op--
portunities are thus afforded for form
ing acquaintances. The young women
wear their best dresses, and the bach
elors are encouraged by notices post
ed in the market place, such as "A
bachelor is only half man."
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12
Off in the Automobile.

At the ring of the bell the little fel.
lows fell in line to march to the re-
fectory for supper. When the moment
came Mrs. CadieX jumped from the car
while the chauffeur kept his hand on
the wheel. She seized the child and
before his astonished playmates could
raise an alarm she had him in her auto
and was off in cloud of dust
She was followed to New York and
arrested at her home, No. 12S West
Thirty-ninth street. But the boy was
not to be found
I'm going to keep him." she de-
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12
Regained Her Boy.

Mrs. Clarke went away, greatly agi-
tated The following Sunday she called
again to see the boy and found that he
was with the physicians sister at the
home of pr Kremers mother. No. 1874
West One Hundred and Twelfth street
She went there in a carriage and wait
ed outside. Then DIR. Kremer's sister
came out with the boy and took Lex
ington avenue car down to Sixty-fifth
street, where DIR. Kremer lives. Mrs
Clarke had a carriage up the block.
AS the boy got off the car with his
adopted aunt Mrs. Clarke rushed for
ward and literally tore the child from
the astonished woman. In a jiffy she
had him in the carriage and away she
whisked. There was woman friend
with her who promptly seized Miss
Kremer and gave Mrs. Clarke plenty of
time to escape with her boy.
A few hours later and Mrs. Clarke
was safe on her way to Boston
aboard the steamer Harvard. oddly
enough a vessel belonging to the com
pany in which her divorced husband
is employed.
Motherlove had won the victory
Mrs. Clarke had her boy despite all
the forms of law. Mrs. Clarke had
learned her kidnapping lesson from the
divorce court.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12
After a Runaway Marriage.

Mrs. Clarke is the divorced wife of
Capt. Forrest c. Clarke, a civil en-
gineer employed by the Metropolitan
Steamship company. Capt. Clarke's
father is a Boston millionaire, and his
wife was Miss Maude Buchanan, of
Dorchester, a suburb of Boston, They
ran away and were married seven
years ago
A little boy, George, was born, and
the mothers heart rejoiced. Then
there came rumors Of this thing and
that, and it ended in a divorce. Capt.
Clarke had known and liked Dr. Garlic
ton c. Kremer while both were stu
dents at Harvard, and husband and
wife would be just the people to take
care of little George. So DR.. and Mrs.
Kremer adopted little George, then a
boy of four, and Surrogate Fitzgerald
signed the formal order.
DR.. Kremer allowed the mother to
see her little boy once week, and for
a time Mrs. Clarke obeyed strictly the
orders of the court.
Meanwhile DIR. and Mrs. Kremer had
become greatly attached to the boy.
One day when Mrs Clarke was with
him they caught her stealing out of
the house with the child.
Il can't live without him." she wept;
so please don't blame me-"
DR.. Kremer explained as gently as
he could that she must be more cir
cumspect, even if she did love him, for
the court had formally given the little
fellow into his possession. In fact, he
had been rechristened and was then
and is now-Carleton Clarke Kremer.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12

clared, as she was taken to cell, mo
matter what you do with me. He's
safe now-far away in the south. No
body shall have him but me-"
And Mrs. Cadiex went free and she
kept her boy, too, thanks to the auto
mobile.
The three Ward children have been
kidnapped twice by their father and
two of them rekidnaped by their moth
er-quite a family record!
John E. Ward and his wife have
been separated for nine years. The
three little girls, Marion, Vera and
Cecilia, lived with their mother at No.
673 East One Hundred and Seventy
fourth street. One night Mr.. Ward
went there, demanded to see his child
rem, and Mrs. Ward let him. There
was a heated argument, and the up
shot Of it was that the father took the
three little daughters away from their
mother and placed them at once in the
convent of the Holy Cross.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12
Z or the Z airy's Sake
By F. H. Lancaster
Copyright 1907, by Daily Story Pub Coz
By F. II. Lancaster
that have hurt her so.
Passing away

that have hurt her SO.
Passing away
Flower from the spray!
Color and light from the leaf!
Soon, soon will the year
Shed its bloom on her bier
And the dust of its dreams on our grief'D
Miss Merry read the thing in aston"
ishment, perplexity and suddenly, withi
sympathy. lmpervious as he seemedI
to everything but land deals, some,
woman had found way 10 hurt him.
land it's a shame"
''Mr. Calhoun" she asked, did you
wish me to typewrite these lines?"
mo; | wished you to remember,
them-and to remember this:
But at each cruel word
Upon earth that is heard
Each deed of unkindness or hate,
Some fairy must pass
From the games in the grass
And steal through the terrible Gate" "
Il am going out on the three-forty'
train to look at that swamp land. /
shall lot be back before All-Hallow--
Eve. When do get IN, shall want to-
see you What is your home address %
Miss Merry remembered the lines;
worried over them; took them to a.
fered her for her further enlighten-.
ment "A Fairy Funeral Song" But.
when she had read the poem, pretty
and pitiful as it was, she could not.
understand Clovis Calhoun.
UNLESS there are two of him. She
submitted And baffied, she waited
for All-Hallow-Eve
Calhoun came with the hour and the,
evening, and his big, bony presence
seemed to fill up her small parlor as
he stood before the fire and asked her
dry land questions with his dry land
manner. And with the same tone and
the same manner he continued his,
catechising with:
You remembered the lines left for
you to remember?"
Yes" Miss Merry told him with
brevity.
And you remember that this is ALL
Ha1low-Eve; the night of all the year
when fairies get in the most good
work? You are, therefore, prepare%
to admit that it would be a cruel
wrong to kill fairy on this great.
night of her life?"
Miss Merry looked at him. He
looked perfectly sane and perfectly
sober He spoke again, dryly, to her
perplexity:
You believe that when we are good
and kind, we make the fairies happy;
but that when we are cross and cruel,
some little fairy has to die?"
And still Olive Merry could only
stare at him.
Il want you to answer me- he told
her.
81 could" she cried helplessly, eff
you were only somebody else"
Calhoun fiinched and Strengthened.
and Miss Merry jumped up:
"Oh. | didn't mean that I'm a busi--
ness woman. I'm not such an idiot as,
to care for anybody"
Calhoun put his bony hand on her.
shoulder
But | want you to be such an idiot.
as to care for me. We have worked
together for a long time, and l love,
you better than | love land-be careful
what you say, little girl, or you may
kill fairy"
Olive looked into his eyes, caught
her breath, and did the impossible
thing:
Clovis" she stammered.
The big fellow bent his head:
" 'Ah. she was born blithe as the morn
Under an April sky
Born of the greeting of two lovers meet
ing"
His voice died away. But the fairy.
the fairy did not die.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12
Chinese Mine is Rich,

The Muho and Kuanying Shan gol6,
mines in Heilungkiang. China. which,
have been restored to China by Rus.
sia on the repayment of the expenses,
incurred by the latter during the last
several years, are said to be still very
rich, and may be again made prosper
Gus If sufficient funds are put intcs,
the working of them.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12
Stole Children from Convent.


After three days search Mrs. Ward
tried to get at them but failed For
days she haunted the neighborhood
of the convent until the long vigil
made her desperate.
She saw two of her little ones.
Vera and Cecilia playing in the yard.
In she ran and the next moment the
two were in her arms. Marion wasn't
there and the distracted mother was
afraid to wait. So off she ran with
the two, hatless and coatless.
At once the sisters notified Mr..
Ward, but he couldn't find them
they were not at their mothers home.
The husband got a warrant, but he
couldn't find the children and the
mother has them still.
The records tell of countless other
cases-of how Mrs. James Cook kid
naped her boy in a carriage from right
in front of his fathers hotel in ia
maica; how Anton Head Richards,
grandson of Eugene L. Richards, pro-
fessor of mathematics at Yale, was
kidnapped in Chicago by three men
whom Mrs. Richards declared were
emissaries of his father; how Mrs.
Montague Rolls, of Detroit, paid $10,-
600 to get her boy back after his ia
ther had kidnapped him-there are
many more cases.
Love causes more kidnapping than
money. And the lesson is learned in
the divorce court first.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12

smoking car to tell the rest, and the
old maid looked out of the window and
wouldn't speak to anyone in the car
for an hour after.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat